Moon Mausoleum
An online magazine about the paranormal, haunted and macabre. We collect the ghost stories from all around the world as well as review horror and gothic media.
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For a long time, there have been tales about the Dearg Due, the bloodthirsty vampire of Ireland. But how true is the story about the female vampire though, and has it really been told since ancient times?
In the rural areas of Derry, Northern Ireland, there is a small dolmen grave under a hawthorn tree. It is said to be the grave of the vampire king, Abhartach who is said to still be lusting after blood.
Built in a magical place both for the Christians as well as the druids that once owned the land, the Kinnitty Castle in Ireland houses ghosts that might be older […]
Once the master of the house was seen returning to Castle Ellen House in Galway by his servants. Thing was, he had already died several hours and miles away. Since then his ghost has often been seen wandering around the estate.
The Irish Fetch is a ghost from the underworld, coming as a bad omen to warn the living about an impending death. The ghost is said to take the shape […]
As a beacon to guide ships safely to Drogheda port, the Maiden Tower at Mornington Beach bears its own histories. It is said that once a woman threw herself from […]
In Druid Lane in the old part of Galway, there once used to be a number of nunneries. After The Mick Lally Theatre moved into the street, reports started coming […]
The Killakee Dower House in Dublin at the foot of the hill that would be known for its dark masses and hauntings, was for a long time affected by it. […]
Behind the stage of the Olympia Theatre in Dublin, it is said that ghosts roam the dressing rooms and stages when the curtain is down. Staff have told us about […]
Every year on a death anniversary, the Death Coach is said to pull up at Wilton Castle. The Haunted castle in Ireland is filled with ghosts in the fireplace, headless […]
Drimnagh Castle bears ghostly secrets if we are to believe the legends. Some claim it is haunted by an alchemist that used to live there, some say it is the […]
In the 1920s, a ghost hunter opened a once sealed room at Carrigaholt Castle. The next day he was found dead and people have avoided the haunted castle at all […]
After a servant ended in an ice cold watery grave, Lough Cutra Castle in Ireland is said to be haunted by his presence and is called Cheeky Murray. The history […]
Renvyle House was said to be haunted long before the poet Yeats stepped into the hotel and decided to hold a seance. What they experienced staying there though almost sounded […]
A fine house in Dublin was for a time haunted by a notorious prankster that called himself Corney. And although the family tried more than one way to rid themselves […]
At the dawn of the 1900s, a group of lodgers experienced something so disturbing that they believed it had to be paranormal. Even when journalists came to investigate what could […]