Spirits of London Night Walk around Holborn & Covent Garden (4K)

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A Halloween / Samhain walk looking for haunted and other spooky locations around Holborn and Covent Garden in Central London. Please subscribe for regular videos: bit.ly/1EJjIB8
Our walk starts at the Kingsway Tram Tunnel, built in 1906 but taken out of service in 1952, however the tracks were left in the entrance to the tunnel and it retains the haunted feel of abandoned tunnel. We walk through Sicilian Avenue to Swedenborg House, the return to High Holborn and the Princess Louise Pub. From here we go back down Kingsway to Great Queen Street and the Freemasons' Hall. Turning into Dury Lane we encounter one of the most haunted theatres in the world, Theatre Royal Dury Lane and opposite is the Fortune Theatre, home to the truly terrifying Woman in Black. Our Halloween Walk then takes us into Bow Street and the Royal Opera House before passing through Covent Garden to St Paul's Actors Church where our spooky trail ends.
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The Two Seasons - Dan Bodan
Allégro - Emmit Fenn
Evening Fall Harp by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
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Pachabelly - Huma-Huma
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31 окт 2021

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@lizstevenson7801 2 года назад

It's correct pronunciation is 'Sow an'. Thank you for this walk, I lived at Holborn from 1961 to 74 then my Dad still lived there until he passed in 1991. It brought back many memories, thank you 🇦🇺

@jazzman9042 2 года назад

There's a staircase in Madame Tussauds on the staff side, that goes down several flights into darkness, at the bottom of which is a windowless room with just the one doorway . When I worked there no one would dare go down those stairs. I think I made it about halfway before turning back because of the increasingly heavy atmosphere. The Planetarium control room was said to be haunted as was several other locations around the building. Great walk as always John, the ghosts enjoyed it I'm sure.. AA++

@FriendlyChorf 2 года назад

Favourite RU-vidr hands down, can’t get enough of these walks. Hope to one day bump into you!

@Suho1004 2 года назад

I found this walk very peaceful and comforting, for some reason. Ghosts can be scary and malevolent, but there is something comforting about the idea that the world we see is perhaps not all there is--that the imprints of our lives might remain long after we are gone.

@michaelkiehn9254 2 года назад

My wife and I went to see The Woman In Black in London a number of years ago. There is an especially scary part with a rocking chair which scared my wife so much that she threw her entire bag of Skittles up in the air and they rained down on the people in the circle below us. This in turn got them screaming. Absolute theatre going highlight for me! :D

@maggielarkin9314 2 года назад

Samhain...the Irish pronounce it as 'Sow - wen or win' ...it's apparently the day the veil between the world of the living and the dead is at its thinnest...Oooooooooo....I hope the Lady in Black is still playing by the time I get to London..love to see it....thanks for the nighttime video John...great as always....

@Beachcomber95 2 года назад

Great comment. If you want to piss off Irish people pronounce it Sam Hein ;)

@JohnRogersWalks 2 года назад

thanks Maggie - I think I've got it now

@nodarkthings 2 года назад

Excellent video! Your enthusiastic musings really capture that spooky haunted urban feel. I have friends who see themselves as ultra-rational and I sometimes think it's as if they have killed some part of themselves. They're so taken by this whole "skeptic" thing that they can't indulge in such wonders as telling ghost stories around a fire. I see life and consciousness as one big ongoing mystery. According to family lore my great grandfather was into the whole Victorian psychic thing and was a gifted medium who used to manifest an Indian spirit. I always had the image of a native American in my head but I recently researched his life and in the late-1800s he was posted in India. I suppose he could have encountered all sorts of crazy shamanic stuff there. I'd give anything for a half hour chat with him! I also learned that he lived in London for a few years and my great uncle was registered being born in Kennington at the same time as Austin Osman Spare was living and working there. When I found this out I felt there was some kind of connection between Spare and my great granddad. I'd always felt drawn to Spare and his work. I'll never really know though. After London he moved up here to Hull for some reason and he lived a couple of streets away from where another hero of mine, JRR Tolkien, was convalescing during World War One! It's highly likely that they at least passed in the street. There's so many "what ifs" hiding in these streets

@StarWarsJay 2 года назад

Happy “All Hallows’ eve “ John and everyone.

@JohnRogersWalks 2 года назад

Cheers Jay

@sallypassmore8748 2 года назад

That was magical. Thank you. Looking forward to the next walk.

