Haunted Places in Paris (31)

Explore 31 haunted places in Paris. Read the stories and find your next ghost trip.

• ⚰️ Site of the Holy Innocents' Cemetery Paris The earth of the city's largest cemetery was said to devour a body in nine days — and Death danced with pope, emperor and king on its wall.
• ⚰️ Montparnasse Cemetery Paris In the winter of 1848 the graves were found broken open each morning, the bodies mutilated. The press named him the Vampire of Montparnasse.
• ⚔️ Site of the Montfaucon Gibbet Paris Fifty bodies hung in chains on this hill at once, for centuries. On the rue de la Grange-aux-Belles they still rattle in the night wind.
• 🏗️ 1bis Rue de Bièvre Paris The landlord chased the fortune teller out with his dog. The dog died that evening, the landlord soon after — and the lot is still empty.
• 👻 1 Avenue Frochot Paris A chambermaid was beaten to death with a poker on the stairs. The murder was never solved — and the shrill screams never explained.
• ⛪ Basilica of Saint-Denis Paris The bishop was beheaded up on Montmartre, picked up his own head and walked — and did not stop until here, six kilometres to the north.
• 🏰 Château de Rambouillet and the Headless Coachman Paris In 1770 a wealthy burgher looked up at the box and saw his coachman beheaded — hands still gripping the reins as the carriage rolled on. 🛏 Book a night here
• ⚔️ The Conciergerie Paris In the cell where the queen awaited the scaffold, a woman in white is said to sit perfectly still — and dissolve the moment anyone approaches.
• 👻 Site of the Château de Vauvert Paris A green monster with a white beard and a club haunted the abandoned castle — hence the French phrase for being sent to the devil's own.
• 🏯 Manoir Pavlovich, Pomponne Paris The doctor watched his wife waste away here — and ever since, every couple who moved into the old manor is said to meet the same fate.
• 🌲 Parc Montsouris Paris The giant brigand Isauré was beheaded in the 9th century and buried in this slope. Residents speak of night screams from nothing living.
• 👻 Rue Chanoinesse Paris The barber shaved his last customer, the neighbour baked the pies — and white figures still glide across these cobbles on winter nights.
• ⚔️ Square du Vert-Galant, Pyre of Jacques de Molay Paris From the flames the last Grand Master of the Templars summoned pope and king before God's court within a year — both were dead by December.
• 🚇 Tomb of Philibert Aspairt, Quarries of Paris Paris The doorkeeper went down into the quarries in 1793 and never came up. Eleven years later his body was found — but he never left the galleries.
• 🗼 Site of the Tour de Nesle Paris From the top of the tower Marguerite de Bourgogne beckoned down the night's lovers. By dawn they floated past the Louvre, sewn into sacks.
• ⛪ Église Saint-Merri Paris A horned, two-sexed demon sits above the church door surveying the quarter — and nobody has ever quite wanted to explain why.
• 🌲 Jardin du Luxembourg Paris An old man in a black coat invited him home to a concert. The next day it turned out nobody had lived in the flat for fifty years.
• 🏛️ Musée du Louvre and the Ghost Belphegor Paris A Moabite idol is said to have possessed one of the museum's mummies and to walk the Egyptian rooms once the doors have been locked. 🛏 Book a night here
• 🌉 Pont Marie Paris Kiss beneath the arch and love lasts forever — but up on the roadway a woman stands weeping for a man who never came to meet her.
• ⛪ Biscornet's Doors, Notre-Dame de Paris Paris The smith fell asleep in despair over an impossible commission and woke to finished ironwork — then the doors refused to open.
• 🚇 Rue Amyot, the Well That Speaks Paris The well on the slope answered clearly when you called down it — and Parisians were sure the voice came from someone buried alive.
• 👻 Rue de la Harpe Paris The father dreamt of red devils celebrating his daughter's wedding to Satan himself — and woke as the harp sign tore off the wall.
• 👻 Rue du Chat-qui-Pêche (Street of the Fishing Cat) Paris A black cat hauled up whole catches with a single paw — until three students drowned it and the alchemist vanished that very same day.
• 👻 Rue Maître-Albert Paris Night walkers in the crooked alley claim to have met the medieval master himself, in full magician's robes, in Notre-Dame's shadow.
• ⛪ Saint-Cloud and the Spectre of Clodoald Paris The king's grandson who chose the cloister over the crown walks the walls at night — sometimes with his grandmother Clotilde beside him.
• ⛪ Church of Saint-Étienne-du-Mont Paris The devil blows out the saint's candle with a bellows, the angel relights it — the same struggle, night after night, on Geneviève's hill.
• 🎭 Théâtre de la Ville and the Rue de la Vieille-Lanterne Paris The poet was found hanged in the dark alley the theatre was built over — and is still said to step onto the stage to distract the actors. 🛏 Book a night here
• 🗼 Tour Saint-Jacques Paris Beneath the tower lay the alchemist's grave. When it was opened there was no body — only the stories of the man who had cheated death.
• 👻 House of Nicolas Flamel Paris The alchemist died in 1418 — but the grave was opened empty, and long after, people swore they had met him strolling calmly in the quarter.
• 🚇 The Well of Love, Rue de la Grande-Truanderie Paris Agnès Hellebick threw herself into the well when her lover betrayed her — and turned it into an altar where lovers swore eternal faith.
• 👻 The Witch's Rock, Montmartre Paris A foreign boulder in the middle of Montmartre — and the old woman next door the local children were convinced was a genuine witch.

FAQ

How many haunted places are there in Paris?

Haunted Places lists 31 haunted locations in Paris, each with its story and GPS coordinates.

What are the most haunted places in Paris?

Among the most notable in Paris: Site of the Holy Innocents' Cemetery, Montparnasse Cemetery and Site of the Montfaucon Gibbet.

Can you stay overnight at haunted places in Paris?

Yes — 3 of the haunted places in Paris are hotels or inns you can book for an overnight stay. The rest are public sites you can visit.

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