The Haunting History Of The Tower Of London

This video details some of the more dark and morbid details of the history of the Tower of London, including the murders and executions that took place there.
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Old engraved illustration of the first chapter of the order of Le Saint Esprit held by Henry IV in the Church of the Augustins by Jean François de Troy
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Antique illustration - painting - A View of Dort - by Albert Cuyp
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Portrait of Henry VII, King of England and Lord of Ireland
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Richard III King of England as knight 1863
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Old engraved illustration of Charles I Receiving Benediction Before Execution
Lady Jane Grey and Roger Ascham (Engraved illustration)
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Queen Mary I
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Henry IV (XXXL)
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Engraving medieval execution with sword
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The Tower of London
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Sir Thomas More
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Murder of the Princes
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Thomas Seymour Baron of Sudeley
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Sons of Edward IV of England, lithograph, puplished in 1868
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Queen Catherine Parr
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King Edward the Sixth
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The Trial of Catherine
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King William I
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Floating Ghost Evil Spirit in a Derelict Asylum Hospital
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Colourful Ink Underwater
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The British flag waving near the Big Ben Clock Tower
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SLO MO Stones falling on a pile in sunshine
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Burning rose
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close up of the historic tower of london
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smoke coming
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Knight's armour and weapons
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Outside the Tower of London taken at night
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Ghost Story find a way home as adventure spirit concept.
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As the sun sets and evening arrives shadows travel up the facade of the Great West door and tower of Westminster Abbey
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Westminster Abbey, London, western facade.
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Dark rose with black ink spilling on it. Beautiful unique shot with relationship concept
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Slow motion of migrating flock of Crane Birds and small Birds
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"Rose wilting, timelapse"
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The chapel inside the Tower of London
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Julia Rome
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[@mirandaxx954]

Take a shot every time she says “however” and then call 911.

[@softmongreal2522]

💀😂

[@heyitsa9511]

Would love to see an unsolved episode of Shane and Ryan covering the two princes of the tower!

[@MagicalBread]

@@Tejvir7 🤦‍♂️I dunno Buzzfeed “Unsolved”?

[@143jcm]

Would love to see an unsolved episode

[@bluefox99887]

@@MagicalBread I think what they meant to say was: "what part of that story is the 'unsolved' mystery?" Maybe they didn't finish the video.

[@tayloranderson7547]

Covering the two prineces of the tower

[@deangirl2286]

Same

[@Itsrainingcatsyall]

They really didn't have much options for names back in the day...

[@eviejackson1969]

I would just press the sims randomizer name button

[@carlmendez2501]

mary henry mary edward henry henry

[@tayloranderson7547]

Back in the day

[@tonirivera1537]

It was tradition in Noble families to name them after each other. Similar to how

[@brynnjohnson2316]

Loved this video, but I do think it is important to note that Catherine Howard was, at the oldest, nineteen when she was beheaded, and potentially even younger. Most of her alleged affairs took place when she was a child and could not consent, and she was essentially punished for being sexually abused.

[@meganknight5262]

Thank you!!!!! Finally someone said it, I was super erked when the video mentioned those who essentially manipulated her into sexual behaviors as her “lovers”

[@LadyHuggington]

THANK YOU. It was disappointing to see the old narrative of Catherine as the idiot harlot being perpetuated yet again, in spite of all honest historical record of what happened to her. She was a victim, not an adulteress.

[@tayloranderson7547]

To note the canine Howard Was, that at the oldest nineteen when she was beaded , and affairs took place when she was a child and could, not consent, and she was essentially punished for being sexually abused.

[@melissasaint3283]

Is Taylor a bot?😟

[@KHowardishereandthefunsbegun]

Thank you for standing up for me 🥺

[@anneboleyn2387]

YALL IM IN THIS YFIKFIFI

[@georgiaewington]

Omg I-

[@bekleedee]

How's your head? xD

[@anneboleyn2387]

@@bekleedee gone

[@samysmores6670]

@@anneboleyn2387 damn XD

[@izzymsp1403]

Omg you're famous

[@orangesalsocomeincans2266]

Is it just me or does the multiple low opacity images layered on top of each other make the screen look too crowded? It's just a little to much for me to focus on.

