Most HAUNTED Places On Earth!

 

from a church adorned with human remains  to a forest that many people never leave  these are some of the world's most  haunted places number 10  hanging coffins Philippines this  vertical graveyard in the Philippines is  something that foreigners don't often  see and at first glance it's hard to  believe that their coffins hanging these  coffins is a tradition of the Uyghur a  tribe who believed that lifting the  bodies of the deceased high off the  ground would bring them near to their  ancestral spirits they also feared that  burying them in the earth would cause  them to decompose more quickly plus  centuries ago the tribes enemies would  take the heads of the departed ax  strophe ease and mounting the coffins on  a cliff prevented them from doing so  nowadays there are still some tribe  members that practice this tradition a  woman of the Uyghur ah'd explained in a  2014 interview that the deceased person  is first tied to a wooden chair with  vines covered with a blanket and faced  towards their family's home so they may  pay their respects after several days  they are removed from the chair placed  in the fetal position and wrapped to be  carried to the coffin because the  coffins are so small they must break the  bones to fit the departed inside before  sealing the coffin with vines but these  ancient traditions are slowly coming to  an end  number 9 hill of crosses lithuania the  hill of crosses is a spooky looking  place in northern lithuania but it's  also a pilgrimage site that people  travel to every year throughout the  centuries the hill of crosses evolved  into a symbol of the peaceful  persistence of lithuanian catholicism  throughout history  despite this nobody knows exactly how  the tradition of leaving crosses began  most believe it started during the  mid-1800s when lithuania was occupied by  Russia when rebellions resulted in  numerous casualties families were often  unable to locate the bodies of their  loved ones  they placed crosses on the hill in honor  of the people who had lost their lives  to this day the hill of crosses isn't  owned by anyone so people are welcome to  place or build  new crosses as they please number eight  Centralia United States one of the most  ominous places in the world is this  almost ghost town in Pennsylvania as of  2017 only five people resided there two  coal mines opened in Centralia in 1856  and it reached its largest population by  1890 at over 2,700 people it was home to  two theaters a bank 27 saloons five  hotels a post office seven churches and  14 stores Centralia is coal mining  operations were its primary source of  income and they were active until the  1960s during an attempt to clean up the  towns and landfill firefighters lit the  dump on fire and allowed it to burn down  but they failed to extinguish the flames  entirely and the fire entered the  abandoned underground mine tunnels the  underground fire began causing major  issues by 1981 when a 12 year old boy  fell into a four foot wide and 150 foot  deep sinkhole that opened beneath his  feet without warning luckily he hung on  to a tree root and his cousin pulled him  out  people also began reporting health  problems linked to the carbon dioxide  carbon monoxide and low oxygen levels  throughout the town over a thousand  people moved from the town the next year  and only 16 houses remained by 2006  today the abandoned town has signs  posted for people trying to traverse the  area warning them of dangerous gases and  collapsing ground the subterranean fire  continues to burn and will do so for up  to 250 years number 7 Valley of the  Kings Egypt one of the most famous  haunted places in the world is the  Valley of the Kings in Egypt for about  five hundred years between the 16th and  11th centuries BC pharaohs and  influential Nobles were buried here in  the tombs cut out of stone the valley  has a total of 63 tombs the most  well-known of which to belong to to  Tuckahoe man or King Tut many of these  resting places were decorated with  religious scenes from the Egyptian  burial Tech is called  others were adorned with images from the  book of gates the book of caverns the  book of earth and other important texts  the pharaohs and Nobles were buried with  items that would help them in the  afterlife many of which were used during  their lifetimes nowadays many of the  burial sites are in ruins but the Valley  of the Kings is a very popular tourist  attraction with around 4,000 visitors  daily most of the tombs are closed to  the public but the presence of these  ancient spirits is still there  number 6 al Kega hara japan also known  by a couple of other names including the  sea of trees the some notorious forest  is on the northwest side of Mount Fuji  in Japan  throughout the years this forests creepy  reputation has gotten worse it is long  believed that the sea of tree houses the  ghosts of people who have passed on but  the forest is known for something much  sadder as well people who want to take  their own lives often go to al-qaeda  Hara to do so over a hundred bodies were  discovered there in 2003 and in 2010  more than 200 people reportedly tried to  take their lives in the forest 54 of  those people succeeded officials have  even placed a sign near the entrance to  the forest asking troubled visitors to  seek help the specific reason people  choose al-qaeda Hara to in their lives  isn't known but it has been associated  with mortality for centuries some people  believe that the act of Masood day may  have been practiced in the forest which  could have marked at the beginning of  its grim reputation this ancient  practice involved taking an elderly  relative to a remote area and leaving  them