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Haunted Powis Castle: 900 Years of Record, No Ghost in It
Search for haunted Powis Castle and the name comes back attached to the usual promises: figures on stairs, cold rooms, watching eyes. What the…
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The Skeleton Behind the House: Preston Manor Ghosts
The roll-call of Preston Manor ghosts is unusually long and unusually specific: a grey-clad woman, a blonde figure said to have identified herself as…
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Strangled and Burnt Outside: the Haunted Aberdeen Tolbooth
Reputations are usually built on stories. The haunted Aberdeen Tolbooth has something rarer behind it: a documented record of executions, witch trials and transported…
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Punch Bowl Inn Ghost: the Pub Demolished Overnight
Most haunted buildings outlive their ghost stories. At Hurst Green in the Ribble Valley, Lancashire, the opposite happened: the Punch Bowl Inn ghost, said…
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Ghost Hunting Equipment: What It Measures, and What It Cannot
Every piece of equipment on this page measures something real. None of it measures ghosts. That distinction is the single most useful thing a…
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Roses, Broken Glass and Julia Staab: La Posada Hotel
If you believe the stories that surround the La Posada Hotel, Julia’s ghost still haunts the 19th-century mansion. A janitor first spotted her in…
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Three Deaths in Pleasant Valley: the Ceely Rose House
Discover the eerily enchanting Ceely Rose House! This blog navigates the chilling tales and history linked to its former resident, Ceely Rose – a…
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Room 9, an Opera Singer and Her Cat: the Buxton Inn
Discover the charm of The Buxton Inn, a historic gem nestled in Ohio. This blog explores its vintage allure, ghostly legends, and cozy accommodations.…
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The Hole and the Shawshank Cellblock: Mansfield Reformatory
Explore Mansfield Reformatory’s chilling past in our latest blog! Unearth tales of formidable prisoners, daring escapes, and paranormal whispers. Decades after closure, it still…
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Dedicated on Pearl Harbor Day: La Purisima Mission, Lompoc
Uncover California’s history at La Purisima Mission, a perfectly preserved relic of the 18th century! This glorious site offers a glimpse into colonial life,…
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Four Days Before the Wedding: the Chapel of the Cross Ghost
A wedding set for 21 May 1859 never took place, and the Chapel of the Cross ghost story grows out of the four days…
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The Niece Who Never Existed: Chambers Mansion, San Francisco
Explore the eerie allure of Chambers Mansion! Uncover its mysterious history, from its 19th-century affluent origins to rumored hauntings. Beware, the chilling tales of…
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The Woman in the Yellow Dress: Red Lodge’s Pollard Hotel
The Pollard Hotel has been taking guests in Red Lodge, Montana, since 1893, which makes it older than most of the streets around it.…
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The Headmistress of Room 410: San Francisco’s Queen Anne Hotel
Dive into the luxury and mystery of San Francisco’s historic Queen Anne Hotel. Renowned for its Victorian charm, personalized service, and rumored resident ghosts,…
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Notoriety on Main Street: the Cecil Hotel, Los Angeles
Explore the infamous Cecil Hotel’s cryptic past in this blog post! From mysterious disappearances to eerie ghost sightings, there’s a chilling tale at every…
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Bloody Christmas 1951 and the Empty Lincoln Heights Jail
Get the lowdown on Lincoln Heights Jail’s fascinating journey! From a beacon of justice in the 1930s, to a beacon for artists today, this…
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The Chess Champion’s House: Brennan’s Ghost Stories on Royal Street
Brennan’s ghost stories are attached to a building long before they are attached to any single event. The pink two-storey mansion at 417 Royal…
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The Ticket-Taker Who Never Left: Curran Theater Ghost Stories
Step into the enchanting world of Curran Theater, a cornerstone of San Francisco culture. This historical venue effortlessly marries old-world charm with modern performances,…
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A 13th-Century Castle Built in 1995: Castello di Amorosa
Discover the enchanting Castello di Amorosa, a Tuscan-inspired winery in Napa Valley. Immerse yourself in medieval architecture, explore 107 rooms, taste exquisite wines and…
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The Girl in the Blue Dress: Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel
