Fear, anxiety and chills. Slovakia is full of scary places, from which blood clots in your veins
It is common to hear that we live in a beautiful country. Slovakia is really rich in natural resources, history and cultural monuments. However, it is also rich in places that are interesting for their unconventional stories.
You don’t have to watch horror movies in which you know what will happen all the time. You don’t have to pay for embarrassing houses of various kinds in which almost no one is afraid. All you have to do is go on an adventure around Slovakia and see the places around which many legends are told. Try an unconventional holiday, thanks to which you will discover unconventional places in Slovakia, but a little differently.
however, make sure you always be careful and remember that you can only go to private land with the owner’s consent.
Bloody bars
There are several towns and villages in Slovakia that are shrouded in mystery. These include, for example, a part of the village of Lehota near Nitra with a very apt name Bloody Bars.
All houses, with one exception, are abandoned here. You will have chills as you drive through the village. How about a trip here? He should look with his own eyes among the gray, dilapidated buildings, to which he adds dismantled windows and fallen plaster.
The village is full of scary stories. It was once called Huszár Majer. So why did she suddenly get the name Schengen? Because on the road between Hlohovec and Nitra, the place was once a refuge for travelers who slept in local hospitality. And why Bloody? Because most of them didn’t survive another blow.
It is also said that the local innkeeper closed the young virgins to the cellar, which he then took to Elizabeth Bátori. The bodies of the dead girls, who did not manage to take them away, were also found in lime, in which the meat lasts undamaged for up to a year.
There are many more stories. Whether the place is still as horrible as history, you have to go it alone.
Cachtice Castle
More than the horror of today’s place is the horror of its ancient history. Mrs. Čachtice perhaps everyone knows. He is one of the most controversial figures in Slovak history. To this day, many do not know whether she was just a victim or a real beast.
Today, there is a ruin of Čachtice Castle, but it used to be a place from which there were cries of despair, pain and terror. Whipping of young girls, loading with needles, inserting hot iron, intimate places, burial alive underground around the castle. All this is supposed to project to this day.
There is also talk of underground passages that were supposed to lead from the castle to Nové Mesto nad Váhom, where she was to perform torture. These were not officially found, but documents in which Viennese monks complained of loud shouts have been preserved.
Restless souls are supposed to wander here to this day, and their voices are said to be heard all the way to the village for many years. Various scary stories are told among the locals. But you have to deal with everything about whether it is true or just a fabrication to attract tourists.
Brezina Forest Park
During the day it can grove in Brezno either as a pleasant place to walk. Unless you’re one of those people who knows the disgusting history of this place, you probably have no idea why we put it here.
This is not a place that is associated with the legends and stories of the locals. During World War II, the forest witnessed the abominable actions of the Nazi Gestapo, which cruelly and coldly executed almost 70 people here.
Civilians, domestic and foreign soldiers were killed here in cold blood and thrown into mass graves. After the war, 7 tombs were discovered here, 69 non-governmental victims were naked, barefoot, and there were visible traces of torture on each. 26 bodies remain unidentified to this day.
To this day, the disgusting deed is commemorated by a memorial plaque, which serves as a warning finger for the future and commemorates the atrocities that have taken place here. Even if you are one of those adventurers whose places attract you, you will need these piles of courage.
Psychiatric hospital Pezinok
Almost every single Slovak gets to psychiatry at least once in their lives as a patient. In addition to the fact that the topic of mental health is still overlooked in our country, some practices also seem to have fallen asleep in the past. And this is exactly what makes dilapidated former medical buildings a magnet for adrenaline lovers.
About abandoned psychiatry in Pezinok there are no rumors or fairy tales. Really, in the middle of the forest, there is a system of dilapidated buildings, which can be entered only at your own risk. In addition to the bad statics and the threat that the ruin may fall on your head at any moment, there are several reasons for this.
The place where severely ill people from depression, schizophrenia but also murderers, rapists and drug addicts have been treated since 1924 is marked not only by time, but also by horror, which is recorded in the walls. People who come here sometimes mention the frightening experiences of dark corridors, unidentifiable footsteps and whispers all around.
Abroad, the old buildings of defunct psychiatric hospitals make attractions for tourists. In Slovakia, such places are becoming a destination for vandals or drug addicts, so be careful.
Mariánska Čeľaď
In the past, there was a large residence of Pauline monks with a spa, hospital, school and garden. Today Mariánsku Čeľaď many people call it the most scary place in Slovakia. No wonder the ruins remained in the middle of the forest.
Some legends say that women who have never been found have disappeared into the monastery. The men who lived in the monastery were to rape, murder and bury them. No remains have been discovered to this day, but if you visit this place, the gloomy atmosphere will definitely not add up to you.
The walls, which saw everything that had happened between them, were said to be only one monastery of restless wandering souls. The former monastery is freely accessible and if you are not frightened, you may be able to confirm their experiences.
We have revised the text, amended it, added new information and reissued it. The article was originally published on July 9, 2020.
Sources: spravy.pravda.sk, aktuality.sk, refresher.sk, blog.sme.sk, emefka.sk