Scary Beautiful: 13 Famous Haunted Houses

There are probably haunted houses in every city or even village. It can be anything: an unfinished building or, conversely, an old, dilapidated, ordinary Khrushchev or a village estate. However, there are some haunted houses, whose stories have stepped far beyond the boundaries of the towns where they are located. We have collected 13 of the most mystical and mysterious houses, where every lover of the supernatural should visit.

Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel, Canada

This picturesque hotel stands in the middle of a dense coniferous forest: it is located near the Rocky Mountains in Banff National Park. It was built back in 1888, when it was decided in Canada that tourism was a good business. From the outside, the building looks like a picture from an exhibition. But inside it shows its gothic character.

There are several ghosts among the “regular guests” of the hotel. One of them is a bride who died on her wedding day, falling from a stone staircase. And then there is the old caretaker, Sam Bellman. He worked at the hotel until 1975 and vowed to return even after death to look after the staff. Rumor has it that he still helps the hotel guests to carry their suitcases to their rooms.

Chateau de Brissac, France

A very beautiful building – white with a blue roof, airy and romantic. This is one of the tallest castles in France, it has as many as seven floors. It is also called the “Castle of the Green Lady”. And the Green Lady is the ghost of a girl named Charlotte. Legend has it that Charlotte is the illegitimate daughter of King Charles VII. She became a victim of domestic violence: her husband killed her when he discovered that his wife was cheating on him. At the time of her death, Charlotte was wearing a green dress. Therefore, she was given such a nickname – the Green Lady. They say she still wanders the tower in the chapel and moans in the morning.

Stanley Hotel, США

It was built in 1909 in the American Estes Park. A whole scattering of houses is spread out at the foot of a rocky mountain, surrounded by a magnificent green meadow. The Georgian architecture and the famous whiskey bar all lured famous writer Stephen King to visit. It was this hotel that inspired the horror king’s novel The Shining, the prototype for the sinister Overlook.

They say that piano music is heard at night in the Stanley Hotel, and ghosts roam the corridors. There they even conduct excursions, telling about the ghosts that inhabit the hotel.

St. Augustine Lighthouse, USA

This is a very popular tourist destination: 225 thousand people come here every year. However, the lighthouse would not have been a lighthouse if there had not been a couple of tragedies. For example, one of the lighthouse keepers fell from a height and crashed to death while painting the tower. Now his ghost is visiting his former place of work. Three more girls died playing in the cart: her brake suddenly broke, the cart fell into the ocean, and the children drowned. Now around the lighthouse every now and then they hear children’s laughter: as if these girls are still playing somewhere nearby.

Whaley House, USA

A certain Thomas Whaley decided to build a family estate in an unsuitable place: there once was a public gallows, where criminals were executed demonstratively. Whaley’s heavy legacy of land did not bother him: he built, furnished and moved in with his family. Soon after, he began to hear in the house the heavy footsteps of Jim Robinson, a vagabond and a thief who had been executed on the gallows four years before construction began. As a result, life on the new estate did not work out: Whaley’s family history is replete with tragic deaths and suicides. And to this day, uninvited guests appear in the house, leaving behind the smell of cigar smoke and heavy perfume.

Edinburgh Castle, Scotland

One of Scotland’s most popular and visited attractions – and for good reason. In the ancient dungeons of the castle-fortress, whose history is more than 900 years old, which just did not happen. It is said that there are ghosts of French prisoners of war during the Seven Years’ War (1756-1763) and even American soldiers who fought in the American War of Independence in the late XNUMXth century.

Eastern Theater, USA

It was once called the Theater of the Iroquois. The theater in downtown Chicago is considered one of the favorite habitats of ghosts. In 1903, a fire broke out there, almost 600 people died in the building. After this tragedy, the theater was completely rebuilt and even renamed, but the spirit of the victims remained there. Ghosts still roam the “alley of death” – the street behind the theater, where the bodies of people who died in the fire were laid.

Rainham Hall, England

This impressive estate spans over 2800 square meters. The year of its construction is considered to be 1620, and over the centuries that have passed since then, the house has been thoroughly overgrown with legends. In particular, the legend about the ghost of Lady Dorothy – she lived on the estate with her husband in the 30th century. There she died – not without the help of her husband. The ghost of Lady Dorothy is said to still haunt the house. He was even photographed in the XNUMXs of the last century. True, the current inhabitant of the estate, Lord Charles Rainham, has never seen a ghost. But he believes in him.

Lip Castle, Ireland

A classic medieval castle: thick gray walls, tiny windows. Built between the XNUMXth and XNUMXth centuries, it has seen many horrific events in its lifetime – more than in Game of Thrones. Legend has it that the castle belonged to the O’Carroll clan, whose members continuously fought for power. Poisoning someone at dinner is an ordinary story. And once fratricide happened: one of the clan drove a sword into his brother-priest. Now the room where this happened is called the Bloody Chapel, and the priest has been there ever since. At the beginning of the last century, during repairs, workers found a secret dungeon filled with hundreds of skeletons. This only adds to the gloom and mystery of the castle.

Larnach Castle, New Zealand

A relatively young building – built at the end of the 300th century for a prominent local politician of the time, William Larnach. The castle is notable primarily for the fact that it has a huge ballroom with an area of ​​almost 21 square meters: William built it in honor of the 26st anniversary of his beloved daughter Kate. The girl died when she was only XNUMX years old. But she still visits her beloved hall.

Ancient Ram Inn, England

It was built almost 900 years ago and the building is still habitable today. Once upon a time there was a residence of a former priest, slaves lived here and masons met, there was a hotel and there was a tavern. And what is full here is ghosts. Children, priests and even demons are seen in the hotel. According to rumors, they roam the halls and scare guests. And some were so scared that people jumped out of the windows, fleeing. Fortunately, the building has only one floor.

Langham Hotel, Hotel England

The building in central London is “only” over 150 years old. The spirits are so active here that in 2014 they kicked several English cricket players out into the street in the middle of the night, according to Conde Nast Traveler. They assured that they saw the fire, even felt the scorching heat from it. But nothing burned. It is said to be home to the ghosts of Louis Napoleon III and the unfortunate German prince who jumped out of the window of his room on the top floor.

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