Historians on the most ominous places on earth

2024 Author: Seth Attwood | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 15:55

A list of the most ominous landmarks was recently compiled by British historian Robert Greenwell. There is a corresponding photo for each description of the place.

Woonsocket Cemetery

The photo below shows the entrance to the Precious Blood Cemetery in Woonsocket, Rhode Island (USA). In 1955, tropical storm Diana destroyed a nearby dam, causing a powerful stream of water to rush into the city, including the cemetery.

More than 50 coffins were washed from their graves, and when the water subsided, on the streets of the city here and there they began to find open coffins with the remains of the dead. Nowadays, this place is famous for its ghosts, strange flying balls and frightening sounds.

Island of dolls

A few years ago, a small overgrown island in Xochimilco, which is one of the districts of Mexico City (Mexico), became very popular. More than 50 years ago, a girl was found here who drowned under unclear and mysterious circumstances. The girl was found by local resident Don Julian Santana Barrera. He later found a doll floating in the water, which he assumed belonged to the deceased.

In order to calm the spirit of the deceased girl, Barrera hung the doll on one of the trees. In the years that followed, he settled on the island himself and hung more and more dolls on the trees. And then he began to say that it was as if the spirit of a dead girl had infiltrated these dolls.

In 2001, Barrera was found drowned in the same place where the girl drowned. Since then, the island has become infamous for attracting tourists who brought their dolls with them to hang in the trees. Those who have visited the island claim that they allegedly heard the dolls talking to each other, and even saw their heads turning on their own.

Paris catacombs

The Catacombs of Paris are a labyrinth of underground tunnels in which limestone has been mined since the 10th century. According to legend, the bones of more than 6 million deceased people were collected here and the catacombs became, in fact, an underground cemetery, when the old local cemeteries were already overcrowded. First, the victims of the bubonic plague in the 15th century were buried here, then the victims of St. Bartholomew's night, then everyone in general.

Currently, access to the catacombs is strictly limited. Only small areas are open for excursions. Nevertheless, even there, many tourists saw ghostly silhouettes, voices, incomprehensible jumps in temperature and other anomalous phenomena.

Slater Mill, Rhode Island

Built in 1793, the Slater Mill complex in Rhode Island was the first American textile mill to operate from a water mill. In the early years of the complex, small children were involved in cleaning and checking hard-to-reach places, who were often injured and even died at work.

Now it houses a museum of local industry, but visitors often report hearing children's screams, full of pain and agony. There are other buildings on the territory and ghosts are often seen there, including the ghost of a man and a woman. Sometimes they see the ghost of a girl who was given the name "Phantom Becky" and she even seems to be able to answer questions asked to her.

Highgate Cemetery, London

Highgate Cemetery is part of the historic "Magnificent Seven" cemeteries in Victorian London. There are tens of thousands of burials on 17 hectares of land. The cemetery was opened in 1839 and functioned until World War II, after which almost no one was buried here.

And in the 1960s, the legend of the Highgate vampire emerged, which journalists quickly made the most popular urban legend in the area. It was about a tall figure in a gray cloak who regularly wanders around the cemetery. Then they began to talk about other ghosts.

In 1980, a group of volunteers began to rebuild the cemetery and sightings of paranormal phantoms became much less common. Nevertheless, many visitors in our years claim to have seen, among other things, the ghost of the "Crazy Old Woman", who is frantically looking for her children, whom she allegedly killed herself.

Abandoned Mansfield Prison

Mansfield Prison (Ohio State Reformatory) was built in the early 20th century as a correctional facility for young male offenders. In 1990, the prison was closed, and over a hundred years of its operation, a total of about 200 people died and were killed. In the premises of this prison were filmed, including the films "The Shawshank Redemption" and the series "Castle Rock".

The most famous local ghost is apparently the spirit of Helen, the wife of the warden, who committed suicide by shooting herself with a pistol in the 1950s. Also, prisoners from time to time report that invisibility pushes them in the back. Sometimes the guards observe the figure of a young guy running to the basement door, but they never find anyone in the basement or in the basement.

Poveglia Plagued Island

In 1922, a clinic for the mentally ill was built on Poveglia Island in the Venetian lagoon, but in 1968 everything was abandoned. It is said that this happened after one of the doctors was attacked by the ghosts of patients who were tortured to death in this building by various experiments. The ghosts forced the doctor to throw himself from the top of the local chapel.

The island was used in the 18th century as a quarantine station for ships arriving in Venice. Hundreds, if not thousands, died on this island from plague and other diseases, and were buried there in mass graves. However, according to historians, no less than 160 thousand people are buried here, since even in the days of the Roman Empire, plague patients were exiled here.

According to researchers of anomalous phenomena, the island is teeming with evil ghosts and that it is almost the most terrible place on Earth.

Derby Opera House

Built in 1889, the Sterling Opera House in Derby, Connecticut has long been out of use. Now everything here is abandoned and covered with dust and dirt, and casual visitors are frightened by the doors closing and opening by themselves and the light that turns on and off in the same way.

Sometimes people see a ghost that always sits in the same place in one of the lower rows of the spectator's seats.

