Debunking the Legend of the Phantom London Bus - Softcover

Miles, Mr Jonathan

Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798345205747

Publisher: Independently published, 2024

Synopsis

Did a phantom double-decker bus ‘really’ haunt the streets of 1930's London?

This supernatural vehicle was said to 'thunder' through the empty streets of North Kensington in the early hours, brilliantly illuminated, but with no visible signs of a driver, conductor or passengers. The bus was supposed to be a 'portent of doom', specifically for motorists at the junction of St Mark's Road and Cambridge Gardens - where it was said to cause unsuspecting drivers to swerve and lose control of their vehicles, before itself vanishing into thin air. Blamed for the cause of multiple road accidents, this spectral machine was allegedly witnessed on the streets as recently as 1990.

This is a classic modern 'British' ghost story, with all the hallmarks firmly pressed into one's imagination - an iconic symbol of London, dark and lonely streets and a splash or two of Art Deco. In the ninety two years since the main press coverage the phantom bus has made its way into many books and articles about ghosts and hauntings - with the accompanying detail often embellished, fabricated and mis-transcribed. Stories and accounts are passed from one source to another and we now have many variations of the same tale.

Now, as a result of countless hours of painstaking research and for the first time in print, this book delivers the most complete and accurate account ever published of this fascinating (and often misinterpreted) ghost story and puts forward the author’s own point of view on what was actually happening on the streets of North Kensington ninety two years ago.

A fascinating and cosy read for both the sceptic and believer alike. If you are an aficionado of the supernatural and have a thirst for tales of haunted London, then this book is for you!

Edition details

• Publisher: Independently published
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798345205747
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 163