While there is never a shortage of topics to discuss when family and friends gather, you know the day is really going your way when they start exchanging eerie ghost stories.
And with the pandemic still raging across the globe and the economy still down in the dumps, what better way to get one’s mind off unpleasant things?
Everyone has a ghost story or two to tell, of unexplained sounds sending shivers down the spine or ghostly phantoms who vanish into thin air.
Malaysia also has its fair share of haunted buildings and places where things go bump in the night. Prepare to shiver at these five.
1. Genting Highlands, Pahang
Most rumours about this tourist attraction centre around the First World Hotel, which is said to be one of the most haunted hotels in the country.
Popular belief has it that ghostly events are common here as many a casino-goer has committed suicide because of their gambling debts – and their spirits, never at ease, still haunt the hotel.
Some stories tell of guests seeing figures jumping off balconies, wandering down the corridors or floating outside windows.
There are also tales of completely healthy guests suddenly falling ill in some rooms and others hearing unexplained sounds during the night.
Rumour has it that the 21st floor of the hotel is cursed and that the lift will always skip it no matter what.
2. Kellie’s Castle, Perak
The abandoned dream home of a Scottish planter, many stories have circulated about the ruins of Kellie’s Castle since construction was halted.
William Kellie-Smith decided to build the castle after the birth of his son and heir Anthony in 1915.
However, William died of pneumonia in 1926 on a trip to Portugal, after a string of bad financial luck. His devastated widow moved back to Scotland and the castle, now only half-complete, was abandoned, to be consumed by the surrounding jungle.
There are tunnels beneath the building but their purpose is not known. Ghostly figures have been reported roaming about the grounds, with some saying they have even seen Kellie-Smith himself surveying his uncompleted home.
3. Penang War Museum, Penang
Listed as one of the Top 10 Most Haunted Sites in Asia by the National Geographic channel, the Penang War Museum was the site of wartime atrocities during the Japanese occupation.
Located at Bukit Batu Maung, sometimes called “Bukit Hantu”, the museum was originally a fort built by the British to defend against the invading Japanese.
After the British resistance was broken, the Japanese took command of the place and turned it into a prisoner-of-war camp.
Torture and executions became a daily occurrence. The Japanese executioner was said to be a brutal man who washed his bloodstained sword with whiskey, which he then drank.
When the area was being cleared to be turned into a museum, construction workers allegedly saw strange humanoid figures appearing in the trees at night, watching them ominously.
4. Bukit Tunku, Kuala Lumpur
Previously known as Kenny Hills, this area of Kuala Lumpur is the home of the city’s rich and elite, with multi-million-ringgit homes sprawling across the hilly area.
There are several abandoned houses that have been the subject of speculation, with some saying that they are still inhabited by beings of some sort.
The lonely, winding, narrow roads also leave people feeling a little uneasy, and there is a popular story about a phantom Mat Rempit who disappears into thin air at top speed.
Motorists driving around Bukit Tunku at night sometimes see things out of the corner of their eye that vanish when they turn to look.
One mansion, said to be haunted by a woman who committed suicide there, still draws curious ghost hunters.
5. Karak Highway, Pahang
A notoriously haunted stretch of road, the Karak highway has been the site of several fatal accidents, including one in 1990 that killed 15 people.
While driving at night, motorists have been said to see strange figures waiting by the side of the road, some even asking for a lift.
Others tell stories about a school boy who wanders along the side of the road, looking for his mother.
The most infamous is the story of a yellow Volkswagen that can sometimes be found cruising down the road in the dead of night.
Overtaking the driverless vehicle is impossible as it keeps appearing in front of you no matter how many times you pass it.
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