1. Flight 401 Eastern Air Lines
On December 10, 1972, a passenger jet crashed into the Everglades swamp in Florida. The accident killed 101 people, including pilot Bob Loft and flight engineer Don Repo.
Creepy rumors immediately spread about the crash. The surviving parts of the wrecked car were dismantled for parts for other aircraft, after which strange phenomena began to be observed on their sides: from time to time, the ghosts of Repo and Loft appeared on the passenger seats and even entered into conversation with the crew members. The figures of the victims were incredibly realistic. Moreover, they appeared exactly in those places where the parts of the crashed plane were inserted or used.
Once, one of their ghosts suddenly appeared to a flight engineer who was terrified to death and said that he had already carried out a pre-flight check for him. And the silhouette of the face of Don Repo, warning three crew members of an impending fire during the flight, was once seen in the microwave (which guess where they pulled out from?). Some time later, the plane's engine caught fire, and the flight had to be canceled.
Eastern Airlines officially declines to comment on this phenomenon. However, the ghost guards have become something of a legend among the airline workers. They say that even the vice president once had a chance to meet them.
2. Black Volga
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Nobody knew who was driving. Some claimed that there were priests in the cabin, others saw nuns inside, and still others swore that the devil himself was driving.
Black Volga is a limousine appearing out of nowhere with white disks and curtains on the windows. According to rumors, the rear-view mirrors turned into real horns.
The car kidnapped children and killed everyone who dared to approach it (sometimes instantly, sometimes the victim was found dead exactly 24 hours later). No one knew why the Volga kidnapped children, perhaps they were sold to Arabs who needed a cure for leukemia, or they were taken for organs.
The myth of the black Volga quickly spread across Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Poland and Mongolia. However, no conclusive evidence of its existence has been found.
We add that such limousines were the most expensive cars in the Soviet Union. They were driven mainly by the top party leadership.
3. Train "Silverpilen"
The capital of peaceful, prosperous Sweden hides a terrible secret. The silver, shining ghost train "Silverpilen" (the silver arrow) travels along the subway, stopping from time to time at different stations.
Sometimes there is no one inside, sometimes it is full of silhouettes of ghostly passengers. And if you suddenly "get lucky" to sit on it, you will be able to see the station of the dead "Kimling" (it exists in reality, but has long been abandoned). After that, probably no one else will see you. In the best case, it will be possible to get out of there in a couple of weeks or even years.
Silverpilen is truly a train that once existed. This is an experimental model consisting of eight C5 class cars. It was never allowed on the conveyor, but was occasionally used during rush hours.
The unpainted, graffiti-colored, silvery train is a ghastly sight. Although Silverpilen very rarely appeared on the tracks, it is rumored that it still stalks subway workers in abandoned tunnels.
4. London's ghost bus
In 1934, a passenger car driver unexpectedly turned off the road while driving along the Cambridge Gardens. It was a terrible death: the car crashed into a wall and exploded.
No one was able to explain what happened. However, many witnesses to the accident assumed it was a ghost bus. It is rumored that he was often seen between the thirties and nineties of the last century.
It was a very realistic replica of a red double-decker bus with route number 7. It always showed up at exactly 1:15 am, rushing with a crash towards the frightened drivers.
Because of the darkness in the cabin, it was impossible to see who was driving. And when the drivers of oncoming cars turned around, trying to avoid a collision, it turned out that the bus was gone.
5. "Pippo" - a ghost plane
In the Second World War, Italy had a hard time: the fascist leadership and the Nazi allies literally terrorized the population, while the allied forces considered it an enemy.
However, in the north of the country, there was something much more fearful - the Pippo plane. No one knew where he came from, what he looked like, who was at the helm, and most importantly, to whom he belonged.
It was rumored that the fighter's machine guns shot everyone who got in the way. The aircraft was recognizable by the characteristic sound of its engines (hence the name) and appeared mainly at night.
According to rumors, in his deadly arsenal there was nothing: exploding pens, poisoned candy and powerful bombs. Sometimes, out of boredom, Pippo would open fire on farmers. And although the story of the plane is more like a fiction, historians believe that there is something more hidden behind it.
In fact, it was most likely a squadron of British De Havilland Mosquito-class night fighters. The sound of their engines was very similar to that attributed to Pippo. One way or another, in the memory of people, he remained a ghost, a kind of reminder of the horrors of World War II.
6. Jumping car
They say that when the car starts to move by itself - this is a bad omen. A family from Cape Town experienced this firsthand when they woke up one night from a loud crash.
Jumping out into the street, they saw how the car of their guests Renault brand literally jumped around the yard and only a massive fence could pacify its agility. At first, everyone decided that someone was trying to steal the car, but the hijacker was never found.
