Everyone would love to meet Westminster Abbey’s third and final ghost. Father Benedictus was probably a murder visctim of a robbery gone wrong at the Abbey somewhere in the 16th century. Perhaps he haunts the Abbey because he doesn’t realize he’s dead because of his sudden and violent death. He appears around 5 or 6 pm, right before closing time and he seems solid. In 1900, the encounter with his spirit was docuмented for the first time. A group of tourists were given a tour by a man dressed in monks’ clothes. He talked to the crowd for over 20 minutes, explaining to them about the Abbey. People later said he was a very well-mannered and charming man. After the “tour” Father Benedictus slowly backed away towards a wall and he completely vanished into it, leaving some very puzzled people behind.

Father Benedictus also appeared to two American tourists in 1932. They had been wandering around Westminster Abbey and got lost somehow. It was nearly closing time, so the two started to panic. Father Benedictus appeared and he showed them the way out. When they returned to the Abbey the next day to thank Father Benedictus, they were told that no one by that name worked there.