@JohnRogersWalks 2 года назад

thanks so much Sally

@ZL54JK8 2 года назад

Another marvellous walk led by John. He makes it all so interesting wherever he goes. Great atmosphere for this Hallowe'en walk and I learned lots. I didn't know anything about 'Samhain' but I'm sure I remember that The Muffin Man "lived down Drury Lane". I loved the music too. Really spooky!

@TheIainMay 2 года назад

Evening John, thanks for another great walk, always learning something from you.

@JohnRogersWalks 2 года назад

wonderful to hear Iain - hope you have a great evening

@TheIainMay 2 года назад

@@JohnRogersWalks you to, John

@gwinniboots 2 года назад

I love the way you express feelings about these places, you can feel people of the past. I visited a local hall years ago to buy tickets for an event. I could feel servants still bustling about in the corridor I had to use for access to the ticket office.

@ashleysgaze 2 года назад

A terrific walk, John. I reckon Charlie Dickens would be proud. 🎃

@gavinguitar2194 2 года назад

Great night walk on halloween! Enjoyed that tour of London encompassing a few boozers along the way. I really like your presentation & narration. Please try & come up the vale to the midlands & the north; plenty of subject matter for you to get stuck into. Godbless ya & take care.

@vickiekostecki 2 года назад

I loved all the Rivers of London references. I did the tour of first book locations myself when I was in London a few years back, but it's better at night.

@janebaker966 2 года назад

That was a fabulously spooky film. Thank you. I believe that Halloween and Bonfire Night are a manifestation of Samhain. I think the earliest settlers took it to USA so that is why Halloween is the big thing over there but due to political and religious reasons it became Bonfire Night here. I once saw a tv show about the Theatre Royal Drury Lane and in it, Michael Ball said that it is very unsettling to be in that theatre after hours when it's dark and empty. I have a spooky London story. In June 2019 I had a day up to London to visit Columbia Rd Flower Market,one of my favourite places. I intended to walk back down Brick Lane but I lost my way in the 70s housing estate and ended up somewhere else. I had a map but I was quite enjoying being lost,so I carried on and saw a little short cut through. It was a hot sunny day and I was in an upbeat mood but as I approached this short lane I felt apprehensive. As I walked through it was cold as cold or so it felt to me,and it was gloomy and dark like the sun had gone in. The minute I stepped out it was hot and sunny and I felt alright again. I glanced at the name and it was Little Nichol St. I don't know if that was the site of one of the Ripper murders but it felt like it. I must say here,this happened,that's all. I don't actually believe in the supernatural,the paranormal,ghosts any of that stuff and I'm not a sensitive person. But this happened.

@CthulhuInc Год назад

that was a lot of fun! next time take a pillow case, so you can do some trick or treating along the way 😊 edit - also, there's a theatre somewhere where it is said, that if you are in there after closing, you can go and sit in one of the seats in the dark, and, if you are patient, someone [thing?] will come and sit beside you, for as long as you can stand it. it doesn't matter which seat you choose, either, it will come and sit beside you.

@LadyCalverley 2 года назад

An atmospheric stroll-- a perfect spooky treat for tonight! Thank you, John.

@davidshearer8793 2 года назад

For about 6 or 7 years in the 1980s I worked in an office at the corner of High Holborn and Drury Lane. Your walk brought back many happy memories, especially slipping into the Louise for a quick pint on the way home from work. Now the big question - why is it that theatres are supposed to be haunted?

@returnofthegmac9203 2 года назад

I used to work at The Covent Garden Hotel on Monmouth Street It used to be a WW2 hospital it is said to be haunted. I used to hate working the late shift as I would fear of something bad happening. I always had a bad feeling on the top floor in the eves. We was always told by ex workers that they could hear the trams late at night within the hotels basement Love your video I have just stumbled across this.

@morriganwitch 2 года назад

So looking forwards to this , and enjoying the ancient sights of Ipswich , appearing in the arts festival , at the moment pub grub and some real ale for Mr Chris . We wish you a Blessed Samhain xxx

@user-xc8pv4ip2f 2 года назад

I adore walks at late night.

