these are the places where the stuff of
our nightmares comes to life allegedly
he’s just everybody next door is dead
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
most haunted places in the world if you
search through these catacombs you could
find the gate to hell for this list
we’ve faced our choices on a mix of
Legends stories and rumors that surround
how supposedly haunted a place maybe
there’s something bad here number 10 the
Stanley Hotel Estes Park Colorado USA
here’s Johnny
the place that inspired horror writer
Stephen King to write The Shining yeah
that’s definitely on the list King
stayed in room 217 of the Stanley Hotel
and reportedly heard ghost children
playing in the hallway
the ballroom is where the real action is
however with accounts of kitchen staff
thinking a party was going on in the
room but ultimately finding it
unoccupied
upon entering good evening mr. Torrence
good evening
guests have also reported hearing the
ballrooms piano despite no one playing
it the show ghost hunters found
reasonable explanations for certain
sounds but they could not decode
occurrences in the ballroom holy Sh
something under here yeah number nine
edinburgh castle edinburgh scotland
dominating the skyline atop a tower of
black volcanic rock admiral castle
stands an overwhelming reminder of
Scotland’s rich and ancient history
medieval castles in Europe are always a
popular tourist attraction
thanks to their long and interesting
history edinburgh castle however is one
of the most haunted spots in scotland
reportedly of course visitors have
claimed to have seen the spirits of
colonial prisoners from the American
Revolutionary War and French prisoners
from the Seven Years War the most famous
spirit though is the ghost of a piper
who was sent to explore the underground
tunnels and never returned
legend says the faint sound of music can
be heard from within the castle number
eight the catacombs of Paris Paris
France it’s an enormous maze we think
there are as many as seven levels to it
spreading under the entire city if you
want to find a ghost looking in the
place where Parisians placed the bones
of their dead for decades would be a
great place to start the catacombs of
Paris hold the remains of nearly six
million people and so the site is
essentially a mass grave you can’t see
the bottom I don’t even know how how
deep this is if that’s not creepy enough
the ossuaries are a small part of
Paris’s vast network of underground
tunnels and caverns in 1871 French
revolutionaries massacred a group of
monarchists in one of the underground
chambers with that much death and that
much history how can it not be haunted
it looks like The Killing Fields
number seven the RMS Queen Mary Long
Beach California USA said to still be
home to many disturbed and restless
souls the RMS Queen Mary once a
prominent ocean liner in the North
Atlantic Ocean has been the subject of
haunting rumors ever since it was
permanently docked in California the
most haunted area of the ship is the
engine room where a 17-year old sailor
died trying to escape a fire cabin B 340
is also said to be haunted this time by
the spirit of a murder victim while the
ghost of a young girl allegedly haunts
the pool area after a drowning incident
you know I feel a knows if she’s done in
him she’d be just be driven ooze of rule
number 6 Alcatraz federal penitentiary
San Francisco Bay California USA long
before Alcatraz was a fort or a prison
local Native Americans called it evil
Island and many who did time on the rock
agreed Alcatraz federal penitentiary has
been cited as one of the most haunted
places in the United States there are
numerous reports of ghostly encounters
in the utility corridor where three
inmates were killed in a failed escape
attempt what you’ll see is a formation
in the middle of the stairway a gaseous
formation and also a shadow that is cast
on the bottom of the on the photograph
cell 14 D is another supposedly haunted
area of the prison due to a legend that
says an inmate once spent a night
calling out that he was being murdered
by a creature with glowing eyes lo and
behold he was found throttled to death
the next day Al Capone’s ghost also
allegedly haunts the prison so enter at
your own risk
you’ll escape from quite a few Christmas
hunt that’s why you’re here
Alcatraz was built to keep all the
rotten eggs in one basket number 5
morley rectory Essex England we see
shadows see a woman dressed in what and
till she was Brandes during the course
of night one can feel me the village of
Borle is not the sort of place you would
associate with ghosts but it is home to
the infamous Borle rectory considered to
be the most haunted house in all of
England famous story chilling image that
every brick of the castle is haunted
once the site of an ancient monastery
legend has it that a monk and
none were killed in the area after their
affair was discovered the nun allegedly
haunts the grounds of the rectory while
multiple tenants have reported
paranormal activity like the ringing of
bells the breaking of windows and the
appearance of writing on the walls I
mean there’s the stories of the screams
every September but no one really knows
number four myrtles plantation st.
