Spooky Destinations Around the World
A bump in the night, a shiver down your spine, a tree branch reaches out to grab you, the scraping of a knife whispers on the breeze down a deserted city street...
and you are swept away in the horrifying realities of the most haunted senior destinations in the world! Whether you believe in ghosts or not, taking a peak at some of the scariest cities in the world will put chills down your spine...
or at least leave you with a wonderment of the horrifying events that happened there.
From the corners where Jack the Ripper hunted to the resting places of Civil War soldiers, these four spooky districts leave everything to the imagination and are the bestsenior trips for seniors who like to be scared! London, England London is known as the most haunted city in the world, and with good reason! Although beautiful and vibrant during the day, at night the murders of Jack the Ripper can be replayed in your mind when you go on one of the many Jack the Ripper tours in the Whitechapel area, only blocks from the financial district in downtown London.
The Tower of London is filled with spirits of the prisoners wrongly put to death in its walls...
and those who were rightfully put to death and too spiteful to leave! The Theatre Royal is said to have the spirit of "the man in grey" haunt it even in daylight, and St.
Bartholomew Church is home to the spirit of its monk founder, Rahere along with the tortured Catholic souls murdered during King Henry VIII's reign.
Savannah, Georgia Ghosts of civil war soldiers, victims of plague and fires, and beat-to-death slaves room America's most haunted city.
The Marshall House, an old hospital during the yellow fever epidemic, is said to be haunted by many ghosts, as are the massive gothic mansions and graveyards splattered across this city.
Mercer House rooms Jim Williams, the main character from Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, whereas Bonaventure Cemetery is guarded by a pack of wild ghost dogs.
Paris, France One of the most famous underground burial chambers in the world, the infamous Catacombs, flows under the busy streets of Paris in a world of its own.
Ghosts haunt their final resting places and tourists get a glace of columns and rows of human skulls.
The Place de 'Opera, inspiration for the musical Phantom of the Opera, houses its own ghoulish phantoms.
The gothic architecture of the Louvre and Notre Dame Cathedral leave no question that ghosts of centuries past still survive in its famous halls.
Edinburgh, Scotland The Edinburgh Castle looms over this old yet vibrant city, plunging the city into its shadow in the evenings.
Walking through its corridors it is rumored one might hear the wailings of the Lone Piper, a young man who disappeared in the tunnels beneath the castle.
Mary King's Close is an underground dwelling where it is rumored a little girl was locked in by her family to die.
The site is now littered with toys and dolls to keep her ghost in good spirits.
North of the city are the ruins of Urquhart Castle overlooking Loch Ness, home of the Loch Ness Monster.
and you are swept away in the horrifying realities of the most haunted senior destinations in the world! Whether you believe in ghosts or not, taking a peak at some of the scariest cities in the world will put chills down your spine...
or at least leave you with a wonderment of the horrifying events that happened there.
From the corners where Jack the Ripper hunted to the resting places of Civil War soldiers, these four spooky districts leave everything to the imagination and are the bestsenior trips for seniors who like to be scared! London, England London is known as the most haunted city in the world, and with good reason! Although beautiful and vibrant during the day, at night the murders of Jack the Ripper can be replayed in your mind when you go on one of the many Jack the Ripper tours in the Whitechapel area, only blocks from the financial district in downtown London.
The Tower of London is filled with spirits of the prisoners wrongly put to death in its walls...
and those who were rightfully put to death and too spiteful to leave! The Theatre Royal is said to have the spirit of "the man in grey" haunt it even in daylight, and St.
Bartholomew Church is home to the spirit of its monk founder, Rahere along with the tortured Catholic souls murdered during King Henry VIII's reign.
Savannah, Georgia Ghosts of civil war soldiers, victims of plague and fires, and beat-to-death slaves room America's most haunted city.
The Marshall House, an old hospital during the yellow fever epidemic, is said to be haunted by many ghosts, as are the massive gothic mansions and graveyards splattered across this city.
Mercer House rooms Jim Williams, the main character from Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, whereas Bonaventure Cemetery is guarded by a pack of wild ghost dogs.
Paris, France One of the most famous underground burial chambers in the world, the infamous Catacombs, flows under the busy streets of Paris in a world of its own.
Ghosts haunt their final resting places and tourists get a glace of columns and rows of human skulls.
The Place de 'Opera, inspiration for the musical Phantom of the Opera, houses its own ghoulish phantoms.
The gothic architecture of the Louvre and Notre Dame Cathedral leave no question that ghosts of centuries past still survive in its famous halls.
Edinburgh, Scotland The Edinburgh Castle looms over this old yet vibrant city, plunging the city into its shadow in the evenings.
Walking through its corridors it is rumored one might hear the wailings of the Lone Piper, a young man who disappeared in the tunnels beneath the castle.
Mary King's Close is an underground dwelling where it is rumored a little girl was locked in by her family to die.
The site is now littered with toys and dolls to keep her ghost in good spirits.
North of the city are the ruins of Urquhart Castle overlooking Loch Ness, home of the Loch Ness Monster.