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TOP 10 rating of mystical films and series

Tenth place - Film “Gogol. Viy"

Date of issue: 2018

Genre: detective, drama, adventure

The country: Russia

Starring: Alexander Petrov, Oleg Menshikov, Evgeny Stychkin, Taisiya Vilkova, Artem Tkachenko

In the center of events is a young clerk named Nikolai Gogol.

His quiet life is replaced by a real confrontation - he begins to hunt for a rider from Dikanka.

A cruel horseman cracks down on defenseless local girls.

Gogol cannot ignore this and gathers a kind of team to overcome the villain together.

When they try to lure the rider into a trap, the creature of evil - Viy with a deadly look - prevents them.

And Gogol learns about his connections with otherworldly forces...

Ninth place - The film "Flatliners"

Date of issue: 2017

Genre: horror, fantasy

The country: USA

Starring: Diego Luna, Kiefer Sutherland, Nina Dobrev, Tyler Hines, Ellen Page, James Norton, Kiersey Clemons, Beau Mirchoff, Steve Byers, Daniela Barbosa

Curious student Courtney Hilmes torments herself with one question: what will happen to us after death?

No one has ever been able to solve this riddle.

The girl, studying at the Faculty of Medicine, decides to look for answers with the help of science.

Courtney finds four more like-minded people, and together they take on the experiment.

During it, the main character's heart is stopped for 1 minute, and then brought back to life.

Thanks to this, the girl remembers everything that happens to her in the afterlife and tells incredible things to her friends.

Due to "stepping over the threshold", the girl soon has unexpected talents.

This encourages friends to repeat the exploits of Courtney.

Each time they spend in the afterlife more and more time.

But, as it turned out, you have to pay for this ...

Eighth place - the series "The Gifted"

Date of issue: 2017

Genre: drama, fantasy, action, science fiction

The country: USA

Starring: Stephen Moyer, Amy Acker, Sean Teal, Natalie Alyn Lind, Percy Hynes White, Coby Bell, Jamie Chung, Blair Redford, Emma Dumont, Hayley Lovitt

Number of seasons: 2

Number of episodes: 26 episodes

Summary of the series "The Gifted"

At the center of the series is an ordinary, at first glance, family: father is a lawyer, mother is a housewife, daughter is a beautiful cheerleader, son is a secretive teenager.

Once the children realized that they were different from others.

They have superpowers that are inherent in mutants.

To escape from a hateful community, the family has to go into hiding.

And soon they join a secret organization of super people.

Who will win this fight for survival?

Seventh place - The film "Truth or Dare"

Date of issue: 2018

Genre: thriller, horror

The country: USA

Starring: Lucy Hale, Tyler Posey, Violet Bean, Sophie Taylor Ali, Nolan Gerard Funk, Landon Liboiron, Sam Lerner, Gary Anthony Williams, Hayden Szeto

Synopsis for "Truth or Dare"

At the beginning of the film, we meet a girl named Olivia.

She visited Mexico with her comrades.

Cheerful guys in one of the evenings for fun choose the game "truth or dare".

The rules of the game are quite simple: if you choose the truth, you give an answer to any question, you choose an action, you fulfill the desire of another player.

Answers to unpleasant questions often lead to tense situations, so the guys are increasingly choosing "action".

When Olivia returned home, something strange began to happen to her, and soon the girl became the victim of nightmare visions.

Olivia's friends faced the same thing, and then the heroes realized that the game was not over.

Only now its rules have become much tougher - if you do not answer the question or refuse to act, something irreparable will happen ...

And you can't leave the game for the same reason.

Sixth place - The series "Dead on demand"

Date of issue: 2007

Genre: drama, melodrama, comedy, detective story, fantasy

The country: USA

Starring: Lee Pace, Anna Friel, Chi McBride, Jim Dale, Ellen Green, Swoosie Kurtz, Kristin Chenoweth, Field Keith, Cy Richardson, Sammy Hanratty.

Number of seasons: 2

Number of episodes: 22 episodes

Summary of the series "The Dead on Call"

The protagonist of the series unexpectedly discovers a superpower - he revives with a single touch.

But such a gift can not only give life, but also take it away.

If you do not touch the living person within the first minute, someone else will die.

And if you touch, he will again return to the other world.

Using his gift, the hero solves the murders.

To do this, he brings the victim back to life for one minute, finds out the data of the criminal, and then returns the deceased to the realm of the dead.

And suddenly the hero has to find out the name of the killer of his childhood love.

Can he just let the girl go back to the dead?

Fifth place - The series "In the Service of the Devil"

Date of issue: 2007

Genre: fantasy, adventure, drama, thriller, comedy

The country: Canada, USA

Starring: Bret Harrison, Tyler Labine, Rick Gonzalez, Missy Peregrym, Andrew Airlie, Ray Wise, Donavan Stinson, Valerie Ray Miller, Christine Wills, Jenny Wade.

Number of seasons: 2

Number of episodes: Episode 31

Synopsis for "Serving the Devil"

At the beginning of the series, we get to know Sam - such a fool, for whom nothing good actually shines at work and does not add up with his personal life.

A badge, an apron, an idiot boss, a girl who just wants to be friends - and so every day.

But after his 21st birthday, Sam finds out that his mom and dad sold his soul to the devil.

And the life of the hero changes significantly.

Now Sam serves the Devil, catching the souls that escaped from hell.

Fourth place - The film "The Man from Earth"

Date of issue: 2007

Genre: drama, fantasy

The country: USA

Starring: David Lee Smith, Tony Todd, John Billingsley, Ellen Crawford, Annika Peterson, William Catt, Alexis Thorpe, Richard Riley, Stephen Littles, Chase Strug

Professor George Oldman leaves his university job and moves to another location.

Together with friends - scientists, George arranges a farewell meeting, which develops into heart-to-heart conversations.

And now the professor reveals an unexpected secret to his friends - he is already more than 14,000 years old and he has seen a lot of things on planet Earth.

This statement caused shock among the interlocutors.

They ask Oldman various questions, and his answers make his friends believe what he said.

