The Most Haunted House In London - 50 Berkeley Square.

And a poltergeist shrieked in Berkeley square

I never put much store in ghosts and always saw them as a bit of fun. Then years ago I visited Chillingham Castle in Northumberland. It was a beautiful sunny day but from the moment I parked up and my girlfriend and I got out the car, I got a really bad feeling about it. There is a little way to walk to get to the castle and it is horrible. There were these creepy statues of bulls along the walk to the castle. The sun was largely blocked out by the trees making the day seem grey and we kept hearing sounds as if something was crashing through the trees and thumping on the ground, yet there was nothing there. Coming to the clearing where the castle is, I caught a movement in my peripheral vision and looked round only to see a man standing by one of the trees smiling at me. It was not a friendly smile. I pointed him out but he disappeared behind the tree. I walked over to see what he was doing but there was no one there. Freaked me out.

I was there for a book-launch when it was still leased by Maggs & Co. Their regretted departure was immanent, and they had already started packing books into boxes.The place struck me as agreeably and cosily antiquated: no cold atmosphere or malevolent entities were apparent!

I remember reading this as a child, in an old ghost book, it had a wood cut silhouette of something misshapen and it fascinated me for years Thanks for this

I remember reading about Berkeley Square as a schoolboy. It scared me, so I handed it to my best friend and (without warning) he read it. Some 30 years later, I still remember the look of terror on his face! Brilliant work Rich!

That was really interesting. You should do a London haunted pub next. My local is haunted; it has a headless pint.

"A more or less popular novelist of years ago" nothing can be more scathing than that 😂😂

Wonderful video. I was fascinated and terrified when I first heard about the Berkley Square Haunting as a child and saw a television drama about it. But as I got older and more cynical I began to read that the evidence was not there to support the claims. But I never knew about that lady's book. Amazing video, really enjoyed it and will advise people to watch.

I particularly enjoyed Mr O'Donnell's account where (at timestamp 40mins) he states "...and eyes which defy description" and then proceeds to describe the eyes ! 😃

Anyone who doesnt beleive in ghosts should visit chingle hall in lancashire.On a school trip in the 1980s we took polaroids there for fun,but on one of them is an extra semi visible hand on someones shoulder.Creeped us all out,even our teachers!

What a super documentary. I love the dry humour. of your delivery. I am familiar with the story of 50 Berkeley Square so rather expected to be a bit bored, but not at all..

Loved this!. You have such a perfect voice for narration. I've been absolutely obsessed with ghosts since I found the supernatural section in my local library at about 8 years old. 44 now and still obsessed 😅

What a fascinating account, you have a great voice for ghost storytelling!

I almost regretted listening to this at bedtime last night. That is a testament to your storytelling skills! So atmospheric. Can I request a Halloween episode, please, if you have any more tales of London's supernatural past?

From 1859 to 1874, a man named Thomas Myers lived at the house. Soon after moving in, he had been jilted by his fiancée on their wedding day. He became a recluse who slept during days and led a solitary existence at nights wandering the house where he had planned to live in happy matrimony. When he died, aged seventy-six, in 1874, the property had fallen into severe disrepair and lay empty for overy fifty years. In the 1920s, a woman attending a new year's eve party in a house at the rear of number 50 saw a pale, elderly man wearing Victorian clothing staring sadly through one of the upper windows. She didn't think he was a ghost because she had never heard of the property's reputation, and she assumed he had returned from a fancy dress ball.

A animal which has deep fear of something will never just settle. It'll be extremely hard to force an animal which will kick, scratch and even bite in order to escape what it fears. This is why I found it very hard to believe both the cat and dog, especially being able to tie a cat down which will seriously hurt you and run off while you recoil in pain.

I visited 50 Berkeley Square when it was an antique bookstore. I happened to ask the staff, and owner about the stories, and this is what they told me. "They are just stories, created for the tourists in the Victorian era". "There have been no ghosts or supernatural activity during our occupation of the bookstore, which was from the early 1930s. What you need to think about is if there were deaths at the property as alleged in the stories, there would be reports in the newspapers at the time, there were none, police investigations none can be found, if a crime or incident had taken place at the location, you can guarantee the police would have been involved. Bodies impaled on railings, and nothing documented? In closing, if you would like to visit a real haunted house in London, I would recommend Ham House in Richmond, which has sixteen resident ghosts and is active to this day, apparently. ^^

The only ghosts you'd want haunting any place are polite ones who only spook when spooken to! LOL😁

Wow! I love your stories Richard!🥂👍💋

I have been fascinated by this house since I first heard of it as a boy. I have actively sought out to find any information I could regarding the house. This is by far the most comprehensive and informative account that I have come across. Very well researched. Thank you.