Dive into the glamorous history of Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel in our latest post! Unearth its age-old links with star-studded spectacles, claims to haunted rooms,…
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Eighty-Seven by 1937: Pasadena’s Colorado Street Bridge
Experience history and scenic beauty in one place: Colorado Street Bridge. Unmask the stories this iconic Pasadena landmark holds behind its architecturally stunning facade.…
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The Reed Family Murders and the Ghosts of Mission San Miguel
Discover the rich history and timeless charm of Mission San Miguel. Explore this California treasure that survived earthquakes and rebellions, and stands as a…
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The Napoleon Curtain and the Brown Grand Theatre Ghost
Concordia’s opera house was built to impress, and it still does. The Brown Grand Theatre ghost story is a small, quiet thing beside the…
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The Forgotten Roadhouse on El Camino Real: Los Coches Adobe
Dive into California history at Los Coches Adobe! This relic of the Gold Rush era transforms visitors back in time, inviting them to explore…
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The Invented Legends of Santa Paula’s Glen Tavern Inn
Steeped in rich history and ghostly legends, Glen Tavern Inn fascinates visitors. From charming accommodations to spine-tingling paranormal experiences, this one-of-a-kind Inn is an…
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Mile 79 and the Ghost Stories at Tonsina River Lodge
Experience the magic of Alaska at Tonsina River Lodge! Discover tranquility amidst wilderness, relish home-cooked meals and dip your toes into riveting outdoor adventures,…
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The Spring, the Cave and the Ghosts of Cave Hill Cemetery
Behind a Corinthian gatehouse on Baxter Avenue, Cave Hill Cemetery spreads across 296 acres of hillside, lake and specimen tree on the eastern edge…
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Storm Drains and Legend: Clifton’s Gates of Hell
Beneath the streets of Clifton, New Jersey, a system of brick and concrete stormwater tunnels has picked up a name that has nothing to…
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A Schoolhouse Fire No Record Confirms: Heady Lane Cemetery
Heady Lane Cemetery is one of those places where the legend is far better documented than the event behind it. The burial ground sits…
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The Phantom Train Whistle at Tara Bridge in Fort Dodge
Ask for directions to Banwell Bridge in Webster County and you may get a blank look. Ask for Tara Bridge in Fort Dodge and,…
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Phantom Carriages and Pink Marble at the Haunted Ramsey House
Six miles or so east of downtown Knoxville, a two-storey house of pink marble and blue limestone sits back from the road looking almost…
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Bullet Holes in the Mural: Bardstown’s Old Talbott Tavern
The Old Talbott Tavern sits in the middle of Bardstown, Kentucky, a squat stone building that has been pouring drinks and renting beds since…
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The Gray Lady of Sims, a North Dakota Coal Town Gone Quiet
The Gray Lady of Sims is the reason most outsiders have heard of this place, but the town she is said to walk came…
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Pio Pico’s Grand Hotel: The Pico House Ghost Stories
Stand on the south side of the old Los Angeles Plaza and you are looking at the shell of the finest hotel Southern California…
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Water Babies and Saltair Sally: The Haunted Great Salt Lake
Most reputedly haunted places have a fixed footprint. The haunted Great Salt Lake does not: the shoreline in northern Utah moves by miles between…
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Cavalry Ghosts at F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Cheyenne
Three miles west of Cheyenne, on high plains that were treeless when the first tents went up, F.E. Warren Air Force Base has been…
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Simone and the Third-Floor Window at Boulder Hot Springs
Sulphur steam, a veranda lined with rocking chairs and a ghost who reportedly gets her own cup of tea: Boulder Hot Springs sits in…
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The Elevator to the Morgue at Old St Joseph’s Hospital
Every old hospital collects stories, but the ones attached to the old St Joseph’s Hospital tend to circle back to the same short list:…
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Houdini, Earhart and Andy: Derby’s Sterling Opera House
Step inside the historic Sterling Opera House and encounter spine-chilling tales of paranormal activity. Are you brave enough for a ghostly adventure?
