In a cemetery turned into a public park, the Wolfe Tone Square is said to be haunted by John Toler, one of Ireland’s most haunted man and remembered as the Hanging Judge.
Along Jervis Street in Dublin, the hum of the city never seems to stop and Wolfe Tone Square, a public place that hides a far darker past beneath its modern surface. Long before cafés and benches filled the square, this ground was home to St. Mary’s Church and Graveyard, and later the site of a hospital where countless souls drew their final breath.
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Around the mid-1800s, the graveyard was so overcrowded, they had to gig up buried people to make rooms for others. Still after the area was turned into a park, the last burial was in the 1950s. The earth here has seen centuries of sorrow, and some say it has never forgotten.
Wolfe Tone Square: This statue is located at Wolfe Tone Square, Dublin, Ireland, beside the Jervis Shopping Centre. // Source: Ag Crú na Gréine “Enjoying the Sun” (2003)
The Hanging Judge Haunting Wolfe Tone Square
Among the many buried in St. Mary’s is one man whose presence still disturbs the peace is thought to be the ghost of John Toler, the Earl of Norbury, known to history as the “Hanging Judge.”
During his lifetime, Toler earned his grim nickname for his unrelenting cruelty in sentencing men and women to death, often delivering the verdict with a smile. He was deemed Ireland’s most hated man in the 1700s.
The Hanging Judge: John Toler, 1st Earl of Norbury, known as The Lord Norbury between 1800 and 1827, was an Irish lawyer, politician and judge. A greatly controversial figure in his time, he was nicknamed the “Hanging Judge” and was considered to be one of the most corrupt legal figures in Irish history. He was Chief Justice of the Irish Common Pleas between 1800 and 1827.
One of his most infamous judgments was against a young man convicted of sheep stealing, a crime that, even then, rarely merited the noose. But Toler showed no mercy. The young man was hanged, leaving behind a heartbroken widow. He was also the one who hanged the Irish revolutionary Robert Emmet, making him the most hated man in the country.
Before she died, the widow is said to have placed a curse upon Toler, condemning him to never find rest in death. When Toler himself passed in 1831, his body was laid to rest in St. Mary’s Graveyard, but his peace was not to last. Some say that his ghost is haunting the area in the form of a black dog. There are also those who talk about eerie sounds near the graveyard — the clanking of heavy chains and the slow, dragging footsteps of something unseen. The noise, they said, would travel from Cabra to Jervis Street, echoing through the night as though the Hanging Judge himself were being marched to an eternal gallows.
There are also people talking about another ghost of a tall dark figure, passing through a wall and walking across the square in the night. The thing is, the bottom part of his legs are underground.
The Haunted Wolfe Tone Square
Even now, after the graveyard has been cleared and the square transformed, there are whispers that the Earl of Norbury still walks, bound to the earth by the widow’s curse. On quiet nights, when the city falls still, some claim to hear the faint rattle of iron links and the hollow tap of boots across the stones. Few linger long once the sound begins. Wolfe Tone Square may be a place of rest for Dubliners today, but for one soul beneath its soil, rest will never come.
In the early 2000s, excavations uncovered “consideral quantities” of human skeletons were uncovered and sent to museums before the area was covered with gravel and concrete, trying to keep the remaining buried bodies buried.
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After being drowned in the river by Radlsteg in Munich, it is said that the ghosts of the discarded cats are still roaming and following passerby’s.
The Radlsteg in Munich was a footbridge leading over the Katzenbach with a turnstile and a city gate. The name of the bridge derives from the fact that crossing the stream was blocked for all types of vehicles by a turnstile – colloquially known as a “Radl” (Bavarian for “little wheel”). The name of the river Katzenbach means Cat stream and is possibly named after a cruel custom.
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The Einschüttbach was one of the two branches of the Katzenbach, which flowed behind the high bridge through Hochbrückenstraße. In 1731, bathhouses operated there, but the bridge was first mentioned in the 1500s. Alternatively, the name may derive from several mill wheels (“Radln”) that were built along the stream.
The Radlsteg around 1880. Fresco by Hans Wißmeyer (1993) on the house wall in the Radlsteg in Munich.
The Legend of the Drowned Cats
According to the legend, the river is named after all the cats that ended their lives there. It was said that all the unwanted kittens, especially black ones, were drowned in it. Some say they are still roaming the nearby streets and alleyways.
former Radlbad (today a residential and commercial building) with a picture showing the formerly unbuilt Pfisterbach. // Source: Wikimedia
In 1872, the Einschütt was covered and paved, the Katzenbach was also deepened and vaulted, the high bridge was demolished, and the street was leveled.
Even today, it is said that girls and young women are often accompanied by kittens when they walk through the alley. Curiously, it is said that the kittens vanish without a trace as soon as you try to pet them. They are said to only accompany ladies, following them towards the town center. Precisely in the direction the stream still flows underground.
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Known as the last witch of Munich, Theresia Kaiser was condemned to death in 1701. Still, her legend and what happened to her accuser bears a haunted mystery of what really happened to this young teenager at trial.
The last woman accused of witchcraft and sorcery in Munich was Maria Theresia Kaiser, the daughter of a sergeant, born in Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm, and only 17 years old. She was executed and burned in 1701. There is a case report about another one in 1721, but this has not been proven. Therefore, Theresia Kaise was known as the last woman accused, tried and executed for witchcraft in Munich.
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Where Falkenturmstrasse meets Maximilianstrasse, the Falkenturm (Falcon Tower) once stood. Also known as the “Witches’ Tower,” it served as a prison from the 16th century until its demolition in 1863. This is where she was imprisoned and is also rumoured to haunt.
Falkenturm, wall tower of the outer city wall of Munich from 1840.
Theresia Kaiser is Imprisoned
Where today there are plenty of luxury clothing stores, the shadows of the Falcon Tower once loomed, opposite the National Theatre. There is still the street Falkenturmstraße named after it. A lot of prisoners came and left in this tower, and witches were supposedly imprisoned and tortured here as well. .
