The Haunting of Covent Garden Station 

It would be nice to think that the reason no one has seen William for the past many years is because maybe he has passed on to the other side and is no longer In limbo.

Only just found this channel and it’s top work. Well done.

I worked on the Jubilee Line Extension back in the 1990's at London Bridge Underground station. There is an old disused tunnel, built in Victorian times and inaccessible to the public, which is haunted by the ghost of a worker who died when his steam-driven power drill seized up and spun round, killing him. I've walked through that dark tunnel and it's a very spooky place.

I had an unusual experience on a late night train about 15 years ago. Got on at Hampstead tube and took a seat on the side seats (the long row where you face other passengers). The carriage was nearly empty. I sat there thinking about an interesting talk I had listened to at Keats House when I felt a pair of hands from behind me being placed on either side of my shoulders. I didnt react at first but thought someone was playing a prank on me and turned my head to find out what was going on. It then dawned on me that the only thing behind me was the window and there was no way anyone could do that except by putting their hands through the glass of a moving train. I remained in my seat with the two hands on my shoulders until my stop arrived and I got off and the sensation passed off. I have to say, I felt no threat, more of a reassuring feeling but it was a definate feeling of being touched. I hadnt had any alchohol and was'nt tired or thinking of anything gloomy. To me it felt very real.

Covent Garden has changed beyond recognition since the 1970s. As the name suggests, it was a wholesale fruit, vegetable and flower market frequented by stall holders and their customers, and surrounded by some homespun pubs. It was a very much a working place. Previously it had comprised the farmed lands of Westminster Abbey and its convent ("The Convent Garden"). Now Covent Garden is a tourist and media hub with a 24 hr existence. The last sightings coincide with the old Covent Garden.

I used to work at Covent Garden station and saw the ghost on the platform in 1999.

Now, THAT is first-rate storytelling. Wonderful job! Right down to the beautiful music in the background. Very atmospheric. I love the old photographs.

That poor man he seemed a kind soul and I am sure he felt he had so much more to give so he goes back now and again to be in the theatre he loved so much, may he rest in peace now.

I took the stairs once at Covent Garden and that's where I had my first asthma attack. I was very nearly one of the ghosts of Covent Garden

I hope William has finally found his peace in the afterlife. To be fair to his spirit.... Looking at modern London, compared to what it was just 30 years ago, is certainly enough to scare anyone away now.

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.

That is such a sad story.He tried to help his friend and ended up being stabbed to death by him.

Who else more logical to haunt the world after death, than a great actor who lvoed his profession? After all, the show MUST go on.

"We are each our own devil, and we make this world our hell."----Oscar Wilde.

As a paranormal investigator myself, I think that the reason for the decline and eventual stoppage of reports encountering the ghost of Mr. Terriss can be simply explained as he may have finally crossed over and is no longer hanging around the places that were so familiar to him. I don't think that an actor, spirit form or otherwise, would shy away from a crowd. This is especially true when you consider the public knowledge of his appearances in the underground. No doubt that his role as a ghost haunting the underground was his last acting role and he relished it until such time as whatever unfinished business or whatever else may have been keeping his spirit there was done. His opportunity to cross over came, the curtain came down and 1972 was a curtain call of sorts before his spirit moved on to where it should have been. Initially, it may have been the interest generated by seeing his ghost that kept him tied to that area, given his familiarity with it. Can you imagine the source of energy that would have created for his spirit to sustain itself over the decades? As the knowledge of him as an actor faded and time progressed, I doubt many knew who he was or his story and so his need to stay, the energy that once sustained him was gone and he knew it was time to move on.

The dead don't care. It's the living that we should be really really scared of.

This was an exceptionally well told ghost story.

Well done, no robotic voice, music pleasant and unobtrusive.

I've got that book Haunted Underground. I picked it up from the London dungeons of all places. It's a very good book. Some of the stories in it are creepy. I'm enjoying your videos.

Brilliant work. Unbiased, factual, well researched, and yet scary too. Music was fabulous. 10/10

I've subscribed to your channel because I love your videos so much. You don't speculate, you don't exaggerate, you simply tell us the story. No loud, jarring music, no weird delivery - just a nice background sound fitting with the theme and your clear, concise delivery of each very well researched story and any possible investigation you, or others, have carried out. LOVE IT. THANK YOU for your hard work - it's genuinely appreciated. As for Mr Terris......I come from London, grew up there; my late, much missed, mum died there and my father still resides there. So I can say I know the city intimately - I've also had my own fair share of ghostly encounters - and I think, given his murder, that Mr Terris has perhaps moved on to escape not only the hustle and bustle of a busier, noisier city, but one that's exponentially increased in crime and, most importantly, violence, since his death. Certainly the time since his last sighting has been turbulent for London, repeated terrorist attacks (first the iRA and lately IS) and also day to day violent muggings, murders and brawls. In his shoes I think I too would shuffle towards the light.......

