After darkness falls on Delhi Cantt in the city, the ghosts are said to appear. Several of the locals have reported about the ghost of a woman wearing a white sari approaching cars, asking for lifts. Where she is going is unclear, but if you tell her no, it is said she will chase you.
The part of Delhi called Delhi Cantonment or simply Delhi Cantt is located in the heart of New Delhi, is a bustling hub of activity during the day. The Delhi Cantt houses a lot of the defense and army housing and schools.
It is said that this part of Delhi is the safest area. However, as the sun sets and the night falls, a different kind of activity takes over – the eerie and ghostly kind.
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With all of these army forces you would think that Delhi Cantt would be a peaceful one. But according to the local word of mouth it is anything but. The area of over 10 000 acres close to Dhaula Kaun is notorious for its spooky legends, with tales of supernatural occurrences and sightings of apparitions and unexplained phenomena.
The Woman in White Saree
According to the legend, there is a middle aged woman wearing a white sari that is said to haunt the area of Delhi Cantt. She is said to have gray hair, and some sources even point out that she apparently has hairy arms.
Why she is said to wear a white saree though, is uncertain, however, many ghost stories involve a woman in white saree. In India and especially in Hinduism, the color white is also the color of mourning, and many widows have traditionally worn them. The white saree is also said to represent purity, innocence as well as spirituality. This with the fact that most modern ghosts globally are wearing white, makes this trope especially common.
The Ghostly Tales of Delhi Cantt
Back to this particular ghost story, there are some variations of the reports and sightings. Some claim she comes out from the lush and green areas, some say she is just wandering the roads, most reports pinpoint her to between 1 and 4 am.
She is said to be walking along the roads and asks for a lift when night falls over the neighborhood. Apparently many of the call centers in the area advised their employees never to stop their car and give anyone a lift.
If you deny her a lift, it is said that she is following the car and even matching its speed, so you can’t outrun her.
It is said that she is the ghost of a lady that was killed on the route when she was going someplace. Perhaps on the road in a car accident, or perhaps in the green forestry people claim she comes from. To where we don’t know, but apparently she is still trying to get there.
After a faithful employee died at his station, it is said that the ghost of Subhash is said to be haunting his former workplace at the Ludhiana Railway Station.
Ludhiana Railway Station (लुधियाना जंक्शन रेलवे स्टेशन) is a stop in the Ludhiana district in the northern Indian state, Punjab. It is known for being one of the busiest stations in Punjab, as well as perhaps the cleanest in India. It is an old station from 1864 with 7 platforms. It is also known to be one of the most haunted railway stations in the country.
Today, the reservation center at the Ludhiana Railway Station where you book your tickets has changed and you can now book train tickets many places because of the notorious long queues.
Legend has it that a former Computer Reservation System (CRS) officer named Subhash met his untimely demise within the confines of this very room and are said to be haunting the Ludhiana Railway Station.
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Subhash was known for his unwavering dedication to his job at the ticket counter, and was said to have loved his work with a passion that seems to have lasted, even after death itself. It is believed to have bound his spirit to the Reservation Center long after his passing in 2004 according to most sources.
The Haunting of Ludhiana Railway Station
Whispers of Subhash’s ghostly presence have circulated among the employees for years and people that have worked there speak of sudden drops in temperature, flickering lights, and an overwhelming feeling of being watched by unseen eyes.
People trying to book their tickets have also been tricked by seeing something looking like a human shadow at the ticket counter, although there is no one there.
But perhaps the most chilling aspect of Subhash’s haunting is the alleged curse that befalls anyone who dares to sit in the very chair where he once worked. According to local lore, those who have attempted to occupy Subhash’s former seat have been met with a series of misfortunes and setbacks, their lives plagued by difficulties and problems.
Despite attempts to cleanse the room of its spectral inhabitant, Subhash’s ghost remains a permanent fixture of the Reservation Center, his presence a chilling reminder of the dangers that lurk in the shadows of the mundane. For those who dare to tread within its haunted confines, the Reservation Center offers a glimpse into a world where the boundaries between the living and the dead blur, and where the past refuses to be forgotten.
The Howrah Bridge is a city icon in Kolkata, but it is also said the area is haunted by those dying from falling from it as well as drowning in the river below. And on the steps of the ghats along the river, people claim to have seen the ghosts.
The Howrah Bridge, an architectural marvel spanning the Hooghly River in West Bengal, India, stands as a timeless symbol of Kolkata’s rich heritage. Commissioned in 1943 to replace a pontoon bridge, it was renamed Rabindra Setu in honor of the renowned poet Rabindranath Tagore in 1965, though it’s still commonly known as the Howrah Bridge.
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This iconic structure in the city of joy, one of four bridges on the Hooghly River, serves as a vital link between the cities of Howrah and Kolkata, bearing witness to the ebb and flow of daily life in the bustling metropolis were people sit under to relax after a day at work at the ghat steps under the bridge
The Kusti Wrestlers Tell about Ghosts
Underneath The Howrah Bridge there are also wrestlers training in the three thousand year old tradition of Kusti. Their Kusti akhara, where they practice, is found on a clay pit by the bridge. The dedicated wrestler comes to practice at 4:30 with prayers and exercises as it is not only a sport, but a lifestyle.
These wrestlers have stories to tell as well about the haunting allegedly going on, both under The Howrah Bridge as well as by the different ghats along the river like by the Mullick Ghat and the Zanana Ghat.
