Halloween is my favorite time of year! If you’re into encounters of the spine-tingling variety, you’re part of a small but passionate group of travelers. “Paranormal Travel” enthusiasts participate regularly in online forums, and there’s even a small cottage industry that specializes in highlighting travel to spooky destinations. If this interests you or someone you know, here’s a quick list of some of the world’s reportedly most haunted places.
I myself just recently indulged in a “Ghost City Tour” in New Orleans. Here’s my photo of the LaLaurie Mansion(2024), the most haunted mansion in NOLA (and it’s for sale!). Reports of the ghost of a young girl who fell off of the balcony onto the courtyard, and many rumors about gruesome experiments on slaves in the attic.
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Castle of Good Hope, Capetown, South Africa. This place has some of the standard ghosts — a man who reportedly walks the ramparts, and a crying woman whose haunting ceased when her body was discovered in later excavations. This castle also claims a supernatural canine that jumps up on guests as they walk the halls. Down, Fido!
photo courtesy of cogh
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Tower of London, England. Medieval England was not a warm and fuzzy place, especially under the rule of power-hungry and often insecure kings. The Tower of London claims the headless ghost of Anne Boleyn, Lady Jane Grey, and several other royals who were murdered by their more powerful husbands or uncles. Here’s the Tower in 2016, I can’t wait to get back and go more in depth on the paranormal history!
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Island of the Dolls, Xochimilco, Mexico. The creepy factor with this one is pretty high. In the 1950s, a man named Julian, who was the caretaker of the island, sensed the spirit of a young girl he had found mysteriously drowned was still present on the island. He found a doll floating near the location and decided it must have been hers, and hung it from a tree nearby.
In an attempt to calm her spirit, he bought hundreds of dolls and hung them from the trees in an attempt to make her happy. Some say he was driven mad by the thought that he could not save her. Later, Julian was found drowned in the same spot where the girl died. Today, residents of the island say many spirits haunt the dolls. Image courtesy of isladelasmunecas.com
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