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Sleep Tight : 7 Hotel Rooms You Wouldn’t Want To Stay In

We’ve all seen The Shining at least once and if you haven’t watch it! There is nothing worse than being woken up in the middle of the night by children giggling or a floating dude at the end of your bed. Well, here’s some hotels where you can pay to do just that. 

 

Room 217. The Stanley Hotel, Colorado.

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Speaking of The Shining, why not start with the very hotel that inspired Stephen King to write the story that rocked the world. The Stanley is considered one of the world’s most haunted hotels. It first opened its doors in 1909 and its reputation continued to grow until it caught the attention of Mr King who spend a night there. A night turned into a few months and what he experienced during his time in room 217 changed him forever. 

On June 1911 a monstrous thunderstorm cut all of the power throughout the hotel. Chambermaids were then required to go up to each room and light them with candles whilst the guests waited down in the lobby in their dressing gowns with a hot cocoa in hand. A Miss Elizabeth Wilson was tasked with giving light back to room 217, little did they know there was a gas leak in there. The blast took out the entire east wing… It is thought the women seen moving around in room 217 is Elizabeth herself. Some guests have even reported waking up to find their bed sheets stolen from under them and neatly folded at the base of their beds. Stephen King never fully disclosed what he experienced during his stay, but you can imagine. 

 

Room 333. The Langham, London

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The Langham Hotel, England’s first ” Grand Hotel ” was built in the style of a Florentine palace in 1865. To this day it still attracts hundreds of the world’s wealthiest men and women. However, floor 3 lies silent and room 333, empty. 

There are a great many ghost stories at the Langham hotel, even Emporer Napolean II is said to roam the halls, reliving his last days of exile. However, the history of room 333 is a little darker. The first instance was that of a doctor staying in room 333 going mad and killing his wife then himself. Another thought to haunt the room is a German Prince who jumped out of the window from the floor above. The room is said to have a dark and oppressive atmosphere, more than once guests have fled after waking in the dead of night because of an old man has shaken them awake…. 

 

Room 324. Toftaholm Herrgard, Sweeden.

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This 14th-century manor house on the banks of Lake Vidostern in southern Sweeden is iconic. However, guests have reported countless unexplained incidents, from strange noises to windows and doors opening and closing themselves. 

The hotel is known for being haunted by a young farmer’s son who fell in love with the Baron’s daughter who owned the house. She was soon after forced into an arranged marriage to a wealthy young spice merchant. The boy was found hanging in room 324 on the morning of her wedding. Guests have reported what sounds like gasps for air and the thrashings of a dying man. 

 

Cabin B340. The Queen Mary, Long Beach. 

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The once proud ocean liner, the Queen Mary sailed the North Atlantic Ocean from 1936 – 1967. During WWII she was converted into a troopship and ferried Allied soldiers for the entire war period. She was finally retired from service in 1967 and permanently docked in Long Beach Harbour. There were over 49 recorded deaths onboard during her time and the Queen Mary is widely acknowledged as the most haunted ship in the world. Despite just how haunted this ship is there is one room onboard even they try to keep secret. 

Cabin B340 was the site of one of many murders committed onboard. One lunatic man was held captive here as punishment for fighting on the main deck. When his daughter and wife came to collect him from the ship, he killed them both in a state of delusion. So many guests have requested to be moved from this room to another, due to the sheer amount of vicious poltergeist attacks that the room had to be sealed and the room number was taken down. They refuse to let guests stay in there at any time. Some reported hearing a man telling them to ” Get Out “,  whilst others have been terrified by the lights flicking on and off or the water turning its self on then off. Others had the bed sheets ripped from under them whilst they slept. Whatever is in there, it’s not friendly. 

 

Room 302. Hotel Coronado, California. 

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The Hotel Coronado in California is nothing short of Mammoth. It was built in the late 1800’s for just $110,000 and boasted 750 rooms with a dining room that could seat over 1000. So yeah it’s big. But nowadays it is more famous for its longest inhabitant ” The Beautiful Stranger ” and her story begins in room 302. 

In November of 1892, a beautiful young and well-educated women checked in at the front desk under the name of ” Miss Lottie A Bernard “, she was given the keys to the room 302. She appeared ill and depressed but refused to see the in-house doctor, insisting that her brother was a fine physician and would be along shortly. Days passed and she had not been able to pay her bill, when confronted she told the manager to call her accountant in Hamberg as he handled all of her finances. On November 4th she left her room and records showed her buying a handgun in the local town. After a strange and unexpected stormy night, the lifeless body of Miss Lottie Bernard was found on the beach with a single bullet wound to her head. There was a strange sequence of events that followed this, such as, the police not being able to find any document of identification on her body, stranger still is that it has been a thunderstorm which means heavy rain but her body was bone dry. For more information on this case check out The Occult Museum. 

Room 302 has since had its number changed countless times due to the strange activity within and to discourage ghost busters. A beautiful stranger is frequently seen around the building, wandering the hall in her elegant Victorian dress and then vanishing at the blink of an eye. 

 

Room 8. The Russel Hotel, Sydney. 

