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Enter the world's most terrifying destinations, if you dare... Join us as we count down the creepiest and most unsettling places on Earth. From ghost towns and haunted castles to sinister forests and abandoned asylums, these locations will send shivers down your spine. Which of these frightening landmarks would you never visit? Let us know in the comments!
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00:00The Eastern State Penitentiary, considered to be one of the most haunted buildings in the world.
00:06Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're counting down our picks for the creepiest and most unsettling places in the entire world.
00:13It's so remote, extremely dry, cold conditions. It's just not a great place to be.
00:19Number 50, the Bermuda Triangle, the Atlantic Ocean.
00:23As the losses have piled up, the area has become infamous, legendary worldwide even.
00:29Everyone knows about the Bermuda Triangle, but yet nobody knows what's going on over there.
00:36Alright, we know that the Bermuda Triangle isn't actually cursed, but the mythology certainly makes an impression, doesn't it?
00:41As kids, we were taught to fear the Bermuda Triangle, an area of the Atlantic Ocean that is said to swallow planes and boats through some type of interdimensional portal.
00:50Or something, we don't really know.
00:52Point is, a lot of people have supposedly gone missing within the triangle thanks to some type of creepy magic.
00:57The legend is so pronounced and persistent that many regulatory bodies have conducted studies disproving it.
01:03But those three words, the Bermuda Triangle, are still enough to send shivers down the spine.
01:08In fact, according to Philippe's records, there are wrecks completely encircling Bermuda.
01:14Number 49, Pyongyang, North Korea.
01:17Well, this is an extremely rare experience inside North Korea.
01:22We've already been warned numerous times that we'll be monitored and critiqued the whole time that we're here.
01:28The capital of North Korea is less living, breathing city and more lifeless movie set.
01:33It really is something.
01:35Streets are largely devoid of vehicles or pedestrians.
01:38Gigantic monuments to dictators dominate the skyline.
01:41And propaganda posters litter the walls.
01:44Much of Pyongyang also feels curated, as visitors are strictly chaperoned and intensely scrutinized.
01:49Then there are the weird buildings, some of which are staged for tourists or just outright empty.
01:54Like the looming Ryugyong Hotel, which has sat unfinished for decades.
01:59Oh, and if you step a toe out of line, you are in deep, deep trouble.
02:03Pyongyang is like a ghost town in the unsettling guise of a modern city.
02:07The country is spotlessly clean.
02:10There's no graffiti, no street advertising except for state propaganda, and surprisingly, very few cars.
02:18Number 48, The Wreck of the Titanic, Atlantic Ocean.
02:22To see the sad ruin of the great ship sitting here, where she landed at 2.30 in the morning of April 15, 1912, after her long fall from the world above.
02:35If you fear deep water, philosophophobia if you're fancy, then you probably can't even look at the wreck of the Titanic.
02:42It lies over 12,000 feet below the Atlantic, and its massive structure just sits there in the dark and silent deep, a rusting underwater graveyard.
02:50Its rotting mass is an unbelievably eerie sight, just sitting there in the pitch black.
02:54Even worse, human objects like shoes, suitcases, and dishes still sit scattered on the seabed, frozen in time, making the monument feel even more ghostly.
03:03And for the more philosophical, there's the uncanny contrast between its contemporary symbol of wealth and its current state of ruin.
03:09There's a haunting sadness about the whole thing.
03:12Seeing her coming out of the darkness like a ghost ship still gets me every time.
03:17Number 47, The Australian Outback, Australia.
03:20Australia. It's the only nation to occupy an entire continent.
03:26It's the most flat and the second driest place on the planet.
03:29And even though it has rainforests, snowfields, and lush garden ecosystems, it's undeniably known best for its deserts.
03:38Also called the Outback.
03:40It's hard to imagine just how massive the Australian Outback actually is.
03:44This thing preys on the likes of psychology, fears of the unknown, and base survival instincts, being a vast and barren expanse of nothing.
03:52You could show us a picture of the Outback and a picture of Mars, and we wouldn't know the difference.
03:56It often feels like an endless void where everything looks the same.
04:00And with no ambient noise save the likes of rustling brush and distant animal calls, it can feel incredibly uneasy.
04:06Giant spiders, venomous snakes, and dingoes prowl the landscape, abandoned villages dot the roads,
04:11and then there's the most palpable fear of all, that if something goes wrong, you are truly on your own.
04:18I thought the grass would be greener on the other side, and now I'm in a place that just reeks of death.
04:23The grub hunting is lousy, the water's bad, there's no shade.
04:27The flies are worse, and there aren't any yabbies at all here to eat.
04:31Number 46, Hyljainen Kansa, Finland.
04:34An extremely creepy art installation, Hyljainen Kansa means the silent people, and the name could not be more apt.
04:41It's found in the barren region of central Finland, about 30 kilometers outside the village of Suomussalmi.
04:47The installation consists of hundreds of scarecrows dressed in human clothes, arranged in rows across a remote field.
04:53Just imagine coming across this thing while driving and having no idea it was there.
04:57At first glance, the scarecrows resemble a motionless crowd of people, which can feel especially creepy in foggy weather or the dark.
05:04Visitors often describe the scene as if the figures are silently watching them, or perhaps waiting for something unknown.
05:10Number 45, Tol Slang, Cambodia.
05:14Painful reminders of Cambodia's genocide during the late 1970s are not hard to find in the country's capital.
05:21Here in Phnom Penh, one of the most heinous crimes perpetrated by the Khmer Rouge regime is on display.
05:27Nestled inside Phnom Penh is the Tol Slang Museum, or as it was once called, Security Prison 21.
05:32Once a secondary school, the building was converted into a detention center under the Khmer Rouge regime in the mid-1970s.
05:39Between 1975 and 1979, thousands of men, women, and children were imprisoned here,
05:45and the building now stands as a sober reminder of the country's dark past.
05:48The rooms still bear the likes of iron bed frames, shackles, and even bloodstains, and the walls are lined with chilling photographs of past prisoners,
05:57their expressions ranging from abject fear to reluctant resignation.
06:01Walking its sordid halls is an experience unlike any other.
06:04Classrooms were turned into cells in Tol Slang Prison.
06:09The Memory and Justice Center estimates more than 18,000 people were killed over the period of four years.
06:16Many of them appearing in these photographs are still documented as missing.
06:20Number 44, Whittier, Alaska, the United States of America.
06:24We are in the Whittier Community School.
06:27It is connected by an underground tunnel to the building that we all live in.
06:32Wandering into the Alaskan town of Whittier is like wandering into another dimension.
