In a world full of strange and unsolved mysteries, there are so many famous stories like the doll named Annabelle and some frightening movies like The Conjuring, we have all been intrigued by the most haunted places of the world. But are there any places in the real world that are truly haunted? Let’s find out.
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The French Palace
The Château de Brissac, a French palace, or Château in French, is a historic monument as declared by the French Ministry of Culture. Today the palace is owned by the Cossé-Brissac family.
It is said that a girl named Charlotte de Brézé, the illegitimate daughter of King Charles VII and Agnes Sorel, married Jacques de Brézé. Charlotte had an affair with a man who Jacques, her husband, later found out, and he caught the couple red-handed. Jacques killed both his wife and lover. There are some rumors about how he killed them. Some say he took his sword and slashed them to pieces, others say he stabbed them, and others claim he stabbed the huntsman (Pierre de Lavergne) and strangled her wife.
Since the incident, it is believed that Charlotte’s ghost is still in the palace. The current residents, the Duke of Brissac and his family, say that she still roams in the palace. She has scared many guests with her horrifying face. It is said that her face has holes in the place of her nose and eyes. The most active site in the premises is the tower room where she was killed. Her moans are often heard throughout the castle in the early hours
Tower of London
The Tower of London is another haunted historic castle located on the bank of the River Thames in central London. Castle’s horrifying past has encountered torture, execution, and murder for about 1000 years of its history.
Anne Boleyn is one of the most active spirits who was beheaded on Tower Green in 1536. On orders from her husband, Henry VIII, after giving birth to a stillborn son, she was beheaded. She has been spotted multiple times wandering the grounds carrying her severed head. Another active spirit of the castle is the tormented ghost of the Countess of Salisbury. In 1541, she refused to place her head on a scaffold, and as a result, she was brutally killed. Some of the visitors witnessed the same scene reenacted by spirits in the green.
Underground Maze of Paris
These Catacombs are the world’s largest underground grave, where skeletons of more than six million people can be seen. The maze of galleries is twenty meters underground. Only a limited area of the catacombs is open to the public for tours; the rest is only accessible through secret passageways hidden throughout the city.
The Catacomb’s appearance itself is like a horror movie! The place is also known as the Empire of the Dead. Yes! You guessed it right; it is because of the six million people whose dead remains are still in this scary maze. Even the walls are lined with skulls and femurs arranged in intricate patterns. Imagine walking into such a place where you are surrounded by the dead.
Now, we have come a long way in exploring some of the most haunted places of the world. There are a few more on the list which are located in India. Let’s explore these places.
Haunted Places of India
Bhangarh Fort
The Monument is a 16th-century fort located in Rajasthan. The town was established during the rule of Bhagwant Das as the residence of his second son, Madho Singh. The fort and its precincts are well preserved.
The story is about a local black magician who falls in love with Princess Ratnavati and tries to bewitch her using his magic to make her fall in love with him. When the princess found out about his doing, she foiled the entire conspiracy of the black magician by bewitching the magic over a massive stone boulder, which later supposedly crushed the ‘Tantrik’ to death. On the verge of death, he cursed the entire landscape so that no soul would ever be able to live in peace there. The whole Bhangarh fort has been haunted since.
Some say that the spirits roam inside the closed gates at night hours, and the place is a hotbed for paranormal activities. Locals believed whoever attempted to stay in the fort at night would never be seen again.
Dow Hill Road of Kurseong
The Dow Hill Road of Darjeeling, also known as the Death Road, is one of the most haunted places in India. There is a small stretch of road between Dow Hill and the forest office which is called Death Road
The Headless Ghost of Death Road:
There are so many cases of people being followed and watched by the ghost in the forest of Dow Hill. Many labourers who frequently visit the forest to cut wood reported a young headless boy’s ghost roaming in the forest, and they felt the sound of walking and running several times
Conclusion
As we have gone through our journey through the most haunted places of the world, we have encountered thrilling stories and have gone through the terrifying history of these haunted places. It doesn’t matter whether you believe in ghosts or not. However, these stories and paranormal activities are mysteries that for now, have no explanation. And that is what makes these haunted places and stories so thrilling and attractive for tourists.
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Mckamey Manor is often considered as the scarient haunted house in the world. Often times, survival-horror events are conducted there.
Himeji castle is considered one of the most haunted places in Japan. Although beautiful on the outside, it hides secrets that people dare not explore. Additionally, it has inspired haunted movies like ‘The Ring’.
Asylums house people with mental illness. It is really easy to plot haunted scenes around them. Thus, in many movies, people are shown tied using chains and doing creepy activities. This causes the public to perceive asylums as scary.
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