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Most Haunted Places
This is our selection of the world's most haunted places. Most are well-known, some are not. Visit them if you dare... Thunderbird Lodge, NevadaThe Lodge was built by George Whittell in 1936. The haunted Card House is one of a few still existing card houses where the "boys of summer" would come to play cards, smoke cigars and enjoy the fine company of women. A very spooky tunnel connects the main house with the Card House. The Lodge has an incredibly haunted air about it, with a feeling almost of being in a time warp. Ghosts of Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr. and Marilyn Monroe are just a few of the spooky visitors believed to still be wandering around. Chris Fleming and the Dead Famous team conducted an investigation here and picked up one of the most sinister EVPs I have ever heard. Click here to listen to the recording -it’s the 7th one down on the page. Really chilling.Leap Castle, Co. Offaly, Ireland
The Whaley House, San DiegoOne of only two Certified Haunted Houses in the State of California, the Whaley House has long been known to be one of the most haunted homes in America and dates from 1856. From 1868 to 1871, the Whaley House was not only the family home, but also San Diego's first theater, the county courthouse, and the Whaley and Crosthwaite General Store. The suicide of Violet Whaley in 1885 deeply affected Thomas and Anna Whaley and that same year, Thomas Whaley moved his family to a new home. These events, as well as the numerous hangings which occurred on the property before the Whaley house existed, have filled the house with an atmosphere of mystery, darkness and the paranormal. In 1852, a man known as "Yankee Jim" Robinson was accused of attempting to steal a boat in the harbour. He was sentenced to die by hanging and as the executioners didn’t take into account his tall stature, it took him 45 minutes to slowly strangle to death. He has often been heard trudging around in his heavy boots upstairs. It is said he walks to the top of the stairs and then stops, dead. Both Thomas and Anna Whaley are regularly seen and Violet is said to appear in her bedroom, one of the most haunted rooms in the house. Visitors also describe cold spots, cigar smoke, flowery perfume, creaking sounds and strange light anomalies appearing. Occasionally the ghost of the Whaley dog, Dolly, makes an appearance. Take the tour if you're brave enough...Venice, Italy
One of the most haunted cities in Europe. Not the Venice that tourists know, but the dark and mysterious alleyways and side streets only known to the locals. After the sun goes down, if you are not careful, it is possible to get trapped in a time loop. There are numerous locations where you can see the ghostly figures in the shadows of the old buildings, which usually vanish into thin air when they realize that they have been spotted. The Island of No Return is a place that locals are reluctant to venture to – either at day or night. An overwhelming sense of negativity surrounds the area and ghostly voices and footsteps are often heard in the mist. Poyeglia is another Venetian island which housed bodies of those who had died of the Black Plague and also those who were still alive , but dying. In later years, a hospital was built on the site, where mental patients were housed and supposedly experimented on. This location is closed to the public, although psychics who were granted permission to investigate are said to have been frightened to death by what they found. Very disturbing. St. Michan's Church, Dublin, IrelandNamed after a Danish Bishop, for over five hundred years St. Michan’s was the only parish church in Dublin north of the River Liffey. Founded around 1095 by a Danish colony, the current building dates from about 1685 and is definitely one of Dublin's most haunted locations. The organ in St. Michan's is one of the oldest in Ireland still in use and it’s believed that George F. Handel played it when composing The Messiah. The vaults under this church contain thirty mummified bodies. Reached by a dark stone stairway, long narrow galleries containing coffins stretch before the visitor. Some are private and locked, others are open to view. Some of the coffins are seen scattered in a haphazard fashion, bursting at the seams with an arm or leg sticking up. The most notorious open gallery contains the gruesome remains of two women and two men, coffin lids flung off and the mummified bodies covered with dust and dirt. Three of the coffins lie in a row: a woman, a man with a hand and both feet cut off – two schools of thought for this mutilation, some say because he was a thief, others say it was done so the body would fit into the coffin, and a nun. The coffin along the rear wall is known as that of the Crusader. Once again, in order to fit into the coffin, his body has been cut in half. Also, one of his hands is lifted in the air. Voices, whispering and sounds of things being dragged across the floor have been heard. This is not a place I would visit on my own.Borley Rectory, Essex, England.