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The Russel Hotel is known for having Australia’s most haunted hotel room, room 8. The Russel is located in the Rocks, which today is high-end commercial area but years ago it was a slum and the Russel was all too familiar with crime. The Hotel was a kind of safe haven for all of the criminals in the city. During the 19th century, the Rocks were home to one of Australia’s most notorious gangs called ” The Rock’s Push ” and the Russel was there hang out. The gang was constantly fighting with other gangs as well as robbing or assaulting policemen and citizens. The females of this gang would lure drunken sailors who were docking for the night at the local port, down into dark alleyways and then they would then be robbed and often killed by the male members of the gang who were waiting in the shadows. Then in the, 1900’s, there was a break out of bubonic plague and the Russel was transformed into a make-shift hosptial. 

The Russel has a dark and brutal history with some hauntings to match. There is a lot of activity around the entire hotel, with most believing it to be the ghosts of all the angry sailors who were murdered and are pretty much pissed at how they met their end. One old seaman, however, is said to make room 8 his domain. He is normally seen standing, silent and staring into the eyes of whoever is trying to sleep in his room. 

 

Room 14. The Cecil Hotel, LA

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The Cecil Hotel was a live-in hotel in one of LA’s biggest slum areas. In its time it attracted some of modern history’s most evil and grotesque men. Only 4 years ago one of the biggest mysteries of our time, took place in the Cecil Hotel. The disappearance of Eliza Lam. All you have to do is google her name and you’ll find the video of her hiding in the elevator peering round the corner, this all happened moments before her disappearance. Her body was not discovered until the hotel guests complained of the water in their rooms having a strange taste, her corpse was later found in the hotel’s water tank. The Cecil’s past is so fucked up that it was the inspiration behind American Horror Story season 5, they loved it so much they filmed the entire season inside. 

Richard Ramirez aka ” The Night Stalker ” was the Cecil’s most infamous resident. In 1984 he was convicted of 13 counts of murder, 5 continues of attempted murder, 11 sexual assaults, and 14 burglaries. He was well known to have an interest in Satanism from a young age and after his conviction, he yelled out ” Hail Satan ” for all to hear. Room 14 was the Nightstalker’s domain. Very few accounts of people staying in that room can be found online, but when they do, they describe a sense of unnatural fear and random smells of rotten eggs. Some staying there even claim to have seen Ramirez himself.  

You’ve Been Warned : The Black Angels of Iowa State

Cemeteries will always be creepy af, the moment the sun goes down they become a whole different place. Some Cemeteries are stunning like the Highgate Cemetary in London but some are just plain morbid. However, all graveyards have legends, but none quite so real as the Oakland and Fairview Cemeteries in Iowa. Both are home to black angels and both have been causing mayhem. 

 

The Black Angel of Iowa Cemetary

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Since its first appearance in 1912 the Black Angel of Oakland Cemetary, Iowa has been at the heart of Iowa’s legends and paranormal mysteries. Supposedly bringing death to all who dare touch her. 

Standing 8 ft tall as a monument to the Feldevert Family. It has strangely changed colour from a golden brown to a penetrating black.

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The Legends all seem to revolve around Tereza Dolezal Felvedert, a migrant from Strimilov, Bohemia who came to America to make a new home. 

Teresa moved with her son Eddie who died two years later of Meningitis. Others claim he died in a more suspicious fashion, much like the death of a new husband two years after. 

To Mourne their deaths, Teresa hired a fellow Bohemian to construct a bronze angel to stand guard over her lost loves. She moved the remains of her son from his original resting place to be next to his stepfather. Then she, herself, shortly followed dying of cancer on November 18, 1924.

Her angels were placed underneath her angel. That’s when the weird things began to happen.

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The Stories began after the angel turned black. Of course, this was most likely the natural oxidisation. However, it happened at such an unnatural speed that people became freaked out and rumours about the late Miss Felvedert began to surface. 

Worst of all, perhaps, that she murdered her son and then moved his body under the angel. The angel looks down which defies the ‘norm’. Angels traditionally angels look up, with their arms spread towards the sky which is meant to guide the lost souls to heaven. This black angel looks down, with her arms and wings blocking the transcendence and keeping the spirits of her son and husband trapped on earth. 

Some say Teresa was a witch and use these theories as proof. 

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This remains one of Iowa’s most haunted locations regardless. With everyone from University professors to paranormal investigators coming to pay the Cemetary a visit. 

In 2013, the SyFy series Haunted Highway visited Oakland Cemetery to devote an entire episode to the Black Angel. When filming they captured a number of odd sounds and visual anomalies. Most significantly when they flicked there thermal cameras on the angel was glowing hot, defying the cold night air surrounding it…

 

The Black Angel of Fairview Cemetary

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On the other side of Iowa stands another Black Angel who is also surrounded by strange tales and paranormal activity. 

This angel presides at the Ruth Ann Dodge Memorial, just outside the entrance to Fairview Cemetary. Fairview is also called ” The Old Burial Ground ” and is one of the oldest burial grounds in the country. 

