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We invite you on a tour of 19 creepy and scary places on our planet. Some of them were created by nature, others by man. Of the man-made ones, in turn, both the places left by man and the places that are still functioning are creepy. It gives me chills at the thought of being alone in any of these places. Here we go? If you're not scared...
Darvaza or Door to Hell, Turkmenistan
The Door to Hell was originally a gas field that was set on fire by Soviet scientists. Darvaza has been constantly burning for more than 40 years.
Island of the Dolls, Mexico
Island of the Dolls is an uninhabited island in Xochimilco, Mexico. According to legend, the girl died in the island’s ponds, after which dolls began to appear on the island constantly. The only inhabitants of the island are dolls who constantly monitor its visitors.
Centralia, Pennsylvania
Centralia was once a bustling industrial coal mining town until the mines beneath the city began to burn. Coal deposits beneath the city have been burning continuously under Centralia since 1962.
Muynak, Uzbekistan
Muynak was once a port city on the Aral Sea. That was until the USSR inadvertently drained the sea to irrigate cotton. Today, rusty boats flaunt in the middle of the desert.
Kabayan, Mummy Caves, Philippines
Kabayan, Mummy Burial Caves, basically everything is written in the very name of this place. These are man-made caves that are filled with some of the best preserved mummies in the world, isolated from the rest of the world in the mountains.
Krizu Kalnas, Hill of Crosses, Lithuania
Križu Kalnas is not a cemetery. According to one version, the Mountain of Crosses and the crosses on it were erected in honor of the Lithuanians who died in the 1831 uprising brutally suppressed by the tsarist authorities of the Russian Empire. According to another version, this used to be a pagan place. It is believed that whoever puts a cross on the hill will have good luck. Today, more than 50,000 crosses stand on the hill.
Metro Cincinnati, Ohio
Cincinnati officials tried to build a subway in the early 1900s, but the construction was abandoned due to financial reasons. The empty tunnels still lie empty underneath the city, eerie.
Magic Market Akodessewa, Togo
The Akodesseva market for magical items and witchcraft herbs is located right in the center of the city of Lome, the capital of the state of Togo in Africa. A real gazelle head, a monkey's paw, a crocodile tooth, a crispy bat wing - all this is on the magic market.
Wonderland, China
Wonderland was built as China's answer to Disneyland, but only several times larger. Problems in construction led to the complete cancellation of the project. The crumbling remains are out in the open and open to adventurers.
Catacombs of Paris
The Parisian catacombs function as a giant crypt and cemetery for about 6 million bodies. Behind all these bones there is also a place where tourists are not allowed. Almost a second city stretches for many kilometers near Paris.
San Zhi - ghost town in Taiwan
San Zhi was once planned as a resort area outside of Taipei, Taiwan. A mysterious series of deaths during construction forced the developer to abandon the project. The futuristic resort remains empty to this day.
Jatinga, India
There is nothing special about Jatinga...except for the mass suicide of birds that occurs every September-October. Really weird isn't it? They occur only from 7-10 o'clock.
Leap Castle, Ireland
They say that some supernatural force lives within the walls of this castle, and besides, this castle was built on a torture pit. The chapel of this castle is called “bloody” because during the civil strife between the owners of the castle, one brother killed another brother-priest right on the altar during the service.
Varosha, Cyprus
Varosha is a completely uninhabited resort town on the coast of Cyprus. After the Turkish invasion, the inhabitants of Varosha were quickly evacuated. Today Varosha stands frozen, like a museum where you can see life as it was in 1974.
Munsell Sea Forts, North Sea
The Munsell Sea Forts were intended to protect England from a possible Nazi invasion during World War II. Today they are largely uninhabited, except for hermits and smugglers.
Jacob's Well, Texas
Jacob's Well is a natural cave over 100 meters deep. Divers studying this cave regularly die in it. About 8 divers have already died in it, who is next?
Oradour-sur-Glane, France
The town of Oradour-sur-Glane was a small French village that the Nazi SS made an example for other "dissenters". The entire city was burned and almost every inhabitant was executed.
Mutter Museum of Medical History, Pennsylvania
The Mutter Museum of Medical History is a museum of medical pathology, antique medical equipment, and biological artifacts located at the College of Physicians in Philadelphia. The Mütter Museum is a very creepy place that houses a collection of body parts, fruits and wax figures.