Poor bloke :( Let's hope the lack of sightings mean he has found Peace at last .. He sounded like he had been a lovely man ..

Poor man. Here's hoping he found the light at last and went Home.

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.

To kill such an excellent friend...that one really got to me.

I wonder when William's sweetheart died. Maybe he finally found her and that's why the sighting stopped. I'd like to think that anyway.

I'm going to annoy you all now and I know a lot of you will roll your eyes. I can't say that I actually saw this ghost because I honestly don't know if I did, but anyway, this is my story ... I was on a weekend trip to London when I was about 12 years old, so a good twenty years ago now. We'd visited Covent Gardens and piled back onto the underground train, which wasn't so busy that it was crammed - most people could sit down, but there were a few people standing. Anyway, once the train was moving, I remember noting that there was a tall man standing by the door. He caught my attention because he was wearing an Edwardian coat (a dress coat???) with a top hat and white gloves. His trousers were yellow with square patterns, he had very shiny shoes and was carrying a cane. Being completely in love with the theatre, I simply couldn't take my eyes off him because my initial thought was that he was an actor - for some reason, in costume. My dad, who was sitting next to me, looked up to see what I was staring at and I remember he made some comment about the gentleman's clothes but both of us saw him as clearly as we could see each other. He then tried to stop me staring as it was rude. I can't actually remember if he left the train or if we got off before he went on his way, but once I was out of his earshot (hopefully) I burst into excited chatter about the man I had seen. My mum and my sister had both noticed me looking at something, but they hadn't seen anything. They couldn't remember anyone standing near the doors at all and assumed I was just reading one of the notices or posters or something. Dad still agreed that the man had been there and he couldn't understand how my mum and sister had missed him because he looked so out of the ordinary. It wasn't until a year or two later that I read my first story about William Terriss and this one in particular stated he is often seen on the actual underground train. My dad was mystified when I showed him the story and, when I spoke to mum about it, she said she remembered me staring at something, but saw nothing by the doors. I'm not saying I saw him because I honestly don't know. I mean he looked just like a real and living person so he may well have been an actor or just someone in vintage clothes. It's possible my mum and sister just completely overlooked him, even though we had a very clear view of the doors (or the gentleman ...) I'd like to say that the gentleman acknowledged my stare and gave me a brief nod, but I'm not entirely sure if he did - this was twenty years ago and I think the imagination can stretch things over time and add a few stitches here and there. Whether it was just a person in Edwardian clothing or not, it is something I will always remember and think about.

Aww the narrators voice so soothing wanted to get scared...but am sleepy now 👍👍👍👍💯

I worked as an engineer on the underground. I saw and heard some VERY terrifying things down there. All those who laugh at this ........may you get the chance to meet a ghost face to face as we did, THEN say they dont exist! The ‘loop’ at Kennington is one scary place as no passengers are allowed on the trains as they turn round but still you came across ‘people’ in the carriages at times. But when you walked down the train to tell them they cannot be on the train.........they are GONE. 🤔😳

I remember a few years back, walking at night into a graveyard and finding myself roughly where the older church once stood. Only one section remained. I remember sensing someone near me. I could tell the persons height, that they were Male, where they stood, and that he wasnt happy by a strange phenomena, that all his sad, lost and angry/frustrated emotions filled the space where he would of occupied. I sensed him move towards me, not physically but all of his emotions moved towards me. As he had died , perhaps buried beneath me, or in the old church when it was standing, i could only experience his emotions and not his physical presence. I turned and ran, but have always remembered it. Many people see a mist or faint movements or orbs, my own experience was somewhat different.

Wow I actually got quite emotional during that, may have been the music which was gorgeous.. I hope William has found peace

Thanks for this. As a London resident I frequently use the tube for it's convenience but as I use it at busy times, have never knowingly encountered any paranormal activity. These days with the many varied trends and with people from all over the world combined with the high activity of Central London it seems very difficult to be able to confirm any such activity. I look forward to more of your tales of haunted London.