06:37Found nearly 60 miles southeast of Anchorage, Whittier feels insanely creepy because almost the entire population lives inside a single building,
06:45the Bagich Towers, a stark concrete structure that looms over the otherwise desolate town.
06:49Inside the towers, residents share not only apartments, but essentials like a grocery store and post office,
06:55creating an uncanny all-in-one environment that may come across as unsettling to outsiders.
07:00And, surrounded by foggy mountains and accessible by just one tunnel,
07:04the dark and isolated setting only adds to its eerie atmosphere.
07:08The empty streets and looming presence of one singular building where everyone lives can feel like something out of a nightmare.
07:14You know, the tunnel creates its own sort of isolation in that it closes every night at 10.30.
07:20Trying to explain to visitors or people who aren't from there, like, no, we really have to go.
07:28If we don't go, we're not going to get into Whittier right now.
07:31Like, we need to go.
07:35It is an interesting, strange place to live, but it's also full of love and full of adventure and some really cool people.
07:43Number 43, Eastern State Penitentiary, the United States of America.
07:48Well, there was two. There was a metal door on the inside and a wooden door on the outside.
07:52So the metal door would have swung closed, and the sliding wooden door keeps them from talking across the hall.
07:58That would drive you insane. That would make you go crazy.
08:01That's what happened.
08:02There's nothing like a giant, rotting prison to get the blood pumping.
08:06Opened in 1829, the famous Philadelphia prison was one of the first to use solitary confinement as punishment,
08:12leaving behind stories of suffering and psychological torment.
08:15Naturally, this has led to its now-famous reputation as a haunted prison.
08:19But even if you don't believe in ghosts, there's still plenty to find spooky about Eastern State.
08:24The imposing stone walls, crumbling cell blocks, and rusting iron doors create a palpably eerie feeling,
08:30and visitors are often left unsettled by its long and silent corridors.
08:34It's one thing to see it on TV.
08:36It's something else to walk through its hallowed and probably haunted halls.
08:40Eastern State stands as a decayed relic of a barbaric past.
08:44Eastern State's often known as the world's first true penitentiary,
08:48and what that means is a building designed to inspire regret.
08:52And a big part of how the prison officials did that was, again, through architecture.
08:57The outside of the building resembles a gothic castle.
09:00It's scary. It's intimidating.
09:03Number 42. Skull Tower, Serbia.
09:05No.
09:08That girl is not ready to become no one.
09:17But she's ready to become someone else.
09:19You know those giant pillars of faces in Game of Thrones?
09:22Well, that's kind of a real thing.
09:24We're talking about Serbia's Celekula, or Skull Tower.
09:27Constructed in 1809 by the Ottoman Empire after the Battle of Cegar,
09:31the tower was made with the skulls of Serbian rebels who died in the skirmish.
09:36952 skulls were originally embedded into the structure's walls
09:39as a brutal warning to discourage further uprisings.
09:42Today, only about 50 skulls remain,
09:44but they still have the power to provoke complete and utter fear.
09:47The sight of real human remains stacked together in a giant wall is obviously unsettling.
09:52But beyond its physical appearance,
09:54the tower serves as a chilling symbol of conquest.
09:57Yeah, it's pretty darn creepy.
09:58Number 41.
09:59Edinburgh Castle, Scotland
10:01Take a trip over to Europe,
10:18and you'll find buildings older than some countries.
10:20That is certainly the case with Edinburgh Castle,
10:23which dates back to the 11th century.
10:25The fortress has witnessed centuries of bloodshed and executions.
10:28And prisoners were once held in its dank dungeons,
10:31where cramped cells and iron chains left lasting marks.
10:34And maybe some ghosts.
10:35The castle is world-renowned for its ghost haunts and historic tours,
10:39with tales of violence abounding.
10:41But even ignoring its dark history,
10:43Edinburgh Castle is an imposing beast.
10:45A dark stone fortress perched mightily atop Castle Rock,
10:48and overlooking the ancient city that it protects.
10:51It's just begging you to attack it.
10:53No matter where you are in Edinburgh, there's the castle.
10:56You know, you can see it as you're sort of walking in between the neighbourhoods,
10:59and between the streets, and between the buildings.
11:02You know, you see it sort of, almost sort of following you around.
11:05Number 40.
11:06The Amazon Rainforest, South America.
11:09Except for the snaking waters of the Las Piedras River,
11:13these rainforest treetops stretch unbroken for hundreds of miles.
11:17If you want to experience true wilderness,
11:19look no further than the Amazon Rainforest,
11:22an endless expanse of trees and rivers.
11:24It reminds us of a bygone era.
11:26The towering trees are incredibly dense,
11:28and often to the point of blocking out sunlight and creating an oppressive atmosphere.
11:32It's also alive with constant sounds,
11:35whether it's distant animals, buzzing insects,
11:37and rustles from its countless venomous and dangerous inhabitants.
11:40The unknown plays a large role too.
11:43Scientists estimate that millions of species remain undiscovered
11:46within its borders, and entire regions are still unexplored.
11:50Add in the legends of lost civilizations and spirits,
11:53and you've got one seriously otherworldly place,
11:55and you thought the woods next to your house were creepy.
11:58The clock is ticking for those mysteries that still remain hidden within the trees,
12:03because such wild places could soon be worlds of fiction.
12:09Number 39.
12:10Area 51.
12:11The United States of America.
12:13Groom Lake is the Area 51 region in Nevada.
12:16When Area 51 was just bare bones,
12:19they took the craft and the aliens out to that location in the middle of the Nevada desert,
12:24because it was so remote.
12:25Countless myths, stories, legends, tales, whatever you want to call them,
12:29have been made about Area 51.
12:31The alien capital of America,
12:33the secret base is said to be closely associated with ufology,
12:37either housing aliens, conducting otherworldly experiments,
12:40reverse engineering UFOs, or whatever else.
12:43But even without the folklore, Area 51 is one creepy place.
12:47Such is often the case with restricted areas and forbidden access.
12:50Deeply hidden in the Nevada desert,
12:52surrounded by threatening signs and armed patrols,
12:55and with its secret operations being strictly classified and hidden from public view,
12:59Area 51 fuels the imagination like no other place on Earth.
13:03Now, while you were working there, did you ever see anything weird up in the sky?
13:08Oh, absolutely.
13:09Planes that no one else has ever seen.
13:11They had no wings, just flying bathtub.
13:13You see something like that, it looks just like flying saucers.
13:16Number 38.
13:17The Black Forest, Germany.
13:18Dense evergreen forests.
13:20Over 6,000 kilometers of natural landscapes and picturesque villages.
13:25Welcome to the Black Forest of Germany.
13:27Schwarzwald, or the Black Forest, has long been renowned for its eerie, almost otherworldly atmosphere.