@suecondon1685 2 года назад

Happy Halloween John 🎃 I have so many memories of great Halloweens spent in London pubs, including the Princess Louise. Some beautiful mirrors in there. Never knew Senate House was in Ghostbusters! From Birkbeck bar I once saw the sun go down and light up Senate House in bright orange. Beautiful sight. I love this video, thanks for this. 🎃🧡🎃

@clanceypants 2 года назад

I enjoyed this so much. Look forward to your videos every Sunday. Thanks John!

@jpl2283 2 года назад

Thank you. This saved my Sunday. Before COVID I used to visit London every January attending education technology conference (BETT). Your videos have both comfort me (in my longing to experience London again) and given me insight and ideas what to see next time I come to London.

@ShireWitch 2 года назад

Samhain blessings to you John 🖤🧡

@JohnRogersWalks 2 года назад

many thanks Celt

@ShireWitch 2 года назад

@@JohnRogersWalks You can pronounce it sow-in or sow-een btw

@AliceGoss 2 года назад

Great video John. You can't beat a good ghost story, especially at Halloween!!

@josephfranklin7711 2 года назад

I love that you reference Ben Aaronovitch's books. Such a great series. Cheers.

@derekpyne 2 года назад

Hi John. Interesting evening walking by you . When I lived in London I loved these evening walks especially in the city or along the river . Thanks for the walk 👍

@richbutler718 2 года назад

Great video as usual John , and fantastic visual and audio quality, thank you

@JohnRogersWalks 2 года назад

many thanks Rich - much appreciated

@kskssxoxskskss2189 2 года назад

So nice to see real people onnthe streets of London again! But keep those distances, friends, it's only partway through.

@stevet1963 2 года назад

Fantastic walk and so interesting Pretty sure it’s your calming voice that does it 😉 Really enjoy all you channel 👍🏻👍🏻✌️

@SMILEVIDEOTRAINS 2 года назад

What a wonderful presentation. Spookily produced. thank you

@jenniferlevine5406 Год назад

Such a great walk and great tales! Please consider another ghostly walk this year!

@karenbaillie5612 2 года назад

Glad I found your channel I have really enjoyed this bank holiday Monday sitting and watching places in London I have walked, worked and had great times. Thank you.

@ianmaddams9577 2 года назад

Another great walk and already excited for next weeks . All the best John 👍🏻

@stanleyharrison7031 2 года назад

you have become such an animated story teller - i think you could describe a massive tesco in merseyside poetically enough for me to want to spend time there

@CorvoFG 2 года назад

That was great. Really enjoyed this one!

@X-HyperlapseTravelChanne-jz9ww 2 года назад

New follower here!! Love to see creators putting heart on their craft! awesome work!Thanks for the share!

@giovanamonteiro832 2 года назад

I loved it! Your videos are awesome!!!! Thank you so much for these moments of delight watching them 😊🙏

@nigelheasman6356 2 года назад

Brilliant video once again John, really caught the atmosphere of your topic as always. Never knew there was a abandoned tram tunnel in that part of London. never fail to learn something new from watching your walks.

@luminar5 2 года назад

Lovely spooky walk John, could be a thing for these long dark nights. I’ll be watching wherever it may be.

@daveconyard8946 2 года назад

Thank you John, a chilling end to Sunday Keep safe . 😱😱

@JohnRogersWalks 2 года назад

Thanks Dave

@helentucker6407 2 года назад

What beautiful buildings there are in London. Thanks for the tour. Happy Halloween 🎃

@raymondpenalver7095 2 года назад

This was a real treat to watch on Halloween John 🎃

@peterjackson4132 2 года назад

Really enjoyed this John, thanks buddy

@JohnRogersWalks 2 года назад

my pleasure Peter

@greg9871 2 года назад

Brilliant 🤩 my old stomping ground indeed! I adore London 😍 thank you John.

@mabelbartolome8782 2 года назад

Thank you John! I really enjoyed it. Looking forward to the next blog. Happy Hallooween! Greetings from Switzerland.

@kskssxoxskskss2189 2 года назад

One of the best! When I finally get tickets to visit the UK (someday), I'll review this for my London itinerary.

@darrenfry4695 2 года назад

Great channel,can't get enough lol👍💯

@justwalk-travelasmrchannel518 2 года назад

this is a pro-level video! super awesome!! New fan here!

@markriley4665 2 года назад

A great video for the season John.

@ChrisWoutdoors 2 года назад

Excellent as usual John, would love to spend the night in one of those theatres but will never happen... Take care ATB Chris.

