Although "tours" to visit its monumental cemeteries exist in almost every major city in the world, most of us "cities of the dead" impress us.It doesn't matter if we know rationally that it isn't going nothing happens, surely many of us feel like a chill runs down our backs if we suddenly find ourselves alone in the middle of the silent tombs.However, there are cemeteries that produce more fear than others since they accumulate a lot of terrifying stories or have a especially sinister physiognomy.If you are a brave, join us to know 15 Dark Cemeteries of the world.
In the sign that receives you when you go down to the Crypt of the church of the Capuchins of the Via Veneto of Rome, where the bones of more than 4,000 friars rest, we can read: "What you are, we were.What we are, you will be." Perhaps this thought, unconsciously, and the Ignorance about what may or may not be after death is behind the uneasiness that cemeteries often produce.
15 Dark Cemeteries of the World
1.The ancient cemeteries are the ones that produce the greatest fear.In the case of the Chauchilla Cemetery in Peru, near the city of Nazca, the fact that the mummies of the deceased remain exposed is perhaps what gives the visitor a feeling of immense unease.
2.The St.Louis Cemetery in New Orleans has all its graves above ground level since being in swampy terrain, when it was flooded, the feretros left to the surface and they were floating in the water.For a long time in the vicinity of the tomb of the Queen of the Vudu, Marie Laveau, on Monday there were performed Vudu ceremonies attended by numerous people.
3 The Tulcan Cemetery , officially called «Jose Maria Azael Franco Guerrero» is located in the city of Tulcan in northern Ecuador.It is famous for its topiary, which is the art of ornamental pruning of hedges and cypresses.The figures are really amazing.In 2007 he suffered a fire due to the witchcraft rituals that were performed in the town hall.The town hall installed a good night illumination for night tours.Would you dare?
4.There are many cemetery stories that make the hair stand on end One of the most famous is related to the cemetery of La Recoleta, in Buenos Aires.It is said that many spirits pass through it, but that of "The White Lady" is especially known.The urban legend tells that it is a young woman who died when he learned that his own mother was his fiance's lover.
5.Greyfriars Cemetery in Edinburgh, Scotland, is one of the most cited in the world as "haunted." His main ghost He seems to be a 17th-century man of laws called George Mackenzie nicknamed “Bloody,” that is, “the bloody one.” They say he persecutes visitors after sunset and when they leave the cemetery there are wounds, bruises and cuts that before they didn't have.
6.The Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin , in Ireland is also reputed to be one of the dark cemeteries of our planet.Many illustrious Irish They rest in it, but apparently a ghostly Newfoundland dog has been seen many times by visitors.It is the faithful pet of a knight who died of hunger next to his master's grave.
7 It is not only dark cemeteries that contain human remains.There are also cemeteries of trains , ships or planes that are deeply disturbing.Discarded elements that were once full of life and trajin and now they are nothing more than abandoned junk.In the picture you can see an image of Chatillon, the amazing cemetery of abandoned cars that is really disturbing.Cars were piled up in that place of the forest since the end of the Second World War until 2010 when it was cleared.
8.Do you remember the history of witchcraft trials to the alleged" Salem witches "in Massachusetts, USA? The legend says that spectra are seen strolling through the Burying Point Cemetery in Salem.Maybe they are looking for two of the judges who issued the sentence for witchcraft, John Hathorne and Bartholomew Gedney, who are buried in it.
9.The Stull Cemetery in Stull, Kansas, is said to hide a "hell gate." It is famous because it was performed, according to an article from the University of Kansas published in 1974, Satanic rituals for decades.It currently attracts numerous tourists keen on the occult.The legend says that if you hit with a stone the remains of the church of the cemetery, the devil himself will answer you.
10.The cemetery of «La Noria» In Chile it is one of those dark cemeteries that have aroused the interest of television programs and occult science magazines.It is the cemetery of a Bandonado mining town and many of its tombs are open, which already is disturbing.It is said that at night, ghosts are seen that go to the town and even childish forms have been seen in the old school.
11. Okunoin, the largest cemetery in Japan , contains the Kukai mausoleum where the remains of the founder of Shingon Buddhism since the ninth century rest.Many Japanese people bury their loved ones there since so their souls remain waiting to be reborn together with their teacher.So many souls together (more than 200,000) could be very disturbing, but visitors say that the place breathes tranquility.An extra curiosity: the red bibs that carry the cemetery statues they are placed by the mothers so that the spirit of the teacher protects their children.
12.The Highgate Cemetery in London was the scene of a terrifying event known as« the 70s of the last century of the Highgate vampire.”Some neighbors of the cemetery told reporters that they had seen ghostly figures on the premises and this coincided with the appearance of several dead foxes exanguinated and with markings on the neck, which gave rise to the legend of the Highgate vampire From that moment on, several people dedicated themselves to the "vampire hunt" and even today many people believe in that urban legend.
13.The Almudena Cemetery It is the largest in Madrid and in the rest more than 5 million people.There are many stories of ghosts and apparitions that are told about him, but one of the most widespread and terrifying legends are related to the statue of an angel that Save the cemetery.They say that if you hear the sound of a trumpet when passing near l, your death is coming.Also says the urban legend that when the Final Judgment arrives he will be in charge of playing the trumpet so that the dead of this cemetery are raised.Terrorifico!
14.The penultimate of these dark cemeteries is in Egypt and is nothing more and nothing less than the famous Valley of the Kings .It is the resting place of the pharaohs of several dynasties.What during the day is a hot valley populated by tourists, at night it becomes something completely different.The guards have reported numerous paranormal visions that include who is believed to be Akenaton and another pharaoh who drives a car pulled by black horses.
15.The last of these dark cemeteries that we wanted to talk to you about is not really a traditional cemetery.These are the ruins of the old town of Belchite in the province of Zaragoza.It was the scene of one of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War Espanola in which many fighters of both sides died.The town was never rebuilt and a new one was made in the vicinity.Many people claim to have seen and heard the spooky spirits continue the battle for the deserted streets many decades after The war is over.
What do you think of these Dark Cemeteries? Do you know any more that causes fear or that is related to spectral appearances or disturbing legends? Share it with us and so we can expand this list! If you want to know more about the field of saints from all over the world, we invite you to read the post: Cemetery Curiosities and if you want to delve deeper into one of the most famous in the world here is our article 20 Curiosities of the Pere Lachaise Cemetery in Paris | Chilling.
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