13:33Its dense canopy of towering evergreens blocks much of the sunlight,
13:37leaving the forest floor in deep shadows even at high noon.
13:40Mist often lingers between the trees, adding a beautiful but undeniably mystical quality.
13:45Local folklore only amplifies this feeling.
13:48Centuries of German fairy tales place witches and monsters within its trees,
13:51and the scattered, abandoned medieval settlements give off a bygone storybook atmosphere,
13:55like the characters could have lived there at one point in time.
13:58This mixture of natural gloom and mythic storytelling makes the Black Forest a place
14:02where the boundary between reality and legend constantly feels blurred.
14:06Don't explore it alone.
14:08I'll be the witch of the wood.
14:10Liar.
14:10Liar.
14:11I am.
14:12Less not to a mercy.
14:14I am that very witch.
14:16When I sleep, my spirit slips away from my body and dances naked with the devil.
14:22Number 37.
14:23North Sentinel Island.
14:24The Bay of Bengal.
14:26Various tribal groups of Andamanese on the islands.
14:30The Sentinelese.
14:32They're the last ones who resist contact.
14:35Nestled in the Bay of Bengal is North Sentinel Island,
14:38which is one of the last places on Earth untouched by modern civilization.
14:42The island is home to the Sentinelese,
14:44a voluntarily isolated tribe that has resisted all outside contact for centuries.
14:49Attempts to approach are met with fierce hostility,
14:51with arrows and spears often shot at outsiders and their vehicles.
14:54People have actually died attempting to contact this tribe and reach the island's prohibited shores.
14:59And as almost nothing is known about the tribe's language or culture,
15:02the mystery only deepens.
15:04It is a forbidden place where humanity's ancient past still thrives,
15:08untouched and fiercely protected.
15:10An American man has been killed by members of a protected tribe in the Andaman Islands.
15:15John Allen Chow was a Christian missionary.
15:17He was killed with bows and arrows and his body left on the beach.
15:20Number 36, Yultyn, Russia.
15:23It's amazing how fast a city's fortunes can turn.
15:26In 1989, Yultyn, near the northeastern peak of Russia,
15:29was a mining hub housing over 5,000 people.
15:32By 1995, it was a ghost town.
15:34Yultyn was liquidated shortly after the dissolution of the Soviet Union,
15:38and its residents abandoned the settlement almost overnight,
15:41leaving behind schools, apartments, machinery, and personal belongings literally frozen in time.
15:46The isolation, combined with the crumbling Soviet-era architecture and snow-covered ruins,
15:51creates a post-apocalyptic atmosphere you have to see to believe.
15:55There were even reports that the town's utilities were shut off
15:58before all of the residents could move out,
16:00leaving them stranded in the harsh Arctic tundra.
16:02Number 35, The Kola Superdeep Borehole, Russia.
16:06The Borehole beat the world record in 1979.
16:09It was almost 40,000 feet below the surface,
16:12which is an amazingly deep distance when you think about it.
16:15The Marianas Trench, which is the deepest place in the ocean,
16:18is not even near that deep.
16:20What is the Kola Superdeep Borehole, you may ask?
16:24Well, it's a hole.
16:25It's super deep, and it's in Russia.
16:27Back in the 1970s, the Soviet Union thought,
16:29how deep into the Earth can we drill?
16:31And conducted the experiment.
16:33By 1989, they had gone over 40,000 feet into the planet's crust,
16:37making the deepest human-made hole ever made.
16:40It's freaky more in theory than practice.
16:42Knowing that there's a hole that goes 40,000 feet down
16:46is just brain-breaking.
16:47That's airplane cruising altitude.
16:49That's 11,000 feet more than Mount Everest.
16:52That's 15 Burj Khalifas.
16:53Even the site itself is quite creepy these days.
16:56While the hole has been welded shut,
16:57the surrounding building has fallen into significant disrepair.
17:00Concrete buildings lay derelict with twisted wreckage,
17:05smashed, and scattered equipment.
17:09And at the center of it,
17:11one building looks like it's been ripped apart.
17:15Number 34, Lake Lanier, the United States of America.
17:18Even though there's a lot of people around,
17:20there was just some strange vibe about the lake.
17:22I feel it's a majestic body of water.
17:26But you can't deny that there's something odd about Lake Lanier.
17:31On the surface, Georgia's Lake Lanier is just another body of water.
17:34But look a little deeper, literally,
17:36and you'll see something truly creepy.
17:38Before the 1950s,
17:39the surrounding area was just everyday farmland
17:42and housed multiple small towns, including Oscarville.
17:44But the rapid growth of nearby Atlanta necessitated more water,
17:47so the Army Corps constructed Lake Lanier.
17:50In the process,
17:50they evacuated and then completely flooded these small towns,
17:53and without demolishing them first.
17:56So laying underneath the surface of the water
17:58are the skeletal remains of homes, roads, and businesses.
18:02Many locals now believe that Lanier is haunted,
18:04the ghostly hands pulling swimmers down to join their watery graves.
18:08Also beneath the surface,
18:10old homes, barns, even a racetrack,
18:12which famously surfaced during the 2007 drought.
18:16You could see the tops of the stands,
18:18a haunted memory,
18:19waiting for spectators to show up for the next race.
18:22Number 33, Weston State Hospital,
18:25the United States of America.
18:27Wow, the grand old dame still stands.
18:32So are you ready to go inside?
18:34It's going to be very emotional to do this.
18:38Drive through central West Virginia,
18:40and you won't find much of note.
18:42But nestled within the endless trees is the small town of Weston.
18:45And there, you will find one of the most gorgeous buildings in America.
18:49Also one of the scariest.
18:50It's Weston State Hospital,
18:52which housed patients for over a century between 1864 and 1994.
18:56The building's old Gothic architecture is incredibly imposing,
19:00striking both awe and fear before you even step foot through its doors.
19:04The place also has a dark history of mental health treatment,
19:07including overcrowding, filthy conditions, and electroshock therapy,
19:11contributing to its reputation as one of America's most haunted buildings.
19:14Since closing in 1994, much of the hospital has fallen into significant disrepair,
19:19further contributing to its ghostly aura.
19:22Can you show yourself one more time?
19:29Did I just see you up here?
19:32Were you at the end of this hallway right here?
19:34Number 32, Auschwitz, Poland.
19:36Today I'm in Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest Nazi extermination camp.
19:41Between 1940 and 1945, at least 1.1 million people were murdered here.
19:47The scale of suffering and death that occurred at Auschwitz is just unimaginable.
19:52With about 1 million people murdered there,
19:54the aura of misery within its walls is palpable.
19:57But even if you had no idea of the camp's history,
20:00you would still find this place more than a little off.
