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34 Haunted, Cursed or Just Plain Unlikely Items and Places You Shouldn’t Touch With a 10-Foot Pole

September 22, 2024

We had no idea that there were so many terrifying things and places out there. It’s times like these that make us appreciate our reclusiveness. Toiling away in this broom closet feels a whole lot safer once you’ve ventured out into the realm of the paranormal. Unless, of course, the ghost of Bill the janitor is kicking around in here.

Nowhere is safe! As you’ll see below, any old doll, landmark or closet can provide a comfy little home for a ghostly presence.

Did that broom just move on its own?!?!?!

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BTS STORIES FROM HORROR MOVIES 2019 ANNABELLE COMES HOME The set for the third Annabelle installment was so spooky, a priest had to intervene. A piano bench would move by itself, door knocks would be randomly heard, and performers saw shadowy figures on the set. CRACKED.COM — Source

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CRACKED.COM THE BROWN LADY OF RAYNHAM HALL In 1936 while taking photos of Raynham Hall for Country Life Magazine, Captain Hubart C. Provand and his assistant noticed a vapoury form gradually assuming the appearance of a woman coming down the stairs towards them and snapped what's widely regarded today as one of the most famous ghost pictures ever taken. — Source

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... TELL US NOW. Rebecca N. shares, Growing up, l I would see a dark figure reflected in the TV. I hated having to get up after everyone went to bed. It was always there. Always watching. When I got older, it moved to the corner of my bedroom. When my friend saw it too, I knew I wasn't imagining it all. CRACKED.COM — Source

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... TELL US NOW. Jonathan S. says, I was in the kitchen making a grocery list, and an older style radio beside me turns on by itself. I had to turn the volume knob down for it to switch off. CRACKED.COM — Source

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... TELL US NOW. Becky В. says, The house I grew up in was built in 1860s. During the 80s when I was a young child, I swore I could hear babies crying and what sounded like a woman screaming at night. Learned in my teen years that the house was used as a birthing house in the 1880s. CRACKED.COM — Source

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CRACKED.COM THE WHITE LADY OF WORSTEAD CHURCH In 1975, Diane Berthelot's husband took a photo of her sitting in a pew at St. Mary's Church in Worstead, UK. When they developed the picture, they noticed a mysterious ghostly figure. Diane, now in her 80's, claims the White Lady healed her and has kept her healthy through the years. — Source

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CRACKED ELEANOR ROOSEVELT Eleanor Roosevelt, the wife of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, said she could sense Abraham Lincoln's spirit when she stayed up late working in his bedroom, which she had turned into her office. — Source

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34 Haunted, Cursed or Just Plain Unlikely Items and Places You Shouldn’t Touch With a 10-Foot Pole — Source

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Fengdu Ghost City in China. E le With stone statues of demons desecrating humans, Ghost City is seen as the gateway to Diyu (the Chinese realm of hell). It's at the northern end of the Yangtze River, and you can participate in the annual festival that honors the spirits. CRACKED — Source

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CRACKED.COM An unusually high number of accidents in a road crossing Dartmoor, in Devon, England, have been attributed to the Hairy Hands, a pair of disembodied hands that appear out of nowhere and wrench vehicles off the road. — Source

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... TELL US NOW. THE HOOSAC TUNNEL NORTH ADAMS, MASSACHUSETTS A reader tells US the tunnel is long thought to be haunted since its construction in 1851. The construction was extremely dangerous, claiming 190 lives before its completion. CRACKED.COM — Source

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... TELL US NOW. MUNGER ROAD BARTLETT, ILLINOIS SCHOOL BUS Tom I. shares, According to legend, a school bus full of children was hit by a train on Munger Road. Now if you leave your car on the tracks, the ghosts of these children will push your car to safety like a spooky towing service. CRACKED.COM — Source

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... TELL US NOW. SATAN SCHOOL Road SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA Ellerbe Road Ellerbe Road Gregg G. says, It's an abandoned school building in a remote area. It's rumored to be the place to commit ritual sacrifice, summoning demons, etc. I've heard personal accounts of hearing screaming inside the building, as well as what was described as 'a floating orb of energy.' The building and land is privately owned, it still stands in disarray to the very day, kept under lock and key including trespassing warnings around. CRACKED.COM — Source

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... TELL US NOW. SHANGHAI TUNNELS PORTLAND, OREGON Ron L. says the secret network of underground tunnels is considered haunted, adding, People touched. Rocks being thrown. Unexplained sounds. Disembodied voices. CRACKED.COM — Source

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... TELL US NOW. ST CRISPIN'S HOSPITAL NORTHAMPTON, ENGLAND Maciei D. told US about the mental asylum that was built in 1976 and closed in 1995. Before it closed, it was used as a filming location for Doctor Who. Since its closing, there's been mysterious fires. CRACKED.COM — Source