Mystical forest of Hoia Baciu, Romania
The Hoia Baciu forest is known as the Bermuda Triangle of Romania. This forest is full of legends about missing people, electronic devices that spontaneously stop working and a favorite spot for UFO sightings.
Church of St. George, Czech Republic
The church in the Czech village of Lukova has been abandoned since 1968, when part of its roof collapsed during a funeral ceremony. Artist Jakub Hadrava populated the church with ghost sculptures, giving it a particularly sinister look.
Hashima Island, Japan.
Hashima is a former coal mining settlement founded in 1887. It was considered one of the most densely populated places on earth - with a coastline of about a kilometer, its population in 1959 was 5,259 people. When coal mining here became unprofitable, the mine was closed and the island city joined the list of ghost towns. This happened in 1974.
Hanging Coffins of Sagada, Philippines
On the island of Luzon, in the village of Sagada, there is one of the most frightening places in the Philippines. Here you can see unusual funeral structures made of coffins placed high above the ground on the rocks. There is a belief among the indigenous population that the higher the body of the deceased is buried, the closer his soul will be to heaven.
Abandoned military hospital Beelitz-Heilstetten, Germany
Old Jewish cemetery in Prague, Czech Republic
Processions in this cemetery took place for almost four centuries (from 1439 to 1787). More than 100 thousand dead are buried on a relatively small plot of land, and the number of gravestones reaches 12,000. More ancient
Cemetery workers covered the burials with earth, and new tombstones were erected in the same place. On the territory of the cemetery there are places where 12 burial tiers are located under the earth's crust. As time passed, the subsided earth revealed old gravestones to the eyes of the living, who began to move later slabs. The view was not only unusual, but also creepy.
Island of Abandoned Dolls, Mexico
There is a very strange abandoned island in Mexico, most of which is inhabited by scary dolls. They say that in 1950, a certain hermit, Julian Santana Barrera, began collecting and hanging dolls from trash cans, who in this way tried to calm the soul of a girl who had drowned nearby. Julian himself drowned on the island on April 17, 2001. Now there are about 1000 exhibits on the island.
Chapel of Bones, Portugal
The chapel was built in the 16th century by a Franciscan monk. The chapel itself is small - only 18.6 meters long and 11 meters wide, but the bones and skulls of five thousand monks are kept here. On the roof of the chapel is written the phrase “Melior est die mortis die nativitatis” (“Better the day of death than the day of birth”).
Suicide Forest, Japan
Suicide Forest is the unofficial name of the Aokigahara Jukai forest, located in Japan on the island of Honshu and famous for the frequent suicides committed there. The forest was originally associated with Japanese mythology and was traditionally thought to be the abode of demons and ghosts. Now it is considered the second most popular place in the world (first at the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco) to commit suicide. At the entrance to the forest there is a poster: “Your life is a priceless gift from your parents. Think about them and your family. You don't have to suffer alone. Call us 22-0110."
Abandoned psychiatric hospital in Parma, Italy
Brazilian artist Herbert Baglione created an art piece from a building that once housed a psychiatric hospital. He depicted the spirit of this place. Now ghostly figures of exhausted patients wander around the former hospital.
Catacombs in Paris, France
The Catacombs are a network of winding underground tunnels and caves beneath Paris. The total length, according to various sources, is from 187 to 300 kilometers. Since the end of the 18th century, the remains of almost 6 million people have been buried in the catacombs.
Centralia, Pennsylvania, USA
Due to an underground fire that broke out 50 years ago and continues to burn to this day, the number of residents has decreased from 1,000 people (1981) to 7 people (2012). Centralia now has the smallest population in the state of Pennsylvania. Centralia served as the prototype for the creation of the city in the Silent Hill series of games and in the film based on this game.
Magic Market Akodessewa, Togo
The Akodesseva market for magical items and witchcraft herbs is located right in the center of the city of Lome, the capital of the state of Togo in Africa. Africans of Togo, Ghana and Nigeria still practice the voodoo religion and believe in the miraculous properties of dolls. Akodesseva's fetish assortment is extremely exotic: here you can buy cattle skulls, dried heads of monkeys, buffalos and leopards and many other equally “wonderful” things.
Plague Island, Italy
Poveglia is one of the most famous islands of the Venetian lagoon, in northern Italy. It is said that since Roman times the island was used as a place of exile for plague patients, and therefore up to 160,000 people were buried on it. The souls of many of the dead allegedly turned into ghosts, with which the island is now filled. The island's dark reputation is compounded by stories of horrific experiments allegedly carried out on psychiatric patients. In this regard, paranormal researchers call the island one of the most terrible places on earth.
