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即使造訪美國最小的小城，你也可能聽到一些當地的鬼故事，并發現幾座鬼屋。但是有些美國城市因特別鬧鬼而聞名遐邇，這要歸功于它們悠久而詭異的歷史背景。以下是這個萬圣節，你需要逃離的十大最鬧鬼城市。當然如果你膽子夠大，也可以奔向它們。
10. San Francisco, California
San Francisco’s rich cultural makeup, large immigrant population, and a history of natural disasters like earthquakes have helped it develop a reputation as a Mecca of all things haunted. Chinatown alone is home to countless ghost tours and creepy folklore, but the city also boasts a wealth of haunted hotels, mansions, and army bases. Of these, one of the most famous is the Queen Anne Hotel, which served as a school for girls in the 1890s and is said to be haunted by the ghost of its former headmistress, Mary Lake. There are also a number of stories concerning Mary Anne Pleasant, the so-called “Voodoo Queen of San Francisco,” who was a former slave and abolitionist who used a knowledge of the black arts to gain wealth and influence among the city’s elite. Even the trendy San Francisco Art Institute, which is rumored to have been built on top of a graveyard that housed victims of the 1906 earthquake, is said to be the home of several ghosts who have frequently been seen climbing the stairs to a tower that overlooks the ancient cemetery.
十．舊金山，加尼福尼亞州
舊金山有著豐富的文化組成，大量移民人口和飽受地震等自然災害的歷史，這幫助它發展出了全城鬧鬼圣地的名聲。單單唐人街就充滿了無數尋鬼之旅和驚悚的民間傳說，同時這座城市還有許多引以為榮的鬧鬼酒店，宅邸和陸軍基地。其中就有一座最著名的安妮女王酒店，它在十九世紀九十年代被用作女子學校，傳說酒店里鬧的鬼魂就是前任女校長，瑪麗·雷克。還有許多有關于瑪麗·安妮·普利仁特的故事，她也被稱作“舊金山巫毒女王，”她曾是一個奴隸，也是一個用巫術知識來從城市精英階級那里獲取財富和影響力的廢奴主義者。就連新潮的舊金山藝術學院，也有傳聞說是建于一個墓地之上，底下埋葬著1906年大地震的死難者。藝術學院里有好幾個鬼經常被看見爬樓梯到一個塔樓，眺望年代久遠的墓地。
Most Haunted Place: Alcatraz
Alcatraz Island is one of San Francisco’s most famous landmarks, but the former maximum-security prison is also home to some of the city’s weirdest ghost stories. Visitors to the island often claim to see apparitions walking the cellblocks, and sometimes hear voices emanating from what was once the cafeteria.
惡魔島是舊金山最著名的地標之一，但是這個曾經的最高安全級別監獄也是這座城市最靈異鬼故事的發祥地。島上的游客經常稱看到幽靈在囚室里走動，有時候還從以前監獄的自助餐廳里聽到說話聲
