5 of the World’s Most Haunted Places

Some people love a good scare; after all, there’s a reason that haunted tours, ghost-hunter shows, and horror movies find such success around the world. If you love being spooked, there are countless ways to incorporate a little bit of mystery and mayhem into your travels, if you dare.
Some of these places – haunted vaults, cities of voodoo witches, creepy crime scenes and suicidal forests  – are enough to make even the most fearless travelers reconsider their trip for “safer” destinations. Put them together and you have got yourself one heck of a fright fest. So grab your flashlight and running shoes and get ready because here are five of the most haunted and bloodcurdling tours in the world. Are you brave enough to take one?

Aokigahara Forest in Japan

 Aokigahara Forest is a thick, dark woodland filled with Japanese moss and volcanic rock that borders Mount Fuji in Japan. However, it is better known throughout much of The Land of the Rising Sun as Suicide Forest.

With around 80 successful suicides a year, this sea of trees is intent on living up to its name. It is not uncommon for hikers to stumble upon bodies, propped against a tree with a gun or razor blade in their hand. Some visitors find corpses swinging from a tree limb, and other times all that is found is a mound of possessions, a few torn photos or a letter.
Legends claim massive underground iron deposits interfere with compasses, catching innocent hikers in the forests’ grasp, while spiritualists claim the trees have absorbed the malicious energy that has accumulated from centuries of unsettled souls who ended their lives too soon. Some of the most profound evidence of paranormal existence has been documented in these woods. Visitors can enter Aokigahara Forest at will.