It Began as a native American burial ground and was taken over by the Mormons for a short time. This Black Angel was erected to mark the grave of Ruth Ann Dodge, the wife of General Grenville M. Dodge. 

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Soon after Ruth Ann’s death, her daughters brought her body to Council Bluff to bury her. They then hired Daniel Chester French to build the angel Ruth Anne saw in her ‘visions’ when she was close to death. Mr French was best known for building the Lincoln Statue in the Lincoln Memorial in Washington. I bet she didn’t come cheap. 

The Black Angel is said to follow visitors with her eyes and is known to cause sickness if you make eye contact for two long. 

The Graveyard is also a well known haunted spot with lights seen hovering behind the older trees on the site, as well a constant feeling of being closely followed. 

 

Bad Luck of the Irish : 4 of Ireland’s Most Haunted Locations

Ireland has an insanely rich history and is notably one of the most beautiful places in the world. However, it was plagued by war, murder, disease, satanic rituals, and druidic activities for thousands of years. Needless to say, these historic events have left their marks, in some locations more than others… Here’s 4 of Ireland’s most haunted locations.

 

Leap Castle

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Leap Castle has been around since the 15th century and since then it has seen bloody family feuds, satanic worship, and pure, brutal murder. This is enough for any location to be haunted but when you add into the equation that this place was also built on land that was sacred to ancient Celtic Druids it gets a little more interesting. The Druids were said to have summoned up an Ele.Men.Tal to protect the surrounding lands.It as been seen in the form of a skeletal man walking around within and outside of the castle. This is easily one of Ireland’s most haunted locations

The skeletal man is mainly seen in castle’s Bloody Chapel which is named as the heart of all the dark activity within Leap Castle. In the centre of the bloody chapel, there is a massive hole in the ground where countless people were thrown onto to spikes to be impaled and to be forgotten, eventually the victim would only land on bones. Called the Oubliette wich in French means ” to be forgotten ” this hole seems to have fully served its purpose. It was cleared a few hundred years later, it took 3 horse drawn carriages to empty the human remains…

 

Baleybolley Forest

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BalleyBoley is renowned for being one of the most haunted forests in the world. It has been the centre of Irish Folklore and legend that the locals refuse point blank to go near it. During the 15th-17th century, countless locals went missing from around and within the forest. Afterwards, they would find absolutely no trace of them. However, locals report to terrified women screaming and towering pillars and white smoke rising from somewhere near the centre of the wood. For 500 years white columns of smoke are still seen rising from the centre, and the woman’s screams still heard from within this haunted Irish wood.

Back in 2013 two young guys decided to go wandering into the forest ignorant of its history. It wasn’t long until they heard women screaming. So they ran in deeper until they came to a small stone altar and all of a sudden the ear-splitting scream of a women sounded from directly behind them. Needless to say, they ran like hell. However, one guy turned around and saw four figures dressed in long white, blood smeared robes. Hoods up and faces hid in shadow, just standing and watching them run. The figures were also surrounded by trees all covered with blood. 

 

 

Montpellier Hill

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Originally a hunting lodge built by an Irish nobleman in 1725, it should have been a grand site. Unfortunately, Lord William Connolley decided to build his lodge on an ancient cairn. If that wasn’t bad enough he thought it would be cost effective to use the stones of the cairn to build his new holiday home. Every single stone used in the construction was once part of an ancient tomb for fallen Irish warriors. This act has evidently pissed something off. 

William Connolly mysteriously died a few years later & the Montpellier Lodge became home to an infamous satanic cult, The Hellfire Club. The Hellfire Club was a group of High-born men and women known for indulging in sacrifice and mass sexual gatherings. They were also famed for drinking the blood of the animals and people they killed. Still, today evidence of more recent satanic activities can be found. All of these acts have left a dark and oppressive atmosphere, as well as something a little more sinister. 

 

The Steward’s House

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Constantly dudded as one of Ireland’s most haunted locations. Just Across the road from Mont Pellier Lodge sits the Steward’s House & Stables. Built and lived in by Mathew Connolly and his family, the same man who built the lodge. It was said to also play host to the Hellfire Club and their dark atrocities. In the 1970’s the property was purchased by a Miss O’Brien. She had only spent two nights in her new home before she had been terrified by her dogs making strange howling sounds as if they were terrified. She went downstairs to investigate and found her home destroyed but with no signs

She went downstairs to investigate and found her home destroyed but with no signs of intrusion. During the refurbishments builders constantly quit due to disturbing events, they also found the remains of a dwarf that looked to have had his skull caved in. Some weeks later, Tom O’Massy turned and saw a small deformed man standing three foot tall. He stared at the artist and his assistant before turning into a huge black cat with gleaming red eyes. Needless to say, they ran. That was not the first time this monstrous cat has been seen, it is known as the Killkiky cat and it prowls the halls of Steward’s house day and night. Never turn its portrait upside down. 

9 of the Strangest Unexplained Photos in Exsistence

Sometimes people catch something whilst testing a new camera or stargazing, that really should not be there. What happens when there’s an extra person in a family photo? These are the kind of accidents that bring legends to life and below are 9 of the most incredible unexplainable photos we could find. 