Third place - The series "The Lost Room"

Date of issue: 2006

Genre: detective, science fiction, fantasy

The country: USA

Starring: Peter Krause, Julianna Margulies, Peter Jacobson, Dennis Christopher, April Grace, Elle Fanning, Kevin Pollack, Benjamin Petrie, Christopher Bauer, Harriet Sansom Harris.

Number of seasons: 1

Number of episodes: 3 episodes

Summary of the series "The Lost Room"

In the center of the series is a room and about a hundred ordinary objects that have unusual powers.

For example, a bus ticket can take you to a certain place, and a comb can “freeze” time around the person who uses it.

Detective Joe Miller is looking for these items to help him find his daughter, who disappeared in a mysterious room.

Once this room was an ordinary hotel room, but now it is out of space and out of time.

How will such a mystical story end?

Will the detective find his daughter?

Runner-up - "Stranger Things"

Date of issue: 2016

Genre: detective, drama, fantasy, thriller, fantasy, horror

The country: USA

Starring: Winona Ryder, David Harbor, Finn Wolfhard, Millie Bobby Brown, Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb McLaughlin, Natalia Dyer, Charlie Heaton, Cara Buono, Matthew Modine.

Number of seasons: 3

Number of episodes: 18 episodes

Synopsis for "Stranger Things"

The series describes the events of the eighties of the twentieth century, which take place in a small province.

Life here is very calm, but from time to time the town is visited by mystical events.

Once their victim was a teenager Will - the boy went missing.

The local sheriff is carefully looking for at least some clues in this matter, but all to no avail.

One day, he meets a group of people with supernatural powers.

Now the sheriff is confident that Will's case will be solved.

But what surprises have prepared for him "special" people?

1st Place - Ghost Whisperer

Date of issue: 2005 year

Genre: detective, drama, thriller

Number of seasons: 5

Number of episodes: 107

The country: USA

Starring: Jennifer Love Hewitt, David Conrad, Aisha Tyler

Synopsis for "Ghost Whisperer"

Melinda Gordon got a unique gift from her grandmother - she can communicate with ghosts, the spirits of dead people.

If after death a person has unfinished business, then his spirit becomes restless and cannot go to another world.

The spirits of dead people are divided into good and evil, or, as they say, into "shining" and "shadow". Shadows sometimes accumulate a lot of negative energy over a long time and begin to destroy everything around them that was dear to them during their lifetime.

Melinda has a hereditary gift to clearly see and hear spirits. The girl is trying to figure out why the spirit cannot go to another world and is tormented on Earth. Her husband and best friend, part-time her companion in an antique shop, knows about her gift.

The medium selflessly helps the spirits and their loved ones, and also cooperates with law enforcement agencies in order to help the spirits find the cause of their problems and switch to the light side.

Each series is a separate story of the life of a person who could not leave earthly affairs and calmly go to another world.

And there are always good reasons for this...

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There are places in the world that have attracted people for many decades. Mysticism accompanies them, crimes remain unsolved, disappearances of people are not explained in any way, frightening natural phenomena and terrible stories of witnesses appear constantly. Stories are passed down from generation to generation. Sometimes to find out the truth about such mysterious place very hard. In the age of science, the inability to explain everything rationally can lead to madness. Especially when you can't get an answer at all. Even leading scientists are regularly confronted with mysteries so complex that they can’t figure it out. In a world that is well explored, it is always unusual to learn about places that hide surprises. If you love mysticism and think that you can solve the mysteries of these places, get to know them. You may come to the conclusion that some things are better not to know.

Overton Bridge, Scotland

Fifty dogs have jumped off the bridge in the last fifty years. Animals die on sharp stones tens of meters under the bridge. The record number was five dogs in six months. All the tragic events took place in the same place, on the right side between the last two parapets. The Scottish Society for the Protection of Animals has dismissed the problem as a mystery. All this has caused a lot of discussion on the Internet, dedicated to the reasons why animals commit suicide. Locals try not to walk their dogs around the bridge. Many believe that the bridge is haunted after a man threw his child off it. He believed that the newborn is the embodiment of the devil. After that, he tried to kill himself, but he did not succeed, and when asked why he decided to do this, the man replied that the bridge made him.

Humberstone and La Noria, Chile

In 1872, these two towns in the Chilean desert were crowded with salt mine workers. During the Great Depression, production collapsed and cities were left abandoned. In the sixties of the twentieth century, no one lived here anymore. Local residents refuse to walk along the streets of abandoned towns. Rumor has it that the souls of the dead roam there at night. There is a legend that the inhabitants never truly left their homes. You can ignore the rumors about ghosts, but there is something more frightening - most of the graves have been excavated and skeletons are visible. People are sure that the dead walk at night because grave robbers disturbed their rest. Even in daylight, some hear voices and children's laughter here.

Lake Anjikuni, Canada

How can an entire village with all the inhabitants just disappear without a trace? In 1930, hunter Joe Labelle went to an Indian village near Anjikuni Lake. When he got to it, he saw that the place was completely deserted - people left food, weapons and clothes. All thirty inhabitants have disappeared! LaBelle reported this to the police, but the Indians were never found. The strangest part of what happened is that the dogs that lived in this village were found frozen to death, they were hungry, but there was plenty of food around. To this day, there is no clear explanation for what happened. Unless, of course, you do not believe in aliens - some believe that they abducted the Indians.

Skeleton lake, India

In 1942, a frightening discovery was made in India - Lake Roopkund was found in the mountains, in which more than two hundred skeletons were found. The bones have been dated to 850 AD. Scientists have not been able to explain their appearance. Some believe that people died during the storm, while others say that it was suicide.

Bigelow Ranch, USA

The last owners of the house were Terry and Gwen Sherman. They faced so many paranormal events that they just fled the ranch. For example, ten cows simply disappeared without a trace, large shining spheres were seen above the house, doors appeared in the air, three dogs disappeared, and at the place where they were last seen, they noticed a huge spot like from a fire. Surprisingly, all the dead animals found at the ranch did not shed a drop of blood - the skeletons were removed from the corpses, but there was not a trace on the ground.