@mamnisel4815 2 года назад

Nice one John for a spooky Halloween walk which was very atmospheric!!!

@mariannehawes9609 2 года назад

Really enjoyed this walk...as usual it was fascinating..thank you

@johnfoster7996 2 года назад

As you said, "A lot of fun". Thank you for publishing this.

@JohnRogersWalks 2 года назад

glad you enjoyed it John

@talesfromtinpanalley-thedo6198 Год назад

Great walk and very informative as ever John

@JohnRogersWalks Год назад

Thanks Henry

@Sojourner1 2 года назад

Wow, what an awesome treat. Thank you.

@robbojax2025 2 года назад

Nice spooky walk. Enjoyed it.

@Pierlover 2 года назад

Very atmospheric! Great choice of music. I went on a London ghost walk once - actually it just seemed an excuse to visit a number of pubs! And many years ago I met Susan Hill - she was staying with friends, when I lived in Coventry. It's my only claim to fame!

@suecondon1685 2 года назад

I watched The Small Hand tonight, another creepy Susan Hill tale. 😳

@Spamhero 2 года назад

It was 1991 October when was doing a survey on the buses round London (Knightsbridge etc.) The grateful dead were playing at Wembley and felt the barrier between the two worlds was never thinner.

@michaelgoodwin1891 2 года назад

Enjoyed the walk on all hollows eve thanks John 👻

@redfred70 2 года назад

Lovely video John, lots of fun. My favourite part of the West End. I was once one of the last punters to leave the Royal Opera House after a performance, I promise you I felt the ghosts of yesterday there, a strange, but not scary, experience, imbued with so many years of radiated enjoyment.

@Beachcomber95 2 года назад

Love this John. Thank you

@howdymartin6258 2 года назад

Always entertaining - well done John

@pumpkinprincess1031 2 года назад

Here for my second viewing. I enjoyed this so much! Happy Halloween 🎃💀👻🎃💀👻🎃

@JohnRogersWalks 2 года назад

Many thanks Lisa

@robertbarling5601 2 года назад

Thanks John as always. Bob. 👍

@JohnRogersWalks 2 года назад

cheers Bob

@ralphwinter6421 2 года назад

Fantastic Halloween walk John, Cheers mate..

@JohnRogersWalks 2 года назад

Cheers Ralph

@julieblackstock8650 2 года назад

Sow-win (Samhain)

@JohnRogersWalks 2 года назад

Thanks for that Julie

@katevalentine7075 2 года назад

So Cool John!

@gwinniboots 2 года назад

Fascinating as always, thanks! 👍👻

@roymeadway3592 2 года назад

Great walk,thanks John

@dannorth3138 2 года назад

Nice to see your beard is whitening up just for time for Christmas John 😉 great video as always.

@Seanchai59 2 года назад

Another amazing walk, John. Samhain is pronounced like zow-inn.

@chriscollins5058 Год назад

Hi John. Another fantastic video thankyou! Also the princess louise is my favourite pub in London, I remember reading the serial killer Dennis Neilson picked up one of his victims in there

@colinricgmailcom 2 года назад

I use to go to meetings at Freemasons Hall and partake of Feastive Board at the Conaught Rooms... Many years ago!

@CaratacusAD 2 года назад

Wonderful video John as usual :) and happy Halloween :) I remember Free Masons hall being used as M15 headquarters in the BBC series Spooks. The spookiest place I ever spent Halloween was down in Wapping wandering along the river front looking for execution dock and some pirate ghosts

@JohnRogersWalks 2 года назад

That’s a very spooky spot indeed Steve

@iandance8591 2 года назад

Thank you John . I really enjoyed that 👍

@dandandan389 2 года назад

The Peter Grant series are indeed excellent, I don't know London at all so when I re-read the first book again I will be able to picture it properly 😀

@dylvasey 2 года назад

Get yourself to London and get lost. Something which is hard given there is a tube station every three feet.

@waynejacksonofficial 2 года назад

As always..... A pleasure Mush.. Thank You!

@itssafeinthecity 2 года назад

Drury Lane methinks. Great walk John - as usual - X

@Seaqueen66 2 года назад

Really appreciate your videos John. It's pronounced 'Sow - an''. Magical time of year ;-).