20:02The camp's physical structures are cold and utilitarian.
20:05It is hauntingly quiet, and the likes of barbed wire,
20:08barracks, and watchtowers give off a clear prison-like atmosphere.
20:12And of course, there are the human artifacts left behind,
20:15including the likes of shoes, glasses, and suitcases with names still written on them,
20:19their owners long gone.
20:21Auschwitz is simultaneously an ordinary set of buildings,
20:24and one of the most horrifying places in human history.
20:27The gas chamber in the main camp is still preserved.
20:35It's unimaginable.
20:39Here, in this room, thousands of people suffocated in agony.
20:44Number 31, The Death Zone, Mount Everest.
20:47You can get retinal hemorrhages, you can have mini strokes,
20:51cerebral edema, and pulmonary edema,
20:53where you have fluid leaking into your lungs and slowly, effectively drowning you.
20:58The Death Zone refers to the areas of a mountain that go above 8,000 meters or 26,200 feet.
21:04At those altitudes, a sense of severe isolation begins to set in.
21:08Oxygen deprivation causes disorientation and hallucinations,
21:12and many climbers report feeling a surreal, almost dreamlike atmosphere in an alien landscape.
21:17That's scary enough, but Everest's Death Zone has multiple meanings.
21:21You see, climbers who have died in the Death Zone remain there to this day,
21:24as rescue in those horrid conditions is extremely difficult and dangerous.
21:28As such, they still litter the path up,
21:30their frozen corpses and bright fluorescent clothing often serving as waypoints for other climbers.
21:36Because of the effects of global warming,
21:38the bodies are becoming more visible as the snow cover thins.
21:42This trip, we brought back 11,000 kilograms of trash and five bodies.
21:48Number 30, The Overton Bridge, Scotland.
21:51It's hard to believe that such a beautiful location could have such a dark history.
21:55Completed in the mid-1890s,
21:57the Overton Bridge in Weston-Bartonshire, Scotland operated smoothly for decades,
22:02until a strange phenomenon started occurring.
22:04Several dogs began leaping from the structure to their own demise,
22:08which eventually earned it the nickname the Bridge of Death.
22:11It was a normal Sunday afternoon, beautiful day,
22:14and it just leapt right over the bridge.
22:15One occurrence is tragic enough,
22:18but theories started flying once the incidents became semi-regular.
22:22Some locals speculate that the scents of nearby animals may be luring the canines to jump,
22:26while others believe that something more supernatural is at play.
22:30Regardless of the cause,
22:31we recommend keeping your pooch on a short leash if you choose to walk this path.
22:35According to some reports,
22:37over 50 dogs in 50 years have jumped from the side of the Overton Bridge.
22:42Number 29, The Hanging Coffins, The Philippines.
22:45Hanging coffins is a traditional way of burial here in Sagada.
22:52It's been practiced for about 400 to 500 years.
22:56Burial practices vary widely across societies all over the globe.
23:00While some choose to bury or cremate their dead,
23:02others embrace more unconventional methods.
23:05The rituals in Sagada, Philippines have been taking place for thousands of years.
23:09Elderly members carve out their coffins,
23:11and when they pass,
23:12they're added to a rock wall filled with other suspended sarcophagi.
23:15Apart from protecting the living,
23:17it is also believed that the vertical burial
23:19brings the dead closer to their ancestral spirits in heaven
23:23and makes them one with nature.
23:25The result is visually unsettling yet breathtaking,
23:28serving as a poignant reminder of the brevity of life
23:31and how one can be celebrated even after dying.
23:34While this practice isn't carried out for everyone,
23:36it remains a staple in the culture.
23:38It's undeniably unique,
23:40but it's still chilling to see an individual's final resting place
23:43in such a precarious position.
23:46Number 28, El Caminito del Rey, Spain.
23:49The world's most dangerous path.
23:51The world's most treacherous.
23:52The world's most deadly.
23:53This is perfect for the adrenaline junkies in your life.
23:56Hiking is a physically strenuous activity,
23:59even on the most well-preserved trails.
24:01Things get even harder when the walkway is crumbling to pieces.
24:04El Caminito del Rey,
24:06a passage along the side of a gorge in Malaga, Spain,
24:09was built in the 1900s
24:11and began to fall apart less than a century later.
24:14But that did not deter adventurers from attempting to cross it.
24:17Some sections had completely broken off,
24:19causing hikers to jump over large gaps.
24:22The trail was so dangerous that several deaths occurred over time.
24:25While it has since reopened with new safety measures,
24:28we still wouldn't recommend this trek,
24:30especially if you're scared of heights.
24:32Just when you think it can't get any scarier,
24:35at the highest point of the trail,
24:37there's a glass-bottomed viewing platform.
24:39Number 27.
24:41Christ of the Abyss, Italy.
24:43There are a few different versions of this sculpture around the globe,
24:46but for this list,
24:47we're focusing on the Italian original.
24:49The statue was sculpted by Guido Galletti
24:51and placed in the Mediterranean Sea in 1954,
24:55where it has since become a popular attraction
24:57for both sightseers and divers.
24:59The piece depicts Jesus Christ with his hands lifted up in a sign of peace.
25:03While it's undeniably beautiful,
25:05there's also something haunting about it.
25:07The effect is heightened by its unusual placement underwater,
25:10as well as its proximity to the location
25:12where an Italian diver had unfortunately drowned.
25:15The fact that it can be viewed in reverence or discomfort
25:18is proof of how effective the art is.
25:21Number 26.
25:22Bangar Fort, India.
25:23There are plenty of fables behind the older sites found on Earth,
25:27and this is no exception.
25:29So there are branches that shake,
25:30there are leaves that rustle,
25:31and it definitely creates a very spooky kind of a voice.
25:35Bangar Fort was constructed in 1573
25:37and had a small town within it.
25:40Even today,
25:41there are still remnants of temples and palaces within its walls.
25:44There are several legends behind this fort
25:46and how it came to fall.
25:48One tells the tale of a holy man
25:49who believed his home should be the tallest,
25:51lest it lead to the village's destruction.
25:53Another suggests a priest used black magic to curse the town
25:57after a princess accidentally killed him
25:59while denying his advances.
26:00Things didn't work out,
26:02and then there was a curse
26:03that the tantric actually put on the people there,
26:06and he ensured that that place gets into ruins.
26:10While these stories obviously have not been corroborated,
26:13they're still the closest thing to an explanation
26:15as to how this formidable citadel fell.
26:18Number 25.
26:19Hoya Bacu Forest, Romania.
26:21As if Transylvania wasn't frightening enough already.
26:24Besides being the home of some iconic fictional monsters,
26:27it's also home to the very real Hoya Bacu Forest.