One of the last victims of the witch hunt in Munich was Theresia Kaiser, a 17 year old girl. Her being accused of being a witch are said to have come after a high ranking court official is said to have denounced her when she was working as a maid of the Electorate. She was apparently rejecting his advances and he called her a devilish woman.
The Witch Tower:Witch tower or Witches’ Tower (German: Hexenturm) is a common name or description in English and other European languages for a tower that was part of a medieval town wall or castle, often used as a prison or dungeon. The name is derived from the period of witch trials. Many of these towers were used to incarcerate those suspected or found guilty of witchcraft.
There were actually two towers by the second city wall they stood on. The falcon tower between Alter Hof and Neuveste, in which falconry equipment was temporarily stored and which later served as a prison. The witch tower was a neighboring tower of the Falcon Tower, which was also used as a prison.
According to her testimony she gave after torture, she was initiated into the secrets of magic by her cousin, Elisabeth, when she was just eleven, and taken by her to the witches’ sabbath on St. Thomas’ Night, a catholic feast day July 3rd.
The Devil’s Ball
At this infernal ball, according to her account, entire cavalry units of soldiers and many lords and ladies appeared. A handsome cavalier with a large powdered wig approached her and asked her if she would renounce God. Several times she answered: no, But her cousin persisted, so that finally, after repeated questioning, she agreed.
The cavalier produced a large book and ordered her to write her name and age in it with her own blood. With a knife offered to her, she cut her left hand and signed it with her blood. Then there was dancing and people were naked. This gentleman then gave her a thaler, a gold silver coin, and then several more; but when she later wanted to examine them again, she found nothing but leather scraps in her hand.
The devil had also tempted her to steal and taught her how to open locks with a knife or scissors. Supposedly, she stole thirteen times. The devil had also taught her to poison the Elector’s court chamberlain, Neufinger, and his wife, with whom she served in Munich. But because their children took pity on her, she did not do it, for which the devil tormented and beat her.
In prison itself, the devil often urged her to murder herself so as not to fall into the hands of the executioner. The devil didn’t tolerate consecrated items on her, and in particular she had to take off her scapular, a Western Christian garment suspended from the shoulders. She was also said to have to remove her Monica belts, something coming from the tale of St. Monica, and it is said she would protect anyone wearing it.
According to her testimony, she also had committed fornication with the devil several times. She was tried and condemned to death. Apparently required treatment by a competent doctor while in prison before she was executed.
Her execution happened by the sword in Munich on September 17, 1701, and then her body was burned.
The Legend of the Ghost of Theresia Kaiser
Even stranger than the testimony she had to give after torture, are the legends of what happened after. On the night before her execution, the devil, in the form of a bat, is said to have flown to her in her dungeon according to her guards. The next morning, she was found unconscious and naked on the floor, without her shirt. Her accuser was found hanged, or in some versions strangled in his house that same day. For reasons unknown, he was wearing the prisoner’s shirt.
The Falcon Tower: At the rear of what is now Maximilianstrasse 8 and its extension, the Witch Tower at the rear of what is now Maximilianstrasse 6, served as a prison from 1500 to 1826. Photo : Theresa Auer, Faculty of Tourism – Munich University of Applied Sciences – Digital Marketing & Management// Source
Today, a bus station at Hackerbrücke stands, where so many accused of witchcraft were once tied to a vertical tree trunk before being burned alive. At the spot where the Witches’ Tower once stood, Theresia can supposedly still be seen today: a translucent female figure, barefoot, with long hair. She covers her face with her hands and stands motionless. Then she vanishes back into nothingness.
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Through the city gates in Munich on dark evenings, people have long talked about being chased by a ghost around the Maxtor gate and the surrounding square, only described as a fat and pale man.
At the side of Maximilianplatz, stands the Maxtor, the newest city gate in Munich. According to rumours, there is supposedly a ghost roaming the streets, said to chase unfortunate people to their front door.
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The Maxtor was built in 1804 and 1805 after the older city walls had been demolished. The gate’s original name was “Prannerstor”. It was only in 1806 that it was renamed Max-Joseph-Tor in honor of King Maximilian I Joseph. From 1809 onwards, it was simply called Maxtor.
A few years earlier, a hospital stood on this site, next to a church and cemetery. But these buildings were demolished, and the Maxtor was erected and the ghost stories began.
The Fat Man Haunting Maxtor
Legend has it that a fat ghost haunts this spot. The story tells that he pursues pedestrians at night, right up to their front doors. Some sources trace the ghost back to a happening when a man encountered the ghost in an autumn evening, following him to his door. The local Munich man tried to fight him off with an umbrella, but the man vanished into thin air.
Legend has it that the creature is not only a fat man, but also towers two-meter-tall and has a pale haunting face. It’s impossible to shake it off and when the victim thinks they’ve finally gotten rid, it suddenly reappears from a doorway.
The ghost was sighted particularly frequently in the 19th century and onwards. It is said to appear particularly frequently when one passes through one of the small side gates for pedestrians and heads towards the Grotto Fountain found at Maximiliansplatz 18. It has also been seen around the Nornen Fountain on the opposite side of the square.
Who could this ghost be? There are no names or death attached to this ghostly legend, but people have suspected the haunting could be from the old hospital or cemetery that once stood in this place.
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Where the former country estate Campagne Mon Repos in Bern once was, the ghostly council of the military leader from General Robert Scipio von Lentulus was given in times of unrest. Is he still haunting the Könizwald woods, even after his estate is gone?
One of the old cemeteries in Munich said to be haunted is the Alter Südfriedhof, or the old south cemetery. According to lore, the ghostly voices of the so-called Eskimo Tragedy are still heard at night.
In the darkness of night and under the foliage cover of the forest, the demonic spirit of Uhaml is said to roam. The only way to escape it is getting out of the forest faster.
In the shadows between ghost, creature and witch, the Welsh Gwarch y Rhibyn has been given many names. Like a Banshee she has been said to be a deadly omen, often called The Hag of the Mist because of her presence in wet areas, or the Hag of the Dribble because of the versions where her mouth is dripping with blood.
