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Ghost stories, folklore and the most haunted places in the world. Stories that pull you closer to the dark.

• 👻 Ghost towns The ghost towns the world left behind An abandoned town is not the same as a ruin. People packed what they could carry and left, and never closed the door behind them. Here are five ghost towns around the world that you can actually visit. 26 June 2026 · 5 min read
• 👻 Abandoned The places in Sweden where time stood still Sweden has no Pompeii. But it has its own, quieter version. A factory that closed in 1977 and was never cleared. An abandoned hospital. A cemetery far in the north. Five places where the clock, in a sense, stopped. 25 June 2026 · 5 min read
• 👻 Testimony They didn't believe in ghosts. Then they took the night shift Guests check in, sleep and check out. The staff are there every night, year after year, when the building is at its emptiest. They are the ones who learn what moves once the corridors go dark. Here are three places where the people who work there have the most to tell. 24 June 2026 · 5 min read
• 👻 True case The family moved into their dream farmhouse. It started with a smell In January 1971 the Perron family moved into an old farmhouse in Rhode Island. The first things that happened were easy to explain away. A broom out of place. A smell that came and went. It was only the beginning. 23 June 2026 · 5 min read
• 👻 Warning The place in the forest the locals warn you about Every region has one. Not a place with a sign and a car park, but one the older folk mention with a lowered voice. Do not go alone, they say. And do not stay after dark. Deep in the forests of Östergötland lies one such glade. 22 June 2026 · 5 min read
• 👻 Near you Buildings you never knew were haunted, one is probably in your town Ghosts do not only live in ruins and castles. They hide in the everyday: a hotel room you can book, a theatre you have seen a show in, the town hall you have walked past. We took a single Swedish city and found them all. 21 June 2026 · 5 min read
• 👻 Ranked Ranked: The 10 scariest places you can actually visit No fenced-off ruins. No places that exist only in rumor. Ten real addresses with the highest scare rating in our database, from the Paris catacombs to a medieval castle in Sweden. 20 June 2026 · 6 min read
• 👻 Folklore Midsummer's Night: the most occult night of the year? Long before pickled herring and dancing around the maypole, Midsummer's Night was the most dangerous night of the year. Elves in the mist, the Näcken at the brook and the dead among the living. This is the folklore behind Sweden's brightest night. 19 June 2026 · 5 min read