Said to be one of the most haunted locations in Hong Kong, the now-abandoned Tat Tak School is the subject of many frightening tales, including reports of suicide and the ghost of a woman in red. Some cabbies refuse to take the road that leads to the school, which is surrounded by graves and also reportedly haunted. The school is featured in episode 1 of National Geographic's "I Wouldn't Go In There." - Robert Joe, host of Nat Geo's "I Wouldn't Go In There," introduces Asia's scariest spots
- These places are haunted by history, not ghosts, says Joe
- Sites include a haunted school, political prisons and an abandoned hospital
(CNN) -- We wouldn't go in there either.
For National Geographic's new Asia TV series, "I Wouldn't Go In There," which began airing this summer, urban explorer and blogger Robert Joe went investigating Asia's scariest places, country by country.
"People might think it's a ghost show, but it's actually a history show," says Joe.
"Asia has been embroiled in so much turmoil in the past 100 years, and is only just getting out of it now.
"We investigate places that have ghost stories, but these places are actually haunted by history. A lot of terrible things happened."
Abandoned Taiwanese jails for political prisoners, caves where Japanese soldiers killed themselves en masse after World War II, a Korean haunted house on a hill where soldiers from a failed beach landing were supposed to have been buried ...
It's Joe's job to start with rumors and uncover the real history that often turns out to be more gruesome than any spook stor