Unhappy with the lack of beer in heaven, the Bavarian angel never returned when sent on a mission back on earth. To this day, he sits at The Hofbräuhaus bar in Munich, enjoying his brew.
Sometimes called the Devil’s Stone, the ruins of the former Mödling Castle is said to be haunted by a demonic bird-like entity, screeching at night as an omen of death and disaster.
Could a beer festival be haunted? Many have spoken about the ghost of an old brewer at Nockherberg haunting the beer festival, creating havoc to retaliate to what his descendants did to his brew.
After her public death in the tower of the Munich Frauenkirche, many have claimed to have seen the ghost of Fanny appearing at her death anniversary wearing white.
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In the ruins of the Jungfernturm in Munich, some say the victims of the mythical torture device is still haunting the street where the tower once stood.
The Jungfernturm, or Maiden Tower on Munich’s old city wall was said to once be the site of feared death sentences and mysterious disappearances. Although the tower itself was torn down, still to this day, people still talk about experiencing strange things while walking through the street of Jungfernturmstraße.
The Jungfernturm served mainly as a battery tower for the defence of the city, but according to legend, it is said the tower got its name from torture and executions carried out with the Iron Maiden said to be within it.
By Carl August Lebschée (1800–1877)
History of the Maiden Tower
The first city wall around Munich was built as early as the 12th century, but the construction of the defensive tower didn’t begin until 1493. It stood between the second city wall and the inner wall for the protection of its people. As it was a battery tower, it had no windows, only hatches for firing projectiles and it was difficult to say what went on inside of it from the outside.
It could only be accessed from within the city. With the dismantling of Munich’s fortifications in 1791, it became obsolete as a means of defence and ended up as a storage room for the opera nearby. It remained in its place for over a decade before its demolition finally began in 1804 as a means to modernize and beautify the city.
The Iron Maiden and the Statue of Virgin Mary
Did something else happen within the tower though except for preparing for an attack on the city? According to the legend, death sentences were said to have been handed down in the Maiden’s Tower in secret.
Most legends claim that the victims were taken to the tower by carriage. Often the legends talk about men in black being the ones taken from them. This is often in connection to the mysterious Guglmänner, a secret and veiled society in Munich, although officially, these were mourners at funeral processions. At night, these men in black robes with pointed hoods would knock on the door and collect the offender in a black carriage, taking him to the Jungfernturm.
The Guglmänner:Originally, they were attendants of a funeral procession. As early as the 14th century, penitents veiled themselves from head to toe, leaving only a peephole for their eyes. Since around the late 1990s, the term has mostly referred to a Bavarian secret society whose members see themselves as guardians of the monarchy and contribute to the perpetuation of the legends surrounding the death of King Ludwig II of Bavaria in 1886. Their motto, referring to the deceased, is Media vita in morte sumus , which translates as: “In the midst of life we are surrounded by death.”
According to legend, there was a statue of the Virgin Mary at the tower, which the condemned man had to kiss before a trapdoor opened beneath him and he fell into a dungeon below, being impaled in the Iron Maiden torture device.
Theiron maiden: this mythical torture device, believed to have been first created in the 19th century. It consists of a solid iron cabinet with a hinged front and spike-covered interior, sufficiently tall to enclose a human being. While often popularly thought to have been used in the medieval period, there is no known mention of the iron maiden from before the 19th century. The most famous iron maiden that popularized the design was that of Nuremberg, first displayed possibly as far back as 1802. The original was lost in the Allied bombing of Nuremberg in 1945. The 19th-century iron maidens may have been constructed as a misinterpretation of a medieval Schandmantel, which was made of wood and metal but without spikes.
The Ghost of Captain Franz von Unertl
The popular legend links the mysterious powers of the Iron Maiden to the time of Elector Karl Theodor in the mid 1700s, whose secret committee, headed by the notorious Privy Councilor Lippert, issued banishments and death sentences without a court trial, carrying them out secretly and without fanfare.
A time of unease in the realm:Between fighting for Bavarian reign, wars and the brewing French Revolution that would affect nobles across Europe, there was much unease and scheming going on in the shadows. Illustration showing Privy Councilor Lippert informs Karl Theodor that the people of Munich are dissatisfied and are resisting his orders.
According to this legend, individuals deemed dangerous to the state due to their revolutionary principles were suddenly arrested, taken to the residence, interrogated and condemned by the secret committee in the dreaded Yellow Room. They were then sent to the Maiden’s Tower to be murdered by the arms of the Iron Maiden.
One such alleged executed person was Captain Franz von Unertl. He was reportedly picked up from an inn by a horse-drawn carriage on the evening of January 6, 1796, after Munich had already dismantled its fortifications, and taken to the tower. The story tells that the Captain met his death by the Iron Maiden at 3:00 a.m. on January 7.
Franz Xaver Josef Baron von Unertl: (21 February 1675 – 22 January 1750) was a Bavarian politician. Unertl was born in Munich. He served as Electoral Bavarian Privy Council Chancellor and Conference Minister. His role under the Austrian occupation during the Spanish Succession War remains dubious. He died in his home town of Munich.
However, we have no documentary evidence of such mysterious activities during the reign of Elector Karl Theodor. After his death, his successor, Elector Maximilian Joseph, later King, ordered an investigation into the proceedings of the secret committee on March 26, 1799. The thing is, only those dating back to 1796 were found. What happened before that had been destroyed.
So were there actually secret executions at the Jungfernturm throughout the centuries it stood? Hard to prove, and no Iron Maiden was ever found. However, it is said that the executioner of Munich from this time told that he had once been forced to execute a person unknown to him in the Residence.
The Corpses in the Tower
So what was the truth? With no Iron Maiden found, it’s hard to prove the validity of the legend. However, the remains of people in the tower could point to the fact that more than one person died here.
General Field Master and Chief Warrant Officer Josef Count von Salern told about a terrible find he encountered working with the costumes for the opera when he was Intendant of the Court Music in 1751. He noticed that a small piece of paving in the first-floor floor was sticking up slightly, making it easy to trip and fall. When they tried to repair it, they discovered a trapdoor leading to a lower room. A few masons lowered themselves into the hole below and found two unattached, almost completely decomposed corpses.