Francisville Louisiana USA I have been
tugged on before always in the same
place and from having children and
grandchildren it’s that tight pool you
could even feel the little fingers and I
experienced at more than once the
myrtles plantation is rumored to be
located on an ancient Indian burial
ground and is said to be home to 12
ghosts including Chloe a former slave
legend has it that Chloe was caught
spying on her owner had her ear cut off
and hit it with a turban she tried to
get revenge by poisoning a birthday cake
but the plan backfired when only the
owner’s wife and children ate the cake
and all died
Chloe was hanged and thrown into the
Mississippi River and her spirit
supposedly haunts the plantation to this
day as far as people seeing Chloe she
can show up at any time it is not like I
want to see a certain person she’s just
there and she’s very often seen on the
front of the house number three Waverly
Hills Sanatorium Louisville Kentucky USA
is there a child up here with me
one of the most haunted hospitals in
America the Waverly Hills Sanatorium was
built to help handle the outbreak of
tuberculosis in Jefferson County in the
early 1900s urban legend claims that
over 60,000 people died at the
sanatorium many of whom were sent to the
death tunnel a chute used to lower the
dead bodies in a secretive manner to
prevent patients from seeing how many
people were being killed by the disease
room 502 is also rumored to be haunted
by a nurse who committed suicide with a
lightbulb wire I open my eyes right
there there was an old woman dad she her
eyes were like sunken in note’ number
two
Eastern State Penitentiary Philadelphia
Pennsylvania USA this is a 12-acre
prison with nearly 1,000 cells in it it
was open for 142 consecutive years so
there were literally generations of
people who are housed in these cell
blocks Eastern State Penitentiary was
home to some of the harshest punishments
in the United States including the water
bath the mad chair and the iron gag the
first prison to use solitary confinement
many Eastern State Penitentiary
prisoners went insane because of its
extreme conditions and isolation
numerous people have reported hearing
cackling from cellblock 12 while
mysterious ghostly faces are said to
appear in cellblock 4 even Al Capone was
allegedly haunted by the ghosts of James
Clark one of the men he had murdered
during his incarceration there on my
right-hand side the shadow it looked
like a shoulder with head really fast
and went right by us
before we unveil our number one pick
here are a few honorable mentions
Abraham Lincoln has been seen throughout
the building especially in this room
which they call the Lincoln Bedroom some
guardiana
de la Isla they better Rob got to a
point where he said cross over go to the
light move on
and all of a sudden you hear a voice go
heaven was it madness or was it
misguided genius that drove Sarah
Winchester to build obsessively until
the day she died after that I tell you
honestly I couldn’t stop if I wanted to
I couldn’t put it on them
shut up something’s inside me
number one the Tower of London London
England
the guards Hill patrol the tower at
night claimed to have heard agonizing
screams echoing through the doors of the
White Tower the place where multiple
executions murders and tortures have
taken place over the last thousand years
if there is a place haunted in the world
this surely is it
our topic is allegedly home to hundreds
of ghosts including Lady Jane Grey Henry
the sixth Sir Walter Raleigh and Thomas
Becket however perhaps the most famous
resident is the spirit of Anne Boleyn
her ghost has been seen on many
occasions usually in the tower Chapel
Royal or on Tower Green and she’s often
carrying her head in her arms
do you agree with our list what’s your
favorite haunted place for more spooky
toptenz published daily be sure to
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start right now
our nightmares comes to life allegedly
he’s just everybody next door is dead
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
most haunted places in the world if you
search through these catacombs you could
find the gate to hell for this list
we’ve faced our choices on a mix of
Legends stories and rumors that surround
how supposedly haunted a place maybe
there’s something bad here number 10 the
Stanley Hotel Estes Park Colorado USA
here’s Johnny
the place that inspired horror writer
Stephen King to write The Shining yeah
that’s definitely on the list King
stayed in room 217 of the Stanley Hotel
and reportedly heard ghost children
