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* '''The Old Changi Hospital''' is reportedly one of the most haunted places in the country. Built in the 1930s, it is located at Netherveron Road in [[Changi Village]]. During [[World War II]], [[prisoners of war]] were held in the hospital and tortured to death. Spirits of different races and nationalities can be seen wandering around the compound.<ref>http://spi.sg/haunted/ghoulish_trial/main07.htm</ref>
* '''The Old Changi Hospital''' is reportedly one of the most haunted places in the country. Built in the 1930s, it is located at [[Netherveron Road]] in [[Changi Village]]. During [[World War II]], [[prisoners of war]] were held in the hospital and tortured to death. Spirits of different races and nationalities can be seen wandering around the compound.<ref>http://spi.sg/haunted/ghoulish_trial/main07.htm</ref>


* The '''[[Old Ford Motor Factory]]''' was built by [[Ford Motor Works]] as the first car assembly plant in Southeast Asia. During [[World War II]], Lt. General A. E. Percival, head of the Allied forces in Singapore, surrendered to Japanese General Yamashita at the factory on 15 February 1942. The Japanese forces then established their Singapore headquarters on the premises, on which many battles were fought. These days, reports have indicated that strange lights and sounds often come from the factory.<ref>http://spi.sg/haunted/haunted_houses/ford_factory.htm</ref><ref>http://felixker.com/special/top-10-most-haunted-places-in-singapore/</ref>
* The '''[[Old Ford Motor Factory]]''' on [[Upper Bukit Timah Road]] was built by [[Ford Motor Works]] as the first car assembly plant in Southeast Asia. During [[World War II]], Lt. General A. E. Percival, head of the Allied forces in Singapore, surrendered to Japanese General Yamashita at the factory on 15 February 1942. The Japanese forces then established their Singapore headquarters on the premises, on which many battles were fought. These days, reports have indicated that strange lights and sounds often come from the factory.<ref>http://spi.sg/haunted/haunted_houses/ford_factory.htm</ref><ref>http://felixker.com/special/top-10-most-haunted-places-in-singapore/</ref>


*[[Fort Canning Park]] is the most historic part of [[Singapore]]. The hill was named in 1861 in the honor of [[Viscount Charles John Canning]], the first Viceroy of India. Prior to 1861, the [[Malays]] called the hill Bukit Larangan (Forbidden Hill) for several possible reasons. It reputedly contains the tomb, or keramat, of Sultan Iskandar Shah, the Malay ruler of the [[Kingdom of Singapura]], who is said to have forbidden ordinary people to come to the hill because his concubines and wives used to bath at a spring there. The Malays were fearful of climbing the hill as they thought the palace of their ancestor kings had once stood there. The site had sightings of fabled lion for which Sri Tri Buana, ruler of [[Temasek]], later named the island Singapura (Lion City). Besides the fabled lion, the Malays believed that the hill is haunted by many other ghosts and spirits.<ref>http://spi.sg/haunted/ghoulish_trial/main02.htm</ref>
*'''[[Fort Canning Park]]''' is the most historic part of [[Singapore]]. The hill was named in 1861 in the honor of Viscount Charles John Canning, the first [[Viceroy of India]]. Prior to 1861, the [[Malays]] called the hill Bukit Larangan (Forbidden Hill) for several possible reasons. It reputedly contains the tomb, or keramat, of Sultan Iskandar Shah, the Malay ruler of [[Early history of Singapore|the Kingdom of Singapura]], who is said to have forbidden ordinary people to come to the hill because his concubines and wives used to bath at a spring there. The Malays were fearful of climbing the hill as they thought the palace of their ancestor kings had once stood there. The site had sightings of fabled lion for which Sri Tri Buana, ruler of [[Temasek]], later named the island Singapura (Lion City). Besides the fabled lion, the Malays believed that the hill is haunted by many other ghosts and spirits.<ref>http://spi.sg/haunted/ghoulish_trial/main02.htm</ref>


*At the [[Old Commando Jetty]] near Changi Beach, there have been alleged sightings of "[[Pontianak]]" within the vicinity.<ref>http://spi.sg/haunted/haunted_changi/commando_jetty.htm</ref>
*At the '''Old Commando Jetty''' near Changi Beach, there have been alleged sightings of [[pontianak]], [[vampires]] of Malaysian folklore, within the vicinity.<ref>http://spi.sg/haunted/haunted_changi/commando_jetty.htm</ref>


==United Kingdom==
==United Kingdom==

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This is a list of locations reportedly haunted by ghosts or other supernatural beings. Reports of haunted locations are part of ghostlore, which is a form of folklore.

