This week, we’re talking all things spooky and creepy as we plan mid-term break and Hallowe’en getaways. We’ve already looked at an abandoned and haunted cemetery in Zagreb, Croatia, and the vampires of Santorini in Greece but if you were thinking of heading to Spain, fear not, for she, too, has her fair share of tales of the supernatural and ghosts and ghouls. If you find a vacation rental in Madrid, for example, you can head to the 19th century Palace of Linares (or Palacio de Linares), now known as the Casa de América, which is said to be very haunted due to the terrible things that supposedly once happened within its walls.
The palace was previously the family home of the Linares noble family and is now dedicated to pan-Hispanic films, lectures, and exhibits as the Casa de América. When work began in 1990 to convert the building into this multi-purpose cultural space, rumours of ghosts quickly began to spread, with reports of the sounds of footsteps, doors opening and closing, and crying and screams, in the supposedly empty palace. Most of these incidents were reported to take place near the strange life-size doll house located in the courtyard, which belonged to Raimunda, a little girl who was adopted by Marqués and Marquesa de Linares. The official reports and documents report that it was a happy home but the local legends (which researchers do hold to be untrue) that have cropped up tell a different story. Read More
The palace was previously the family home of the Linares noble family and is now dedicated to pan-Hispanic films, lectures, and exhibits as the Casa de América. When work began in 1990 to convert the building into this multi-purpose cultural space, rumours of ghosts quickly began to spread, with reports of the sounds of footsteps, doors opening and closing, and crying and screams, in the supposedly empty palace. Most of these incidents were reported to take place near the strange life-size doll house located in the courtyard, which belonged to Raimunda, a little girl who was adopted by Marqués and Marquesa de Linares. The official reports and documents report that it was a happy home but the local legends (which researchers do hold to be untrue) that have cropped up tell a different story. Read More
