Haunted Places

Description

The strange cries heard at night in a dilapidated penitentiary, the glimpse of a `White Lady' floating through a graveyard, the face at the window in a room that has been locked for decades - stories of hauntings never cease to intrigue us.
From palaces to prisons, from an 11th century Chaà teau in France to The Island of the Dolls in Mexico City, Haunted Places features the world's most fascinating spooky locations. Some hauntings are recent, others are ancient, but all the stories are striking: from the deceased monks who pace the boundaries of the ruins of a former priory, to the lift operator in a Banff hotel still working his shift decades after he died, to Vlad the Impaler who haunts Corvin castle in Romania where he was imprisoned for seven years.
With tales of the `Mad Old Woman' who searches Highgate cemetery in London for the children she supposedly murdered to strange laughter heard at night, from apparitions to floating orbs to radios suddenly changing station, Haunted Places features 150 outstanding colour photographs. Each eerie photograph is accompanied by a caption explaining the story of the haunting, from tragic accidents to brutal murders, from executions to disease and other sorrowful endings.

Table of contents

Introduction Castles & Forts Bhangarh Fort, Rajasthan, India Bolsover Castle, Derbyshire, UK Cha� teau de Brissac, Angers, France Bran Castle, Brasov, Romania Cha� teau de Chambord, Loir-et-Cher, France Chillingham Castle, Northumberland, UK Corvin Castle, Hunedoara, Romania Fort Adams, Newport, Rhode Island, USA Hammond Castle, Massachusetts, USA Old Fort Niagara, New York, USA Cha� teau de Fougeret, Queaux, France Norwich Castle, Norwich, UK Framlingham Castle, Suffolk, UK Knebworth House, Hertfordshire, UK Bodiam Castle, East Sussex, UK Landguard Fort, Felixstowe, UK Predjama Castle, Slovenia Cha� teau de Randan, Auvergne, France Balintore Castle, Perthshire, UK Cemeteries Greyfriars Burial Ground, Perth, UK Highgate Cemetery, London, UK Precious Blood Cemetery, Woonsocket, Rhode Island, USA Greyfriars Kirkyard, Edinburgh, UK Pe� re-Lachaise Cemetery, Paris, France Easton Baptist Church, Connecticut, USA Union Cemetery, Easton, Connecticut, USA Brightling Churchyard, East Sussex, UK Hotels & Public Places Blair Street Vaults, Edinburgh, UK Banff Springs Hotel, Banff, Canada Stanley Hotel, Estes Park, Colorado, USA Mary King's Close, Edinburgh, UK Cassadaga Hotel, Cassadaga, Florida, USA Edificio Prac�§a da Bandeira, Sa� o Paulo, Brazil Lawang Sewu, Semarang, Indonesia Old Diplomat Hotel, Baguio City, Philippines Sterling Opera House, Derby, Connecticut, USA Bird Cage Theatre, Tombstone, Arizona, USA Monte Vista Hotel, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA Penny Lane, Liverpool, UK Cromer Pier, Cromer, Norfolk, UK Casino Degli Spiriti, Cannaregio, Venice, Italy Houses, Mansions & Palaces Norton Conyers, Yorkshire, UK Gaineswood, Demopolis, Alabama, USA Houghton Mansion, Massachusetts, USA Vaile Mansion, Independence, Missouri, USA Winchester Mystery House, San Jose, California, USA Dakota Building, New York, USA Lizzie Borden Bed and Breakfast, Fall River, Massachusetts, USA LaLaurie House, New Orleans, USA Reichstag, Berlin, Germany Palace of Versailles, France Ecclesgrieg House, St Cyrus, UK Mohatta Palace, Karachi, Pakistan Baron Empain Palace, Cairo, Egypt Plas Teg, Flintshire, UK Speke Hall, Liverpool, UK Coolbawn House, County Wexford, Ireland Sturdivant Hall, Selma, Alabama, USA Industry Boston Light, Little Brewster Island, Boston, USA Slater Mill, Rhode Island, USA Sloss Furnaces, Birmingham, Alabama, USA Little Brewster Island, Boston, USA St Augustine Lighthouse, Florida, USA Institutions Former HM Prison Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK Alcatraz Island, San Francisco, California, USA Former Atlanta Prison Farm, Atlanta, Georgia, USA Burlington County Prison, Mount Holly, New Jersey, USA Buffalo State Asylum, New York, USA Eastern State Penitentiary, Philadelphia, USA Rutland Prison Camp, Massachusetts, USA Kilmainham Gaol, Dublin, Ireland Ohio State Reformatory, Mansfield, Ohio, USA Pennhurst State School, Spring City, Pennsylvania, USA Renwick Smallpox Hospital, Roosevelt Island, New York, USA Trans-Allegheny Asylum, West Virginia, USA West Virginia State Penitentiary, USA RAF West Raynham, Norfolk, UK Religious Places Catacombs, Paris, France Greyfriars Priory, Dunwich, UK Mont St Michel, Normandy, France Sedlec, Czech Republic Thetford Priory, UK Parish Church and Ruins, Binham Priory, UK St Andrew's Church, Walberswick, UK Towns, Cities & Islands Ellis Island, New York, USA Island of the Dolls, Xochimilco, Mexico City, Mexico Salem, Massachusetts, USA Poveglia, Venice, Italy