Disney Discovery Island, USA

The island has been closed to visitors for almost twenty years. Some are sure that the reason is in mysticism. The abandoned island still has electricity. Why? In addition, terrible vultures live there. The atmosphere there is really creepy!

Yonaguni Monument, Japan

In 1986, a diver discovered mysterious underwater structures near south coast Japan. Twenty-five meters underwater is the largest pyramid in the world. There is a road around it, it is absolutely certain that the whole structure was created by human hands. Scientists have studied the structure and are sure that it is five thousand years old. But why is it there? The controversy continues.

Hotel del Salto, Colombia

The hotel is located thirty kilometers from the capital, once it was very popular. Now it is closed - there was a whole chain of suicides in it. The locals are sure that the place is cursed.

Kapustin Yar, Russia

This place is one of the most mysterious in Russia. The space program was developed here and nuclear weapons were tested. It is not possible to explore this place - it is closed to outsiders.

Aokigahara Forest, Japan

At the foot of Mount Fuji is the Aokigahara Forest, where an incredible number of suicides have been committed. According to legend, demons and spirits live in the forest. Anyone who comes there sad falls under the power of evil forces and kills himself. More than fifty corpses are found here every year!

Chateau Miranda, Belgium

The former owners of the castle left it during the French Revolution. Then a shelter was opened there, but it soon moved. The building is abandoned, it is accompanied by an atmosphere of mystery. Why does everyone leave him with no regrets?

Devil's Triangle, Pacific Ocean

In this part of the ocean, people mysteriously disappear. Mysterious situations are associated with the fall of aircraft and magnetic anomalies. The researchers tried to explain the nature of what was happening, but did not cope with the task.

Lighthouse at Cape Aniva, Russia

The lighthouse was built in 1939 near Sakhalin. It is believed that it is radioactive, so it is forbidden to enter the building. Some believe that the building is a government hideout where political criminals are interrogated. Others believe that the lighthouse is haunted.

Helltown, USA

Strange things are happening on this piece of land in Ohio. Satanists gather here, it is believed that the souls of people who were burned alive in their homes still live here, and someone assures that a chemical disaster occurred here, from which some residents mutated.

San Louis Valley, USA

Aliens have been seen here many times. Disks and spheres appear in the sky, which have been captured on film and photographed by local residents more than once. The mystery remains why everything happens in this particular valley?

Pine Gap, Australia

This is closed area land, which is controlled by the government and is secret. It is believed that researchers are trying to contact other galaxies from here. However, everything is classified, so it is unlikely that you will be able to find out the truth.

Paris mines, France

The catacombs in Paris are known to everyone, but the mines are closed to visitors. They are so secret that even the most enthusiastic researchers cannot get there. In September 2004, the police found an underground cinema in the mines, but the next day there was not a trace of it!

Riddle House, USA

Many tragedies have happened in this house. For example, one of the employees committed suicide. Residents heard strange voices and sounds. The house was abandoned. When the workers returned again, they noticed strange occurrences - windows opened by themselves, and tools turned on for no reason.

Death Valley, USA

This valley is known for rocks that move across the ground for no apparent reason. Scientists have not been able to explain why this can happen. Each stone weighs hundreds of kilograms and moves! This is a real mystery.

Door to Hell, Turkmenistan

When Soviet scientists were looking for a source of natural gas here, a huge crater turned out, from which a flame escapes - the fire has not been extinguished for almost fifty years. No wonder tourists flock here. It is simply impossible to close the crater, and how much gas is still in it is unknown.

Our planet never ceases to amaze us. In every corner of the Earth there are unusual and mystical places that make scientists and researchers look for a clue to their uniqueness. Many of them are easy to get to and have long been a favorite destination for tourists. Others are located in hard-to-reach places and are still waiting for their researchers. Why are we so attracted to the most mystical places in the world? Probably, each of us wants to believe in miracles and in the fact that there are secrets in the world that scientists have not yet been able to reveal. We offer readers a selection of 10 the most mystical and mysterious places on the ground, the mysteries of which have yet to be solved.

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Blood Falls, or Blood Falls able to scare anyone who sees him for the first time. This is a rusty red stream flowing from the Taylor Glacier in Antarctica. This amazing natural phenomenon was discovered in 1911. At first, scientists thought that the color of the water, strikingly reminiscent of blood, was caused by algae living in the lake under the ice, from where the waterfall originates. But studies have shown that the color, as well as the salinity of the water, is given by the microorganisms that inhabit the lake. Their age is about 1.5 million years.

The unique Bloody Falls is in 10th place among the most mystical places in the world.

9. Sun Ji Resort

If abandoned houses and hotels make a depressing and frightening impression, then ghost towns can cause even more fear. , a fashionable resort on the coast of Taiwan, was built for wealthy guests. 60 futuristic houses in the shape of UFO saucers were supposed to be a celebration of the engineering ideas of the resort's builders. But then the economic crisis struck and construction was curtailed. However, there is another version - the workers who built the houses were injured and died. Local residents decided that the evil spirits living in those places were to blame. Ninth place in the ranking of the most mystical places on the planet.

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Heizhu Valley, or black bamboo hollow, located in southern China, is considered one of the most mystical places on the planet. Many believe that this is the strongest anomalous zone, although no serious scientific research has been carried out here. The valley has a reputation as a mystical place, as many cases of disappearances are attributed to it. Eighth place in the list of the most mysterious places on Earth.

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Ranked 7th in the list of the most mystical places in the world, it is located in the town of San Antonio del Tekendama on the Bogota River in Colombia. It was built in 1927 and closed in 1990. The abandoned building has become an attractive place for those who decide to commit suicide. It must be said that the appearance and the surrounding area do their bit - the hotel is made in the Gothic style and is located near the waterfall in a secluded place, which gives it a rather gloomy look. Despite its reputation, the abandoned hotel attracts many tourists.

