Case file · Haunting
Castelinho da Rua Apa
On 12 May 1937 a mother and her two adult sons were found shot dead in the small castle on Rua Apa, São Paulo. The crime was never fully solved, and the empty building gained a haunted reputation.
1937 CE · -23.53, -46.65 · status: legend
The account
The police concluded that one son killed the others and then himself. The castle stood derelict for decades and was later restored by a charity working with homeless people.
The sceptical view
The haunting stories grew from the unsolved crime and the building's long abandonment.