Horrifying Haunted Villages Around The World

#1 PRIPYAT, UKRAINE (NEAR CHERNOBYL)

This is the town in the Ukraine near the Russian border with Belarus, where most of the workers for the Chernobyl nuclear reactor lived. The town had to be completely abandoned in 1986 due to the high level of radioactivity released by the Chernobyl disaster. It is now in a restricted zone that can only be visited by guided tours that take the necessary safety precautions and do not stay in the area very long.

The residents had to flee with only a few things that they could carry and could not return to get any of their things after the meltdown occurred because everything they owned became contaminated.

#2 BHANGARH, INDIA

This village was built during the 17th century on the border of what is now called the Sariska Tiger Reserve in the Rajasthan District. It is considered to be the most haunted place in India. A fort was constructed near this village by Man Singh for his younger brother, Madho Singh.

A sorcerer named Baba Balua Nath lived within the confines of the fort. He demanded that any houses built within the fort walls should not be taller than his home. He also warned that if any shadow of a house passed across his home that this would result in the destruction of the entire fort town. It is said that any attempt to construct a building in this town results in its roof collapsing on its residents.

Another part of the legend says the sorcerer fell in love with the Princess Ratnavati who lived in the fort town. He tried to trick her into loving him by using a magic potion. She refused it and tossed it away onto a nearby boulder, which rolled down the hill crushing the sorcerer. He cursed the town before he died.

Soon afterward, the Mughals from the north invaded the town killing all the 10,000 residents and the princess. Both the sorcerer’s ghost and the ghost of the princess are said to wander the streets at night. The Indian government prohibits being in the village after dark.

#3 BEENLEIGH HISTORICAL VILLAGE, AUSTRALIA

This village is in Logan, Australia and has twenty historical buildings that date back to the 1860s. It is a site of considerable paranormal activity. Many ghosts have been photographed in the village. The ghosts show up in photographs as blurry shadows. There are photos of ghosts wandering the gardens. A face of the ghost of an old man is often seen in one of the building’s windows and a female ghost wearing a long dress is seen in one of the halls.

#4 KULDHARA, INDIA

The Brahmins were residents of this village until it was abandoned in a single night during 1825. A local prince fell in love with the Brahmin chieftain’s daughter and demanded he hand the girl over to him or be forced to pay exorbitant taxes. Rather than give up the girl or pay the taxes, the Brahmin Chief decided to abandon the village and take everyone with him. He put a curse on the village when they left.

Anyone who attempted to live in this village since that time has quickly lost their life. Nowadays, only tourists and paranormal investigators pass through the streets. Unexplained apparitions are frequently seen and investigators have even felt them touching their shoulder. Even though there is no one else in the village when it is being investigated, the researchers have seen hand prints on their vehicles after completing their visits.

#5 LAWERS, SCOTLAND

There is nothing but the ruins of this village now. It was supposedly cursed by the Lady of Lawers during the 17th century. The Lady was a soothsayer who put a curse on an ash tree where she was buried after her death. In 1895, Johan Campbell, who was a farmer, cut down the ash tree in spite of the curse. He died by being gored to death by his own bull a short time afterward. A man who helped him cut down the tree became insane and had to be put into a mental hospital for the rest of his life.

The horse that was used to drag the tree away also died suddenly without any obvious reason. Many have seen the ghost of the Lady of Lawers who continues haunting the ruins to this very day.

#6 BELCHITE, SPAIN

During a period of just two weeks in 1937, while this part of Spain was embroiled in the Spanish Civil War, thousands of people, including many women and children, lost their lives in this village.

The water supply to the town was cut off and the residents died of dehydration and starvation, while they were trapped in the village due to artillery bombings from the nearby hills. So many people died during the siege that the bodies had to be burned in the town square. They also filled a mass grave in an underground olive press.

The Spanish consider the village to be cursed and refuse to live there. At night, the plaintive cries of a child wandering the streets searching for its mother are frequently heard by the farmers who live in the surrounding area.

#7 ORADOURM SUR GLANE, FRANCE

The Nazis invaded this tiny village in France on June 10, 1944. They rounded up all of the men, shot them in the legs so they could not run away, and burned them alive. Hundreds died an excruciatingly painful death. Only five men were able to drag themselves away to survive.

Then, the Nazis tried to use a gas bomb to kill all the women and children. When it failed to explode, they killed them brutally with machine guns and grenades. Any who survived were burned alive. After nearly all the residents were dead, the Nazis burned all the wooden village buildings to the ground. The only thing that remained were the ruins of the stone structures.