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Blood Cemetery in Hollis: The Pointing Hand of Abel Blood
Ask for Blood Cemetery in Hollis and most people will know exactly which patch of New Hampshire ground you mean, even though no sign…
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Cotton Mill Money and the Haunted Falcon Rest at McMinnville
Talk of a haunted Falcon Rest tends to arrive before the history does, which is a shame, because the history of this Queen Anne…
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Damn the Torpedoes: The Fort Morgan Ghosts on Mobile Point
Stand at the tip of the peninsula that guards Mobile Bay and you are standing on the reason Fort Morgan exists: a pinch point…
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Hotel Colorado: Bell Tower Suites and a Sealed Room
The Hotel Colorado sits across the Colorado River from the hot springs that made Glenwood Springs famous, a cream-brick pile with twin bell towers…
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Ladd School in Exeter: A Eugenics Colony’s Empty Ground
Almost nothing is left to walk through. The Ladd School in Exeter, Rhode Island, ran for eighty five years as a state institution for…
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The Most Haunted States in America, by the Numbers
We have mapped and written up 705 haunted locations across all fifty states. Every one has coordinates, a documented history and a source list.…
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Hollow Earth Utopia: The Koreshan State Historic Site Ghosts
Nine miles south of Fort Myers, on a slow bend of the Estero River, the Koreshan State Historic Site preserves the physical remains of…
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Pawnee Ceremony to Outlaw Hideout: Robber’s Cave in Lincoln
Robber’s Cave in Lincoln is not a cave you can walk into. The entrance sits under a sandwich shop, sealed off from the sidewalk…
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Robert Mills’ 1822 Sanctuary and the Agnes of Glasgow Ghost
Two things bring people to the brick sanctuary at 502 DeKalb Street. The first is architectural: this is one of very few surviving churches…
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Sentries and a Sentry Dog: Fort Bridger State Historic Site
Fort Bridger State Historic Site sits on Blacks Fork of the Green River in Uinta County, Wyoming, on ground that was Mexican territory when…
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Belle of the Southwest: The Haunted Plaza Hotel, Las Vegas NM
One of the oddest mysteries of the Campbell House Museum is the still-unexplainable appearances of a half-dollar coin and a single penny. This has…
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Built by Convicts: The Haunted Arkansas State Capitol
Gold leaf on the dome, bronze doors bought from Tiffany, and prisoners in the mortar: the haunted Arkansas State Capitol in Little Rock, Arkansas…
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Fatty Walsh and the Biltmore Hotel Ghosts of Coral Gables
Coral Gables built itself a landmark in ten months, and the Biltmore Hotel ghosts that guests talk about today are a byproduct of everything…
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Cornmeal and Arrows: The Ghost of Thomas Gilcrease
Almost everything about the place has changed since the stories started, which makes the ghost of Thomas Gilcrease an unusual case: the building he…
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Bonnie Springs Ranch Ghosts: A Vanished Old Nevada Town
Stories about the Bonnie Springs Ranch ghosts outlived the buildings they were attached to. For decades this spread of desert land near Blue Diamond,…
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Lightner Farmhouse: Sleeping in a Union Field Hospital
Sleep at the Lightner Farmhouse Gettysburg and you are sleeping in a building that the United States government has formally recognised as a Civil…
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Gratz Park Inn: The Old Lexington Clinic’s Restless Guests
A doctor’s waiting room is an unusual foundation for a ghost story, but that is what lies underneath the Gratz Park Inn in Lexington,…
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Room 502: Kate Morgan and the Hotel del Coronado Ghosts
Stories of Hotel del Coronado ghosts all circle back to one November night in 1892, when a young woman who had checked in alone…
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Hotel Parq Central: The Railway Hospital Guests Sleep Inside
Guests who check into Hotel Parq Central in Albuquerque are sleeping inside a hospital. That is not a marketing conceit: the building went up…
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Headlamps in the Dark: The Iron Crosses of Dawson Cemetery
Dawson Cemetery is the last thing left standing of a company town that once fed coal to half the Southwest. The town of Dawson,…
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Bullet Holes and Bourbon: The Haunted Old Talbott Tavern
Five guest rooms sit above a stone dining room in Bardstown, and every one of them carries the name of a dead person said…
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The Duke of Devil’s Canyon: McCook’s Uneasy Landmark
Devil’s Canyon sits outside McCook in southwest Nebraska, a cut of rugged ground that would probably attract nothing more than hikers and photographers if…
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Applause With No Audience: The Alliance Theater’s Ghost
A working small town movie house on the Nebraska panhandle, the Alliance Theater has two stories running side by side: a documented one about…
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Keystone Cemetery: Where Mount Rushmore’s Carvers Rest
Look up from the plots at Keystone Cemetery and the four presidential faces are right there, a mile or so off through the pines.…
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Five Vanished Near Glastenbury: The Bennington Triangle
Five people vanished from the same stretch of southwestern Vermont in the space of five years, and the phrase Bennington Triangle was invented decades…