[@ResilientBiscuit]

It’s nauseating.

[@michelesherman5660]

When they do that in the video I stap watching and only listen

[@englishatheart]

Please stop acting like you're unique and special enough to be "the only one" who does or thinks something.

[@maylee431]

So its basically, divorced, beheaded, died, divorce, beheaded, survived? Alright

[@destinylopez2074]

SIX the musical basically says it

[@gaymerg0rlbathwater]

but just for you tonight, they’re divorced, beheaded LIIIIIIIIIVEEEEEE

[@Logan-fc2ib]

@@gaymerg0rlbathwater welcome to the show to the histo-remix

[@DoctorWhovian101]

Glad that's in my head instead of financial advice

[@briannacam.]

Not all the information here is correct. Jane didn’t have Many supporters and Elizabeth the I was not Catholic.

[@miagoodrick1217]

this needs to be top comment imo

[@ivorybluesky]

there are even more.

[@jessicabell8838]

I just put that

[@jessicabell8838]

@@miagoodrick1217 I just added that

[@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un]

*”Time to conquer England, said William”*

[@Tom-px8cr]

Hiiiii kim

[@danielguth5758]

Not you again

[@GoochiGoblin]

I love u

[@athiakrichena2076]

😁😁

[@kowalski2933]

Please your everywhere your scaring me have mercy

[@Theyrecomingtogetyoubarbara]

Not a fan of constantly layering images on top of each other. Headache inducing.

[@JustAChinesePleb]

The story of the two princes is so sad

[@JohnDoe-zw8vx]

I don't get the obsession with continuing to test the remains. Anecdotally, the remains matched. Then some more scientific analysis further proves it more likely than not. What use would further tests have other then making the researchers famous?

[@SneedPatch]

Also a great Spin Doctors song

[@WoozyCool]

@@JohnDoe-zw8vx Didn't they only confirm that these skeletons belongs to those 2 kids from back then? Seems that they're trying to confirm something else now. That those kids' are really Richard III's nephews. Maybe some other theory is present.... (that the kids were known to the public, as his nephews, but they're not really?) and hence researchers want to check that out.

[@JohnDoe-zw8vx]

@@WoozyCool From my understanding, they initially found skeletons matching children where there had rumors the two boys had been buried. Later, tests showed the bones did belong to kids roughly the age of the two boys and having been killed in the same time frame. Whether true or not, enough time has passed that it wouldn't provide closure to any immediate family so it would only serve to prove some new researchers theory right/wrong. For that reason, I agree with the royal families refusal to allow further testing.

[@rorifrongillo6763]

There is slightly more information about the two princes in an episode of Ghost Hunters International where the team investigated London Tower.

[@suddenwall]

Nice improvement on the narrator. The audio is clean and she has vitality and enthusiasm in her voice. The Hatton Garden Heist video sounded like Siri echoing down a drainpipe

[@claudiasnow2088]

These posers clearly haven't heard divorced beheaded and died

[@bjorktess]

I’m Henry the VII I had six sorry wives some might say I ruined their lives

[@balthiersgirl2658]

Exactly

[@corvinbrady3603]

@@bjorktess YES FINALLY SOMEONE WHO DIDNT USE SIX LYRICS

[@LaPetiteBoulin]

Henry ordered the swordsman BEFORE Anne's trial - she didn't ask for the French swordsman. It's a mystery why Henry ordered it. Also, King Henry didn't divorce any wife but had them annulled. There is a difference because the annulment's made Mary and Elizabeth illegitimate.

[@JackieGoehner]

Ryan and Shane should spend a night in the tower of London!

[@chpcovers6560]

They shooouulllld :)

[@BotDraws]

YAAASSS

[@alix6361]

Jackie Goehner ur not allowed

[@JackieGoehner]

@@alix6361 ok precious snowflake, go back under your rock 😘

[@englishatheart]

@@alix6361 You're* Use actual words.

