The Post Quiz: Tower Ghosts - Answers
Created | Updated Oct 2, 2016
It's that time of year again.
Tower of London Ghosts: Answers
How many ghosts have you spotted around the Tower? Send us your ghost pics!
Multiple choice answers.
- Ghost sightings in the Tower go way back. In the late 15th Century, guards saw the apparition of…
- the two murdered princes.
- Even earlier, during the reign of Edward I, a ghost interfered with construction. Workmen complained that as they built Traitor's Gate, the arch was being dismantled at night by an angry…
- Thomas a Becket.
- One of the most famous ghost sightings in the Tower occurred around 1815, when a sentry died of fright after being attacked by…
- a spectral bear.
- In 1817, a keeper of the Crown Jewels lived in the Tower with his family. At dinner one night, his wife was menaced by the apparition of…
- a floating tube of bubbling blue liquid.
- In 1864, a sentry passed out from shock after seeing a ghost. He was acquitted at court martial (for sleeping on duty) when other sentries testified that they, too, had frequently seen the ghost of…
- Anne Boleyn.
- Observers claim that the reenactment of the botched 1541 execution of Lady Salisbury can be seen on the anniversary of the grisly act. They claim the whole execution is played out, including…
- the executioner chasing Lady Salisbury around with an axe.
- The ghosts keep coming. In 1983, a Yeoman at the Byward Tower looked up and spotted a stray prisoner wandering around, namely…
- Sir Walter Raleigh.
- Another warder in the Byward Tower in the 1980s saw two skinny, medievally dressed men who were…
- smoking pipes by the fireplace.
- Sound effects have on occasion been provided for the Tower by…
- the ghost of Guy Fawkes, screaming.
- Nowadays, the Tower ghosts are more popular than ever because…
- the tours are broadcast on social media.
Haven't seen a ghost lately? Try Youtube, that's where they all hang out these days.
