15 Most Haunted Houses on Earth

Have you ever sat at home alone when suddenly you feel a presence around you have you ever heard something go bump in the night no matter whether you believe in the paranormal or not we’ve all experienced things that we can’t explain it’s time to make sure your lights are switched on because here

Are the 15 most haunted houses on earth number 15 the sally house kansas built in the mid-1800s in atchison kansas from the outside the notorious sally house looks like any other it is however considered to be one of the most haunted houses in the u.s and while it’s possible to stay there

Overnight all guests have to sign a waiver upon entry to take responsibility for any injuries they may suffer while on the property the home once belonged to the town’s doctor and was where he treated all of his patients one day the mother of six-year-old sally rushed in with her daughter in her arms

After she had collapsed with abdominal pains the doctor knew straight away that this was a case of appendicitis and that he’d have to operate quickly to prevent the organ from bursting inside her body there was just enough time to give her some painkillers but not enough to let them fully take effect

So as the surgery began the house was filled with chilling screams from the girl unfortunately the procedure failed sally died on the operating table with her final thought being of this evil man who she believed was torturing her more than a hundred years later in 1993 a couple moved into the house

And soon began experiencing weird events that appeared to prove that the spirit of sally has been trapped there strange cold spots unexplained fires and mysterious attacks on the husband became common as did technical malfunctions objects seemingly moving on their own and animals refusing to enter some of the rooms oh my god

Oh my god number 14 chateau du brezek france chateau du brezek is a stunning building that was first constructed in maine eloise and france in the 11th century as a castle with seven stories it’s the tallest in france and has become a residence as well as a film set in subsequent years

But with so much history and gruesome events that took place within these walls it’s perhaps no surprise that many believe the place to be haunted there are several ghosts that are reported by guests the most common one being the green lady said to be the specter of an illegitimate daughter of king charles

Vii she was supposedly murdered in the chateau by her husband who had caught her having an affair to this day she said to walk around the chapel and the rooms next to it completely covered in a green dress and veil with holes where her eyes and mouth should be

Her moans and cries can be heard echoing out across the entire building on quiet nights which has resulted in the chateau becoming a very popular destination for ghost hunters and those wanting to test their bravery by staying overnight in one of the lavish rooms that retain all of their original historical features

Number 13. hofty house iceland the story behind the hofty house in reykjavik iceland is a strange one because it was not only the site of an incredibly important historic event but it’s also been linked with tales of hauntings that have taken far more seriously than most built in 1909

It had several famous inhabitants such as the french console at the time and subsequently einar ben an icelandic poet during the 40s and 50s it was the location of the british consulate in the city and then in 1986 it was the location of the reykjavik summit which was a meeting between president

Ronald reagan and mikhail gorbachev which paved the way towards the end of the cold war it was during this time as the british embassy that it was first recognized as a mysterious place however with stories of ghosts and strange happenings taking place according to local legend it’s haunted

By the spirit of a young girl although no one is sure who she is except for the fact that she could be linked to the viking burial ground that’s supposedly beneath the property the british representative who lived there john greenway became so perturbed by the odd sounds through the night and paranormal events

That he wrote to the british government to insist that the consulate was moved elsewhere his account was so compelling that later they sold the house back to the icelandic government just a few weeks later even to this day the official response to questions about the house is

We do not confirm or deny that the haftie has a ghost number 12 the house of death new york new york has a number of properties that are believed to be haunted but the most famous of them all is the ominously named house of death in greenwich village

Built in 1856 to begin with it was a popular place with the rich becoming home to the family of a railroad tycoon they eventually moved out of the 1980s though and since then the house became associated with strange happenings in 1897 the new owner a famous cyclist experienced a moment of recklessness

Where he hit a young boy while riding and was subsequently arrested he soon moved out of the house and the next resident was none other than mark twain who also wrote a paranormal experiences such as floating pieces of wood and peculiar sensations later residents reported seeing ghoulish shadows visions and strange noises

And then in 1987 something terrible happened a young girl was killed there with repeated blows to her head and the police that attended the scene reported eerie happenings and strange behaviors by everyone present the parents were arrested and convicted with drugs blamed for their actions but there has always been the suspicion

That the strange aura of the house may have influenced their behavior with strange events also reported in the neighboring homes is it possible that the dark shadow surrounding this house is now spreading number 11. raynham hall england the english countryside has a number of lavish stately homes and one of the most

Impressive of all is known as raynham hall first built in the 17th century it’s become home to the townsend family for almost 400 years but is also believed to be one of the most haunted buildings in the country and was the location of one of the most compelling images of a ghost ever

Recorded was taken the townsend family has been influential in english politics for centuries with charles townsend marrying lady dorothy walpole the sister of the country’s first prime minister in the early 1700s he was a notoriously violent man and after finding out she was having an affair locked her in the residential rooms and

Never again allowed her to leave by 1726 she was extremely unwell and died of smallpox and most people thought that to be the end of the story over a century later however during a christmas party guests at the hall encountered a mysterious entity which is now known as the brown lady

