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10 Creepiest Places in the World

Fear is a powerful cocktail. It can raise bumps on skin, shift glances, and tense up a jaw. It can unsettle thoughts and interrupt sleep. Yet somehow, we love the intoxicating way it draws us in.

Test your nerve at some of the world’s creepiest places, from a haunted Louisiana swamp to a real African voodoo supermarket and an eerie suicide forest in Japan. These 10 delightfully disturbing destinations will give you the willies.

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