A Gothic-style castle representing Irish culture, the Charleville Castle also holds a key place on this list. Rumoured to be haunted by the third Earl of Charleville’s daughter Harriet’s restless spirit, the castle has been an active participant in so many paranormal reality TV series. Several reports claim Harriet’s spirit is trapped inside the place since 1861 when she died after accidentally falling from the staircase at the age of just eight. Locals claim the little girl’s crying spirit roams around the castle searching for her parents.
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Situated in Cleveland, Ohio, the Franklin Castle comes with a gloomy reputation, finding its place among the most haunted buildings in the US. The castle has so many hidden passages and rooms, including a mysterious trap door leading to a never-ending tunnel and disturbing a room where once dozens of human baby skeletons were discovered. With a few tragic stories, the castle is alleged to be haunted by ghosts of children who were sacrificed in dark magic rituals.
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Best known as “Die Spookhuis” or “The Haunted House”, this large mansion has been attracting supernatural investigators with frequent ghost sightings and mysterious encounters. Currently, the Erasmus Castle has been opened for tourists and cultural functions, and that’s why so many people have experienced plenty of paranormal activities at the castle, like lights in abandoned rooms in the uninhabited portions of the building, unexplainable human sounds, whispers and so many things.
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Chillingham Castle is regarded as one of England’s most haunted castles. The ghost of a small boy called the “Radiant Boy” or “Blue Boy” and his cries from a nearby passage can send a shiver up your spine at midnight. His bones were reportedly found buried inside a bedroom wall while the castle was being remodeled. There is also the spirit of Lady Mary Berkeley who was the wife of Lord Grey of Wark. As the story goes, her husband once left her and eloped with her sister, leaving Lady Mary all alone with her baby daughter. Lady Mary’s spirit still now wanders through the halls of the castle looking to avenge her husband.
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