<input type&equals;"hidden" value&equals;"" data-essbisPostContainer&equals;"" data-essbisPostUrl&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;yodoozy&period;com&sol;7-haunted-places-you-can-visit-at-your-own-risk&sol;" data-essbisPostTitle&equals;"7 Haunted Places You Can Visit&comma; At Your Own Risk&excl;" data-essbisHoverContainer&equals;"">&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-align-justify">Interacting with the supernatural realm may be odd and intimidating&period; If you didn&&num;8217&semi;t grow up in a haunted house where you were plagued by a poltergeist&comma; you may go your entire life without ever experiencing a ghost&comma; haunt&comma; or even a single moderately restless spirit&period; And&comma; to be honest&comma; where&&num;8217&semi;s the pleasure in that&quest;But don&&num;8217&semi;t worry&comma; my buddies&period; These are the haunted places you should visit if you&&num;8217&semi;re planning a spooky trip &&num;8211&semi; and the best part is&comma; even if you don&&num;8217&semi;t see a ghost&comma; you&&num;8217&semi;re bound to find something intriguing at each one&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">Edinburgh Castle&comma; Scotland<&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-align-justify">One of the most popular sights in Scotland&&num;8217&semi;s capital city is also one of its most haunted&period; The medieval fortress&&num;8217&semi;s old dungeons&comma; with portions going back more than 900 years&comma; have prompted tourists to claim sightings of colonial captives from the American Revolutionary War&comma; French prisoners from the Seven Years War—and even the ghost of a dog prowling the castle&&num;8217&semi;s canine graveyard&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;upload&period;wikimedia&period;org&sol;wikipedia&sol;commons&sol;b&sol;bb&sol;Edinburgh&lowbar;Castle&lowbar;from&lowbar;Esplanade&lowbar;20211019&period;jpg" alt&equals;"7 Haunted Places You Can Visit&comma; At Your Own Risk&excl;" width&equals;"800" height&equals;"600"&sol;><figcaption>Wikimedia Commons&sol; Daniel Kraft<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-align-justify">Because Edinburgh Castle was such an important bastion for controlling Scotland&comma; the competing English and Scottish Monarchies battled over and took turns inhabiting it throughout history&period; As a result&comma; the fortress was subjected to several sieges and fights&period; There is historical evidence that at least 26 sieges took place at the castle&comma; making it one of the world&&num;8217&semi;s most besieged sites&period; With so many wars&comma; misery&comma; and death taking place at Edinburgh Castle&comma; it&&num;8217&semi;s no surprise that it&&num;8217&semi;s considered haunted&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">Höfði House&comma; Reykjavik&comma; Iceland<&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-align-justify">The Höfði House is the most well-known and haunted home in Reykjavik&period; Höfði&comma; built in 1909&comma; is located on the waterfront&comma; right off Borgartun&period; Like other wooden structures erected during this century&comma; it was inspired by Nordic Art Nouveau and built in Norway before being brought to Iceland&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;upload&period;wikimedia&period;org&sol;wikipedia&sol;commons&sol;9&sol;9b&sol;Hofdi&lowbar;House&lowbar;Reykjavik&period;jpg" alt&equals;"7 Haunted Places You Can Visit&comma; At Your Own Risk&excl;" width&equals;"800" height&equals;"400"&sol;><figcaption>Wikimedia Commons&sol;Laurentgauthier<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-align-justify">The world&&num;8217&semi;s attention was drawn to Höfði when it hosted a meeting between Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev and US President Ronald Reagan&period; They talked about military control and disarmament talks&period; It was a delicate and crucial period in history&comma; and Höfði has come to symbolise Iceland&&num;8217&semi;s diplomacy and the beginning of the Cold War&&num;8217&semi;s end&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-align-justify">Höfði &comma; on the other hand&comma; has a terrible past&period; It was sold to Einar Benediktsson&comma; a judge and poet&comma; who believed it was haunted by the ghost of a young lady&period; The ghost was Sólborg Jónsdóttir&comma; who poisoned herself following Einar&&num;8217&semi;s decision in a renowned assault case&period; She would reportedly appear to him at Höfði House at night&period; Following owners also reported being bothered after nightfall&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">The Queen Mary&comma; USA<&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;upload&period;wikimedia&period;org&sol;wikipedia&sol;commons&sol;a&sol;a2&sol;Queen&lowbar;Mary&lowbar;002&period;jpg" alt&equals;"7 Haunted Places You Can Visit&comma; At Your Own Risk&excl;" width&equals;"800" height&equals;"600"&sol;><figcaption>Wikimedia Commons&sol;Olivier Aumage<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-align-justify">Time Magazine named the Queen Mary as one of the ten most haunted sites in America&comma; and there are countless stories of hauntings and inexplicable paranormal experiences&period; There have been stories of seeing a woman dressed in white&comma; as well as the ghosts of children who allegedly drowned in the ship&&num;8217&semi;s spooky pool in the middle&period; The Queen Mary is still open for business and has rooms available all year&comma; but they also provide paranormal investigations and spirit walks&period; Aside from year-round events&comma; the Queen Mary offers Dark Harbor every Halloween season&comma; which combines the ship&&num;8217&semi;s spooky heritage with modern haunted house attractions&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">Island Of Dolls&comma; Mexico<&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;upload&period;wikimedia&period;org&sol;wikipedia&sol;commons&sol;b&sol;b6&sol;Xochimilco&lowbar;Dolls&percnt;27&lowbar;Island&period;jpg" alt&equals;"7 Haunted Places You Can Visit&comma; At Your Own Risk&excl;" width&equals;"800" height&equals;"600"&sol;><figcaption>Wikimedia Commons&sol;Esparta Palma<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-align-justify">The