Lloyd's Bank (as it was in 1990) in Albany Road. Cardiff is haunted by a squeaking sound coming from the gents toilets, as was reported to me by a cashier, when I asked. That was old Mr. Wilson's room where he had his favourite rocking chair. I know this because Lloyd's Bank (before conversion) used to be the home of the Wilson family, His son was my carpentry course instructor.

excellent retelling of a sad event . Every aspect about its production and narration is first rate 👍🏻

my gran was a child during the second world war and she sheltered in underground stations during bombings, along with hundreds of other people. Sometimes the stations took direct hits and everyone was killed. It would be more surprising if these were not haunted.

really enjoyed that. Thanks for sharing.

I think your work is extremely entertaining and well presented. And marvellous that you acknowledged the great Peter Underwood' s work.

Clear, precise and very well researched material. 👍🏻👍🏻

Good presentation, serious and level-headed. Well done, a refreshing change from all the poorly researched and childishly presented nonsense currently infesting RU-vid.

Great work! looking forward to the rest of this series.

Absolutely loving these stories. Please keep them coming. So well done and impeccably narrated. Thank you

Enjoying all of these wonderfully produced, researched, and narrated stories. Thank you so much.

Very good video. Very atmospheric and good narration. I enjoyed it immensely. Thank you. 👍

Ahhhh, London Underground, know it well. I live in Australia now, but love seeing home.....thanks👍🏻😀

Brilliant video & very enjoyable. Thank you!

I loved this, very well done, I look forward to the next one.

Brilliant. So well researched

great vid!

Thank you for the nicely done video. I'm incredibly sceptical yet I like to read ghost stories and such before going to sleep since I was young for some reason... your videos rely on storytelling rather than scary elements that actually fail to scare. Thank you for your service :)

Lovely presentation, thank you.

Very well told. I'm impressed.

That was fabulous thankyou. So sensitively done.

Brilliant work,all your work is so professional xx

This video is incredibly well made. Great job and thank you for all of your hard work. A fascinating watch. 👏🏼

What an intriguing story! Superb presentation, perfect music & wonderful accompanying pics. Real quality- thankyou!

Loved it. Good work. It certainly is a curious world ...

Excellent work, as always. Very engrossing and your choices of music are superb!

Exceptionally well done!

great video, loved the music. really professional. will be watching more

Terriss’ last words, ‘I’ll be back’ is more Terminator than Terminated.

Another superb video. Bravo!

I love your vids they are always so greatly researched

allways top notch curious, keep em comeing

This is an absolutely beautiful upload. Tops. 💚

By far the best paranormal channel!

Very spooky! In my own experience I find the old London stories creep me out the most. I'm not sure why. Stay Safe everyone.

Sad and atmospheric and extremely well researched. Clear, calm narration, beautifully done.

This is my new favorite narrator channel. The music doesn’t overpower anything and such a nice voice

Perfect bed time video. Calm music and clear narration

An excellent video, thanks for posting it.

Congratulations on a well written and dramatised programme. It was very interesting, and Thought provoking. 👏🏻

Very well presented with none of the usual YT paranormal dribble. Liked and subbed.

Love this. Thank you 💕

A sensitive and illuminating presentation of a terribly tragic back story.

Awesome video. Really spooked now!

Sad story, with that sad music. Good work!

An interesting and informative documentary delivered with respect, honesty and empathy. Excellent work. Thank you.

Thumbs up! Fantastic!

Beautiful music and narration, Thank you for making such a lovely video, reminds me of one night I passed through covent garden station 🙏

Superbly researched!!

The theory about increased foot traffic at the Convent Station might be right on target. After paranormal research became popular in the 2000s their was a significant decrease in ghostly activity in the American Civil War Prisoner of War Camp in Andersonville Georgia. During the same time paranormal activity tripled in the woods, fields and roads well outside perimeter of the camp.

This is very good, thank you 👍🏻

For a regular user of Covent Garden Station, which I am, this well researched video is fascinating.

Really very interesting, Thank you x

I found this video melancholic..great work sir.

Fantastic. Many thanks

Great video! Can't believe I walked through Covent Garden to the London Transport Museum oblivious to its ghost history.

That was excellent, thank you.

Good production. Thanks. Really liked the photographs and you have a perfect voice for narration.

Very enjoyable ,good narration , glad I subscribed!

Excellent presentation.

Curious World Excellently done

Excellent video. Subscribed.

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

Thank you for sharing this.

compassionate enquiry with an open-minded scepticism. well done!

This is great - I can tell you've seen the excellent documentary Ghosts on the Underground. Your video (and I'm looking forward to seeing more) is a great companion to that overview documentary :) thank you for producing!

A very good piece of work. Well done.

Very interesting for a Londoner xxx thank you

What a beautifull and haunting presentation,and the music is only making it more sad. Well done,i am subscribing now.