Haunted Isles -in the company of spirits

The tragic Nine Day Queen, Lady Jane Grey, was executed on 12th February 1554 her ghost is said to haunt the Tower of London, Astley Castle and Bradgate Park. Has the ghost of Lady Jane Grey been captured in this video taken at her former home Bradgate?

Visit Ayot St Lawrence in Hertfordshire and you may hear the roar of a motorcycle, Lawrence of Arabia's motorcycle. Thomas Edward Lawrence was a friend and frequent visitor to  Ayot St Lawrence resident, George Bernard Shaw and it would seem that the ghosts of both Lawrence and Shaw are still present in the village. Lawrence of Arabia's motorcycle has been heard travelling the Hertfordshire lanes to Shaw's Corner, former home of George Bernard Shaw. Shaw's ashes are buried there. He died in 1950 and his housekeeper, Mrs Alice Laden, saw and heard him in the house several times after his death. Ayot St Lawrence seems to be a bit of a magnet for famous ghosts with some folk saying that Anne Boleyn haunts the Manor House. There's an old legend that Henry VIII and Anne were riding past Ayot St Lawrence when a courtier, Nicholas Bristow, admired the place and asked whose it was. Henry replied, "It is mine, but now shall be your's" and apparently gave Ni

Henry VIII's third wife Jane Seymour is said to haunt The Silver Stick Staircase at Hampton Court Palace. This part of the palace is not open to the public, the video below gives us an opportunity to see it for ourselves. It also shows one of her rooms, again not open to the public.