Holy Land USA was created by a grateful Yale Graduate, John Baptist Greco as a type of theme park for believers. It was meant to teach bible stories and give visitors a sense of what the "old world" would have been like.
Fallen into disarray during the 1980's, this theme park became a favorite spot for local teens to vandalize and spray paint. Although the statues and monuments were meant to be simple reproductions, the vandalism and decay of the theme park has left the place with a real sense of tragedy.
The first story of its haunting was reported in 1984. Passerby's claim to have seen a woman near the gate of the Holy Land who disappears in a phantom car when the gate is approached. There has only been this one reported sighting on this location.
Now owned by the Sisters of the Fillipini, the land is private property so ghost hunters will have to get permission to enter and investigate. Those who have share these stories.
One ghost hunting team reported feeling peaceful when entering the overgrown Holy Land and experienced an unexplainable battery drain on his camera. Some ghost hunters believe that batteries drain on equipment when in the presence of ghosts because they need the energy to manifest.
Some websites claim to feel murderous intention at this place, but records show that no murders or misdeeds, other than the vandalism, ever took place here.
The creator of Holy Land USA died at age 90. Hopefully his good hearted intentions and spirit will live on. I guess afterall, the only ghost here is the Holy Ghost.
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Good.....i have been here and there is NO ghost or evadence that there ever was.....i have been doing this for 35 years and i have helped solve a number of unsolved deaths....paranormal and not.
ReplyDeletewell i whent to holy land and i caught some voices in my evp
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ReplyDeletethere was a girl that was recently murdered by her boyfriend at holy land so this might breed some sort of paranormal activities there, but from everything i've heard about the place is that you have more to fear from the living that you might find there
ReplyDeleteIt wasn't her boyfriend it was a friend who raped and then killed her
Deletethanks for the correction
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ReplyDeleteIam replying to your e mail which is 5 years old. You are a moron. Go preach atheism in Syria or Saudi Arabia. They will set you on fire or behead you.
DeleteFirst of all, this is a blog, not an email, I am not a moron, nor an atheist. And luckily, in America, we have freedom of speech and religion. Thanks for your comment.
DeleteAs I know, it consists of a chapel, stations of the cross and replicas of catacombs and Israelite villages constructed from cinder blocks, bathtubs, and other discards
ReplyDeleteIt's a shame that this theme park closed down. This could have been some revolutionary since a lot of people have been losing faith. What is ironic is, its still attracts people but for all the wrong reason. Now they consider is as a horror park rather than a religious one.
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ReplyDeleteI don't know if it's because this article/post is somewhat older and outdated. But if not then there's a correction that needs to be made. In the final paragraph of the story, it says that there hasn't been any reports of murders or misdeeds, other than the vandalism. For those of you who are reading this knows all too well that that is %110 not the case whatsoever. Here's what happened there. On July 15th, 2010, 19 year old Francisco Cruz brutally raped and murdered 16 yr old Chloe Ottoman. And to make things even more worse and grounds for dark evilness to be hanging around holy land, she was raped and murdered...left for dead precisely on the base of the massive cross that stood tall at the top of holy land. The cross can be seen from the highway. Since this evil ordeal took place, the original massive cross where this young girl was murdered (the night before her prom nontheless) has crap taken down, demolished, and a new, much smaller cross was erected. But one could only assume that due to the vicious , hellish style murder that took place here, there's a strong probability of very dark, evil, demonic entities lurking around. Or at the very least, the ghost of this young innocent girl that never even got to attend her prom, might still be roaming around there. It's truly a terribly sad thing that happened there and it devastated everyone from miles around. ....but one final thought about holy land that happens to be way off subject.... holy land is home to literally hundreds of deer, no lie, I've seen them with my own eyes, many many times
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