26:30We went there,
26:31and there was a little circle in the middle of the forest
26:34where no vegetation grows, no trees,
26:37and that circle is said to be a portal to the spirit world.
26:41It's considered to be the world's most haunted woodland,
26:44which has only added to its creepy allure over the years.
26:47With the eerie, almost unnatural curved trees and general ominous vibe,
26:51it's no wonder it's gotten such an intense reputation.
26:54Some visitors have reported experiencing strange symptoms after visiting,
26:58including nausea and paranoia.
27:00While there isn't any concrete evidence of ghosts in the area,
27:03that hasn't affected its standing among lovers of the paranormal.
27:06You can hear like a...
27:08There's like a sub-frequency noise.
27:11I hear this with my own ears, and I'm just paralyzed.
27:14I'm staring in the woods.
27:16I don't know what's going on.
27:17The woods are so visually strange that you'll feel uncomfortable
27:20even if you don't see any specter.
27:23Number 24.
27:25The Catacombs of Paris, France.
27:27Just below the surface of the City of Light lurks a mysterious darkness.
27:31Much like Sagada in the Philippines,
27:34Paris also had an unorthodox way of honoring their dead.
27:37The massive underground ossuary known as the Catacombs extends across the city
27:41and houses the remains of over 6 million people.
27:44It was created to store those who couldn't fit in cemeteries,
27:47preserving them in a striking yet unnerving manner.
27:50In the Parisian Catacombs, very often bones have been rearranged,
27:54made into even sculptural sort of forms.
27:58In many ways, this conflicts with that Christian idea of keeping the body together.
28:02Here, the remains of all, from commoners to aristocrats, were laid to rest.
28:06Originally a place for novelty shows,
28:08it eventually morphed into the macabre attraction it is today.
28:12The renovator spared no effort in maximizing the creep factor
28:15with menacing signs and a room full of deformed skulls.
28:19Everything about this landmark makes for a stomach-turning tour that you'll never forget.
28:24Number 23.
28:25The Cecil Hotel, USA
28:27The Cecil was a very deceiving hotel.
28:31There's a lot of beauty to it, but it was the complete opposite.
28:35It's the Heartbreak Hotel, but not because relationships have ended here.
28:39Now known as Stay on Main,
28:41this once lavish location became the source of countless catastrophes
28:44throughout the 20th and 21st centuries.
28:47Within its walls, several lives have been ended,
28:50which have overshadowed any potential positive aspects.
28:53Even more, some notorious serial killers, including Richard Ramirez,
28:57once made the establishment their temporary residence.
29:00Among the most recent tragedies was the 2013 case of Elisa Lam,
29:04a young woman who mysteriously died shortly after she was filmed in the hotel's elevator.
29:08She exits to the left of the elevator, and then all of a sudden she's gone.
29:14It was later converted into low-income housing, but it remained plagued by various issues.
29:19As of 2024, the property is up for sale, and it's unsure what its future will hold.
29:25For some reason, that hotel had some extra bit of insanity going on within those walls.
29:31Number 22.
29:32The Tower of London, England
29:34For almost a thousand years, this revered landmark has been at the center of the grand drama
29:39that is English history.
29:41Not only is it one of the oldest buildings in England,
29:43it's also supposedly one of the most haunted.
29:46Erected in 1066, the Tower of London initially started as a symbol of an oppressive government.
29:52It underwent various transformations over the years,
29:55with the most famous iteration being a prison and execution chamber.
29:58The Tower was witness to bloody deeds, terrible torment, and unbearable suffering.
30:04One of the most ghastly incidents was the alleged murder of two young princes.
30:09This, along with other unsavory happenings,
30:11helped shape its reputation among locals and visitors.
30:14It's said that these victims, along with other famous historical figures,
30:18haunt it to this day.
30:19While there is no official evidence,
30:22numerous first-hand accounts from both employees and tourists describe ghostly activity.
30:27As the ancient stage for dramas of cruelty, ambition, and revenge,
30:32the Tower is said to be the most haunted castle in England.
30:36Number 21.
30:38The Hill of Crosses, Lithuania
30:40While it's intended to be a place of remembrance,
30:43its disturbing nature and the sheer amount of offerings
30:46have made it into an unintentionally terrifying place.
30:48The tradition of leaving crosses began in 1831,
30:52to commemorate those who had fallen in a rebellion against Russia.
30:55This field, located in Lithuania,
30:57is filled with crosses and other Catholic memorabilia.
31:01The exact amount of effigies isn't known,
31:03but the number exceeded 100,000 in 2006,
31:06so you can only imagine how many more there are now.
31:09The site was nearly destroyed during Soviet occupation by the KGB,
31:13who deemed it a contradiction to their beliefs.
31:15Despite their efforts, the site endured,
31:18serving not only as a religious and political piece,
31:20but also as a reminder of the indomitable human spirit.
31:24Number 20.
31:25The Edinburgh Vaults, Scotland
31:27Inside the arches of South Bridge,
31:30built across a valley in Scotland's capital city in the 1780s,
31:33are dark, damp chambers, once used as taverns,
31:37workshops, and storage spaces for the business above.
31:39However, once the businesses left,
31:42Edinburgh's poorest residents moved into the vaults,
31:45and they became dens of illegal activity,
31:48even being used by body snatchers.
31:50Eventually, the vaults were closed down
31:52and forgotten about for over a century.
31:54Today, organized tours take visitors through the chambers,
31:58but they should still beware the malevolent spirits
32:00that supposedly roam the halls.
32:02Number 19.
32:04The Great Blue Hole, Belize
32:06Belize's Great Blue Hole isn't the only marine sinkhole in the world,
32:10but it is the largest, at 1,000 feet wide and over 400 feet deep.
32:16Several divers have become lost and died inside it.
32:20In fact, a 2019 expedition to the bottom
32:23discovered two bodies of long-lost divers.
32:25Not only is the hole dangerous to inexperienced divers,
32:29but also to the sea life around it.
32:31The bottom is so full of hydrogen sulfide
32:34that life can't survive inside for long.
32:37Unfortunately, many reef-dwelling crabs learned that lesson firsthand.
32:42Number 18.
32:43Montpellier Hill, also known as the Hellfire Club, Ireland
32:47A sinister, derelict building stands at the top of Montpellier Hill
32:51near Dublin, Ireland.
32:53This foreboding location was once the hunting lodge home
32:56to one branch of the infamous Hellfire Club.
32:59Hellfire Clubs existed across the British Isles
33:01as bases for societal elites in the 1700s
33:05to engage in all kinds of debauched
33:07and potentially even violent practices.
