This one is for the brave. The Hunterian Museum is a collection of medical oddities, housed in the Royal College of Surgeons. Think: jars of deformed fetuses, eyeballs in formaldehyde, and the skeleton of a 7’7” giant named Charles Byrne.
Byrne was so terrified of being dissected after death that he begged to be buried at sea. Spoiler alert: they dug him up anyway. The museum has his bones on display. It’s grim, fascinating, and deeply unethical by modern standards.
Creepy Things to Do in London: Dark History & Unsettling Experiences
You’ll leave feeling both enlightened and a little sick. That’s the goal here, my friend.
Walk The Alley Where Jack the Ripper Worked
You can’t visit London and not do a Ripper walk. It’s practically a law. Sure, every tour guide has the same five facts, but the atmosphere is what sells it.
Stand in a narrow, piss-stained alley in Whitechapel at 10 PM. Listen to the guide talk about poor Mary Kelly. Then look over your shoulder when you hear a sudden footstep. It’s probably just a drunk office worker. But maybe—just maybe—it’s not.
Pro tip: skip the cheap tour. Pay for the small-group one with a historian who actually loves the spooky details. The theatrics are way better.
