TheStar Online (October 31, 2009)
If your life needs a dash of spookiness, here are a some places in Malaysia to visit that could do the trick. (Don’t say we didn’t warn you.)
Highland Towers, Kuala Lumpur
A tragic event took place here when an apartment block collapsed due to a landslide after days of heavy rainfall, killing 48 people. Since then, many claim that the place is haunted. Voices of the dead can be heard at night and ghostly figures are said to have appeared at the scene.
There is also a story about a taxi driver who picked up a woman passenger in the middle of the night and dropped her off. She left behind a bag supposedly filled with blood.
Karak Highway
The stretch of highway from Gombak to Raub is infamous for ghost stories because of the many accidents and landslides that have occurred here. Drivers are advised not to look in their rear view mirrors when using the highway at night and never stop for hitchhikers.
Many late-night drivers have tales to tell of cars stalling mysteriously at deserted stretches and seeing a beautiful lady in a white or red dress trying to thumb a ride.
Motorcyclists have felt something heavy behind them as though they had a pillion rider.
The Deadly Junction Georgetown, Penang
The T-junction located beside the Union High School. It is said that if you ever drive through this lonely road late at night, your car will go out of control and crash. Many accidents have occurred here already.
There is also a tree beside the road which looks like a lady carrying a child. Legend has it that this “lady” was once a bomoh (witch doctor) who kidnapped her sister’s son.
Somehow, they never again appeared anywhere other than being seen occasionally beside this road.
St Michael’s Institution, Ipoh
This Catholic school was used by the Japanese as their headquarters during World War II. The building had many tunnels which were said to be used by the Japanese to torture prisoners and to store food.
Most of the sightings occured in the Chapel on the fourth floor where a Christian brother in a black robe without a head is usually seen holding prayer beads.
Malay College Kuala Kangsar, Perak
This school is said to have been a Japanese Occupation camp during World War II. Executions and torture of the prisoners took place here during that time.
Students would sometimes be awakened by a presence that loomed above them. A marching platoon can sometimes be heard in the field, and the sound of chains being dragged can be heard through the campus corridors.
A tree on the campus reflects a shadow of a man hanging from the tree.
Victoria Institution, Kuala Lumpur
A boy’s school that was turned into a Japanese base during the Occupation. Many British soldiers and locals were brutally tortured to death in the basement and buildings on the campus. It is said that apparitions are common in the day as well as night, and that there have been many cases of spirits possessing students.
The possessed boys would behave strangely, even violently, posing a threat to other students and teachers, only to snap out of it a few hours later and remember nothing.
Even if they are forcibly restrained, their bruises would disappear when they return to normal.
