The Vampire of Richmond and his mausoleum in Hollywood Cemetery
In the antebellum Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond, Virginia, the W. W. Pool Mausoleum is said to be the grave of the Richmond Vampire. A more recent urban legend is now associated with the collapse of the Church Hill Tunnel. At
Headless ghosts haunting Dublin Castle
It is said to be haunted by headless prisoners who tried to take Dublin Castle. Shadows hang in the corners of this two-story building. Few places in Ireland carry as much history, blood and shadow as Dublin Castle or Caisleán
The Serbian vampire city of Kisiljevo and the undead of Ruža Vlajna
Centuries after the vampire panic that began with the death of Petar Blagojević, another vampire haunts the Serbian village of Kisiljevo. Who was Ruža Vlajna and what happened to her? In the gloomy heart of Eastern Europe, along the fog-shrouded
The Haunted Fields of Croppie's Acre: A site of restless rebellion in Dublin
Said to be the mass burial site of the dead Irish independence rebels since 1798, Croppie's Acre in Dublin is haunted by their souls. Just behind Kilmainham Royal Infirmary, close to the banks of the River Liffey, is a green
The Lost Valley: Fairies of Val Gerina
Legend has it that it was once a green paradise and fairies protected the inhabitants of the Val Gerina valley in the Swiss Alps. However, driven by his greed to impress the woman, the son intended to continue the tradition
Trinity College: the ghostly scholars who never left
Said to be haunted by its former fellows, Trinity College Dublin is filled with eerie ghosts and even a bell rings after obscure when shadows take over the campus. Trinity College Dublin is the oldest surviving university in Ireland, founded
Queen Wildegg Castle and the tomb of Maria Luisa St. Simon-Montleart in the forest
A true story turned into a fairy tale, the life and death of the French countess Marie Louise St. Simon-Montleart became a legend. Buried in the forest near Wildegg Castle in Switzerland, it is said that she haunts the castle
A mysterious white woman haunting the Belchen Tunnel in the 1980s
The urban legend of the ghost of a woman in white haunting the Belchen Tunnel while crossing the Jura Mountains in Switzerland is said to have been widely known and reported in the 1980s. The question is, does it still
The Ghost of the Marshalsea Barracks: The Prison That Never Sleeped
After falling to his death while escaping from a debtor's prison, the Marshalsea Barracks in Dublin, it is said that the ghost of Pat Doyle haunts the remaining walls of the ruins. Once hidden in Dublin's Liberties was a place