3 spectral locations cataloged
Charleville Mansion is an iconic Victorian-era hill residence tucked away in the pine forests of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. Constructed in 1913 during Shimla's reign as the summer capital of British India, the grand timber-framed property gained fame following terrifying poltergeist activity experienced by British railway official Victor Bayley and his family, who abandoned the house after a locked upper room was mysteriously destroyed overnight.
Mullingar Mansion, constructed in 1825 in Landour near Mussoorie, Uttarakhand, is historically celebrated as the very first grand residence built in the hill station. Built by Irish military commander Captain Frederick Young (founder of the Sirmoor Rifles), this sprawling estate served as his official residence during the early days of British settlement. Today, local lore claims that Captain Young's ghost still rides his white horse around the mansion on dark, moonless nights, waiting to inspect his troops.
The Rodrigues Home, located in the peaceful village of Verna in South Goa, is one of the most intriguing and unique haunted sites in India. Unlike typical abandoned, ruined ghost houses, this grand colonial-style Portuguese mansion remains continuously inhabited by the Rodrigues family. Despite looking like a normal, well-maintained Goan residence from the outside, the house has earned widespread national attention for decades of unexplainable poltergeist activity. Villagers, visitors, and national media journalists document extraordinary supernatural occurrences inside the home—including doors and windows opening and closing on their own, cutlery moving across tables, lights flickering rhythmically, and household linens appearing and vanishing at precisely midnight.