London’s most unusual ghost?
Most London ghosts are fairly normal. (Well, normal for ghosts.) Ghostly actors in the back of a theatre. Ghostly ladies in the Tower of London. The pub regular who loved his local so much he never left.
But here’s a great one. A ghost chicken.
Francis Bacon, Lord Verulam, was an early scientist - back in Shakespeare’s day. He was a real live wire, always experimenting with new things. Coming back through Highgate in the snow, he had a bright idea; frozen chicken. So he got his manservant to go and get a chicken; gutted it, plucked it, and shoved its …read more
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