Scariest Places: Do You Dare?

Many cultures believe in spirits and certain places being haunted. Often times where a death has occurred or a body is buried, ghosts seem to be present. If you are looking for a good fright or are just a little bit curious, you should visit one of the following places, if you dare…

• Catacombs Of Paris

The Catacombs Of Paris are more than just a collection of caverns and tunnels. They actually are the final resting place to around six million people. This underground cemetery is a fairly popular tourist attraction. It’s quite scary and numerous ghost sightings have been reported here.

• Underground Vaults, Edinburgh

These vaults once housed a variety of tradesmen. Around 1780 illicit materials were found here, including dead bodies that were hidden by serial killers. Poor Edinburgh citizens moved into the vaults after the businesses left, but the conditions were very bad and they all eventually moved out. To this day the vaults are dark and damp and many who have visited them feel an unearthly presence.

• Iulia Hasedeu Castle, Transylvania

Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu built this castle in 1893 for is daughter Iulia who died from tuberculosis. He designed one of the rooms with black walls so that he could practice spiritual exercises each day and try to connect with her. Visitors of the castle have reported seeing her holding daisies, playing the piano in the evenings and walking around in the courtyard. Overall the castle just gives off a creepy vibe.

• Aokigahara Forest, Mount Fuji

This might be the scariest place in Japan. Every year people visit the area and commit suicide. It has been dubbed the Suicide Forest. It contains many rocky, icey caverns and dense forestry. Visitors have reported seeing ghosts and beasts wandering about. Because the forest is so dense, it’s eerily quiet and very creepy. In Japanese mythology the forest is associated with demons and many visitors have said that they have felt an evil presence here.

• Mayday Hills Lunatic Asylum, Beechworth

This former lunatic asylum is the home to some of its former patients- at least in the spiritual sense. Although it feels deserted by day, at night the spirits run rampant, even when visitors are taking a night tour of the asylum. The tours are led by a guide who takes visitors through the surgical areas, cells and wards. They also share stories of things that went on at the asylum when it was open as well as some of the ghosts that are commonly seen here.

If you want to be scared, you should visit one of the places mentioned above. Just make sure that you are ready for a good scare. Even if you are a skeptic when it comes to ghosts you might just leave being a believer.

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