10 creepy abandoned places around the world
(Baonghean.vn) - Gloomy and eerie images at abandoned sites evoke memories of horrific events that once occurred in history.
1. The bunker is located beneath Greenbrier - a resort hotel in West Virginia, USA.
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| The scene inside the bunker beneath Greenbrier, a resort hotel in West Virginia, USA. Built in the 1950s, this famous abandoned site was once intended as a refuge for the U.S. Congress in the event of nuclear war. |
2. Holmesburg Prison, USA
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| Horrifying images from inside the infamous Holmesburg prison in the United States. This was once one of the most notorious prisons in America, known for violent attacks, sexual abuse, and inmate experiments. |
3. Chernobyl Power Plant, Russia
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| On April 26, 1986, the worst nuclear disaster in world history occurred at the Chernobyl power plant. Design and control errors created an explosion so powerful that it blew off the thousand-ton roof of reactor number 4, releasing countless amounts of radioactive material into the environment. |
4. Moundsville Prison in Moundsville, West Virginia, USA
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| The Moundsville Jail in Moundsville, West Virginia, USA, operated from 1876 and closed in 1995. It is estimated that around 1,000 people died at this horrific location while incarcerated. |
5. Prison on the island of Procida, Italy
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| The prison on the island of Procida, Italy, was built in 1563 and closed in 1988. The cells are stained, the beds are rusty, and the walls are peeling after being abandoned. |
6. Vilvoorde Prison in Belgium
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| The Vilvoorde prison in Belgium was built in the late 1700s. It was closed in the 1970s. The gloomy, eerie atmosphere of this prison sends shivers down many people's spines. |
7. Fukushima, Japan
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| Fukushima, Japan, was transformed into a ghost town after a leak at the Fukushima nuclear power plant during the double disaster that devastated the country on March 11, 2011. |
8. Pripyat City, Ukraine
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| The city of Pripyat, Ukraine, became a desolate ghost town after the horrific nuclear disaster. |
9. Maunsell Fort, England
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| Located in the estuaries of the Thames and Mersey in England, the Maunsell forts, which defended Britain during World War II against Nazi German air raids, were decommissioned in the late 1950s. |
10. The Soviet Union's secret naval headquarters
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| The Soviet Union's secret naval headquarters, Object 221, has rusted and deteriorated over the years. Built to serve as the command center of the Soviet Black Sea Fleet in Crimea, Object 221 was abandoned after the collapse of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s. |
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