- Every city has a history, but some are darker than others.
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In every city's past, there are events that have happened
that are part of of its legacy.
And while many are positive, some reveal a darkness
that continues to cast a shadow over it to this day.
Here are the 10 most chillingly haunted cities on Earth.
Number one is Salem, Massachusetts.
Known as the Witch City, Salem, Massachusetts
got its reputation in 1692, when 19 people were executed
after they were accused of witchcraft.
This city is full of museums and tourist hot spots
that reflect Salem's dark past.
But it's the stories of these murdered people,
who continued to haunt the city, that it's best known for.
And none are more famous than that
of its most notorious ghost, Giles Corey.
He was one of the many executed Salemites,
however, with his dying breath,
he cursed the very town that ended his life.
He is said to haunt not only Gallows Hill,
which is already home to the spirits of supposed witches
who were hanged there, but also the Burying Point
and the Howard Street Cemetery.
He's also been seen wandering the streets
near Joshua Ward House, one of the
most haunted homes in America.
But, perhaps most interestingly,
the sheriff who ended his life, Sheriff Corwin,
aka The Strangler, is also believed to still
be haunting the town, forever cursed to wander the streets
because of the curse that Giles Corey,
who he was responsible for killing, put on him.
Number two is San Antonio, Texas.
Best known for the Alamo, the city of San Antonio
is filled with terrifying tales and hauntings.
So many, in fact, that a group of paranormal investigators
formed the San Antonio Paranormal Network,
which now looks into unexplained
hauntings all across America.
This city has several haunted buildings.
The first is the local Alamo Street Theater,
which used to be an old church
and is home to a spirit called Margaret,
who is said to cause mischief
for many residents of the town.
Then there's the Menger Hotel, home to the ghost
of chambermaid Sallie White, who was shot
by her husband and can still be seen
carrying towels throughout the hallways.
Those are but two of many other hotels,
like the Sheraton Gunter, Emily Morgan,
and the Black Swan Inn, all of which
having reports of live in poltergeists.
With the addition of reports of the ghosts of soldiers
patrolling the city, San Antonio is not a place
that you'll want to stay at overnight.
Number three is Pluckley, United Kingdom.
In 1989, Pluckley, United Kingdom was named
the most haunted village in England
by the Guinness Book of World Records.
The village has at least 12 confirmed spirits,
however, a few of them are particularly malevolent.
One of the most popular is Lady Dering,
better known as the Red Lady, who is said to haunt
the St. Nicholas Church in search
of the grave of her stillborn baby.
Then there's the Highwayman, an unknown man
killed after a fight with a lawman.
He was murdered with a sword and pinned to an oak tree
at the ironically named Fright Corner.
The town also has a ghostly horse drawn carriage
by Maltman's Hill, as well as Pinnock Bridge
which is haunted by the Watercress Woman,
who had accidentally set herself on fire there.
Then there's the ghost of a schoolmaster
who hung himself from a tree at Dicky Buss's Lane.
But perhaps the most frightening spot in Pluckley
are the Screaming Woods, where you can hear the sounds
of the screams from the lost souls of people
who wandered into the woods and
never found their way back out.
You, yourself, can freely enter the Screaming Woods
at any time you wish, if you're brave enough.
Number four is Chicago, Illinois.
Chicago has a long history and with it a lot of hauntings.
At Bachelor's Grover Cemetery many of
the headstones are said to move at will.
There's also a ghost named Resurrection Mary,
who haunts the streets in her prom dress
after being killed in a hit and run
while on her way home from the dance.
But one of the most infamous cases of ghostly happenings
is the St. Valentine's Day Massacre.
In the late 1920s, at the height
of the Prohibition Era, rival gangs were trying
to control liquor smuggling in Chicago.
And on Valentine's Day, 1929, it was anything
but hearts and chocolate kisses.
At 10:30 am at a garage at 2122 North Clark Street
seven members of the North Side Irish gang
were lined up and shot dead by legendary gangster
and leader of the South Side
Italian gang, Al Capone and his men.
To this very day, there are reports of screams
and the sound of machine guns at the site of the execution.
It's even believed that bricks from the garage
that were sold off or stolen when it was demolished
are so cursed that they were willingly
given back by those who stole them.
Number five is Baguio, Philippines.
Baguio has a turbulent history of war and natural disasters,
which is how many of its notorious
hauntings are believed to have begun.
Located at the top of Dominican Hill,
the Diplomat Hotel was originally home to Dominican priests.
But during the Japanese occupation in World War Two,
the building was invaded, and all those
hiding inside faced gruesome deaths.
Now abandoned, locals have reported seeing
headless apparitions and hearing voices
telling them to get out.
Also during World War Two, the Laperal White House
was used as a garrison and became
a place of torture and murder.
