Four of the most haunted cars of all time

Ghost stories are synonymous with haunted houses, rambling mansions or castles, and even crumbling monasteries and convents. But what if I told you that some of the creepiest real-life ghost tales all revolve around an everyday object, the car?

Yep, for your thrill-seeking pleasure, I bring to you four of the creepiest car ghost stories that will bring new meaning to the song, Highway to Hell.

There are many stories centred around possibly the world’s most infamous villains, Bonnie and Clyde, one includes their car.

The pair, known for a string of robberies, murders and kidnappings in the 1930s were eventually killed by police who ambushed the pair with over 100 bullets being fired at their car, a 1934 Ford Model 40 B Fordor Deluxe sedan.

The car now is now a prominent feature of Whiskey Pete’s Casino in Nevada, but not without controversy. For years many visitors claim to feel uneasy while in the car’s presence, while others have reported mysterious objects appearing in photos they have taken of the car, leading many to believe the car is haunted by the two villains.

True? Who knows? Creepy? Hell yes.

Light up the campfire and get your marshmallows out because here is a tale that will have you staying awake all night.

The A3 highway, which connects London to Portsmouth in Britain, is a major road, with vehicle incidents not uncommon. But there is one accident that caught the attention of many at the time it was reported and is still often spoken about today.

On December 11, 2002, multiple calls were made to police about a set of headlights veering off the road but when they arrived no crash was evident.

The police continued looking and eventually stumbled across a wrecked Astra, which was nose down in a ditch and strangely covered in undergrowth. Inside they found a decomposing body.

Upon investigation, they discovered that the car had actually crashed five months prior, with no evidence that another vehicle had been involved. After the car and body were removed, the strange sightings of the headlights were never seen again…

Like Bonnie and Clyde’s Ford, President Kennedy was inextricably tied to the limousine he was shot in.

For the first few years after his death, the car was kept in service but ultimately it ended up in the Henry Ford Museum in Michigan where the spooky occurrences began to be reported.

Along with the feeling of being in the presence of a supernatural force, museumgoers have also reported seeing a man in grey standing next to the limo, an occurrence which increases in frequency around November 22, the date Kennedy was assassinated.

In 1955 famous actor and lover of car racing, James Dean bought a Porsche 550 Spyder, dubbing it ‘Little Bastard.’

Upon seeing the car, his friend, Alec Guinness told Dean “you’ll be dead within a week if you get into that thing,” seven days later he was proven correct.

Yep, Little Bastard definitely lived up to his name, Dean was ultimately killed in the car while on the way to race it in California after he lost control and it flipped into a gully. But the bad luck associated with the car didn’t stop then.

One of Dean’s friends and car customiser, George Barris took the remains of Little Bastard and sold the parts to other drivers, including two doctors. When these two doctors entered a car race themselves using a car that had these parts, they both crashed, one died and the other sustained serious injuries.

After this incident, Barris began to think the car was cursed, so he gave the car to the California Highway Patrol who displayed the car as a warning for dangerous drivers.

Unfortunately, days later the garage the car was displayed in burned down, with everything damaged beyond repair, all except, for yep you guessed it…Little Bastard.

You can also read the full story about James Dean's old car.

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