Local legend has it that a Benedictine monastery had once been located on the site where Borley Rectory stood and that a 13th century monk and a beautiful novice were killed while trying to elope from there. The monk was hanged and his love was buried alive within the walls of the convent. The rectory was built in 1863 for the Reverend H.D.E. Bull. In 1892 the Reverend Bull died in the Blue Room and in 1927 Harry, his son, also passed away in the same room. Subsequently, it became known as the most haunted room in the rectory. When the Reverend Lionel Foyster and his wife Marianne moved in in October 1930 there was a huge surge in paranormal activity. People were locked out of their bedrooms, furniture was moved about, windows were smashed and many more odd occurances. Mrs. Foyster seemed to be the focus of the ghostly activity, as she was thrown from her bed at night, physically hit by invisible hands and once was almost suffocated with a mattress. There also began to appear a series of scrawled messages on the walls of the house, written by a ghostly hand. The famous ghosthunter and investigator Harry Price was called in and he remained fascinated by the case until his death in 1948. A fire ravaged the rectory in 1938 and it was finally demolished in 1944 but still holds the reputation as one of the world's most haunted homes. Borley Church across the road from the rectory site is a continuing source of reported paranormal phenomena. Edinburgh Castle, ScotlandThis magnificent castle is one of Scotlands' most haunted locations and is thought to date back to around 600 AD when the first settlement was built on the spot on top of a rocky outcrop. There are sightings of ghost dogs, a headless drummer, a ghostly piper and spirits of prisoners taken during the French seven-year war and the American War of Independence. The ghost drummer was first seen before Cromwell's attack on the castle in 1650 and is seen as a headless boy. There is a dog’s cemetery in the castle which is reportedly haunted by at least one phantom hound. Edinburgh has a secret and sinister underworld to which the castle has connections including a series of tunnels. When they were first discovered several hundred years ago, a piper was sent to explore them. He kept playing so that those above would be able to keep track of his location. About half way down the tunnels, his piping suddenly stopped. When a rescue party was sent, the piper had simply vanished. His ghost still haunts Edinburgh today, walking endlessly along the underground tunnel, his music occasionally still being heard from within the castle. The Most Haunted television series has visited Edinburgh also.Chillingham Castle, England
There are a number of ghosts resident in this spooky castle in Northumberland. With it’s dark dungeons and torture chamber, it’s the perfect environment for paranormal activity. It dates from the 13th century and has been owned by the same family continuously. Chillingham’s most famous ghost is the ‘blue boy’ who cries and moans sorrowfully. He is seen, even in the present day, around a particular four poster bed in the castle and appears dressed in blue. During the 1920’s the bones of a young boy and the remains of a blue dress were discovered in a wall alongside another skeleton. Another ghost, Lady Mary Berkeley, is reputed to be searching for her husband, who ran off with her sister. One of the most haunted areas is the old nursery where her portrait hung, and legend has it that she regularly stepped out of her frame to frighten the children and their nanny, chasing after them. The rustle of her dress is often heard along the corridors and stairs followed by a draft of icy air. Both the World's Scariest Places and the Most Haunted television series have spent time here with truly terrifying results. St. James' Theatre, Wellington, New ZealandThe St. James' Theatre is a stage theatre located in the centre of New Zealand’s capital, Wellington. The present building was built in 1912. There have been numerous reports of several ghosts in the theatre. One of the more regular sightings is the ghost of Yuri, a Russian performer who supposedly fell to his death from above the stage. Another story tells that he was pushed by a fellow Russian female performer. Yuri has been encountered playing with the lights, in particular switching them all back on again once the theatre has been locked up for the night. There is also the 'Wailing Woman', a frequent apparition who is said to wail and moan throughout the theatre. She is supposed to have been poorly received on stage, later killing herself in the dressing room. A boy's choir is said to haunt the theatre also. The choir played their last song at the St. James during the Second World War before beginning a tour. The ship they sailed on was never seen again and patrons and workers alike often hear their music in the seating area. The excellent Ghost Hunt group of New Zealand held a night investigation here which resulted in some incredible paranormal evidence, including a picture of Yuri. This has to be one of the most haunted theatres in the world.
Kansas Aviation Museum, Wichita
An old disused airport and museum combined together - and haunted! This is my kind of place to visit! This wonderful building was one of the busiest airports in the 1940's in the US with airplanes taking off and landing every 90 seconds. Eventually it was closed down and changed to an aviation museum. Paranormal activity is regularly reported, in particular the sounds of crowds walking, talking and laughing, residual tannoy announcements and also an apparition of a man wearing a fedora hat. Doors slam, music from the 40's and 50's can definitely be heard and there is a feeling of people all around the building. Fascinating place to visit.
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