There are numerous places on Earth which can take the wits out of you. And the strange part is people are looking to travel to terrifying places in the world too. We always thought if ever someone could be this daring that they would follow places that terrifies them and to our surprise, there are many out there who have been scrolling over the internet to look for haunting places in the world. Even if you are a highly adventurous person, these scary places in the world can scare the hell out of you so we would never recommend anyone to go for a visit. However if you here just to get knowledge on terrifying places in the world, here’s a list that should end your search here:

5. Riddle House

Riddle House in Florida was a funeral parlor originally. Karl Riddle bought this house in 1920’s. Joseph, one of the employees of Karl committed suicide in attic of this house. Men when they enter this attic are attacked even now by some unknown force. This one is one of the most haunted places in the world.

4. Stull Cemetery

Another most terrifying places in the world is a small town in Bumfuck named Stull. Only 20 people live now in Stull. Tragedies happened in Stull over a period. A farmer burnt his farm field and found that his son too had charred. Secondly, a man went missing and later his body was found hanging from a tree. Stull cemetery is now considered as one of the seven gateways to hell.

The place is so doomed that even Pope John Paul II did not allow his airplane to fly over eastern Kansas when he was visiting the region.

3. The Ridges

It was originally knows as Athens Lunatic Asylum and is one of the dreaded places in the world. This has been listed as 13th most haunted placed by British Society for Psychical Research. A 54 year old female patient mysteriously disappeared from this asylum and was later found dead in an unusual manner. Her corpse left a permanent stain on the floor and it is said that her spirit now haunts the ward.

2. Leap Castle

This castle is known to be haunted by a number of evil spirits including those of a violent beast by the name of Elemental. Smell of rotting flesh and sulphur can be felt in the area. Interestingly, workers while cleaning this place found a well where prisoners were thrown and left to die.

1. The Mines of Paris

These are infinite tunnels which run below the surface of Paris and were used to dig minerals in earlier days. The mines which are now left unattended are believed to be haunted by spirits and thousands of human bones can be seen scattered in these tunnels which add a new dreaded assumption to the thought that the place can be considered as one of the top haunted places in the world. Interestingly, these mines and tunnels are criss crossed and cover a length of over 600 km through the region of Paris and its suburbs.

New entries introduced in 2020:

Hill of Crosses in Šiauliai, Lithuania

Crosses are being placed by people since 14th century in this hilly area of northern Lithuania. During the entire medieval period, these crosses symbolised people desiring independence of Lithuania. These crosses have be sabotaged by the government many times but people don’t stop & continue adding crosses on the hill. Currently there are almost 1,00,000 crosses crowing the place.

Island of the Dolls located in Mexico

Xochimilco is recognised for it’s history and thus the site comes under the Unesco World Heritage Site yet this places called as Island of Dolls, originally termed as “Isla de las Munecas” is a small island with hundreds of doll parts and dolls scattered on the grass and also hanging on the trees. Is is nothing less than a horrifying movie scene. The place belongs to Julian Santa Barrera, now a deceased man who himself had placed these toys to ward off the evil spirits. No one is allowed to step on the island but there are boats on the other side, drivers of which are sometimes taking some travellers to pay a visit from the boat itself.

In case we have missed out on any places to include in our list of terrifying places in the world, please do advice us by suggesting in the comments below and we would include it.