Brissac Castle

The most famous ghost of the French castle of Brissac in Angers is the ghost of the "Green Lady". She was allegedly killed in the 15th century and since then she regularly reveals herself to the owners of the castle - the Brissac family. It is said that her name was Charlotte de Brese and she was caught red-handed by her husband Jacques when she met her lover.

In a fit of rage, Jacques killed them both. Since then, Charlotte often walks through the rooms of the castle, dressed in her favorite green dress, but her face is like that of a decaying corpse and with holes for eyes.

East Philadelphia Prison

In this very strict prison, each inmate was held in a separate solitary confinement cell, and the entrance doors to the cells were so low that inmates almost doubled to enter and exit. The prison operated from 1829 to 1971 and its most famous prisoners were gangster Al Capone and bank robber Willie "Willie" Sutton.

Although in the last years before its closure the prison was transformed into a standard prison with ordinary rules of detention, the negative energy from the anger and rage of the criminals contained in extremely harsh conditions has forever been absorbed into the walls of its premises.

Guides tell sightseers that sometimes they feel strong currents of negative energy here, and once someone even saw a furious ghostly face on the wall of one of the cells. Also, tourists themselves report that they heard terrible screams and groans here.

Chateau de Fougeres Castle

The castle in the French commune of Coe has been known for its ghosts since the 14th century. For many years it stood empty, and when in our time new owners settled in it, they began to hear ghostly voices ordering them to leave. Then family members saw various ghosts, including those standing by the windows.

One of these ghosts is allegedly a girl named Alice who died in 1924. The ghost runs through the rooms and sings funny children's songs. Another ghost is called "Felix" and is seen with the ghost of his dog, with whom he walks or plays. It is often visited by teams of "ghost hunters" and they even managed to photograph the ghost of "Felix".

Hotel Lizzie

The Lizzie Borden hotel in Fall River, Massachusetts was built in the late 19th century. Now it is a historical building and a city museum. The hotel was built by Andrew Borden and named after his daughter Lizzie. Then his wife and mother Lizzie died and soon after the hotel was built he married another woman named Abby.

In 1892, Andrew and his wife were found murdered and the main suspect was named Lizzie, but the jury acquitted her. Since then, the ghosts of men and women have been regularly seen in this building. They say that these are Andrew and Abby and they seem to still await a fair punishment for the murderer.

Old Fort Niagara

Originally built by the French at the mouth of the Niagara River in the 18th century, Old Fort Niagara was later invaded by the British and later by the Americans. Once, two French officers stationed in the fortress competed for attention to one beautiful Indian woman. During the party, both were very drunk and challenged each other to a duel, where one killed the other.

Realizing that he would be executed for murder, the victor cut off the head of the murdered man to make it look like an attack by the Indians, and then threw his head in a prominent place, and threw the headless body into the well. According to legend, a few weeks later, creepy groans were heard from the well, and then the ghost of a headless officer appeared.

The next day the well was searched and the headless body was found. The killer was identified, tried and hanged for a crime. It is said that that headless figure now rises from the well every full moon at midnight to find its head.

Mont Saint Michel

The abbey of Mont Saint-Michel on the northwest coast of France was the site of a bloody battle between the French garrison and the English army in 1434. Since then, the ghost of the French commander Louis d'Estueville has guarded the island to this day.

Mont Saint Michel has seen several sieges and battles over the years, but it was also used as a prison for French monarchs, earning the nickname "Bastille of the Sea". Also here in gloomy damp basements were kept political opponents. Later, opponents of the French Revolution were also held there. So it is not surprising that ghostly shadows and ethereal silhouettes are seen here from time to time.

Dead End Mary King

The most ghostly place in Scottish Edinburgh is, of course, Mary King's End. Mary King was a landlord in one of the poorest areas of the city, who, like many locals, died of the plague in the 17th century. In the following decades, part of this street was walled up so that no one entered the infected houses, and few people were interested in this gloomy place.

But in 2003, during the work, the remains of those killed from the plague were found here and this place was repaired. And then one of the tourists took a picture of this place and filmed on it the ghost of a woman in a white dress. It was then that Mary King's dead end got its main name and crowds of tourists flooded here. Now a museum is also open here.

Banff Springs Hotel

The Canadian Banff Springs Hotel opened in the 1920s. One of the most famous ghost residents of this hotel is The Bride. In the 1920s, a bride allegedly stumbled down the hotel's wide, beautiful staircase, stepping on the hem of her dress. She fell and hurt herself to death. Since then, they began to see her on this staircase or in the ballroom. where she stands on the sidelines and waits to be invited to dance.

St. Augustine lighthouse

The city of St. Augustine is considered the oldest city in the United States, and the lighthouse is the most paranormal place in it. It was built in 1824. One of its guardians, Mr. Andrew, fell one day from the tower and was injured to death. Another keeper, Peter Rasmussen, was a big cigar lover and visitors to the hotel still sometimes smell cigars inside the lighthouse.

In the late 19th century, Hezekiah Piti was hired to renovate the lighthouse. He brought his family with him, including two little daughters. Once the girls went for a walk and disappeared. Their bodies were found later on the shore, the girls drowned. According to some guests, the laughter of the two little girls can still be heard from time to time outside the lighthouse.