Although a place to relax and enjoy the steady stream of the river popularly called Ganga or Kati-Ganga, the area under The Howrah Bridge is also thought to be haunted by the spirits of the people that lost their lives on the river. Some by accidents, some willing, perhaps even some unwillingly?
The Howrah Bridge of the Drowned
Some people claim to have witnessed phantom arms reaching out from the dark waters under the bridge as if asking for help, still trying to get out from the river they drowned in.
There are also stories passed around in the area about seeing a crying woman wearing white robes as she sobs by the river bank. It is said that those approaching the woman, trying to help her or the ghostly arm out of the water, become traumatized or perhaps worse, drown themselves.
Those wandering around the bridge and along the river below also claim to have heard the voices of women crying out and calling out their names in a ghostly tone, although no one is there.
The Haunted Ghats Along the River
As twilight descends and the cityscape fades into darkness, the bridge’s silent sentinel watches over the Hooghly River, its towering silhouette casting long shadows upon the water below.
Where the Kusti Wrestlers have been training for a long time and where the ghosts keep haunting the river banks under The Howrah Bridge, silently raising their hands just above the dark waters.
It is said that in the depths of Naini Railway Station, former freedom fighters who ended their lives in the nearby prison are haunting the tracks and platforms.
In the northern state Uttar Pradesh in India, lies Naini, a city in Prayagraj District— the local Naini Railway Station is said to be a place where the echoes of the past reverberate through the mist-shrouded platforms and shadowed tracks.
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Built in close proximity to Naini Jail, a notorious prison, even to this day, of suffering and oppression during India’s fight for independence, this railway station bears witness to a history stained with blood and tears. And if we are to believe the local legends, some of the freedom fighters are said to haunt the train station.
Naini Railway Station: Painted and colorful, it is said that the Naini Railway Station is haunted by the people that died in the prison nearby.
Freedom Fighters from Naini Jail
For generations, Naini Jail served as a grim reminder of, not only what happens to criminals, but of British colonial rule and was a place where countless souls were imprisoned, tortured, and ultimately laid to rest. Some of them simply fight for their motherland.
Among these were the freedom fighters who dared to challenge the might of the empire like Motilal Nehru, Indira Gandhi, Jawahar Lal Nehru (the first prime minister of India), Govind Ballabh Pant, Narendra Dev, Rafi Ahmed Kidwai, Hasrat Mohani, all of these were imprisoned there during Indian independence movement.
It is from the freedom fighter movement the ghosts haunting the station are said to come from.
The Haunting of Naini Railway Station
Naini Jail: It is believed that the haunting at the Naini Railway Station comes from the jail nearby that once housed freedom fighters.
Legend has it that the souls of the dead roam the grounds of Naini Railway Station and its surrounding tracks. Locals speak of spectral apparitions that wander the deserted platforms, their silent footsteps echoing through the stillness.
Although believed that the ghost must be the freedom fighters, there are not really any particular names attached to it, how many or what they are doing at the railway station.
Many believe that the tortured souls of the freedom fighters, denied their rightful place in history, are now haunting the area. Although their presence scares the passengers, it is said that the souls haunting the station is harmless.
Could there be something about the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport that has brought back restless spirits? Was there really something to the story about the pilot that saw a dancing lady in a white saree?
The Shamshabad Airport, also called Rajiv Gandhi International Airport is said to house ghosts of the past that still roam the halls of the terminal. Although the haunted stories are rampant, the origin and the truth of them are more vague and shrouded in legends and hersays.
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This mysterious airport located in Hyderabad, landlocked in south-central India, is rumored to be one of the most haunted places in the country. From strange noises and unexplained sightings to the chilling tales of ghostly apparitions, the airport has a long history of paranormal activity.
Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Hyderabad: Source
The Rumors about the Haunted Terminal
Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, also known as Hyderabad International Airport, has been the subject of many spooky rumors and ghost stories. It is named after the former Prime Minister of India and was opened in 2008, so it’s a fairly new airport with pretty new ghost stories.
Check-in area at Rajiv Gandhi Int’l Airport, Hyderabad, India: Source
But who are these ghosts said to haunt the pretty new airport? Apparently the airport was built after disputes over the land that left numerous people dead during its construction. According to the rumors from then, the airport authorities did not properly relocate the remains of those that died, and as a result, the spirits of the dead still haunt the terminal.
There are also rumors that the airport is actually built on top of a graveyard, and the people buried there were never properly removed.
The Ghosts of the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport
The rumors of the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport being haunted have been around for many years. Some people claim to have seen ghosts wandering around the terminal, while others have reported hearing strange noises and voices when there is no one there.
Perhaps the strangest and scariest encounter the staff has had was when they got called into a meeting room. There they claimed they met a man that only looked at them before starting laughing as his head turned 360 degrees.
A pretty bold story to claim as true, and many of the staff have also claimed to have never heard about this before. So who really told it? Where did the story come from?
Some of the earliest claims of it being haunted can be traced as far back to 2009, when the airport had just opened.
Despite the rumors, the airport authorities have always denied that the terminal is haunted. They have attributed the strange noises and sightings to normal airport activity, such as the sound of planes taking off and landing. However, many people remain convinced that there is something supernatural going on at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport.
The Lady in White Saree Dancing on the Runway
The stories of the haunted terminal at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport are not just limited to rumors and hearsay. Many airport staff and passengers have reported strange experiences and sightings over the years.