Hill of Crosses, Lithuania
The Mountain of Crosses is a hill on which many Lithuanian crosses are installed, their total number is approximately 50 thousand. Despite the external resemblance, it is not a cemetery. According to popular belief, good luck will accompany those who leave a cross on the Mountain. Neither the time of the appearance of the Mountain of Crosses nor the reasons for its appearance can be said with certainty. To this day, this place is shrouded in secrets and legends.
Burials of Kabayan, Philippines
The famous fire mummies of Kabayan, dating back to 1200-1500 AD, are buried here, as well as, as local residents believe, their spirits. They were made using a complex mummification process, and are now carefully guarded, as cases of their theft are not uncommon. Why? As one of the robbers said, “he had the right to do this,” since the mummy was his great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandfather.
Overtoun Bridge, Scotland
The old arch bridge is located near the Scottish village of Milton. In the middle of the 20th century, strange things began to happen on it: dozens of dogs suddenly threw themselves from a 15-meter height, fell onto rocks and were killed. Those that survived came back and tried again. The bridge has turned into a real “killer” of four-legged animals.
Actun-Tunichil-Muknal Cave, Belize
Actun Tunichil Muknal is a cave near the city of San Ignacio, Belize. It is an archaeological site of the Mayan civilization. Located on the territory of the Mount Tapira Natural Park. One of the halls of the cave is the so-called cathedral, where the Mayans made sacrifices, as they considered this place to be Xibalba - the entrance to the underworld.
Leap Castle, Ireland
Leap Castle in Offaly, Ireland is considered one of the cursed castles in the world. Its gloomy attraction is a large underground dungeon, the bottom of which is studded with sharp stakes. The dungeon was discovered during the restoration of the castle. In order to remove all the bones from it, the workers needed 4 carts. Local residents say that the castle is haunted by many ghosts of people who died in the dungeon.
Chauchilla Cemetery, Peru
The Chauchilla Cemetery is located about 30 minutes from the Nazca desert plateau, on the southern coast of Peru. The necropolis was discovered in the 20s of the twentieth century. According to researchers, bodies found in the cemetery are about 700 years old, and the last burials here took place in the 9th century. Chowchilla differs from other burial sites in the special way in which people were buried. All the bodies are “squatting”, and their “faces” seem to be frozen in a wide smile. The bodies were perfectly preserved thanks to the Peruvian dry desert climate.
Sanctuary of Tophet, Tunisia
The most notorious feature of Carthage's religion was the sacrifice of children, mainly infants. During the sacrifice it was forbidden to cry, since it was believed that any tear, any plaintive sigh would detract from the value of the sacrifice. In 1921, archaeologists discovered a site where several rows of urns were found containing the charred remains of both animals (they were sacrificed instead of people) and small children. The place was called Tophet
Snake Island, Brazil
Queimada Grande is one of the most dangerous and famous islands on our planet. There is only a forest, a rocky, inhospitable coast up to 200 meters high, and snakes. There are up to six snakes per square meter of the island. The poison of these reptiles acts instantly. Brazilian authorities have decided to completely ban anyone from visiting the island, and locals are telling chilling stories about it.
Buzludzha, Bulgaria
The largest monument in Bulgaria, located on Mount Buzludzha with a height of 1441 meters, was built in the 1980s in honor of the Bulgarian Communist Party. Its construction took almost 7 years and involved more than 6 thousand workers and experts. The interior was partly decorated with marble, and the staircases were decorated with red cathedral glass. Now the monument house has been completely looted, only a concrete frame with reinforcement remains, looking like a destroyed alien ship.
City of the Dead, Russia
Dargavs in North Ossetia looks like a cute village with small stone houses, but in fact it is an ancient necropolis. People were buried in various types of crypts along with all their clothing and personal belongings.
Unfinished subway in Cincinnati, USA
Abandoned subway depot in Cincinnati - project built in 1884. But after the First World War and as a result of changing demographics, the need for the metro disappeared. Construction slowed in 1925, with half of the 16 km line completed. The abandoned subway now hosts tours twice a year, but many people are known to wander its tunnels alone.
Have you ever visited a place that gave you goosebumps? We found mysterious and scary places on our planet that not everyone dares to visit. See 15 of the creepiest places on earth.
