This map traces the darker side of London: cemeteries, plague pits, execution sites, murder locations, forgotten slums, and places where the city’s suffering and cruelty left their mark. Each icon reveals a story from London’s shadowed past, from the grimly historical to the eerily curious.
- Red icons: Sites of notorious deaths or macabre events. Click for a photo, a brief account, and links to related posts.
- Black icons: Grim historical locations – pest houses, foundling hospitals, slums, workhouses, factories, or forgotten cemeteries. Click to learn their stories.
- Grey icons: Hidden, eerie curiosities – alleys, haunted buildings, secret corners, or forgotten remnants of London’s sinister past.
Step carefully… London’s past has left more than monuments in its shadow.