Five terrifying and haunted places from down under. It takes a huge amount of courage to remain unafraid when things go bump in the dark

and night. But perhaps even if you have nerves of steel, your knees will definitely weaken

and shake when you hear the stories on this list.

These are five terrifying and haunted places from Down Under.

Number five, St John John's orphanage.

It's easy to deny it, but there's always something inherently creeping and chilling when we talk about an old orphanage.

Maybe it's because we always hear scary stories of children getting abused there,

mistreated, and as rumors would say orphans getting murdered.

Even the physical appearances of its abandoned buildings bring out this vibe that you just can't really explain. It is as if the walls are whispering stories of children

living in loneliness and pain within its four corners. These poor souls may no longer be at these places, but their cries may still ring along its

corridors.

It's no wonder that plenty of real life ghost hauntings feature those that happened in orphanages.

And one of the more infamous ones is St. John's and Goulborn New South Wales, Australia.

Commissioned by the Catholic Church and opened by the Sisters of Mercy in 1905, St. John's

was once home to a total of 2,500 young children. This place closed down after almost 70 years in operation,

and it quickly became a refuge of Vandals. However, even these delinquents couldn't stand the horrors that seemed to resonate in its bleak

environment.

And now, even though it's completely abandoned and in a derelict state, the dark secrets of St. John's continue to seep out into the world.

Tails coming from reliable sources indicate that the orphaned boys here were treated just like animals.

Some were practically made into slaves and those who commit mistakes would be brutally punished.

Food and clothing were hard to come by as well, and they would have to

fight one another and work hard to grab hold of these basic necessities. Men who were once

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