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1. Muynak, Uzbekistan. There was once a busy port here. Now this place, where just a few decades ago the Aral Sea roared, has turned into a desert due to the fault of man. Now here you can only see a frightening landscape - a ship cemetery. (Photo: AP Photo/Alexander Zemlanichenko). 
2. Catacombs, France. The remains of almost 6 million people still lie beneath the French capital. Also called the “French Empire of the Dead,” the 321-kilometer-long Parisian catacombs are a network of old caves and tunnels filled with skulls and bones of the dead. (Photo: AP Photo/Francois Mori) 
3. Wonderland, China. China's "Wonderland" was supposed to be the largest amusement park in Asia. Unfortunately, in 1998, it was decided to abandon further construction due to rising land prices. Today, this abandoned place rather resembles a “land of horrors,” and locals call it a ghost town. (Photo: DAVID GRAY/Reuters). 
4. Voodoo market, Togo. The capital of Togo has the strangest “pharmacy” in the world. Here you can find “special” medicines for every possible disease, for example, such as: dried monkey heads, elephant tails, bone bracelets and a love potion made from chameleons ground into powder. (Photo: Godong/Getty Images) 
5. Hoia Baciu Forest, Romania. The mysterious forest of Transylvania has fascinated and frightened people for more than 50 years. Residents of nearby towns claim that many people have disappeared there. Those who managed to get out of it say that during their “journey” through the forest they constantly felt inner restlessness and nausea. The trees that were once straight in this forest have now, for unknown reasons, become crooked and twisted. (Photo: Mikel Martinez de Osaba/Getty Images) 
6. Abandoned subway in Cincinnati, USA. In 1920, Cincinnati authorities decided to build a subway, but after 9.6 kilometers of tracks, funds ran out. To this day, abandoned tunnels under the city terrify local residents. (Photo: AP Photo/Harvey Eugene Smith) 
7. Medical Museum in Philadelphia, USA. This most terrible American museum is visited by more than 142 thousand people annually. There you can see a huge collection of various parts of the human body, embryos and other anatomical rarities. Brrr! Horrible! (Photo: AP Photo/Rusty Kennedy) 
8. Hill of Crosses, Lithuania. The mountain with two hundred thousand crosses is evidence of the deep faith of Lithuanian pilgrims. The custom of leaving crosses on the mountain appeared in 1931. Today, this slightly creepy mountain is a symbol of Lithuanian Catholicism and an element of national identity. (Photo: Image Broker/REX). 
9. Oradour-sur-Glane, France. This small French village still bears the marks of Nazi brutality. On June 10, 1944, 642 people, including 247 children, were brutally killed: shot or burned alive. About 300 thousand tourists visit this place every year. (Photo: AP Photo). 
10. Mummies in the village of Kabayan, Philippines. Many years ago, in the village of Kabayan, there was a tradition of mummifying the dead of the upper classes. With the spread of Christianity, this custom was forgotten, however, eerie caves filled with the remains of mummified people remained. (Photo: Christian Kober/Robert Harding/REX) 
11. Maunsell Sea Forts, England. Designed by British engineer Munsell, these concrete platform defenses were designed to protect England's coastline during World War II. They are located in the east of the country at the mouth of the Thames and Mersey in the North Sea. On a sunny day, looking at them, it seems that they are huge, frightening metal robots. (Photo: Chris Laurens/Getty Images) 
12. Varosha, Cyprus. Varosha is an abandoned city on the Cypriot coast. It was evacuated 40 years ago during a Turkish attack. The city was never repopulated. This deserted, abandoned place exudes horror. (Photo: ANDREAS MANOLIS/Reuters). 
13. Jatinga Valley, India. This valley is notorious as a site of mass bird suicide. Birds from all over the world migrate there, then live there only until autumn, and then die, falling from a 700-meter cliff. (Photo: AP Photo/Anupam Nath) 
14. San Zhi village, Taiwan. These summer houses, which look like flying saucers, were built in 1978 on the ruins of a cemetery. It is said that strange accidents and suicides occurred here during construction. The developer Hung Kuo Group, despite the loss of funds, decided to abandon this investment. (Photo: Philipp Chistyakov/Getty Images). 
15. Chapel in the village of Czermna, Poland. The walls and ceiling of the chapel are covered with three thousand tightly packed skulls and human bones of victims of wars and epidemics. In the middle of the chapel there are two sculptures of angels with the inscriptions: “Rise from the dead” and “The day of judgment will come.” And in front of the entrance there is a statue with an inscription in three languages (German, Czech and Polish): “In memory of the victims of the war, and as a warning to the living 1914.” (Photo: wikipedia commons).