These bodies with a pile of rags were then removed without further investigation and buried in the churchyard that was located right next door according to the Imperial Police Director Baumgartner. Could this be proof that the tower at least was used as a place of criminal justice?
This tower was demolished and along with it, the proof. What we do have though it the reports from the Royal Police Director Baumgartner who said this:
“Rumors always circulated among the people that in ancient times a secret court had operated in this tower and perhaps buried some victims there. When the tower was demolished, I, along with the city building director von Schede and the city master mason Ferdinand Zimmermann, examined every nook and cranny. At the top of the first floor, we found an old Gothic door, inside this door a bricked-up thwarted chamber, and at ground level a trapdoor. I descended a ladder with a mason and found myself in a burial chamber, where a kind of resting place had been prepared in a niche. I found no trace of chains or iron rings, but in the vault above the trapdoor itself, I did find an iron hook for a pulley, used to lower or raise things into the depths. There was a musty smell in this recess, and the floor was completely covered with moth husks, which are found on long-buried animals.” dead bodies were found. Some of the bones found inside were from the jaw of a dog.”
From all this, the most probable conclusion is that the Maiden’s Tower, in earlier times before it was used as a decoration storehouse, served as a prison of that barbaric kind.. Such cruel prisons were common in medieval castles, fortresses, and town halls. According to testimonies from people visiting it throughout the years, this would have happened between 1666, when Colonel-Master of Ordnance Baron von Rouyer examined it and found it completely empty, and 1724, when it was designated for the storage of opera decorations.
By Johann Georg von Dillis (1759–1841)
The Haunting of the Tower
Some claim that the screams of its victims who never returned from the tower still echo in the winds. On dark nights, people claim to hear their screams coming from the remains of the tower.
It is said that on the night of January 6th to 7th, a man in a tailcoat and leather boots can be seen on Jungfernturmstrasse. This is the ghost of Captain Franz von Unertl, said to haunt the area. If it is so that he never went to the tower for his demise, and died in his home, could it be one of the other unfortunate people who fell into the clutches of an Iron Maiden?
The Remains of the Jungfernturm: Image by Moonmausoleum
The Remains of the Tower
The legend of an iron maiden as an execution machine appears in several cities and towns, but not much proof of its existence has ever been found.
Not much remains of the former defensive tower today. Only a few remnants of the red brick wall on Jungfernturmstrasse still bear witness to its former location. A plaque commemorates it with the inscription: “Here stood the Jungfernturm, built in the year 1493, demolished in the year 1804.”
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In the darkness of night and under the foliage cover of the forest, the demonic spirit of Uhaml is said to roam. The only way to escape it is getting out of the forest faster.
In the shadows between ghost, creature and witch, the Welsh Gwarch y Rhibyn has been given many names. Like a Banshee she has been said to be a deadly omen, often called The Hag of the Mist because of her presence in wet areas, or the Hag of the Dribble because of the versions where her mouth is dripping with blood.
Unhappy with the lack of beer in heaven, the Bavarian angel never returned when sent on a mission back on earth. To this day, he sits at The Hofbräuhaus bar in Munich, enjoying his brew.
Sometimes called the Devil’s Stone, the ruins of the former Mödling Castle is said to be haunted by a demonic bird-like entity, screeching at night as an omen of death and disaster.
Could a beer festival be haunted? Many have spoken about the ghost of an old brewer at Nockherberg haunting the beer festival, creating havoc to retaliate to what his descendants did to his brew.
After her public death in the tower of the Munich Frauenkirche, many have claimed to have seen the ghost of Fanny appearing at her death anniversary wearing white.
What really happened around the Pollingsried Chapel, and its supposed plague cemetery? Is there really a curse around the area? As far as the ringing of the bells can be heard?
Searching for its name, the utburd ghost from Norwegian folklore haunts the forests, waters and houses its parents left them to die. For the most part, they remained in folk tales, but sometimes, the stories about the dead children got real life consequences.
In the dark Hendrick Street in Dublin, there once were two houses said to be some of the most haunted ones in town. Occupied by at least six ghosts, some say they still linger in their old street.
In Smithfield, Dublin, once stood a narrow, unassuming street that locals long avoided after dark. Not much was known about the street between the corn and cattle market of the city. Hendrick Street, now mostly vanished from the map, was for generations whispered about as Dublin’s most haunted street where more than one house had a haunted story.
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Though the old Dutch Billys houses from the 1730s were demolished in the 1960s, the ground where numbers 7 and 8 once stood is said to remain restless and was the worst location for the haunting going on in the street. The stories claim that no fewer than six spirits are bound to this cursed patch of land, forever replaying the tragedies that once unfolded behind its doors.
The Six Ghosts of Hendrick Street
The haunting of Hendrick Street began long before the bulldozers came. In the 18th and 19th centuries, the area was densely packed with tenements, where poverty, sickness, and despair clung to the air like a fog. Numbers 7 and 8 were said to be especially ill-fated. This is said to have especially been from the 1920s and leading up to the house’s demolitions.
By the turn of the 20th century, Hendrick Street’s reputation had darkened beyond repair. Residents spoke of six distinct apparitions that haunted the adjoining houses.
Tenants rarely stayed long, claiming to hear knocking on the walls at night, furniture moving by itself, and cold hands brushing against their faces in the dark. It was especially inside number 7 and 8 in the street that people were bothered by ghosts.
The Dark History of Number 7
One story in particular tells about a family who moved into number 7. An old house where many people had lived and died. It isn’t really specified exactly when this family moved in, but it is more likely to be from the early to mid 20th century. When they arrived they were warned to not go downstairs after dark. Apparently a woman had died in the house and was heard walking up and down the stairs from midnight to the clock struck five, every night.
The father of the house came home one evening and couldn’t unlock the door. He heard someone coming running down the stairs inside and the door flew open. But when he looked inside, there was no one there, and he only felt the sensation of a cold wind passing him by.
