The building's past, however, started out pretty dark. During it's construction in 1833, two construction workers were tragically killed while they worked on the carving of the external pillars. The two men, John Heap and William Badger, are now said to haunt the building.
People, especially staff who work night shifts at the Town Hall, have reported to hear chiselling, just like the two workmen would have done. They have also been known to witness dark shadows and lights flickering in the building, even when there is no reason for the lights to flicker. It is also widely reported that after sightings such as these, the staff hear screaming and crashing. Is this the accident, repeating over and over again for the two poor workmen?
More incredibly, Charles Dickens is said to haunt the building, too. He gave his first reading of 'A Christmas Carol' at the Town hall on Boxing Day 1853, and since then in more recent years, people have reported to have seen a Victorian looking gentleman with a strong likeness to Dickens wandering around the building and sitting in the empty hall. A staff member also said that this apparition came up to them, and then allegedly vanished before their eyes.
This building is steeped in history and has a dark past... these sightings only confirm that. Paranormal sightings from the town hall come in time after time, and will probably continue to do so for a long time. Whether these sightings are of actual paranormal entities or not, it can't be proven, but it certainly makes for a very interesting story.
[Birmingham Town Hall and the external pillars that two workmen died while carving]
People, especially staff who work night shifts at the Town Hall, have reported to hear chiselling, just like the two workmen would have done. They have also been known to witness dark shadows and lights flickering in the building, even when there is no reason for the lights to flicker. It is also widely reported that after sightings such as these, the staff hear screaming and crashing. Is this the accident, repeating over and over again for the two poor workmen?
More incredibly, Charles Dickens is said to haunt the building, too. He gave his first reading of 'A Christmas Carol' at the Town hall on Boxing Day 1853, and since then in more recent years, people have reported to have seen a Victorian looking gentleman with a strong likeness to Dickens wandering around the building and sitting in the empty hall. A staff member also said that this apparition came up to them, and then allegedly vanished before their eyes.
This building is steeped in history and has a dark past... these sightings only confirm that. Paranormal sightings from the town hall come in time after time, and will probably continue to do so for a long time. Whether these sightings are of actual paranormal entities or not, it can't be proven, but it certainly makes for a very interesting story.
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