Haunted Places in Brazil (37)

Explore 37 haunted places in Brazil — castles, hotels, churches, ruins and more. Every location includes its story and GPS coordinates.

• 👻 Colônia Psychiatric Hospital (Museum of Madness) Minas Gerais Some 60,000 dead lie hidden in mass graves in the fields around the asylum — and in Barbacena their unrest is said never to have left the ground.
• 👻 Edifício Joelma São Paulo The 1974 fire killed 189 people — and before that, the "Well Murders" of the 1940s.
• ⚰️ Gavião Cemetery Maranhão On Friday nights Ana Jansen's glowing carriage rolls out of the cemetery, drawn by headless horses – accept her candle and you are marked for death.
• 👻 Cruz do Patrão Pernambuco By the stone cross in Recife's harbour, moans and dragging chains are heard from those buried in the sand.
• 👻 Umberto I Hospital (Matarazzo Hospital) São Paulo One room in the abandoned hospital was kept sealed for decades because of its 'energy' — and shadows that belonged to no one drifted through the wards.
• 🚇 Mercado Modelo Bahia From the flooded cellar beneath Salvador's market halls, screams are said to rise at night – according to legend, from enslaved people once held captive in the vaults.
• 🏯 Solar do Unhão Bahia In the seventeenth-century estate on All Saints' Bay, whispers and dragging chains are heard at night – echoes of the enslaved people murdered here.
• 👻 Vale do Anhangabaú São Paulo "Devil's River" in Tupi — São Paulo's central valley linked to suicide and the suffering of the indigenous population.
• 👻 Arco do Telles Rio de Janeiro Historic alley in central Rio — legends of "Donna Branca" and the suffering of colonial times.
• 👻 Bairro da Liberdade São Paulo São Paulo's Japanese quarter — built on an old gallows and execution site.
• 🏛️ Casa dos Contos Minas Gerais Poet Cláudio Manoel da Costa died in custody in the gold town's counting house in 1789 – at night he is still said to pace the floorboards, reciting his verses. 🛏 Book a night here
• 👻 Little Castle of Rua Apa São Paulo In the little castle on Rua Apa a mother and her two sons were shot dead – and to this day no one knows by whom.
• 👻 House of the Horseman of Jaraguá Goiás In the gold-rush town of Jaraguá a dead husband still rides home at night – his spurs jingling through the rooms of the house on Rua das Flores.
• ⚰️ Consolação Cemetery São Paulo The gravedigger who dropped dead in the middle of a burial is still said to sit by the Matarazzo family mausoleum, keeping watch over his final grave.
• ⚰️ Soledade Cemetery Pará In Belém's old yellow-fever cemetery, legend says the dead hold their own midnight mass in the chapel – and miracles happen at the grave of the child Zezinho.
• ⚰️ Caju Cemetery Rio de Janeiro Among the mass graves of the Spanish flu walks a lady in white who dissolves into the morning mist whenever anyone draws near.
• 🚇 Maison Blanche Building Paraná Where the Cine Curitiba cinema once stood, a man murdered his wife in the auditorium – her spirit is said to wander the stairwells of the building raised on the spot.
• 🚇 Lacerda Elevator Bahia On the late runs in Salvador's 72-metre elevator, voices rise from empty cars — the workers who died building it are said to ride along.
• 👻 Meeting of the Rivers (Cabeça de Cuia) Piauí Where the Poti and Parnaíba rivers meet lurks Cabeça de Cuia – the youth who killed his mother and was cursed to roam the riverbeds with a giant gourd-shaped head.
• 🏗️ Fordlândia Pará Henry Ford's dead dream city rots in the Amazon – rusty operating tables still stand among the vines in the abandoned hospital's wards.
• 🏚️ Ruins of Paricatuba Amazonas The lepers were brought here never to leave again — and in the 'city of pain' they are said to remain behind the strangling vines.
• 👻 Amazon Theatre Amazonas On the third floor of the Manaus opera house lingers a European soprano who never got to sing her opening night. 🛏 Book a night here
• 👻 Castelinho do Flamengo Rio de Janeiro Rio's 'little castle' — a manor built in 1916 with reports of paranormal activity.
• 👻 Chaco Canyon Ship (Legend) Mato Grosso Legend of a ghost ship in the wetlands of Mato Grosso — seen by river people during the full moon.
• 👻 Edifício Martinelli São Paulo São Paulo's first skyscraper (1929) — Italian workers' ghosts are said to wander the tower.
• ⛪ Igreja N.S. das Dores Porto Alegre Porto Alegre's "Church of Sorrows" — the most classic Brazilian ghost story of the head in the tower.
• 🛎️ Mário Quintana House of Culture (Hotel Majestic) Rio Grande do Sul In the old pink grand hotel where poet Mário Quintana lived, the piano sometimes plays by itself – and shadows drift down the corridors after closing time. 🛏 Book a night here
• 👻 Ana Maria do Couto Mansion Mato Grosso From the old house in Cuiabá a dead woman's voice rose at night – the town spoke of ghostly screams, but the truth turned out to be even more heartbreaking.
• 👻 Castelinho do Alto da Bronze Rio Grande do Sul In the miniature castle in central Porto Alegre, a jealous politician kept his young mistress prisoner on the third floor – her weeping is still said to be heard behind the Gothic windows.
• ⛪ Dom Bosco Hermitage Distrito Federal By Niemeyer's little chapel on Lake Paranoá, a figure in a black cassock is seen – the saint who foretold Brasília's birth more than a century in advance.
• 🏯 Vila Hilda Mansion Paraná When a phone-book crew photographed the mansion at night, a face appeared in the glass of the front door – and "Hildinho" in the attic became the ghost of all Ponta Grossa.
• 👻 Cruz e Sousa Palace Santa Catarina Through the halls of the pink governor's palace in Florianópolis walks a woman in a blue dress – staff testify to apparitions and unexplained sounds. 🛏 Book a night here
• 👻 Guanabara Palace Rio de Janeiro A dying enslaved man cursed Princess Isabel's palace – and to this day, no one who rules from here is said to keep their peace or their power. 🛏 Book a night here
• 👻 The Hairy Leg of Recife Pernambuco Through Recife's alleys at night hops a severed, hair-covered leg that trips passers-by with kicks – Brazil's most bizarre urban legend.
• 👻 José de Alencar Theatre Ceará A translucent ballerina in blue still turns her pirouettes at the theatre in Fortaleza – whispering before she fades: "I need to rehearse." 🛏 Book a night here
• 👻 São Paulo Municipal Theatre São Paulo Beneath the opera house stage, the footsteps of long-gone performers still move through the tunnels where they once passed unseen under the city. 🛏 Book a night here
• 👻 Convent of Penha Espírito Santo At the clifftop convent high above Vila Velha, the pious friar Pedro Palácios, who founded the sanctuary in the 1550s, still makes his rounds.

FAQ

How many haunted places are there in Brazil?

Haunted Places lists 37 haunted locations in Brazil, each with its story and GPS coordinates.

What are the most haunted places in Brazil?

Among the most notable in Brazil: Colônia Psychiatric Hospital (Museum of Madness), Edifício Joelma, Gavião Cemetery.

Can you stay overnight at haunted places in Brazil?

Yes — 7 of the haunted places in Brazil are hotels or inns you can book for an overnight stay. The rest are public sites you can visit.

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