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

Pretty sure Shane and Ryan got sent to the Tower the most times because everyone thought they were insane

[@DA-ol2ey]

CUBA HERE

[@shakrahammed]

Where are they actually missing them dudes

[@pineconeconeybear7172]

@@shakrahammed If you haven’t already, you can check them out at Watcher. And I don’t think there’s going to be another supernatural season until covid clears up

[@papagnerd1943]

Where are the ghoul boys???? Been missing them.

[@Jiddy12345]

@@papagnerd1943 They have their own channel called Watcher. They literally just finished the most recent season of Buzzfeed Unsolved and are on a break.

[@Crox101]

These forms of history are much more interesting than the stuff we usually learn

[@DIOsNotDead]

POV: you're in elementary school and your history teacher loves creepy stories throughout history, so she narrates a well-made presentation of the Tower of London for today's lesson

[@jaxk5664]

cant help but feel ive been just a little bit "click-baited". not actually "the history of the tower of london" (though it started so promisingly) but really just a re-hash of a few stories everyone has heard a million times before...

[@Itsrainingcatsyall]

I'm still trying to figure out the "Unsolved" part 🤷🏽‍♀️ like that's the focus of the channel, no?

[@tayloranderson7547]

Can help but feel I've been just a little bit click - baited . Not actually the history of the tower of London of a few stores everyone has heard a million times better

[@Akat1997]

Some of the facts are false as well. Elizabeth I was a protestant. Jane Seymour did not have many supporters before the birth of Edward.

[@iurunner34]

We went from Shane and Ryan to an elementary school read-along.

[@guerocoolero53]

"Undubitably" 🤣😂

[@maryclisham7021]

Aren't they doing stuff at Buzzfeed anymore?

[@emileponcelet3439]

@@maryclisham7021 they due to corona they halted their work here but idk tbh. Their content at Watcher isnt really my style tho

[@knittinninja]

@@maryclisham7021 Infrequently. They're contractors with Buzzfeed, idk if they ever were full employees. However, if u wanna see the ghoul boys again, check out 'The Watcher' channel on KZbin.

[@ResilientBiscuit]

@@guerocoolero53 She said it so confidently too 😂

[@battymcbatson]

Absolutely loved everything about this video!! Keep up the great work!!

[@scorpionheart]

Should’ve just stuck with explaining what happened in the place instead of trying to explain who these people are and how they’re related to each other because without proper background, all these (same) names and titles are meaningless and confusing

[@Emily_M.]

10:25 Me: "Ah, here comes Shakespeare"

[@ssw1304]

P1: Hey! Where should we keep the crown jewelry? P2: uuuuh. OH I KNOW! THE SAME PLACE WE KEEP PRISONERS!

[@darlyne229]

There’s no way! This is my research paper that is due next month and you just gave me a lot of important information and cleared a lot of questions!

[@Elvxn13]

hello friends. hope you're all taking care of yourselves! drink some water, grab a snack, take your meds, you deserve happiness!!

[@tmr4342]

Don't tell me what to do 😜

[@tanviohol6807]

You're so sweet. Thank you

[@appletots7069]

Aaawww, thanks. Likewise!

[@co_comg]

Yesss Finally you guys upload 🌹❤️💯✨

[@declangibson2039]

Love your videos

[@KittyPetote]

An amazing day trip. So much to see and learn about

[@diannaherrera3768]

I need like a family chart to see who's who cuz the repetitive names and titles got me confused...

[@jennylou3246]

Love these

[@ResilientBiscuit]

I’m so distracted by the hilarious mispronunciations. “Unchaaahstened”

[@theresacherco3503]

They say when you see Anne Boleyn she’s caring her head

[@bouncebouncetiger]

I'm sorry but did they just refer to Elizabeth I as a Catholic???

