TOP5 Horror Places In The World

    Fern Hill Hotel, India

Horror stories related to the scariest of the haunted hotels in India came to limelight during the shooting of the Bollywood horror thriller – Raaz. The story goes that choreographer Saroj Khan and her crew woke up one night hearing the noise of rearrangement of furniture on the first floor. They tried to contact the reception, but the telephone line was dead. The next morning the receptionist pointed out that there was no first floor in the hotel. This incident was only one of the many cases due to which the hotel was eventually shut down. This popular real-life incident led to the consideration of the hotel as one of the real haunted places in the world.

Monte Cristo Homestead, Australia

Monte Cristo Homestead is a haunted mansion in the New South Wales state of Australia. The mansion is popular as one of the haunted places in the world because of the haunted stories related to Mrs Crawley. The erstwhile owner never came out of the house for 23 years after her husband died. And when she died, it is believed, her body-less phantom has been haunting her room. People have claimed to witness her body-less ghost in the window, strange voices, flickering lights, and the floating ghost in the corridor. Reports of accidents and murders in the mansion have also been there in the past.

Aradale Lunatic Asylum, Australia

The Aradale Lunatic Asylum in Victoria is the largest abandoned mental hospital. Opened in 1867, the 60-building complex housed some of the worst lunatics of the British Empire. Stories of the ghost of Nurse Kerry have made it a popular entry from Australia in the list of most haunted places in the world. The ghost is believed to haunt the women’s wing. Another popular tale is of the ghost of Old Margaret, one of the many patients who were forced to leave the asylum when it was shut down in the 1990s.

Highgate Cemetery, England

Established in 1839, the Highgate Cemetery in North London is one of the most haunted places in the world. The final resting place of over 1,70,000 people has been the site of many supernatural reports. But it is the tale of the 7-feet tall phantom of the Highgate Vampire with hypnotic red eyes and long black coat. The vampire is believed to cause a sudden drop in temperature, time freeze, and more. The story of the vampire gained significant popularity when a badly charred body of a woman was found decapitated.

Edinburgh Castle, Scotland

The iconic heritage castle is known to sit on the grounds dating back to the Iron Age. In addition to being a popular tourist destination by day, the castle is the home to a spectral dog, a headless drummer, and a phantom piper. During a 10-day scientific survey of the castle in 2001, several volunteers and scientists reported ghost sightings. Ever since people have started taking the Edinburgh Castle seriously as one of the haunted places in the world.

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