#haunted forts

Fort Warren

Boston Harbor

In the waters of Boston Harbor, stands Georges Island. This tiny patch of land is home to Fort Warren, long time protector of Boston since 1850. It is no longer an active military installation, but legends of the past still linger.

The Lady in Black is said to haunt the grounds of Fort Warren located on Georges Island in Boston Harbor

During the dark days of the American Civil War, a certain Confederate Army Lieutenant Andrew Lanier was captured at Roanoke Island and sent to Fort Warren to wait out the remaining days of the conflict. However, he got word to his wife that he was imprisoned there and his wife was determined to set him free. She headed to Boston and having cut her hair and disguised herself as a man, managed to sneak her way onto Georges Island and into the fortification. Brandishing a pistol, she found her way to her husband’s prison cell. As they attempted to leave through the fort’s dark dungeons, legend has it that the commander of the fort got word of their escape and the fleeing couple were soon discovered. Colonel Dimick, commander of the fort, attempted to apprehend them, but Mrs. Lanier did not go to all that effort to get caught. In the attempt to escape, she fired her old pistol at her Union pursuers and it exploded in her hand, the shards instantly killed her husband standing next to her.

Her husband gone, and having been captured, Mrs. Lanier was sentenced to hang for treason. When the time came for her to meet the gallows, she requested that she be allowed to dress like the lady she was. Having had no woman’s clothing of her own, the troops at the garrison found some black robes for her to wear to be put to death in.

Most of Vlad the Impaler’s past residences and vacay spots of choice have been stamped with the supernatural. This Romanian fortress - Poienari Fortress - however, has a rather more personal connection to the legendary inspiration for Dracula.

It is here that his wife had to choose between being chosen by the Turkish and committing suicide. In the end, she took her own life.

Flashing lights have been seen in the same spot on a high cliff where she jumped to her death...

Malta is known as a sunshine hotspot, drawing in crowds of tourists every year - okay, maybe not right now - for its stunning sights and rich history. But I doubt they come for the Black Knight.

Fort Manoel was built back in the 18th century on a small island during the reign if Grand Master Antonio Manoel de Vilhena. And it appears he never actually left.

During the 1940s, a male figure wearing the armour of the Order of St John began to appear out of thin air near the ruins and oversaw the reconstruction of the bombed chapel.

It is believed he bore a resemblance to the Grand Master de Vilhena.

When they entered the crypt, they saw it had been vandalised, and the bodies of the knights buried there scattered around. They restored the crypt, and the Black Knight was never seen again.

Well, until 1980, when the crypt was vandalised again and he once again appeared.

Fancy hearing a new ghost story everyday? Then hit follow.

Ghost of the Fort

I was recently shifted to this new city of Rajasthan in India. My husband joins a new company here. We are staying in hotel nearby a famous fort. My new apartment is not ready to move in because our packers and movers informed us about the delay.

This hotel is newly constructed staff is new and very good. We were having a good time there. But it's already more than 10 days now we are getting bored. Hotel manager told us about visiting the fort in the evening. Evening is really odd time for famous tourist places. But any how we visited the fort at 7:30 pm. We took a taxi driver with us who agreed to become our guide as well. We agreed to pay him well in advance. At first every thing is just fine there are many tourists there and we were also admiring the architecture and historical facts. But as soon as the darkness prevails we can noticed less numbers of tourists and visitors. When we are descending on the steps of huge well. I can see we are getting alone in this deep darkness. I am not feeling safe there so i told my husband to return from there. We were visited the place of" jauher "where so many women's and queens just jumped on the fire. This place has a steep sadness and mourning vibrations in the air. It's not possible that u will not get affected by that. We saw a Japanese tourist group roaming around with us. So, it was little less terrifying because of the presence of so many people around us. We were visiting the temple where the famous mirabai worshipped the Lord Krishna. After that we were just passing by the long garden. Then suddenly I have noticed that only we are present in this garden. I saw Japanese group is ascending on the steps towards exit. I told my husband to leave as well. He was little behind almost 20 yards. I was turned and saw a man wearing traditional Rajasthani clothes and crying in an abrupt manner was coming towards me. At first i did not realised what was that. But the sound of his crying was not normal not even human. It was animal like sound with shrillness of sticks breaking. When he approached me i was petrified. I could not tell you in words what is the exact condition I am in. I was so numb a cold shiver is running through my spine. When he moves towards the henge near me. I was stood there like a statue. I can see the other part of the henge from my position. But he was vanished in thin air. My husband came running towards me and he was shocked to see my condition. He knows something is wrong. We just called our taxi and came back from the fort.

My husband reassured me that may be he was some drunk local person. He was doing it to make me feel less terrified. But i know this is something else. When we shifted to our place then our landlady becomes very angry for our decision to visiting fort at night. She told us no one wants to go there because these places are haunted.

Company C Female Barracks

Fort Leonard Wood, Mo The barracks were very old and the building had been unused for a while when the battalion was reinstated in 2018. The third floor is the most active. One of the locker doors (on an unused locker) on will open and close on it’s own. A few people have actually caught it swinging open at night but that can easily be attributed to the weight of the door. More unnerving was the…