most londoners can’t afford a home because they are sold to overseas investors & companies who don’t even live in them. london is known for being haunted, but few know these ghost residents are real.
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the real ghosts of london
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london loves boasting its ghost tours, so we gave people a new map and a different kind of hauntedness to discover.
ghost tour pamphlet
ghost plaques
In-situ plaques of famoud “dead people” placed around the city for passers-by to notice who’s never lived in their own houses
devonshire house, piccadilly
18 kensington palace gardens
forbes house, belgravia (neighboorhood as security was tight)
rutland gate house, knightsbridge
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this ghost registry draws on real property ownership data, including investigations by private eye, which revealed that large parts of prime london real estate are owned through offshore companies/investors.
the map reframes these investor-owned empty homes as “haunted” properties, documenting when each house became haunted, where its ghost currently resides, and how much was paid to possess it.
The Real Ghosts of London
Homes owned by ghosts
Inspect the map to reveal when each house became haunted, and the country where you can still find its ghost alive.