| 1. Bran Castle, Transylvania, Romania | | | | executions, murders and torture for over 400 |
| | | | | years, with lots of ghost sightings having been |
| Although Count Dracula is a fictional character | | | | reported since. Rumour has it that the spirit of |
| created by writer Bram Stoker, he was allegedly | | | | Ann Boleyn, one of the wives of Henry VIII, |
| based on a Romanian tyrant called Vlad the | | | | beheaded in 1536, has been spotted in the Tower, |
| Impaler, so called as he was fond of impaling his | | | | sometimes carrying her head. Weird |
| enemies on stakes. It is said that Vlad spent time | | | | . The city of York, UKA report from the BBC |
| at this castle in Transylvania, Romania and Count | | | | named York in the UK as the most haunted city |
| Dracula’s castle was modelled on this. Spooky! | | | | in the world with a total of 504 recorded |
| I actually visited this castle a few years and ago | | | | hauntings according to the Ghost Research |
| have to admit it is kind of creepy – lots of | | | | Foundation International. York with its history of |
| tiny staircases and spooky stories from the tour | | | | conflict and many tragic events boasts more |
| guides. | | | | ghosts than any other city in the world. Sightings |
| | | | | include legless soldiers at The Treasurers House, |
| 2. Salem, Massachusetts, USA | | | | book-browsing ghosts at the Museum Library, a |
| Halloween or not, this little town is pretty spooky | | | | ghostly nun at the Theatre Royal and a |
| all year round. The infamous Salem Witch Trials | | | | poltergeist at The Windmill. Spooky! |
| were held here in 1692 and 1693. Over 150 people | | | | 7. The Catacombs of Paris, France |
| were accused of being witches and imprisoned. 19 | | | | The Catacombs of Paris is an underground |
| were eventually convicted of being witches and | | | | cemetery which has been around since 1788. |
| hung. The town now has a museum about the | | | | When Parisian graveyards were becoming too |
| trials, is home to the Witchcraft Heights | | | | crowded and disease was spreading due to |
| Elementary School and the local football team, the | | | | improper burials, the catacombs were used to |
| Witches. | | | | store bones. By 1814, the tombs were filled. |
| 3. The Stanley Hotel, Estes Park, Colorado, USA | | | | Stretching a whopping 300kms underground, only |
| | | | | a small section is open to the public. Not for the |
| The Shining is one of a few horror movies which | | | | faint hearted (or clostraphobic!). |
| spooked me. You can actually stay at the hotel | | | | 8.Raynham Hall, Norfolk, UK |
| which inspired Stephen King’s novel. Just like | | | | Raynham Hall in Norfolk was the setting for |
| the film, the hotel has a creepy story. Flora | | | | probably the most famous ghost picture in the |
| Stanley, wife of the first owner, is said to haunt | | | | world taken in 1936. Legend has it that the ghost, |
| the grand hotel, playing a piano at night and | | | | known as the Brown Lady, is that of Lady |
| wandering around the lobby. If you do decide to | | | | Raynham who has imprisoned in the Hall after her |
| stay here, avoid the 4th floor which is rumoured | | | | husband found out she was having an affair. She |
| to be filled with commotion after dark. | | | | was never allowed to leave the Hall and remained |
| | | | | there until she died. |
| 4. Lizzie Borden Bed and Breakfast, Fall River, | | | | |
| Massachusetts, USA | | | | 9. Pripyat, Ukraine |
| If just visiting a spooky site isn’t scary | | | | Pripyat is an abandoned city near where the |
| enough for you, you will like this B&B. Lizzie | | | | Chernobyl disaster happened, the worst nuclear |
| Borden was accused of murdering her parents | | | | power plant accident in history. Once home to |
| with an axe in this very building in 1892. Although | | | | 50,000 people, for years it was deserted, but in |
| she was found not guilty due to lack of evidence, | | | | 2002 was opened up to visitors. Although radiation |
| many people believed she was the culprit. Now | | | | levels are safe for short term exposure, this is |
| you can stay at the scene of the crime, sleep in | | | | one place I do not wish to visit. The scene of |
| her old room and even have the same meal that | | | | such an atrocity is not something I would like to |
| her parents had before they met their maker. | | | | see. Plus, the forest surrounding the power plant |
| Creepy! | | | | is now populated with wolves and bears. If the |
| 5. The Tower of London, UK | | | | radiation doesn’t get you, they might. No |
| One of Britain’s most popular attractions, it | | | | thanks! |
| may also be one of the most haunted. The | | | | 10. |
| Tower of London was the venue of choice for | | | | |