'Distressed' teen boy reports 'ghost' sighting at busy London Underground station believed to be haunted

Rumours the London Underground is haunted have been fuelled after it was revealed a teenage boy spotted 'ghosts' - near King's Cross station. Transport for London (TfL) confirmed via a Freedom of Information (FOI) request that in the last two years there has been one genuine reported case of paranormal activity across all its stations. This involved a distressed 15-year-old boy at King's Cross on the Metropolitan line in December 2023, who claimed that he had seen 'ghosts'.

The FOI request asked for all reports of 'paranormal activity at Tube, DLR, London Overground, Elizabeth Line and Tram locations made to TfL since January 1, 2022'. In response, officers searched their London Underground incident reports for a range of keywords. These included ghost, paranormal, spirit, apparition, ghoul, phantom, poltergeist, and banshee. However, they claim that most of the 156 results merely referred to being in 'good spirits'.

This is likely to mean that the person who made the report of the sighting had had an alcoholic drink. A 15-year-old boy, who was described as 'distressed' reported to Transport for London that he had seen ghosts at near King's Cross station. It's thought that Kings Cross station could be the site of paranormal activity, after someone made a report of seeing a ghost there. TfL also searched the Customer Contact Centre database turning up over 1,000 cases.

However, it is estimated most of these will refer to phantom or ghost Oyster card charges. There were no reports found of paranormal activity on the Trams, Elizabeth line, DLR, or London Overground services. Senior FOI Case Officer Gemma Jacob wrote about the keyword search that had been carried out when looking at records. According to her report: 'We have carried out a keyword search of all London Underground incident reports over the requested timeframe using the following words: ghost, paranormal, spirit, apparition, ghoul, phantom, poltergeist, banshee.

'The search returned 156 results, but only one of them related to paranormal activity. 'This related to a distressed 15 year-old-boy at King's Cross on the Metropolitan line in December 2023, who also mentioned that he had seen ghosts. 'We do not have any reports of paranormal activity on our Trams, Elizabeth line, DLR, or London Overground services.'. Ghostly apparitions: Following a report of a ghostly sighting at Kings Cross Station, could the location be haunted? (Stock image).

The unnamed requester had also asked to see a copy of 'any internal staff logbooks/documents for ghost sightings at the Aldgate East station.'. The reason for the particular interest in Aldgate East could be due its location. This particular station is in close proximity to the area where the Jack the Ripper murders took place in 1888. Ms Jacob however confirmed that TfL do not have any documents of 'ghost sightings' at this station.