5 Most Haunted Places In Shimla
Ghost stories of Shimla Hills, the brilliant book by Minakshi
Chaudhry is a compilation of city’s spookiest tales. The hair raising stories
are more of folklore than thrilling incidents but that doesn’t take away the
creepiness from these tales of infamous haunted places in Shimla,
which include a tunnel, a few haunted houses and many cemeteries.
Along with lofty mountains, snowy peaks and pine-tree valleys come the ghost
tales from roads, cemeteries, schools, colleges, tunnels and forests in Here
are the top five places that have maximum eerie stories to their credit. Even
if you are brave enough, the uncanniness of the places will surely chill your
spine!
1. Tunnel
33, Barog.
Clearly
topping the list of most haunted places in Shimla is Tunnel 33.British engineer Captain Barog was assigned the responsibility for
constructing this tunnel enroute Shimla Kalka Highway. He failed to complete
the task assigned and was thus humiliated and penalized by the supervisors. Out
of frustration and defame, Barog committed suicide. Locals believe that spirit
of Captain Barog still roams in the tunnel. Many people have also seen a woman
walking along the rail track and disappearing gradually.
2. Charleville Mansion:
Charleville
Mansion is a century-old deserted castle, built in the British era. Located up
the lush green hills of Shimla, it was once, home of a British officer Victor
Bayley and his wife. Prior to them, an army officer resided in the mansion. The
mere sight of the mansion is eerie, which makes it a definite entrant in our
list of most haunted places in Shimla.
Both the
families have reported uncanny incidents inside the house like sighting a
British gentleman who slowly disappears, breaking and crashing things in the
house. The activities are quite violent and disturbing.
Presently the
mansion is owned by an Indian who has refurbished the entire house. Even today,
locals report ghostly figures and shadows loitering inside the mansion.
3. Convent
of Jesus and Mary, Chotta Shimla:
Besides being
a well-known convent school in Shimla, Jesus and Mary is popular for more than
one eerie stories and incidents; even though most of them appear to be rumors.
There is one story around Friday, the 13, when a headless horseman appears and
offers a rose to one of the girls. He takes along ones who agree and kills
those who don’t. Another folklore talks of a fire in the CJM’s dormitory for
orphans during British rule. The current play area is where the kids were
buried. Of many ghost mentions, there is a young girl who keeps asking for her
doll, and other young women who were taken by the horseman. Adding fuel was a
2012 tragedy, when two IVth standard students were found dead near
the school. The family and friends of the victims claimed that they committed
suicide because of mental harassment and nuisance by their teachers. Some claim
that the building is haunted by their souls too.
4. Indira
Gandhi Medical College, Lakkar Bazar
Indira Gandhi
Medical College is the largest medical set up in not only Shimla but whole of
Himachal Pradesh. At the same time, it is also among the most haunted places in
Shimla. Patients, their families, doctors and other staff have many times
complained of mysterious activities in lifts, corridors and rooms. Besides
weird noises and strange voices, some have also reported being pushing from
behind while taking the stairs. Common belief is that all these activities are
due to the presence of spirits of the people who have died in the hospital.
Even the forest road near the college is said to be spooked by the ghost of an
orange seller. Though there is no reason for these spirits to be haunting the
college, the premises are quite scary sometimes.
5. House
of Dukhani
Dukhani is a
beautiful house at one of the hills of Shimla, said to be haunted by the ghost
of an old man, wearing a gown. An old story from the British era tells that he
shot himself in the Dukhani house in the same outfit. A spooky occurrence,
narrated by Sir John Smith—one of the guests at Dukhani, when the place was
owned by an old Britisher Bucky—is the most popular haunted tale of this house.
During a short stay at Dukhani, Sir John Smith encountered the ghost of the old
man in a gown, in the very same room where he had shot himself.
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