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.

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Harridslevgaard Castle
  Fyn, Bogense · Scare 5/5
  Funen's most haunted castle. Anne Lykke was beheaded for witchcraft in 1641. A man must every night ride his pregnant sister to death.
• Aradale Asylum
  Victoria, Ararat · Scare 5/5
  13,000 patients died within its walls during 126 years of operation.
• Moosham Castle
  Salzburg, Lungau · Scare 5/5
  "The Witches' Castle" — over 100 people were tortured to death in the witch trials.
• The Ancient Ram Inn
  Gloucestershire, Wotton-under-Edge · Scare 5/5
  Anses som en av de mest hemsökta värdshusen i Gloucestershire — kanske hela England.
• Berkeley Castle
  Gloucestershire, Berkeley · Scare 5/5
  Ända sedan Edward II mördades här 1327 har slottet ekat av hans spöklika skrik.
• 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.
• LaLaurie Mansion
  Louisiana, New Orleans · Scare 5/5
  The 1834 fire revealed enslaved people tortured in the attic — owner Delphine LaLaurie fled to France.
• 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.
• Suzugamori avrättningsplats
  Tokyo, Shinagawa · Scare 5/5
  Upp till 200 000 avrättades här — och vid brunnen där huvudena tvättades tar spöksynerna aldrig slut.

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