 

 

The Rossendale Fairies

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Fairies have long since been dismissed to children’s books and Disney movies. However, John Hyatt a lecturer at Manchester University claims to have proven otherwise and claims these minute creatures are living in the Rossendale Valley. 

He caught the images during an outing in the valley. Since then he has posted images of similar shots of flies and gnats and the difference is clear. The fairies clearly have distinct arms, legs, a head, a body and tiny wings. John tells of the moment he captured the image and claims the fairies were ” dancing in the sunlight “. No-one is yet to disprove these beautiful creatures and let’s hope no-one ever does. 

 

The Black Knight Satellite

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The Black Knight Satellite was a name given to this mysterious object by Nasa astronauts when they spotted it during a space shuttle mission in 1998. This mysterious object dates much further back than that, however, in 1899 Nikola Tesla himself intercepted strange radio signals from the satellite and signals have continued to come through since then. 

The object itself is strange enough, stranger still, is that radio signals that were most recently decoded. The series of signals originated from the Epsilon Bootes Star System, 13,000 years ago… That puts to question the age of this unidentified object that continues to orbit our earth today.

 

The Cooper Family Ghost 

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The story goes that during the 1950’s the Cooper family moved into a beautiful new home in Texas for an unusually good price. One there first family meal in the house they all settled for a family photo, with the father taking the shot himself. All living the American dream, or so they thought. 

When the photo was developed the family saw, to their horror, a body hanging from the ceiling, just behind them. Nobody saw the figure at the time, but they continued to see a black figure around the home for many years following. Where did it come from? The deceased former tenant or someone come just to scare.

 

The Soloway Firth Astronaut

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A Summers day of 1964 found a young girl and her father in the park with the mother and a picnic. The Carlise fireman snapped a photo that caught the attention of the worldwide press. The photograph captured his smiling daughter and a looming figure in the background, wearing a white suit, a dark visor and a helmet. He thought he captured a spaceman. 

Only his wife, daughter and two pensioners sat in a car were present. It wasn’t until the shot was developed did anyone notice there was a white figure in the background. The picture became so famous that Kodiak offered a substantial reward to anyone who could disprove this image. Some said it was a ghost, others claimed Jim or his daughter were psychic, but not could disclaim the Soloway firth astronaut. In later years there was speculation, as when a darkened version emerged, the astronaut does look like the back of a woman with her hand on her hip. We will leave that there. 

 

The Hook Island Sea Monster

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During the 1960’s Le Serrec, his family and their family friend, De Jong found themselves wrecked on the Great Barrier Reef. So making the best of a bad situation they decided to buy a motorboat and spend three months exploring the nearby Hook Island. They were crossing the bay on December 12th, 1964 when Le Serrec’s wife spotted something moving on the lake floor. 

It looked to be a gigantic tadpole-like creature, over 30ft long. They carried on taking photos and in each, the monster appeared to be getting closer. In a moment of madness de Jong jumped into the water and began filming. The Hook Island Monster proved to be over 70ft long… The creature turned towards De Jong, opened its mouth and swam for foward. De Jong only just escaped but the legend was never forgotten. 

 

The Hessendale Lights

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The continued appearance of strange balls of light hovering over a valley in central Norway has been puzzling scientists for generations. The Hessendale phenomenon, are a series of flashing orbs of light that can sometimes match the size of a family car. This, of course, has attracted the attention of Ufologists. To see the lights in action check out this link

Scientists do think they can explain this phenomenon can be explained by the forming of natural batteries buried deep underground. 

 

 

The Freddy Jackson Ghost

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This incredible photo was taken in 1919 and wasn’t published until 1975 by Sir Victor Goddard. The photograph was of Goddard’s squadron who served during WW1. An extra person turned up for the photograph, and he wasn’t shy. 

It is thought that the ghostly face belongs to Freddy Jackson, an air mechanic who was accidentally killed by a loose airplane propeller. The funeral had taken place on the same day this photograph was taken. Members of the squadron instantly recognised their passed friend. It is thought that Jackson didn’t even know he was dead and simply showed up for his group photo. 

 

The Skunk Ape

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This photo was captured in 2000 and shows one of the few images of the Skunk Ape, one of bigfoots more aggressive cousins. It is said to be a putrid smelling ape-like creature. The legend originates from deep in the swamps of southern United States.

The Skunk Ape is most often seen darting back and forth across roads, moving through tree lines, wandering into campsites and foraging through dumpsters. Alot of personal encounters tell that the Skunk Ape is short tempered and willing to attack humans. 

 

The Time Travelling Hipster

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When you first look at this old photo, there is nothing out of the ordinary. This image was one of many captured during the reopening of South Fork bridge in Gold Bridge, British Columbia. Normality in the 1940’s defined, right? Look again. That guy’s got some bad ass shades. 

One fo the crowd seems a tad out of place. Sporting some modern hipster style sunglasses, modern clothing, a t-shirt with a huge emblem on the front and to top it all off, a portable camera… It was later found that the t-shirt could have been a hockey sweater devoted to the Montreal Maroons and sunglasses were around they were just rare. Time traveller or the father of all hipsters, you decide.

