Spirits Rising From Their Grave

*** I don’t take requests and just find something that is interesting or that I had recently heard about, I do have to admit that I don’t cover these topics because they either make me very disturbed (the murder cases) or my give me serious anxiety (Peggy and NDE). My followers are free to look up these things but the two murder cases are very triggering and I do not recommend.

The Women in Black of Wat Samian Nari is an urban legend from Bangkok Thailand. The legend states that taxi drivers would pick up two sisters dressed in black from nightlife areas, and drop them off in front of the Wat Samian Nari. Through out the rides the women don’t speak at all and the drivers are unnerved by their silence. The legend states that once the vehicle stops at the temple, the women vanish. When the drivers would look outside the window they would see the women dragging themselves across the train tracks near the temple, mangled and covered in blood. Variations say that the women are seen outside the windows of the cabs covered in blood and looking in when drooped off. The women are said to have died coming home or on their way from a funeral after being killed by a train. The legend first came about in the 1990’s and has been featured on a Thai television program called Horror Hour. The show allegedly had sketches of the women drawn based on descriptions from taxi drivers. The program also included information that the women were named Chulee and Sulee Tipsuksri. The report of their death was presented in newspapers in the early 1990’s. In 2020 a local news station did an investigation of the legend years after the 2005 television program aired. Findings revealed that no women of with the names Chulee and Sulee Tipsuksri ever existed or were killed by a train. Many taxi and tuk-tuk drivers had reported to have never encountered any passengers matching the description and behavior of the women. It is likely that the story was passed on word of mouth and elements were fabricated. Although the claims made by the tv show were false, the legend has spread throughout Bangkok and is a popular ghost story.

In the early morning in February 1999; staff members of Belgrave Hall, a historic 18th century house in England, saw two odd figures on CCTV. The figures were glowing and moving like mist. The staff believed the figures to be the daughters of John Ellis who lived there in the mid 1800’s. After being observed by the International Society for Paranormal Research, the footage was dismissed as having an environmental origin. The group did find cold spots within the building itself. In the decades following Ghost Hunters International would look at the footage and conclude that it was possibly people walking around in metallic jackets. Although what was seen on security cameras is up for debate, multiple other incidents contribute to its haunted reputation. Reports of a “Victorian lady” seen in the kitchens and on the stairs is a common occurrence. Other visitors and staff see her looking out windows along with cold spots, phantom smells and a feeling of being watched.

In the village of Röykkä Finland, sits an abandoned building. The building was constructed in 1903 by Magnus Schjerfbeck. The building became Nummela Sanatorium and was used to treat tuberculosis patients up until its closure in 1932. The building was repurposed as a mental health facility until 1989. The hospital has been abandoned ever since. The history of the building has lead to rumors of hauntings. Odd lights are seen in the windows, an apparition of a woman jumping off the building and the ghost of a little girl are all seen in and around the property. The building is also a popular location for urban exploration, which can account for the lights seen in the windows.