5 Most Haunted Places on Earth
5 Most Haunted Places on Earth
Diplomat Hotel, Philippines
The former Diplomat Hotel sits atop a hill overlooking Baguio City in the Philippines.
Diplomat Hotel, Philippines
Originally a seminary built by Dominican priests in 1915...
Diplomat Hotel, Philippines
...the building was bombed and taken over by invading Japanese soldiers during World War II.
Diplomat Hotel, Philippines
The now abandoned building was later converted to a hotel, where guests would report seeing ghosts...
Diplomat Hotel, Philippines
...of the nuns and priests who were beheaded by Japanese soldiers.
Diplomat Hotel, Philippines
5 Most Haunted Places on Earth
Ruins of Bhangarh, India
Situated between Jaipur and Delhi in India is the city of Bhangarh which has laid abandoned for nearly 400 years.
Ruins of Bhangarh, India
At the city's prime, a local magician created a love potion to win the heart of the beautiful princess Ratnavati...
Ruins of Bhangarh, India
...but he was crushed by a boulder when his potion backfired, leading him to curse the city and its people with his dying breath.
Ruins of Bhangarh, India
The ruins of which are now largely untouched due to their reputation for being haunted...
Ruins of Bhangarh, India
...and the government has installed signs forbidding people from stayin in the area after sunset.
Ruins of Bhangarh, India
5 Most Haunted Places on Earth
Sedlec Ossuary, Czech Republic
Also known as the Church of Bones, the Sedlec Ossuary is a Roman Catholic chapel in the Czech Repuclic estimated to contain the bones of 40-70,000 people...
Sedlec Ossuary, Czech Republic
...many of which are used to decorate the building's interior.
Sedlec Ossuary, Czech Republic
Built atop a medieval cemetary, mass graves were unearthed during the chapel's construction and the builders began to stack the bones within.
Sedlec Ossuary, Czech Republic
Today, the chapel contains large mounds of bones, along with an enormous chandelier containing at least one of every bone in the human body.
Sedlec Ossuary, Czech Republic
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Gettysburg, United States
Gettysburg Battlefield was the site of one of the bloodiest battles of the American Civil War...
Gettysburg, United States
...with nearly 8,000 soldiers killed as 94,000 Union troops clashed with 72,000 Confederate soldiers between July 1 and July 3, 1863.
Gettysburg, United States
The sounds of gun and cannon fire are still heard around the battlefield, and numerous ghost sightings have been reported...
Gettysburg, United States
...including the ghost of Jeannie Wade, who became the only civilian casualty of the battle when a musketball smashed through her home...
Gettysburg, United States
...and the ghosts of soldiers that still wander the battlefield.
Gettysburg, United States
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Tower of London, UK
Established by William the Conqueror in 1066, the Tower was a fortification "against the restlessness of the huge and brutal populace" of London.
Tower of London, UK
Used as a prison between 1100 and 1952, the central White Tower of the castle became a symbol of oppression...
Tower of London, UK
...and it developed a cruel and bloody history of murder, torture and execution.
Tower of London, UK
Many of the ghosts said to haunt the tower are those of famous political prisoners such as Sir Walter Raleigh, an English explorer executed to appease the Spanish...
Tower of London, UK
...and Anne Boleyn, the former Queen of England and wife of Henry VIII, who was beheaded in 1536.
Tower of London, UK