Fear is a completely natural emotion of a person who is faced with something unusual and frightening. Some people are horrified by seemingly ordinary things and phenomena. Some people are terrified of flights of stairs or spiders. Some people faint at the thought of flying on an airplane. As a rule, all these fears are caused by some kind of psychological problems or traumas suffered in distant childhood.
But there are the most terrible places on earth, in which even the most persistent and self-confident person begins to feel uncomfortable. Often phenomena are observed there for which there is no logical explanation. Such locations will be discussed in this article. More precisely, we will discuss the Top 10 most terrible places on the planet.
Suicide Forest, Japan
At the entrance to this “wonderful” place there are numerous billboards. There are many inscriptions on them, reminding that life is the most precious thing every person has. Promising, isn't it? And it’s true: this area is included in the “19 most creepy and scary places on earth” according to English paranormal researchers.
This forest is very, very strange. Creepy, twisted trees, dense growth of bushes and eternal twilight. But what’s even scarier about it is that under your feet you often find ropes, scraps of clothing, and packages of potent medicines. All this was left here by those who were never destined to see the sun again.
If you go five hundred meters deep in any direction, you will almost inevitably come across a skeleton(s), or even a fresh corpse. The police annually (!), together with medical workers, search this terrible place. And every year there are at least a couple of hundred remains of varying degrees of preservation. It is not surprising that the most terrible places on earth (top ratings are compiled annually) have had this “cute” forest in their ranks for decades.
You might think that this is a description of some low-grade horror film... Alas, this forest is quite real. For decades, various relevant departments have been conducting investigations and studying its phenomenon, but not a single answer has been received. Why does this particular place attract people contemplating suicide? If you think that only local bones are scattered in the forest, then you are mistaken. People come here from all over Japan!
However, there are those for whom such a terrible place brings good profits. These are looters. There are rumors of cases where these vultures picked up valuable jewelry and wallets worth several million yen in a couple of visits. What other scariest places on earth are there?
Waverly Hills Sanatorium
As a rule, people expect relaxation and rest from the hardships and experiences of the big world from a sanatorium. If you think the same, then you definitely shouldn’t come to the “fried chicken state,” that is, Kentucky. There are the most terrible places on earth, where a person simply feels uncomfortable, but only here you can really see... the source of your anxiety.
This sanatorium is famous for its ghosts, the images of which have been repeatedly captured on camera. This place has become famous since 1920. Tuberculosis was rampant in the United States at that time. A hospital was set up in the sanatorium. The scale of the disease was so terrifying that every half hour one of the patients died.
In order not to shock the respectable public, it was decided to use a tunnel from the hospital to the nearest railway station for storing the dead, from where the corpses were taken to the crematorium (the hospital’s capacity was simply not enough). Sometimes the bodies lay there for days.
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This continued until 1943, when outbreaks of tuberculosis were observed less and less frequently, and great scientific minds were able to create a simple vaccine, which still helped stop many cases of the disease. The building was temporarily closed but was later converted into a nursing home. Since most of the guests were abandoned by their families, the old people were treated very rudely.
Eventually, it got to the point that residents of neighboring houses filed a lawsuit against the owners of the nursing home, after which it was closed. The building gradually deteriorated and fell into disrepair. That's when thrill-seekers began to frequent there. They looked for evidence of the paranormal and often found it. So, in room No. 502, dozens of seekers saw the ghost of a young girl.
A case is also described when in the empty and destroyed kitchen on the ground floor the sounds of footsteps were heard and the smell of wonderful freshly baked bread was heard. In short, there are more than enough oddities here.
Let's continue to discuss the most terrible places on earth.
Borley House in Essex, England
Classic haunted house. Do you want a thrill? Get this: in this house alone, in the period from 1930 to 1935, more than two thousand (!) cases of poltergeist manifestations were officially registered. This is difficult to fake, even if you really want to.
The house changed owners many times until a team of researchers of the inexplicable settled there in 1937. They recorded dozens of ghosts and completely inexplicable phenomena. In particular, during a spiritualistic seance, someone who identified himself as the previous owner of the house said that in 1939 the building would burn down. And so it happened. Firefighters saw a man and then a woman calmly emerge from the building engulfed in flames. Need I say that by that time there was no one there anymore?