There were no signs of entering the courtyard, the car was locked, and the windows were intact. Even the handbrake was not raised.
When the police arrived, the officers did not believe a single word of the witnesses, roaring, did not start jumping again until he crashed into a hibiscus tree.
After investigation, Renault representatives suggested that the malfunction was caused by corroded starter cables. Even so, there were no explanation for the growling sounds coming from under the hood of the car.
7. Abraham Lincoln's ghost train
This is perhaps one of the most famous and creepy "transport ghosts" in history. He is said to travel to 180 American cities every year in April.
If we turn to history, then we learn that this is the funeral train on which Abraham Lincoln went on his last journey. According to rumors, when he passes, all clocks in the vicinity stop.
The president himself is not visible on the ghost train - the coffin with his remains, covered with the American flag, is guarded by the spirits of soldiers in uniform. The train emerges from the black, dense fog, followed by the carriages.
During its appearance, the air becomes heavier and colder. The annual route repeats a 2700-kilometer funeral procession, with the only difference that it never reaches its final destination, Springfield, Illinois.
8. The cursed car of Franz Ferdinand
Even before the outbreak of the First World War, Graf & Stift machines were successfully sold, and among the company's clients were famous and wealthy people.
In one of these vehicles, Archduke Franz Ferdinand was shot dead. His murder was the last straw in the growing tension between European countries and served as the beginning of the First World War. Everyone knows the historical and political consequences of the murder, but not many know about the strange story that is associated with it.
Over the next twelve years, Franz Ferdinand's car changed fifteen owners and caused thirteen accidents. An Austrian general, for example, went mad and ended up in a mental hospital. Another driver, nine days after purchasing the car, hit two peasants at a speed and drove into a tree (despite all efforts to avoid an accident). Another owner committed suicide.
But that is not all. During his car ownership, the President of Yugoslavia was involved in four accidents, one of which cost him his hand. The Serbian farmer did not even have to get behind the wheel - the car turned over while being towed and crushed it.
The last owner was the most unlucky of all: the car suddenly got out of control while he was driving to a wedding with five of his friends. As legend has it, they all died in an accident.
Then it surfaced again in the 50s of the last century, but no one particularly believed in the existence of the curse of the car.
Most likely, we will never know what was the cause of all these deaths, because today the broken car is in an Austrian museum.
9. Porsche Spyder by James Dean
James Dean was the Heath Ledger of his day: a handsome, talented and promising actor whose life was tragically cut short at the height of his youth and fame. He died in an accident in his Porsche 550 Spyder, affectionately referred to as "the little bastard."
The car, as it soon turned out, was cursed.
The surviving parts and spare parts were acquired by George Barris. The rebuilt Porsche engine went to the racing Lotus, and the latter soon acquired a grim reputation for being involved in numerous accidents, one of which ended tragically.
Troubles happened not only on the roads or race tracks: once a car caught fire for no reason in the garage. Once, he mysteriously disappeared from the sealed carriage. And although all these stories about the damn car are well known, most believe that they were invented by George Barris himself.
He was rumored to be personally interested in Dean's death. But even if this is true, there is one eerie nuance. Alec Guinness (who played Obi Wan Kenobi in Star Wars) predicted James's death. According to legend, he asked Guinness what he thought about the engine of his car. The answer was: "If you get behind the wheel, you will die next week." Dean died exactly seven days later.
10. Ghost of a German submarine
Submarines were formidable weapons in World War I. One of these was the German UB III class submarine, which sank 507 ships, including the battleship Britannia.
However, a submarine of this type posed a danger not only to the enemy, but also to the crew. Even the process of its creation was a sheer disaster: three workers suffocated from diesel exhaust, and two were crushed by a beam.
During the tests, one of the sailors fell overboard and disappeared without a trace. Yes, and the first launching, to put it mildly, failed: the bottom of the submarine was quickly flooded with water due to the rupture of ballast tanks.
The crew was almost at the bottom of the ocean for several hours, while the compartments were filled with poisonous gases from a damaged battery. Although they were all eventually saved, each of them suffered enormous damage, resulting in two deaths from gas poisoning.
Despite this, the submarine was recognized as suitable for launching. During one of the first missions, a torpedo explosion killed eight crew members and an officer. Soon, eyewitnesses reported that they saw a ghost on the submarine.
Shortly after this incident, the captain's head was blown off by a shrapnel. That night, several sailors saw the officer's ghost guarding the decapitated body.
This was the last straw that overwhelmed the patience of the whole crew, and they asked for a transfer to another ship, but the leadership of the German fleet could not find a replacement until the previous crew agreed to an exorcism ritual.
Alas, this did not help: a few months later, the American submarine overtook the U-65 and torpedoed it. However, the captain of the American ship later said that he never got the chance to open fire. According to him, the U-65 exploded by itself.