It's now a museum, but reports of ghost sightings
and supernatural occurrences have earned it the title
of the most haunted house in the entire country.
Number six is San Francisco, California.
While San Francisco may be known as the Golden City,
it's got a past full of shadows.
In the 1950s, Chinese immigrants came to America
via San Francisco, hoping for a better life.
But many struggled to find success
and they died penniless and alone.
Because of this, it's believed that their spirits
are stuck wandering the alleyways of Chinatown,
making it one of the city's most haunted spots.
San Francisco is also home to the ghost of Mary Lake,
the former headmistress of an all girls school
that used to sit on the current
site of the Queen Anne Hotel.
Then there's the San Francisco Art Institute,
which is built over a graveyard of victims
from a 1906 earthquake, whose spirits have been seen
climbing the building's stairs.
And it shouldn't be surprising that Alcatraz Island,
the now closed prison, that was home to a number
of infamous criminals, is believed
to be a ghost island today.
Many prisoners died there while in custody,
or in the cold waters of the Bay, trying to escape,
and now seem to be doomed to an eternity
of walking the cell blocks of the prison.
The island has been closed off to the public
for years, for very good reason.
Number seven is New Orleans, Louisiana.
Although many Southern towns in the United States
are famous for their ghost stories,
New Orleans is among the top of them all.
Aside from the haunted mansions,
like the LaLaurie House and the Myrtles Plantation,
there are 42 cemeteries in the city,
including the St. Louis Cemetery Number 1,
which has countless spirits roaming the grounds.
One of these spirits is Marie Laveau,
the Queen of Voodoo, who died in 1881.
Legend has it she materializes and haunts the grounds,
and will grant wishes to those that are brave enough
to perform a ritual at her tomb involving
drawing a red X and leaving her offerings.
History tours in the city may also lead you
to the ghost of Jean Lafitte, a pirate
who is said to frequent Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop Bar.
There's also the French Quarter Hotel called Monteleone,
a haunted hotel that has an elevator
that always stops at random floors,
and where children's playful laughter can be heard.
Not exactly a place you want to spend a night at.
Number eight is Glasgow, Scotland.
The city of Glasgow is home to some of
the most terrifying hauntings in the entire world.
The Glasgow Arches were a once abandoned viaduct
below Glasgow's Central Railway Station,
and housed a popular nightclub from 1991 up to 2015.
But it's also where a young girl is rumored to haunt
the downstairs corridors and will flee past you
with a piercing scream if you try to approach her.
Even more frightening are the unexplained disembodied
childlike screams in the Glasgow Museum of Transport.
Many tourists have also mentioned a man,
dressed in ancient clothing, wandering the grounds
of the Provan Hall, rumored to be the previous owner,
Reston Mather, who died suddenly in 1934.
These are just some of the terrifying hauntings
that the city is infamous for.
Visit at your own risk.
Number nine is Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
Best known as the city where Abraham Lincoln
delivered his famous Address to the people
during the American Civil War, Gettysburg is home
to the spirits of many soldiers
who lost their lives in battle.
The city's only civilian casualty of the War,
Jennie Wade, was only 20 years old when
she was killed by a stray bullet on July 3, 1863.
She is said to still wander the house
where she died, offering comfort to
those who are scared or upset.
The ghost of Rosa Carmichael, the headmistress
of the city's orphanage, is also rumored
to haunt the building's basement.
Both Union and Confederate spirits are said to roam
the rocky hill known as the Devil's Den
where a key battle took place.
To this very day, it's said that spirits haunt the area,
causing tourists' cameras to malfunction,
and photos to come out blurry,
but, even more terrifyingly, for tourists
to leave the area with bruises on their bodies.
And number 10 is Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario.
Canada's most haunted town, Niagara-on-the-Lake,
is rumored to have more dead people
walking the streets than living.
The War of 1812 took place on the town's doorstep.
And, following the epic blaze that burned down
most of the buildings, ghost sightings
skyrocketed that continue to this day.
One of these is the legend of Sobbing Sophia.
After learning that her love, General Isaac Brock,
was killed in battle, she mourned his death for many years,
eventually dying of a broken heart.
Late at night, the sounds of a woman crying
are still heard along Queen Street.
The Olde Angel Inn is also home
to another tragic war time love story.
Legend has it that after desperate orders to evacuate,
British Captain Colin Swayze stayed behind at the Inn,
waiting to meet up with his true love.
Swayze tried to hide from the American soldiers
in a barrel in the cellar, but he was
stabbed to death by their bayonets.
Guests have had countless encounters with
the doomed Captain, but the staff try to keep
his disturbances to a minimum by making sure
the Union Jack is always flying over the Inn.
So, those were the 10 most chillingly haunted
cities on Earth, would you visit them?
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