Australia

  • The Alkimos is a shipwreck of a former U.S. Navy ship from World War II that occurred off the coast of Western Australia in 1964.[1]
  • Beechworth Lunatic Asylum in Beechworth, Victoria is reportedly haunted by several ghosts of departed patients. Open from 1867-1995. Ghost tours are run nightly.[2]
  • Campbelltown, New South Wales is the location for Fisher's ghost. The ghost of a landowner in the area whose was murdered by a neighbour. While the ghost hasn't been seen by anyone except in the original sighting, the story has become a legend and the town celebrates the "Fisher's Ghost" festival on an annual basis.
  • Monte Cristo Homestead in Junee, New South Wales. Various ghost groups have reported sightings due to the death of seven people in the 1800s.[3]
  • Port Arthur, Tasmania. A large number of visitors to the site report seeing spectres of past convicts and others wandering through the grounds. Stories of ghostly interactions are recorded from the 1870s to the present day with many of these modern sighting recorded on the nightly ghost tours held at the site.[4]
  • The Old Ballarat Gaol in Ballarat. Thirteen people were executed here. The remains of 7 criminals are still in the grounds. Features in Ballarat Ghost Tours, operating nightly.[5]
  • Princess Theatre, Melbourne, has reported several ghosts since the building opened in 1886. The theatre's best known 'inhabitant' is Frederick Baker, stage name 'Federici', a talented bass-baritone singer who died in March 1888 whilst singing Mephistopheles in Faust - and who was seen by the rest of the cast taking his bows with them shortly thereafter. For years the theatre kept a seat vacant in the dress circle for Federici (only ceasing the practice on economic grounds), and his appearance in the dress circle during rehearsals for a new show is considered a good omen.[6]
  • Lalor House in Richmond, Victoria is reportedly haunted by the ghosts of the family of Peter Lalor.[7]
  • The Mill Hill Hotel in Bondi Junction, New South Wales is allegedly haunted by former workers, including the former hotel-keeper William Phillips.[8]
  • St Johns Reformatory in Kapunda, South Australia Is a gateway to the paranormal. Supposedly a girl named Ruby Olive Bland startles various visitors to the site. Also, Father Martin was made a recluse here by the Catholic Church. Some visitors have reportedly been pushed, shoved and even had their hair pulled at this location.

Brazil

  • Joelma Building in São Paulo is allegedly haunted by victims of the fire that started on February 1, 1974, after an air conditioning unit on the twelfth floor overheated. The building is famous for the "Mystery of the Thirteen Souls" (Individuals who died within an elevator when they were trying to escape the fire, and are allegedly haunting the building today).[9]

Cambodia

Denmark

India

  • Bhangarh, Rajasthan: In the first half of the 17th century, Madho Singh of Amber built his capital here with the sanction of an ascetic Baba Balanath, who meditated there, but not without his dire prediction: "Look my dear chap! The moment the shadow of your palace touches me, you are undone. The city shall be no more!" In ignorance, Ajab Singh, one of the dynasty's later descendants, raised the palace to such a height that the shadow reached the forbidden place. Hence the devastation.

The second myth is as follows: A tantric battle waged between the lovely queen Ratnavali and the wicked sorcerer Singha Sevra, who was attracted by the queen's beauty. Singha Sevra chhatri can be seen on the top of the hill. Desperately, he tried to trap her in his magical web, and failed every time, as the queen herself was a past-mistress in the tantric art.

The last battle took place on the day when the queen losing eventually her temper, transformed a glass bottle containing the massaging oil into a big rock and flung it towards the hill-top, where sat the devil. In vain he tried to stall this glass missile. It was too late. Sensing his imminent death, concentrating all his powers, he spat his dying curse: "I die! But thou too, thou Ratnavali shall not live here anymore. Neither thou, nor thine kin, nor these walls of the city. None shall see the morning sun!". The night was spent transferring the palace treasures to the new site of Ajabgarh. In the morning came the tempest levelling everything to the ground.

The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has put up a signboard at Bhangarh stating (among others): "Entering the borders of Bhangarh before sunrise and after sunset is strictly prohibited." Tourists who visit this place say that there is a strange feeling in the atmosphere of Bhangarh, which causes symptoms of anxiety and restlessness.[12]

Indonesia

  • Pelabuhan Ratu - Legend says that Nyai Roro Kidul (Nyai is a Javanese honorific for Madame), daughter of King Prabu Siliwangi, is the Queen of the South Sea. She is supposed to have committed suicide by jumping off the cliff and into the sea. Rumors say that if someone wears green when swimming (the Queen's favorite color), he or she will be pulled by her ghost into the sea. Room 308 at the Samudra Beach Hotel is set aside for the Queen.[13][14]

