The Langham London Hotel Ghosts

The Langham London Hotel Portland Place.

The Most Haunted Hotel In London.

The Langham Hotel is said to be the most haunted hotel in London its and impressive building having been constructed between 1863 and 1865 it’s a five star hotel in a great location. In its day it was the most modern of hotels with water closets and bathrooms costing £300,000 to build. The Hotel was partly used by the army in World War two suffering bomb damage and it closed. In 1965 it was purchased by the BBC having used in part as ancillary accommodation after the war. The Langham opened as a Hilton Hotel in 1991.

Ghost Happenings and Room 333

In room 333 ……

A BBC newscaster awakened to see a ball of light this began to form into the shape of a human figure, hovering a couple of feet off the ground with the form missing part of its lower legs. The ghostly form apparently dressed in fine Victorian evening wear when addressed, looked at the newscaster with empty eyes and moved arms outstretched towards him. Not surprisingly he fled, seeking the warmth of fellow human beings. He told his story to a co-worker whom returned to the room with him to witness the apparition albeit faded and eventually disappearing. There have been other reports by BBC employees that have also seen the same Ghost in room 333.

In Recent years (2003) a woman guest made a hurried departure from the hotel without explanation of her sudden actions. A letter sent later told the hotel that her sleep was interrupted frequently with shakings of the bed and this ghostly behavior had led to her hasty retreat from room 333.

The Ghost of Napoleon lll has been seen often in the basement of the hotel, missing items, strange noises in the basement are said to be of his making.

There are reports from both staff and visitors of bewigged footmen on the ground floor. the Sightings in the halls and corridors albeit mostly brief glimpses of the ghostly figures except for one women visitor who thought she had left her luggage with an odd looking porter, later her luggage was found where she had left only to be told the dress of the porter was that of 80 years ago.

Other Apparitions include a young German soldier roaming the hallways it is thought that he committed suicide before WW II. A Victorian gentleman with blank staring eyes, has been seen and this is perhaps a doctor who killed his newly wed wife on their honeymoon, then committing suicide.

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