Top Ten Most Haunted Sites in Asia by National Geographic Channel

cmf_herrhughie · Post time 15-8-2013 12:30 AM

Penang War Museum listed in Top Ten Most Haunted Sites in Asia by National Geographic Channel

Written by Administrator II

Wednesday, 14 August 2013 05:58

Dubbed as “Bukit Hantu” or Ghost Hill by the locals, the Penang War Museum carries a dark and cruel past. Built as a military defence fortress in the 1930s, it served as a British stronghold till it fell to the Japanese invasion during World War II in 1941. Shortly after, the army base became a camp for prisoners of war and hundreds of people were tortured and beheaded at the site. The war museum’s dark past and eerie atmosphere caught the attention of a National Geographic television programme called “I Wouldn’t Go In There” and landed a place in its top ten list of Asia’s most notorious haunted spots.

Hosted by urban explorer and blogger Robert Joe (RJ), he tracks down true and untold stories behind these haunted sites. RJ’s hypothesis is that there’s always a real story, even more terrifying than the strangest fiction, waiting to be uncovered behind every haunted location and paranormal encounters. Acting as a detective, he uses modern technology and explores the places many fear to tread.

The full list of ‘haunted’ sites explore by RJ are: the abandoned Tat Tak School in Hong Kong’s Ping Shan Village; Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, Japan; an abandoned hospital at Clark Air Base in the Philippines; Gedung Lawang Sewu, a building complex in Semarang, Indonesia; the Green Island Prison in Lyudao Island, Taiwan; a mansion in Yeongdeok-gun, North Gyeongsang province, South Korea; the Temples of Ayutthaya in Thailand; Con Dao Island in Vietnam; and an old Portugese colonial outpost on Diu Island also known as “Isle of Ghosts”, India.

Catch this exclusive feature of Penang War Museum on 23 August 2013 at 10pm on the National Geographic Channel (Astro Channel 553). For more information on the programme, visit http://natgeotv.com/asia/iwgit.

The Penang State Tourism is also planning to organise a Halloween Celebration at the Penang War Museum on 31 October this year. The public are invited to join in the fun. The organising committee also welcomes any contribution of ideas to add fun and excitement to the event.

cmf_herrhughie · Post time 15-8-2013 12:31 AM

bila Penang dah famous, mereka cari alasan utk bodek Penang saja..

taikor · Post time 15-8-2013 12:34 AM

Penang masuk Nat Geo... Rakyat Mesia tumpang bangga...

cmf_herrhughie · Post time 15-8-2013 12:36 AM

taikor posted on 15-8-2013 12:34 AM
Penang masuk Nat Geo... Rakyat Mesia tumpang bangga...

mmg malaysia selalu tumpang nama bertuah penang....tapi ada puak2 especially cacai KL rasa iri hati...cuba kamu tunggu, nanti depa masuk komen la..

biosfree · Post time 15-8-2013 12:37 AM

Kalau nk tau bnyak story yg baik2 pasal penang atau pembangkang ni kay yahoo.com yelaaa yahudi punya....cina x masalah dgn yahudi pun..

sekngucing · Post time 15-8-2013 12:46 AM

memang bercadang nak pegi war muzium ni sejak tahun lepas lg berdasarkan komen2 pengunjung di board MPS

cmf_herrhughie · Post time 15-8-2013 12:49 AM

sekngucing posted on 15-8-2013 12:46 AM
memang bercadang nak pegi war muzium ni sejak tahun lepas lg berdasarkan komen2 pengunjung di board ...

melancong ke penang akan byk menambah ilmu pengetahuan anda...

chazey · Post time 15-8-2013 12:51 AM

poremer bod paranormal kata tempat ni memang angker.

nanti mahu tengok dokumentarinya. tenks Hugie. yang ni ok share maklumat sebab aku pun tertarik nak tengok.

ultra78 · Post time 15-8-2013 12:51 AM

cmf_herrhughie posted on 15-8-2013 12:31 AM
bila Penang dah famous, mereka cari alasan utk bodek Penang saja..

Saya pun ada kenangan manis di penang..

cmf_herrhughie · Post time 15-8-2013 12:53 AM

ultra78 posted on 15-8-2013 12:51 AM
Saya pun ada kenangan manis di penang..

semua org yg datang ke penang akan mempunyai kenangan manis, termasuk mereka yg cemburu dgn penang (dlm hati mereka, tak henti2 puji penang juga)

sekngucing · Post time 15-8-2013 01:07 AM

penang memang best lahhh
makanan sedap
budaya hebat
orang pun baik baik

cmf_herrhughie · Post time 15-8-2013 01:24 AM

sekngucing posted on 15-8-2013 01:07 AM
penang memang best lahhh
makanan sedap
budaya hebat

bercakap benar akan bawa good karma utk kamu....

petala9x · Post time 15-8-2013 07:26 AM

aku pernah pergi war museum 3 tahun lepas. memang angker

siputsedut · Post time 15-8-2013 07:32 AM

petala9x posted on 15-8-2013 07:26 AM
aku pernah pergi war museum 3 tahun lepas. memang angker

Cemana?citer laaa

redz85 · Post time 15-8-2013 07:45 AM

and an old Portugese colonial outpost on Diu Island also known as “Isle of Ghosts”, India.

ni tak tayang ke? hantu cina.. hantu jepun.. hantu melayu aku pernah tengok movie .. hantu india aje tak pernah...

ren0_0 · Post time 15-8-2013 07:57 AM

redz85 posted on 15-8-2013 07:45 AM
and an old Portugese colonial outpost on Diu Island also known as “Isle of Ghosts”, India.

ni t ...

hantu india seram aku pernah tengok satu movie bollywood bertajuk sanjana. yang tak seram pun ada boothraja kot (amithabachan berlakon)

ren0_0 · Post time 15-8-2013 07:59 AM

ku dah selamat pergi war museum ni. sebagai pencinta sejarah aku sangat suka pergi tempat-tempat macam ni. hantu tu takda la aku nampak.hijab pun tertutup cuma kawan aku yang ada kelebihan ada la nampak seekor dua (especially kat dorm askar melayu tu..katanya la).

nanti nak try pi malam pulak

shakirajefrydin · Post time 15-8-2013 07:59 AM

for me, Killing Field kat Cambodia lg haunted dr War Museum ni.. mcm xde ape pun.. maybe tak cukup feel kot.. so, Penang state kena buat something lah nak kasi lg nampak seram.. dah dpt promo free2 ni, better amik kesempatan.. tapi nak masuk natgeo buka susah.. ade mcm2 cara..