Marsyas in Flanders by Vernon Lee
“Marsyas in Flanders” by Vernon Lee, pen name for Violet Paget, published in 1900, is a richly atmospheric story that blends elements of mythology, art, and horror. The tale mixes elements of...
View ArticleCristalina’s Haunted Banyan Tree in Saligao Village
In the quaint Saligao Village in Goa, there is a Banyan Tree by the road. According to legend, the tree is haunted by the ghost of Cristalina, waiting for those passing by to possess. One Sunday...
View ArticleThe Ghost and Aliens Close to the Military Base in Andalucía
A trail of ghost children passing the road, the sight of a shining woman in the middle of the road are just some of the strange tales about the haunted stretch of road close to a military base in...
View ArticleLucy of Roaring Fork: The Vanishing Hitchhiker of Smoky Mountains
On the scenic route in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the ghost of Lucy of Roaring Fork is said to roam the road of Roaring Fork Motor Trail through the historic part of early settlers as a...
View ArticleRenvyle House and a visit from Yeats
Renvyle House was said to be haunted long before the poet Yeats stepped into the hotel and decided to hold a seance. What they experienced staying there though almost sounded as fantastical as one of...
View ArticleShip Harbor Trail and the Shipwrecked Ghosts
It has long been said that there are ghosts haunting the Ship Harbor Trail on the Mount Desert Island in Maine from the victims from a shipwreck in the winter months that left few survivors. We will...
View ArticleThe Haunted Charleville Mansion in Shimla
Deep in the Indian mountains, Charleville Mansion in Shimla is said to be so haunted with an evil poltergeist activity that even the owners had to leave it and it has since then changed hands many...
View ArticleThe Mysterious Stranger (Der Fremde) by Karl von Wachsmann
When The Mysterious Stranger first appeared in English in Chambers’s Repository for February 1854, it had no author credit and remained anonymous until 2013. The English translation is actually an...
View ArticleThe Haunted Seminary Arch and the Mystical Village of Rachol in Goa
Leading into the Rachol Village Seminary, the Seminary Arch from the ruined fort is still standing. So is the ghost of a lonesome soldier from Portuguese rule as well if we are to believe the stories....
View ArticleExploring the Haunting Legend of El Coco
The Spanish legend of El Coco frightened children and was used by parents to make their children go to sleep. But what really was behind the horrible legend about the child devouring monster that...
View ArticleThe Haunting Legend of the ghost in the mudflats in Kenai Fjords National Park
It is said that you can hear the desperate screams over the mudflats in Kenai Fjords National Park after a tragic accident where the tide took the life of a woman now believed to be haunting the...
View ArticleThe Haunted Lough Cutra Castle
After a servant ended in an ice cold watery grave, Lough Cutra Castle in Ireland is said to be haunted by his presence and is called Cheeky Murray. The history of Lough Cutra Castle and Estate dates...
View ArticleThe Ghostly Presence at El Tovar Hotel in the Grand Canyon
On the southern rim of the Grand Canyon, the El Tovar Hotel is right on the edge. There are many haunted rumors about the hotel, many claiming that the founder of the hotel, Fred Harvey as well as...
View ArticleThe Haunted South Park Street Cemetery in Kolkata
The old Christian cemetery sits as a Gothic reminder from colonial times. Over the years, the South Park Street Cemetery has been reclaimed by weather and time, and rumors of it being haunted sits as...
View ArticleWake Not the Dead (Laßt die Todten ruhen) by Ernst Raupach
“Wake Not the Dead” (Laßt die Todten ruhen) by Ernst Raupach, published in 1823, is a foundational work in vampire literature that explores the perilous consequences of tampering with the natural...
View ArticleThe Haunting of the Rodrigues Home in Goa
A mysterious haunted house known as the Rodrigues Home in Verna, Goa is supposedly left from colonial times. Although looking like any other house, it is said to have ghost lingering. In the Salcete...
View ArticleThe Poltergeist of Madrid’s Haunted Antique Store: El Baúl del Monje
In Madrid in the 90s, there was an old antique store that were the place of strange things. The owner thought his shop Baúl del Monje was haunted by a possible poltergeist, and the investigation in...
View ArticleThe Headless Bride of Old Faithful Inn in Yellowstone
Within the rustic embrace of the Old Faithful Inn in Yellowstone National Park, a haunting tale unfurls—a tragic narrative of love, rebellion, and a spectral bride forever bound to the halls of this...
View ArticleCarrigaholt Castle and the Haunted Sealed Room
In the 1920s, a ghost hunter opened a once sealed room at Carrigaholt Castle. The next day he was found dead and people have avoided the haunted castle at all cost since the haunting started long...
View ArticleThe 1956 Grand Canyon Mid-Air Collision: The Ghosts of Crash Canyon
After two planes crashed mid-air over the Grand Canyon, people believe that the site of the tragedy, often called the Crash Canyon, is haunted by the ghost of those who perished there in The 1956...
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