One story recounts an incident where a pilot flying for Qatar airways one night was going for takeoff. He stopped the plane when he was a lady dancing in a white saree on the runway. When the authorities searched for her, they found nothing though.
Did People Really Die Under Construction?
Although the opening of the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport happened amid protests by people fearing they would lose their jobs after they closed down Begumpet Airport and HAL Airport in Bangalore, did it really turn so bad that people died?
Not according to the written record. Although more than one has died at the airport to murder, freak accidents and bad health, it wasn’t really a mass murder because of the land when it opened as the legend claim. Could the ghosts be of something else then? Or was it the ill will of the locals as well as the chaos of the opening that created the ghost stories?
Believe it or not?
The stories of the haunted terminal at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport may never be fully explained. While many of the rumors and legends have been debunked or at least denied by authorities, there are still unexplained sightings and sounds that cannot be easily explained. It even got to the point of the official Instagram account for the airport to post about the haunted rumors in 2025 after many reported the story as false:
Whether or not you believe in the paranormal, there is no denying that the airport has a spooky reputation that continues to fascinate people around the world and from time to time makes its rounds on social media.
So, if you find yourself at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, keep your eyes and ears open. Who knows what spooky secrets you might uncover?
After being a hit movie in its native country, Death Whisperer came to Netflix for the international audience as well. But did you know that this story is supposedly based on a true story that really happened in rural Thailand decades ago?
Death Whisperer: Released in 2023.
“Death Whisperer,” also known as “Tee Yod,” (ธี่หยด) is a 2023 Thai supernatural horror film based on Krittanon’s novel of the same name. Directed by Thaweewat Wanta, the movie “Death Whisperer,” features a cast including Nadech Kugimiya, Rattanawadee Wongthong, Denise Jelilcha Kapaun, Karj-bundit Jaidee, Peerakit Patcharabunyakiat, Arisara Wongchalee, and Paramet Noi-um.
Set in a remote village in 1972, the plot of “Death Whisperer” revolves around a farmer family plagued by mysterious deaths and the illness of a young girl, Yam, in a remote village in Kanchanaburi province.
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They then have several encounters with a ghostly woman in black and keeps hearing a mysterious voice, sounding like something resembling a prayer or unintelligible words like “Tee Yod…” As the supernatural threat escalates, the eldest son, Yak, a former soldier, returns home to confront the chilling forces at play and protect his family.
The Story Behind the Movie “Death Whisperer”
“Death Whisperer” is based on a horror story posted on Thai discussion forum, Pantip.com in late May 2015, which had over 2,000 comments and forwarded 130,000 times. The original thread still looks like it is up, although it has seen some modification. Check the whole thread in Thai here.
The story was first called “Ghost Fever… Let’s Hear My Secrets” and was rewritten into a novel released in 2017 by the same author, Kittisak Kittiwirayanont under the pseudonym “Kritanon”. A few months before the film “Death Whisperer” was released, it was also told again on a popular ghost program on the radio station.
The term “Tee Yod”, originating from a mysterious woman in black dress, remains enigmatic in both its meaning and linguistic origin. It has been suggested that it might be the Mon language, in connection with the Ohm mantra, and the story itself has many parts of Thai folklore behind it. However, Ong Bunjoon, an expert in Mon arts and culture says that this word has no meaning. Moreover, he himself had never heard this word before.
It is said that Khun Kit’s own mother who the story is told through was also unfamiliar with the source of the noise and the mantra that sounded like Tee Yod, and although it has persisted all this time, it is likely that the spellings of the word “Tee Yod” have become distorted over time. Even if they didn’t know what it meant, they kept insisting that they heard it being called by an entity, over and over again.
Death Whisperer: A family is tormented by an entity after one of the daughters falls ill. The story is now a movie known as Death Whisperer, otherwise known as Tee Yod,” (ธี่หยด) , and is allegedly based on a true story.
The True Ghost Story of Tee Yod
So what really happened that time? Although we don’t really have it retold before it appeared in the internet forum, the story follows the “Death Whisperer” pretty closely. Krittanon, the author behind Tee Yod claims that it is a true story that happened to his mother’s family in the past when she was 15 or 16 years old in a province in the central region. And although speculations online have been going on, the actual place has remained pretty secret.
His mother had a lot of siblings and they would walk through rice fields and wilderness for kilometers for hours every day to get to school, as they lived out in the countryside and were a part of a farmer family. On their way there was a tree with an old wooden shrine they had to walk past and his mother raised her hand for worship every time they walked by it.
One evening while they were walking by the shrine, they saw a woman standing next to it. She looked middle aged with shoulder length hair and wore black clothes. Although the girls didn’t think much of it at the time, the mother claims that the woman was staring at them, smiling.
The Woman in Black: In the movie, Death Whisperer, we follow a family going through something strange. After seeing a strange older woman watching them by a shrine, she kept coming to the family, haunting them as if wanting to possess one of the daughters.
Her younger sister Yam got ill that evening and the next morning, it didn’t get any better and had to stay home from school. During the night Yam started to behave strangely, startling and screaming to her mother that someone was coming for her to harm her. When they got her to the doctor, they told her it was a flu that would pass. It didn’t though.
They then called for another medicine man, more on the traditional side. He started to give herbal medicine, at first not believing when she kept insisting that someone was out to hurt her and said it was all a dream.