What other scariest places on the planet are there?
Summit of Everest
What comes to mind when you say the word "Everest"? Surely associations will be associated with snow-white snow, with a peak proudly breaking through the clouds... But professional climbers, with some fatigue and indifference, can say that at least a hundred or two corpses lie on the top of this mountain.
These are all those to whom the mountain has not conquered. The reasons for their death are banal: a stolen oxygen cylinder (and at such a height there is literally nothing to breathe), hypothermia and hypoxia, cardiac arrest... Let's continue to discuss the most terrible places on the planet.
Death Valley, USA
The name of this place alone hints that it is not particularly hospitable. Death Valley is a desert area located in the Mojave Desert. It is considered one of the hottest places on the planet: the temperature in these parts sometimes exceeds +55 degrees Celsius. Death in such conditions without water occurs within two to three hours. Despite this, the Valley is a national park and is included in the list of “40 most beautiful places on earth.”
In general, there is nothing paranormal here. Rather, all incidents in Death Valley occur for the most banal reason - human stupidity. Despite constant warnings, there are plenty of originals who travel to these parts without a supply of water and in old cars whose engines overheat instantly.
Why is it so dangerous here?
Standing on a road in the Valley without water is almost certain death. Cars rarely drive, there is no cell phone service. The only correct strategy in this case is to sit in the car and not leave it. Every few hours a sheriff's car drives down the road. But many “extreme seekers” decide to walk around... and die from dehydration, or even disappear completely in the hot valley.
By the way, this national park got its name after a sad story: in 1849, a large group of settlers decided to take a “shortcut” to California by passing through the valley. They only reached the halfway point, after which they all died from dehydration. In general, all the most terrible, mysterious and unusual places in the world, upon closer examination, lose their entire aura of mystery. But it's not always that simple...
Yeluyu Cherkechekh, Yakutia
This valley is located in Yakutia, a strange and mysterious place. Back in Soviet times, there was a legend in these parts about some huge metal boilers. Scientists and military personnel became interested: judging by the descriptions, these “boilers” were strikingly reminiscent of parts of aircraft. But who flew in these parts and when? After all, the legends were hundreds of years old!
The Yakuts have a legend about a hunter who, one terribly cold night, decided to spend the night in a cauldron. Oddly enough, it was warm here in the severe frost. The brave hunter did not see any spirits and slept well. It was only a few days after his return that he began to get very sick, his hair and teeth fell out, the surface of his body became covered with ulcers, and he soon died.
And now it’s almost the same story. Once upon a time there lived a shepherd. And then one day in the steppe he found a convenient sphere, which he believed could be used as a stove. He lived with her for a couple of weeks, after which he died with the same symptoms that were observed in the Yakut hunter. This happened in the vicinity of Baikonur. The “stove” was part of the rocket, and it emitted a monstrous amount of noise. The shepherd died from radiation sickness. So which astronauts scattered their “rockets” across the Yakut valley? There are still no answers.
So let's continue. We haven't discussed all the 10 creepiest places on earth yet!
Death Valley, Kamchatka
Another valley with the same “romantic” name. One day, local hunters lost their dogs, which they took with them on a hunt. After wandering for a couple of hours, people came to the slope of a ridge, where the corpses of a variety of animals lay piled up. Among them they saw their dogs.
After staying in this place for only a couple of hours, people felt severe malaise and weakness. For several months they were very sick, losing tens of kilograms in weight. During subsequent attempts to explore the Valley, about a hundred scientists died. And the casket opened simply: it turns out that in that place the exits of underground volcanic cavities open, from which many heavy, highly toxic gases emerge. Walking there without a powerful gas mask is strongly not recommended.
Mary King's Dead End, Edinburgh
When the plague raged in Scotland, the authorities of Edinburgh decided to move all the sick to a securely fenced old area so that the infection would not spread. In principle, they succeeded and the number of cases of plague gradually began to decline.
But Mary King's cul-de-sac, named after a little girl who died here, soon gained notoriety. Ghostly silhouettes are constantly seen on ancient streets, in local houses the temperature sometimes suddenly drops sharply for no reason, and animals are terribly afraid to enter some rooms. If you're in Scotland, visit this cul-de-sac! Despite the fact that the scariest places on planet Earth often evoke fear for some natural reason, Mary King's dead end is clearly not one of them.