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On the 6th place among the most mystical places in the world is Indian Roopkund lake located at an altitude of 5029 meters in the Himalayas. Every year, when the snow melts, hundreds of skulls and skeletons can be seen on its banks. Therefore, the second name of the alpine reservoir is "Lake of Skeletons". Back at the end XIX century there were rumors that numerous human remains lay on its shore and bottom. It is said that they were first noticed by pilgrims who once every 12 years visit a sacred place called Homkund. Their path lies along the shore of Lake Roopkund. To hard to reach place explorers were able to get there only in 1942. Rumors about skeletons were confirmed. After that, expeditions of paleontologists, anthropologists and geologists reached the lake. Hundreds (probably up to 600) skeletons were found on the shores and at the bottom of the lake. Their approximate age is from 500 to 800 years. After genetic analysis of the remains, it turned out that most of them belong to men.

Many hypotheses have been put forward for the reasons for the death of people near Lake Roopkund: an avalanche, an epidemic, mass suicide. Subsequently, when analyzing the bones, it turned out that the damage to them was caused by huge hailstones (up to 7 centimeters in diameter). A group of people walking along the coast of Roopkund hundreds of years ago died due to a strong hail - this is one of the most likely versions of the appearance of hundreds of skeletons in this place.

5. Poveglia Island

Sadly famous island, located in northern Italy in the Venetian lagoon, takes 5th place in the list of the most mystical places in the world. AT XIV century, due to the attack of the Genoese fleet, the population of the island was forced to leave it. For a long time, Poveglia was empty, until a psychiatric clinic was opened on the island in 1922. It did not last long, until 1968, but since then Poveglia has been considered one of the most mystical and terrible places in the world. According to legend, during the Roman Empire, the island was used as a reservation for plague patients, who were buried here. Their souls inhabit Povelha even now, instilling fear in all the curious who come to the island for thrills.

4. City of Machu Picchu

On the 4th place among the most mystical places on Earth is lost. It is hidden in the Peruvian Andes on a high steep mountain with a flattened top. He managed to avoid the invasion of the Spanish conquistadors. For centuries, the city was cut off from the outside world until it was found in 1911. As the researchers found out, Machu Picchu was not destroyed - its inhabitants just once left the city. What reason forced them to do this is still unknown.

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Great Pyramids of Giza and the Sphinx, survived the millennia and still proudly towering under the sky of Egypt - in third place in the list of the most mystical places on Earth. They have been studied up and down, but so far scientists have not come close to unraveling their secrets. We do not know what these monumental structures were built for and how they were able to survive the ravages of time.

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The territory, turned into a giant necropolis, cannot but have a mystery. are considered not only one of the most mystical, but also terrible places in the world. A network of tunnels stretches under Paris for 300 kilometers. Initially, they were quarries for the extraction of limestone. Then, when the cemeteries of the growing city could no longer accommodate the dead, the remains from the burials were removed, cleaned and placed in abandoned quarries. The ashes of more than 6 million Parisians rest here.

There are so many mysterious, unknown and creepy things in our world that defy any explanation. And attempts to explore existing secrets often end sadly and tragically. And today we will lead our story about places that still cause sacred horror and fear in people.

House of Winchesters

This spooky and complex architectural structure is located in San Jose, California (USA). Among the locals, he deservedly enjoys a bad reputation, they try to bypass him. What can not be said about the thousands of tourists who are simply eager to get acquainted with its terrible history and who want to tickle their nerves. The Winchester house was built over 30 years and each time, at the whim of the future owner, it underwent some changes. On this venture, Sarah Winchester spent almost all the huge fortune that her father-in-law had amassed - the creator of the famous brand of weapons. After all, it is well known that his brainchild, the Winchester rifle, conquered the West and played a decisive role in the outcome civil war in the USA. Then Oliver, thanks to lucrative contracts with the government, became one of the richest people in America. However, fabulous money does not always bring happiness and peace in the family. First, the father-in-law dies, then the daughter of Sarah Annie, who lived in this world for several months. And five years later, the husband of a young woman, William, also passes away. Shocked by the loss of loved ones, Sarah Winchester, who has almost lost her mind, turns to a medium for help. And the fortune-teller, without further ado, tells her that the famous and ill-fated rifle is to blame for all the troubles, through the fault of which many people died. For this reason, the Winchester family is cursed. And on the advice of the medium, Sarah goes west, to San Jose, on the trail, as the fortuneteller assured, the ghost of her husband. It is here that she will soon build the famous multi-story "trap" for evil spirits that haunt her family and do not leave Sarah alone on moonlit nights. The project of the house, the woman made all its details herself, drawing future sketches on napkins. For some reason, Sarah Winchester did not favor architects ...

I must say that in the rebuilt Winchester house everything is unusual and strange. For example, there was a specialized room where Sarah consulted with the spirits and where no one dared to enter. The house had 40 stairs that did not lead anywhere, but only rested on the ceiling. In one of the rooms, the window was in the floor (by the way, this innovation will be adopted by designers). Almost all bathrooms had glass doors. And everywhere, meaning the number of buildings, the figure "13" appeared. There were exactly so many windows in the rooms, steps on the stairs. Therefore, the Winchester house resembled a kind of intricate, mystical labyrinth. And tourists were forbidden to walk around its rooms without a guide: there was a danger of getting injured or getting lost.

About the madness of Sarah Winchester, about the bizarre character of a woman, they did not stop talking even after her death. But how then to explain the very sensible and noble deeds of Sarah? She, for example, donated $ 2 million to build a hospital in Connecticut. She also grew plums and apricots on forty hectares of land and sent them dried to European markets. Add here her outstanding talent as an architect who created such a house.

The Winchester House, its sinister appearance and unsolved mysteries could not but attract the attention of creative people. The temptation was too great to capture their impressions in a novel or in a film. Therefore, it is not surprising that Stephen King wrote the script for the mini-series "The Scarlet Rose Mansion" and the film "The Haunting of Winchester House" was made.

