The Most Haunted Places in the World

The Most Haunted Places in the World: 12 hand-picked locations, ranked by how haunted they are. Each includes its story, a 1–5 scare rating and GPS coordinates.

• Amityville Horror House (112 Ocean Avenue)
  New York, Amityville · Scare 5/5
  In 1974 Ronald DeFeo Jr. murdered six family members — the following year the Lutz family fled after 28 days.
• Ancient Ram Inn
  Gloucestershire · Scare 5/5
  One of Britain’s most haunted houses — in the "Witch’s Room" a witch burned in the 1500s is said to linger.
• Aokigahara Forest
  Yamanashi · Scare 5/5
  The world's most infamous suicide forest at the foot of Mount Fuji — unnaturally silent and full of yūrei.
• Aradale Asylum
  Victoria, Ararat · Scare 5/5
  13,000 patients died within its walls during 126 years of operation.
• Belchite (Ruined Town)
  Aragón, Zaragoza · Scare 5/5
  Town wiped out in the Spanish Civil War in 1937 — Franco let the ruins stand as a monument.
• Bell Witch Cave
  Tennessee, Adams · Scare 5/5
  The cave where the 'Bell Witch' is said to have fled in 1821 after haunting the Bell family for four years.
• Berkeley Castle
  Gloucestershire, Berkeley · Scare 5/5
  Ända sedan Edward II mördades här 1327 har slottet ekat av hans spöklika skrik.
• Bhangarh Fort
  Rajasthan, Alwar · Scare 5/5
  Indiens mest hemsökta plats — myndigheten förbjuder inträde efter solnedgången.
• Borley Rectory
  England, Essex · Scare 5/5
  'England's most haunted house' according to Harry Price — burned in 1939, demolished in 1944, but the stories live on.
• Bran Castle (Dracula's Castle)
  Brașov, Bran · Scare 5/5
  Marketed as 'Dracula's Castle' since 1997 — the iconic Gothic fortress from 1377 in Transylvania.
• Castle of Good Hope
  Western Cape, Kapstaden · Scare 5/5
  South Africa's oldest building — Governor van Noodt's curse after the execution of seven soldiers.
• Catacombe dei Cappuccini
  Palermo, Sicilien · Scare 5/5
  8,000 mummified bodies in Palermo's Capuchin catacombs.

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