Most Haunted Places On Earth

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China's Forbidden City sits in the heart of Beijing, and was the center of government during the Ming (1368 - 1644) and Qing (1644 - 1912) dynasties. The massive complex contains almost 1000 buildings. It's size, history, and importance make it a perfect place for ghosts and other supernatural phenomena. According to travel site China Highlights, at least 600 people, from concubines to guards to members of the imperial court, are known to have been murdered in the walls of the compound. China News Service offers the following story, from a guard working overnight at the Forbidden City, whose companions caught a woman roaming the palace after hours:The soldiers yelled at the woman, but when she ran away they realized that she was not an employee at the Forbidden City. Maybe she's a thief, they thought. They started to chase the woman, who managed to keep a distance of about 30 meters from them. When the two men finally cornered the woman at a locked door, they ordered her to turn around. As she turned to face them, they were shocked and dropped their flashlights. The woman had no face, only hair.In 2006, a pair of tourists had a ghostly trip to the Forbidden City, which one of them wrote about for Vancity Buzz.When asked why every door in the palace has a small step at the bottom of it, the tour guide replied, “That’s there because ghosts can’t jump. That’s there so that they’re trapped and won’t go on proceeding to torment other people in the city.”After their trip, one of the pair developed a photo apparently providing evidence of ghosts in the complex.