A haunted house is a house or other building often perceived
as being inhabited by disembodied spirits of the deceased who may have been
former residents or were familiar with the property. Supernatural activity
inside homes is said to be mainly associated with violent or tragic events in
the building's past such as murder, accidental death, or suicide. There are
certain haunted places where the restless spirits of the night linger. They
manifest as eerie voices and strange perfumes; they move things about; they
creep out of the shadows as apparitions. Sometimes they even attack.
10. The
Tower of London, London
The Tower of London, one of the most famous and
well-preserved historical buildings in the world, may also be one of the most
haunted. The most well-known ghostly resident of the Tower is the spirit of Ann
Boleyn, one of the wives of Henry VIII, who was also beheaded in the Tower in
1536. Grace-and-favor residents in neighboring apartments have claimed to hear
screams coming from the gallery.
Visitors today are often strangely affected in the gallery.
On one evening in 1999, during separate tours of the palace, two female
visitors fainted on exactly the same spot in the Haunted Gallery approximately
half an hour apart. Psychologists from the University of Hertfordshire could
not explain the eerie feelings of visitors following a week-long investigation
in 2000.
They found, against their expectations, visitors’
experiences tended to occur in specific areas of the gallery.
9. The
White House, Washington DC
The home to the presidents of the United States has been
haunted. President Harrison is said to be heard rummaging around in the attic
of the White House. The White House has long had a reputation for being haunted
-- most famously by the ghost of former President Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln's
wife, Mary, reportedly heard the ghost of Andrew Jackson "swearing up a
storm," Walters said. Other stories of the supernatural related by Walters
included a séance by Mary Lincoln to recall the spirit of their dead son,
Willie.
When the wife of
President Woodrow Wilson wanted to dig up the rose garden, legend has it that
the spirit of former first lady Dolley Madison appeared and warned them not to
disturb her garden, Walters said. The most frequently sighted presidential
ghost has been that of Abraham Lincoln. Eleanor Roosevelt once stated she
believed she felt the presence of Lincoln watching her as she worked in the
Lincoln bedroom. Also during the Roosevelt administration, a young clerk
claimed to have actually seen the ghost of Lincoln sitting on a bed pulling off
his boots.
8.
Eastern State Penitentiary, Philadelphia
Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia, PA operated from
1829 to 1971 was the first prison of it’s kind.
Built in what is known as a “wagon wheel design”, the prison was
intended to reform prisoners rather than punish them and was the most expensive
public building ever constructed when it was erected. One of the earliest known
paranormal sightings on the property was by notorious prisoner Al Capone who
served an 8 month sentence in the prison in 1929. He was often heard screaming at the ghost of
Albert Kachellek aka “James Clark” in his prison cell to go away and leave him
alone. James Clark was one of the
victims of the St Valentine’s Day Massacre and was the brother-in-law of one of
Capone’s well known rivals – Bugs Moran.
The most active parts of the penitentiary are generally
considered to be cell blocks 4, 6 & 12.
Cell block 12 is where shadowy black figures are often seen roaming the
catwalks, and where voices and laughter have been heard. Cell block 6 is known for black figures that
have been seen moving in and around the dark corners, and cell block 4 is well
known for sightings of the faces of former inmates in their cells. Beyond this, the ghost of a former prison
guard is believed to still be watching the prison from the Guard Tower.
7.
Waverly Hills Sanatorium, Kentucky
In 1910, a wooden two-story hospital was built on the site,
which was the highest elevated hill in southern Jefferson County, but with
tuberculosis rampant in the area, the building wasn't big enough to house all
of the patients. And so a new building
was constructed in 1924, and the new Waverly Hospital opened in 1926.
One of the most well-known ghost stories about Waverly Hills
centers on Room 502. Legend has it a crazy patient murdered a nurse in this
room by stabbing her to death. People claim to see the patient's ghost running
out the hospital's front door in a white nightgown, screaming at the top of her
lungs. Many people have experienced strange things in that room, and most
believe it is her ghost that haunts it. The Death Tunnel is another popular
haunted area. One of the uses for this tunnel was transporting dead bodies out
of the hospital.