Believed to be the spirit of lady dorothy she mainly walks up and down the main staircase which was the setting for the infamous image captured in 1936 for country and life magazine does this truly show a ghost or is it camera trickery and either way is it possible that the

Ghost of lady dorothy still walks the hall to this day number 10 drag slum slot denmark originally built in the year 1215 dragshlom’s slot is a castle on the island of zealand in denmark intended as a use as a home it was upgraded and converted for several other purposes in the following centuries

Such as a fortification against invasion and a prison until it was blown up by rebels in the 17th century and work began to completely restore it as a residential castle once more with its many uses there are countless tales of atrocities that took place there from the torture of prisoners to the

Executions of innocent people all the way through the 20th century when it was used as a barracks during the world wars and some of the victims are still said to haunt anyone who sets foot there with reports of three distinct ghosts a grey lady a white lady and lord bothwell who was

One of mary queen of scots husbands had died on the castle grounds as a prisoner locals tend to try and stay well clear of the place despite having now been turned into a luxury hotel with a large number of guests each year many of whom want the chance to see ghosts for themselves

Do you think you’d be able to get a restful night’s sleep on a site where so many people suffered in unimaginable ways number nine lizzie borden house massachusetts the lizzie borden house is one of the most famous haunted locations in the united states following a series of tragic events in

The late 19th century located in fall river massachusetts it was owned between 1874 and 1892 by andrew borden and his wife where they lived with his daughter lizzie borden two outsiders the family lived a happy life and had regular guests who visited to stay with them but this facade all came

Crumbling down in august 1892 when both adults were viciously murdered with an axe andrew had apparently been struck 10 or 11 times in the head while he was asleep with such ferocity that one of his eyeballs was split in half and the first responder on the scene reported hearing

Lizzy tackling with laughter from one of the other rooms lizzie was arrested and tried for the murders but was acquitted and spent the rest of her life living in another house in the same town as for the other building where the atrocities took place it’s now a guest

House where there are regular reports of paranormal activity supposedly the actions of the trapped souls of the people who were killed there we are constantly adding more people to the top fives production team to bring you all the best content be sure to subscribe with notifications on and hit the like button

Number eight carl beckhaus canada for ghost hunters one of the most accessible haunted houses in the world is the carl beck house in penitentiary ontario in canada because it’s actually available to hire through airbnb the victorian home was built in 1885 by a wealthy local lumber merchant called carl beck

Where he lived with his wife and their nine children beck who also became mayor of the town loved to display his wealth to others so much so that he was the first in the area to own a motor car a 1903 oldsmobile that’s still on display in the local museum things

Didn’t exactly go well for the family though and his wife passing away from a mysterious illness which left his eldest daughter mary to take care of her siblings while he continued running his business when he died he left his entire fortune to his children except for mary who was given just one

Dollar and this led to her living a life of resentment full of hatred to the hand she had been dealt with she died a bitter old lady and it’s believed that her ghost still haunts the home to take out her misery on anyone else deemed fortunate enough to own it

Numerous guests have reported experiencing supernatural events such as objects seemingly moving on their own strange noises and chills in the air something that has led airbnb to advertise it as a haunted house and provide an ideal place for people to see quite how brave they are number 7. leap castle ireland

Located in coolderry ireland leap castle is believed by most historians to have been first built in the mid 13th century the site itself had been used previously for a ceremonial structure that’s believed to have been there since the iron age and the new building was owned by the

O’bannon clan who were the secondary rulers of the region it was a violent time where they’d almost constantly be in battle with competing families but amazingly they managed to hold on to power for more than 300 years before infighting between members led to a mass killing during a mass in 1532

The castle then passed hands a few times before being almost completely destroyed in a fire during the irish civil war in 1922 but has now been mostly restored for a long time people were completely unaware of the atrocities that had taken place there but works in the early nineteen hundreds uncovered in ugliet

Which was a deep room behind the chapel with sharp spikes at the bottom the remains of hundreds of people were found down there making this one of the biggest mass execution sites in the country and it’s believed that some of these victims are the ones who haunt the castle grounds to this day

Ghosts include the red lady who walks the halls with a dagger in her hand and two young girls who run through the hallways there’s also the belief that a non-human elemental spirit haunts the ground which is described as being the size of a sheep with human-like face

Black holes where the eyes and nose should be and when it arrives it releases a foul odor similar to that of a rotting corpse number six monte cristo homestead australia the monte cristo homestead is a colorful structure in junee australia that’s widely regarded to be the most haunted building in the country

Its current owners have been there for more than 50 years but a combination of strange occurrences that take place there along with horrific stories of what happened to previous inhabitants have them convinced that they’re joined by a trapped spirit the main specters are believed to be the

Original owners who died in 1910 and 1933 but are so vengeful that they’ve encouraged untold violence and tragedy since then in 1961 a caretaker was shot dead on the grounds of the property it was also a story of a pregnant maid who threw herself from the balcony

