London Bridge Hauntings

For over six centuries, the old London Bridge served as a crossing point over the Thames and a grim display of severed heads on spikes. Built in 1209 and demolished in 1831, the medieval stone bridge witnessed countless deaths from accidents, executions, and drownings. Traitors’ heads were displayed on the bridge’s southern gatehouse, including those of William Wallace, Thomas More, and Thomas Cromwell. The bridge itself was a bustling community with shops, houses, and a chapel, making it a unique structure where life and death intersected daily.

Multiple spirits are said to haunt the area where the old bridge once stood. Witnesses have reported seeing the ghostly figures of bridge dwellers in period clothing, heard the sounds of medieval commerce and shouting, and experienced sudden cold spots near the north bank. Some claim to see spectral heads on pikes, while others report the apparition of a monk from the bridge’s chapel. The most famous ghost is that of a woman in white, believed to be a victim of one of the bridge’s many fires.

When the old bridge was dismantled, some of its stones were incorporated into various structures, and several of these locations have reported paranormal activity. The current London Bridge, built in 1973, stands nearby but is not considered haunted. However, the area around the original bridge’s foundations continues to be a hotspot for paranormal investigators, particularly near the Monument and the Thames riverside where the medieval structure once connected the city to Southwark.