The 10 most haunted houses in the world
Houses where something is said to have stayed on among the furniture. 10 homes, rectories and town houses with the darkest reputations — ranked by how frightening they are said to be, and by how fully the story behind each one is recorded.
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Villisca Axe Murder House
Iowa
Eight people — six of them children — were axed to death in their sleep in 1912. The murder is still unsolved.
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Lizzie Borden House
Massachusetts
The site of the 1892 axe double murder — today a B&B where guests can sleep in the murder rooms.
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Borley Rectory
England, Essex
'England's most haunted house' according to Harry Price — burned in 1939, demolished in 1944, but the stories live on.
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Amityville Horror House (112 Ocean Avenue)
New York
In 1974 Ronald DeFeo Jr. murdered six family members — the following year the Lutz family fled after 28 days.
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Bahay na Pula
San Ildefonso, Bulacan
Weeping and footsteps are said to carry from the red house's windows — echoes of the hundred women held captive there in 1944.
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Loftus Hall
Wexford
During a card game one stormy night the mysterious guest dropped a card — and Anne Tottenham saw cloven hooves where his feet should have been.
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The Executioner's House in Bernau
Brandenburg
In Bernau's executioner's house lived the man who burned the town's 'witches' – 28 names on the memorial stone bear witness to those who died in the torture cellar and at the stake.
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Herlufsholm, Næstved
Sjælland, Næstved
She appeared to the priest the night before his journey and struck the table leg — and in the hidden compartment lay the deed that saved the school.
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Ungelt (Tyn Courtyard)
Prague
A Turkish merchant walks the old customs yard at night. In his hand he carries the head of the girl who did not wait for him.
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Doctor Tromba's House, Via del Governo Vecchio 57
Rome
On 11 May 1861 mattresses, plates and cutlery flew out of Doctor Tromba's house — and dissolved in mid-air before reaching the street.
FAQ
The 10 most haunted houses in the world?
Houses where something is said to have stayed on among the furniture. 10 homes, rectories and town houses with the darkest reputations — ranked by how frightening they are said to be, and by how fully the story behind each one is recorded. Villisca Axe Murder House, Lizzie Borden House, Borley Rectory.
How is this list ranked?
By the frightfulness rating each place carries in our database, and where two places share a rating, by how fully its history is documented. Only places with a photograph and a written account of their own are included.