{"id":7437,"date":"2013-01-01T01:10:28","date_gmt":"2013-01-01T06:10:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paganpages.org\/content\/?p=7666"},"modified":"2012-12-18T03:43:55","modified_gmt":"2012-12-18T08:43:55","slug":"paranormal-path-29","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/2013\/01\/01\/paranormal-path-29\/","title":{"rendered":"Paranormal Path"},"content":{"rendered":"
Tower of London<\/strong><\/div>\n
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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 What ingredients do you need to make the perfect haunted location?\u00a0 How about a building that\u2019s over 900 years old, was used as a prison, torture chamber, and held public executions, this gives us the Tower of London.<\/div>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Built by William the Conqueror in 1078, the Tower of London\u2019s main function was to be a palace.\u00a0 Several expansions were made in the 12th<\/sup> and 13th<\/sup> century.\u00a0 There are now 20 towers and different buildings from different periods in history.\u00a0 Many held prison cells.\u00a0 The White Tower held torture chambers, Tower Green held Royal executions, and Tower Hill held public executions, just to name a few.\u00a0 So it was inevitable that a place like this would conjure up some spirits.<\/div>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 One of the most famous ghosts is that of Queen Ann Boleyn.\u00a0 She was married to King Henry the VIII.\u00a0 On May 19th<\/sup> 1536 Ann was arrested for high treason and sent to Tower Green where she was beheaded.\u00a0 There are reports of her headless body roaming the grounds, carrying her head under her arm; she has also been seen in the chapel, leading a procession of people in ancient dress.<\/div>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 There is also the tragic story of the \u201ctwo princes\u2019\u201d.\u00a0 Edward the V was 12 years old and his brother Richard Duke of York was only 10 when they were sent to the Bloody Tower after being declared illegitimate by Parliament.\u00a0 The children soon vanished and it was assumed they were murdered by the command of their uncle Duke of Glouceste in 1483.\u00a0 Later in the early 15th<\/sup> century the apparitions of 2 children were seen frequently gliding down the stairs holding hands or holding onto each other in terror.\u00a0 In 1674, workman found a chest that contained 2 small skeletons.\u00a0 They were believed to be the 2 princes and were given a royal burial.<\/div>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The execution of Margaret Pole Countess of Salisbury has been seen replaying itself over and over again.\u00a0 She refused to place her head on the chopping block like a \u201ccommoner\u201d and ran.\u00a0 She was chased by the executioner with his axe and eventually met her demise after several blows from behind.<\/div>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The room where King Henry the VIII suit of armor is exhibited is said to contain a \u201ccrushing\u201d feeling.\u00a0 A guard reported feeling a cloak thrown over him and when he attempted to free himself, the cloth was pulled tightly by an invisible attacker.<\/div>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The White tower is one of the oldest parts of the building and is believed to contain the ghost of the White Lady.\u00a0 She has been seen waving to people at the building on the opposite side and her perfume hangs heavy in the air at the entrance to the chapel.<\/div>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The screams of Guy Fawkes can be heard echoing throughout the tower just as real as they were when he was tortured before being hung, drawn and quartered.\u00a0 There is also the Grey Lady who is seen roaming the grounds, wearing mourning attire and only a black void where her face should be.<\/div>\n

Animals have also been seen in the Tower. In January of 1815 at midnight a sentry witnessed a large bear emerge from a doorway.\u00a0 He lunged at it with his bayonet but it went right through the apparition.\u00a0 The sentry died a few months later reportedly from shock.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tower of London \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 What ingredients do you need to make the perfect haunted location?\u00a0 How about a building that\u2019s over 900 years old, was used as a prison, torture chamber, and held public executions, this gives us the Tower of London. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Built by William the Conqueror in 1078, the Tower of London\u2019s main function was to be a palace.\u00a0 Several expansions were made in the 12th and 13th century.\u00a0 There are now 20 towers and different buildings from different periods in history.\u00a0 Many held prison cells.\u00a0 The White Tower held torture chambers, Tower Green held Royal executions, and Tower Hill held public executions, just to name a few.\u00a0 So it was inevitable that a place like this would conjure up some spirits. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 One of the most famous ghosts is that of Queen Ann Boleyn.\u00a0 She was married to King Henry the VIII.\u00a0 On May 19th 1536 Ann was arrested for high treason and sent to Tower Green where she was beheaded.\u00a0 There are reports of her headless body roaming the grounds, carrying her head under her arm; she has also been seen in the chapel, leading a procession of people in ancient dress. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 There is also the tragic story of the \u201ctwo princes\u2019\u201d.\u00a0 Edward the V was 12 years old and his brother Richard Duke of York was only 10 when they were sent to the Bloody Tower after being declared illegitimate by Parliament.\u00a0 The children soon vanished and it was assumed they were murdered by the command of their uncle Duke of Glouceste in 1483.\u00a0 Later in the early 15th century the apparitions of 2 children were seen frequently gliding down the stairs holding hands or holding onto each other in terror.\u00a0 In 1674, workman found a chest that contained 2 small skeletons.\u00a0 They were believed to be the 2 princes and were given a royal burial. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The execution of Margaret Pole Countess of Salisbury has been seen replaying itself over and over again.\u00a0 She refused to place her head on the chopping block like a \u201ccommoner\u201d and ran.\u00a0 She was chased by the executioner with his axe and eventually met her demise after several blows from behind. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The room where King Henry the VIII suit of armor is exhibited is said to contain a \u201ccrushing\u201d feeling.\u00a0 A guard reported feeling a cloak thrown over him and when he attempted to free himself, the cloth was pulled tightly by an invisible attacker. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The White tower is one of the oldest parts of the building and is believed to contain the ghost of the White Lady.\u00a0 She has been seen waving to people at the building on the opposite side and her perfume hangs heavy in the air at the entrance to the chapel. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The screams of Guy Fawkes can be heard echoing throughout the tower just as real as they were when he was tortured before being hung, drawn and quartered.\u00a0 There is also the Grey Lady who is seen roaming the grounds, wearing mourning attire and only a black void where her face should be. Animals have also been seen in the Tower. In January of 1815 at midnight a sentry witnessed a large bear emerge from a doorway.\u00a0 He lunged at it with his bayonet but it went right through the apparition.\u00a0 The sentry died a few months later reportedly from shock.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":77,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":1,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7437","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/77"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7437"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7437\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}