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"While Bran lures Dracula seekers, this vast 15th-century Gothic-Renaissance fortress in Transylvania is the one more often whispered about as truly haunted, its history entwined with imprisonments that allegedly included Vlad the Impaler, famed for brutal methods he is said to have suffered here. Paranormal accounts range from a monk bricked into Capistrano Tower whose spirit still lingers to phantom footsteps and unseen hands brushing past. It’s open every day and easily reached by car or train." - Nicole Kliest