The medicine man did advise to not let strangers come by though, as their extended family came for a visit. Then Yam saw her again, the old woman standing outside their door, still smiling. But this time, the doctor saw her as well and started shouting at her, telling her not to smile and never come back.
The smiling woman walked smiling away and the family was left shocked. Had it not all been a nightmare caused by her fever? The medicine man asked if they knew the woman, they told him they did not.
The medicine man then said that the old woman most likely was used as some type of vessel, distorted and unnatural and if she ever came back, they had to chase her away. Under no circumstances could she enter the house. Could she be possessed by something evil?
Then strange things started to happen inside of the house. Yam started to sleepwalk, her fever gone, but her personality somehow… changed. She went for long periods without speaking to her family members, refused to go to school and stared at her siblings as they tried to sleep, freaking them out. She had the same strange smiling expression as the old lady had given them and it scared them all.
All the while the daughter in the family acted strangely, they started hearing this sound, almost like a prayer or a mantra being repeated in the night, although no one was to be seen. The mantra sounded something like Tee Yod.
One night, the parents had to travel out of town for a wedding, and left the eldest brother back from the military in charge of the rest of his siblings. During the night they heard laughter and whistling in the house as well as the same mantra being repeated over and over again. Tee Yod… Tee Yod…
The older brothers went outside and the little sisters were inside the house, listening as they fired gunshots against a woman standing still in the dark, only seen when they pointed a flashlight at her. The old woman appeared every night, etching closer and closer, only seen in the light of the flashlight, leaving only footprints in the grass. Even when they shot at her, she still came back.
Tee Yod: The woman that kept haunting the family in the movie Death Whisperer as well from the original story on the online forum kept repeating a mantra that no one has ever figured out the meaning behind.
Now, she started to come even during the day, and one day when the parents had returned they found her standing over Yam in her room. The mother threw a bucket of water at her, screaming she had to leave her house. The old woman obliged, smiling her creepy smile and left.
They brought the same medicine man back and when he asked Yam how she felt, she told her she wasn’t Yam. He then told the parents he suspected that Yam was being eaten by a sort of spirit or ghoul of a woman who lived not far from there and that he had heard stories about this woman wearing black from others as well.
When they visited the old lady, they found her lying on the mat with a cloth covering her face with her family around her. She was dead, covered with bruises and cuts.
But the death of the old lady, was not the end of the strange things happening. And the same mantra was whispered in the night, and the family had to protect themselves against the danger lurking outside of their home, wanting to get in. They would hear the voices of family members, claiming to be them to open the door.
The haunting continued until they found the source of the bamboo bush that had appeared when the old woman appeared. When they cut it up, they claimed something rotten and slimy, like organs hidden inside of the bamboo fields around the house. Humans or animals, who knows. They burned it all down.
This together with taking her to a bigger hospital looked for a couple of days to be helping. They started to wonder about her pains could be something physical, not the paranormal theories that had consumed the family for the past weeks. They did however find that her organs were severely damaged.
That was until one day at the hospital, the strange symptoms that had consumed Yam returned, this time she would not recover. And in the hallway of the hospital they saw the woman wearing the same dark clothes, smiling.
The Enduring Mystery of Tee Yod
Yam never made it back from the hospital and sadly died of her injuries, and rumors about what had happened spread. What really happened remained a mystery and the truth perhaps will get even more diluted when “Death Whisperer” was released. What illness did Yam really have, who was the old lady that kept coming to their house, and what were the things they found in the bamboo field?
Also what really did Tee Yod means, and did it have any connections to the strange shrine they first saw the old woman, that eventually got torn down according to the author.
Many of the answers will never be given, especially since the author himself doesn’t have all the answers.
Every full moon it is said that the dying screams of the young Peshwa Prince that was brutally murdered echoes through Shaniwar Wada Fort. The murder was so horrible that it is said to have opened for every spirit that died in the old fort.
Pune, the cultural capital of Maharashtra, is a city steeped in history and mystery. The Maratha Empire was an early modern India that controlled large portions in the 18th century, at its peak in 1758 from the south to the Sutlej River in the north until its fall in 1818.
And when it comes to mysterious tales, the Shaniwar Wada Fort stands out as one of the most intriguing and haunting structures in the city.
Shaniwar Wada Fort: The Delhi Darwaza is the main gate of the complex, facing north towards Delhi. The gatehouse is strongly built with massive doors, large enough for elephants with seating canopies. The Shaniwar Wada Fort was built by a contractor from Rajasthan known as ‘Kumawat’ after completing construction. The gate is used for ceremonial purposes and military campaigns depart and arrive here with religious ceremonies.
Built in the 1730 century and was the seat of the Peshwas until 1818 when they lost it to the East India Company. The Peshwa was the second highest rank in the Maratha Empire, serving as a prime minister and de facto ruler when it became hereditary position in 1749.
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The Shaniwar Wada Fort was witness to several historical events, including political intrigues, battles, and even a tragic supernatural incident. The fort’s eerie atmosphere and the unsolved mysteries surrounding it have fascinated locals and visitors alike for generations.
From the mysterious footsteps that echo through its corridors at night to the blood-curdling screams that can be heard on full-moon nights, the Shaniwar Wada Fort has been the subject of many chilling tales.