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... TELL US NOW. ATOKA SCHOOL ARTESIA, NEW MEXICO James H. tells us, There have been many reports of people hearing crying children and screams even though it's been abandoned for years. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The Tolbooth Tavern was built in 1591, and was both a police station and prison before becoming a pub in 1820. A ghostly prisoner is sometimes spotted in the clock tower, drinks are mysteriously overturned and disembodied children's voices can be heard... CRACKED — Source

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Elizabeth Short, better known as the Black Dahlia, was murdered after drinking in the Biltmore Hotel. However, the ghosts said to haunt it include a nurse, two children and a yoga master. Plus, part of Ghostbusters was filmed there. CRACKED — Source

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W elsh boozehound Dylan Thomas, one of the 20th century's greatest writers, died in 1953 at the age of 39 after drinking vast amounts at the White Horse Tavern in the West Village. He's said to come back and rattle glasses, the dead hellraiser. CRACKED — Source

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The Eagle (where Watson and Crick described DNA over a lunchtime beer) houses three ghostly children who died in a fire. They create a powerful feeling of suffocation if a certain upstairs window is ever closed. That's... not science! CRACKED — Source

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The New Orleans Voodoo Museum. Many Voodoo tours offer walks through cemeteries, ghost stories, potions, Tarot cards, and authentic Voodoo dolls. The museum itself has objects from Voodoo's most famous practitioner Marie Laveau, and is called one of the creepiest places on Earth. CRACKED — Source

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THE FAMILY WHO WAS PLAGUED BY GARDEN CERAMICS. A family in Southern California thought it was a prank when a bunch of ceramics appeared in their garden one day, but the creepy things didn't stop coming. Over 50 pieces showed up in about a month, with some in menacing positions as if they were supposed to stare at the family, watching them. CRACKED.COM — Source

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A rabbit's foot is an old-timey good luck charm. They were originally seen as witch feet. Superstitious weirdos thought that rabbits were witches in disguise. So to them, catching a rabbit and lopping off its foot was catching a witch and crippling it. The earliest references to the rabbit's foot legend detail ways to maximize the evil power of the foot before you chop it off and wear it. CRACKED.COM Bill Ellis, 2004 Lucifer Ascending: The Occult in Folklore and Popular Culture — Source

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TELL US NOW. CURSED STREET CAIRO, EGYPT Yehia I. says, There is a cursed street in old Cairo. It is said that, when Mary and Baby Jesus passed through, the people there didn't give them request of food and so apparently bread doesn't ferment and baking goes sideways on this street 'til this day. CRACKED.COM — Source

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INDONESIA LOCKS UP QUARANTINE VIOLATORS IN HAUNTED HOUSES. RELAWAN COVID-19 In the region of Sragen, communities were asked to turn empty homes believ — Source

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BTS STORIES FROM HORROR MOVIES 2011 THE INNKEEPERS The movie is based on a haunted hotel Ti West where and his crew stayed while shooting The House of the Devil. During production, they witnessed flickering lights, slamming doors, and according to West, actress Sara Paxton would wake up in the middle of the night thinking someone was in the room with her. CRACKED.COM — Source

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This painting was sold on eBay. The seller claimed it was haunted. The listing told a story about how the boy and the doll in the painting (called The — Source

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Wotton-under-Edge, England - The haunted Inn - The Ancient Ram Inn might look like a quaint and quirky little house, but it’s believed to be home to — Source

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... TELL US NOW. GORE ORPHANAGE Vermilion, Ohio Tim S. alerted US to this haunted ruin. It is believed a fire at an orphanage took the lives of many children who were trapped inside. The cries of the orphans can supposedly be heard in this location, even though some attribute the strange noises to paranormal activity. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Old Town, San Diego THE WHALEY HOUSE Built on the grounds of San Diego's old gallows, the Whaley House is said to be haunted with chandeliers swinging on their own and the ghosts of hanging victims walking around. CRACKED.COM — Source

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A GHOST HUNTER STABBED HIMSELF IN THE AXE MURDER HOUSE. THE Villysca Ax Murder House JUNE 10 1912 The famous Villisca Axe Murder house in lowa is thought to be haunted by the family murdered there in 1912. In 2014, a group of paranormal investigators stayed at the house overnight. One of them, Robert Steven Laursen Jr., was alone in his bedroom when he started calling for help on a two-way radio. The group found him stabbed in the chest, and he was rushed to the hospital. The incident happened around 12:45 AM, the same time as the 1912 murders. — Source

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APPARENTLY THERE'S A HAUNTED FROZEN ELSA DOLL. A family in Houston who purchased a singing Elsa doll claims the thing to be haunted. It speaks on its own without being switched on, and it has never needed new batteries in the six years they've had it. They've thrown the doll out twice, but it kept ending up back at their house. The whole thing sounds like a prank, but the idea is still pretty creepy. CRACKED.COM — Source

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A spaceship was repurposed as a haunted house. ALIEN CRACKED.COM The Nostromo was donated to a collector for one sweet-ass Halloween display and then sat in his driveway for 20 years until a museum took it off his hands. — Source

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