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The Gates To Hell?

15 March 2025 | Creepy places, March 2016

Out in the middle of nowhere about 60km north of Prague sits a strange castle. No one is sure when it was first built nor why. It was not on any trade route, it wasn’t near water, it wasn’t defending anything except a remote hillside far off the beaten track. Even more mysteriously, the castle is often omitted from maps of the region and its origins – unlike most castles in the Czech Republic – are not well known. Originally, it seems, travelers passing through the region were subjected to visitations of demons and strange creatures in the vicinity. Back in the 900’s, one can well imagine how remote this location would have been and how frightening the dark forest would have been. Strange creatures such as the left-handed female

50,000 Dead People Piled Floor to Ceiling

09 March 2025 | Creepy places, March 2016

In 2001, a startling discovery was made in Brno during a survey of catacombs under the center of the city. Although disturbed by underground water and mud, the remains of 50,000 people were found stuffed in a small room. The room was floor to ceiling with the skeletal remains of the City’s former inhabitants. After restoration work, the Brno Ossuary was opened to the public in 2012 ands is the second largest Ossuary in Europe after the Paris catacombs. So how did they get there? In the 16th and 17th Century, due to cholera, the Plague, war and so on, people tended to die in large number s periodically. They were buried in the churchyard near the Church of St. James inside the city walls however, to cater for such

Brno’s Strange and Creepy Mummy Show

08 March 2025 | Creepy places, March 2016, Your True Encounters

Here in Brno is one of the creepiest places I have ever visited. It is known as the Capuchin Crypt. On the outside, it is nothing but yet another small but ornate church but inside…….. It is Brno’s strange and creepy mummy show…. The Capuchin monks who used the church for many years were an order who vowed poverty. As a part of this austerity program, they used just a single coffin over and over again, laying the body of their dead colleague on the ground, rosary in hand, in the crypt. Due to the nature of the soil and the air currents down there, the bodies became mummified. Each body was laid on the floor with its head on a pile of bricks that served as a pillow. The

A Churchyard Visit

25 February 2025 | Creepy places, February 2016

Last year, we visited an area of Prague called Vyshrad. According to Wikipedia, Vysehrad (Czech for “upper castle”) is a historical fort located in the city of Prague, Czech Republic. It was built, probably in the 10th century, on a hill over the Vltava River. Situated within the castle is the Basilica of St Peter and St Paul, as well as the Vyšehrad Cemetery, containing the remains of many famous people from Czech history, among them Antonín Dvořák, Bedřich Smetana, Karel Čapek, and Alphonse Mucha. It also contains Prague’s oldest surviving building, the Rotunda of St Martin from the 11th century.Local legend holds that Vyšehrad was the location of the first settlement which later became Prague, though thus far this claim remains unsubstantiated.. I found it a beautiful place, but

“Room 52” A true story

22 June 2024 | Audible Activity, Creepy places, Haunted locations, Your Stories, Your True Encounters

My name is Michael Todd and I’m writing to you from Muldrow, Oklahoma. Per your post of 6-14-24, inviting individuals on your mailing list to submit a ‘creepy story’, I thought I would forward a brief, but rather frightening event I experienced a few years ago. I am the founder and lead investigator of ‘Spook Earth Paranormal’, based in Muldrow, Oklahoma. I’ve researched and investigated the paranormal for over 16 years. During this time frame, I’ve been scratched, bruised, pushed through doorways, had my hair pulled and witnessed so many ‘shadow’ incidents, I actually lost count. I’ve been to diverse locations such as Fort Chaffee, Arkansas, Waverly Hills Sanatorium in Kentucky and historic War Eagle Mill east of Bentonville, Arkansas. My encounters have been documented by audio and video recordings,

Location Report – Hrad Houska and the Gate to Hell

11 July 2023 | Creepy places, Location Report, Your True Encounters

Here is a video location report that I did recently for the Hocus Focus video series…. The video looks at Hrad Houska – the Gate to Hell….