A New Haunting : Ted Bundy’s Childhood Home

I’m sure everyone has heard the name Ted Bundy at least once, He was one of America’s all time most infamous serial killers. Nobody ever gave any thought to the fact he might have just hung around after the execution. A contractor recently took on the task of renovating Ted’s childhood home. That is one venture he is already regretting.

 

Remodeling The Madness

It has been a long time since the Bundy family moved their home in Washington State. However, something seems to have stayed in there place. That is what Casey Clapton would claim, whilst he was remodelling the childhood house of Mr. Bundy. 

Shortly following the beginning of the revamp strange things started to occur. He first noticed there was something wrong here when his daughter became uneasy when inside. ” She would cry and refuse to enter,” Clapton told us. 


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In the very beginning, Casey had no idea he was about to attempt and make a quick profit on a premises that one of the world’s most notorious serial killers once called home. It was not long after strange things began to happen that the neighbours flocked in, to share with him the buildings dark past. 

The events endured by Clapton and all those involved was nothing short of horrific. 

” Periodically, throughout the course of the job, we had weird things keep happening!” He reported. 

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” Cellphones would suddenly die, heavy furniture would topple over. ” The contractor also claimed that cabinet doors would suddenly fly open and they would find chilling words left written in the dust. 

The writing became a common occurrence on site. ” More than once we found finger writing in dusty areas on the site, in the basement we found the words ” Help Me ” written on the inside of the basement window when I first opened up in the morning, and I know I locked the whole building up that night. Another time we found the word ” Leave ” written on the bedroom floor “.

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Things got so bad that Clapton had to bring in two priests who proceeded in blessing the entire property and wrote holy scriptures on the wall. The home has been resold! But this is in no way the last we have heard of the Bundy House. 

 

What Lingers?

Ted Bundy was connected to telecast 36 crimes, including the rape and murder of women, it is believed he actually committed one hundred crimes of this nature. The first of his murders was committed at the age of 14, in this very house…

So it stands to pass, what or who is still in the Bundy House. The writing on the floor is the best evidence so far. That tells us that either there is someone in need of help and someone who is aggressive towards trespassers. 

Or maybe something else attracted by the bloody history of the house? Only time will tell. 

 

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When Legends Come to Life – Helltown Ohio

In the Northern part of Ohio, America there is a town so surrounded by mystery and rumour that it has inspired hundreds of explorers with legends of their own to tell. An entire town bought up by the government and then simply left to be? The legend of Helltown is born.

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The Beginning of a Hellish town

Helltown was first founded in 1806. To the outside world, it was a quiet American town located in the Northern part of Summit County. Officially known as Boston Mills, it was the oldest village in Summit County. The Town continued to grow. Construction projects brought more and more settlers, then a railroad station was erected which made the town really thrive.

Until the late 70’s when the government bought the entire town and then evicted all of its residents.

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The official reason was to rip down the houses and build a national park. That never happened. Adventurers quickly took notice of this location and began to explore. They brought back horrifying tales from there expeditions, those stories turned into legend.

In Ohio’s most mysterious location there is no single haunted house or a singular ghostly child running around. Helltown is home to several legends, each of them with their own variations. All of these stories conclude that Helltown is one of the most haunted and strange places in Ohio.

 

Helltown: Legends

The Residents had to leave their homes immediately, writing on the walls was found stating ” Now we know how the Indians felt.” The town was left as a shell with rows and rows and houses left abandoned, suddenly in the middle of the night.

One of the most noted tales within Helltown was the cursed school bus. Out in the middle of the wood’s, there was a rusted and broken down yellow school bus with all of its seats missing. Depending on which legend you listen to, the children were killed on the bus by either a serial killer, an escaped mental patient, or a cult.

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Some of the stories tell us that the children have been seen sitting motionless in their assigned seats, staring silently ahead. Others claim to have heard the cries of the children as they tried to make their escape. Some say that all those who have tried to remove the bus have been met with a strange and fatal end.

However, another source mentions that the bus was simply used as a temporary residence for a family for an evicted family waiting to move on. The bus was later removed by the goverment, after countless reports of ghost hunters in the area.

 

Helltown or Mutant Town?

On the of the most famous and original legends is that of ‘Mutane Town’ or ‘Mutant Town’. When the government took Helltown, a rumour spread that they were using the area for a chemical dump. The spilt toxins caused the remaining men, women and children to mutate and ironically require a taste for murderous revenge.

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These legends could have derived from a chemical spill in the area. The spillage originated on the Krejei family dump. After the Government bought out Helltown they sent in rangers to scout the area.

They quickly became sick after discovering the dump. It took a further nine years to clear up this area, following the discovery of 100s of barrels of chemical waste from large corporations.  The site was roped off and a massive clean up ensued.

 

 

 

 

 

The Hauntings of Helltown

Helltown is strife with rumours of ghosts and hellish stories. The cemetery seems to be one of the main areas these rumours surround.  

