Lost City of Z

Search for the lost city Z and the disappearance of Percy Fawcett -By Hollis- In 1920, a visitor to the national library of Brazil in Rio de Janeiro found a parchment that piqued his interest. The parchment was about an 11-year journey through the jungle of Mato Grosso. On a …

Bloody Mary

This is a popular legend that you may remember from your childhood. The Mary Worth story–also known by such names as Bloody Mary and Mary Margaret–is popular at sleepovers. As the story goes, a beautiful young girl named Mary Worth suffered some sort of terrible, disfiguring accident (or occasionally the …

La Llorona

La Llorona is the legend of a woman who has lost her children, and who can be heard, and sometimes seen, weeping in the night. La Llorona (the name means “She who weeps” in Spanish) is in most stories said to be Mexican, although sometimes she is a woman who …

Centro Bancomer (Mexico City, Mexico)

From: “Luis Agustin Guerrero Hinojos” (luis.guerrero@softtek.com) To: obiwan@ghosts.org Subject: The Haunted Bank in Mexico City Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 20:29:42 -0500 Hello. Im going to tell you about the hauntings in Centro Bancomer, one of Mexico Citys’ biggest buildings. Its the headquarter of Mexicos’ second biggest bank, and has room …

The Chase Vault (Barbados)

The Chase Vault Contributed by Matthew Hucke (hucke@mcs.com): In Christ Church cemetery on the island of Barbados there is a burial vault of unknown origin. The earliest records call it the “Chase vault”. It was first used for the burial of a Mrs. Goddard in 1807, followed by two-year-old Mary …

Carisbrooke Castle (Isle of Wight, England)

From: “GAY BALDWIN” (gb@hauntediw.demon.co.uk) To: obiwan@ghosts.org Subject: ghosts at Carisbrooke Castle, England Date: Saturday, March 13, 2004 8:04 AM Dear Obiwan Carisbrooke Castle is well known as the place the doomed King Charles I was imprisoned before his execution – and from which he failed to escape. It is also haunted …

Chanctonbury Ring (West Sussex, England)

From: Anonymous To: obiwan@ghosts.org Subject: Chanctonbury Ring Date: Thursday, November 13, 2003 9:19 AM Hi, Would you be so kind as to submit my story on your website? I have no preference where you include the story, although it would probably fit in on the “Haunted Places You Can Visit” section. …