Paranormal phenomena in abandoned houses. "Haunted Mansion" or abandoned villa with a dark past
Show maximum care for everything that concerns you, because your life and your property are in great danger;
to see a ghost or angel suddenly appearing in heaven - the loss of a close relative or some other misfortune;
a female ghost appears in the sky to your right, and a male one to your left, and both look joyful - a rapid rise from obscurity to glory, but your star will not shine for long, for death will come and take you away;
the ghost of a woman in long robes moves calmly in the skies - you will achieve progress in scientific pursuits and become rich, but nevertheless there will be a tinge of sadness in your life;
the ghost of a living relative - your friends are planning something evil, be careful in concluding business contracts;
the ghost looks exhausted - this person will die soon;
a ghost haunts you - strange, unpleasant events;
runs away from you - there will be little concern;
for young people - be careful in relationships with representatives of the opposite sex.
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Photographer Seph Lovelace is a true expert in the field of abandoned houses. To find subjects to shoot, he travels a lot, communicates with people and finds buildings that seem to have come straight out of a horror movie. Each of these houses is accompanied by a story, and some even evoke one desire - to avoid them and as far as possible.
Seph compiled his photographic journeys through abandoned houses into the book “13: American Horror Story.” It included detailed photographs of the buildings, their history and testimonies from residents living in the neighborhood.
1. In 1941, this house was a brothel. Years later, several bodies were found in the basement, each of which had all its organs marked out in perfect circles.
2. According to history, a family with four children lived in this house. After their parents committed double suicide, the children grew up alone in this house for 10 years.
3. Another family drama took place in this house in the mid-20th century. A certain Benjamin Albright first killed his son, and then his wife and himself. Since 1958, the house has stood untouched, preserving the history and all the family's personal belongings.
5. In the 70s, the mansion was a small hotel and became known for several very strange deaths.
6. The Milan mansion was notorious in the area. It is said that a practicing witch lived there, and neighbors were afraid of the place. Rumor has it that after her death the witch was buried right in the house.
7. The Doll's House from Philadelphia got its name from its very strange interior. There is no furniture or other evidence of life, but the entire house is filled with dolls and metal racks containing saws and other tools.
8. This house in Hartford is notable for the fact that, in addition to the accompanying ghost stories, it became the source of the idea for the famous TV series American Horror Story.
9. Serial killer Michael Madison lived in this house, who used the basement as a place to kill his victims.
10. At the beginning of the 20th century, the family who lived in this house mysteriously disappeared. The investigation yielded nothing, but they say that residents then repeatedly saw the silhouettes of the residents in the windows of the house.
11. This abandoned orphanage was received in the 20th century notoriety thanks to Robert Berdella, also known as the "Kansas City Butcher" - one of the most famous serial killers in US history.
12. A local sheriff lived in this house in Buffalo, who committed suicide. The house was empty, but residents repeatedly complained to the police about voices in the building. Checks of the structure did not yield any results.
Dilapidated mansions, of which there are many all over the world, make a depressing impression, but always attract many who like to delve into old stories.
Peeling walls, on which traces of graffiti are visible, the remains of broken furniture, empty windows and things of previous owners, have their own unique energy, and they look very photogenic, so such houses are simply a haven for photographers and lovers of mysticism!
One of these incredible atmospheric places is the Villa de Vecchi, once abandoned by its owners, also known as the “Haunted Mansion”. This old house is located among the mountains of Italy, not far from Lake Como, and for many years has had the reputation of being a rather mysterious place.
The history of the old villa begins in the 1850s, when the local Count Felix de Vecci, returning from long trips around the world, decided to build it for his family cozy nest. He hired the Italian specialist Alessandro Sidoli as an architect, under whose leadership the building was built in the Baroque style.
In the first years of its existence, Villa de Vecchi produced for its guests unforgettable experience: its walls and ceilings were decorated with elegant frescoes, there was a beautiful piano in the huge reception hall, and a richly decorated fireplace warmed the house with the warmth of its fire. A wonderful park was laid out around the villa, in which there was even a fairly powerful fountain, powered by water pressure from the mountainside. It was a luxurious mansion, surprising guests with many construction innovations previously unknown to them.