The large group of children who died in the bus accident ( Read Up ) are said to be buried here. This mass murder supposedly attracted Satanists from far and wide who had heard the stories of the Boston Mills and wanted to begin homemaking. The trees are said to move by themselves around the cemetery in order to hide the devil worshippers hiding holes. 

A tall male figure has also been seen. He is said to patrol the graveyard for unknown reasons, then simply sit and stare into space from a bench in the centre of the graveyard. 

The Strangely Empty Boston Mills Cemetary. Image Via – Pinterest

Of course, there is a lot more talk of ghosts in Helltown. Like the abandoned house in the middle of the forest. As the tales go it sits alone and lifeless in the centre of the townships wood. However, countless reports have flooded in over the years of a dim light emitting from the top floor every night…

Last but not least, Helltown’s infamous slaughterhouse, where it is said that in the dead of night, you can see the ghostly faces of the that used to belong to the victims of the Boston Mills Butcher.

Helltown’s Abandoned House ( Right ) and Slaughterhouse ( Left ). Image Via – Ohio Ghosts

All spooky stuff! but when you look a little bit deeper, once again there appears to be rational explanations for most of this. Such a the abandoned house in the woods being a perfectly intact hostel for young travellers. The light in the top window is left on to show all are welcome 24hrs a day. 

 

Rumours of the cult

Helltown is one scary ass place, if not thee scariest ass place. A lot of people would confirm that its worst factor is its satanic inhabitants. If it is true then they were drawn by the seclusion and the monstrosities that summed up everyday life here. The church itself is said to be their HQ. In fact, all the churches in Boston mills are said to just be a cover for the demonic worship that actually goes on. Anyone else thinking Outlast II? 😉

Helltown Church. Image via – The Other Side

Two churches reside in the Boston Mills area. Boston Community and the Mother of Sorrows. Each is said to be guarded by a murderous member of the occult who takes up residence in the basement. His main objective is to keep out all trespassers. He refuses to let people look at his face. He will jump and hide away if you come close. 

The Satanists who own the church never allow mass, and their choice of decoration is countless inverted crosses covering every inch of the crumbling walls. Creeped out yet? That’s not all. In each church, there is rumoured to be a single black candle that has never been extinguished. 

One Thousand Hells. Ancient Ram Inn

Encounters with the occult here are never ending. Another member, nicknamed ” The Hearseman ” lingers to challenge the bravery of any travellers brave enough to cross the boundaries he set at the beginning of certain roads. At the end of these routes, you will find his home. Then he will start his engine and chase you from his land in a hearse with only one working headlight. Or could just be some old guy getting pissed that people keep trespassing looking for the Hearseman. Hmm…

 

Highway to Hell

All Over Helltown there are road closure signs. These apparently are put into place by the friendly neighbourhood Satanists at the head of a dead-ended road. These roads are not dead ends but lead to various hideouts, such as a funeral home and a cemetery of unmarked graves.

Creeped out yet? How about when the lights go out.

In the darkness the roads become inaccessible. Plagued by murderous former inhabitants. One, in particular, the axe-wielding serial killer is known for his appetite to murder any who try to pass through his domain. The police are yet to track down any of these suspects.

Road Closure signs are matched with signs warning of satanic activity in the area. Again at night, it shows its true self.

Rumours of an evil force holds dominion over the roads in Boston Mills. There have been so many fatal crashes in the area that it becomes hard to ignore. The entity will try to force you from the road by taking control of your steering wheel. If that is not successful a group of robed Satanists will emerge from the shrub and form a human chain around your car in an attempt to render escape impossible.

 

Just Legend?

Helltown is more than likely just a myth. Looking online, almost every other blog will tell you how each rumour is an exaggeration of some sort. You will also see how a lot of the old buildings have been renovated or demolished. The area was finally designated a national park in 2000. We did find a few videos of people exploring the Boston Mills area ( such as the one below ) and in particular, a guy called Chrizpher.

 

However, Chrizpher’s adventures here look like a poorly plotted movie, very much the same as the other videos found…

Perhaps Boston Mills, for a time, was truly nightmare fuel. It’s easy enough to imagine cultists being attracted to an entire abandoned town. Maybe what they did there attracted things of a more evil nature.

Even better, perhaps they are still there but they just don’t want to be found…

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Japan’s Cursed Okiku Doll, Her Hair Won’t Stop Growing

The Okiku Doll is one creepy little toy. Supposedly possessed by the spirit of a murderous little girl, it haunts the temple it now resides in. Everything about this doll is terrifying, however, there is something that makes this doll stand out above any Annabelle or Robert. It’s hair will not stop growing….

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The Tale of Okiku

In the earlier spring months of 1918 a young boy called Eikichi Suzuki went to market and bought his younger sister a doll. The doll was traditional wearing a kimono and her hair was a thick black bob. She was instantly in love. She loved it so much, she chose to name it after herself. 

The two Okiku’s were inseparable until tragedy struck, the real Okiku became gravely ill and died one year later. Her grieving family placed her beloved doll on the family altar in memory of their only daughter. 

