3 spectral locations cataloged
Kresty Prison on the Arsenalnaya Embankment in Saint Petersburg is Russia's most famous historic isolation detention center. Built in the late 19th century in the shape of two giant cross-shaped brick blocks, Kresty housed imperial revolutionaries, Soviet political prisoners, and Stalinist purge victims. Famous for its extreme overcrowding and dark history, the complex is haunted by phantom weeping, echoing keys, and restless spirits of former inmates.
Moika Palace, the opulent Saint Petersburg residence of the fabulously wealthy Yusupov family, is famous worldwide as the site of Grigori Rasputin's assassination in December 1916. In the secret vaulted basement chambers, the mystic monk survived cyanide poisoning and gunshots before being dragged to the icy Moika River. Today, visitors and staff report chilling apparitions, cold spots, and heavy footsteps echoing through the cellars.
Saint Michael's Castle, also known as the Engineers' Castle, in Saint Petersburg is one of Russia's most famous haunted royal residences. Built by Tsar Paul I as a heavily fortified island sanctuary, the castle became his place of violent murder in March 1801, just forty days after he moved in. Decades of eyewitness reports describe the Tsar's glowing ghost playing the violin or pacing the windowed galleries at night.