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10 Reportedly Haunted Places in the World

Beechworth Lunatic Asylum in Beechworth, Victoria, Australia is reportedly haunted by several ghosts of departed patients. The asylum was open from 1867-1995. It has appeared in several books, television shows, and documentaries, including A.C.T. Paranormal, and is an upcoming episode for Ghost Adventures. Ghost tours run nightly.

The Joelma Building in São Paulo, Brazil is allegedly haunted by victims of the fire that started on February 1, 1974, after an air conditioning unit on the twelfth floor overheated. The building is famous for the "Mystery of the Thirteen Souls", individuals who died within an elevator when they were trying to escape the fire, and are allegedly haunting the building today.

Hotel Cismigiu, in Bucharest, Romania is reportedly haunted by the ghost of a student girl. In the early '90s, she fell in an elevator shaft by accident. She is supposed to have died there after a few hours, as no one came to her aid.


The Hyatt hotel in downtown Taipei, Taiwan is allegedly haunted. The lobby has a Chinese sutra that is supposed to ward off ghosts.

The Old Ford Motor Factory on Upper Bukit Timah Road, Singapore was built by Ford Motor Works as the first car assembly plant in Southeast Asia. During World War II, Lt. General A. E. Percival, head of the Allied forces in Singapore, surrendered to Japanese General Yamashita at the factory on 15 February 1942. The Japanese forces then established their Singapore headquarters on the premises, on which many battles were fought. These days, reports have indicated that strange lights and sounds often come from the factory

The Manila Film Center, Manila, Philippines was the site of a construction accident in the early '80s. When construction of the center was rushed for a film festival, the ceiling scaffolding collapsed, killing several workmen who fell to the orchestra below. Rather than halt construction to rescue survivors and retrieve the bodies of dead workmen, Imelda Marcos, the First Lady and the main financier of the project, was believed to have ordered cement to be poured into the orchestra, entombing the fallen workmen. Some of them were even buried alive in the orchestra. Various ghostly activities were reported on the site including mysterious sounds, voices and poltergeist activity.
The Mohatta Palace in Karachi, Pakistan is said to be haunted by ghosts of the British Raj era. Museum guides have reportedly acknowledged having seen various incidents where objects have been moved from their original place, or shifted about while guards have claimed to have "felt" the presence of certain spirits during the nights.


Okiku's Well at Himeji Castle, Japan is often said to be haunted by the ghost of Okiku. She is supposed to rise from the well at night and count to nine before shrieking and returning to the well.

Pelabuhan Ratu, Indonesia - Legend says that Nyai Roro Kidul (Nyai is a Javanese honorific for Madame), daughter of King Prabu Siliwangi, is the Queen of the South Sea. She is supposed to have committed suicide by jumping off the cliff and into the sea. Rumors say that if someone wears green when swimming (the Queen's favorite color), he or she will be pulled by her ghost into the sea. Room 308 at the Samudra Beach Hotel is set aside for the Queen.

Highgate Cemetery, London, England. The cemetery became a creepy, desolate place, complete with dead trees and twisting ivy. Many stories cropped up during this creepy and dark time in the cemetery’s history. Perhaps this is due to the fact that unsavory and unnatural characters love places such as this. Many ghosts and apparitions call this burial ground home, along with a vampire, a man in a top hat, a cloaked figured and a gray, haggard old woman. Perhaps you will be lucky enough to hear the bells ringing in the disused chapel. Thankfully, an organization known as The Friends of Highgate Cemetery is making progress with repairs and restoration of the historic location.


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10 Traslacion Images of the Miraculous Black Nazarene 2012, Manila, Phils.

1:) Every January 9 is the feast day of The Black Nazarene or also known as Nuestro Padre Jesus Nazareno de Quiapo ("Our Father Jesus Nazarene of Quiapo") which is known to be miraculous by many Filipino devotees. This is the 404th year of celebration and expecting a millions of devotees will be joining the procession as way of strengthening their faith and fulfilling their vows to the Lord.

2:) The Black Nazarene is a life-sized statue of Christ that a priest bought in Mexico, carved by an Aztec carpenter. The image was brought to the Philippines by the Augustinian Recollect Missionaries on May 31, 1606. The statue has an original fair tone, and was blackened by a shipboard fire, on the journey from Acapulco to Manila, and has since been called the Black Nazarene.

3:) Indeed, since its arrival from Mexico in 1606, the Black Nazarene has survived the great fires that destroyed the Quiapo Church in 1791 and 1929, the bombing of Manila during World War II, and several strong earthquakes. 

4:) The devotees of the Filipino people towards the Black Nazarene stems from the overall importance of the Filipino culture symbolizes the Passion of Jesus. They identify themselves in their daily struggles particularly in their poverty by having carrying their crosses just like the experienced of Jesus as represented by the image of the Black Nazarene.

5:) This is a Filipino tradition practice particularly among the Filipino Catholics. Their faith through the Black Nazarene, they believe that there will be harmony, long life, prosperity and good health among themselves and their families, peace, hope and love among nations and deliverance from all disasters and calamities in the world.  

6:) A 16-hour procession spanning three and a half miles. A sea of mostly barefoot people – cheering, praying, shoving - all wanting to get as near as possible to a sacrificing image of Jesus Christ. The annual Feast of the Black Nazarene in the Philippines is one for the books.

7:) Catholic bishops admit that there is some degree of fanaticism, but they say that Filipinos identify with the Black Nazarene so well because just like the image and Jesus Christ Himself, they have suffered a great deal but remain steadfast and hopeful. People who join in the procession will walk barefooted as a sign of humility.

8:)  Devotees of the Black Nazarene believe that it can work wonders.
Hope, faith and the belief in miracles - in this country that has seen its share of political and economic turmoil – are why devotees would do anything to get close to the image of the Black Nazarene. 

9:) The sea of people and devotees in bare feet pulling and tugging at the rope that goes before the carriage [called Carroza in the local Hispanized vernacular], and the motion that seems to explode in all directions as people try to hang on to the rope while moving the procession forward as some attempt to climb and touch the wooden image of Christ.

10:) But no one seemed to mind. In fact, the crowd got larger and larger. And not even the 1,000-strong security forces deployed by the Philippine National Police, nor the priests could stop them from trying to touch the Black Nazarene. The last 50-meters to the church took almost an hour. The Philippines is the only country in Asia that majority of the population are Roman Catholics. 

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