Unfortunately, further history This house is quite gloomy - despite the wealth surrounding the family of the owners, they could not live there happily ever after. Returning home one day, the count found his wife brutally murdered, and his daughter completely disappeared from the house, leaving no traces. The desperate father searched for her for several weeks in the surrounding forests, but never found her. Distraught with grief, Felix de Vecci committed suicide at the age of forty-six.
This tragedy occurred in 1862, after which the villa passed into the hands of the count's younger brother, who became the last occupant of this house. Now the building is in an abandoned state, frightening local residents with its dark beauty and scary stories.
Imagine: three o'clock in the morning. You wake up to the sound of your daughter saying, “Mommy, I'm scared,” and crawling into your bed. Her little arms hug you from behind. A minute later, you remember that your daughter is at summer camp and shouldn't be back for at least a week. You turn around sharply to see who called you, and... no one is next to you. But then you look up at the door and see her standing, looking at you. The body stiffens, and the girl grins and disappears right before your eyes. At three fifteen in the morning you know you won't be able to sleep. You should have listened to those who said you were moving into a haunted house... one of many haunted houses.
This little story may be fictitious, but many people have claimed to have experienced this in the houses on this list. From the House of Despair in Mexico, where a series of brutal murders took place, to the DeFoe house in New York, whose story inspired the legendary horror film The Amityville Horror, we're sure you'd try your best to avoid a night in one of these houses ( and that would be wise of you). So, we present to your attention 25 creepy haunted houses that not everyone dares to visit.
If you have a lot of stamina - most of these places can be easily visited.
1. Paris Catacombs - Paris, France.
At the very beginning of the history of Paris, when Christianity flourished, the practice of burying the dead not on the outskirts, but within the city, became applicable. As the city grew, its cemeteries became overcrowded and unsanitary.
The areas surrounding the most popular cemeteries were so heavily contaminated with decaying remains that a new large-scale burial ground was needed. In the late 1700s, six million Parisian "dead" were exhumed and transferred to underground tunnels Parisian catacombs. It is said that hostile spirits whose bodies have been disturbed now haunt the tunnels.
Visitors say that not only are human remains crawling out of the tunnels, neatly buried row after row, but also supernatural phenomena: cold spots, the feeling of being watched, dark figures, and there have even been several cases of ghost strangulation.
2. Island of the Dolls - Xochimilco, Mexico
Imagine floating lazily down a maze of fairly small canals in Xochimilco, south of Mexico City. You see other trajinera gondolas - colorful boats carrying visitors, live traditional music playing next to you as you enjoy your breakfast, looking out at the wildlife and tastefully manicured gardens of the islands floating nearby.
Then you look up and realize that instead of being in the wild, you are actually surrounded by dolls. Your boat has sailed, the music has died down and there are only dolls around - mutilated, dirty, disgusting dolls. Thanks to Don Julian Santana Barrera. The story goes that Barrera found the body of a little girl near his canal island. He believed that he was being haunted by her ghost, and decided that these creepy dolls would help protect him from the girl's spirit.
As might be expected, he spent the next quarter of a century hiding in his home until he died... or rather, drowned in the very spot on the river where the girl's body was said to have been found. Visitors to the island are convinced that the dolls have taken on the girl's spirit or are independently giving birth to evil spirits, and they are often seen whispering to each other.
3. Roscrea Castle, Offaly, Ireland
If in an old castle there is a room called "Bloody Chapel" - that is enough for me not to set foot in this building. The chapel got its name and haunted history sometime in the mid-1500s when the chapel's priest was stabbed to death in the middle of a service by his insane brother, leaving him to bleed to death on the altar.
The underground dungeon, a long, spiked shaft at the back of the chapel where the castle's enemies were dumped to their doom, is another likely source for the 20 or so spirits rumored to haunt the building today. The most terrifying of these is the Elemental, a hunched creature with a decaying face that smells of rotting flesh and sulfur.
4. Larundel Psychiatric Hospital - Bundoora, Australia
In 1953, Larundel Psychiatric Hospital opened its doors to hundreds of patients with varying degrees of mental illness and psychosis, including one famous patient who, following his stay at the facility, became one of Australia's most notorious serial killers. Today, the building is covered in graffiti such as pictures of monsters, straitjackets and freaky eyes.