playing in the hallway
the ballroom is where the real action is
however with accounts of kitchen staff
thinking a party was going on in the
room but ultimately finding it
unoccupied
upon entering good evening mr. Torrence
good evening
guests have also reported hearing the
ballrooms piano despite no one playing
it the show ghost hunters found
reasonable explanations for certain
sounds but they could not decode
occurrences in the ballroom holy Sh
something under here yeah number nine
edinburgh castle edinburgh scotland
dominating the skyline atop a tower of
black volcanic rock admiral castle
stands an overwhelming reminder of
Scotland’s rich and ancient history
medieval castles in Europe are always a
popular tourist attraction
thanks to their long and interesting
history edinburgh castle however is one
of the most haunted spots in scotland
reportedly of course visitors have
claimed to have seen the spirits of
colonial prisoners from the American
Revolutionary War and French prisoners
from the Seven Years War the most famous
spirit though is the ghost of a piper
who was sent to explore the underground
tunnels and never returned
legend says the faint sound of music can
be heard from within the castle number
eight the catacombs of Paris Paris
France it’s an enormous maze we think
there are as many as seven levels to it
spreading under the entire city if you
want to find a ghost looking in the
place where Parisians placed the bones
of their dead for decades would be a
great place to start the catacombs of
Paris hold the remains of nearly six
million people and so the site is
essentially a mass grave you can’t see
the bottom I don’t even know how how
deep this is if that’s not creepy enough
the ossuaries are a small part of
Paris’s vast network of underground
tunnels and caverns in 1871 French
revolutionaries massacred a group of
monarchists in one of the underground
chambers with that much death and that
much history how can it not be haunted
it looks like The Killing Fields
number seven the RMS Queen Mary Long
Beach California USA said to still be
home to many disturbed and restless
souls the RMS Queen Mary once a
prominent ocean liner in the North
Atlantic Ocean has been the subject of
haunting rumors ever since it was
permanently docked in California the
most haunted area of the ship is the
engine room where a 17-year old sailor
died trying to escape a fire cabin B 340
is also said to be haunted this time by
the spirit of a murder victim while the
ghost of a young girl allegedly haunts
the pool area after a drowning incident
you know I feel a knows if she’s done in
him she’d be just be driven ooze of rule
number 6 Alcatraz federal penitentiary
San Francisco Bay California USA long
before Alcatraz was a fort or a prison
local Native Americans called it evil
Island and many who did time on the rock
agreed Alcatraz federal penitentiary has
been cited as one of the most haunted
places in the United States there are
numerous reports of ghostly encounters
in the utility corridor where three
inmates were killed in a failed escape
attempt what you’ll see is a formation
in the middle of the stairway a gaseous
formation and also a shadow that is cast
on the bottom of the on the photograph
cell 14 D is another supposedly haunted
area of the prison due to a legend that
says an inmate once spent a night
calling out that he was being murdered
by a creature with glowing eyes lo and
behold he was found throttled to death
the next day Al Capone’s ghost also
allegedly haunts the prison so enter at
your own risk
you’ll escape from quite a few Christmas
hunt that’s why you’re here
Alcatraz was built to keep all the
rotten eggs in one basket number 5
morley rectory Essex England we see
shadows see a woman dressed in what and
till she was Brandes during the course
of night one can feel me the village of
Borle is not the sort of place you would
associate with ghosts but it is home to
the infamous Borle rectory considered to
be the most haunted house in all of
England famous story chilling image that
every brick of the castle is haunted
once the site of an ancient monastery
legend has it that a monk and
none were killed in the area after their
affair was discovered the nun allegedly
haunts the grounds of the rectory while
multiple tenants have reported
paranormal activity like the ringing of
bells the breaking of windows and the
appearance of writing on the walls I
mean there’s the stories of the screams
every September but no one really knows
number four myrtles plantation st.