Okiku in her shrine, Image via Occult Museum 

The family went to see Okiku regularly and all was fine until the older brother pointed about that the doll’s hair seemed a little longer… Then it continued to grow and grow until it became a shaggy mess down to Okiku’s knees. The family cut the hair again and again but every time it would just grow back. Only stopping at the knees. They soon believed that the spirit of their lost daughter was living within the doll. 

The family moved in 1938, they wanted to take Okiku with them but there was something not right about the doll, something that made them think twice about the fact it could be their daughter’s ghost within. But if it really was there little Okiku they did not want to just throw it away. 

In the same year, the doll was sent to a Mannenji temple, who still took it after being told about the dolls curse and her continuously growing hair.The doll’s hair continues to grow to its knees, and in the temple it became a regular task to trim Okikus hair until the present day.  

 

Okiku

Okiki in her shrine, Image Via Youtube

Okiku without doubt, is one of the world’s most haunted dolls. There is activity and possible negative activity at that surrounding this little porcelain horror.  The real phenominon is her forever growing barnet. No one has really been able to explain this occurence, how the dolls hair has continued to grow for over a century. 

She has since been taken and examined and it has been found her hair is actually human hair! Ofcourse, this does not mean it was paranormal or supernatural. But what is going on with this doll. Some sort of hoax ? Or something a little more mysterious we do not yet understand. 

Now Okiku is standing in her box as she always has been in the Mannenji Temple, wearing her kimono and watching the strangers pass by while her hair continues to grow…

The Exorcism’s Very Own Haunted Prop : Regan’s Dummy Double

So we have all heard of the Exorcist movie, the original horror that scared the shizz out of everyone who dared to buy that cinema ticket. But there is a lot more that happened behind the scenes. So much, that is thought that the movie itself is cursed. But does anyone remember the dummy used in the film?? The scenes where the possessed girl would spin her head 180 degrees? Well, it has surfaced and something seems to have been following it all these years…

Image Via Instagram

 

The Latest Haunted Object !!!

Image via Instagram

This is easily the world’s freakiest haunted object, even Robert the Doll can’t knock this creepy ass creation. But it has just come to light that it is haunted!

The Dummy used effectively as Regan’s body double during a few of her possession scenes comes with a few crazy features of its own, the most insane being that its head spins 180 degrees! Imagine walking in on that happening. 

The Moving Museum NYC now plays host to the cursed dummy, we have not heard anything from them yet. The Instagrammer Profenex had this to say  “I swear, lights would go out. Things would fall off the shelf, tools turned on automatically. Weird voices at night with no one there. Seriously weird stuff, no joke.” The Instagrammer played host to the dummy when he was hired to do some restoration work on her, but I’m guessing the attachment that comes with this doll went unmentioned. 

The Dummy is one to watch for sure, but this prop was one the least weird parts of the Exorcism phenomena that swept the world…

 

 

The Cursed Movie

Ever since Prorenfx took to Instagram to tell the world of the horror that still lingers around the Exorcist movie dummy. A lot of people forward about their experiences with the movie. The Regan Doll is a strong contender for the world’s most haunted object but there are stories circulating the movie itself!! The cast, the first screening, and even the location where it was all filmed! Was creating a movie of this calibre for the first time too risky and did it perhaps invite something evil into the world?? Let’s find out.

A rare behind the scenes photo, image via  No Film School

First of all, you have to remember that this insane ass film was all based on true events. William Blatty first wrote the novel in 1971 titled The Exorcist and it was all based on the real exorcism of a boy known as Roland Doe. Multiple Catholic Priests from the Georgetown University Hospital performed actual exorcisms on the young boy but had to stop every time as the young boy would somehow, free himself from the restraints every time, he would then proceed to rip out the bed springs from his mattress and slash at the priests. This happened a few times.

The boy Roland Doe was in fact, an invented persona and the boy was changed to a girl in the film in order to protect his identity. Roland went on to live a happy and normal life with absolutely no memory of this incident. He actually retired from NASA decades later.

William Blatty after he first wrote the novel, image via Den of Geek

Another of the strange incidents that surrounded this movie was when the entire set caught fire. The actual Director William Friedkin, blamed the incident on a large creature with wings and talons. The crew was unharmed and the cause of the fire was never discovered. But, Regan’s room remained the only room unharmed… WTF.

Whilst filming, the actress Ellen bursten, who played Regan’s mother, was injured during the possession when she is thrown to the floor. That scene was actually used in the movie and the scream following is real. The injury still affects her today.

There is a good chance that any movie that takes over a year to film has had some bad luck, The Exorcist had a few deaths instead… The actors Jack Macgowran and Vasiliki Maliaros both died post-production. There characters died in the movie aswell which only makes it stranger. Other actors including Linda Blair and Max Von Sydow’s lost family members on the first day of filming!

During filming the son of Jason miller who played father miller almost lost his son in a motorcycle accident.

Rare and Uncut Tapes from the Possession of Annelise Michelle 

Whilst filming one of the possession scenes, Linda was thrown out of bed and a piece of the rigging broke, injuring her back. After the film’s initial release Linda received countless death threats so the studio was forced to hire bodyguards to protect her 24/7. 