Parts of the building were heavily damaged by the fire, which is believed to have caused restless spirits. People exploring the area often talk about loud sounds, strong, unpleasant odors, and sometimes you can hear a child’s crying or – which is somehow even creepy – laughter.
The most common sound heard is that of a young girl's music box on the third floor. The girl is said to have died there, and sometimes appears to visitors in a nightgown, holding a box.
5. Tower of London - London, England
Since the 1070s Tower of London used as royal residence, a menagerie, a mint and treasury, an arsenal, but is most often remembered as torture chambers and a prison used by English monarchs to quench their thirst for violent punishment. The spirit of Anne Boleyn, who was executed here in 1536, haunts several parts of the tower, especially the area where she was executed.
Her ghost has been seen wandering around the Royal Chapel without a head. Another of Henry VIII's victims, the Countess of Salisbury, managed to escape before she was beheaded, but the executioners caught up with her, throwing an ax that killed her - a gruesome scene that is repeatedly enacted by the spirits and which can be seen by visiting the Green Tower.
6. Linda Vista Hospital - Los Angeles, California, USA
Linda Vista Hospital in Los Angeles had previously flourished. But as the eastern Los Angeles area changes, so do customers and employees. In the 1970s and '80s, the quality of medical care was affected by doctors' decisions to move to hospitals in wealthier areas, leading to unusually high mortality rates in Linda Vista.
By 1991, the hospital ceased to exist and quickly became empty. In the following years, the building quickly fell into disrepair, and rumors spread of screams in the night, unexplained voices, ghostly appearances, and the sounds of disembodied, insanely eerie humming. City researchers swear that a little girl still hangs in one of the old operating rooms, and sometimes tries to grab a living person's hand for comfort.
The hospital is going to be converted into a senior citizens' apartment, in case there are any grandparents you don't particularly like.
7. Aokigahara Suicide Forest - at the foot of Mount Fuji, Japan
The dense Aokigahara forest has been a popular destination for suicides since before Wataru Tsurumi's 1993 bestseller The Complete Guide to Suicide, who called it an ideal place to die. Suicides were so common here that in the 1970s the government established annual sweeps to remove the bodies - most of which were found in various stages of decay, hanging from trees in nooses.
With an estimated 70-100 bodies found here every year, it is horrifyingly likely that the sounds of crying heard through the trees could be from actual living people committing suicide, but many believe the forest is cursed to torture the souls of those who die here. In any case, I wouldn't want to find out the details.
8. Edinburgh Castle - Edinburgh, Scotland
Castle dungeons, especially from 900 -years of history, have seen various hard times. The dungeons of Edinburgh Castle are haunted by the spirits of such strange personalities as Lady Janet Douglas, who was accused of being a witch and was later burned at the stake (along with other 300 women who were burned in the entire history of the castle), Prince Alexander Stuart of Albany, who escaped , killing the guards and burning their bodies.
When visiting, we expect to see their ghosts and the spirits of a headless drummer, a phantom bagpiper, a stray dog from a dog cemetery and many other deceased prisoners roaming the halls. Visitors also report an eerie feeling of being watched, unnatural temperature fluctuations, breathing sounds coming from nowhere, and, worst of all, invisible bodies touching their faces.
9. Igorot Funeral Caves - Echo Valley, Sagada, Philippines
For centuries, coffins containing the remains of famous citizens of the small mountain town of Sagada in the Philippines were hung along the cliffs of Echo Valley. The tradition stems from the Igorot tribe's belief that hanging the bodies of the dead brings them closer to heaven, and in addition saves their bodies from scavenger animals.
The tradition goes back centuries, with some decaying coffins falling off the cliffs, making the area a bit terrifying. Along with the coffins suspended on the rocks, scores of coffins fill the caves below.
According to local residents, not only coffins and remains are found in Echo Valley. Sometimes whispering voices are heard, and shadows appear here and there. There have also been rumors that the cave ghosts play mischief, but the Igorot people usually say that if you just show some respect and don't disturb the coffins, you will come out of the valley unharmed.
10. Hotel Cecil - Los Angeles, California, USA
The Cecil Hotel in downtown Los Angeles has a reputation where you might not want to stay, due to drug addicts, serial killers, and really scammed tourists. It was first heard of in 1947, in connection with the still unsolved case of the murder of the Black Orchid girl, and in subsequent years the hotel was associated with several more mysterious deaths.
