Graveyard, this word is enough to send you into shivers; Graveyards have always been associated with spirits and entities. There’s something mystical and simultaneously creepy about cemeteries. Here is a list of 9 such spookiest graveyards that is sure to creep the hell out of you!
1. Old Jewish Cemetery, Prague
It was in use from the early 15th century with Avigdor Kara’s tombstone dating back to 1439 until 1787. The numbers of grave stones and numbers of people buried there are uncertain, because there are layers upon layers of tombs. However, it has been estimated that there are approximately 12,000 tombstones “visible”, and there may be more than 100,000 burials in all. Many have claimed to have seen apparitions moving through the tightly compacted tombstones.
2. Les Catacombs, Paris
An underground vault in Paris holds the remains of about six million people. Due to its peculiar decoration many ghosts and strange paranormal encounters are said to occur here on a regular basis. These range from spectral lights appearing in videos to ghostly orbs, echo mists and sometimes even shadow spectres walking the corridors and moving among the piles of bones.
3. Recoleta Cemetery, Buenos Aires
The Recoleta Cemetery is located in the Recoleta is one of the main tourist attractions in due to its outstanding display of nineteenth- and twentieth-century funerary art and architecture and also its fair share of ghost stories and paranormal activity ranging from a ghostly night watchman who took his own life at the cemetery and “The Lady In White” who frequents the tombs at night.
4. Capuchin Crypt, Rome
4000 Capuchin Franciscan friars are housed in this crypt boasting of an intricate floor to ceiling arrangement of human bones paired with the crypt’s soil which is supposedly from Jerusalem. Various bones are utilized in different chapels. For instance, there is a chapel called “Crypt of the Pelvises” and another one, “Crypt of the Skulls” and there is a solemn reminder underneath a child’s Grim Reaper that states “What You Are We Once Were Too And What We Are Now, You Will Be”.
5. Bachelor’s Grove, Chicago:
Known for being one of the most haunted sites in the United States the Bachelor’s Grove Chicago cemetery was opened in 1844. The claims of hauntings peaked in the 1970s and 1980s and ranged from reported phenomenons such as weird orbs to phantom vehicles. There are even rumors of a ghostly farmhouse which is said to terrorize its victims by floating towards its victims then vanishing into thin air. As late as 1984 witnesses also reported seeing multiple ghostly figures emerging throughout the cemetery dressed in monk’s robes. And if that’s not enough, in the 1990s witnesses reported seeing a black dog at the cemetery’s entrance which also disappeared when they attempted to approach it.
6. Greyfriars Kirkyard, Edinburg, Scotland
This former monastery garden was established in the 1560s and it is considered to be Scotland’s most haunted place. Its paranormal activity has been attributed to the restless spirit of the infamous ‘Bluidy’ George Mackenzie who was buried here in 1691. The ‘Mackenzie Poltergeist’ is a violent specter that is said to cause bruising, bites and cuts on those who come into contact with it. Many visitors who take the ghost tour have reported feeling strange sensations and have reportedly sustained injuries which they had no recollection of sustaining
7. Howard Street Cemetery:
Salem, USA’s most haunted town has a history of witch hunting. In 1692, one popular resident, Giles Corey died from torture at the site because he refused to admit guilt or innocence regarding witchcraft. However, it is said that with his last breath, he put a curse on the town. Legend has it that Corey appeared days prior to the 1914 Great Fire. Today people claim to still see his ghost walk among the graves.
8. Stull Cemetery, Stull, Kansas:
Also called the “Gates to Hell,” this grave site is among the Seven Portals of Hell listed by numerous hunting guides and is among America’s most haunted places. Legend states that if you knock on a rock in the church’s rubble pile, the Devil will answer you.
9. La Noria Cemetery:
La Noria is an abandoned mining town with a gruesome history revolving around forced labor and slavery abuse. The grave yard features an incredible sight – that of open graves and exposed bones. Eyewitnesses have reported that when the sun goes down, the dead rise from their graves and begin walking toward the abandoned mining town. Locals of Chile have also reported seeing children in the abandoned schools as if they were attending class. The TV show called ‘Destination Truth’ was supposedly able to capture some evidence when lead investigator Josh Gates captured what appeared to be an apparition on a FLIR thermal imager. The image looks like the heat signature of a young child looking from around the corner and disappearing.
By: Archa Dave
