Tourists Beware — Here are 13 of the Most Haunted Places on Earth
Poveglia Island — Venice, Italy
The small island between Venice and Lido in Northern Italy is empty and completely abandoned. The population on Poveglia Island began to decrease naturally, but after the outbreak of the Bubonic Plague the island became a quarantine colony with many individuals sent there to die.
It is rumored that part of the island was used as an asylum in the 1930s where a doctor who performed vile experiments on the patients eventually committed suicide by jumping off the bell tower. Although the tower has since been removed, locals occasionally still hear the bell gong.
As a result of its horrific and questionable past, the ghosts of hundreds of plague and asylum victims are said to haunt the island. People who are brave enough to visit the island report an oppressive feeling. Dark shadows and even possessions have been reported.
Locals and fishermen stay clear of the island and, unsurprisingly, it isn’t a popular locale with Italy’s tourism board. Poveglia Island is officially closed to the public, but if you’re brave enough — and search hard enough — you may be able to find a way onto the island.
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The Haunted Vicarage — Borgvattnet, Sweden
One of Sweden’s most haunted locations, the vicarage was built in 1876 as a home for holy men.
Hauntings were first reported over 50 years later when a priest witnessed laundry being torn from the line. Since then, every new resident or guest has experienced paranormal activity such as disembodied screams, objects being moved and shadow people.
The vicarage is currently a restaurant and cafe in Northern Sweden. It also serves as a bed and breakfast for those brave enough to attempt to stay the night. Though we wouldn’t advise it after reports of a woman waking up to see three old women staring at her.
If you do make it through the night however, you will be rewarded with a certificate to prove that you made it.
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Old Changi Hospital — Changi, Singapore
The Old Changi Hospital, as its name suggests, was once a bustling hospital in Changi, Singapore, originally built as part of a military base. During World War II, the building was occupied by the Japanese Secret Police and used as a prison. At the end of the war, it was returned to a hospital until the late 1990s.
The building has since been abandoned and left to fall apart, although it is rumored that not all of its occupants have moved on.
Loud bangs and screams have been reported in addition to sightings of many spirits said to still wander the halls. Men, women, children and even wounded Japanese soldiers have been seen within the walls of the old, derelict hospital.
