Scariest Places On Earth

Scariest Places On Earth

Leap Castle, Ireland

 Leap Castle, in County Offaly, was built in the 15th century by one of the O’Carroll clan’s most powerful families, and this clan was known for their brutality and force in which they protected themselves and their lands.  Family troubles plagued the clan, which eventually resulted in their downfall.   The current owners, who are trying to restore the castle, say it took several trips to remove all of the bones found in the pit, and a number of strange events have occurred since, including the owner being thrown off a ladder while trying to work.

Hunyad castle ,Romania

Hunyad Castle  associated with the story of Count Dracula, and has the most reputed sightings.  It is believed that Turkish prisoners, who were dropped into a pit and told if they dug a well to water, they’d be set free.   However when they reached water, their captors  did not set them free, and left them for dead. Its is believed that their souls still roaming the castle.

Montee Cristo Homestead, Junee, Australia

The building seems to have some worldly bad luck ,an  insane man was imprisoned in the basement, a child fell down the stairs and died, a maid fell off the balcony and died, a stable boy burnt in a fire,and  a caretaker was murdered .There must be some very angry spirits here.Visitors on the public tours have been physically held back from going up or down stairs and voices have given then specific orders to leave rooms.

Waverley Santiorium, Louisville, Kentucky

The Waverly Sanatorium was originally build as a family home, but in the days before antibiotics, plague victims were often rounded up and put in hospitals. The hospital is now in disrepair, and is often called the most haunted hospital in America.  What is particularly creepy is known as the tunnel. The underground passage was used to carry the dead from the building and out to the graveyards, but when people started dying a little too quickly; this is where the bodies lay in wait for the hearse to take them away. Room 502 is the subject of a local myth about two suicides which are said to have occurred in the room. The first reported death is that of nurse Mary Hillenburg, who is said to have hanged herself from a fixture in 1928 after becoming pregnant out of wedlock; the second, that of a nurse who is said to have been pushed or jumped out the window.

Bhangarh

Located in India .It is said that a wicked sorcerer cursed the city after being spurned by a princess. The 17th-century city was soon destroyed by an advancing army, leaving only its temples intact, and has been uninhabited ever since. Visitors say that birds and wildlife fall silent as the spirit of the sorcerer approaches at night, and nobody has ever tried to spend the night there. 

Aokigahara Forest, Japan

Located  at the foot of Mount Fuji, Japan’s Aokigahara Forest is known by many tourists for its lovely ice caverns, but few realize the more sinister aspects of this sea of trees.  This is Japan’s number one suicide spots, and one of the biggest suicide spots in the world, as it is a location featured in many Japanese folk tales.  Ubasute was once often practiced here, where an elderly female member of a family was taken here and left to die. There also few number of other strange features of the landscape, including rumors that compasses and other electronic equipment fail in the forest, resulting in many travelers getting lost .

The Catacombs of Paris, France

 The mine-like catacombs that run underneath the streets of Paris are filled with so many bones. You will feel the presence of those from another plane, empty skulls staring back at you from all sides. Many visitors report hands brushing against them or touching them while there are at underground.Hence,making a quick exit is not possible.  The Catacombs seem to be open one day and closed the next, however the whims of the Parisian government feel.

The Skirrid Inn

 According to folklore, in its 900-year history over 180 people have been hanged from a beam on the staircase, which is still in place today, with rope marks, apparently. The first floor of the inn is thought to have been a courtroom in the past.Glasses often suddenly fly across the room of their own accord, faces are seen at windows and people feel nooses around their necks. Guests who stay there often report waking to icy room temperatures ,even when the heating is on and the feeling of being watched.

Greyfriars Kirkyard, Edinburgh Scotland

Edinburgh is a city in constant struggle between England and Scotland,  so many lives were lost in the city limits.  The city had so much trouble with this spot they put it under lock  and key, and today City of the Dead tours will take you inside. There are many, many, many documented events on this tour, including scars, marks, and other troubling ailments of the guests after entering the prison.

The Stanley Hotel, Estes Park, Colorado

The Stanley Hotel is a gorgeous Georgian hotel set in the Rocky Mountains.  The spot itself is a unique one with fantastic views and are in sort of a sound bubble . The scary events that were featured in King’s The Shining are mostly based on real events that have happened here.It is reported that when the American Sci-Fi channel team came to film here, they saw tables throw in the air and their drinking glasses shattered, but only when the cameras were turned off.

Nightmares Fear Factory – Niagara Falls, Ontario

Nightmares Fear Factory was one of the scariest places on earth.  The building was once a coffin factory.If you’ve been to Niagara Falls, you’ll know that on Clifton Hill on the Canadian side is full of plenty of haunted attractions,but the real deal isn't on the main drag but it’s actually up and over a block. 

Borley Rectory

Built in 1863 for the Reverend Henry Bull, it sits on the site of an ancient monastery. The ghost of a mournful nun who patrolled the so-called 'Nun's Walk' had often been seen there. An old story claimed that she had fallen in love with a monk from the Borley Monastery and the two had tried to elope together but had been quickly tracked down. The monk was executed and the nun bricked up in the cellars of the monastic buildings.

Tower of London

The picture here is of one of the most famous spirits to haunt the Tower of London: one of the wives of Henry VIII, beheaded in the Tower in 1536. Her ghost has been seen on many occasions, sometimes carrying her head, on Tower Green and in the Tower Chapel Royal

Woodchester Mansion

Woodchester Mansion in Gloucestershire, England, is another building with a ghostly reputation. Building work has never been completed here, and in the last 200 years workers have repeatedly run from the place and seven builders are rumoured to have died in inexplicable accidents.

Rose Hall

This huge house is inhabited by the ghost of voodoo priestess's daughter, Annie Palmer, who reportedly causes bloodstains to appear and disappear randomly. She was murdered in her bed after an 11-year reign of death, torture and nymphomania.Annie murdered three husbands and a succession of slave lovers by poisoning, strangulation and witchcraft, before forcing other slaves to carry bodies through a tunnel to be buried on a beach. According to legend, it is not just the tormented Annie who roams the house, but also ghosts of the slave babies she sacrificed in rituals.