The Ghost by the Fireplace in Number 8
In the neighboring house there was an elderly couple living once. According to the story, they hated each other in life, but seemed to be unable to part in the afterlife. After the man, a horrid mad according to the rumours passed, he remained in the house to haunt his wife.
She hated him so much, she was glad he had died. But one night he came back to shout at her. He was also said to have been lingering by the fireplace. Because of his torment even beyond death, she eventually said to have gotten an exorcism.
Both number 7 and 8 were said to have been demolished as far back as 1953 because of the poor state of them.
Hendrick Street No. 15-19
Not only were the two houses on the street said to be haunted, but so were the buildings right across from them as well. It used to be an industrial block that has now turned into a retail outlet.
According to the rumours, there was a young girl said to haunt the building and would appear in front of people. People walking by would report about seeing faces in the windows of the building when no one was supposed to be inside.
Dublin’s Forgotten Haunting
Today, Hendrick Street is little more than a memory, yet its ghostly reputation has never faded. In its place, The Hendrick Smithfield Hotel has been built in its place. Although the hotel acknowledges the streets’ haunted history, there isn’t really much to go on in terms of newer ghost stories. It is however still a stop on many ghost tours in the city.
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Where the former country estate Campagne Mon Repos in Bern once was, the ghostly council of the military leader from General Robert Scipio von Lentulus was given in times of unrest. Is he still haunting the Könizwald woods, even after his estate is gone?
One of the old cemeteries in Munich said to be haunted is the Alter Südfriedhof, or the old south cemetery. According to lore, the ghostly voices of the so-called Eskimo Tragedy are still heard at night.
In the darkness of night and under the foliage cover of the forest, the demonic spirit of Uhaml is said to roam. The only way to escape it is getting out of the forest faster.
In the shadows between ghost, creature and witch, the Welsh Gwarch y Rhibyn has been given many names. Like a Banshee she has been said to be a deadly omen, often called The Hag of the Mist because of her presence in wet areas, or the Hag of the Dribble because of the versions where her mouth is dripping with blood.
Unhappy with the lack of beer in heaven, the Bavarian angel never returned when sent on a mission back on earth. To this day, he sits at The Hofbräuhaus bar in Munich, enjoying his brew.
Sometimes called the Devil’s Stone, the ruins of the former Mödling Castle is said to be haunted by a demonic bird-like entity, screeching at night as an omen of death and disaster.
Could a beer festival be haunted? Many have spoken about the ghost of an old brewer at Nockherberg haunting the beer festival, creating havoc to retaliate to what his descendants did to his brew.
After her public death in the tower of the Munich Frauenkirche, many have claimed to have seen the ghost of Fanny appearing at her death anniversary wearing white.
What really happened around the Pollingsried Chapel, and its supposed plague cemetery? Is there really a curse around the area? As far as the ringing of the bells can be heard?
Searching for its name, the utburd ghost from Norwegian folklore haunts the forests, waters and houses its parents left them to die. For the most part, they remained in folk tales, but sometimes, the stories about the dead children got real life consequences.
Back at a time when the hills of Münsterberg were called Spittelsprung in the really old parts of Basel in Switzerland, it was also said a monk was haunting the streets. Gliding in and out of the houses frightening the children, he took no notice of the world of the living, always deep in his prayers. The question is, prayer for what?
In the tangled web of Basel’s medieval streets, history lies thick as mist, and nowhere more so than on the Münsterberg, the quiet hill crowned by the grand sandstone edifice of Basel Münster. The old town rises and falls with small hills, each carrying the weight of centuries.
The Münsterberg is the most storied of them, its cobbled alleys flanked by 18th-century palaces, austere official buildings, and the venerable Naturhistorisches Museum. Yet long before these elegant façades graced the streets, this hill bore another name: Spittelsprung.
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In the days when death came swiftly and often, a hospital and almshouse once stood here. A place where the sick and dying clung to what comfort the Church could offer, and where sins were whispered to unseen ears in dimly lit corners.
And it is from this time that one of Basel’s most quietly unnerving hauntings is said to have begun.
A Monastic Shadow Along the Streets of Münsterberg
According to accounts passed down through generations, a spectral monk used to make his mournful rounds upon the Münsterberg back when it was called Spittelsburg. It is told that on certain nights, when the wind sighs low through the narrow alleys and the bell of the cathedral tolls its midnight note, he appears without warning in one of the houses along the hill.
It was said that the pale glow of a flickering lamp or hearth reveals his dark robes and tonsured head as he silently crosses the living room floor, eyes never lifting from the pages of his ancient breviary. His lips move in soundless prayer, and the room fills with a sense of something ancient and sorrowful.
Children, watching from behind chairs or half-open doors, would scream at the sight of him, but the ghostly monk didn’t seem to even notice them, never pausing in his devotions or lifting his head from his books. It was only when an adult stepped forward to confront him, hand outstretched or voice raised in command, that the figure would vanish like smoke caught in a draft, leaving nothing but the lingering scent of old candle wax and dust.
The Forgotten Sins of Spittelsprung
Why this monk’s restless soul should remain is lost to time. Was he a healer who succumbed to one of the plagues that ravaged Basel? A sinner seeking penance? Or perhaps a witness to unspoken horrors within the hospital walls?
He was certainly not the only monk that used to haunt the city of Basel. On Herbergsgasse there used to be a poorhouse that used to be haunted by one as well. At least back in 1626 where fire crackling in the stove could be heard when there was no fire seen. A monk in a dark robe appeared with a small dog in his arms in the rooms several times and the farmers who stayed overnight at the inn to pay their rent to the landlords were said to have been paralyzed when they laid in their beds, watching the monk glide through their rooms.
The street, now called Münsterberg, seems tranquil in daylight, its medieval square echoing with little but the footsteps of museum-goers and students. But come nightfall, when the ancient stones remember their past, the air can turn heavy. Locals whisper that in certain houses, a shape still moves by lamplight, and prayers too old for memory still pass through unseen lips.
