Baguio, Philippines (alleged events)

The Diplomat Hotel

Folklore — not a documented case

The abandoned former hotel on Dominican Hill in Baguio is said to be full of ghosts carrying the pain of the Second World War. It is one of the Philippines' most famous 'haunted' buildings.

In Baguio, the cool mountain city of the Philippines, a white castle-like building rises on Dominican Hill. It was built in the early 1910s as a rest house and seminary for Dominican priests and later served for a while as a school.

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The stories in this section are folk tales and legends; they are not verified, real events and should not be confused with the rest of the archive.

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