Catacombs of Paris
In 1780, the glorious city of Paris was shocked by unpleasant news: the wall of the local cemetery, which separated the city of the living from the city of the dead, collapsed. And then it began... When the rains finally washed away the soil, the streets of Paris were flooded with pieces of corpses, bones and scraps of old clothing. After all, people have been buried in this place for centuries!
What should I do? The only solution was to collect mortal remains, wash them and store them in the old city catacombs. The amount of work was monstrous: when modern researchers roughly counted the number of bones, it turned out that at least six million people were buried there!
Being in the catacombs is quite creepy: skulls are grinning on all sides, the twilight creates a strange feeling that there are many people around you... By the way, the list of “25 most terrible places on the planet”, compiled by American amateurs, puts these catacombs in seventh position.
Death Road, Borneo
Many people still consider the Japanese to be nice people, on whose heads the Americans dropped atomic bombs for no reason at all. Of course, we will not discuss the ethical side of the US action, but the Japanese themselves are not without sin...
For example, there is one road on the island of Borneo. It is famous for the fact that Japanese soldiers drove almost 2.5 thousand Australian and American prisoners along it. Of these, only six people survived. They were able to outlive their comrades only because they managed to escape. The Japanese soldiers tortured and starved all the rest to death.
A photograph of John Tulloch, a retired military man, is widely known. It shows ghostly silhouettes of people walking doomedly along the road. Be that as it may, this place evokes a depressing and gloomy feeling even on a bright day.
So we’ve finished looking at the Top 10 scariest places on the planet. We hope you found it terribly interesting!
Despite the fact that abandoned cities and creepy corners of the earth terrify impressionable tourists, hundreds of travelers constantly come to these most terrible places on the planet in search of thrills.
Prague cemetery
One of these terrible places in the world is considered to be the Prague cemetery with 12 thousand ancient tombstones, which operated in the Czech Republic for four centuries. Unknown travelers found their last refuge in this cemetery, but most often wealthy townspeople were buried in luxurious processions. The cemetery area is small, but 100 thousand dead are buried here. It is noteworthy that the older burials were covered with earth, then the new dead were buried on top of them. This is how about 12 tiers were formed: now travelers can observe an eerie picture - the subsiding earth has exposed several upper “floors” with coffins and gravestones.
St. George's Church
St. George's Church is also located in the Czech Republic, in one of the tiny villages: tourists go to the abandoned temple, attracted by the unusual legend of the place. Sometime during the next funeral service, the roof over the church collapsed. The once holy place was decorated by the Czech artist Hadrava with numerous ominous ghost sculptures.
Mexican Island of Abandoned Dolls
The Mexican island of abandoned dolls attracts adrenaline junkies with the exotic nature of forgotten toys. In the middle of the last century, a hermit who settled here began to collect and “resettle” dolls thrown into the trash around the island. About a thousand broken and mutilated toys are tied to trees - many dolls sit on the ground or hang on branches: this is how the hermit decided to perpetuate the memory of a girl who drowned in the bay.
Chapel of Bones
The next terrible place in the world is also impressive - the chapel of bones, built many centuries ago by a Franciscan monk in one of the cities of Portugal. The small chapel contains the remains of five thousand monks. The roof and walls of the tomb are decorated with intricate inscriptions in Latin.
Paris catacombs
The world-famous Parisian catacombs are a winding system of underground tunnels with extensive caves and descents. A communications network stretching up to 300 kilometers lies near Paris: more than 6 million people have found their home here.
Japanese island Hashima
The Japanese island of Hashima is also considered the most mystical place in the world. This abandoned mining town once supplied the country with coal, with quarries and a mine operating in the late 19th century. People came here in the hope of making money: miners densely populated the island with their families. Almost 40 years ago, the enterprise became unprofitable and the coal mines were closed. Now this island has become a popular ghost town among tourists.
Suicide Forest
Jukai, the famous Suicide Forest, is located on one of the Japanese islands and has gone down in history as an evil place where thousands of people committed suicide. The forest initially enjoyed a bad reputation thanks to ancient legends about ghosts, and since the middle of the last century, suicides have become frequent in these eerie thickets. Going several hundred meters into the forest, along the paths you can find things - shoes, clothes, bags of those who have passed away. Knowing how attractive the place is for people with weak mental health, the authorities installed a warning poster with a helpline number.