[@nataliadams4361]

Ay nice a cool video right after my break down YAY

[@somethingoutthere5608]

I actually did a project on this for school, it's genuinely very spooky and disturbing. The things that happened back then is awful

[@yungmelo1422]

I love this channel❤

[@khloeturner4380]

Y’all got the bad girls club editor on this one

[@litavisdethmonias]

Any other Brits here already knowing most of the Tudor parts because of Horrible Histories??? I see no mention of it in the comments 😂

[@w.hawkins744]

i thought william ii was killed out hunting, not in battle? he had a reputation as not really being a man of action.

[@blue-qh5ye]

You’re right, there are a few inaccuracies in this video...

[@cmm-l5t]

Had to turn this one off after the narrator very confidently said, "undubitably."

[@sarahmassingale4489]

That bugged me, but the way she said "unchast" instead of "unchaste" was what really got me

[@cmm-l5t]

@@sarahmassingale4489 ahhh yes! That, too!

[@garishanth]

is it me or does the editing of this video seem weird?

[@neptune1525]

So interesting. Thank you very much for this little history lesson!! After the pandemic (🥶) I'll make sure to visit it!

[@Irepeatthisisnotatest]

The Tower of London is such an amazing place to visit. I spent hours there and definitely didn’t see everything. Will for sure need to go back one day.

[@redmasquerade13]

The story of those boys always breaks my heart, poor things 😞

[@consg6197]

This video is so cool!!! Thank you for doing it!

[@Housewarmin]

This editing is really weird. The fading photos over each other make it so hard to concentrate

[@tzvikrasner6073]

Small caveat: "Strangling with a pillow" is referred to as "smothering". It's hard to wrap a pillow around someone's neck.

[@Denis-89]

Any fans of The Tudors show here? This brought me back to that show..

[@ResilientBiscuit]

The word is “indubitably” darling.

[@JohnDoe-zw8vx]

😂 I was sure I heard a mistake but didn't care enough to rewind it.

[@sierradickson6768]

Timestamp??

[@JohnDoe-zw8vx]

@@sierradickson6768 3:49, she says "undubitably"

[@martintiirik9660]

More Shane and Ryan's ghost hunts!! I've been waiting for a year now.

[@fairychangeling8337]

The walls are wider than my front room.

[@CARSONHEFNER]

Way better voice than the last video

[@evydarling]

"however.... . however . .. . . however...... however..........."

[@cloudy2594]

i’ve been waiting for this video since i went to the tower lol

[@CY7_16]

You guys should make audio books 🙂

[@hecticryry]

Good history lesson

[@eepy.stawbie]

Soo... they made a video out of a year 7 history presentation? Couldn’t get the facts right and mispronounced the big words, truly authentic.

[@bluefox99887]

Guys, Ryan and Shane left Buzzfeed to start their own channel, Watcher, over a year ago. They only contract for new Unsolved seasons. You'll know when a new season is coming out because they'll make a big deal announcing it. If you don't like videos without Shane and Ryan, stop wasting your time clicking and commenting on them. Better yet,, go support the channel they actually own, instead.

[@alexandsimon]

You should investigate the croatoan mysteries!

[@love_mandyxo]

I thought Anne Boleyn was brought to the Tower of London through the Byward Tower/Court Gate, not Traitor’s Gate

[@whitetiger2200]

I would have loved for you to include the story of Margaret Pole it's quite wild what happened during her execution; she jumped from the block!

[@lilybaldwin9139]

Petition to make these into podcasts as well

[@thedobster5939]

When is the new season of unsolved coming out?

[@w0nkt153]

I had to change my Vpn to London for this one

[@fiaazm6439]

Its even kinda spooky, i even live in London! This tower is being abandoned until now. Its very scary when i went passing by. So empty and quiet

[@bherrera0165bh]

You're lucky! Going to London and visiting all the spooky places there is what I always wanted to do.

[@Akat1997]

Katherine Howard never met Thomas Culpepper until she was made queen. She had a relationship with Francis Derham who she called her husband and he called her his wife. Katherine was sexually abused for most, if not all, of her life and was beheaded along with Lady Rochford who orchestrated the affair between Howard and Culpepper.

