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Slideshow: The Best Spooky Spots for Friday the 13th

Europe, Museums, Slideshow, The Best Places on July 13, 2012 9:27 am

Embrace all that is spooky this Friday the 13th with a look at some of the eeriest places in the world.

Peter’s latest book, The Best Places for Everything, available from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Indiebound and your local bookstore,  tackles all things haunting and haunted. From a Chapel of Bones to ghosts and graves keep reading to see just a few of Peter’s favorite things that go bump in the night. Remember to check back every Friday for a different look at some of Peter’s best places.

1. Capuchin Catacombs, Palermo

 

 

Beneath the Capuchin monastery in Palermo, Italy, is the Capuchin Catacombs, where thousands of centuries-old corpses have been placed upright in nooks, hung up on the walls or set in chairs for public display. Talk about creepy: Some of the corpses still have their lips, hair and eyelids intact.

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