A child that was dropped down the stairs after a mysterious force knocked it from the arms of the nanny a stable boy who burned to death in his straw bed and a housekeeper who tied up his unstable son in the stable for 30 years people who have stayed in the house have reported

Eerie visions unusual dark and evil thoughts and regular sightings of ghosts that have on occasion even been known to reach out and touch people there’s a series of photographs that appear to show apparitions too which makes you wonder quite what happened the original owners that they felt they need to stay around

And cause such tragedy to those who came after them number five lemp mansion missouri built in 1890 the lamp mansion in st louis missouri became owned by the lemp family that ran the most successful brewery in the region at the time they were local celebrities thanks to their falstaff beer and it seemed

Fitting that they would live in one of the grandest houses in the city things began taking a turn for the worse for the family in 1901 however when their youngest son who was 28 at the time and being lined up to take over the company suddenly died of heart complications a

Few years later his father committed suicide and then began a whole line of murders and suicides in the home spurred on by financial difficulties because of prohibition in total six members of the limp family are believed to have died there within a period of 30 years and among suggestions that some of the

Deaths were murders that have been covered up to look like suicide it’s thought that some of their spirits still haunt the building to this day it’s regularly been investigated by ghost hunters as often mentioned as one of the most haunted buildings in america perhaps there are still truths to be

Found about what actually happened there a century ago and if these are revealed it’s possible these ghosts will be able to finally rest number four palacio di lenares spain the spectacular palacio di lenares is in the center of madrid spain and was built at some point during the

Mid 19th century once owned by the linares family it has since been turned into the cassidy america which celebrates hispanic films and arts but it was the conversion to this new use that uncovered some unexpected mysteries builders on the site soon started reporting strange sounds such as footsteps creaking doors and crying babies

And also saw objects moving around even though the place was supposedly completely empty all of the incidents took place near a doll’s house in the main courtyard which had been built for linares adopted daughter raimonda according to local legend the couple found out that raimondo was actually the husband’s own

Illegitimate daughter and to make matters worse the mother had been a worker at his father’s tobacco factory and was his father’s illegitimate daughter this made the mother his half-sister so rimunda was the product of an incestuous birth which led the linaresis to try to kill her on several occasions

Quite how much truth there is to one of these stories is questionable but if they were successful with trying to get rid of the infant could it be her spirit that still haunts the palace number three myrtle’s plantation louisiana built in 1796 the myrtles plantation in saint francisville louisiana

Was not only supposedly built on a burial ground but was also a place where the owners treated their slaves particularly harshly originally constructed by general david bradford it’s arguably karma in action that the family themselves suffered from severe illnesses and deaths during their time in charge of the place

And they eventually lost all of their wealth following the american civil war since all of their fortune was tied up in confederate currency since the plantation has been there there have reportedly been at least 10 murders on site along with countless other deaths of those who were overworked

Treated poorly and died of old age now a guest house it’s believed to be one of the most haunted places in the state if not the country with a reported 12 ghosts who make regular appearances ranging from former family members of the owners to slaves to former guests

Who suffered misfortunes of their own number two jesuit alhamra united arab emirates most stories of hauntings around the world are focused on particular individual buildings or locations but there’s one place where an entire village is believed to be home to hundreds of ghosts jesuit alhamra in the united arab

Emirates was built on a title island to the northeast of the country and by the mid 19th century had a population of around 200 people who made a living fishing for pearls the inhabitants of the town however often found themselves in conflict with the region’s rulers

Mainly due to the fact that they came from a different tribe and this led to them being repeatedly harassed murdered and tortured by troops as they passed by eventually in 1968 the 2500 residents accepted an offer to be relocated to abu dhabi and left everything behind with no one interested in moving in

The entire village was abandoned and had fallen into a state of disrepair still because of the atrocities that took place there it’s widely believed that there are potentially hundreds of spirits still present in the area walking between the long abandoned structures in what’s quite literally a ghost town it can be creepy enough

Looking around there during the day but at night it’s said you can hear screams and cries echoing across the wind and it’s a sensation that’ll send shivers down anyone’s spine number one the white house washington dc the white house is probably the most famous house in the world

Having first been built in the late 18th century and being the home to every president since 1800 while significant extensions and upgrades have been done since then the core structure remains pretty much the same even though it was almost burned down by the british in 1814 as such a historical place it’s exactly

The type of building you might suspect could be haunted but instead of there being a ghost of a traumatized victim the one that’s seen most often is one of the white house’s most esteemed residents who arguably has unfinished business abraham lincoln a photo taken in 1869 after he died is

Believed to show his ghost stood behind his wife and there have been a number of highly intelligent guests over the years who have reported either seeing or hearing the ghost these witnesses include president truman and his family theodore roosevelt ronald reagan and winston churchill who either heard footsteps or saw a

Shadow of lincoln wearing his hat and tails walking by with the first sightings reported in the 1860s and the most recent ones in the 1980s could it be possible that lincoln’s ghost has finally managed to move on or is he simply waiting for more receptive inhabitants in the mansion for

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