Before that, however, in 1987, the actress Mercedes McCambridge who played the voice of Pazuzu, was most affected by the film. Her son murdered his wife and son whilst he was on set, before taking his own life…

Image Via Youtube

All of these horrible things that happened around the movie will never be forgotten. Many still believe the film to be cursed and that playing it was an invitation for demonic possession. When it was released it was quickly banned from every middle eastern country apart from Lebanon, with the re-release also being banned in Lebanon. 

During the first showing of the Exorcism in Rome, the audience had to fight their way through thunder and heavy rain to get inside. Then just before the movie was about to start they all claimed to hear a demonic screech come from outside the cinema door. 

At a showing in America, a woman passed out and broke her jaw as she fell… Warner bros were sued countless times by the time the movie was eventually taken from cinemas… 

There was way too many strange occurrences surrounding this movie to ignore. Was it all just hysteria following the original horror, or did this daring picture truly invite something darker than anything else into the cinema with us…

 

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7 Family Photos That Captured Ghosts

There is nothing quite as nostalgic as sitting and going through all the old family photos, getting all your friends around and forcing them to sit through an hour and awwing and ooohing at your 2014 family holiday to Spain, or that Christmas photo when Susie lost her first tooth. But what happens when there is an uninvited guest, or perhaps there is a floating arm in there. Well then, things just got a little more interesting.

 

Grandpa’s Chair

Image Via Angelsghosts

The happy little boy seen in this photo was born shortly after his Grandad’s death. After a few months, he kept on crawling towards a chair that was his Grandad’s favourite in the front room. The mum eventually snapped a photo of a particular cute smile and was shocked to see he was sitting on someone’s lap!

 

Love Remembered

Image Via Paranormal

A lady called Judy Herring was amazed to find this hidden marvel amongst her collection of family photos. The photo is of her great great Grandfather and in the photo, she saw this woman standing directly in front. The women greatly resembled her great great Grandmother who had died before this photo was taken!!, just a light flare or something a little more spooky?

 

The Watcher

Image Via Imgur
Image Via Imgur

Looks like an innocent family photo right? Wrong. take a closer look to the right of the image and you will see a mysterious watcher in the window. The family had been complaining of mysterious activity within their home for months and were not surprised to find this person in the photo. Concrete proof the estate agent might not have disclosed the full details of this property…

 

Who’s Face Is That!?

Image Via Paranormal 360

In the upper left corner of this photo, you will notice a face. The face is as clear as any real face would be, perfectly normal, apart from the fact that Christie Jackson the photographer stated that she was alone in the moment she snapped this shot. Christie’s step dad committed suicide in the year 2000, she thinks that the face floating above the dresser resembles her step-father exactly. The dresser below the floating chin used to belong to her stepfather and it was even used to store the gun that he used to take his own life…

 

The Crawling Ghost

Image Via Complex

A father took a photograph of his daughter playing the in the front room. Later on, they found a skeletal figure crawling on the floor, Infront of the little girl. Stranger still the daughter looks like she can see it…

 

Uninvited

Image via Paranormal 360
Image via Paranormal 360

This Photograph was taken in 1972 by a professional photographer who was taking pictures of all the arriving wedding guests, he captured something else. Look closely and you will see a man hiding behind the guy on the far right. The photographer swears that there were only 4 people present for that photograph, and nobody there when they group moved on.

 

Not so Imaginary Friend

Image via Reddit

Look at the little girl in the back window. The father of three who took this photo said that his daughter had always had an imaginary friend and this was the first time everyone else could see her? Just a distorted reflection or something a little more sinister

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Romagnano al Monte : Italy’s Spookiest Ghost Town

The world is filled with ghost towns, from the Wild West to the Himalayas. These places were once prosperous and active sites with hundreds, perhaps thousands of people living within them. But what happens when the gold runs dry? Or natural disaster hits? Romagnano al Monte is one of the world’s highest ghost towns and one of the most silent…  

 

Disaster Strikes

The Abandoned town of Romagnano al Monte was not always dormant. For 20 years it has lay silent after a tragedy that those who live close by still remember. An earthquake hit the thriving village in 1980, claiming over 3000 lives at once and leaving the survivors to pick up the pieces. 

When the earthquake hit the survivors decided to relocate to another close by village rather than rebuild their homes. Another village was built 20km away and Romagnano al Monte was left abandoned, now it is just an eerily silent mix of ancient ruins with small traces of the people who were left behind.

Image Via Strange Places

 

 The Ghost’s of the Ghost Town

Not much is known about this location as it was forbidden to enter for years, due to dangers around the falling structures. However, many people have been seen wandering around the streets.

This is a bit of a tourist hotspot today, surprise surprise. But, many tourists have reported being guided around the city by a mysterious old women speaking in thick Italian and gesturing for the people to follow. The local government do not acknowledge her existence, there are no licenced tour guides as of yet. Not only that she seems to vanish into thin air when some people have simply blinked or turned around. 

There are many others seen walking the streets of this abandoned haven, dressed in traditional clothing but they seem to pay no notice to the modern strangers. Is Romagnano al Monte haunted? Only you can decide, regardless of this, what an incredible place!!!

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