From graveyards haunted by the ghost of a dead girl to popular suicide destinations
we count 50 of the creepiest burial grounds throughout the world.
1 Huguenot Cemetery is a cemetery located in
St Augustine, Florida, USA.
The ghost of Judge John B. Stickney is thought to still reside as a spirit in Huguenot Cemetery.
2 The Old Jewish Cemetery is located in Prague
in the Czech Republic and currently has as many as 100,000 bodies and gravestones of
the departed stacked on top of each other.
3 The Chase Vault in Barbados is well-known
for moving coffins.
According to the legend of the 'mysterious moving coffins' each time the heavily sealed
vault was opened the coffins were noted to have changed positions.
4 St. Louis Cemetery No. 1 located in New Orleans
is infamous for the ghost of a Voodoo Priestess who has been seen on multiple occasions by
unrelated parties.
5 The Valley of the Kings in Cairo, Egypt is
one of the most notorious and ancient tombs in the entire history of mankind.
Not only do ancient embalmed bodies of the Pharaohs reside within the crypt, there are
multiple legends talking of curses one contracts from disturbing the tomb.
6 The Seventh Day Baptist Cemetery is located
in Burlington, Connecticut.
This Cemetery is also known as the 'Green Lady' Cemetery because of a green ghost that
haunts the grounds.
7 The Isola di San Michele is an island located
off of Northern Italy.
Back in 1807 it was decided that the entire island would be used as a cemetery.
8 The Catacombe dei Cappuccini or Catacombs
of the Capuchins is a small burial ground located in Palermo, Sicily in Italy
The walls of the crypt are lined with embalmed bodies that totally aren't creepy in any way
whatsoever.
9 The Highgate Cemetery in London, England has
around 170,000 'residents' crowded into 53,000 graves and is renowned for being one of the
world's most haunted graveyards.
10 The Old Center Cemetery in Andover, New Hampshire
is one of the most popular places in America for ghost tours thanks to their resident spirits,
such as the 'Waving Woman' and Ben Hargrove.
11 If you like dogs then the Glasnevin Cemetery
located in Dublin is for you, that is unless you prefer your dogs to be non-ethereal or
actually alive when you see them.
12 There's a graveyard located in a ruined Roman
built city in Turkey that contains the ancient bones of gladiators forced to fight to their
death, nope definitely no ghosts there.
13 There's an infamous ghost located on Archer
Avenue in Chicago USA that hitch-hikes to Resurrection Cemetery.
What's she doing at Archer Avenue?
Why does she get out at Resurrection Cemetery?
Who knows, maybe she likes dancing at the Ballroom before heading home to 6 feet under
the ground.
14 There's a Cemetery in Stull, Kansas that has
a lot of rumours about Satanism including, but not limited to, having a gateway to hell
within the Stull Cemetery; so if you want to have a short vacation in Hell Stull is
your best bet.
15 Brookwood Cemetery, or the 'London Necropolis'
is in Surrey, England and has has many different people claim that they have heard the voices
of the dead, some of them benevolent, some of them not.
16 Brookwood Cemetery is not to be confused with
Rookwood Cemetery in Sydney, Australia, it is the largest resting place in the Southern
Hemisphere with over 600,000 different bodies under the surface.
17 Bachelor’s Grove Cemetery in Chicago has
many different accounts of paranormal activity, perhaps the creepiest of them all is the two
headed ghost, however, there are far more than just the one perplexing ghost.
18 Possibly the creepiest of all, the Catacombs
of Paris contain thousands of skulls and other bones lined up on the walls underneath the
city, and there are over six million people 'buried' in there.
19 Waikumete Cemetery in New Zealand has had
multiple people talking about various ghost stories, including one person that frequents
the Cemetery (god knows why) and has heard banging coming from under the surface.
20 There's an Ossuary (a type of church) in the
Czech republic that's decorated with the bones of the departed.
Its name is the 'Sedlec Ossuary' if you want to be cursed, but personally I'd steer clear.
21 There are quite a few important historical
figures buried under Recoleta Cemetery in Buenos Aeries.
However, what makes it creepy are the ghosts that haunt the grounds: Rufina Cambaceres,
a young girl who was buried alive and David Alleno, a night watchmen who killed himself.
22 Actun Tunichil Muknal is a cave in Belize,
near San Ignacio a Maya that has skeletons littered throughout the chambers.
The best-known skeleton is 'the Crystal Maiden', the skeleton of a teenage girl that was probably
sacrificed, her bones have been calcified to a crystallised appearance.
23 The Ganges River located in India is a sacred
place to those of the Hindu faith, its waters cleanse a dead body of their sins.
Because of this the waters are a popular place to dispose of dead bodies; this leads to corpses
washing up on the shores of the river.
24 Within the Catacombs of Rome there are bodies
of saints of the Jewish and Christian faiths.
The catacombs have given many people cases of intense panic and claustrophobia, there
have also been numerous accounts of poltergeist sightings as well.
25 Stamps 'Witches' Cemetery in Tennessee is
a graveyard that earned its namesake because of the pentagrams on the gravestones, not
only that but the amount of reports regarding paranormal activity puts other graveyards
to shame.
26 Greyfriars Kirkyard in Scotland is infamous
for the Mackenzie Poltergeist who has been known to target the weak, sometimes causing
them to faint and collapse from the experience.
27 There have been multiple sightings and even
some photographs taken of the ghost of St Mary's Cemetery located in Buffalo Grove,
Illinois.
Of course the photos themselves aren't all that convincing it's still a creepy graveyard
through and through.
28 Ever wanted to dine amongst the dead?
Well now you can if you make a short trip to the New Lucky Restaurant in India.
Inside the restaurant are coffins jutting out from the ground, but they aren't props,
dead people really reside within them.