33:10The organization remains somewhat mysterious to this day
33:13thanks to the secrecy surrounding it.
33:15So it's not clear exactly what happened during its meetings.
33:17But while we don't know whether the darkest tales
33:20of horrifying rituals are true or not,
33:23it's been said that this Hellfire Club spot
33:25supposedly hosts a number of spirits.
33:28Number 17.
33:30Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary, USA
33:32For 30 years, Alcatraz was an ominous presence
33:37on a lonely island in the middle of the San Francisco Bay.
33:40Since it was in a relatively isolated position,
33:42it was frequently cited as totally inescapable.
33:45Is it true no one's ever bussed out of here?
33:49That's all they're telling me.
33:51And although three people notably did escape in 1962,
33:55they were never seen again after leaving the island.
33:58After squeezing through this cement wall,
34:00they climbed up a network of pipes and plumbing
34:03before they made it here to the roof.
34:06Even while it was still in use,
34:08Alcatraz was a dangerous, decaying place.
34:11Its prisoners were often mistreated
34:12since it was designed to feel as hostile as possible.
34:15Though it's been shuttered for far longer
34:17than it was ever in operation,
34:19that hostile atmosphere persists.
34:21Today, you can tour the prison
34:23and experience its horrors,
34:25and many alleged ghosts, for yourself.
34:27Dammit, Mars, I said...
34:29Jesus Christ!
34:35Number 16.
34:36Loftus Hall, Ireland
34:38It's been named the most haunted house in Ireland
34:41for a scarily good reason.
34:43Located in County Wexford,
34:45its most famous ghost story involves
34:47a visit from the devil himself.
34:49He apparently arrived one evening to play cards
34:51until his identity was revealed.
34:53The dark stranger had kicked off his shoes,
34:56and instead of regular feet there,
34:58he had cloven hooves.
34:59Satan supposedly flew up through the ceiling
35:01and left a hole that remains today.
35:04For about a decade,
35:05Loftus Hall was open to brave souls
35:07who wanted to go on a ghost tour.
35:09There were even overnight stays offered
35:11for anybody desperate enough to test their mettle.
35:14In 2020,
35:16it was put on sale for a hefty sum
35:18of around $3 million.
35:20Now, it waits for a new owner
35:22to purchase its hallowed halls.
35:24Number 15.
35:25Hauschka Castle, the Czech Republic
35:27This creepy castle has long been rumored
35:30to be built over an actual entrance to hell.
35:33Naturally, this has given the castle
35:35a nearly unmatched reputation
35:36for supernatural entities.
35:38You'll find it just outside Prague,
35:40open to all visitors brave enough to enter.
35:42It was built around 800 years ago,
35:45and has been home to many royals
35:47and nobles over the centuries.
35:48The so-called gateway to hell
35:50is an enormous, supposedly bottomless pit
35:53that the castle was constructed over the top of.
35:56The pit was deemed so horrific
35:57that, according to legends,
35:59prisoners were sent to investigate it
36:01and returned with stories of indescribable horrors.
36:05Number 14.
36:06The Stanley Hotel, USA
36:08Master of horror Stephen King
36:10stayed in this hotel in 1974
36:12when he and his wife were the only guests
36:15in the entire place.
36:16This spooky atmosphere served
36:18as the inspiration for The Shining,
36:20the novel that was later adapted to film
36:22and became one of Stanley Kubrick's scariest movies.
36:26I want you to like it here.
36:32I wish we could stay here forever.
36:36Ever.
36:37Just knowing that the Stanley
36:38was the inspiration behind the Overlook Hotel
36:40will send a chill down your spine.
36:42Located in the Rocky Mountains in Colorado,
36:44the hotel is supposedly haunted
36:46by numerous ghosts.
36:57It's become a prime destination
36:59for paranormal tourism
37:00since the book was released.
37:02Stay the night at the Stanley,
37:03if you dare.
37:04Is this a haunted hotel?
37:06I do think it's very active.
37:08Everyone has their own experiences,
37:10but you'll have to come here
37:12to experience it for yourself.
37:14Number 13.
37:15Poveglia Island, Italy
37:16Known as one of the most haunted spots in Europe,
37:19Poveglia Island has a long and gruesome history
37:22that dates back centuries.
37:24It first began to gain its reputation
37:26in the late 18th century
37:27when it was used to quarantine victims
37:29of various diseases.
37:30It's reported that over 100,000 people passed away
37:34and were buried and or cremated on the island.
37:37To make matters creepier,
37:39an asylum was constructed there
37:40in the 20th century.
37:42While Poveglia is close to visitors today,
37:45the derelict asylum still stands.
37:47The Venetian government has been looking
37:49for someone to redevelop it,
37:50but nobody has yet been bold enough
37:52to sign the lease.
37:54Number 12.
37:55Bran Castle, Romania
37:56Long before the Stanley Hotel
37:59inspired a horror legend,
38:01Bran Castle may have inspired
38:03another scary icon.
38:09Located in Transylvania, Romania,
38:11Bran Castle has built an entire business
38:13around the claim that it was the basis
38:15of Bram Stoker's Dracula.
38:17While there isn't actually much evidence for this,
38:19or the claim that Vlad the Impaler stayed there,
38:21it still can be a terrifying destination.
38:26Many deaths occurred within the castle walls
38:30due to its use as a hospital
38:31in the Second World War.
38:33Whether you believe Bran Castle
38:34was the true home of Count Dracula or not,
38:37it's still an impressive and intimidating fortress
38:40right in the heart of vampire country.
38:43Number 11.
38:44Sedlet's Ossuary, the Czech Republic
38:46On the outside,
38:47the Czech Republic's Cemetery of All Saints
38:49seems like any other quaint small-town cemetery.
38:52But underneath,
38:52it looks like a serial killer's lair.
38:54In a small town outside Prague,
38:57there is a church adorned with the skeletons
38:58of at least 40,000 people.
39:01Assembled in the 1800s,
39:02each bone was stacked by a single woodcarver.
39:05The bones are of people
39:06who wanted to be buried on holy land,
39:08and this peaceful chapel
39:10is their final resting place.
39:12The Sedlet's Ossuary
39:13is located below the Cemetery of All Saints
39:15in Sedlet's Czech Republic,
39:17and it contains the skeletons
39:18of up to 70,000 people.
39:20The bones are artistically arranged
39:22to form various attractions and furnishings,
39:25including a chandelier
39:26composed of every bone in the human body.
39:29The area has been a desirable burial site
39:31since the 13th century,
39:32and it contains many victims
39:34of the Black Death and Hussite Wars.
39:36These bones had to go somewhere,
39:38and so the people doing the work
39:40started stacking them
39:41in the basement in this chapel.
