Nightmarks in Yucatán
6 nightmarks documented
Chichén Itzá — the phantoms of the sacred Maya city, Yucatán
Human sacrifices were thrown into the cenote and Maya priests still chant at Kukulkán's pyramid — Chichén Itzá was built for the gods, and something divine may still answer.
Hacienda Misnebalam — the abandoned henequen plantation of the Yucatecan jungle
Dead machinery grinds henequen and Maya voices speak from workers' quarters — the jungle has swallowed this Yucatecan plantation, but the exploitation hasn't ended.
Cholul Hacienda — the abandoned henequen mansion haunted by its mistress, Mérida
The hacienda's beautiful mistress walks her veranda in a silk dress, unaware that the mansion has crumbled — she clicks heels on floors that no longer exist in this Yucatecan ruin.
Wyndham Mérida's Inn — the colonial ghosts of Yucatán's white city
Colonial ghosts and Maya spirits share the corridors of this Mérida hotel — 3,000 years of civilization echo through the thick limestone walls of Yucatán's White City.
Cecilio Chi Elementary School — the murdered farmer's spirit haunts Espita, Yucatán
A murdered farmer still digs in the schoolyard where he was killed — Yucatecan children at this school in Espita know their playground has an invisible gardener.
Hospital Peninsular — the illegal abortion clinic's ghosts in Mérida, Yucatán
Infants cry and women scream from this shuttered Yucatecan abortion clinic — the unbaptized dead of Hospital Peninsular are trapped between Catholic heaven and Mayan earth.