Japan

  • Amiidaji (Temple of Amida) in Dan-no-ura, in the Shimonoseki Strait, is the location of a legendary haunting. It is said that the blind Biwa hōshi Hoichi, a resident of the temple, was visited every night by the ghost of a dead samurai and made to play the biwa in the cemetery, but the priest of the temple soon found out and had the heart sutra painted on every part of Hoichi's body apart from the ears. When the samurai returned one night to take Hoichi to the cemetery, he could only see Hoichi's ears, so he took them instead and Hoichi was left earless. Hoichi is commonly known as "Mimi-Nashi Hoichi", "Hōichi the Earless", due to this event. This legend was famously retold by Lafcadio Hearn in his Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things which was later adapted as part of Masaki Kobayashi's film Kwaidan.[15][16]
  • Aokigahara, the forest at the bottom of Mt. Fuji, is a popular location for suicide. This gives rise to a widespread belief that it is haunted.[17]
  • Okiku's Well at Himeji Castle is often said to be haunted by the ghost of Okiku. She is supposed to rise from the well at night and count to nine before shrieking and returning to the well.[18][19]

Malaysia

  • Genting Highlands, Pahang. City well known for its amusement park and casino. Several people have committed suicide here. A man has been seen jumping off the hotel rooftop, only to disappear just before he hits the ground. Several rooms in the hotel are never rented, no matter how high the demand for accommodation is. Those who did see the inside of these rooms reported that they were filled with "old Chinese ghost wards", and they would then fall inexplicably ill for days afterwards. Several people staying in the hotel there have had experiences of supernatural phenomena, such as knocking coming from inside a wardrobe that was proven to be empty.[20]
  • Poliklinik Cheras. Formerly the Lady Templer Hospital, the foundation stone was laid by Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent in October 1952. Much of the hospital closed down in 1985, except for a few minor buildings which housed the Poliklinik Cheras. The empty, dilapidated structures were situated on a fairly secluded, leafy hillock, which added to their sinister appearance. One visitor reported that it felt "haunted and bizarre", and it is rumoured that it is haunted by the ghost of a patient who died on the premises. The buildings are currently being torn down to make way for a new rehabilitation hospital.[21]

Philippines

  • Baguio City - Philippine Military Academy Several ghosts haunt this place, and it considered as the most haunted place in the country. Sometimes late at night a platoon can be heard marching in the parade grounds. A ghost of a cadet dressed in parade uniform and left in one of the lockers still appears. A ghost of a priest who was beheaded during the Japanese occupation period appears here as well as the ghost of a white lady. Aside from the PMA, there are other different haunted places scattered throughout the city, such as in cemeteries, old hotels and sites where populated buildings and structures used to stand until the 1990 earthquake brought them down, injuring and killing the people inside.[22][23]
  • Balete Drive - Balete Drive is a residential area in Cubao, Quezon City famous for the apparition of a white lady. It is told that there was a teenage girl who was raped by a cab driver in the 50s in that area. It is possible that the lady of Balete is seeking revenge.[24]
  • Manila Film Center - When the construction of the Manila Film Center at the Cultural Center of the Philippines complex was rushed in the early 1980s for a film festival, the ceiling scaffolding collapsed during construction, killing several workmen who fell to the orchestra below. Rather than halt construction to rescue survivors and retrieve the bodies of dead workmen, Imelda Marcos, the First Lady and the main financier of the project, ordered cement to be poured into the orchestra, entombing the fallen workmen. Some of them were even buried alive in the orchestra. Various ghostly activities were reported on the site including mysterious sounds, voices and poltergeist activity. In the late 1990s a group called the Spirit Questors began to make visits to the film center in an attempt to contact and appease the souls of the workmen who were killed in the building. Some of these spirits claimed to have moved on but a few allegedly remain.[25] Previously abandoned for its haunted reputation, the building is now currently in use.
  • Ozone Disco - Once there was a disco in Quezon City and it caught on fire.[26] People tried to get out, but due to panicking, no one got out. Some people near the location hear ghostly disco music in their houses at night and see faint people dancing.[27]

Republic of China (Taiwan)

The Hyatt hotel in downtown Taipei is allegedly haunted. The lobby has Chinese calligraphy that is supposed to ward off ghosts.[28]