@JohnRogersWalks 2 года назад

thanks for that correction Tess - I'll remember for next year

@Seaqueen66 2 года назад

@@JohnRogersWalks not that I'm a pronunciation pedant or anything 😉. I was born at Lughnasadh so.. 😂. Sunday evenings are all the better for your content. Happy wanderings!

@lionelmarytravels6003 2 года назад

One of those ghostly videos only you can make. Well done

@JohnRogersWalks 2 года назад

Thanks very much Lionel & Mary

@ivanhockenhull2604 2 года назад

I really enjoyed this London Halloween vignette. The film came across as Otherwordly and was all the better for it. Captivating, John. 🇯🇪

@tomgirldouble3249 2 года назад

Love your take on the Masons🤗

@seanjamescameron 2 года назад

I went into London last Thursday for a theatre show and it was very quiet in the street, I liked it.

@ludovica8221 2 года назад

Mt 6x great grand-uncle lived in Great Queen Street and was a Deputy Grand Master of Freemasons in 1724, and later was President of the Royal Society. He was called Martin Folkes and was a friend of Hogarth

@earinsound 2 года назад

wonderful!!! have you considered doing an "occult London" walk? i for one would be entranced. thanks John

@bakerloobadboy 2 года назад

Fantastic video and so much better at night, just a shame the clocks went back and we had to wait an extra hour for it. I saw "The woman in black" in July 1995, yup super scary. Sadly, I hate to correct you but the Kingsway tram tunnel is not abandoned. It's used by TfL and the London Borough of Camden pretty much 24/7. TfL used it recently for something to do with Crossrail and the London Borough of Camden use it for storage. There is talk of opening it up for "Open House" weekends. It was also used for a while as a flood control centre (whoever thought of putting a flood control centre underground need a lot of help) It has also been used as emergency fire station during the fireman strike in 1977, they parked Green Goddesses down there. It is still used but not as much as it could be

@JohnRogersWalks 2 года назад

Thanks for the info John - shame they didn’t bring the trams back

@bakerloobadboy 2 года назад

@@JohnRogersWalks trams again would be nice. I think when Ken Livingstone was mayor they were proposing the return of trams but nothing came of it

@andwhynotindeed9526 2 года назад

Thank you John. Lovely memories. Swedenborg Society was round the corner from my first and second jobs, nearly 50 years ago, and Onion in Sicilian Avenue was my sandwich shop - still there I think! It's stiff with Elizabethan ghosts between Staple Inn and Ely Place whether you want a night walk or a day one. Short walk, many ghosts: Earl of Southampton (Venus & Adonis); Elizabeth's Dancing Chancellor Christopher Hatton; her Jewish doctor Roderigo Lopes, executed for treason; and Fulke Greville, Lord Brooke who was murdered by his servant who then committed suicide. Hatton's Garden was earlier the Bishop of Ely's and in Richard III he is sent out to get strawberries while Richard plots with Buckingham to get Hastings beheaded (great scene). Sir Francis Bacon's round the corner too, in Gray's Inn. And thousands of felons "going west" from Newgate to Tyburn via St Giles. And, just across Holborn Circus, Charterhouse had its abbot's quarters nailed to the door. And a plague pit. And Hercule Poirot's apartment block. And John Betjeman's flat. And Bart's and the Fortune of War body snatchers at Pie Corner and St Bartholomew the Great tombs. And Smithfield hangings, drawings and quarterings galore (including Mel Gibson). And Wat Tyler! (And the butchers in the early morning.) All in half a mile.

@athoshadjiantoni6403 2 года назад

Another walk with John Rogers, but this one is dark, and creeping. Just for one night only.

@johnmiller5630 2 года назад

Really enjoyed that John👻

@JohnRogersWalks 2 года назад

Fantastic thanks John

@john80c 2 года назад

Brilliant John. Theatre Royal where Nell Gwyn sold her oranges-would like to meet her ghost. Went to a book signing at the Ols Bell Tavern near St Pauls now that does have an atmosphere.

@briancox144 2 года назад

I let my mind run wild and imagination get the better of me thinking of how London looked in dickens time people who had nothing begging on the street and what terrible things that occurred during that period brilliantly done John Rogers big thank you for sharing sleep tight to night .

@Laughsonly24 2 года назад

I so enjoy your walks wherever they may be. Thank you from this Anglophile American. I have a dear friend from the U.K. that has lived his whole life in Goff's Oak so of course I am curious if any of your walks have taken you there. Walk, on!