10 Most Haunted Places in the World for Halloween 2025
Discover the 10 most haunted places in the world for Halloween 2025, from India’s Bhangarh Fort to Italy’s Poveglia Island, perfect for thrill-seeking travellers.
E.S. Penitentiary, USA The old prison in Philadelphia provides cell blocks, haunting voices and evening tours. The crumbling walls, once hosted notorious criminals, now are the target of thrill seekers who seek a chilling Halloween adventure. (Image: Canva)
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Tower of London, England This old royal palace and prison is laced with bad history. Visitors have reported seeing ghosts of the executed royalty, guards and prisoners, and this place is one of the spookiest in London. (Image: Canva)
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Poveglia Island, Italy This deserted island lies close to Venice and was used as a mental asylum and also to take in victims of the plague. It is known to attract curious visitors who want to visit a place of whispers, shadows and paranormal energy to have a real unsettling Halloween experience. (Image: Canva)
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Bhangarh Fort, India Bhangarh, in Rajasthan, is often referred to as the most haunted fort in India, with its shroud of curses and ghosts. The fort becomes a creepily silent forbidden land to the visitors by sunset. (Image: Canva)
Aokigahara Forest, Japan This thick forest at the bottom of Fuji Mountain has a terrible history. Tourists complain that they feel like they are being followed, that they can hear voices, and that they experience unexplainable forces as they move over its winding hiking paths and gloomy woods. (Image: Canva)
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Stanley Hotel, USA The Colorado Stanley Hotel, known as a haunted hotel due to haunted rooms, spooky footsteps, and piano music embodying ghosts, is famous as the place of inspiration for Stephen King's The Shining, which holds thrill seekers ready to experience a spine-chilling Halloween. (Image: Canva)
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Chateau de Brissac, France This chateau is also known as the Green Lady chateau; it is a mix of luxury and haunting mysteries in the Loire Valley. Visitors describe experiencing cold shivers out of thin air and having seen dark figures roaming in its large halls. (Image: Canva)
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Edinburgh Castle, Scotland Edinburgh Castle, perched on the castle rock, has witnessed centuries of battles, sieges, and ghost stories rest here. Visitors report phantom drummers, chills and creepy whispers in its dungeons, and it is an ideal space to visit on Halloween in 2025. (Image: Canva)
South Africa Castle of Good Hope The fortress of Cape Town was a fortress of military strength in the 17th century. People today talk of the soldier apparitions, flickering lights and of footsteps that echo through its thick stone walls. (Image: Canva)
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Cemetery La Recoleta, Argentina This grandiose cemetery in Buenos Aires is the home of grand mausoleums and ghostly wanderers. It has a dramatic and haunting scenery through its maze of tombs that draws Halloween thrill seekers. (Image: Canva)