The Ghosts of the Peshwa’s at Shaniwar Wada Fort
The Peshwa Balaji Baji Rao was the 8th Peshwa from 1740 until his death in 1761. He was also known under the name, Nana Saheb and had three sons – Madhav, Vishwas and Narayan Rao. Under Peshwa Nana Saheb’s reign the empire reached its peak and golden era, but it went downhill for his family from then on. His eldest son, Vishwas Rao died in battle and the 8th Peshwa got depressed after his first son died and died in 1761.
The burden was too heavy on the second son Madhav Rao who was appointed the 9th Peshwa after his father and brothers death at the age of 16 with his uncle Raghunath Rao acting as his regent for a long time. But their relationship turned sour however and the uncle was put under house arrest.
The young prince got tuberculosis though and the sickness killed him slowly until his death in 1772 and his death was seen as the start of the end of the Maratha Confederacy.
Because Madhac Rao died slowly, he also had the time to appoint the next heir, and he chose his younger brother, Narayan Rao, although his performance didn’t really impress anyone.
The Tragic Life of Narayan Rao
Narayan Rao (नारायणराव पेशवे) was a young man of only 16 or 18 when it was announced. The fact that he was to inherit the title and seat was not taken well by his relatives. His uncle Raghunath Rao and his wife Anandi Bai were ambitious and willing to go far to get the power. Even though they were in house arrest, the uncle tried to escape several times and the scheming continued.
It is said that they hired a tribe of hunters known as Gardis by letter. The Gardi soldiers were employed by the Peshwa for police duty around the palace and in Pune. They had no personal attachment to their employer and were soldiers from North India, Ethiopia, Arabs and so on. During Madhav Rao’s reign he had emptied the treasury and owed them many years of payments. It is also said that they used the Kalbelia tribe, which are a snake charming tribe from the desert in Rajasthan.
The letter from the uncle was supposed to say: “Narayan Rao la dhara”, which means “Hold Narayan Rao” as his plan was to kidnap him and hold him in a house arrest. However, his wife got hold of the letter and changed it to “Narayan Rao la mara” which means “Kill Narayan Rao”.
The assassination happened during the Ganesh Chathurhu Festival in August with over 500 men storming the Shaniwar Wada Fort.
They got him from his chambers and they chopped his body into small pieces and threw them in a nearby river to rid themselves of evidence. It is also said that his remains were gathered in a bundle to be cremated. But did he? There is a rumor that because of his murder and because he didn’t even get a cremation he returned as a ghost.
The Ghostly Sightings at Shaniwar Wada Fort
Legend has it that his ghost still haunts the Shaniwar Wada Fort, and on full-moon nights, his blood-curdling screams can be heard echoing through the corridors of the fort. “Kaka Mala Vacchva“ he screams which means “Please save me uncle”.Visitors to the fort have reported feeling an eerie presence and hearing strange noises, making it a prime location for ghost hunters and paranormal enthusiasts.
The Shaniwar Wada Fort has been the site of several ghostly sightings over the years and people are discouraged to enter it after 6:30 in the evening. Visitors have reported seeing the ghost of a young prince roaming the corridors of the fort and heard his screams on full moon nights
It is even said that the 13th and the last Peswha, Baji Rao II believed in the presence of the ghost. To satisfy and appease the ghost he planted thousands of mango trees around Pune city as well as donating to Brahmins and religious institutions.
Other Ghosts Haunting the Fort
But it is not only the young prince that is said to be haunting the Shaniwar Wada Fort as the murder was so heinous and awful and said to have opened a portal to the underworld for the other people that died inside of the fort.
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Others have reported seeing the ghost of a lady in white, who is said to have been a courtesan in the Peshwa court once upon a time. These ghostly sightings only add to the overall mystery and intrigue of the fort.
The Mysteries of Shaniwar Wada Fort Remain Unsolved
Another strange thing that happened was the fire. Pune fortress broke out in 1828 when the British controlled it. The fire lasted for 7 days and destroyed everything but the stone part of the building. No one has found out what really happened and how it started.
The Shaniwar Wada Fort is an iconic structure that has stood the test of time. Its haunting legend, mysterious architecture, and supernatural occurrences have fascinated visitors for generations. While some of the fort’s mysteries have been solved, many still remain unsolved.
After a rumor about seeing the ghost of a woman wearing a white sari by the rural Begunkodor Train Station, it closed down for decades. Now after it’s opened, the story of the ghost has returned. What exactly is happening by the tracks?
Far from most things in the remote village of Begunkodor in West Bengal lies a railway station shrouded in mystery that spans decades and supposedly haunted by a spectral presence that continues to send shivers down the spines of those who dare to venture near.
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Built in the early 1960s but closed down pretty quickly because of the haunted rumors, Begunkodor Train Station serves the Purulia district and has since its reopening been seen as one of the most haunted railway stations in India.
The Lady in White Saree
Legend has it that Begunkodor Train Station is haunted by the ghost of a lady draped in a white saree—a tragic figure whose spirit wanders the platforms and tracks, forever trapped in a spectral dance of sorrow and despair.
This story was told by a railway employee working as the station master to the villagers of Begunkodor in 1967, the year they decided to close down the Begunkodor Train Station. After he told about his sightings, he was ignored and nothing was down. Allegedly his first hand account was published, but he wouldn’t survive to tell if for much longer.
According to local lore, the woman in a white sari has many origin stories. Some claim she is a witch with horrible powers, while other says she is the ghost of a lady who met her untimely demise when she was tragically run over by a train at the station, her life snuffed out in a moment of unspeakable horror.
Either way, it is said that this very specter holds the power to seriously harm people, perhaps even take their life.
