London Underground's famous, disused Aldwych Tube station opened as 'The Strand' station in 1907. It once serviced a tiny section of the Piccadilly line, but after a name change to Aldwych station and a lack of demand, a single line remained by 1918.
During the Second World War, the platforms at the station where used as a public air-raid shelter, while the tunnels where used to store precious artefacts from the British Museum.
Located at Holborn in central London, the tube station was built on the site of the Royal Strand Theatre. It was initially intended as the terminus of the Great Northern and Strand Railways, but a large portion of this station never opened for business, and today it's immaculately preserved platforms provide the perfect film location and tourist attraction.
The station's connection with the Royal Strand Theatre includes many reported spectoral sightings. William Farren, a promising actor-manager is thought to roam the tunnels bemoaning his misfortune, a career cut short by a fateful stroke. Other ghostly residents of the station include actress Fanny Kelly, who endured abominable treatment by Sioux Indians in America and refuses to leave the place she loved. Tempestuous star, Harriet Waylett, known for her drunken rages, is said to wander the empty darkness, while Miss Frances Redmond also lingers at Aldwych, after falling into dementia and dying of gas inhalation.
Other more ancient wraithlike forms also lurk in the subterranean depths at Aldwych. During the Nazi air raids of the 1940s, the Elgin Marbles were stored for protection from the relentless bombardment above. They are said to be cursed and that their presence has somehow rubbed off on this forlorn and abandoned place.
The site continues to intrigue with its mysterious ghostly tales and eerie, silent platforms. What mysteries will the Most Haunted team unravel as we again descend beneath the sleeping streets of London?