6. Edinburgh
Castle, Edinburgh, Scotland
This magnificent castle is typically medieval, perched atop
a rocky crag, giving it an amazing vista of Scottish hills. But inside the
empty halls and narrow streets of Edinburgh, there are the echoes of the dead. On
various occasions, visitors to the castle have reported a phantom piper, a
headless drummer, the spirits of French prisoners from the Seven Years War and
colonial prisoners from the American Revolutionary War – even the ghost of a
dog wandering in the grounds’ dog cemetery.
5. Monte
Cristo, New South Wales, Australia
Monte Cristo has been plagued by many horrific incidents and
deaths over the years. Not surprisingly, the homestead is known as 'Australia's
Most Haunted House'. It has been featured on several TV shows including The
Extraordinary, ABC TV's Big Country and
more recently, the psychological gameshow, Scream Test.
The house and grounds are reported to have seven ghostly
residents, although there could be more.
The most dominant ghost according to psychics is Mrs.
Crawley herself, which isn't at all surprising since she was known to rule
Monte Cristo with an iron fist. During the first few years she spent a great
deal of time in the Drawing Room. However, after Mr. Crawley passed away she
spent most of her time in the newly converted Chapel. It is here that she is
seen most frequently, dressed in black and carrying a large silver cross. Her
ghost has been known to order people out of the Dining Room and her presence is
felt when a room suddenly becomes icy cold.
4.
Bhangarh Fort, Rajasthan, India
People say that nobody returned from there who stayed there
after dark. The biggest thing is that as per Govt. of India rules there has to
be an office of Archaeology Survey of India (ASI) beside every historical
structure in India. But even Government authorities couldn't dare to open an
office there and they opened their office about one kilometer away from the
ruins of Bhangarh.
Madho Singh built the town of Bhangarh with the approval of
an ascetic Baba Balanath, who meditated there, though Baba Balanath predicted
“look my dear chap! The moment the shadow of your palace touches me you are
undone. The city shall be no more!” In ignorance Ajab Singh, the grandson of
Madho Singh raised the palace to such a height that the shadow reached the
forbidden place. Hence the devastation of entire town of Bhangarh happened.
3.
Highgate Cemetery, North London, England
Highgate Cemetery was constructed in 1839 and it was a very
fashionable burial place for Victorians. By the 1960's Highgate Cemetery had
fallen into neglect and decay. Stories started circulating that the cemetery
was haunted and newspapers started reporting England's first Vampire in over a
hundred years.
In 1971 several years after the many publicised vampire
sightings, a young girl claims she was actually attacked by the vampire in the
lane outside the cemetery. She was returning home in the early hours of the morning
when she was suddenly thrown to the ground with tremendous force by a
"tall black figure with a deathly white face. At that moment a car stopped
to help her and the vampire "vanished" in the glare of the headlamps.
2.
Screaming Tunnel, Niagara Falls, Ontario
This one is for those brave hearts boasting hard of their
fearless spirits. This is located beneath the railway track that connects
Niagara falls to Toronto and New York. As per a legend about a century ago
there was a farm house located just near the south entrance of this tunnel. One
night the farm house caught fire and a young girl doused in flame screaming for
help running wild.Nobody knows the story how the farm house caught fire. She
ran through the tunnel if in case she could get some help but alas she was
burnt completely and collapsed. So from that day onwards whoever tries lighting
a match in the tunnel the spirit comes out screaming and haunting the person
till dead
1. Changi Beach, Singapore
Changi
Beach served as a popular killing ground for the Japanese during the Sook Ching
massacre of The Second World War. Thousands of Chinese were tortured and killed
during this Operation as they were suspected of being anti-Japanese. Strange
crying and screaming are reported by people. The heads of the Chinese dead
bodies are sometimes seen flying everywhere and headless bodies walk around the
beach. The scariest thing is that the ghosts leave blood stains. During nights
people observe dug holes that appear as if they were used for burying bodies.
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