39:43And here they stayed
39:45for nearly half a millennium.
39:47The Ossuary itself
39:48was built around 1400
39:49to house the bones of those
39:50buried on the property
39:51in mass graves.
39:53Number 10.
39:54Aokigahara Forest, Japan.
39:56This woodland in Japan
39:58has an extremely distressing reputation.
40:00It's widely known as a place
40:02where people frequently
40:03take their own lives.
40:11In an attempt to combat
40:12this disturbing trend,
40:13the local authorities
40:14have put up messages
40:15encouraging people to think again
40:17about what they intend to do.
40:19Dozens of people each year
40:20sadly lose their lives
40:22when they journey into these woods.
40:23However,
40:24it's never been entirely clear
40:26why the forest
40:26has seen so much tragedy.
40:32Many people believe
40:38that it may have roots
40:39in Japanese folklore.
40:41While the forest itself
40:42is beautiful,
40:43the history of what's happened there
40:45is decidedly dark.
40:47Number 9.
40:48Chillingham Castle, England.
40:50The suitably named
40:51Chillingham Castle
40:52is certainly chilling all right.
40:53Is it haunted?
40:54I've heard that it's haunted.
40:56I mean, the whole castle
40:57is wonderfully haunted,
40:58and we're very happy with it,
41:00and they're happy with us.
41:02So you're not at all bothered
41:03by the ghosts,
41:03supposed ghosts that are here?
41:05Um, they're not supposed,
41:07they're all for real.
41:08Located in northern Northumberland,
41:10this medieval castle
41:10dates back to the 12th century,
41:12when it served as a monastery.
41:14It was even visited
41:15by King Edward I of England
41:17in the late 13th century,
41:18when he was traveling
41:19to fight William Wallace.
41:21It's said to be
41:21the most haunted castle
41:22in all of Britain,
41:24known primarily
41:25for its resident Blue Boy.
41:26Am I right in saying this,
41:28that he was supposed
41:28to be buried alive in the walls?
41:31Guests would supposedly
41:32hear a loud wailing noise
41:33and witness a blue halo
41:35floating above their beds.
41:37However,
41:37the hauntings
41:38have reportedly stopped
41:39after renovation work
41:41uncovered the bones
41:41of a young boy
41:42buried within the walls.
41:43I'm behind the wall!
41:46That man who's locked here with me!
41:49Who's locked here with me!
41:51I didn't want him here!
41:53Number 8.
41:54Snake Island, Brazil
41:55You can probably guess
41:57what occupies Snake Island.
41:59Ilha da Quimara Grande
42:00is a small 106-acre island
42:03located off the
42:04southeastern corner of Brazil.
42:05It's inhabited by
42:06untold number of snakes,
42:08who became trapped on the island
42:09once rising sea levels
42:10cut it off from the mainland.
42:12It remains the only place
42:13on Earth
42:14to host the endangered
42:15Golden Lancehead,
42:16a highly venomous pit viper
42:18that devours birds.
42:19And when showers roll in,
42:21birds dive under
42:22the canopy of the forest
42:23looking for shelter.
42:25It's estimated
42:26that up to 4,000
42:27Golden Lanceheads
42:28reside on the island.
42:29Snake Island
42:30cannot be visited by citizens,
42:31both to protect
42:32the endangered snakes
42:33from prying eyes
42:34and the humans
42:35from becoming snake victims.
42:37The only people allowed there
42:38are select researchers
42:39and members
42:40of the Brazilian Navy.
42:42Number 7.
42:43Yungas Road, Bolivia
42:44Health and safety?
42:46Psh!
42:46Yungas Road is located
42:47in Bolivia,
42:48linking the city of La Paz
42:50to the greater Yungas region.
42:57Chillingly nicknamed
42:58the Road of Death,
42:59Yungas Road was famous
43:00for its complete lack
43:01of safety precautions.
43:03The road itself
43:04is very thin,
43:05which doesn't allow
43:06for many mistakes.
43:08There are no guardrails,
43:09the slopes are steep,
43:11and the area is regularly
43:12hit by heavy rain
43:13and fog cover,
43:14making travel
43:14an extremely dangerous expedition.
43:16A new road
43:20has been built
43:21for driving,
43:22but Yungas remains
43:22a popular tourist destination
43:24owing to its stellar
43:25mountain biking,
43:26even though 18 cyclists
43:28have died on the route
43:29since 1998.
43:30Every day it's different.
43:34We have rain,
43:37snow,
43:38sometimes all the stations
43:39in one single day.
43:41Number 6.
43:42Catacombe de Cappuccini,
43:44Italy
43:44Forget the Paris catacombs.
43:46These catacombs,
43:47located in Palermo, Sicily,
43:49originated in the 16th century
43:50when monks excavated crypts
43:52below the overpopulated
43:53Capuchin monastery.
43:54The crypt was created
43:55for the wealthiest priest
43:57by the archpriest
43:58of the time.
43:59That's him
44:00is Giovanni Scalenza,
44:03quite rich person,
44:04very important.
44:05It soon became
44:06a status symbol
44:07to be buried
44:07within the Capuchin catacombs,
44:09and it was maintained
44:09through donations
44:10paid by the rich relatives
44:11of the entombed.
44:13It's estimated
44:13that the catacombs
44:14contain 8,000 corpses
44:15and 1,252 mummies,
44:18all of which
44:19are visible to the public
44:20and even set
44:21in various poses.
44:22was sealed
44:23for eight months
44:24while the corpses drained.
44:27Then they were washed
44:28with vinegar
44:29and stuffed with straw.
44:31Finally,
44:32they were dressed
44:33in their clothes
44:34and placed
44:36in the corridors
44:37of the catacombs.
44:40Each of the bodies
44:40are categorized
44:41into different sections
44:42of the catacombs,
44:43including men,
44:44women, and children.
44:45The catacombs
44:46are also famous
44:47for hosting
44:47Rosalia Lombardo,
44:48a one-year-old child
44:49whose preserved body
44:50remains in exceptional
44:52condition.
44:52The catacombs
44:53received their most
44:54cherished saint
44:55in 1920
44:56when the body
44:58of a little girl
44:59was brought in
45:00by her family.
45:01She had been mummified
45:02by a secret process
45:04which to this day
45:05remains a mystery
45:06even to the
45:07Capuchin monks.
45:09Number 5.
45:10The Door to Hell
45:11Turkmenistan
45:12Turns out
45:13the Door to Hell exists
45:14and it's located
45:15in Turkmenistan.
45:16I was looking down
45:18I was looking around
45:19and it looked
45:21like a doorway
45:22to hell.
