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TocelebrateHalloween,
EstherChew
givesa round-upof some trulyscary locations
that are not for the faint of heart.
Stanley Hotel, United States
of America
Situated
high in the Colorado Rock-
ies, this reputedly haunted hotel that
has hosted various famous guests
was the inspiration for Stephen King’s
spine-chilling novel turned movie,
The
Shining
. The story inspiration came to
King during a stay in room 217, but it
is actually room 418 that is considered
to be the hotel’s most haunted. Guests
and staff have also reported hearing
children playing in the corridors late
at night, and piano music coming from
the empty ballroom where employees
believe that it is the ghost of the owner,
FreelanOscar Stanley’swife, Flora, who
used to be a piano player. There have
also been reports of those who have
seen ghosts in the middle of the night,
simply standing in their room before
disappearing.
Hashima Island, Japan
More
commonly known as Gunkan-
jima, which translates as the Battleship
Island, Hashima Island can be found
around 15km fromNagasaki, and is one
among 505 uninhabited islands in the
Nagasaki Prefecture. Hashimawas used
as a coal mining facility between 1887
and 1974, with its population reaching
a peak of 5,259 people in 1959, or
216,264 per square mile. As petroleum
replaced coal in Japan in the 1960s, coal
mines began shutting down all over the
country, and Hashima’s mines were no
exception. The island was abandoned
when the mine officially closed down
in 1974 and it is now known as “Ghost
Island”. A small portion of the island
was reopened to tourists in 2009, and
a tour to the abandoned ruins of the
island will be sure to send chills down
your spine.
Chills & Thrills