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Once a place for executions, the place the Ruffinihaus in Munich, Germany is built upon is said to be haunted. It is said that in the dead of night, the undead rises from their graves, still carrying their heads the executioners took.
Where the former country estate Campagne Mon Repos in Bern once was, the ghostly council of the military leader from General Robert Scipio von Lentulus was given in times of unrest. Is he still haunting the Könizwald woods, even after his estate is gone?
One of the old cemeteries in Munich said to be haunted is the Alter Südfriedhof, or the old south cemetery. According to lore, the ghostly voices of the so-called Eskimo Tragedy are still heard at night.
In the darkness of night and under the foliage cover of the forest, the demonic spirit of Uhaml is said to roam. The only way to escape it is getting out of the forest faster.
In the shadows between ghost, creature and witch, the Welsh Gwarch y Rhibyn has been given many names. Like a Banshee she has been said to be a deadly omen, often called The Hag of the Mist because of her presence in wet areas, or the Hag of the Dribble because of the versions where her mouth is dripping with blood.
Unhappy with the lack of beer in heaven, the Bavarian angel never returned when sent on a mission back on earth. To this day, he sits at The Hofbräuhaus bar in Munich, enjoying his brew.
Sometimes called the Devil’s Stone, the ruins of the former Mödling Castle is said to be haunted by a demonic bird-like entity, screeching at night as an omen of death and disaster.
Could a beer festival be haunted? Many have spoken about the ghost of an old brewer at Nockherberg haunting the beer festival, creating havoc to retaliate to what his descendants did to his brew.
After her public death in the tower of the Munich Frauenkirche, many have claimed to have seen the ghost of Fanny appearing at her death anniversary wearing white.
What really happened around the Pollingsried Chapel, and its supposed plague cemetery? Is there really a curse around the area? As far as the ringing of the bells can be heard?
Searching for its name, the utburd ghost from Norwegian folklore haunts the forests, waters and houses its parents left them to die. For the most part, they remained in folk tales, but sometimes, the stories about the dead children got real life consequences.
Said to be cursed after torturing a calf, the butcher apprentice is now cursed to haunt the old butcher street for eternity. For centuries now, people claim to have heard the horrid sound of hooves clattering on the ground as he was transformed into the very thing he tortured for fun.
The medieval streets of Bern’s Old Town have always held their share of mysteries, but few places are said to be as restless after dark as Rathausgasse, the street leading to the city’s historic town hall. As the sun sets behind the sandstone facades, something unseen seems to stir in the narrow alleys.
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At night, residents and late-night wanderers report hearing the clatter of hooves on cobblestones, and the sharp crash of objects falling in empty rooms. Yet when they investigate, there are no horses, no wagons, and nothing disturbed. The streets remain eerily quiet. Perhaps it was the cursed butcher apprentice said to haunt the streets of Bern?
Rathausgasse: Die Berner Rathausgasse im Regen, 1992, Hotel Glocke. //Source: Christian Boss 1965/Wikimedia
Ghostly Encounters at Rathausgasse and the old Butcher’s Alley
From 1619 the upper section (now Rathausgasse) was known as Metzgergasse (Butcher’s Lane), while the lower section was first called Postgasse in 1798. The area was also a well known red light district. Throughout the 19th century, residents complained about the waste, smell and noise associated with the Schaal, an open hall of butcher’s stalls vis-à-vis the Simsonbrunnen in Kramgasse. The former slaughterhouse (No. 22) is a cultural asset of regional importance.
They claim the restless spirit of a cruel butcher’s apprentice roams these alleys in the dead of night known as the ghost of Rathausgasse or the Schaal Ghost.
Centuries ago, this heartless apprentice is said to have brutally slaughtered a calf, not out of necessity, but for his own amusement.
As punishment for his senseless cruelty, his spirit was cursed to live on as a ghostly calf, forever roaming the alleys of the old town. It is said that the clatter of hooves heard in Rathausgasse belongs to him — a spectral animal seeking peace he can never find.
Hauntings at the Schlachthaus-Theater
The eerie activity in Bern isn’t confined to the streets, but also at the old slaughterhouse in Rathausgasse, now used as a theater and called the Schlachthaus-Theater. The theater is reportedly no stranger to the paranormal and staff and spectators claim to have heard the unmistakable sound of hooves clattering.
But it is certainly not the only ghost said to haunt the halls of the theater. Actors and stagehands alike have whispered of unexplained noises, mysterious cold drafts, and fleeting shadows moving behind the curtains. Props fall for no reason, doors creak open, and some claim to hear faint, mournful voices when the house is empty.
One actress claims to have heard the sound of pearls clattering, like a pearl necklace ripping and falling to the floor. This went on all night, but she was unable to find any of them.
Though no single spirit has been identified, many believe these hauntings are tied to the rich and often tumultuous history of the building and its past performers, some of whom perhaps never quite left the stage.
A City of Stories and Ghosts
In Bern, where every corner seems to guard a story from the past, such legends aren’t easily dismissed. Whether it’s the ghostly calf of Rathausgasse or the spirits lingering in the theater, these stories continue to be woven into the living fabric of the old city, kept alive by the ghost tours around the city and those looking for something haunted
And so, when the night falls and the streets of Bern grow quiet, some say it’s wise to listen for the faint sound of hooves… and remember that in this ancient city, the past never truly rests.
Could the Connolly Station in Dublin be haunted? Some claim that the ghosts of the victims from the Dublin Bombing in world war two could still be lingering near the tracks.
Once a place for executions, the place the Ruffinihaus in Munich, Germany is built upon is said to be haunted. It is said that in the dead of night, the undead rises from their graves, still carrying their heads the executioners took.
Where the former country estate Campagne Mon Repos in Bern once was, the ghostly council of the military leader from General Robert Scipio von Lentulus was given in times of unrest. Is he still haunting the Könizwald woods, even after his estate is gone?
One of the old cemeteries in Munich said to be haunted is the Alter Südfriedhof, or the old south cemetery. According to lore, the ghostly voices of the so-called Eskimo Tragedy are still heard at night.
