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 ...
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 ...
The Stanley Hotel
The Stanley Hotel was built during the early part of 1900 by Freelan Oscar Stanley, the creator of the Stanley Steam Engine. Stanley and his wife, Flora, came to Colorado in 1903 under instructions from Stanley’s doctor to get some fresh mountain air. He suffered from tuberculosis and had been given six months to live. His doctor made arrangements for them to stay in Estes Park at a friend’s cabin for the summer. Stanley’s health improved dramatically and the couple loved the area. Stanley Hotel HauntedImage of The Shining HotelThe Stanley Hotel was built on land bought from Earl Lord Dunraven, ...
The Haunting of the West Virginia State Penitentiary
West Virginia State Penitentiary is considered by many to be the scariest haunted prison in America. Given the ghost stories and history of the prison inmates obvious why. West Virginia State Penitentiary was opened in 1876 with 250 inmates going straight into the cells. If you look at any picture of the prison you will see a Gothic and very 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; however, the construction was not completed until 1959. In these 20 years the prison was grossly ...
Alcatraz Prison
Nearly everyone has heard of the prison known as Alcatraz. It is located on Alcatraz Island in the San Francisco Bay, which is 1.5 miles offshore of San Francisco, California. Commonly called The Rock, this small island was initially outfitted with places for a lighthouse and a fort. It served as a military prison beginning in 1868 and was a federal prison from 1933 until 1963. In 1972, Alcatraz was turned into a national recreation area. In 1986, it became a National Historic Landmark.Today haunted Alcatraz is managed by National Park Service and is open to tourists that reach the ...
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 ...
Haunted Places
The Stanley HotelThe Stanley Hotel is definitively haunted. Here the proofs including the story of the thief ghost who took objects from ghost hunters.
The Haunting of the West Virginia State PenitentiaryWest Virginia State Penitentiary is considered by many to be the scariest haunted prison.
Waverly Hills SanatoriumWaverly Hills Sanatorium has a horrifying past and is visited by paranormal investigators on a regular basis.
Alcatraz PrisonAlcatraz is known for its infamous inmates. Find here the various paranormal activities and hauntings of the prison including Al Capone’s ghost.
Mysterious Places
The Franklin Castle at ClevelandLocated in Cleveland, Ohio, Franklin Castle is known to be one of the most haunted and eerie castles in the world.
The Haunted Battlefield of GettysburgThis battlefield is America’s most haunted graveyard – all about paranormal Gettysburg.
The Haunted Lemp MansionIn Lemp Mansion many suicides have occurred over the course of time. Today Lemp Mansion is famous for hauntings.
The Old Slave HouseHere’s the story of the Old Slave House in Hickory Hills, IL, including its cruel past and the scary attic – famous among ghost hunters.
Introduction
Introduction To Haunted Places In AmericaIt 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 voice phenomena apparatus, sighting of moving objects etc. In the US, there are many locations that lure tourists by virtue of them having been declared as haunted. Some of the more common ones are as under: Haunted Cemeteries Some of the most haunted cemeteries can be found in New Orleans... [Continued here]