| Wars, natural disasters, sudden deaths and ancient | | | | railway Company was turned into a gruesome |
| mysteries are commonly believed to create haunted | | | | interrogation center by the Japanese secret police in |
| places. Places were tragedy often struck, and saw | | | | 1942. Thousands of Indonesians and Dutch, were |
| human nature at its worse. There are thousands of | | | | tortured to death by the Kempeitai, and today few |
| places throughout South-East Asia, which could be | | | | people dare to venture near the building after dark. |
| classed as haunted, but these are just a few of them. | | | | Currently the building is being renovated, and is a |
| 1. Phnom Pehn, (City of Ghosts) Cambodia | | | | museum. |
| Phnom Penh fell to the Khmer Rouge in the mid 1970's, | | | | 4. Tunnels of Vietnam |
| signaling the first ending of the Indochina war in | | | | During the Vietnam war, underground tunnels were |
| Cambodia. The city was 'evacuated," after the Khmer | | | | constructed by the liberation armies of North Vietnam. |
| Rouge took control, and became a killing ground, | | | | These tunnels often were the scene of the most |
| where thousands were executed or left to die as the | | | | tragic chapters of the war, were US carpet bombings |
| city emptied,. Many of those who were "evacuated" | | | | of the areas killed thousands, and savage hand to |
| died in the four year genocide, and many Asians name | | | | hand fighting created the grisly legend of the tunnels. |
| Phnom Penh as the tragic "City of Ghosts." | | | | The spirits of the fallen are said to frequent these |
| 2. Plain of Jars- Laos | | | | tunnels and the surrounding areas- and many were not |
| A vast, mysterious plain in this little known country has | | | | even soldiers. |
| huge ancient jars buried into the earth, and no one | | | | 5. Old Kota,(Old City) Jakarta- Indonesia |
| knows Why?. On eerie, misty evenings residents and | | | | Old Kota, is the former colonial area of the vast mega |
| visitors in this area, often hear strange sounds, and | | | | city of Jakarta, with crumbling usually abandoned Dutch |
| rarely dare to venture onto the plain. | | | | style buildings, and eerily empty streets late at night. |
| The plain itself is the scene of thousands of years of | | | | Some say the spirits of the former Dutch colonials |
| ancient battles, whilst during the Indochina War, the plain | | | | return at night, others the ghosts of those who died |
| of jars was heavily bombed by the US air force, and | | | | during the Japanese occupation during World War |
| yet none of the jars were ever damaged, adding | | | | Two. Newer Ghosts could be the returning victims of |
| further fuel to the mystery of the area. Where many | | | | the areas riots of 1998. Few people still choose to live |
| say the lost legends of ghost armies, and fallen pilots | | | | in old kota, despite the recent beautification of the |
| frequent the area at night. | | | | area. |
| 3. Gedung Lawang Sewu (The house with a thousand | | | | Many places which are reputed to be haunted can be |
| doors)- Semarang, Indonesia | | | | easily visited, if you are in South-East Asia. The most |
| The old port City of Semarang, is split into two parts. | | | | inaccessible is the Plain of Jars in Laos, because of the |
| The old Dutch quarter, and the new city after | | | | plains remote location, but the other locations are much |
| Independence. Gedung Lawang Sewu, still dominates | | | | easier to visit. Old Kota is in the center of the city, so is |
| the central part of this bustling trading city, and is | | | | Gedung Lawang Sewu. Phnom Penh is a growing |
| reputed to be haunted. In English the building is called | | | | popular tourist destination, whilst the tunnels of Vietnam |
| the "house with a thousand doors," and is the most | | | | are a popular place to visit for both local Vietnamese, |
| tragic of buildings. | | | | and visitors. |
| The former headquarters of the Dutch East Indies | | | | |