In the darkness of night and under the foliage cover of the forest, the demonic spirit of Uhaml is said to roam. The only way to escape it is getting out of the forest faster.
In the shadows between ghost, creature and witch, the Welsh Gwarch y Rhibyn has been given many names. Like a Banshee she has been said to be a deadly omen, often called The Hag of the Mist because of her presence in wet areas, or the Hag of the Dribble because of the versions where her mouth is dripping with blood.
Unhappy with the lack of beer in heaven, the Bavarian angel never returned when sent on a mission back on earth. To this day, he sits at The Hofbräuhaus bar in Munich, enjoying his brew.
Sometimes called the Devil’s Stone, the ruins of the former Mödling Castle is said to be haunted by a demonic bird-like entity, screeching at night as an omen of death and disaster.
Could a beer festival be haunted? Many have spoken about the ghost of an old brewer at Nockherberg haunting the beer festival, creating havoc to retaliate to what his descendants did to his brew.
After her public death in the tower of the Munich Frauenkirche, many have claimed to have seen the ghost of Fanny appearing at her death anniversary wearing white.
What really happened around the Pollingsried Chapel, and its supposed plague cemetery? Is there really a curse around the area? As far as the ringing of the bells can be heard?
Searching for its name, the utburd ghost from Norwegian folklore haunts the forests, waters and houses its parents left them to die. For the most part, they remained in folk tales, but sometimes, the stories about the dead children got real life consequences.
In Honolulu’s bustling downtown district lies Fort Street Mall, a pedestrian walkway lined with shops, eateries, and offices. Today it seems unlikely that this location was used for human sacrifices and that legends claim the victims are still haunting the place.
During the 1800s and into the 1950s, Fort Street in Honolulu was home to some of the largest department stores in Hawaii. Then Ala Moana Center opened in 1959 and the department stores migrated to what was at one time one of the largest outdoor shopping malls in the United States. In 1968, Fort Street was converted into a pedestrian mall.
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To the untrained eye, it’s just another busy thoroughfare in the city. But beneath its modern facade lies a chilling past, one filled with sacrifice, bloodshed, and restless spirits that continue to haunt the area to this day.
Long before it became known as Fort Street Mall, this strip of land bore witness to some of the darkest chapters in Hawaiian history. In the early 19th century, Pākākā Heiau, the largest site for human sacrifices in Honolulu, stood right where the mall is today. Pākākā was no ordinary heiau (temple); it was a place of blood and fear, a sacred ground dedicated to appeasing the gods with the ultimate offering: human life.
Owned by Kīnaʻu, the mother of King Kamehameha V, Pākākā Heiau’s walls were gruesomely decorated with the heads of men offered in sacrifice. The heiau served as a powerful and terrifying reminder of the ancient Hawaiian rituals that once took place in the shadows of what is now the modern city.
Dark Legends and Ghostly Sightings
The violent history of Pākākā Heiau has left a lingering stain on Fort Street Mall, and locals will tell you that this is no ordinary place. According to legend, the spirits of those who were sacrificed here have never truly left. Late at night, when the mall is quiet and the shops are shuttered, headless ghosts are said to wander aimlessly, their disembodied forms searching for the heads that were once displayed on the heiau’s walls.
These spectral figures are often spotted near the intersections and alleyways around the mall, sometimes seen floating just above the ground or gliding silently across the pavement. Witnesses have reported feeling a sudden drop in temperature, hearing faint whispers in Hawaiian, and even catching glimpses of shadowy forms darting between the buildings. Some say they can still hear the eerie sounds of ancient chants and drums, as if the rituals at Pākākā Heiau are being reenacted in the dead of night.
The Cursed Grounds of Fort Street Mall
The tragic history of Fort Street Mall doesn’t end with the heiau. Over the years, this location has seen more than its fair share of disaster and death. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the area was struck by two great fires, each one more devastating than the last. The bubonic plague also ravaged the neighborhood, leading to quarantines, death, and even the burning of entire blocks to prevent the spread of the disease.
The mall was also once home to the original Queen’s Hospital, where countless patients succumbed to illness and injury. The spirits of those who died in the hospital are believed to linger still, adding to the layers of haunting that permeate the area. Some even claim to have seen apparitions of nurses in old-fashioned uniforms tending to invisible patients or heard the moans of the suffering late at night.
An Uneasy Peace in the Heart of the City
Today, Fort Street Mall is a vibrant part of downtown Honolulu, filled with the chatter of pedestrians, the sounds of street performers, and the clinking of coffee cups at nearby cafes. But beneath the surface, the past is never far away. Many who work or live near the mall have reported unsettling experiences—unexplained cold drafts, objects moving on their own, and strange sounds echoing in the silence after dark.
The headless ghosts of Pākākā Heiau are the most famous of these phenomena, but they are not alone. Some speak of a dark figure seen standing motionless under the old banyan trees that line the walkway, a figure that seems to watch the living with unseen eyes. Others claim to have encountered a shadowy presence that follows them for a few steps before disappearing into thin air.
A Haunted Place of the Past and Present
Whether it’s the spirits of those sacrificed at Pākākā Heiau, the souls of those who perished in the fires and plagues, or the lingering energy of the old Queen’s Hospital, Fort Street Mall remains a place where the past refuses to be forgotten. It stands as a reminder that history is never truly buried, and the ghosts of yesterday can still walk among us, especially in a place as ancient and storied as Honolulu.
So, the next time you find yourself walking down Fort Street Mall, take a moment to listen to the whispers in the wind, the rustling of unseen footsteps, or the faint echo of a chant carried on the breeze. And if you happen to see a headless figure drifting by, remember: you are not alone, for the spirits of Pākākā Heiau are still very much alive in the heart of Honolulu.
Could the Connolly Station in Dublin be haunted? Some claim that the ghosts of the victims from the Dublin Bombing in world war two could still be lingering near the tracks.
Once a place for executions, the place the Ruffinihaus in Munich, Germany is built upon is said to be haunted. It is said that in the dead of night, the undead rises from their graves, still carrying their heads the executioners took.
