| In this final instalment of The Ghosts of the Tower of | | | | Royal Menagerie. Lions, leopards, bears, birds, monkeys |
| London, you will learn about the fate of Catherine | | | | and an elephant, that was a gift from the King of |
| Howard and discover the treachery behind the death | | | | France, were kept on exhibit. On the stroke of midnight |
| of Lady Jane Grey who was Queen of England for | | | | in January of 1815 a sentry saw a bear from this |
| only nine days.The most grisly execution and thus | | | | menagerie emerge from a doorway. He lunged at it |
| haunting is that of the 70 year old Countess of | | | | with his bayonet, it passed right through the apparition. |
| Salisbury, the last of the Plantagenets. King Henry VIII | | | | The Sentry was later found unconscious, it is said he |
| had her executed for political reasons. The feisty | | | | died of fright within two months of this |
| Countess refused to put her head on the block like a | | | | encounter.Something unseen and very frightening is in |
| common traitor. When her executioner came after her | | | | the Salt Tower. This is one of the most haunted areas |
| she ran, but was pursued by him, with his axe in hand | | | | of the Tower of London complex. This is a very old |
| hacking at her until he had hewn the Countess to | | | | section, dogs will not enter this ancient building, and |
| death.Her ghost has been seen reliving this truly | | | | ever since one of the Yeoman Warders was nearly |
| gruesome act. Also the shadow of a great axe has | | | | throttled by a force unseen, they will not go in the area |
| been seen falling across the scene of her murder.At | | | | after nightfall. |
| one time the Tower of London was home to the | | | | |