The Death of the Station Master
Because just seeing the spectral presence of the lady in white is not the only source of terror at Begunkodor Train Station. It is said that the sight of the ghostly apparition led to the death of a railway employee.
The same year the Station Master tried to warn the villagers about the ghost, the dead bodies of him as well as his family were found in their home. The locals finally took his warning to heard and blamed it all on the ghost or possible witch that were haunting the Begunkodor Train Station.
After all this controversy and rumors, they closed down the station when the trains passing refused to stop because of the paranormal stuff they claimed they experienced on this platform.
The Reopened Begunkodor Train Station
Since that fateful day, reports have surfaced of eerie sightings and inexplicable phenomena occurring at Begunkodor Train Station. Witnesses claim to have seen the ghostly apparition of the lady in white, her ethereal form gliding silently along the tracks or twirling in a macabre dance upon the platforms. Some even swear that her mournful wails can be heard echoing through the night, a chilling reminder of the tragedy that befell her.
Despite these chilling reports, the government dismissed the claims of paranormal activity and decided to reopen Begunkodor Station in 2009, after it had lain deserted for 42 years. Some claim that the staff made up the ghost stories to not be stationed there.
Some even claim that the locals made up the ghost story to get a boost of “ghost tourism”. Perhaps worst is that this particular rationalist group called Paschim Banga Bigyan Mancha, said that the locals then loot the tourists after they scare them away.
The way that they called it busting the myth about the station being haunted is that they camped out there in 2017 and they saw a group of men in the bushes making the sounds. Although they didn’t manage to catch them, they reckon they were behind the rumors.
What about the station master and his family’s mysterious death at Begunkodor Train Station? Did it really happen, or was that also a part of the legend created to scare people? For now, no evidence supporting that their death actually happened like they claim.
Yet, despite the government’s assurances, the whispers of the supernatural persist, casting a pall of fear and unease over the station and its surroundings. People still avoid using this station after sunset and twice a week, it is said that a girl is seen running along the tracks on the same day she died.
Despite no seemingly root in reality as the ghost story is told today, the legends about the three kings that are haunting the Three Kings Chapel in Goa keep being told and they are said to come out at night when no one is supposed to stay.
The Three Kings Chapel on top of Cuelium hill shines white against the blue sky of Goa. The old church is also known as the Church of Our Lady of Remedies and is found in South Goa in India. The allegedly haunted church has long been associated with ghost sightings, supernatural activities, and unexplained occurrences.
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The church’s dark past is riddled with tales of Portuguese invaders, brutal battles, and tragic deaths that have left their mark on the very foundation of the building. The locals believe that the spirits of the fallen soldiers and innocent civilians still haunt the Three Kings Chapel making it one of the most haunted places in Goa.
The Three Kings Chapel was built in the 16th century by the Portuguese in the village of Cansaulim on top of a hill called Cuelim over the coconut trees below. The Portuguese invaded Goa in 1510 and defeated the Bijapur Sultanate. Portuguese rule lasted for about 450 years, and heavily influenced Goan culture, cuisine, and architecture.
The Three Kings Chapel’s original name is apparently Remedios Saibini Church or Our Lady of Remedies. It was built in 1599 by Fr Gonzalo Carvalho S.J. During this time the Portuguese Empire ruled Goa.
Why the name was changed is uncertain though. The Three Kings Chapel refers to the three wise men in the bible that visited Baby Jesus in his crib. Every year the Christians celebrate the Feast of the Three Kings on the 6th of January that marks the end of Christmas, especially for the Spanish and Portuguese.
The Three Kings Coming to Goa
There are many legends connected to this The Three Kings Chapel that are said to be the source of the legends and ghost stories coming from there. One being that there once were three Portuguese kings that were fighting for power in the area, or in some cases prince brothers that all fought to be the single ruling king.
One of the Kings invited the other two for dinner once and claimed he wanted to find a peaceful solution to their quarrels. When the dinner party arrived though, he poisoned their food and declared himself king after they died.
His plan backfired though when his brother’s supporters found out what he had done though and he was aware about the repercussions. Fearing the wrath of the other two kings supporters though, he drank the poison as well and died along with them.
The Haunted Cemetery
Together they were all buried in the cemetery of the Three Kings Chapel. It is said that their spirits still roam around in the graveyard on top of the hill, still governing their kingdom they wanted so much and died for.
People visiting the hill the Three Kings Chapel sits on claim to have seen something ghostly in the dark, and felt something they describe like a strong presence.
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The locals advise to not visit the haunted church late at night, as the story goes you will never be seen again. Some say that they only say this to keep lovers away from this secluded place though.
There is also the legend of a tree that is outside of the church. When you leave, you must never look back at it. People are also said to get sick or if they are not baptized when visiting and so on.
As history goes, we do know where the Portuguese king was throughout the times, and it wasn’t in Goa. So who was supposedly quarreling by the Three Kings Chapel? Some speculate that the legend could be of a more local power struggle when the Portuguese claimed the land. Throughout the times though, the local warlords became more royal for the story’s effect.
In some sources they call the King that poisoned his brothers, King Holger Alvunge, but as it is a Scandinavian sounding name, it has most likely no base in reality. But even in old days in the Goa governance, they usually kept records, and there have been no leaders with the name of Holger Alvunge.
