The Haunting of Covent Garden Station

Covent garden ghost small kids in background when they find the bones

I just found your videos a week ago. I've got to say you do such an amazing job. I could listen to your voice every day. Thx for the good videos.

I was working at the Euston Station a couple of years ago on the HS2 project, there they found hundreds of skeletons and caskets from an old plague pit long forgotten, it's stirred up a creppy feeling, watching wheelbarrows full of human bones and skips full of coffins.

Uk full of ghost not very nice place to stay

I live in Uk in the 60 not anymore

Why did he haunt Covent Garden station if he was murdered at the theatre?

It’s unlikely that the lift operator had heard the earlier story when no sightings were officially recorded.

It makes you wonder with the amount of people in the cities that we may have walked past a ghost without realising they were a spirit.

I remember a couple of stories from a few years ago when I was at Thorney Island, near Portsmouth. There is a church at the far end of the island (I think it is a 12th Century Norman Church) which a colleague and I went up to look around. When inside we could hear voices from outside, which sounded like 2 men having a conversation. When we went outside and around the side of the church where the voices were there wasn't anybody there. To me, I think there was just enough time for them to walk off down the path and around the corner before we got there, but they'd have to have been walking very quicky. My colleague on the other hand was convinced there wasn't. What stuck with me however, was what he asked me a few days later - "Did you notice that those voices we heard, you could clearly make out it was 2 men having a conversation, but you couldn't make out any words, despite them being literally the other side of the open window?" I told him I was glad he mentioned it as I thought the same but didn't like to say anything in case he thought I was being stupid!

A couple of years later, just before I moved away from the area, another friend of mine and I went up there, this time at night, to see if we could pick up any activity. As I walked up the path through the small graveyard towards the church door I felt an emormous surge of adrenaline and the hairs were standing up all over my arms and neck. When we got inside we left the door ajar (we tried closing it just to make sure it couldn't be mistaken for something natural if something happened) and when we asked if anybody was there, the door (bearing in mind it's a very heavy oak door) slammed shut with an almighty bang that made us jump at least 10ft! We went outside to see if it was somebody playing a prank, but there was nobody there, and it couldn't have been the wind as it was a very still night. Plus if it was windy, the door would have been blown open, and not shut. To this day we are convinced the adrenaline I felt going in was some sort of spiritual energy, and that a spirit had slammed that door. Sadly, we were never able to get the spirit to do it again.

Of interest and relevant to William Terriss he is known to have saved a life in the sea of Eastbourne, E.Sussex and the new RNLI boat house of was named after him, I don’t know dates of this, however the boat house is now a life boat museum

They should have a priest bless the station with holy water.

A disturbed spirit requires a prayer.

I love London's underground my favourite station is baker's street . It's a maze down there old stations and tunnels not used anymore. My grandmother took shelter under there during the blitz.

Couldn't it simply be that he has been reborn and therefore doesn't appear anymore? Just mention...

I met him and told hi. It's closed all of it

I luv the underground especially if im the only one on a platform or a empty train

Incredible.

excellent. your videos are so tastefully made.

What makes you think Clifford made up the story ? But all the other sightings you didn’t seem to think that ?

Terriss has reportedly been seen in more recent times, at the Adelphi Theatre itself, according to the testimony of British comedian Jason Manford, who recounted his experience as part of BBC Radio 4's 'Uncanny' documentary series.

Driven away? Maybe just lost in the crowd.

really appreciate the depth of background you gave to this story.

Years ago, in 1976, my just 21 year old self was lucky enough to come to London for a week with my then boyfriend, who was playing guitar in a backup band for a singer. I only had a couple of days before I got sick with a sinus infection. I tried my hand at riding the underground to look around. I got to one station just in time before the train pulled out. I ran up and jumped in just in time. Since it was late morning, I was the only person in the section. It wasn't until I sat down and looked around that I realized how old the car/train was. It had stiff, high backed seats with wood and flat tufted surfaces in a very faded green. The upholstery was stuffed with horsehair. I was very excited and felt privileged to ride in it. I can't remember what station it was. I am sure it is long gone now. I always hoped to come back and visit again. Miracles happen.

Pink Floyd in the background

Ive been at this station five years ago or more in the day ive never witnessed anything.