Don't worry I'm sure you won't get food poisoning or anything like that.
29 The Howard Street Cemetery in Salem is one
of the most infamous graveyards in the world.
A man named Giles Corey was accused and killed for practising witchcraft and with his dying
breath he cursed the town.
30 The Chapel of Bones is one of the best known
landmarks in Évora, Portugal.
I suppose you're dying to know why it's called the chapel of bones?
Well it's probably because the entire chapel is decorated with the bones of human skeletons.
31 There's a forest north-west of Mount Fuji
that has many signs in Japanese and English urging people to not commit suicide.
Why do they have those signs?
Probably because it's a popular destination for those that want to end their own life,
which is also why it's colloquially known as Suicide Forest.
32 The Cemetery in La Noira in Chile is avoided
by the locals to the point where they warn tourists against visiting the town because
they believe the dead get up and walk at night.
Evidence of this can be seen if you brave the cemetery as most of the graves have been
disturbed.
33 In Mexico there's an abandoned church near
Chamula Cemetery, inside the graveyard there's a seemingly random display of grave-markers
that give the place an eerie feel.
To top it all off there are numerous chicken sacrifices strewed throughout the site, whether
this is a local custom or they're simply there to make it extra creepy is debatable.
34 The Westminster Presbyterian Church Burial
Ground in Baltimore, Maryland is a creepy graveyard so well known for being haunted
that paranormal investigators have been known to investigate the grounds.
35 Unlike most cultures that view death as a
thing to be feared above all else, a prominent culture of Sapanta, Romania believes that
death is something to look forward to.
The Merry Cemetery (located in the same place) is so colourful and 'cheerful' that it goes
right back around to creepy, especially for those of us that think death isn't all fun
and games.
36 The Suicide Cliff in San Roque, Saipan gained
notoriety on the internet when a video on youtube showed a ghost jumping off the cliff.
However, that video alone isn't enough for it to gain a place on this list, back when
Saipan was taken by the Americans hundreds of Japanese civilians and soldiers jumped
off of that cliff to avoid capture.
37 Okunoin Temple at the base of Mt.
Koya is the largest cemetery in Japan with over 200,000 people from different centuries
resting in the ground bellow.
The assortment of different gravestones as well as the moss covering the stones makes
this an uncanny sight and leaves a creepy after-taste.
38 The Waverley Cemetery in Sydney is a self
funded graveyard from payments of the living to house the deceased.
There are 86,000 inhabitants and around 200 war graves, making it very haunted and also
a popular attraction for ghost tours.
39 Next we have one of the most haunted graveyards
in the United States of America, Union Cemetery located in Easton, Connecticut.
The most famous ghost in the grounds is the 'White Lady' who has been sighted by many
people, including police officers and fire-fighters.
40 Cemetery Hill is the scene of the battle of
Gettysburg during the American Civil War, where 105 soldiers died in battle
This spot is not only popular for civil war re-enactments but also for ghost sightings,
where people have reported to see ghastly shades haunting the hill.
41 Boot Hill cemetery is located in the aptly
named town of Tombstone, Arizona.
The site is well known for its ghosts which is probably because those that lie within
were often put in the ground because of a violent, untimely and gruesome death.
42 Toowong Cemetery is a heritage site in Brisbane,
Australia and it has been the discussion of hauntings online quite frequently, not only
that but its dilapidated appearance and uneven ground makes for a creepy visit if you ever
so dare.
43 Guess what?
It's another haunted graveyard, how crazy is that?
Here's Ross Bay Cemetery in Canada and it's super haunted, like really super haunted,
in fact I'd go so far as to say that's it's so haunted that it's like full of ghosts and
ghouls and stuff.
Well at the very least the graveyard is considered at maximum capacity of dead people and they
won't let anyone else be buried there now, but if you ask me it's probably because they
don't want any more ghosts.
44 The Gallipoli Peninsula is where many soldiers
went to die in World War 1, it's commemorated in Australia and New Zealand on the 25th of
April as ANZAC day.
It's hard to believe that so many soldiers dying in one spot isn't going to have any
ghosts haunting the area.
45 The Edinburgh Vaults are found under the South
Bridge in Edinburgh, Scotland and they were used by the serial killers Burke and Hare
for illegal medical experiments that ultimately lead to the 'patient's' death.
46 Yes, famous people need a final resting place
too and the Hollywood Forever Cemetery is home to many of the stars that lived in Los
Angeles.
And just like famous people need a place to rest, they also sometimes haunt the area around
their graves, which is capitalised on by multiple ghost touring groups.
47 While the Woolyburger Cemetery in Ohio has
a somewhat ridiculous name it's home to some horrid tales.
People have seen the ghost of the butcher's daughter wandering alone in the cemetery as
well as hearing the screams of her family at night.
48 Is there anything scarier than a Nazi?
As it happens, yes, yes there is.
La Cambe Cemetery in Germany houses 21,000 bodies of Nazis.
And you just know that Nazis have no will to come back from the dead and haunt people,
because they're totally nice and not at all disturbed or bitter in any way whatsoever.
49 South Brisbane cemetery is found in Brisbane,
Australia and it boasts a roster of 13 different ghosts that haunt its grounds, the place has
gathered so much infamy that someone decided to write a book dedicated to just how haunted
the place is.
50 Here's the creepiest and worst cemetery of
them all, this one will leave you crying and begging for the torment to stop before you
even enter the grounds.
It's so terrifying, in fact, that even speaking its name will haunt you, so all I'm going
to do is use a bit of my psychic power and speak directly to you right now.
Yes you, the one watching this video.
You know the cemetery closest to your home?
It's that one.
So you better look out if you ever go by it, you'll probably be hexed for the rest of your
life if you don't burn a whole bunch of sage.