'Ghost' Photographed In London's Dominion Theatre.
Among the superstitious, it is said a resident ghost in a theatre is a sign of good
fortune.
If that's true then Tottenham Court Road's Dominion Theatre may be one of
the luckiest theatres in London after a photo has emerged of a supposed
ghost lurking in its stalls.
The chilling photo was taken by We Will Rock You patron Stuart Cheveralls
and uploaded on to the theatre's Facebook page.
real life events surrounding the site of the
theatre, and you have what may be a
compelling case.
History tells of a terrible disaster 114
years before the Dominion was built, when
the Meux and Company Brewery occupied
the same site as the present building.
On 17 October 1814 a huge vat containing
3,550 barrels of beer - over a million pints -
ruptured, causing a tsunami of alcohol to
sweep the area, flattening buildings and
killing those in its path.
An eyewitness wrote in New York magazine The Knickerbocker: "All at once, I found myself borne onward with great velocity by a torrentwhich burst upon me so suddenly as almost to deprive me of breath. A roar as offalling buildings at a distance, and suffocating fumes, were in my ears and nostrils."
Eight people drowned in what became known as the London Beer Flood.
Is this a photograph of one of the poor unfortunate souls claimed by the worst
industrial alcohol accident in British history? Or simply a fake? Take a closer look...
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