[@adammcelroy6141]

William II was not “killed in battle” 😂😂😂😂😂 he was at least killed accidentally whilst hunting, at most murdered.

[@charleejones8490]

Can you do the case of the boy in the blue cap?

[@melanieiwasko4393]

These were some crazy times!

[@ejohn87]

Sometimes I can’t get over how barbaric humans are. Like it wasn’t really *that* long ago when folks were getting burned for witchcraft and kings were beheading their wives.

[@lydialorraine5164]

And it's amazing how many people complain about how terrible modern life is 😂

[@WoozyCool]

In that way, it's not so shocking there are school shooters now. If we look at history overall, it shows how insane people have gotten and can get again. Only when overall emotional health issues of the majority is handled better and corruption is ridden of, only then, such toxic cycles of repeating violence will end. So......yea. Psychologically and logically calculating..... Basically, the cycles of violence won't end anytime soon.

[@PhantomStella]

I would totally visit here tbh

[@jennyg2789]

🎵🎶Divorced, Beheaded, Died, Divorced, Beheaded, Survied🎵🎶 🎵🎤Everybody knows that we used to be six wives🎤🎵

[@narisasengein9288]

“However-“

[@lexigrimhaive]

Ohhhhhhh my gods, SO. MANY. ERRORS. I can’t even finish it.

[@josephcarvil9474]

Can you do a episode on Spring Heeled Jack! 🙃

[@withuhc3086]

Alright, now I have Six going through my head.

[@benstadler4337]

God the script sounds like a middle school research paper

[@moriguilbeau8573]

3:48 it's indubitably not undubitably

[@toobeast5485]

So happy I was an Expat in the UK and they taught me 1066, William the Conqueror a beast bruh, undefeated goat

[@faerierain7536]

I find it darkly humorous that after all this, modern science has proven that it is in fact the male’s contribution to the birds and bees that dictates the gender of the child. Also, I’ve never heard of this tower.

[@SgtTurtles69]

That’s cool

[@mo_del_madness3635]

One of those videos you click the like button during the ad

[@Depression125]

I love spooky stories and buzfeed doesn't seem to fail

[@oliviagreen7423]

Yep. And I really like Aria and Matt☺

[@lucylovesthc6011]

Yall need to do Madiline Mcan

[@ayaanshaikh2676]

The video is creepy and informative

[@amysherlock3534]

Why on earth did they do these stories in chronological order? For anyone who might not already know the history this is sooo confusing

[@erinufo]

Thomas culpepper wasn’t her previous lover, he was part of the king’s house staff!

[@kitkatsir2965]

Can you guys plz have ryan and shane review the susan powell case

[@KHowardishereandthefunsbegun]

I can’t believe I was there, it stunk like hell!

[@killitkris4585]

Ah I was told where the princes were buried when I went to the tower, but I didn’t know they were murdered in The Bloody Tower. I was confused by the name. All they told us was that Sir Walter Raleigh was imprisoned in The Bloody Tower.

[@yelandfriends5171]

My mother got touch and pushed the the spirits there also her hair pulled we told a guard He was shocked he said only staff get that

[@-CLUMSYDIYer-]

Ah the good old days!

[@MATT25HD]

You guys should do a video on "What happened to Kurt Cobain" It's still unsolved, right?

[@princessnatasha668]

Those poor babies...

[@jacknapier8073]

Tldr: the throne were filled with betrayal

[@midy9680]

Fun fact the stone used to make , I think either the tower of London or big Ben, was from my little village. 😁

[@user-hp7wi1ew3u]

omg! that's so cool!

[@oliviagreen7423]

I'm American, so I've only seen England on tv or vids. And yeah London seems cool of course, but the little villages are more interesting to me💜 Some of them still have the ability to completely transport you back in time

[@AnAwkwardBlue]

Sounds like your village…rocks 🤘

[@FallOutJosie]

henry viii be like: what if pope, but *me?*

[@RandomGuyComments]

fade... fad...fa... fade..... im like what was that last pic? lol

[@Benni777]

There’s too many Anne’s for me to keep track 😂😂