ABOUT THIS EPISODE
THE TOWER — WHERE THE DEAD HAVE LEARNED TO WAIT
There are places where history is remembered.
And then there are places where it feels as though history is still happening.
The Tower of London is one of those places.
For almost a thousand years, its ancient stones have witnessed coronations, imprisonments, betrayal, torture and death. Kings and queens have passed through its gates. Prisoners have climbed its staircases knowing they would never return. Children have disappeared into its darkness. And countless lives have ended beneath its shadow.
And perhaps some of those stories never truly ended.
In this very special episode of Time Between Times, I take you into the darkness of the Tower of London and explore some of its most chilling ghost stories.
The restless spirit of Anne Boleyn.
The mysterious ghosts of the Princes in the Tower.
The tragic apparition of Lady Jane Grey.
The terrifying phantom bear said to have appeared near the Jewel House.
And the extraordinary account of a Yeoman Warder who felt something touch the back of his neck inside the ancient Salt Tower.
But there is another reason this episode is particularly personal to me.
Because while visiting the White Tower, I experienced something I still cannot explain.
Walking upon one of its ancient staircases, I suddenly felt someone breathing directly beside my ear.
I turned.
There was nobody there.
Perhaps it was nothing.
Perhaps there was a perfectly ordinary explanation.
But standing inside a building with almost a thousand years of history behind it, surrounded by stories of people who supposedly never quite left...
it was difficult not to wonder.
What if some places remember?
What if certain moments become so deeply embedded within the stones that they refuse to disappear?
And what if, every now and then...
the living happen to walk through them?
So tonight, my friends, draw your chair a little closer to the fire.
Let the lights grow dim.
Listen carefully to the silence.
And come with me into the ancient darkness of the Tower of London.
Because perhaps the ghosts of the Tower aren't waiting for us to find them.
Perhaps...
they have simply learned to wait.
Welcome...
to Time Between Times.
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And remember...
if you ever find yourself climbing those ancient stairs inside the White Tower...
listen carefully.
You never know what might be listening back.
Take care, my friends.
Nos da.
Owen x
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