After a number of suicides and several murders in the rooms, the hotel became famous as the residence of serial killers Richard Ramirez (The Night Stalker) in 1985 and Jack Unterweger (The Vienna Strangler) in 1991. And then there was Elisa Lam, who disappeared from the hotel earlier this year. Shortly after her disappearance, a video was released showing Eliza in a hotel elevator (at her last known location), frantically pressing buttons, hiding by sneaking peeks into the hallway, and waving her arms down the hallway.
Weeks later, after hotel residents complained about the foul-smelling and strange-tasting water, her body was found at the bottom of one of the rooftop water tanks, although the area was closed off by an emergency door. With no visible signs of injury and no illegal substances in her body, her death was ruled an accident.
If you believe that she accidentally stripped naked and climbed without a ladder into one of the 2.5 meter high water tanks, fell inside and closed the lid of the tank behind her, then yes - there is nothing wrong at all at the Cecile Hotel.
11. Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum - Phnom Penh, Cambodia
The most horrific holiday destination - with an estimated 14,000 men, women and children imprisoned by the Khmer Rouge, the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum in Phnom Penh has seen many horrors over the past few decades. There is nothing unexpected about rumors of restless spirits in a place where thousands of horror stories have taken place.
Museum workers have been known to leave food out during their lunch breaks for the spirits - they say they otherwise cannot eat in peace due to poltergeist activity and loud crashing noises. Security guards say they have seen dark figures wandering around at night and regularly hear screams and banging inside buildings.
Other workers also say that the spirits of the dead come to them in their dreams at night. As horrifying as the thought of thousands of tortured souls wandering the scene of their brutal murders may be, the reality of what actually happened in those cells sounds a hell of a lot worse.
12. Lemp Mansion - St. Louis, Missouri, USA
The history of the Lemp family in St. Louis began in 1838, when Johann Adam Lemp built his small store to sell groceries, household items and his own lager beer. The light beer was so popular that Lemp started a brewing business, which made his family and himself very rich.
Despite their success, the Lemp family experienced 4 suicides (and the murder of an unfortunate dog). And all this happened in their mansion. After the last member of this family died, the mansion was turned into a boarding house, and the building began to collapse. After the sounds of walking, knocking and other strange noises, people began to say that the building was haunted.
Today you can rent rooms in the mansion and test the existence of apparitions, other moving objects, and leave a toy in the attic for the ghost of William Jr.'s illegitimate son. He was everyone's favorite.
13. Chernobyl - Pripyat, Ukraine
300,000 people were evacuated from areas surrounding Chernobyl on April 26, 1986. Hundreds of residents and members of cleanup teams have died from radioactive poisoning, and people living in neighboring cities, suffer from exposure to radiation for many years. 
Although the area has been vacant for almost 30 years, the site and the abandoned villages surrounding it have become the scene of strange phenomena. Witnesses reported seeing ghostly figures moving around the streets and in buildings, especially near the hospital in the city of Pripyat. But the saddest reports actually appeared BEFORE the disaster.
Reports of winged, giant dark figures - human-shaped but with glowing red eyes - began appearing in the vicinity of Chernobyl in the weeks leading up to the accident. People also reported nightmares and threatening phone calls as everyone around them witnessed what became known as the Black Bird of Chernobyl. The inexplicable continued until the morning of April 26. After the accident, I never saw the Black Bird of Chernobyl.
14. Shanghai Tunnels - Portland, Oregon, USA
Portland's underground network of tunnels was heavily used between the 1850s and 1940 for human trafficking and other seedy purposes. Many of those who ended up in Shanghai - falling into tunnels through hatches hidden in bars and other dubious establishments, and being sold as labor on long sea voyages - did not survive.
The dark and dusty passages are now home to the souls of former tunnel workers and those who were trapped and imprisoned here, such as "Strawberry" - a little girl who lived in the basement with Nina, a long-dead prostitute.
15. Cannibal Village - Nabutautau, Fiji
In 1867, Christian missionary Reverend Thomas Baker visited a small village in the Fiji mountains. Soon after his arrival in Nabutautau, the monk and his companions around Fiji were executed, cooked and eaten. More than a hundred years later, cannibalism has ceased in Fiji, but the spirits of the missionaries have not yet been appeased.
