In the city there are places that have been the scene of tragic or supernatural events that originated many legends. Here is a list of the haunted houses that have given the most scares to neighbors and curious people in CDMX. 😰
1. House of the Witches
This building is a beautiful English-style construction dating from 1908 and includes a spire decorating the roof that, along with the position of some windows, gives the appearance of a face crowned with a witch’s hat.
According to the locals, it was inhabited by Pachita, a healer who performed works and rituals for politicians, show business personalities and businessmen, as well as surgical interventions, obviously without the proper equipment and clandestinely, so that several of her patients died.
People claim that on several occasions they have heard wailing and have seen the movement of furniture, shadows and even people’s faces on the walls.
📍 Rio de Janeiro Square, Rome
2. Cañitas House
Among the most terrifying haunted houses is that of Carlos Trejo, located in the Popotla neighborhood of CDMX. The well-known “ghost hunter” lived in this place during the 80s and witnessed paranormal events with his family. Later, he wrote the book “Cañitas” where he narrates what happened.
It is said that after playing with a Ouija board, inexplicable events were unleashed. Even the death of those who played and demonic possessions. Nowadays this house is a sanctuary of possessed and tenebrous objects. In addition, there are tours that organize visits to this terrifying place.
📍 Cañitas 51, Popotla, Miguel Hidalgo
3. Aunt Toña’s House
This house is near a ravine. It is said that it was inhabited by an elderly upper class woman who lived alone and was dedicated to helping street children, whom she took to live with her.
The children would steal jewelry to sell and she would scold them in unimaginable ways. When she saw that the children’s behavior did not change, she got fed up and decided to throw them down the ravine. Those who pass by there say that to this day you can still hear the children’s heart-wrenching screams.
📍 3rd Section, Chapultepec Forest
4. Moira House
This haunted house has an almost Borgesian history. During the 1970s, an eight-year-old boy was passing by when he noticed that the door was open and entered attracted by noises and voices that, as he went deeper into the house, became more intense, until he reached a room and came across the corpse of a young man hanging from the ceiling.
He ran to tell his family what he saw, but no one took him seriously. The image haunted him for years, and when he was almost an adult, he returned to the house. Hours later, the young man was found in the same room from which he had stormed out, only this time, it was his body hanging from the ceiling.
For years the house was the scene of spiritualistic séances and the site of a house of culture. It is currently empty and closed, but neighbors claim to hear voices and noises inside.
📍 José Vasconcelos 129, San Miguel Chapultepec
5. Posada del Sol
This gloomy building designed by Fernando Saldaña Galván was to be the equivalent of today’s multi-amenity condominium towers: six buildings of rooms surrounded by gardens and fountains. It would includea theater, cinema, chapel, stores, restaurants and galleries.
The work was ambitious and Saldaña ran out of money to finish it so, according to some, he hanged himself inside. The building was requisitioned by the government and used as an office for various government agencies and during this time the daughter of a worker disappeared and was found dead in one of the tunnels of the building.
There are those who claim that several people were tortured in the building, as several skeletons have been found hidden in the building. It is currently used as a warehouse for confiscated goods and as a location for movies, and those who enter claim to hear noises and even to have seen the girl, of whom there is a small altar where she supposedly died. Without a doubt, this is one of the most terrifying haunted houses in CDMX.
📍 Niños Heroes 139, Doctores
6. House of Don Juan Manuel
This large house in the Historic Center is apparently inhabited by the tormented spirit of a jealous husband, Don Juan Manuel, whose wife was cheating on him, so he sold his soul to the devil in exchange for his permission to kill his wife’s lover.
The devil told him that at eleven o’clock at night to kill the first man who passed in front of the house and don Juan Manuel obeyed. The devil told him that the murdered man was not his wife’s lover and the man continued killing for several days whoever passed in front of his house at eleven o’clock at night.
Finally he confessed to a priest who ordered him to do penance under a gallows, where he was found hanging the next morning. People claim to have seen him at eleven o’clock at night, at the entrance of the building, asking the time and those who answer him hear him say: “Blessed is he who knows the hour of his death”. The exterior has a plaque that bears witness to the existence of the character.
📍República de Uruguay 94, Downtown
7. Black House
This Porfirian house was used as a temporary hospital during a typhoid epidemic in 1935, a disease that at the time was thought to be a curse, so it was burned down by a mob of neighbors, causing the death of patients, doctors and nurses.
Surprisingly, the structure was not damaged, so the house was restored and sold to the Mondragon family, a young couple with three children. Three months later, the whole family died and the causes were never clarified.
The house was expropriated by the government and has been occupied on several occasions by tenants or homeless people, but no one has stayed for more than a few days: the locals claim that at night the temperature drops considerably and screams can be heard as well as windows and doors slamming.
📍 Álvaro Obregón 191, Roma
8. Palace of the School of Medicine
This is currently one of the must-see museums in the CDMX, although it is still on the list of haunted houses. In its rooms you will learn more about the history of medicine, the human body and even about certain diseases.
However, it was not always like this. The building is also known as the Old Palace of the Inquisition. It was completed in 1736 and was the seat of the Tribunal of the Holy Office for 84 years, as detailed on the official website of the precinct.
It is said that cruel punishments were meted out there to people who committed crimes against morality or went against religion. It officially ceased to function in 1820. It was abandoned for many years due to the legends that were told about the place. By 1854 it became a medical school.
📍 Brasil 33, Historic Center