Island of the Dolls in Mexico

The Island of the Dolls lies between the famous canals of Xochimiko, not far from Mexico City. This enchanted place not only terrifies the native Mexicans, but also terrifies tourists who come here from all over the world because of curiosity and for the thrill. Despite the cute name of the island, it is by no means conducive to hospitality. Literally at every step you are met by crumpled dolls hanging on every tree, on any building. It is as if you have personally fallen into the atmosphere of the famous horror film "Children's Games" and no longer have any idea how to get out of this damn place. Baby dolls with empty eye sockets, crushed heads, torn off legs or arms make up a terrible “decoration” of the island. One gets the feeling that this is exactly what our world will look like after the apocalypse. The author of this creation, the creator of the Island of the Dolls, has long since passed away in Bose. But until now, ordinary Mexicans, at the mention of the name of Julian Santana Barrera, noticeably turn pale and read prayers. This hermit fanatically collected broken dolls for fifty years to build a creepy gallery on the island. Once Barrera had a family, a decent job and did not stand out among others. Everything was decided by a tragic event: once, before his eyes, a little girl drowned in a canal. And after this event, the ghost of a dead child began to haunt him. To appease the spirit of the girl, Julian, having put an end to his former life, retired from this world with one goal: to create the Island of the Dolls. And I must say - he did it. But Barrera didn't stop there. As if an evil spirit was leading Barrera behind him, he thought of only one thing: how to increase the already huge collection of broken and ugly dolls. Julian lived in a hut, ate fish caught in the canal, grew vegetables and fruits. Sometimes a nephew would come and pick up the harvest, so that later he could exchange it in the city for dolls.

The life of the hermit - "improviser" ended tragically: by a strange coincidence, he drowned in the same canal where the little girl died. Apparently, Barrera did not manage to get along with her spirit ...

And Julian's nephew became the owner of the Island of the Dolls and earns a lot of money from his uncle's terrible collection. This place still scares everyone, and it is curious that no director has yet tried to shoot a picture against its background ...

Paris catacombs

This unique structure consists of a network underground tunnels and artificial type caves located under the French capital. Since the end of the 18th century, the remains of almost six million people have been buried in the Parisian catacombs. They say that their length is more than 200 kilometers. And they, according to local residents, are allegedly teeming with the ghosts of the dead. And it all started with quarries. When, by the end of the 10th century, the stone reserves came to an end, it was decided to start underground mining. First artificial caves adapted for their needs enterprising monks: they rebuilt wine cellars. With the light hand of the ministers of the church, the tunnels began to be laid further, almost "under the feet" of Paris.

In the Middle Ages, in order to avoid the spread of the black plague, the dead were buried en masse in the dungeons of the capital. Later, for a reason unknown to us, but understandable to the French, famous people began to be buried here. The last refuge in the catacombs, for example, was found by the famous revolutionaries Robespierre and Danton, the scientist Pascal and the storyteller Perrault.

The Parisian catacombs have always been shrouded in dark secrets, sinister, blood-curdling stories. But this circumstance does not stop tourists who line up in long lines to wander through two underground passages (no more than two kilometers) and “feel” the smell of past eras. By the way, it is considered bad manners if you refuse, say, to visit the ossuary - a place of mass graves. Therefore, plucking up courage, tourists reluctantly come here to look at the underground "world" of the dead with at least a slightly closed eye... It's funny that during the Second World War, the top-secret bunker of the German army and the headquarters of the leaders of the Resistance movement were located literally side by side in the catacombs . They were separated by only 500 meters of crossing ...

The theme of the Parisian catacombs turned out to be a tasty morsel for many masters of culture and art. Victor Hugo, for example, wrote his novel Les Misérables, and the American director Tomm Cocker directed the horror film Catacombs.

Dracula's castle in Romania

This castle is located in the picturesque town of Bran in Transylvania. Once in the Middle Ages, it served as a fortress for local merchants and a customs post. The castle of Count Dracula - a ruthless killer and a vampire, the image of which arose from the complete mixing of real historical facts and fiction, is a network of halls, corridors, numerous underground passages. You can easily get lost in it, and at the same time enter here unnoticed, thanks to its intricate and complex device. And in the courtyard of the castle there is a well, with which terrible and terrible events are associated. A secret passage was arranged here, through which Vlad the Impaler, the ruler of Wallachia, was brought for the comfort of peasant girls frightened to death, as well as enemies for torture and execution. The count was extremely cruel and even liked to kill people for fun, he believed that taking baths from the blood of killed enemies was a worthy and “sweet” occupation for a real nobleman. The fear of Vlad the Impaler was so great that thieves and criminals simply fled from these places. As a sign that they would never return, a golden bowl was placed in the central square of the city near the well. Every inhabitant used it for drinking, and no one ever thought of stealing the treasure.

The ruthless ruler was killed in one of the wars. But even after his death, he left his loyal subjects alone. According to legend, because of the atrocities committed earlier, Vlad Tepes turned into a vampire. It is said that after the funeral, the body of the monster disappeared from the grave, and his ghost still walks in the castle. Thanks to Bram Stoker, he acquired a literary name - Count Dracula. And according to his novel, director Francis Coppola made a famous film that tells spectacularly about the life of a vampire.

Devil's Tower

Mysterious and creepy place located in Wyoming, USA. It is called the Devil's Mountain, and the local Indians guard this rock like the apple of their eye. They do not even allow tourists to visit it, considering the mountain a sacred place. They believe that the devil himself created the tower and any approach to the Devil's Tower threatens with dire consequences. And indeed, the device of the mountain does not at all speak of a natural origin. Ufologists, for example, argue that the Devil's Tower is a landing site for alien ships. But the local Indians have a different opinion. According to a legend passing from one generation to another, seven girls were walking in the forest, and they were suddenly attacked by the devil, who took the form of a bear. In fear, the children climbed onto a small stone and began to pray to their main deity. Their calls were heard: the stone turned into a gigantic mountain, which the devil could no longer climb.

