The Ghosts
Room 333 is supposed to be the most haunted room in the hotel. In this room a BBC newscaster woke up to see a florescent ball of light which slowly took a human shape. The apparition hovered two feet above the floor the lower portion of it's legs missing, it was dressed in extravagant Victorian evening wear. The announcer tried to communicate with the ghost asking what it wanted, the spirit slowly started to move towards the newscaster arms outstretched eyes empty.
The announcer fled in distress to the safety of his co-workers and told them of his encounter, a colleague accompanied him back to his room. The ghost was still there when they entered, but appeared less visible and less threatening before slowly fading away. Other BBC staff reported seeing the apparition in the same room, though only in October.
In May 2003, a woman staying in the room suddenly checked out of the hotel without giving any reason for her premature departure. A few days later she sent a letter explaining that her slumbers had been interrupted by the activities of the ghost that kept her awake by repeatedly shaking the bed during the night.
On the ground floor staff and visitors have seen the ghosts of bewigged footmen in the halls and winding corridors. Sightings of these footmen are usually just brief glimpses, one visitor however phoned reception asking why her bags had not arrived at her room, she said that she had left her bag s with an oddly dressed porter, after describing the porter and his clothing she was notified that the baggage handlers had not worn the uniform she had described for 80 years. The womans luggage was found wear she had left it near the lobby.
Another of the active spirits is said to be a silver haired Victorian man with blank staring eyes. He is thought to be the ghost of a doctor who reportedly committed suicide after murdering his new wife on their honeymoon.
The upper floors of the building are apparently haunted by a butler, dressed smartly, carrying a tray. It has been speculated that he is not a butler, but an early radio presenter wearing a dinner jacket.
The ghost of a young German soldier has been seen in the hallways it is said that he committed suicide at the hotel just before the start of World War II, and now forever roams the corridors.
The most fabulous ghost at the Langham Hotel is that of Napoleon III whose spirits often seen in the hotels basement. Emperor Louis Napoleon III spent much of his last enforced exile from France at the Langham. Missing equipment and strange noises that emanate from the basement are attributed to his ghost.
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