City's legends 2024, May

Palace Theater, United States. This Broadway theater is located, of course, in New York City Manhattan. It is called one of the most paranormal theaters in the world.It opened in 1913. Seating 1,700 spectators, the theater rarely saw empty seats in the hall immediately after opening

New Yorkers are not at all embarrassed by conversations about meetings with the otherworldly. Many locals claim that ghosts often visit old buildings and parks in New York - in some more, and in some less obvious, of course, in cemeteries (for example, Green Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn), in hidden crypts (for example, the little-known crypt behind the Baueri Hotel) and unique burial grounds (the ship graveyard in Staten Island)

In every country, in every city, there is a place of ill fame. The townspeople themselves avoid it, and the guides include it in their programs, knowing that tourists love horror stories. Sad and terrible stories of the damned houses of Yaroslavl, Nizhny Novgorod, Jerusalem, Prague, Vienna and London

Each museum of the Far Eastern Federal District has its own history. Mystical, which is usually told with a significant lowering of the voice.- Salik.bizThe last warning“In our Grodekov Museum of Local Lore, when we were doing the exposition“Priamurye without Wars and Revolutions,”female security guards complained about night calls from funds sealed under alarm,” the correspondent said. "K" is

Perhaps any settlement on Earth can boast of a couple of mystical legends. And the more ancient the city, the more such stories are. Paranormal experts claim that Rostov is literally "stuffed" with various anomalous zones. In some places, the townspeople allegedly see ghosts, in others they complain about the poltergeist

Times Square, Broadway with its theatrical performances … New York is famous for its many attractions, while the city has many buildings in which paranormal activity is observed.- Salik.bizDakotaThe Dakota Residential Building, located at the intersection of 72nd Street and Central Park West, is one of Manhattan's most popular real estate properties. B

There was no yellow press in the Soviet Union, let alone the Internet. However, urban legends existed at that time. People believed in pretty creepy things - maybe they had every reason for this

Australia also has its own local urban legends and people from other countries, as a rule, have never heard of them. All of them are based on completely real events and are only slightly embellished with details.- Salik.bizSchneider AlleyIn the early 1900s, a certain Dr

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In the history of any city, there are always a couple of terrible and inexplicable legends. In every human community, there is always a place for mysticism and secrets, especially if events occur that are difficult to find an explanation.One such event took place in the Canadian city of Calgary, in the fifties of the last century

Calgary is located in the Canadian province of Alberta. With a population of over a million, Calgary combines cultural traditions and beautiful natural surroundings

This urban legend in China goes by different names "The Last Run of Bus 375", "Midnight Bus 375" or "Bus to Xiangshan Park". It is based, as they say, on a completely real story.It happened on November 14, 1995 in Beijing. It all started with two people sitting at the bus stop at midnight - an elderly woman and a young guy

The house at 29 East 4th Street has served as the home of the Treadwell family and their servants for nearly 100 years. Now, 75 years after the last representative of a wealthy merchant family died, the house has hardly changed

In the small British village of Highgate, near London, there is the Highgate Cemetery, which is almost 180 years old. It was once a fashionable burial place

One of the founders of Moscow, Yuri Dolgoruky, had not the best fame, and in the 17th century Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich decided to engage in the prince's "PR campaign".For this, it was decided to collect all the stories that were recorded or that told about him

On April 15, 2019, Notre Dame Cathedral (Notre Dame de Paris) suffered from an extensive fire, having stood untouched by fire for almost 900 years. The flames destroyed the spire of the cathedral, the clock, as well as the entire roof and many wooden floors

Some statues can be intimidating on their own, towering over us, gazing with their fixed gaze.A statue can be intimidating and remain in nightmarish memories, even if it doesn't have horrific legends or bizarre stories attached to it. But there are also such statues for which a simple stay in stone eternity is not enough

The United States of America, where the most horror films are filmed, is also the leader in the number of urban legends dedicated to cemeteries. Some of them are creepy, others not very … Among them are stories about Mary from the Resurrection, about a ghost with a hook and about tombstones in the form of black angels. I

Cemeteries, by definition, cannot be cheerful and bright places, but there are some on our planet that freeze the blood in our veins and feel uncomfortable.- Salik.bizGhosts of prisonersIn Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland, a prison was built in the 16th century, and a cemetery for the Greyfriars prisoners was formed next to it

