Episode 65
The Queen Who Still Walks the Tower
Up nextBack to the full archiveThe documented facts
- Anne Boleyn was beheaded on Tower Green on May 19, 1536; her ghost is reported on Tower Green and in the Chapel of St Peter ad Vincula, headless in some accounts.
- In 1864 a sentry outside the Queen's House challenged a white figure; his bayonet passed straight through her, and he was acquitted at court martial after witnesses, including an officer watching from a Bloody Tower window, corroborated the sighting.
- Under the old raven legend, if the ravens ever leave the Tower, the kingdom falls, so at least six are kept there at all times, cared for by the Ravenmaster, a senior Yeoman Warder.
- Anne Boleyn was buried the same day in the Chapel of St Peter ad Vincula inside the Tower, in an unmarked spot under the chancel, after her body was placed in an old arrow chest.
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Episode 65 case file
The facts
- Anne Boleyn was beheaded on Tower Green on May 19, 1536; her ghost is reported on Tower Green and in the Chapel of St Peter ad Vincula, headless in some accounts.
- In 1864 a sentry outside the Queen's House challenged a white figure; his bayonet passed straight through her, and he was acquitted at court martial after witnesses, including an officer watching from a Bloody Tower window, corroborated the sighting.
- Under the old raven legend, if the ravens ever leave the Tower, the kingdom falls, so at least six are kept there at all times, cared for by the Ravenmaster, a senior Yeoman Warder.
- Anne Boleyn was buried the same day in the Chapel of St Peter ad Vincula inside the Tower, in an unmarked spot under the chancel, after her body was placed in an old arrow chest.
The evidence
- In 1864 a sentry outside the Queen's House challenged a white figure; his bayonet passed straight through her, and he was acquitted at court martial after witnesses, including an officer watching from a Bloody Tower window, corroborated the sighting.
- Under the old raven legend, if the ravens ever leave the Tower, the kingdom falls, so at least six are kept there at all times, cared for by the Ravenmaster, a senior Yeoman Warder.
- Anne Boleyn was buried the same day in the Chapel of St Peter ad Vincula inside the Tower, in an unmarked spot under the chancel, after her body was placed in an old arrow chest.
Sources
- Sources are being gathered for this file. The facts above are documented.
The words, as I spoke them.
Transcript
EP65: The Queen Who Still Walks the Tower
A headless queen still walks the Tower at night.
The Tower of London has held its dead for nearly a thousand years. Its stones remember every queen who never left.
Anne Boleyn was beheaded on Tower Green in fifteen thirty six. Guards say she still crosses that green at night, carrying her head beneath her arm.
In eighteen sixty four, a sentry challenged a white figure at the Queen's House. His bayonet passed straight through her.
The ravens are kept under the old legend. If they ever leave, the kingdom falls, so six birds are guarded night and day. She never left Tower Green.
Walk that green after dark. Leave a comment in the comment section if you would walk Tower Green alone tonight. Follow for a new true nightmare every day. Sleep with the lights on, if you can.
Dramatized for the telling. The facts above are documented; the narration is the Draugr’s retelling of them.
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The Dreaded wear the mark.
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