Most haunted country?

[littlelostboy]

good question...don't know really. Long history of 'trivial' or 'almanackical' (?) literature uninterrupted by 'cultural' revolutions? Probably the Victorian antiquarian obsession with this sort of thing, although some of Britain's best ghost stories pre-date the Victorians...perhaps the weather...damp and gloomy and stay-indoors kind of weather. Maybe no coincidence that America's most well-known horror writer, Stephen King, is from Maine rather than, say, Texas. (not that Maine's weather is as bad as Britain's I don't think, but I hope you see my point...).
I wonder if it's just the attitude that in Catholic countries ghosts are religious phenomena that you experience but don't write about, whereas in Britain they're more inexplicable in those terms and therefore worth investigating in a more scientific manner?
Would love to hear other people's thoughts on this!

Still, many other countries have all those revolutions and the whole of Europe was in the Dark Ages so doesn't mean each european countries should have their fair share of ghosts?

I went to London a few years back, even when I was staying in the city central itself, everytime when i walk around at night, London manage to give of this eerie atmosphere. I'm not supersitious, but London has this deary, gloomy atmosphere (maybe must be the weather too). The Tower of London is known as a very, very, haunted place and went I left the place at night (around 6, which was already quite dark) the place seem to be shrouded in some mystery.

[matteus the inbred]

Still, many other countries have all those revolutions and the whole of Europe was in the Dark Ages so doesn't mean each european countries should have their fair share of ghosts?

I went to London a few years back, even when I was staying in the city central itself, everytime when i walk around at night, London manage to give of this eerie atmosphere. I'm not supersitious, but London has this deary, gloomy atmosphere (maybe must be the weather too). The Tower of London is known as a very, very, haunted place and went I left the place at night (around 6, which was already quite dark) the place seem to be shrouded in some mystery.

I'm pretty sure they do! Maybe it's their publishing industry's fault. Australia's got quite a lot of ghost stories for such a relatively small population, and Ireland as well.

I agree with you about London, it's definitely got that atmosphere. I often walk out of Tower Hill Tube station late at night and look at the Tower and think...'I wonder which ghosts are wandering around tonight then?'
When they dug up the floor of the chapel of St Peter ad Vincula beside Tower Green (where beheadings used to take place) they found at least 34 sets of remains including Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard...there's definitely an 'atmosphere' in the chapel, even on a sunny day...

[Gregoshi]

Its got to be Britain. Heck, one whole part of the country Wales.

[Samurai Waki]

Britain in general is just an eerie country, I stayed at a small Bed and Breakfast in St. Ives a few years ago, and about 12am I hear a knock at the door, so I get up, and check it out, open the door, and theres nothing. Go Back to bed, 20 minutes later, another **** knock, I get up to check it out, still nothing. Then about 2 in the morning it happens again, and this time I'm a little freaked out, I open the door a little, and nothing... then I actually step out the door and on a Cat, which proceeds to rend the flesh off of my left leg. Well, I go to the bathroom and clean out the wounds, and I slept great the rest of the night. The next morning at breakfast I apologize to the owner about stepping on his cat last night, he kind of looks at me strange and says "we don't have a cat."

[matteus the inbred]

wow, the mysterious leg-shredding cat ghost of St Ives...!
anyone wanting to see haunted bits of Britain could do worse than have a look at http://www.paranormaldatabase.com/, the definitive guide to spooky stuff in these islands.

[littlelostboy]

Wow, you mean that was real? How's your leg wakizashi?

[Samurai Waki]

Wow, you mean that was real? How's your leg wakizashi?

Yes, it was real. But, I'm still skeptical, maybe another person that was staying there had one, or the owner wasn't all there mentally, or something.

And my leg was fine, just a little bloody.

[itchrelief]

The next morning at breakfast I apologize to the owner about stepping on his cat last night, he kind of looks at me strange and says "we don't have a cat."

Not after you stepped on it...

[Samurai Waki]

oh, trust me...it was very alive after I stepped on it.

[Gregoshi]

Are you sure it was alive before you stepped on it?

[Gregoshi]

Its got to be Britain. Heck, one whole part of the country Wales.

Nobody got it? A ghost wails and part of Britain is Wales...

Oh well. If I had a day job, I guess I wouldn't quit it.