Incredible tale of British Mole Man who built secret maze of underground TUNNELS beneath his home

TWO decades on from The Mole Man of Hackney’s eviction, his neighbours have recalled how they would wake up at 2am, terrified there was an earthquake because of his bizarre tunnelling.

William Lyttle – who claimed to be a civil engineer, although there is no record of this – was a 6’3 Irish eccentric who lived in a massive house in De Beauvoir Town in London.

William Lyttle outside of his house, pictured in 2006Guardian Nick RayWhen William was evicted, the council erected...