There is one abandoned village in the Jaisalmer region of Rajasthan in India. It was once a prosperous settlement, whose inhabitants were Brahmins, a social group that is found in all Indian states and is considered one of the highest castes

"Black Ghost" - this is the name of a sculpture erected on the site where the Klaipeda castle once stood. She appeared here not for entertainment, but as a tribute to the memory of centuries past

It is known that Catherine II actively corresponded with many prominent Europeans of her time

There are many varieties of local history - architectural, historical-memorial, literary Naum Sindalovsky, a well-known writer, journalist and collector of folklore in the city on the Neva, prefers local history, so to speak, legendary

Spring is a time for travel, including short weekend trips. For such trips, visiting several castles and fortresses of Ukraine at once is ideal. This time we advise you to see the Khotyn fortress

There is a legend that the Holy Grail of the knights of the order is kept behind the impregnable walls of the Peter and Paul Fortress on Hare Island in St. Petersburg

For many years, the building of the former Kazan tobacco factory has eerie fame: supposedly there is some supernatural power here

The Volga city of Togliatti has always been considered one of the most anomalous in Russia. For example, UFOs and other supernatural phenomena are often observed there. And in the early 90s, a whole series of poltergeist outbreaks occurred in the city

In the city of Decatur (Illinois, USA) there is an old Greenwood cemetery, which is considered the most "supernatural" in the entire district. Some paranormal experts believe that there is a portal to another dimension here

They say that the ghost of a woman who was killed there more than 70 years ago lives in the building of the former city pawnshop on Karl Marx Street, 26

Stavropol is of great interest to mystics and historians. Including because of the large number of legends about old city mansions, cemeteries and, of course, about their mysterious inhabitants. And local "ghost hunters" even claim that sometimes the opening spectacle is so scary that it becomes bad

Did you know about the Devil's Gorge behind the Markotkh ridge, about the ship graveyard in the Tsemesskaya Bay and other anomalous zones in the vicinity of Novorossiysk

Ukraine - one of the largest countries in Europe, which keeps many ancient secrets and mysterious stories

Shadow People are a part of western urban folklore, but it is very difficult to tell what they are. Sometimes referred to as Shadow Beings, Shadow Man (Black Man), Shadow People

Before the 1917 revolution, Krasnodar bore the name Yekaterinodar and was named so in honor of Catherine II, who in the 18th century gave the city to the possession of the Kuban Cossacks. Like any old city, Krasnodar has many legends and stories of the supernatural

Many people wonder what happens after death: is there an afterlife, will my pets be around.But no matter what happens there, it is better to pray so as not to meet there some devilish creature in the form of an animal.- Salik.bizGhost Bear, Tower, LondonnThe ghost of a bear is said to haunt the Tower of London and can be seen near Martin's Tower

A native of Odessa, Vitaly Vinogradov, who lived and studied in Leningrad, at the Academy of Arts. Ilya Repin left interesting memories in the form of a conversation with his friend Sergei Sukonkin about a mystical place known as Dr. Pel's Pharmacy and his famous artifact, the Tower of Griffins, located in the courtyard of the house

The catalyst for the legend of the mysterious ghost of Sally's house was the death of a little girl who died due to medical error in 1906. Dr. Charles Finn performed an unnecessary operation that was the last for the young creature.Legend has it that the deceased girl remembers the doctor's actions and still takes revenge on all the men who appear in her house

The island of Jamaica is famous not only for its golden beaches, reggae and beautiful nature, but also for black sorcerers who know the secrets of the voodoo religion.But in the 19th century, the owner of the island was Annie Palmer - a white-skinned Irish woman who was called the White Witch by the locals …- Salik.bi

The mystical portal of St. Petersburg is one of the most mysterious sights of the informal city. This architectural artifact is located between Rubinstein Street and the Fontanka River embankment. But first things first.In fact, the Mystic Portal is a group of three walk-through arches located on the same axis in the risalits of the right wing of the Residential Complex of the Petersburg Merchant Council (as viewed from the street)

The famous Leninka (now the Russian State Library) has its own special life at night. The Vechernyaya Moskvy correspondent went to study the mysterious side of the country's best book fund.In the evening, there is no one in the library, except for the guards and groups of schoolchildren who have come on night tours