Neil Arnold
Who Was Spring Heeled Jack?
Fifty years before Jack the Ripper’s grisly slayings rocked Whitechapel, Victorian London was terrorised by another darkly adorned phantom of the night. Although this particular assailant was never believed to have killed anyone, his antics were still as frightfully ghoulish, and his identity, just like the Ripper, remains unknown to this day, despite countless theories [...]
Did Vampires Haunt London?
It sounds absurd to suggest that tales of vampire-like entities have roamed some of London’s most derelict and overgrown places. Generally, we perceive such ‘monsters’ as fictitious, and certainly movie-based apparitions intent on sucking the blood of damsel’s in distress. Well, that’s maybe just my own erotic belief, but delve into the archives of London’s [...]
Do Big Cats Roam the Outskirts of London?
During mid-August 2008 a Thamesmead man had three sightings of a large, dark-coloured cat during the early hours as he peered out from his window. On each occasion, the animal he saw appeared bigger than a Labrador, but was of feline gait, and after a few minutes slinked out of sight. Surprisingly, these kinds of [...]
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