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Post by Deleted on Jul 8, 2007 10:55:24 GMT
i am nt a beliver of ghosts and ghouls but two things have happend to me witch make me wonder: 1. every time a southbound train arives at belsize park sometimes you can hear a younng lady screaming 2.the other night waiting for a train at covent garden on my own i saw things like orbs walking accross the tracks and i could make out a man standing at the end of the platform in victorian sort of clothing i walked up to this thing and it dissapeared after that i could hear somthing breathing do any of you have a clue what this is all about have you had a simmilar experience?  |
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Post by SE13 on Jul 8, 2007 11:03:16 GMT
I am somewhat confused... Everytime a Southbound train arrives at Belsize Park, sometimes you can hear a young lady screaming.  I can't say that I have ever had any experiences of a ghostly nature on the system, but there are constant reports about it. |
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Post by Tubeboy on Jul 8, 2007 11:05:51 GMT
Maybe you need some rest.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 8, 2007 11:39:49 GMT
in convent garden, a victorian actor was stabbed and died at the site, that must be who you saw, theres quite a famous tale about him
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Post by Deleted on Jul 8, 2007 15:28:47 GMT
Yeah the Covent Garden story is rather famous. Possibly that has influenced what you think you saw.  Every time I turn on the air-conditioning in the cab I hear a woman screaming in about the second car back. It's very unsettling until you realise it's just a bit of machinery moving (in the cab!). Every time I sit at Waterloo NB I can hear water rushing down the tunnel (it's actually crosswinds from behind the monitors - I had to get out and check). Every time I approach Elephant and let the train drift slowly I can hear a pirate ship. (Actually, it's kind of cool how the train sounds like that, ICBs in case you are wondering). We often attribute half-seen or half-heard things to something else. As a species we are very good at filling in the blanks but that often leads to us making huge errors of judgement. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 11, 2007 9:11:48 GMT
Alot of the underground is "Haunted". But hey i am not a firm ghost believer, but theres no proof they exist or DON'T exist.
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Post by SE13 on Jul 11, 2007 18:01:10 GMT
Funnily enough, there was some mention of the Covent Garden "ghouls" on the radio today. I didn't catch a great deal of what was going on, because one of my staff is off sick, so I am actually having to do some work, but most certainly I heard reference to it being a heavily haunted station, and also some reference to somewhere (didn't catch the name) on The Bakerloo, before they quickly changed the subject back to hauntings in York, and some random programme on television somewhere or other.
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Post by trapperjohn on Oct 27, 2007 22:33:35 GMT
Saw a programme on TV about hauntings on the Underground. Plenty of station staff had stories to tell,also maintenance guys. What interested me was the photograph taken, (think it was the Picc) and you saw a reflection in a window of a bloke being fried in an electric chair. According to London Underground, there were no posters about with this picture on.......Very strange!!!!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 27, 2007 23:02:51 GMT
Ah, yes. I have this. Its called Ghosts Of The Underground. I hoped to get it up on my website, but sadly its quite a big file! It's very weird as its taken in a tunnel, and its of a wax work in madam tussauds...  Here's the clip on Youtube: |
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Post by trapperjohn on Oct 28, 2007 9:33:08 GMT
Thanks for the clip Dave......yes if its ever repeated i'll record it. I keep an open mind about these things but i find it very interesting. Regards....
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Post by Deleted on Oct 28, 2007 11:38:06 GMT
Saw a programme on TV about hauntings on the Underground. Plenty of station staff had stories to tell,also maintenance guys. What interested me was the photograph taken, (think it was the Picc) and you saw a reflection in a window of a bloke being fried in an electric chair. According to London Underground, there were no posters about with this picture on.......Very strange!!!! If I might correct you slightly there. The picture was of an exhibit in Madame Tussaud's Waxworks. What was actually said was that MTW had no record of using that image to advertise themselves. Which doesn't mean that another company hasn't used a photo of the exhibit to advertise something else as frequently happens. To my knowledge, LUL don't keep records of every image they allow to be put up in stations. I'm not going to bet the house on that being a ghost image. What was more interesting from that documentary was the exploration of the winds at the pedestrian (for staff) tunnel at Embankment. Yesterday I was sitting on a red and out of the corner of my eye saw something moving. An old barrier was slowly flapping backwards and forwards as trains moved elsewhere. Even though I knew the explanation behind it, it was still rather eerie to watch. I can fully understand why people get spooked underground and come to fill in the gaps with ghost stories. |
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Post by Tubeboy on Oct 28, 2007 12:09:46 GMT
Sorry to dampen the enthusiasm, but I dont believe in ghosts, they make great stories, and I love them, but a lot of it is in the mind.
True, as Alex as said, we cant prove or disprove them.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 28, 2007 12:11:51 GMT
True, as Alex as said, we cant prove or disprove them. I think you mean James  |
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Post by railtechnician on Oct 28, 2007 14:43:00 GMT
Sorry to dampen the enthusiasm, but I dont believe in ghosts, they make great stories, and I love them, but a lot of it is in the mind. True, as Alex as said, we cant prove or disprove them. I have an open mind, the majority of sites and sounds on the system are explainable one way or another though the explanations are not always obvious or immediate. Many stations are reputed to be haunted and I have spent nights alone at many of them and heard strange noises too. I think Down St. can be an eerie location if one lets one's mind wander and I have had colleagues refuse to enter the site with me or others champing at the bit to leave ASAP and yet I was never ever bothered myself. In fact I looked forward to hearing the latest in unknown noises and one night I heard voices even though I knew I was the only one on site when I entered from the road. I was used to hearing voices there, usually the wind rushing through the decaying objects in the remains of the old wartime offices but this was different so I went to investigate the source of the faint conversation and discovered two cleaners who had just finished mopping the stairs rounding the passageway at the top, they never saw me but I think from the way they moved they definitely heard me! Brian |
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Post by Tubeboy on Oct 28, 2007 15:16:23 GMT
Err, I mean James. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 28, 2007 18:56:53 GMT
do any of you have a clue what this is all about have you had a simmilar experience? Only when I've had too many of the other type of spirits |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 28, 2007 18:59:23 GMT
Parts of my station are reputed to be haunted, owing to injured and deceased troops coming through there during World War One. I have yet to see any strange activity though.......................
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Post by Chris W on Oct 28, 2007 22:17:34 GMT
Parts of my station are reputed to be haunted, owing to injured and deceased troops coming through there during World War One. I have yet to see any strange activity though....................... Waterloo perchance??? |
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Post by hobbayne on Nov 1, 2007 13:41:08 GMT
Thanks for the clip Dave......yes if its ever repeated i'll record it. I keep an open mind about these things but i find it very interesting. Regards.... This was repeated last night (as a Halloween related programme) on the Biography channel at 21.00 |
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