Tag: Haunted places

August 12, 2022 (day 10 of 24)

In the spotlight

242 km / 150 miles 🚗 🚶

Castello dei Conti Guidi, Poppi 🇮🇹

The majestic Conti Guidi Castle, a handsome 13th century architecture equipped with a lascivious female ghost, the passionate Matelda. She was the young and unfaithful wife of the Count Guidi, who seduced and killed hundreds of local youngsters. After one too many disappearances, she was locked in a tower and left there to starve to death.

The gear

Camera:
Fujifilm X-T3

Camera lens:
Fujinon XF 16-80mm f/4 R OIS WR

Camera lens filters:
Tiffen Black Pro-Mist Filter 1/4
NiSi True Color ND-VARIO Pro Nano 1-5 stops Variable ND

Film simulation recipe:
Ektachrome E100GX

The pictures

Parked for the night 🇮🇹

The gear

Cameras:
Fujifilm X-T3 ¹
Google Pixel 6 Pro ²

Camera lens:
Fujinon XF 16-80mm f/4 R OIS WR ¹

Camera lens filters:
Tiffen Black Pro-Mist Filter 1/4 ¹
NiSi True Color ND-VARIO Pro Nano 1-5 stops Variable ND ¹

Film simulation recipe:
Ektachrome E100GX ¹

The pictures

August 10, 2022 (day 8 of 24)

In the spotlight

349 km / 217 miles 🚗 🚶 🚢

Venezia 🇮🇹

Venice is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto region. It is built on a group of 118 small islands that are separated by canals and linked by over 400 bridges. The islands are in the shallow Venetian Lagoon, an enclosed bay lying between the mouths of the Po and the Piave rivers.

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Poveglia 🇮🇹

Poveglia Island is a small dot of land in the Venice Lagoon off the eastern coast of Northern Italy. At times, it was used as a safe haven, military checkpoint, and an institution for people with mental illness. However, it is most well-known for its macabre use during the bubonic plague epidemic when victims were quarantined and burned on the grounds. Today, Poveglia maintains a frightening reputation, and locals believe this “island of ghosts” is riddled with unhealthy spirits due to its dark history.

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Parked for the night 🇮🇹

The gear

Camera:
Google Pixel 6 Pro

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August 9, 2022 (day 7 of 24)

In the spotlight

344 km / 214 miles 🚗 🚶

Parked for the night 🇨🇭

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On the road 🇨🇭

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Villa De Vecchi, Cortenova 🇮🇹

Despite the elegance and great location of the property, it has remained empty for decades. Over the years, numerous legends are associated with the home. This has lead to the property becoming known as “Ghost Mansion” and “Casa Delle Streghe” (The House of Witches).

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August 8, 2022 (day 6 of 24)

In the spotlight

328 km / 204 miles 🚗 🚶

Château de Chillon, Veytaux 🇨🇭

A medieval fortress on the shores of Lake Geneva, the atmospheric Chillon castle claims to house the ghost of Agnès de Faucigny, a duchess and member of the house of Savoy.

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On the road 🇨🇭

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Parked for the night 🇨🇭

The gear

Camera:
Google Pixel 6 Pro

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August 14, 2021 (day 16 of 19)

In the spotlight

515 km / 320 miles 🚗 🚶

Haiharan Kartano, Tampere 🇫🇮

Haihara Manor in Tampere is haunted by The Blue Maid, former maid of the manor.

The gear

Camera:
Fujifilm X-S10

Camera lens:
Fujinon XF 16-80mm f/4 R OIS WR

Camera lens filter:
Tiffen Black Pro-Mist Filter 1/4

Film simulation recipe:
LomoChrome Metropolis

The pictures

Sanatoriumintie Nurmijärvi, Röykkä 🇫🇮

An abandoned hospital in the village of Röykkä is told about rumors of paranormal phenomena, like the windows of the building show mysterious lights, and on the edge of the roof there is a woman who commits suicide by jumping down.

There is also a rumor that the hospital might be haunted by the spirit of a girl who died there at a young age.

The gear

Camera:
Fujifilm X-S10

Camera lens:
Fujinon XF 16-80mm f/4 R OIS WR

Camera lens filter:
Tiffen Black Pro-Mist Filter 1/4

Film simulation recipe:
LomoChrome Metropolis

The pictures

Bodominjärvi, Espoo 🇫🇮

The Lake Bodom murders is one of the most infamous unsolved homicide cases in Finnish criminal history.

On 5 June 1960, at Bodom Lake, 15-year-old girls Maila Irmeli Björklund and Anja Tuulikki Mäki and 18-year-old man Seppo Antero Boisman were killed by stabbing and blunt-force trauma to their heads, while sleeping inside a tent. The fourth youth, Nils Gustafsson, then 18 years old, was found outside the tent with broken facial bones and stab wounds.

Despite extensive investigations, the perpetrator was never identified and various theories on the killer’s identity have been presented over the years. Gustafsson was unexpectedly arrested on suspicion of committing the murders in 2004, but he was found not guilty the following year.