Get you ghoul on at the creepiest places on earth
By Patti Pietschmann
A word of warning: this is not for the feint-hearted. But rather for anyone looking for some Halloween-like excitement. Of even though it’s 10 months away might want plan a ghoulish skin-tingling trip on Oct. 31, 2021.
Now for your moment of Zen: some of the world's creepiest places. (Our source is a TripAdvisor subsidiary, SmarterTravel).
Them bones
Mütter Museum (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) - The museum holds a collection of anatomical oddities. There's a man's enormous colon and the body of an 1830s woman with soapy fat. There's also a slice of someone's face suspended in fluid are among the 20,000 items on display. Eerie enough for you?
Graveyard tales
Haunted Galveston Island (Galveston, Texas) This is the graveyard of the deadliest storm in US history, the Galveston Hurricane of 1900.
Manchac Swamp (near New Orleans, Louisiana) - The final resting place of hundreds, who were swept to their death during a 1915 hurricane. There are evening tours to the mass graves and swamps where red-eyed crocodiles roam.
Count Dracula
Bram Stoker's Dracula Setting (Whitby, England) - The inspiration for Dracula's arrival in England in Bram Stoker's Dracula. On dreary days as rolling fog enshrouds Whitby's clifftop abbey ruins and ocean waves slam into the rocks below.
Bell Witch Cave (Adams, Tennessee) - This is the site of a haunting that began tormenting a farmer and his family in 1817. As the legend goes, the witch spirit made daily appearances, plaguing the family with violence that left bruises. Strange incidents on the property and in its cave happen. So beware of malfunctioning cameras, menacing voices, vapors, and elusive faces that still occur.
Bram Stoker's Dracula Setting (Whitby, England) - The inspiration for Dracula's arrival in England in Bram Stoker's Dracula. On dreary days, when rolling fog enshrouds Whitby's clifftop abbey ruins and ocean waves slam into the rocks below, you can almost see it.
Bell Witch Cave (Adams, Tennessee) - The site of a haunting that began tormenting a farmer and his family in 1817. As the legend goes, the witch spirit made daily appearances, plaguing the family with violence that left bruises. Strange incidents on the property and in its cave - malfunctioning cameras, menacing voices, vapors, and elusive faces - still occur.
The Gothic cavernous suite sits 220 feet below the earth. It was formed over the course of 65 million years. I mean, is this you or what? Of course you don’t have to sport a penchant for Goth or the living dead to enjoy this bizarre experience.
The suite is entirely devoid of any light or sound. The quiet air, free of moisture and impurities, begs to be breathed, and engages all the senses. The oxygen in the caverns is distilled as it stretches miles through limestone crevices beginning at the Grand Canyon. There are electric lamps and even a record player, and library with books and magazines dated back to the1800’s.
Creepy enough for you?