45:23The village of
45:24Dervaza is home
45:25to the Dervaza gas crater
45:26which was unintentionally
45:27created in 1971
45:29while Soviet engineers
45:30were drilling for oil.
45:32Fearing the release
45:32of dangerous methane gas
45:34the engineers decided
45:35to light the crater
45:35on fire in the hopes
45:36of burning off
45:37the methane.
45:38The crater has continued
45:39to burn throughout
45:40the decades
45:40and shows no signs
45:42of slowing down.
45:43So now in the middle
45:44of the Kerkum desert
45:45there is a 100 foot
45:46deep crater
45:47that is persistently
45:48on fire.
45:49Naturally the site
45:50is off limits
45:51to both tourists
45:52and almost all
45:53documentarians.
45:54You wouldn't want
45:55to get pulled
45:55into hell would you?
45:56Because if you're
45:57going to go dine
45:57with the devil
45:58you might as well
45:59make some s'mores too
46:01right?
46:02Number 4.
46:03Billetsheilstätten
46:04Germany
46:05Abandoned
46:06and deteriorating
46:07hospitals are inherently
46:08creepy places
46:09never mind one
46:10with such a rich
46:11and disturbing history.
46:12What is it exactly
46:13that you are looking for?
46:14I had a problem
46:18with my tooth.
46:20My tooth?
46:23Actually it's feeling
46:24much better
46:24if you could just
46:25point me in the
46:26direction of my room.
46:27Located in
46:28Billets, Germany
46:28this large hospital
46:30complex encompasses
46:31around 60 different
46:32buildings.
46:33The hospital was
46:33originally used
46:34as a tuberculosis
46:35sanatorium
46:35before it was
46:36converted to a war
46:37hospital.
46:38During World War I
46:39it housed injured
46:40soldiers of the
46:41Imperial German Army
46:42including Adolf Hitler
46:44after he was wounded
46:44at the Battle of the Somme.
46:46It was later occupied
46:47by the Red Army
46:48throughout World War II
46:49and remained a
46:50Soviet military hospital
46:51well into the 90s.
46:53Most of the complex
46:53is now a derelict
46:54ghost town
46:55having been completely
46:56abandoned in 1994.
46:58Do you know what the
46:59cure for the human
47:01condition is?
47:05Disease.
47:06Number 3.
47:07Centralia, USA
47:08Fifty years ago
47:10when coal was king
47:11Centralia, Pennsylvania
47:13was a boom town.
47:15People were optimistic
47:16jobs were plentiful
47:17and the future
47:18seemed bright.
47:19There's an area
47:20of Pennsylvania
47:20that has essentially
47:21been on fire
47:22since 1962.
47:24In the early 60s
47:25Centralia hosted roughly
47:261500 residents
47:28but the area
47:29suffered a horrific
47:29coal mine fire
47:30that is estimated
47:31to keep burning
47:32for another 250 years.
47:35Regardless of how
47:36it happened
47:36this fire quickly
47:37grew out of control.
47:39Remember this wasn't
47:39just a small shaft too.
47:41The coal mines in the area
47:42were all interconnected
47:43and it was an enormous
47:45labyrinth
47:46under the town of Centralia.
47:47The major detrimental
47:48effects weren't really
47:49known until 1981
47:51when a sinkhole
47:52randomly opened
47:53and nearly killed
47:54a 12-year-old boy.
47:55The government
47:55bought out most
47:56of the residents
47:57and had them relocated
47:58leaving just 63 people
48:00by 1990.
48:01Today the town hosts
48:03under a dozen citizens
48:04and various signs
48:05are littered
48:06throughout the area
48:06warning of sudden
48:07ground collapse
48:08and fatal levels
48:09of carbon monoxide.
48:11A graffiti highway
48:12that became a destination
48:13spot in the area
48:14has been paved over
48:15as of 2020.
48:17The former ruins
48:17of Highway 61 remain
48:19now known as
48:20the Graffiti Highway
48:21literally covered
48:23with spray paint
48:23dating back
48:24to the 70s
48:25and 80s.
48:26Number 2
48:27The Island of the Dolls
48:28Mexico
48:29Turns out there are
48:31many areas throughout
48:31the world populated
48:32by dolls.
48:33There's a village
48:34in Japan called Nagoro
48:35which has become
48:36a famous tourist
48:37attraction due to
48:37its countless
48:38life-size dolls.
48:39It takes two days
48:40to prepare and make
48:41each scarecrow
48:42and now there are
48:43350 of these mannequins
48:45way outnumbering
48:46the 10 villages
48:47left here.
48:48But perhaps the freakiest
48:50of all is Mexico City's
48:51La Isla de las Muñecas
48:53which is located
48:54in the canals
48:54of Xochimilco.
48:56The island contains
48:57hundreds of dolls
48:58most of which
48:59are hung from the trees.
49:00It looks like a scene
49:01from a horror movie.
49:03Hundreds of dolls
49:04strung up
49:05and hanging from trees.
49:06Legend states
49:07that the spirit
49:07of a young girl
49:08haunted the island
49:09forcing its owner
49:10to hang dolls
49:10from the trees
49:11to appease her ghost.
49:12He found the dolls
49:13in the canals
49:13and in the trash.
49:15He started hanging
49:16them up to protect him
49:17and to try to scare
49:18away the spirit
49:19of the girl.
49:20The owner passed away
49:20in 2001
49:21and the island
49:22became a popular
49:23tourist destination
49:24even though some locals
49:25refused to go there
49:26owing to superstition.
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49:44Number 1
49:45Pripyat, Ukraine
49:46Now here's a ghost town.
50:09Pripyat is what was called
50:10a nuclear city
50:10housing the employees
50:12of the nearby
50:12Chernobyl nuclear power plant.
50:14It was the home
50:15of thousands
50:16of citizens
50:16until the power plant
50:18famously exploded
50:19on the morning
50:19of April 26th 1986
50:21spreading an unbelievable
50:23amount of radiation
50:24into the area
50:25including Pripyat.
50:26The town was not
50:44immediately evacuated
50:46despite dozens of people
50:47falling ill
50:48and showing signs
50:49of acute radiation sickness.
50:50The evacuation
50:51was finally ordered
50:5236 hours after the blast
50:54and the city remains
50:55abandoned for long-term
50:56residents.
50:57Although governmental
50:57authorities still did
50:59work in the area
50:59and there is now
51:01limited tourism.
51:02It's now part of the
51:03wider Chernobyl exclusion zone.
51:05Evidence in the form
51:07of mild nuclear radiation
51:08had already reached
51:09beyond the Soviet borders
51:10to Scandinavia.
51:12Have you ever been
51:13to any of these places?
51:15Did it give you the willies?
51:16Let us know
51:16in the comments below.
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