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The Tower of London, visible throughout England’s capital, always was about intimidation—first as a fortress, then as a prison where, over eight centuries, “guests” often met bloody ends.
It has no shortages of ghosts. Anne Boleyn spent her final days there. Two English princes in line for the throne vanished and were likely murdered within its walls. Queen Jane, just 17, ruled for only nine days before she was jailed there (pictured below)—and hanged.
The executioner has been silent since offing a Nazi spy in 1941, but the original Tower of Terror still exudes a spooky chill. What other secrets does it hold?
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