1. Waverly Hills Sanatorium, Kentucky
A closed sanatorium in Jefferson County, Kentucky, it has been highly popularized as the ‘most haunted hospital in the United States.’ Founded in 1910 as a two-storey hospital for tuberculosis patients, it was closed down before later becoming Woodhaven Geriatrics Hospital in 1962. It was finally closed for good in 1981 due to allegations of patient abuse. Ever since then it has been the topic of scary stories and urban legends.
2. Bran Castle, Romania
This castle found in the Transylvanian Alps has been the subject not only of thousands of myths and legends, but of novels and movie plots as well. Most of the stories center on its inhabitant, Prince of Walachia Vlad Tepes or “Vlad the Impaler” who was said to be the real life inspiration for Count Dracula. The legends probably found their origin in the way he punished people by having them impaled on poles and left to die, burnt alive, or decapitated and left hanging in the body filled forests of Transylvania.
