7 of the freakiest places on the planet
LONDON. November 7. KAZINFORM Human bones, headless dolls, a death ward. That abandoned house on the outskirts of town has nothing on these truly frightening places, kazinform refers to CNNGo.
Scary sells. Whatever the nature of their flesh, the spirits of the dead rake in very real profits when it comes to sightseeing.
The Haunted House Association in the United States claims profits of up to US$500 million from domestic haunted house ticket sales.
The tourists shelling out are doing so for a giddy but ultimately safe experience.
The places featured on our list below are less about the sort of commercial scare that you can buy at an amusement park.
This is the real deal.
These sites are authentically and unintentionally weird, macabre and mysterious.
1. Chernobyl Amusement Park: Pripyat, Ukraine
2. Sedlec Ossuary: Czech Republic
3. Aokigahara Forest: Mount Fuji, Japan
4. Akodessewa Fetish Market: Lomé, Togo
5. La Isla de las Muñecas: Teshuilo Lake, Mexico
6. Battleship Island: Nagasaki, Japan
7. Gonjiam Psychiatric Hospital: Gyeonggi, Korea
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