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 chateau 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 a ruined
former priory, to the lift operator in a Canadian hotel still working
his shift decades after he died, to the infamous Vlad the Impaler, who
haunts a Romanian castle 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 photographs of
haunted sites. 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.
