Halloween or Día de las Brujas in Mexico is celebrated as a children's festivity on Oct. 31.

Día de los Muertos or Day of the Dead often overshadowed the Halloween celebration in Mexico, mainly due to its popularity.

Mexico can never be found lacking when it comes to its ghost stories. Starting with its La Llorona urban legends to Chupacabra, trick-or-treaters will surely have a thrilling Halloween experience.

But each of these urban legends is somehow connected to its colonial history, as usual. These haunted houses are proof of that.

Casa de Don Juan Manuel

Don Juan Manuel Solórzano resided on República de Uruguay 90.

According to the story, he was convinced that his wife was having an affair behind his back. To resolve it, he sold his soul to the devil for the chance to kill her lover.

As part of the deal, the devil told him to stand outside his house at 11:00 p.m. and kill the first man that passed by. Don Juan Manuel did the instructions of the devil. However, the devil told him it was the wrong one.

Don Juan Manuel would have to repeat the process until he saw the sign, saying that he got the right one. However, the sign never came as his wife was faithful.

To this day, it was said that sometimes the don would appear and ask the passerby for the time. If the person answers 11:00 p.m., he would reply, "Fortunate is one who knows the hour of his death" and disappears, according to a Mexico News Daily article.

La Moira House

Many thought this to be the most haunted house in Mexico. It is completely painted black and known as the La Moira House.

It stands in the San Miguel Capultepec area and has collected a fair number of stories. One of the most told haunted stories of La Moira house is the one that focuses on a young boy named Marcus.

The said young boy supposedly paid a visit to the home when he was just eight years old. The house was abandoned, and Marcus' entered the premises and saw a man hanging from the ceiling.

The disturbing apparition never left Marcus' mind. He then proceeded to hang himself. No one knows for sure if the story was true. But the house earned a reputation due to its paranormal stories. 

The Casa de las Brujas

The Witches' House can be spotted on Rio de Janeiro 56 in Colonia Roma. The story of the house revolves around Barbara Guerrero, who lived in the building.

She was known to be a witch or shaman who did rituals and sadistic healings as late as the 1960s.

House of Aunt Toña

The said haunted house was owned by an elderly woman named Aunt Toña. She had extreme wealth who lived her life in her large mansion in the forest.

Her husband's death caused her depression, and she invited street children in her mansion to cope with the sadness.

Many were appreciative of the elderly woman. However, the children were not. The little visitors were constantly playing pranks and teasing her.

The story has two variations. One tells the story of Toña's mental break, causing her to retaliate against the children. She then murdered the children and took her own life, according to Amy's Crypt.

The second story ends with the children beating the old woman to death to locate the said riches in the house.

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