Francisville Louisiana USA I have been
tugged on before always in the same
place and from having children and
grandchildren it’s that tight pool you
could even feel the little fingers and I
experienced at more than once the
myrtles plantation is rumored to be
located on an ancient Indian burial
ground and is said to be home to 12
ghosts including Chloe a former slave
legend has it that Chloe was caught
spying on her owner had her ear cut off
and hit it with a turban she tried to
get revenge by poisoning a birthday cake
but the plan backfired when only the
owner’s wife and children ate the cake
and all died
Chloe was hanged and thrown into the
Mississippi River and her spirit
supposedly haunts the plantation to this
day as far as people seeing Chloe she
can show up at any time it is not like I
want to see a certain person she’s just
there and she’s very often seen on the
front of the house number three Waverly
Hills Sanatorium Louisville Kentucky USA
is there a child up here with me
one of the most haunted hospitals in
America the Waverly Hills Sanatorium was
built to help handle the outbreak of
tuberculosis in Jefferson County in the
early 1900s urban legend claims that
over 60,000 people died at the
sanatorium many of whom were sent to the
death tunnel a chute used to lower the
dead bodies in a secretive manner to
prevent patients from seeing how many
people were being killed by the disease
room 502 is also rumored to be haunted
by a nurse who committed suicide with a
lightbulb wire I open my eyes right
there there was an old woman dad she her
eyes were like sunken in note’ number
two
Eastern State Penitentiary Philadelphia
Pennsylvania USA this is a 12-acre
prison with nearly 1,000 cells in it it
was open for 142 consecutive years so
there were literally generations of
people who are housed in these cell
blocks Eastern State Penitentiary was
home to some of the harshest punishments
in the United States including the water
bath the mad chair and the iron gag the
first prison to use solitary confinement
many Eastern State Penitentiary
prisoners went insane because of its
extreme conditions and isolation
numerous people have reported hearing
cackling from cellblock 12 while
mysterious ghostly faces are said to
appear in cellblock 4 even Al Capone was
allegedly haunted by the ghosts of James
Clark one of the men he had murdered
during his incarceration there on my
right-hand side the shadow it looked
like a shoulder with head really fast
and went right by us
before we unveil our number one pick
here are a few honorable mentions
Abraham Lincoln has been seen throughout
the building especially in this room
which they call the Lincoln Bedroom some
guardiana
de la Isla they better Rob got to a
point where he said cross over go to the
light move on
and all of a sudden you hear a voice go
heaven was it madness or was it
misguided genius that drove Sarah
Winchester to build obsessively until
the day she died after that I tell you
honestly I couldn’t stop if I wanted to
I couldn’t put it on them
shut up something’s inside me
number one the Tower of London London
England
the guards Hill patrol the tower at
night claimed to have heard agonizing
screams echoing through the doors of the
White Tower the place where multiple
executions murders and tortures have
taken place over the last thousand years
if there is a place haunted in the world
this surely is it
our topic is allegedly home to hundreds
of ghosts including Lady Jane Grey Henry
the sixth Sir Walter Raleigh and Thomas
Becket however perhaps the most famous
resident is the spirit of Anne Boleyn
her ghost has been seen on many
occasions usually in the tower Chapel
Royal or on Tower Green and she’s often
carrying her head in her arms
do you agree with our list what’s your
favorite haunted place for more spooky
toptenz published daily be sure to
subscribe to watchmojo.com why don’t you
start right now
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