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    Haunted Places in Shanghai

    3 cataloged locations in Shanghai, China. Uncover historical records and field investigation details.

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    Caobao Road Metro Station

    ShanghaiChina1993

    Caobao Road Station, located on Line 1 of the Shanghai Metro system in Xuhui District, is globally infamous as 'Ghost Station.' Opened in 1993 directly adjacent to a former local mortuary and burial field, the station is notorious for frequent train breakdowns, unexplainable physical accidents, and phantom encounters. Commuters and metro workers report seeing phantom figures in red dresses on the platform edges, ghostly hands pushing passengers toward tracks, and disembodied laughter echoing through sealed maintenance tunnels.

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    Mansion
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    Qiu Mansion

    ShanghaiChina1920s

    The Qiu Mansion in Shanghai’s bustling Jing'an District is one of the city’s most intriguing urban mysteries. Built in the 1920s by two peasant brothers who made a meteoric fortune in paint manufacturing, the twin mansions featured an extravagant private zoo stocked with tigers, peacocks, and crocodiles. Following the brothers' sudden disappearance during World War II, the estate fell into decay. When one surviving mansion was dramatically relocated in 2009 to make way for skyscrapers, construction workers reported bizarre animal attacks, phantom growls, and ghostly sightings.

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    Historic Site
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    Wukang Mansion

    ShanghaiChina1924

    Wukang Mansion, formerly known as the Normandie Apartments, is an iconic French Concession landmark in Shanghai’s Xuhui District. Designed in 1924 by the famed Hungarian-Slovak architect László Hudec, the eight-story flatiron-style building resembles a massive ocean liner anchored at a five-way intersection. During the Cultural Revolution (1966–1976), the building earned the tragic nickname 'The Diving Board' due to dozens of persecuted intellectuals, artists, and celebrities jumping to their deaths from its upper balconies. Today, locals claim the spirits of those persecuted figures haunt its historic corridors.

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