there to perish  number 5 Sedlec ossuary Czech Republic  this little Roman Catholic chapel is  home to between 40 and 70 thousand  skeletons but unlike normal catacombs or  cemeteries the bones of the deceased  were used to decorate the church  intricate skeletal arrangements cover  the ceiling and walls of the ossuary  giving the interior and eerie Beauty a  couple of the decorations include a coat  of arms and a chandelier made entirely  of skulls and bones and a cross made of  more human remains hangs above the entry  however these skeletons weren't arranged  until 1870 when a woodcarver named  friend TC current was hired by the  chapel's owner to put them in order when  to use the bones to create this amazing  and McCobb work of art he even signed  his masterpiece with bone  despite said like oh suis haunted vibe  over 200,000 people visited yearly  number for Highgate Cemetery England  around 170,000 people are buried in this  London Cemetery throughout its  fifty-three thousand graves Highgate  Cemetery looks like something straight  out of a horror movie it was opened in  1839 as part of the city's Magnificent  Seven a nickname given to a group of  substantial private cemeteries Highgate  was considered a fashionable place to be  buried and during Queen Victoria's reign  numerous Gothic style tombs and  buildings were built there since the  presentation of burials was important  Highgate is also a nature reserve and is  on the register of historic parks and  gardens and the flora has been left to  grow untouched so trees vines shrubs and  flowers overhang the twos and small  animals like foxes called the area home  some famous people are buried in this  graveyard including Karl Marx the family  of Charles Dickens and George Michael  since Highgate Cemetery is privately  owned it isn't usually open to the  public but guided tours and tickets are  available to people looking to  experience the chilling atmosphere of  this famous cemetery number three Lizzie  Borden house United States Lizzie Borden  took an ax gave her mother 40 whacks  when she saw what she had done she gave  her father 41 there aren't many people  who haven't heard of the heinous crimes  Lizzie Borden has thought to have  committed in 1892  despite Borden's contradictory answers  during the investigation of her parents  untimely demise the destruction of what  could have been incriminating evidence  and her strange behavior during the  trial Lizzie was ultimately acquitted of  all charges  however she remained the primary suspect  for the rest of her life  there are several theories about why  Lizzie would have taken her father and  stepmother lives suggesting she was  traumatized from a  childhood of maltreatment making her  incapable of recognizing herself or  others Lizzie Borden and her sisters  left the house  following the trial and it was passed  down through the family since 1996 it's  been a bed and breakfast for those brave  enough to stay there the room that  Lizzie's stepmother was found deceased  in is the most requested in the house is  promoted as a tourist attraction  number two Eastern State Penitentiary  United States this abandoned prison is  in Philadelphia Pennsylvania and was  home to some of history's most notorious  criminals like Al Capone it was open  from 1829 to 1971 and is considered to  be the first true Penitentiary in the  world all prisoners were solitarily  confined and weren't allowed to  communicate with other inmates  each cell had a tiny yard for exercise  surrounded by high walls to prevent  conversation and the cell doors were  short and narrow forcing the prisoners  to bow when entering some say this was  related to the Penitentiary's religious  inspiration the Eastern State  Penitentiary was originally built with  the intention of rehabilitating  prisoners instead the inmates were  psychologically and physically tormented  by counselors and guards many recovered  in freezing water and forced to stay  outside in the winter others had their  tongues and wrists chained together so  that trying to break free would rip out  their tongues some of the prisoners were  even placed into the hole a cellblock  located underground with no light food  or human interaction where they would  stay for up to two weeks at a time  because of its horrifying and gruesome  past the Eastern State Penitentiary was  often considered a haunted landmark a  haunted house event called terror behind  the walls is even hosted at the prison  annually are you brave enough to go  number one kajita castle slovakia this  castle in slovakia sits on a hill  overlooking the village of kakuzu  it was once home to the countess  Elizabeth Bathory - a Hungarian  noblewoman known for the numerous young  girls she executed afterward of the  countess's  horrible crime spread throughout the  kingdom in the early 1600s she was  placed on trial most of her victims were  10 to 14 years old and the terrible acts  described during the trial  are enough to send a chill down anyone's  spine Elizabeth was accused of burning  the girl's hands biting chunks out of  their faces and freezing or starving  them  she even covered them in honey and live  ants similar to the ancient Greek method  of punishment called SCAF ism in some  cases she was even accused of  cannibalism and forcing servants to cook  and consume bits of themselves from 1585  to 1609 she had an estimated 650 victims  after the castle was captured in 1708 it  was abandoned and began to decay today  only the ruins of Kakuta castle remain  along with the gruesome stories of what  happened there would you spend the night  in any of these haunted places tell us  why or why not in the comments section  below and as always thank you for  reading