Konstancin-Jeziorna is widely known as Poland’s premiere spa town—a place of healing waters, pine-scented air, and million-dollar villas. But if you venture down Grodzka Street, the atmosphere shifts. Tucked behind a rusted fence and overgrown greenery sits a crumbling brick building that local legend claims is the most haunted spot in the region: the Old Police Station.
A House Built on Suffering
The building wasn't always a police station. Its dark reputation stems from its mid-20th-century history. Following World War II, during the Stalinist era, the villa was taken over by the Ministry of Public Security (UB)—the brutal secret police of the communist regime.
The Interrogations: The basement was converted into holding cells and interrogation rooms. It was here that political prisoners and "enemies of the state" were brought for questioning that often involved torture.
The Deaths: While official records are thin, local lore insists that many who entered the villa never left. Executions and deaths from mistreatment are said to have soaked the very foundations with trauma.
From Law Enforcement to Local Legend
After the fall of communism, the building transitioned into a standard police station for the town. However, officers stationed there began reporting anomalies that made their night shifts unbearable:
The Heavy Footsteps: Officers on the ground floor would hear the distinct sound of boots pacing on the floor above, even when the upper level was confirmed to be empty.
The Phantom Officer: Several reports describe a figure in an outdated, dark uniform—sometimes identified as a "Blue Policeman"—who vanishes into walls or solid doors.
Mechanical Failures: Poltergeist-like activity was common. Typewriters would clack on their own, lights would flicker despite new wiring, and electronic equipment would fail without explanation.
Why the Spirits Stay
Paranormal investigators who have visited the site suggest that the building is a "stone tape." The theory is that the intense emotional trauma experienced by prisoners during the UB era was "recorded" into the physical structure of the building.
When the police vacated the building several years ago, the silence only made the stories louder. Urban explorers and teenagers often break in, reporting a heavy, suffocating "energy" in the basement and the feeling of being watched from the darkened windows.
"There is a specific kind of cold in that basement. It’s not the cold of a draft; it’s a cold that feels like it’s coming from inside your own chest." — Local Urban Explorer
The Site Today
Today, the building stands as a decaying monument to a painful past. It is privately owned and technically off-limits to the public, but its reputation as a "haunted" landmark remains firmly intact. Whether it’s the restless spirits of the tortured or the echoes of a dark political era, the Grodzka Street station remains the shadow in Konstancin’s sunny landscape.
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