10 Most Haunted Places in Kolkata
Everyone is aware of the fact that Calcutta is one of the most essential business centres of India, a traditionally substantial location and a vacation spot with an extraordinarily wealthy culture. If you are coming to Kolkata for business, then you should head out to go to the city’s points of interest as a little sightseeing on a work time out hasn’t harm anyone. Now, if you’re an ordinary passenger, you would probably go to its colonial monuments, temples and museums or indulge in retail therapy. Read beforehand for the well-known ones. Here are the top 10 haunted places in Kolkata.
Howrah Bridge – The lady in White
Kolkata’s most iconic attraction is said to be a hang-out of ghosts. The wrestlers beneath it know it well, and some local people would possibly inform you that they often see hands emerging from the Hooghly River, not sure whether it belongs to a person or soul of a spirit. Some humans would possibly recall seeing a girl sobbing in a white dress, calling-out to them in an indistinct voice. Those who have heard it or tried to go close to the figure, have claimed to be in shock and traumatised. The ones who died of drowning in the river either by accident or willingly.
National Library
The national library in Alipore is another haunted place in Kolkata. If you certainly believe such stories. Many people will state that they felt someone’s presence in an empty room. Someone breathing down their neck from the back while reading. People also reported hearing footsteps in an empty room. Not only the readers even librarians have also faced many horrific incidents. Like books being dropped by themselves, chairs being drawn away, etc. The spirit is the wife of Charles Metcafe. A former Chief General of our country.
Hastings’ College/ Bhoot Bangla
This college is now a subversive women’s university under Calcutta University. The building of the past Governor-General William Hastings. The hostel girls, as well as the staff, happened to see an English-Man entering the building. Roaming in the massive fields of the university. There are several incidents revolving around Hastings’ college and the silent, open field around it. It is one of the most haunted places in Kolkata.
Park-Street Cemetery
Park-street cemetery is the oldest graveyard in the country. During the British era, in the year 1767. The centuries-old tombs and structures here are a piece of art themselves and this place has a strange beauty to it. People have felt weird things here like dizzy, breathless and strange sounds. Photographers even caught eerie shadows between the tombs in their pictures. Nobody enters here after sunset.
Kolkata Dock
Nawab Wajid Ali Shah of Awadh built the Kolkata dock. The British betrayed him by giving him false hope about giving him shelter in London. Nawab Saheb waited here for a long time. But instead, the Government dumped him and he spent his remaining life in the dock. His soul still wanders the dock to take his revenge on the British. Many sailors and soldiers who lost their lives here, wait with him. People have witnessed strange things which left them paralyzed in fright.
Rabindro Sarobar Metro Station
The Rabindra sarobar metro station is haunted. This metro station has the maximum number of suicide cases. Many people have seen and felt strange things like shadows jumping onto the trail. Unusual shadows can be seen on the walls when the station is empty. People say that the soul of the ones who died here wander the station at night-time. It is the most haunted metro station in Kolkata
Writer’s Building
This building was the office of junior staff and clerks during the British era. People who came from distant to lodge their grievances and complaints often returned empty handed. Due to the hard-heartedness of the British officers. There are several empty rooms in this building where strange noises can be heard. Nightguards outside the office block, often hear cries coming from the inside.
Putul Bari
100-year-old Putulbari or the house of dolls is a haunted house in north Kolkata. In an area where each and every inch is valuable and a residence to live very much in demand, the massive upper floors of this vast mansion are still vacant. The most unpleasant screams are heard from upstairs after dark. No-one has the courage to go up-stairs after sunset. A zamindar used this mansion as a rendezvous. Where he used to bring females for his desire as some people say. The name Putulbari is because of the figures of dolls imprinted into the arcs of the house.
Wipro Office
One of the spookiest places in Kolkata. Wipro Kolkata is possibly the only workplace in India that cautions its workers to stay away from certain parts of the building. Like, the 3rd floor of tower 3. This place was once a graveyard before the Wipro office. It had seen many murders and rapes. The workers of the corporation have often stated strange happenings in the restrooms and entrances of the office.
Nimtala Crematorium
This is in central Kolkata. Nimtala Crematorium is the oldest cremation place in Kolkata. The Aghoris come to this place on the Kali Puja nights. Feed on the leftovers of those who have been incinerated and are asked to rouse paranormal activities. The thought of this itself is super scary.
Kolkata is full of mysteries and dark secrets on every street and every wall. There are several more haunted places in Kolkata apart from these few that we don’t know of. Nobody exactly knows how much truth is there in these stories. So, why don’t go and discover the places, if you are not scared!