9 Tourist Hotspots with Haunted Histories

Considering how many people who have lived and/or died in the Tower of London, including Anne Boleyn, Henry VI, Lady Jane Grey, and Margaret Pole, there could be quite a few ghosts!

It is claimed Marie Antoinette still wanders the gardens behind Petit Trianon, her miniature château in the grounds of Versailles, and contemplates the world from her Grotto.

Since the days of the Aztec, Mexicans have held a strong belief in revenants— zombie-like monsters that return from the dead. Such creatures are said to lurk at crossroads, in dark alleyways, and in the Templo Mayor, once a major center of human sacrifice.

Tales abound of slaughtered gladiators who return by night to reenact their final combat, while invisible chariots rattle across the long-vanished sand.

The ghost of Benjamin Franklin himself reportedly wafts through Independence Hall, as well as other areas of the city of Philadelphia.

According to myth, the "impundulu" (a lightning bird that craves human blood) can shape-shift into a seductive young woman, who lures young men into sheer ravines and sends them tumbling into the Victoria Falls.

More feared than the typhoons and storms that batter the islands, the "aswang," a deadly evil spirit, fastens on ordinary islanders going about their daily lives.

It’s said that silent cinema’s heartthrob Rudolph Valentino leaves his tomb in neighboring Forever Cemetery to visit Paramount’s costume department dressed in his robes from "The Sheikh." Also, the ghost of Heather O’Rourke, who starred in "Poltergeist" and died tragically at the age of 12, is said to run along the catwalks where she played between takes.

China’s most exquisite palace is cursed by the ghouls and ghosts of massacred courtesans. However, the palace closes well before nightfall, when the hauntings are said to begin.