I've seen that before. A person tries to help and is. ,Murdered for his trouble. !!!!

I've seen many ghosts on the underground in my life (born and raised in South London) including the tall gentleman at Covent Garden Station, a worker using a lantern at Stockwell Station and unfortunately heard many screams at Kings Cross in the years the that followed the Bombing 😞 and thats just a few, I spent a lot of time on the tube travelling for work or just getting about the city and its incredible just how many souls roam the corridors and platforms.
The reason why the sightings are now "unofficial" is because they dont log sightings anymore... I dont know how true that is but i know quite a few people that have seen the tall gentleman within Covent Garden and I wasn't born until 1988.

I honestly find it sad that people immediately freak out or panic when they see a ghost, I’m certain my house, a 112 year old homestead in Kentucky that was owned and built by one woman and her family, whose descendants still run a business not too far down the street from my house is inhabited by her, we know her name even! Alice Montgomery and affectionately call her Miss Alice, we hear voices, smell rose perfume and see figures pass by the door from time to time but we’ve never been scared, Miss Alice hasn’t done something to warrant that, she just does something to say hi from time to time. I remember visiting her and her immediate family at the local cemetery to say hi and thank her for the beautiful house

On Sundays the trains did not stop at Covent Garden in 1963. It was my job to travel with the Motorman step out on to the platform on a Sunday when the station had its exits locked , turn off the lights then wait about twenty minutes for a train which I had to stop by waiving a kerosene lamp in the tunnel mouth and then I would embark. I knew about the ghost, but had to wait on the darkened platforms which were silent except for the odd sound which was probably rats. I would imagine seeing William in one of the dim pools of light. No, I never saw him, but was very glad to hear the rumble of an oncoming train.

Will there be more about hauntings on the underground?

I think everyone is a sceptic until they have their own experience and sounds right to me.. I have had many different experiences and now I believe.

If only you could charge the spirits to use the tube? $$$$ then the queen could really have some new beens eh!

Fantastic production

So much for the good Samaritan? Poor old William....wasnt ready to go...got caught up in limbo

You don't have to believe in the paranormal about spirits ,it's about respect for the buried. By the way your content is excellent 👌 I subscribed immediately as soon as my brother introduced you I'm getting through every video you've done and thoroughly enjoying your channel plus your narrative is excellent

Hi, I’m Jack Hayden’s granddaughter 😊👋🏼

I wish people would try to have a chat with him lol, ask him to fill out his IMDb page 😂

There's allegedly been another recent sighting of William Terriss, by the daughter of Jason Manford.

There's a video on here where Jason tells the story

Jimmy touched me

Excellent video. However, I must take issue with the idea that the mortal remains found during recent works were handled "boorishly". They were excavated with care and later reburied with due solemnity. This is not a novel practice either. From the medieval period to comparatively recent times, skeletonised remains in graveyards reaching full capacity were frequently exhumed and either placed into an ossuary, or together with other remains in a communal grave. The idea that everyone should have a private plot or at least only be in with a family member is a relatively new phenomenon.

Thanks for more information information on William Terris. I watch the Ghosts of the underground to go to sleep to (same as this channel too some nights) and know the documentary back to front. It was nice to know more about him than that’s in that. Nice touch. Love your vids too tho bud 👍🏻😝

This music is so sad. It is a Vangelis/Blade Runner vibe. It gives a solid documentary feel.

You should check out a recent BBC Sounds interview with comedian Jason Manford.

He mentions when he was working on Sweeney Todd at the adelphi he would talk to his children on video call and his daughter asked him who the man was behind him in the video when he was in his dressing room alone.

I can't remember if his daughter ever confirmed the man she saw through the video call was, in fact, William Terris. That would mean he is still here... in the 21st century.

I live in the house where my great grandmother died. She's very good with pets. So I share her fondness for animals and her name.

Excellent. Just watching to all your videos again. Always worth revisiting.

Moorgate station must be extremely haunted after the crash in 1975 killing over 40 instantly. God rest their souls.

I. Have. Worked. On. London. Underground. In lots. Of. Places. Ive. Never. Seen a. Phantom. Spectre. Or. Any spooks. Whatever. !