The most incredible, sometimes dramatic events are connected with the Devil's Tower. One day skydiver George Hopkins apparently decided to enter the Guinness Book of Records and become famous all over the world. He decided to conquer the mountain from the air. Despite the storm wind, he managed to land on small playground. The skydiver's joy knew no end: he was already dreaming of the popularity of the first conqueror of Devil's Mountain. However, for some unknown and mysterious reasons, he became a hostage of this truly enchanted place. For a week they could not remove him from the mountain. And at the end of his stay, he found, to his horror, that he was among a huge number of rats. The unfortunate skydiver braced himself for the worst. But the climbers still managed to rescue him from captivity: George Hopkins, frightened to death, could not even utter a word ...

By the way, Devil's Mountain appears in Steven Spielberg's film Close Encounters of the Third Kind. It is noteworthy that in one of the episodes of the picture the protagonist builds a copy of it.

House of Horror in Amityville

A house in which ghosts live and which does not tolerate living people in its chambers. And it exists in nature: its location is in the suburbs of New York, in Amityville. Here, in June 1965, six people were killed - almost the entire family of the owner of the house, De Feo. Only the youngest, Ronald, survived. It was he who confessed to the cold-blooded murder of his relatives. During the trial, many were struck by the strange details of the criminal event. For example, none of the neighbors heard the rumble of a shotgun, all the victims lay face down, while the accused himself did not stop claiming that a certain Indian leader forced him to kill his family.

Mysterious and terrible events continued to happen in the Amityville house. New owners George and Cathy Lutz with their children knowing scary story that happened here, yet settled within its walls. However, the courage and courage of the young spouses soon began to melt like snow. In the house, as it turned out, the smell of decaying meat was everywhere, doors and windows opened for no reason, at night the family was awakened by incomprehensible and frightening sounds. The owners of the house invited a priest to bless all the rooms. But he quickly retreated, explaining that he could not cope with the demons, which are very strong and invincible. And soon, little daughter Macy started talking about Jody's new girlfriend, with whom she talks and even plays. In fact, it was the ghost of the youngest daughter in the De Feo family. Her name was Jody...

This nightmare lasted almost a month: the Lutz family left this cursed house with great relief, then to tell people about the experience. Since then, this place has been avoided by everyone. And the gloomy house, the ominous appearance of which already speaks of many secrets hidden here, no one else inhabited. But he gave creative food for many masters of cinema. For example, director Stuart Rosenberg directed the film The Amityville Horror.

Madame Lalaurie's mansion

Madame Lalaurie played by Kathy Bates

Photo frame from the series " American history horror"

LaLaurie's mansion in the so-called French Quarter Vieux Carre, at 1140 Royal Street in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA was built at the end of the 18th century, and at the beginning of the 19th century the family of Dr. LaLaurie settled here. The couple immediately won the favor of the local nobility. The doctor became a respected physician in the state of Louisiana, and his charming young wife, Mary, arranged wonderful evenings for old friends and new acquaintances, at which they talked about art and culture, played classical music. Everything was decent and orderly, the reputation of the LaLaurie family was so high in society that no one even dared to cast a shadow on her. Thunder struck from a clear sky. Madame Lalaurie turned out to be a real Russian Saltychikha. And her impeccable behavior in public was just a mask behind which a cruel and despotic woman was hiding. One day, in a fit of anger, she chased after a young maid, the latter could not resist on the balcony and fell from the third floor, breaking to death. This incident alarmed the entire public: a trial was held at which Madame LaLaurie was given a rather large fine of three hundred dollars and was forbidden to use the services of slaves. It would seem that the story is over and justice has triumphed. But it received an unexpected tragic continuation. One day, a fire broke out in LaLaurie's house during their absence. Arriving firefighters, extinguishing the raging fire, discovered a secret room where there were ten people: five of them were in cages, three were chained in the wall, and two lay tied up on the floor. When the LaLaurie couple returned home, they were almost torn to pieces by a crowd of angry people. Soon they urgently left the mansion and disappeared somewhere in Europe. And at the end of the 19th century, the builders of the house found under the floor the remains of twelve slaves stretched on the instruments of torture. According to local residents, they often see the ghost of a black man in chains in the mansion. Do not forget about his home and the spirit of Madame Lalaurie. Some townspeople claim that they even heard her screams ...

The image of Madame Delphine LaLaurie was used in the third season of the horror anthology American Horror Story, played by actress Kathy Bates.

Lizzy Borden's house

Christina Ricci as Lizzie Borden

Photo frame from the film "Lizzy Borden took an ax"

This house is located in the small town of Fall River, Massachusetts (USA). It was here that the most mysterious murder of the 19th century took place, when, it would seem, all the evidence directly spoke of the guilt of one person - Lizzie Borden. Her fate is somewhat reminiscent of the story of Cinderella, however, with some peculiarities. Father - Mr. Borden - was rich and stingy, the funeral home, which he owned, brought considerable income. Stepmother Abby Darfi Gray was a real evil stepmother, but not from a fairy tale, but from real life. In fact, Lizzie did not have a happy childhood. In addition, a terrible incident almost ruined a vulnerable and tender soul: the father, enraged by the behavior of pigeons - his daughter's favorites, beheaded them with an ax ...

It all happened on August 4, 1892. Elder sister Emmy went to friends, Lizzie, maid Bridget Sullivan and stepmother remained in the house. While Mrs. Borden was washing the stairs, someone unknown crept up and hit her with an axe. And then he did it nineteen more times. Eleven hours later, the father of the family who returned home met the same fate. The high-profile murder shocked the entire district. The police took Lizzie Borden into custody, while the girl was surprisingly calm.

The case of Lizzie Borden caused a huge resonance in respectable America. Everything indicated that the girl was to blame, she was facing, if not the death penalty, then life imprisonment was guaranteed. But events unfolded in such a way that the court was powerless in the face of the eloquence of lawyer George Robinson, the former governor of Massachusetts. It was he who at one time was engaged in the appointment of judges. Lizzy Borden was acquitted, she, along with her sister, received a decent parental fortune. It is known that she never married, had no children.