Singapore

  • The Old Changi Hospital is reportedly one of the most haunted places in the country. Built in the 1930s, it is located at Netherveron Road in Changi Village. During World War II, prisoners of war were held in the hospital and tortured to death. Spirits of different races and nationalities can be seen wandering around the compound.[29]
  • The Old Ford Motor Factory on Upper Bukit Timah Road was built by Ford Motor Works as the first car assembly plant in Southeast Asia. During World War II, Lt. General A. E. Percival, head of the Allied forces in Singapore, surrendered to Japanese General Yamashita at the factory on 15 February 1942. The Japanese forces then established their Singapore headquarters on the premises, on which many battles were fought. These days, reports have indicated that strange lights and sounds often come from the factory.[30][31]
  • Fort Canning Park is the most historic part of Singapore. The hill was named in 1861 in the honor of Viscount Charles John Canning, the first Viceroy of India. Prior to 1861, the Malays called the hill Bukit Larangan (Forbidden Hill) for several possible reasons. It reputedly contains the tomb, or keramat, of Sultan Iskandar Shah, the Malay ruler of the Kingdom of Singapura, who is said to have forbidden ordinary people to come to the hill because his concubines and wives used to bath at a spring there. The Malays were fearful of climbing the hill as they thought the palace of their ancestor kings had once stood there. The site had sightings of fabled lion for which Sri Tri Buana, ruler of Temasek, later named the island Singapura (Lion City). Besides the fabled lion, the Malays believed that the hill is haunted by many other ghosts and spirits.[32]
  • At the Old Commando Jetty near Changi Beach, there have been alleged sightings of pontianak, vampires of Malaysian folklore, within the vicinity.[33]

United Kingdom

Main article: Reportedly haunted locations in the United Kingdom

United States

Main article: Reportedly haunted locations in the United States

See also

See also: Category:Paranormal places
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ghosts.
Lists of episodes of paranormal television series that feature reportedly haunted locations


References

  1. ^ Jack Wong Sue and Barry Sue. Ghost of the Alkimos. (Revised edition: Perth, 2005)
  2. ^ Beechworth Ghost Tours Information Accessed 6/9/08
  3. ^ Monte Cristo Homestead, Australia's Most Haunted House - Ghost Tours
  4. ^ [1]
  5. ^ www.eerietours.com.au
  6. ^ Rewind (ABC TV): The theatre ghost
  7. ^ "The Ghost Guide to Australia" (Richard Davis, 1998)
  8. ^ http://www.waverley.nsw.gov.au/library/localstudies/walks/mill_hill.asp
  9. ^ http://g1.globo.com/Noticias/SaoPaulo/0,,MUL330153-5605,00.html
  10. ^ 'Ghosts' of K Rouge victims haunt Cambodia
  11. ^ "Guide to castles of Europe". Retrieved October 31, 2007. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dateformat= ignored (help)
  12. ^ Gaur, Arun. (December 6, 1998). Silent ghost cities. The Tribune.
  13. ^ Janssen, Peter. "Pelabuhanratu (Indonesia) - A resort with a ghost". MysticAsia. Retrieved December 20, 2006. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dateformat= ignored (help)
  14. ^ Khouw, Ida Indawati. "Room No. 308 still retains its mystery". The Jakarta Post. Retrieved December 20, 2006. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dateformat= ignored (help)
  15. ^ Professor Solomon, Japan in a Nutshell.
  16. ^ The Story Of Mimi-Nashi-Hoichi
  17. ^ Iwasaka, Michiko and Toelken, Barre. Ghosts and the Japanese: Cultural Experiences in Japanese Death Legends, Utah State University Press, 1994. ISBN 0874211794
  18. ^ "The Japanese Ghost Story of Okiku". Artelino Art Auctions. Retrieved December 19, 2006. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dateformat= ignored (help)
  19. ^ Iwasaka, Michiko and Toelken, Barre. Ghosts and the Japanese: Cultural Experiences in Japanese Death Legends, Utah State University Press, 1994. ISBN 0874211794
  20. ^ http://www.spookycorner.com/249/spooky-experience-in-genting-highlands-hotel/ Spooky Experience in Genting Highlands Hotel
  21. ^ http://www.spookycorner.com/22/haunted-places-in-malaysia/ Haunted Places in Malaysia
  22. ^ http://theshadowlands.net/places/philippines.htm
  23. ^ Cabreza, Vincent (2007-10-28). "Horror means profit". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 2008-02-19.
  24. ^ http://www.philippinesinsider.com/myths-folklore-superstition/myths-surrounding-balete-drive/
  25. ^ http://gmapinoytv.igma.tv/sidetrip/blog/?/archives/42-The-Manila-Film-Center-mystery-A-ghostly-place-or-an-urban-legend.html/
  26. ^ In Nomine Philippines: The Ozone Disco Tether
  27. ^ http://www.virtualtourist.com/travel/Asia/Philippines/City_of_Manila/Manila-1391614/Off_the_Beaten_Path-Manila-BR-1.html
  28. ^ http://www.theshadowlands.net/places/taiwan.htm
  29. ^ http://spi.sg/haunted/ghoulish_trial/main07.htm
  30. ^ http://spi.sg/haunted/haunted_houses/ford_factory.htm
  31. ^ http://felixker.com/special/top-10-most-haunted-places-in-singapore/
  32. ^ http://spi.sg/haunted/ghoulish_trial/main02.htm
  33. ^ http://spi.sg/haunted/haunted_changi/commando_jetty.htm

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