In every country in the world people claim to have seen ghosts of different kinds.
Tales of ghostly happenings are found in folklore all over the world. Some people swear that they have seen these strange phenomena and others are just as certain that the whole thing is nothing more than make believe.
Santa Maria del Popolo Church
Emperor Nero
The ghost of Roman Emperor Nero is said to walk the corridors of The Santa Maria del Popolo Church in Rome. The Augustinian Church stands on the Piazza del Popolo, one of the most famous squares in Rome.
Flying Dutchman
Cape of Good Hope
Stories of sightings of The Flying Dutchman ghost ship at the Cape of Good Hope, are many. According to legend, the ship is a ghost ship that glows blue and white in the sea and is doomed to sail the seas for ever. The Flying Dutchman can never go home and seafarers consider a sighting of her to be a sign of disaster.
Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel
Montgomery Clift
Suite 928 at The Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel is said to be haunted by the ghost of Montgomery Clift. He stayed there for three months while he was filming "From Here To Eternity." People have also claimed that they have heard and seen him walking the corridors and playing his bugle.
Ivan The Terrible
The Kremlin
Ivan IV Tsar of Russia walks the corridors of The Kremlin according to reports. Ivan was known for the terror of his reign, executions, torture and repression from 1565-72.
Marie Antoinette
Versailles Palace
The ghost of Marie Antoinette is said to walk around in the Palace of Versailles. The lady was executed by guillotine in 1793, during the French Revolution. Apparently she has been seen with and without her head.
The Tower of London
Anne Boleyn
Edward V
Guy Fawkes
The Tower of London seems to be inundated with ghostly presences. Anne Boleyn, second wife of Henry VIII was imprisoned and beheaded here in 1536. Edward V became "boy king" of England in 1483 and was murdered along with his brother Richard in The Tower. Guy Fawkes who tried to blow up the British Parliament in 1605 was imprisoned in the Tower and executed there.
I am fascinated with the subject, but also scare stiff to think about it when home alone..
#2 by Moses Ingram, Apr 2, 2008
I love reading about this sort of thing. Thanks.
#3 by Lucy Lockett, Apr 3, 2008
I'm a believer!
#4 by Dee Huff, Apr 3, 2008
Are you trying to scare me, or something? Is anywhere safe? That picture of Ivan the Terrible makes him look like he has red-eye (even before colour photography). The Kremlin looks amazing. Interesting tales, and I hope they're untrue.
#5 by Alexa Gates, Apr 3, 2008
wow! that's jsut soo fascinating!
#6 by Anne Lyken-Garner, Apr 4, 2008
I love ghosts tales and can't get enough of them. Supernatural is one of my favourite shows on TV. I was very dissapointed when I went to the Tower of London and didn't seen even a whisper of a ghost, maybe next time.
