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Heathrow Airport lies 15 miles west of London. It is Britain’s largest airport and also the scene of several hauntings. Airline employees have often reported feeling hot breath upon their necks and hearing a man howling and barking like a dog. When they have turned round, no one has been there. This ghost is believed to be that of the highwayman Dick Turpin, who was hanged in 1739 and apparently enjoyed playing jokes like this when he was alive.

Inevitably there are also the ghosts of people who have died in plane crashes. One foggy night in March 1948 a Belgian Airlines DC3 Dakota crashed on approach into Heathrow. All 22 people on board were killed, but as the rescue crews were sorting through the wreckage a man in a hat emerged from the fog and asked if they had found his briefcase. As they stared at him, he faded away. They later found his body in the wreckage. Since that night he has been seen many times. He apparently appears out of nowhere and walks along the runway as if still searching for his briefcase.

Another businessman who haunts the airport also seems worried. He wears a grey suit and haunts one of the VIP lounges. Sometimes he simply appears from the waist down.

London Heathrow Airport, 234 Bath Road, Harlington, Middlesex UB3 5AP; Tel: 0870 000 0123; Fax: 020 8745 4290; Website: www.heathrowairport.com