This beautiful, quiet and fabulous place, like a magnet, attracts people who do not know that soon each of them will be haunted by mystical horror. The Valley of the Headless stretches across northwestern Canada along the South Nahan River. At the end of the 19th century, hunters rushed here for gold, which was lying literally under their feet. The thirst for profit, quick enrichment took possession of the minds of people so much that they forgot about the warning of the local residents - the Indians. And soon there was a panic among the gold diggers. Anyone who entered the canyon lost his head - in the truest sense of the word. As the number of headless dead comrades began to rise, many fled the cursed valley in fear.

Since then, this place has been infamous and whoever stepped on its land became a victim of unknown and sophisticated killers. According to one of the versions, to which the Indians were inclined, it was a "snowman", whose peace was disturbed by people. Others argued about an unknown tribe guarding their wealth and allowing mere mortals to reach it.

In 1978, a group of six researchers led by Dr. Hank Mortimer, with the latest equipment, went to the valley of the headless and disappeared. The last message read: “Void emerges from the rock. It's horrible!" The search was unsuccessful, only the headless body of one of the members of the expedition was found.

Today, there are few volunteers who have ventured into the valley of the headless. Some scientists explain this phenomenon by the existence of parallel worlds, the intervention of unknown dark forces, the nature of which they are not yet able to unravel. The eerie valley, by the way, has not yet become a place of pilgrimage for movie masters. Apparently, not without reason, everyone fears for their own head ...

Mountain of the Dead, Sverdlovsk Region

Photo frame from the film "The Secret of the Dyatlov Pass"

The Mansi people living in these remote lands call her Kholat-Syahyl. Terrible events took place here already in the 30s of the last century. At first, a murdered woman with gouged out eyes and a torn out tongue was found on the outskirts of the mountain, and later they found the bodies of ten fugitive criminals, terribly mutilated, with grimaces of horror on their surviving faces. Of course, no investigation was carried out, the investigators unanimously claimed that they had so crippled each other in a deadly fight.

The mystical and dark origin of the Mountain of the Dead was noticed only in 1959, when a group of experienced tourists led by Igor Dyatlov went on a hike in the Subpolar Urals. When they reached Mount Kholat-Syahyl, they made a halt. And at night something inexplicable happened: all the tourists died under rather mysterious circumstances. They were searched for more than two weeks. When the Dyatlov group was discovered, a terrible picture appeared before the eyes of those who found the corpses. It seemed that people were running in panic, in horror from something unknown. Some tourists had broken ribs and punched heads.

Until now, no one can explain the reason for the death of Igor Dyatlov's group. It seems that this is unlikely to happen in the near future. Some of the researchers are looking for the causes of the tragedy in hostile aliens, others believe that local shamans are involved in the case. However, a lot of documentaries were shot on this topic, interpreting the death of tourists in their own way. And in 2013, the fantastic thriller by Renny Harlin "The Mystery of the Dyatlov Pass" was released, very freely, in the spirit of American traditions, interpreting this tragic story.

On our planet, along with modern, technologically and industrially developed megacities, there are many places created by ancient masters or by nature itself.

Each such attraction has its own legend and, of course, a lot of things are silent. Mysterious places cause a huge number of questions among scientists, confuse with anomalous phenomena and the unknown.

1. Devil's Tower, USA

The so-called Devil's Tower is actually a natural rock of amazingly regular shape and consists of columns with sharp corners. This is a truly mysterious place, which, according to research, is already more than 200 million years old, located in the USA, on the territory of the modern state of Wyoming.

In size, the Devil's Tower is several times larger than the Cheops pyramid and from the outside it resembles a man-made structure. Due to its unrealistic size and unnaturally regular configuration, the rock has become the object of attention of many scientists, and local residents claim that Satan himself built it.

2. Mounds of Cahokia, USA

Cahokia or Cahokia is an abandoned Indian city, the ruins of which are located near Illinois, USA. This place reminds of how ancient civilizations lived, and its complex structure proves that this area was inhabited by a highly developed people 1500 years ago. Old City impresses with its scale, on its territory a network of terraces and 30-meter earthen mounds, as well as a huge solar calendar, have been preserved.

It is still unknown why almost 40,000 people left their settlement, and which Indian tribes are direct descendants of the Cahokians. Despite this, the mounds of Cahokia are a favorite place for many tourists who come here in the hope of unraveling the mystery of the ancient city.

3. Chavinda, Mexico

This is mystical place, according to the beliefs of the natives, is the center of the intersection of the real and otherworldly worlds. That is why incredible things happen here that are difficult to understand for a modern person.

Chavinda is of interest to many treasure hunters, because according to legend, this area hides unprecedented riches. Unfortunately, no one has yet been able to find the treasure. Unfortunate treasure hunters often attribute their failures to otherworldly forces.

4. Newgrange, Ireland

Newgrange is the oldest building on the territory of modern Ireland, it is already about 5 thousand years old. It is believed that this long corridor with a transverse room is a grave, but scientists have not yet been able to determine for whom.

It is still unknown how ancient people were able to build such a perfect structure, which for five millennia was not only lucky enough to survive, retaining its primitive appearance, but also to remain completely waterproof.

5. Pyramids of Yonaguni, Japan

Mysterious underwater pyramids near the western Japanese island Yonaguni cause a lot of controversy among modern archaeologists and surveyors. The main question is whether the structures are a natural phenomenon, or whether they were created by the hand of an ancient person.

In the course of numerous studies, it was possible to establish that the age of the Yonaguni pyramids is more than 10 thousand years. Therefore, if the Yonaguna monuments created mysterious civilizations unknown to us, then the history of mankind should be rewritten.

Mysterious civilization. Underwater cities Yonaguni

6. Geoglyphs of Nazca, Peru

The Nazca geoglyphs in Peru are one of the most mysterious places on the planet. They were discovered in the middle of the last century and are still being actively discussed by scientists who cannot unequivocally say what ancient people wanted to express with these giant drawings of animals and for what purpose they were used?

Unfortunately, it is no longer possible to ask the creators, but scientists offer 2 main versions: some, leaning towards the cosmic theory of the origin of geoglyphs, believe that they are landmarks for alien ships, others argue that these are giant lunar calendars. In any case, the Nazca rock paintings are evidence of the existence of an ancient and mysterious civilization on the territory of modern Peru, which lived here long before the famous Incas and was distinguished by a high level of development.

