The oldest recorded ghost stories are from Greece. The ancient Greeks believed in different types of Earthbound spirits, including "the grateful dead", which were there to repay a kind act that they had been in benefit of in life. That Jerry Garcia was one well read dude.
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Athens - Maroussi Cemetery
Haunted by a crying little girl nicknamed "Anna", who is seen when cars pass,
then disappears upon second glance. The Maroussi district is
in north Athens.
Athens - Penteli (Pentelicus) Mountain - Davelis Cave (Profitis Ilias cave)
The cave has been a mecca for odd phenomena since early recorded history,
including apparitions and electronic anomalies. It acquired the name Davelis
from a thief who hid out in it in the 19th century. It is currently a site of
archaeological study. Also known as THE CAVE OF LISTARCHOS
DAVELIS, access to it entails 1-hour walk from Agia Triada.
Sparti/Riviotisa - cemetery
The town cemetery is home to the spirit of a crazed butcher named Ioanis
Koukoutsis who brought his cleaver home one night and hacked off his wife's
head, then killed himself. Sparti is a town on the mainland of
southern Greece, on highway 39 south of Tripoli. It is unclear if "Riviotisa"
is an area of the town or the name of a cemetery.
Island of Santorini - The Undead
Not exactly haunted, this island is a bizarre burial ground for those suspected
of vampirism in Greece (known as vrykolakes,
Greek mythology states a vampire is able to walk the Earth during day or night,
spreading evil). Somehow, the people on this island became known for dealing
with the vrykolakes, and thus it is now nicknamed "Island of the Vampires".
Superstitious Greeks would bring the bodies of alleged vampires there to be
buried. From Athens, get a taxi to port at Pireaus.
There is a ferry to the island from there. You might want to call ahead to
reserve tickets.
Mount Olympus - Mytikas Peak
This peak of the mythical home to Zeus has reports of visitors being overcome by
the spirits of the gods. Direction on a one day hike to the spot
can be found
here.
Mount Parnassus - Kassotis Spring and the Oracle of Delphi
A traditional area where people came to seek knowledge from the dead through an
oracle, this spring has bore witness to the specters of 3 female ghosts. The
spring is where the oracles (always female) would bathe before predicting the
future to their clientele. Ancient people considered the Omphalos Stone located
near here as the center of the world.
The oracles were powerful women in society, who would clue politicians and
warmongers as to their fate and what direction to take. Recent scientific
studies of the famous site have found a reasonable explanation of descriptions
of the oracle's uncanny and mystical behavior. A crack that runs in the Earth
beneath the exact area where the oracle would breathe in a mystical steam was
found to contain remnants of a natural chemical compound (ethylene) which will
induce, you guessed it... euphoria and hallucinations. It was good to be an
oracle in ancient Greece, indeed.
Island of Patmos: Holy Grotto of the Revelation,
St John's Monastery
A small fissure in a rock wall on this island was once considered the passageway
to Heaven, or "the other side". St John was exiled here in 95 A.D., and from a
crack in the wall he heard predictions of the future from a mysterious voice. He
later recorded this as what we now know as the Book of Revelations in the New
Testament of the Christian Bible. located near the villages of
Skala and Hora on the Greek isle of Patmos.
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http://www.ghostmag.com/issues/2004-09/2004-09-HauntedHistory-GreeksGhosts.html
http://gogreece.about.com/od/weirdgreece/
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