The Queen Mary Haunting
The Queen Mary was in service for decades and served both as a ship to transport sailors during the war and as a luxury liner for the big spenders. When the Queen Mary was decommissioned Long Beach, California bought the liner and made a very luxurious hotel in 1967. Arguably the most haunted part of the ship is the engine room where tapping on pipes can be heard and lights can be seen. This is thought to be the apparitions of a young 17 year old, John Henry, who deceived the management of the ship in order to get a job ...
The Haunting of the West Virginia State Penitentiary
West Virginia State Penitentiary is considered by many to be the scariest haunted prison in America and by the sounds of the ghost stories and history of the prison its obvious why. West Virginia State Penitentiary was opened in 1876 with 250 inmates going straight into the cells. If you look at any pictures of the prison you will see a very Gothic and spooky building, even if the prison wasn't haunted it would still spook most people. It was decided that the prison would be extended in 1929, the construction did was not completed until 1959. In these 20 years ...
Waverly Hills Sanatorium
Waverly Hills Sanatorium is one of those stories you think just can not be true, it feels like it has been dreamt up by some big shot horror movie director or its a new haunted house attraction at a theme park... But Waverly Hills is a real place, the stories are real and this is certainly not a place you want to take the kids. Waverly Hills Sanatorium like any other haunted hospital has a gruesome past and lots of horrifying stories. Waverly Hills is situated in south western Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky, it opened in 1910. The hospital was opened due ...
Belcourt Castle
The magnificent Belcourt Castle is located in Newport, Rhode Island on Bellevue Avenue. The construction of this beautiful castle took three laborious years and was finally completed in 1894. Oliver Belcourt spent an estimated $ 3.2 million on construction of this lavish chateau, and made sure that every minor detail of his vision was taken into consideration. The castle was a palatial 60 room marvel spread over 50,000 square foot. [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="580" caption="Belcourt Castle"][/caption] The man responsible for the design of this masterpiece was Richard Morris Hunt. The sprawling castle was built using a confluence of styles with the emphasis ...
Alcatraz Prison
The notorious Alcatraz Prison is known for its infamous inmates and its strictness. Alcatraz is a small island located in San Francisco Bay, which is named Alcatraz Island. The environment which surrounds the prison made it near impossible to escape with the sea currents very strong and no chance of swimming across. Alcatraz was originally a high security military prison, which opened in 1859. In 1933 it was then made a high security federal Prison for the most hardened and dangerous criminals. The conditions of the prison were terrible with a very strict management. If any inmate was to behave badly ...
The Stanley Hotel
The Stanley Hotel is in Estes Park, Colorado it is a 138 room hotel which has amazing view of the Rocky Mountain National Park. The Hotel was opened in 1909 by American businessman, Freelan Oscar Stanley. Stanley suffered from Tuberculosis in 1903 and was asked to move west in order to help his recovery, while staying in a log cabin in Estes Park he instantly loved the area and he decided to build The Stanley Hotel there. The Haunted Stanley Hotel The Stanley Hotel has many stories but no of which have been violent, so it appears that the ghostly residents are ...
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The Stanley Hotel
The Stanley Hotel is in Estes Park, Colorado it is a 138 room hotel which has amazing...
The Haunting of the West Virginia State Penitentiary
West Virginia State Penitentiary is considered by many to be the scariest haunted...
Waverly Hills Sanatorium
Waverly Hills Sanatorium is one of those stories you think just can not be true,...
Alcatraz Prison
The notorious Alcatraz Prison is known for its infamous inmates and its strictness....
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The Franklin Castle at Cleveland
Franklin CastleLocated on the west side at Franklin Boulevard in Cleveland, Ohio,...
The Haunted Battlefield of Gettysburg
Cemeteries and battlefields have always been the most common areas where paranormal...
The Haunted Lemp Mansion
This mansion earns its place among the most haunted and since 1980; many people have...
The Old Slave House (Hickory Hill), Junction, IL
This huge mansion was first erected by an extremely rich individual John Hart Crenshaw...
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Introduction To Haunted Places In America
It is difficult to define a haunted place as each place is unique in its paranormal activity and researchers study and put in a lot of work to find instances of such activity before assigning the sobriquet of a haunted place to a particular location. Paranormal activity examples include sighting of apparitions, some voices that are captured on electromagnetic... [Read more of this review]
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