There are also claims of lights coming from the haunted church that are like a ghost procession for the kings in the dead of the night, gliding around the church and coming down the hill. But that may very be during the Three Kings festival where people parade to the top throwing coins. After they usually stay back a couple with light to collect them.
Most Haunted Places in Hong Kong goes from dark metro stations, historic buildings as well as victims of war crimes, murders and stuff og legends.
In the cityscape of Hong Kong lies a realm of ghostly tales and supernatural encounters that stretch back for generations. Many of these stories came from actual cases that today are the stuff of urban legends and whispered ghost stories.
For a more complete list of haunted places, head over to the China archives on Moonmausoleum. For this article, let’s have a look at some of the most haunted places in Hong Kong.
MTR’s Island Line | 港鐵 | Hong Kong — The haunted metro stations throughout the city
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The metro system in Hong Kong harbors more than just commuters within its tunnels if we are to believe the stories. Amidst the modernity and hustle of daily life, eerie tales of supernatural encounters lurk in the shadows, weaving a tapestry of mystery and intrigue.
Rumsey Station is said to be haunted by the construction workers that died while building it, as well as being haunted by a woman that is reportedly leaping off the platform.
There have also been claims that construction workers hear the screams inside of the Whitty Station tunnels. When they investigated the claims, they allegedly found a woman dressed in white on the platform that leapt onto the tracks when they approached her.
At Choi Hung Station, the legend of a vanished train, rumored to have traversed a track leading straight to hell, sends shivers down the spine.
Meanwhile, the ghostly apparition at Yau Ma Tei Station defies rational explanation, leaving witnesses questioning reality itself. A mass haunting a couple of decades ago seen and heard by many left people to think that someone had jumped that day, but no one was found, leading people to believe it had to be a ghost reliving her final moments over and over again.
Back in the day under the Japanese Occupation of Hong Kong the Japanese soldiers used Nam Koo Terrace on Ship Street, also today known as Wan Chai Haunted House, as a military brothel as well as a place of torture during the Second World War. When you know the story that went on behind these walls, there is no wonder why it is considered one of the most haunted places in Hong Kong
Comfort women or comfort girls were women and girls forced into sexual slavery by the Imperial Japanese Army in occupied countries and territories before and during World War II. Estimates vary as to how many women were involved, with most historians settling somewhere in the range of 50,000–200,000.
It is said it is the ghosts of the women that had to stay in this place, so called Comfort Women haunt the building, roaming headless in the night. Some even go as far as claiming insanity after staying in the house and once, papers like the Oriental Daily covered one of these cases.
The gruesome discovery of a woman’s skull concealed within the innocent facade of a Hello Kitty doll sent shockwaves rippling through the community, revealing the depths of human depravity in 1999. A young woman named Ah Fong, had fallen victim to a brutal and sadistic torture session orchestrated by a group of individuals involved in the criminal underworld.
Ah Fong had been held imprisoned in the apartment, tortured in the most barbaric and vicious ways as well as raped over and over for over a month before she died. But as the perpetrators faced justice for their heinous crime, whispers began to circulate of a darker force at play.
Many unusual events have occurred that are regarded as supernatural by the public. And rumors about something paranormal and strange going on started already during trial with the light flickering when the culprits tried to defend themselves.
The building where the murder happened had strange things going on as well and has made the list of more than one list of Most Haunted Places in Hong Kong. A woman rented a unit on the fourth floor without knowing about the murder. Her friend often heard women crying at night, and at that time, there were no people living downstairs. There have also been reports about seeing the ghost of a young woman wandering in the building.
In the end the building itself was torn down. No one wanted anything to do with it as it was tainted and haunted in their eyes. But even when a new building was built there, a memorial was put in place just in case it could help stop with the haunting.
The Braided Girl on the Train Tracks | Chinese University of Hong Kong | New Territories — The ghost of a disfigured girl approaching male students
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The story of The Braided Girl is set around the train station close to Chinese University of Hong Kong and where the old train tracks used to run. In the 1960’s, or according to some, even before that, a girl was trying to smuggle herself into Hong Kong from mainland China to elope and be with her lover. Back then there were a number of people from mainland China who tried to hide in the trains carrying cattles and jumped off the train when reaching the destination.
The Braided Girl was wearing two plaited braids and had no ticket for the train she was on. She was caught when the conductor asked for her ticket and she knew she had to get away.
To escape she jumped from the train, but one of her long braids was caught in the train door or even the tracks as she hit the ground and she tore the braids from her scalp and destroyed her face and died a horrible death.
People have seen the braided girl weeping with her backs to them around the path where the story allegedly happened where the tracks used to run. The place is now known as Braid Road (辮子路 or 一條辮路).
When the students, mostly male students, are looking closer she turns toward them and shows her torn face.
Jumbo Kingdom | 珍寶王國 | Aberdeen Harbour — The mysterious rowing women in the water
Most Haunted Places in Hong Kong: Jumbo Kingdom Floating Restaurant from it was still in operation.
In 2022, the whole floating restaurant capsized after years of misfortune. It closed down during the pandemic, and never got to reopen after. But before it closed down, it had a haunted rumor about it attracting ghosts from the bay area and was in addition to a tourist attraction one of the most haunted places in Hong Kong.
There are legends about a mysterious woman rowing a small boat at night by the restaurant that people are saying is a ghost. This alludes to the practice prostitutes used in Hong Kong back in the day when they rowed out to ship waiting in the bay to earn money from the sailors waiting in their ships in the harbor. People think that the floating life full of life and lights in the bay reminded the spirits of the prostitute ghost at sea about their life and attracts them.
