Quote Originally Posted by matteus the inbred
good question...don't know really. Long history of 'trivial' or 'almanackical' (?) literature uninterrupted by 'cultural' revolutions? Probably the Victorian antiquarian obsession with this sort of thing, although some of Britain's best ghost stories pre-date the Victorians...perhaps the weather...damp and gloomy and stay-indoors kind of weather. Maybe no coincidence that America's most well-known horror writer, Stephen King, is from Maine rather than, say, Texas. (not that Maine's weather is as bad as Britain's I don't think, but I hope you see my point...).
I wonder if it's just the attitude that in Catholic countries ghosts are religious phenomena that you experience but don't write about, whereas in Britain they're more inexplicable in those terms and therefore worth investigating in a more scientific manner?
Would love to hear other people's thoughts on this!
Still, many other countries have all those revolutions and the whole of Europe was in the Dark Ages so doesn't mean each european countries should have their fair share of ghosts?

I went to London a few years back, even when I was staying in the city central itself, everytime when i walk around at night, London manage to give of this eerie atmosphere. I'm not supersitious, but London has this deary, gloomy atmosphere (maybe must be the weather too). The Tower of London is known as a very, very, haunted place and went I left the place at night (around 6, which was already quite dark) the place seem to be shrouded in some mystery.