Where the former country estate Campagne Mon Repos in Bern once was, the ghostly council of the military leader from General Robert Scipio von Lentulus was given in times of unrest. Is he still haunting the Könizwald woods, even after his estate is gone?
One of the old cemeteries in Munich said to be haunted is the Alter Südfriedhof, or the old south cemetery. According to lore, the ghostly voices of the so-called Eskimo Tragedy are still heard at night.
In the darkness of night and under the foliage cover of the forest, the demonic spirit of Uhaml is said to roam. The only way to escape it is getting out of the forest faster.
In the shadows between ghost, creature and witch, the Welsh Gwarch y Rhibyn has been given many names. Like a Banshee she has been said to be a deadly omen, often called The Hag of the Mist because of her presence in wet areas, or the Hag of the Dribble because of the versions where her mouth is dripping with blood.
Unhappy with the lack of beer in heaven, the Bavarian angel never returned when sent on a mission back on earth. To this day, he sits at The Hofbräuhaus bar in Munich, enjoying his brew.
Sometimes called the Devil’s Stone, the ruins of the former Mödling Castle is said to be haunted by a demonic bird-like entity, screeching at night as an omen of death and disaster.
Could a beer festival be haunted? Many have spoken about the ghost of an old brewer at Nockherberg haunting the beer festival, creating havoc to retaliate to what his descendants did to his brew.
After her public death in the tower of the Munich Frauenkirche, many have claimed to have seen the ghost of Fanny appearing at her death anniversary wearing white.
What really happened around the Pollingsried Chapel, and its supposed plague cemetery? Is there really a curse around the area? As far as the ringing of the bells can be heard?
Searching for its name, the utburd ghost from Norwegian folklore haunts the forests, waters and houses its parents left them to die. For the most part, they remained in folk tales, but sometimes, the stories about the dead children got real life consequences.
A long time ago, there were seven sisters that made a pact to die together in Tsat Tsz Mui, Hong Kong. And according to legend, there were also reports of them haunting swimmers from the depth of the sea.
In North Point there is a road called Tsat Tsz Mui Road (七姊妹道) that means Seven Sisters Road. Today the road is a place of office and residential buildings as well as shopping malls and restaurants. But there used to be beaches there.
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The road on Tsat Tsz Mui is built on reclaimed land, and underneath it all, there hides a tragic tale of seven sisters that are haunting the place because they never got a chance to live on their own terms.
The Seven Sisters Pact of Life and Death
According to legend, there was once a group of Hakka women, a group of Han Chinese people that fled from the north from social unrest in the Qing Dynasty and sought refuge in the Cantonese provinces.
The seven women who had been playmates all their life decided to become blood sisters and would die on the same day. The sisterhood lived in the same area and all swore a vow of celibacy and would never get married.
One day, the third sister’s family decided it was time to marry her off. She didn’t want to, but didn’t dare to oppose her parents.
The sisters were desperate, but saw no way to live their life as they had swore on. All of the seven sisters drowned themselves in the ocean the night before her wedding.
Tsat Tsz Mui Rocks on the Beach
Their bodies were never recovered, but when the tide receded they found seven boulders in a row. These were named the Tsat Tsz Mui Shek (七姊妹石), Seven Sister Rocks, and the village Tsat Tsz Mui Tsuen (七姊妹村), Seven Sister Village.
The Ghost of the Seven Sisters
Later the Chinese Recreation Club built the Seven Sisters Swimming Club in 1911 and hosted large bathing platforms that were destroyed during the Battle of Hong Kong in 1941.
Problem was the male swimmers though. Many went for an evening swim but there were so many cases of the male swimmers drowning, even though they were known to be strong swimmers.
Ever since then, there have been legends that it is the spirits of the seven sisters in the water, taking their revenge on the men that wouldn’t leave them alone.
In 1934 the rocks were buried under the reclamation for urban development and the seven sisters with it.
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Could the Connolly Station in Dublin be haunted? Some claim that the ghosts of the victims from the Dublin Bombing in world war two could still be lingering near the tracks.
Once a place for executions, the place the Ruffinihaus in Munich, Germany is built upon is said to be haunted. It is said that in the dead of night, the undead rises from their graves, still carrying their heads the executioners took.
Where the former country estate Campagne Mon Repos in Bern once was, the ghostly council of the military leader from General Robert Scipio von Lentulus was given in times of unrest. Is he still haunting the Könizwald woods, even after his estate is gone?
One of the old cemeteries in Munich said to be haunted is the Alter Südfriedhof, or the old south cemetery. According to lore, the ghostly voices of the so-called Eskimo Tragedy are still heard at night.
In the darkness of night and under the foliage cover of the forest, the demonic spirit of Uhaml is said to roam. The only way to escape it is getting out of the forest faster.
In the shadows between ghost, creature and witch, the Welsh Gwarch y Rhibyn has been given many names. Like a Banshee she has been said to be a deadly omen, often called The Hag of the Mist because of her presence in wet areas, or the Hag of the Dribble because of the versions where her mouth is dripping with blood.
Unhappy with the lack of beer in heaven, the Bavarian angel never returned when sent on a mission back on earth. To this day, he sits at The Hofbräuhaus bar in Munich, enjoying his brew.
Sometimes called the Devil’s Stone, the ruins of the former Mödling Castle is said to be haunted by a demonic bird-like entity, screeching at night as an omen of death and disaster.
Could a beer festival be haunted? Many have spoken about the ghost of an old brewer at Nockherberg haunting the beer festival, creating havoc to retaliate to what his descendants did to his brew.
After her public death in the tower of the Munich Frauenkirche, many have claimed to have seen the ghost of Fanny appearing at her death anniversary wearing white.
What really happened around the Pollingsried Chapel, and its supposed plague cemetery? Is there really a curse around the area? As far as the ringing of the bells can be heard?
Searching for its name, the utburd ghost from Norwegian folklore haunts the forests, waters and houses its parents left them to die. For the most part, they remained in folk tales, but sometimes, the stories about the dead children got real life consequences.
