Most Haunted Live

[kaliha]

I've not watched Most Haunted for a fair while (it was a combination of the sacking of the mighty Derek Acorah, having social life on the nights it was on the telleh and His Lordship refusing to let me watch it when he was home (I think he was scared o_O)).

I've been watching the current Most Haunted Live on Living this weekend and it's gone really bad, hasn't it? The new medium is awful, he doesn't have the personality of Derek or the other bloke (David?) and I think the live show are much too long.

However, investigating the London Underground is completely made of win. I'd love to go exploring the abandoned stations, I know that there are some down there that have been abandoned since the war (for whatever reason) and I've even seen some on the Northern Line when we've been through engineering works very, very slowly.

This leads me to a question for London-based peeps. Are there companies that do tours of abandoned stations (not unnecessarily ghost tours, historical tours would be just as ace)?

Comments

[redscharlach.livejournal.com]

According to this very useful website, London Underground stopped doing tours of its abandoned stations in 2000, primarily for health and safety reasons. Not a very exciting answer, but there you go!

[dune-drd.livejournal.com]

A damn, I would've loved to go on one as well one day :(

Are there any pictures of them on the 'net as well? I know there are several cave/tunnel fanatics that regularly produce awesome pictures.

[lovepollution.livejournal.com]

I don't think I like the idea of being actually down in the abandoned stations (for I am a wuss) but the photos of them are so interesting to see.

[blythely.livejournal.com]

Being a geek about (a) London (b) underground stuff (c) trains and (d) history, I would be stupidly excited to find out if there was anything you could do that wasn't mostly illegal or at least likely to get you in some sort of trouble. As it is your best bet is probably things that go on during London Open House weekend.

[staceyuk.livejournal.com]

MH went really downhill after Richard Felix left/was sacked at the end of series 8, and David Wells left at the end of series 9.

I hadn't watched it since then and you're right about the new medium. He doesn't engage you. I watched a Live show on Fri night but tbh I've never been a fan of the Live Shows.

[fallingtowers.livejournal.com]

Ever since I read Neverwhere, I would so much like to see the abandoned tube stations one day. Probably they are forbidden to the public, though, I assume, due to inadequate safety precautions.

[--kali--.livejournal.com]

This makes me sad in my face. :(

I'll have to go to Edinburgh then, they've got loads of underground stuff you can visit. (I did quite a few when I was there last time)

[--kali--.livejournal.com]

I'll have to live with videos of Firestarter and a rewatch of Creep for my abandoned Underground needs.

There was a brilliant Channel 4 (I think) documentary that collected together ghost stories from the Underground. It was very good.

[--kali--.livejournal.com]

Richard Felix now hosts vigils at Stafford Castle (or at least he used to) New MH just isn't very good. I caught an episode of S1 MH on Sky the other day and it was so much fun.