7. Black Bamboo Hollow, China

The hollow of black bamboo or Heizhu is perhaps the most terrible place on Earth. The locals called it the Valley of Death, and for any money they do not even want to come close to it. One memory of the hollow brings great horror to them.

They say that children and pets disappear without a trace here, which has a lot of documentary evidence. Scientists have been interested in the hollow of black bamboo for more than a decade, who managed to prove that the valley in the Chinese province of Sichuan is an anomalous area with a difficult climate and rapidly changing weather conditions, which together provoke subsidence of the soil, which, according to scientists, are the reasons for the disappearance of people .

8. Path of the Giants, Ireland

Path of the Giants, or the Road of the Giants in Northern Ireland- an amazing coastal area, formed many centuries ago as a result of a volcanic eruption. It consists of about 40 thousand basalt columns that look like giant steps.

The natural attraction belongs to the UNESCO World Heritage Sites. This place deserves admiration, so it is visited annually by more than one thousand tourists from all over the world.

9. Goseck circle, Germany

The Goseck Circle is an ancient Neolithic structure in the German district of Burgenlandkreis. The circle was accidentally discovered in the early 90s of the last century while surveying the area from an airplane.

The original appearance of the building was returned only after a complete reconstruction. Scholars have little doubt that the Goseck Circle was used for astronomical observations and calendaring. This proves that our ancestors also studied space bodies, their movement and kept track of time.

10. Moai Monuments on Easter Island

Easter Island is world-famous for its giant Moai statues scattered throughout its territory. Each such megalithic figure is a large monument created by the masters of an ancient civilization in the crater of the local volcano Rano Raraku.

In total, about 1000 remains of such man-made monuments were found on the island. Most have already gone under water.

Today, the vast majority of the statues are again placed on platforms facing the ocean, from where they continue to meet the guests of the island and remind of the former power of the ancient people who inhabited these expanses.

Easter Island - Moai Message

11 Georgia Guidestones, USA

The Georgia Guidestones are 20 tons of polished granite slabs inscribed in eight of the world's most famous languages. The inscriptions are commandments for future generations on how to rebuild civilization after a global cataclysm. The monument was installed in 1979, the customer is listed in the documents under the name Robert C. Christian.

The height of the monumental structure is a little over six meters, and the slabs are oriented towards the four sides of the world and have holes. In one of them you can see the North Star at any time of the year, in the second - the Sun during the solstice and equinox. A few years ago, the monument was vandalized and damaged by paint, which has not yet been removed.

12. Richat (Eye of the Sahara). Mauritania

On the territory of modern Mauritania, the largest desert in the world hides an amazing natural phenomenon of the Proterozoic period, whose name is Richat or the Eye of the Sahara.

This object has an incredibly huge size (up to 50 kilometers in diameter), so it can be seen even from space. The structure has several ellipsoidal rings formed by sedimentary rocks and sandstones about 500 million years ago.

13. "Gate to Hell" - Darvaza crater in Turkmenistan

In the Turkmen desert of the Karakum, there is the gas crater Darvaza, which looks like a gate to hell. This fire pit, about 60 meters in diameter and up to 20 meters deep, is the result of excavations carried out here during the Soviet Union.

During such geological research, a group of scientists discovered an underground cavern with natural gas, which almost led to the death of a huge number of people. Therefore, the management decided to set fire to the gas so that it would not threaten the local residents. But the fire, which was supposed to burn no more than 5 days, is still burning, instilling fear in everyone who comes close to it.

Courageous people are ready to take a selfie at the "Gate of Hell"

14. Arkaim, Russia

Arkaim is an ancient settlement reminiscent of ancient civilizations, which was discovered several decades ago in the vicinity of Chelyabinsk. It is believed that this landmark of Russia is the birthplace of the ancient Aryans, who gave rise to European, Persian and Indian civilizations.

Arkaim is not only unique architectural monument with thousand years of history, but also a place of concentration of healing energy flows that can save a person from any diseases.

15. Stonehenge, England

English Stonehenge is a real place of pilgrimage for tourists from all over the world. It attracts with its mystery, legends and mystical beginning. Stonehenge is megalithic structure up to a hundred meters in diameter, which is located on the Salisbury Plain. Territory of mysteries. stonehenge

16. Loch Ness, Scotland

Loch Ness in Scotland is one of the deepest lakes on the European continent. It hides many mysteries. Eyewitnesses claim that a prehistoric animal named Nessie lives in the lake, resembling a plesiosaur (a type of dinosaur that died out about 65 million years ago).

To date, scientists have not been able to obtain evidence of the existence of the Loch Ness Monster, but photographs taken by Nessie hunters periodically appear in the press.

Photomontage or not? Experts are involved in clarifying such issues.

17. Bermuda Triangle, Atlantic Ocean

Mystery bermuda triangle- this is the mystery of human lives tragically cut short under unclear circumstances. It is located in the northwestern part of the Atlantic Ocean, between Miami, Bermuda and Puerto Rico.

Modern history has about a hundred mystical disappearances of people, aircraft and even ships in this anomalous zone. Equipment fails here from time to time. aircrafts simply disappear from radar in clear, calm weather, and ships go astray. At the same time, it is not possible to find any evidence of the collapse of the latter: neither the wreckage nor the sunken parts of the ships.

18. Egyptian pyramids, Giza Valley, Egypt

One of the 7 wonders of the world, the Egyptian pyramids are majestic and mysterious structures with a thousand-year history. Currently, it is one of the main attractions of the world, which millions of tourists wish to see. The secret of the construction of the pyramids, as well as their history, purpose and durability is the subject of controversy for more than a dozen scientists.

There have always been discussions around the existence of the pyramids, based on both real facts and myths with legends. One thing is clear for sure, the pyramids in Giza are proof of the greatness and power of the pharaonic empire, which existed for more than one hundred years and left a significant imprint on the entire history of mankind.