Ghost spooks fire station
THE ghost of a firemen who fell to his death in Holloway could be spooking modern-day fire crews.
But now firefighters are turning Ghostbusters after a ghoulish figure was actually caught on film at the their station.
There may have been no green slime or floating plates but what looks spookily like a translucent white ghost was videoed in the station's dormitory.
And rumours are rife it could have been a dead colleague paying a visit.
Euston Fire Station in Euston Road, Euston, certainly has a long history. It first opened in 1902 and over the years has seen 13 firefighters lose their lives in service.
They include Daniel O'Donovan who lost his life after falling from a roof in Holloway in 1964, Robert Libby who died in 1913 trying to rescue a sewer worker overcome by fumes, eight men who were fighting fires during the Second World War.
One firefighter, who did not want to give his name, said: "They used to say there was a dead fireman who walked around. A couple of weeks ago, a firefighter who had come off duty captured what he thought might be a ghost on his mobile phone.
"Since then there has been lots of talk but most people think it's a trick of the light. I take everything with a pinch of salt. The video looks like you've opened the window when it's sunny. I don't think there's anything there at all.
"Every fire station is quite spooky. This one is very old, dark and not particularly light and airy. But I don't believe in ghosts."
Yet a fellow firefighter, who also did not want to be named, is a believer.
He said: "I think it's a past firefighter. They are still here. They are here in visitation. Things have been heard for years. There have been shadows.
"I was in bed one night. I was wide awake and I felt someone get in with me. But there was no one there."
Expert Richard Jones, who has written five books on haunted London, said: "I have never known Euston to be a particularly ghostly area and I've never heard of any dead firefighters.
"But the former Midland Grand Hotel at St Pancras had quite a reputation of ghostly goings-on. And there was a Victorian myth of Queen Boadicea being buried underneath a King's Cross railway platform. But if she's anywhere, she's most likely to be in the Midlands."
Factfile: Ghostly places in London
At Elephant and Castle Tube station, people say they have heard the steps of an invisible runner, strange tappings and doors being thrown open.
The Tower of London, which has witnessed plenty of beheadings and gruesome goings-on since being built in 1078, is famed as being one of the most haunted buildings in London.
At Hampstead Heath, swimmers complain of hearing phantom footsteps on the pier. These are believed to be the ghosts of people who plunged into the depths never to be seen again.
10 Downing Street is said to be haunted by several ghosts, including a man in Regency-style clothing who makes fleeting appearances. No-one knows who he is although some suggest that he may have been a former prime minister.
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