A new village of the same name was built up nearby during the late 1950s; however, the residents refuse to set foot in the ruins of the old village because they complain of seeing ghosts wandering around and experiencing the horrible smell of burning human flesh.

#8 BORGVATTNET, SWEDEN

In this quaint village, one can find the most haunted house in the country of Sweden. It is the Old Vicarage home that was built in 1876. The first report of a ghost on the property came during 1927 when the resident chaplain, Nils Hedlund, said that he saw his clothes being pulled down from the clothesline outside the home by an invisible hand.

During the 1930s, another priest saw an old woman suddenly appear in a room at the home. When he followed her, she disappeared. In 1945, another chaplain, Erick Lindgreen, was repeatedly physically thrown out of his chair by an unseen phantasm. Today, the Old Vicarage is a guesthouse and a restaurant that attracts many visitors who are interested in paranormal activity.

#9 VOLTRI, ITALY

There is a scary-looking house in this small village that is called Ca’delle Anime. It was previously an inn that was run by a family suffering from severe mental problems. The family would politely invite the guests in, wait until the guests fell asleep, and then drop heavy furniture on them to crush them to death and/or suffocate them.

After the murders, they would steal all the guests’ money and belongings. Then they would bury the bodies in a huge mass grave that they constructed for this purpose. The murdered guests are now trapped as ghosts on the property. They wander the rooms and the halls of the horrible house, knocking over furniture and breaking crockery in order to make their presence known to anyone foolish enough to stay at the property.

#10 HASHIMA ISLAND, JAPAN

Over 5,000 coal miners used to live on this island off the coast of Japan near the city of Nagasaki. The coal was removed from the 1950s to the 1970s by forced labor. By 1974, the coal reserves below Hashima Island were exhausted. When the country of Japan switched to using petrol for fuel instead of coal, this mining town was completely abandoned. Hashima Island is one of over 500 small islands in the Nagasaki prefecture that are uninhabited.

The only ones who remain on the island now are the ghosts of those miners killed in mining accidents who are said to wander the streets at night in search of anyone to keep them company.

#11 JEROME, ARIZONA

This former mining town had copper mines that were active during the days of the Wild West. At its heyday, there were over 15,000 residents here. Now, there are less than 400 people who make this almost ghost town their home. There are said to be many ghosts that roam the area. Those phantoms are ones who died in mining accidents or gunfights in the town.

One well-known ghost is that of a prostitute named Sammie Dean. She was murdered by a customer who strangled her in the streets of the old Crib District. Her murderer was never identified. This is the reason why her ghost still wanders the streets looking for her killer.

#12 BRAMSHOTT, ENGLAND

This ancient village existed since 1086. During the 1700s, there was an inn called Seven Thorns in the village where many murders were committed. The haunting began at that time and continues to the present day. It is estimated that the site has around 17 ghosts, which include a Mistress Butler who wanders next to the river where she drowned herself in 1745. There is also the “flute” boy who is seen roaming the village lanes and climbing trees. Sometimes he plays beautiful music on his flute and is often accompanied by the ghost of a white calf. Other apparitions seen in this village include the Grey Lady, the White Lady, and a young boy who was murdered by highway robbers in 1772.

#13 SHICHENG, CHINA

This village is completely under water. It is over 1,340 years old. Shicheng can be found in the eastern part of China in the Zhejiang province. In 1959, the Chinese government decided to submerge the village to make way for a hydropower dam on the Xin’an River.

The water protects the ancient village from erosion by wind and rain. Because of this, it remains in good condition. Legend has it that a few of the previous residents were trapped when the village was submerged under the flooding waters. These were the old and infirmed peasants that the Chinese government did not want to bother helping and simply allowed them to drown. Sometimes they can be seen gliding across the water’s surface as a ghostly apparition.

#14 THE ISLAND OF THE DOLLS, MEXICO

On this island, every single tree is decorated with creepy and deformed dolls. Visitors feel like they are constantly being watched by the many glassy eyes of the dolls staring at them.

This island was totally abandoned over fifty years ago; however, a man named Don Julian Santana suddenly left his wife and children to take up residence on the island completely alone. One day, the body of a dead young girl washed ashore. The man became convinced that he was haunted by her spirit and the only way to appease her was to fill the island with dolls in her likeness. He spent the rest of his life, for fifty years, trading fruits and vegetables that he grew on the island, to pay for this collection of macabre dolls, which he put in trees all over the island.

Those are our favorite haunted villages that are the perfect places to visit if you are looking for ghosts.