The question is, was it only to this particular restaurant the ghosts were attracted to, or is it something in the Hong Kong harbor that has the same allure to the people from the afterlife?
In the bustling streets of Hong Kong, whispers of a ghostly phenomenon have long haunted the city’s residents. The tale of the Takeout Ordering Ghost, a spectral entity that summons food deliveries from beyond the grave, has become a chilling legend passed down through generations. Some believe that the origins of this eerie story can be traced back to a real incident, shrouded in mystery and superstition.
The story goes that after a restaurant receives an order by phone, the delivery boy heads to a nearby condo on Leighton Road, where he encounters a hand emerging from the door gap to pay him. Upon returning to the restaurant, however, he discovers that the money has transformed into ghostly joss paper, unsettling the owner and casting suspicion on the employee.
As the eerie incidents repeat themselves, with the money consistently morphing into ghost currency, the restaurant owner grows increasingly alarmed. Determined to uncover the truth, he decides to personally deliver the next order to the condo. What he discovers inside shocks him to the core: four decomposing bodies seated around a Mahjong table, with remnants of the restaurant’s food containers nearby.
Police investigations reveal that the deceased succumbed to carbon monoxide poisoning, indicating that they had been dead for some time, although the neighbors had all heard them playing and partying.
Bela Vista Villa | 東堤小築 | Cheung Chau island — The haunted vacation home on the beach
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It is said that the building is the place for over 20 murders and suicide cases over the last 30 years and the Bela Vista Villa has been dubbed The Resort of Charcoal Suicide. People have come to this place from the rest of Hong Kong to end their life there for all sorts of reasons. What happened over the years was that it started to be rumored to be one of the most haunted places in Hong Kong.
The people that have stayed in the vacation home claim to have heard wailing screams in the night coming from the ghosts of the victims and seeing ghost apparitions of them, and it is said that the haunted ghost stories all started with a singular case.
It is said that it all started the summer of 1989 when a woman together with her son vacated in one of the units. According to the stories, the woman was said to be the estranged wife of a Hong Kong pharmaceutical tycoon. He was cheating on her and the infidelity drove her mad.
She killed her son before herself. The mother dressed up in an all red outfit before hanging herself. After this incident, it is said that the residents on the island have seen the mother and son wandering around. There have even been those who claim that they have been possessed by their ghosts as well.
During the Japanese Occupation, the Japanese forces took the Murray House and used it as a command center by the Japanese military police. It was also a place of execution during the war. More than 4000 citizens of Hong Kong were tortured until they were murdered inside of these walls. These are the unfortunate souls said to haunt the Murray House, making it one of the most haunted places in Hong Kong.
After the war the Murray House became a hot spot for paranormal activity, and the haunting of the place got so bad that the Hong Kong government ordered not only one exorcism, but two. One time in 1963 and the last one being in 1974.
The first time it was apparently an unsuccessful one as workers kept complaining about being harassed and plagued by ghosts. They found their work vandalized and blueprints they put out smeared and modified. Another employer claimed to have encountered a ghost in the bathroom that tugged on his sleeve, but when he turned there was nothing there.
In the 1974 exorcism, 70 Buddhists monks wandered the Murray House for two hours while chanting and burning offerings and the event was televised with a huge crowd gathered to see it all.
The building was actually dismantled and put in storage for a long time. Today the Murray House is a wonderful retail shopping place with a restaurant where people can marvel at the sea view from the historic building on south Hong Kong Island.
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In the New Territories in Hong Kong there is a haunted school called Ping Shan Tat Tak School (達德學校) that was established in 1931 in the centuries old Yu Kiu ancestral hall in Ping Shan, Yuen Long. Today it is abandoned and seen as one of the most haunted places in Hong Kong.
A legend goes that one of the schoolmistresses or the principal committed suicide and hang herself in the school toilets, wearing a red dress. She is now said to haunt the school. A woman haunting the bathroom in schools are widely told across Asia, and also the fact that she is wearing red.
On September 10th in 2011, 12 students from a middle school visited Ping Shan Tat Tak School and came back with haunted tales. They claimed to have heard footsteps in the abandoned building as well as hearing an ominous scraping noise from the walls.
Three of the girls kept fainting and one completely lost control of himself, pinching his own neck and biting so he needed the friends to help stop him and they called the police for help.
No list of the most haunted places in Hong Kong is complete without the Lui Seng Chun building. In the 1980s, construction workers were planning to remodel the historical building. One by one the construction workers, as well as the cleaning staff, fell mysteriously ill.
Things were disappearing from the construction site without a trace and fatal accidents happened that people thought something paranormal were behind. The legend goes that it was believed that the ancestors of the Lei Liang, the original owner of Lui Seng Chun, were angry at the demolition plans and instead kept it as it had always been and preserved it.
When people would start reporting ghostly sightings inside and around Lui Seng Chun it was about ghostly children. They reportedly saw children playing something that looked like football and at first it looked innocent and normal. But when they looked closer, they saw the ball they were playing with was actually a decapitated head.
There were also people that claimed that the lights in the upper floors kept turning on in the middle of the night in the abandoned building and that numerous shadows were seen as they passed by the windows.
This was a list of some of the most haunted places in Hong Kong, but it is far from the whole list. For more like this, head over to the China archive, for more ghost stories, urban legends and haunted places.
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