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 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 Ghosts of Bowling Green State University
The grounds and precincts of the Bowling Green State University has the distinction of playing host to a number of haunted events making it one of the most affected places in terms of haunting. The theatre within the University has a ghost visitor named “Alice” and many have sighted a woman with flowing hair repeatedly making a visit since the 1920s. Though nobody is aware of the exact reason behind the name of Alice, there is a belief that before the screening or holding of any major film or drama, the manage must formally extend an invitation to grace the ...
The Story of The Haunted Whaley House
This house has the distinction being officially recognized as a haunted place by the government in southern California. It was constructed in the year 1857 by an individual Thomas Whaley who then let out a portion to the county for storing the records. However, this became a point of argument amongst the residents of San Diego who wanted their part of the records pertaining to the New Town to be housed somewhere near them and not in this house which was in the Old Town. Things reached a head when some ruffians belonging to the New Town ransacked this house ...
The Haunted Bachelor’s Grove cemetery
This cemetery situated in the suburb of Midlothian has seen a lot of paranormal activity over the years and is known as one of the most dreaded and haunted places in Chicago. People have talked about strange voices, flashing lights, sighting of apparitions and many instances of ghostly photos being taken at the spot. None of them had any tangible explanation to give. The cemetery has its history way back in the 1860s when some immigrants working in the nearby Michigan canal settled at the place and were eventually buried after their death. The graveyard remained secluded ever since and over ...
Haunted Places
Alcatraz Prison
The notorious Alcatraz Prison is known for its infamous inmates and its strictness....
The Queen Mary Haunting
The Queen Mary was in service for decades and served both as a ship to transport...
The Ghosts of Bowling Green State University
The grounds and precincts of the Bowling Green State University has the distinction...
The Story of The Haunted Whaley House
This house has the distinction being officially recognized as a haunted place by...
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Mysterious Places
The Franklin Castle at Cleveland
This castle at Cleveland, Ohio carries the reputation of being the most feared and...
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
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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