Kabayan fire mummies burials
Among the most mystical places in the world are also called the burial places of the fire mummies of Kabayan in the Philippines. These remains are more than seven centuries old: locals believe that the spirits of the mummified deceased still live near the burial sites. A peculiarity of local customs is that mummies were buried in small coffin capsules made of wood, placing the bodies of the deceased in them in the most uncomfortable positions.
Akodessewa Magic Market
At the magic market of Akodessewa, which lies in the center of the capital of Togo, you can see sorcerers who still practice voodoo magic and use terrifying-looking dolls in rituals. Buyers and fans of monstrous artifacts are offered a choice of decorated skulls, magical accessories, potions and medicines, dried monkey heads, hare and chicken feet, various souvenirs and local amulets.
Mental hospital
In the ranking of scary places in the world, tourists are attracted by the old psychiatric hospital in the city of Parma: it was once one of the successful clinics in Italy, but over time the building fell into disrepair. A masterpiece from the object was made by an artist from Brazil, who painted the walls of the hospital with silhouettes of patients. Ghostly figures decorate the building, conveying to rare visitors the eerie atmosphere of an Italian abandoned hospital.
Plague Island
In Italy there is another terrifying attraction - the Plague Island in the Venetian lagoon. Since ancient times, this place has been adapted for the residence of patients who were exiled here from all over the country. More than 16 thousand plague victims are buried here, but locals believe that their souls have not calmed down and still hover over their graves. The island’s gloomy reputation is also supported by legends according to which terrible experiments were performed on the sick.
City of Centralia
Connoisseurs of the horror genre and realistic computer games go to the American city of Centralia for a special experience: it was here that the famous horror film “Silent Hill” was filmed. This town in Pennsylvania is famous for the fact that due to a massive fire, the population almost abandoned the area. The underground fire has not yet been extinguished: the atmosphere of hopelessness is emphasized by particles of ash in the air over empty streets with destroyed houses.
Mountain of crosses
The most mystical places in the world in the last century were replenished with a new attraction - the Mountain of Crosses with ancient Lithuanian crosses is an eerie-looking hill that is not a cemetery at all. According to numerous legends, anyone who places a cross here will receive good luck and change their fate for the better.
Cave in Belize
A cave in Belize attracts tourists with the strange atmosphere of the cult of the ancient Mayans. This unusual archaeological site is located near Tapir Mountain and is famous for its unique cathedral, built in one of the cave halls. Blood sacrifices were made here for terrible deities. The Mayans also believed that it was here that the gates to the underworld opened.
Chowchilla Cemetery
The Peruvian ancient cemetery of Chauchilla was also included in the list of the most terrible places on the planet. The country's landmark is located near the Nazca Plateau, famous for ufologists. The necropolis was discovered by scientists about a century ago. The burial method attracted the attention of archaeologists: the dead were placed in graves, covering their bodies with a special composition. Thanks to ancient recipes, the dead were perfectly preserved: the dry climate of the Peruvian desert also contributed to this.
Snake Island
In Brazil, Snake Island is considered the creepiest place: the territory is famous for the presence of a huge number of snakes - here on every square meter of forest land you can find up to six dangerous and poisonous reptiles. Now tourists are prohibited from visiting Queimada Grande due to the risk of attack by huge poisonous reptiles.
Moleb triangle
The Moleb Triangle was included in the ranking of the creepiest places in Russia: this is a remote village in the Perm Territory, where anomalous UFO activity was noticed. Previously, the Mansi lived here, who made sacrifices to their gods on a stone plateau.
Russia also has its own exotic City of the Dead: the small Ossetian village of Dargavs is famous for its richly decorated family crypts.
Overtown Bridge
One of Scotland's bridges, Overtoun, has become notorious for unexplained cases of suicide among dogs. Dozens of dogs threw themselves onto the rocks and died, and the survivors went up to try again.
Hanging coffins of Sagada
The list of the most terrible places on the planet would be incomplete without the hanging coffins of Sagada - original burial structures were built in the forest of one of the villages in the Philippines. Locals bury the dead, hanging them so that the souls of departed ancestors are closer to heaven.
Sanctuary of Tophet
In the Tunisian sanctuary of Tophet, several centuries ago, animals and children were sacrificed: this was a feature of the bloody religion of old Carthage.
Unfinished subway in Cincinnati
The grandiose construction project - the unfinished subway in Cincinnati - amazes with its atmosphere of abandonment. The depot was built at the end of the 19th century, but the line was frozen for economic reasons. Now the depot can be visited several times a year, although diggers from all over the world often visit the unfinished metro on their own.