man-made Island of Dolls is one of the most haunted places on the planet&period; According to tradition&comma; a girl drowned in a Mexican canal and died here&period; Julian Barrera was plagued by the girl&&num;8217&semi;s soul when he relocated to this island&period; He hanged numerous dolls throughout the island to appease her ghost&period; After a while&comma; Julian informed his nephew that the girl wanted him to join her in the afterlife as a playmate&period; His corpse was later discovered in the canal beside the girl&&num;8217&semi;s body&period; Visitors to the island have stated that the dolls&&num;8217&semi; eyes follow them around&period; They&&num;8217&semi;ve even reported hearing whispering and laughter&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">Aradale Lunatic Asylum&comma; Australia<&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-align-justify">More of the &&num;8216&semi;haunted places like asylums&&num;8217&semi; kind&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-align-justify">Aradale was established at a period when other asylums were being built around the state of Victoria&period; They were deemed necessary in order to deal with the crisis of a rising number of so-called &&num;8220&semi;lunatics&&num;8221&semi; in the region&period; This group mostly included persons suffering from a variety of mental health disorders&comma; other diseases&comma; or who were considered criminally insane&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;upload&period;wikimedia&period;org&sol;wikipedia&sol;commons&sol;e&sol;eb&sol;Aradale&lowbar;Mental&lowbar;Hospital&period;jpg" alt&equals;"7 Haunted Places You Can Visit&comma; At Your Own Risk&excl;" width&equals;"800" height&equals;"600"&sol;><figcaption>Wikomedia Commons&sol;JacsWiki<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-align-justify">Given the heinous nature of Aradale Mental Hospital&&num;8217&semi;s history&comma; a ghost story or two is to be anticipated&comma; and Aradale has many&period; Nurse Kerry is one of the most well-known ghosts roaming the hallways of this abandoned hospital&period; She is believed to haunt the women&&num;8217&semi;s wards and is said to be continuing her nursing responsibilities in the afterlife&comma; keeping an eye out for her former patients&period; Her spirit has been seen and heard by numerous people&period; There have been several accounts of hearing the disembodied click of a woman&&num;8217&semi;s high heels as well as the gentle sounds of a woman&&num;8217&semi;s voice&comma; which Kerry was renowned for in life&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">Aokigahara Forest&comma; Japan<&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-align-justify">Suicide Forest is a location in Japan that has gotten a lot of media attention because of a remarkable coincidence&colon; it is one of the places in the world with a lot of suicides&period; Aokigahara has been the site of 500 reported suicides since the 1950s&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;upload&period;wikimedia&period;org&sol;wikipedia&sol;commons&sol;2&sol;2f&sol;Aokigahara&lowbar;forest&lowbar;04&period;jpg" alt&equals;"7 Haunted Places You Can Visit&comma; At Your Own Risk&excl;" width&equals;"800"&sol;><figcaption>Wikimedia Commons&sol;mtzn<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-align-justify">Aokigahara is also known as the Demon Forest&comma; the Suicide Forest&comma; and the &&num;8220&semi;Perfect Place to Die&&num;8221&semi; in Japan&period; This one-of-a-kind woodland&comma; which is exceedingly peaceful and devoid of animals&comma; has become a popular place for Japanese people to die&period; Many Japanese believe the woodland is haunted and avoid going near it&period; According to Japanese legend&comma; Aokigahara is plagued by demons&comma; which is why some Japanese are still scared to visit the forest&period; Those who enter the woodland are thought to never return&period; These woods are thus one of the most haunted places you can visit in a lifetime&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">Catacombs of Paris<strong>&comma; <&sol;strong>France<&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-align-justify">The mere sight of these spider-webbing tunnels under the French city might frighten you&period; Though the catacombs were not intended to contain human remains&comma; numerous bones were laid out in beautiful patterns in the tunnels owing to overcrowding in the 18th century graves&period;&nbsp&semi; A torrent of rotting bodies washed onto the land next door when a protracted series of heavy rains flooded and uncovered the overcrowded Les Innocents cemetery in the spring of 1780&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;upload&period;wikimedia&period;org&sol;wikipedia&sol;commons&sol;6&sol;63&sol;Paris&lowbar;catacombes&period;jpg" alt&equals;"7 Haunted Places You Can Visit&comma; At Your Own Risk&excl;" width&equals;"800" height&equals;"600"&sol;><figcaption>Wikimedia Commons&sol;Vincent de Groot<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-align-justify">According to Smithsonian Magazine&comma; this terrible occurrence triggered a 12-year initiative to transfer remains from Paris cemeteries into the city&&num;8217&semi;s ancient limestone quarries&comma; eventually filling the underground tunnels with 6 million bodies&period; A mile of the subterranean maze is now available to tourists&comma; who can take tours of the tunnels and view artistically organized exhibits of bones&period; In addition to stories of individuals seeing apparitions in these catacombs&comma; persons have been claimed to have &&num;8220&semi;disappeared&&num;8221&semi; entirely within these tunnels&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Ready to visit where the ghosts hover&quest; Tell us which place looks the spookiest&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><strong><em>Are these haunted places a bit too creepy for your taste&quest; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;yodoozy&period;com&sol;7-abandoned-places-in-the-world-that-you-can-visit&sol;&quest;v&equals;a98eef2a3105">Visit these 7 abandoned places<&sol;a> instead&comma; for lesser ghosts and lesser crreps&period;<&sol;em><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;