According to the elders of the society, especially the Indian society, there’s a definite age to do everything—like, you cannot play in gully cricket if you’re in your 30s or above. Well, these things might take a long time to change; but there are a few things which attract the attention of everyone alike—from an 80-year old grandfather to his 5-year old child—take for example, a visit to a spooky bungalow. Spooky stories about well known public places sell like hot cakes! If you don’t believe us, then read on the list about some haunted places in Kolkata —

3. On the Ganges, under the Howrah Bridge

Well, you don’t have to jump straight into the Ganges to know about this. According to the wrestlers, who daily practice at the Mullick Ghat and Zanana Bathing Ghat, in the wee hours of the morning, you’d be able to see hands flailing in the water. According to them, those are the spirits of people who gave up their lives, accidentally or by committing suicide, by jumping into the Ganges. Sometimes, it’s difficult to understand whether it’s a “real” person struggling for breadth or is the workings of some spirit!

2. The Royal Calcutta Turf Club—the Race Course

Well, there’s a story about some George Williams, a race maniac, whose only love in the whole world was his pearl white horse, Pride. She was the then chain winner of races who’d win wealth, fame and name for her master. However, this “Queen of Tracks”, like other living creatures, started slowing down with age, and one fine morning, after losing the Annual Calcutta Derby the earlier day, she was found dead on the tracks. Well, that’s not the end of the story, even now, on moonlit Saturday nights, if you pass the race course and if you’re looking around, you’d invariably spot a charming white horse galloping across the race course. The locals call her, even now, William Saheb ka sada ghora.