Filming at Hrad Houska – The Gates to Hell

08 July 2023 | Creepy places, Demons, Ghost hunting, Haunted locations, Your Stories, Your True Encounters

I recently was involved with filming an episode of a forthcoming Discover channel show at Hrad Houska – The Gates to hell – here in the Czech Republic. At one point, we were in the castle and I was talking about the murder of a Swedish Mercenary in the room that we stood in. He was an occultist who was said to be engaged in black magic and satanic rites at the Castle who was murdered by his own men. As I told the story – and I was already feeling the darkening atmosphere – suddenly my voice took on a strange echo and the whole atmosphere changed. It was charged as if with electricity and all the sounds – my voice included – had this strange tinny sound. I

Houska Castle and the Gate to Hell

27 November 2020 | Creepy places, G. Michael Vasey's Nightmare Corner, Haunted locations

In the latest edition of my podcast series – The Magical world of G. Michael Vasey, I talk about creepy Houska Castle and the Gate to hell…. Give it a listen preferably in headphones for the best effects…. Please do subscribe to my channel and podcast……

Haunted Hotels…..

24 August 2020 | Creepy places, G. Michael Vasey's Nightmare Corner, Your Stories, Your True Encounters

G. Michael Vasey recounts some experiences of scary hotels he stayed in and then recounts others experiences from real reviews found on the Internet reading largely from his book – Motel Hell. Why are Hotels often haunted? Well, paranormal phenomena seems to occur in places on the edge, in transition or that are transitory. Hotels fit that description. Have you stayed in a hotel and found the room already occupied? If you have, submit your story at My Haunted Life Too.com and maybe, I will read it in another episode. Please subscribe! Best listened to in headphones…… Books mentioned in this podcast – Motel Hell The Czech Republic – The Most Haunted Country in the World The Dilemma of Fatherhood Support this podcast at https://www.patreon.com/gmichaelvasey Visit me at https://www.garymvasey.com

The Creeper in the Woods

08 August 2019 | Creepy places, Haunted locations, Your Stories, Your True Encounters

It was 2003, I was in 8th grade, so about 13-years old. My family was fairly poor and my dad had a hard time keeping a stable job so, we moved around a lot in my childhood. We had just moved from Mississippi to North Carolina and found a dated A-frame house nestled quaintly on the side of a mountain with a creek at the bottom of the hill. The house was surprisingly cheap, probably because it was previously a vacation rental that wasn’t getting much business by the looks of it. The house had an odd vibe to say the least. I had explored the woods by my house several times that summer, even becoming lost at one point, but after a couple of hours of following the creek,

Creepy Sounds Captured in An Abandoned Mine..

30 January 2019 | Audible Activity, Creepy places, Your Stories, Your True Encounters

OK. So this guy does videos about products. He has a flashlight he wants to test and shoot a video for so he heads out in the middle of the night to an old abandoned gold mine in a forest…. during a storm. What could go wrong? Listen around 12 mins…… what is that sound….? Got to give him credit – he doesn’t panic….. much! nbsp;

Haunted Hotel Congress Plaza, Chicago

10 January 2019 | Creepy places, Evidence?, Haunted locations

The Congress Hotel in Chicago is featured in my book “Motel Hell“. It has a strong reputation for being haunted. Here are a couple of videos that take you around some of the most haunted areas of the hotel and show you the locked rooms……. It looks creepy!

Is This A Ghost?

09 January 2019 | Creepy places, Evidence?, Ghost hunting, Haunted locations

A ghost hunter in Edmonton took this video of an abandoned hospital. What is that? A ghost? An urban explorer? A homeless person? And you can see the orignal story here….

Merle

03 January 2019 | Creepy places, Your Stories, Your True Encounters

I have always been a skeptic, however, I had a really scary experience 5 years ago that I still cannot explain. My friend and I grew up fishing together. When we got older we fished amateur bass tournaments and had a large tackle box that we shared. I was just starting pharmacy school and working as a clinical pharmacy intern nights in a local hospital. There was a tournament in the morning that I had to miss because I had to work late so I promised my friend that I would drop off our box after I got off so he could fish the tournament with someone else. I pulled into his driveway around 12 am and walked to his garage, which is detached and sits in the back of

Cedar Rapids Paranormal Investigator Writes Book About Her Creepy Experiences

08 March 2018 | Creepy places, Your Stories

Katie Hopkins was just 10 years old when she saw her first spirit. The longtime Cedar Rapids area resident was in the home of her neighbor, who had recently died. Hopkins said she and some others were in the basement of the home when she looked and “saw this guy rocking in a rocking chair.” “It was a quick, brief moment,” Hopkins said. “That was the first thing I can really remember being my first paranormal experience.” That encounter would be her first, but far from her last. Now Hopkins, a 30-year-old admissions adviser at Kaplan University, has chronicled her experiences with the paranormal in her recently published book, “‘Seeing’ Spirits: Opening the Empathic Door.” Hopkins said there are lots of books on the paranormal out there and she’s read