Washoe Club
A Millionaires’ Social Club Built on Comstock Silver, Where the Basement Once Doubled as a Winter Morgue Virginia City, Nevada, sits on a Nevada…
Haunted History & Ghost Stories
Haunted Places, Separated From Their Legends.
The documented history behind real hauntings across the United States, Ireland, and the United Kingdom from the Winchester Mystery House to Kylemore Abbey.
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The Sallie House
The Kansas Farmhouse Poltergeist Case That Became a National Legend On a sleepy street in Atchison, Kansas, sits the home of a nineteenth-century story…
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Union Cemetery
The Small Connecticut Burying Ground the Warrens Made Famous At the intersection of two unassuming country roads in Easton, Connecticut, a small cemetery is…
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Pennhurst Asylum
The True History Behind Pennsylvania’s Most Haunted Institution On a hillside in Spring City, Pennsylvania, a handful of brick and stone buildings stand in…
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United States
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Monroe House
A Modest Frame House in a Small Indiana Boomtown That Multiple Paranormal Teams Have Reportedly Refused to Finish Investigating Hartford City, Indiana, is not…
Eastern State Penitentiary
A Fortress Built to Fix the Soul Through Silence Soaring over Fairmount Avenue like a medieval castle dropped into the middle of downtown Philadelphia, Eastern State Penitentiary…
Harriet Beecher Stowe House
Harriet Beecher Stowe in a parlor of her home next to Mark Twain’s in 1886. Credit: Harriet Beecher Stowe Center A Modest Cottage Next…
The Mark Twain House
A High Gothic Showpiece That Became, in the Family’s Own Words, the City of Heartbreak The Mark Twain House rises from the idyllic Hartford…
The Sallie House
The Kansas Farmhouse Poltergeist Case That Became a National Legend On a sleepy street in Atchison, Kansas, sits the home of a nineteenth-century story…
Union Cemetery
The Small Connecticut Burying Ground the Warrens Made Famous At the intersection of two unassuming country roads in Easton, Connecticut, a small cemetery is…
Villisca Axe Murder House
The Unsolved Iowa Murders That Turned a Farmhouse Into One of America’s Most-Studied Crime Scenes In the small farming town of Villisca, Iowa, where the population never exceeded 2,000…
Winchester Mystery House
The Widow Everyone Calls a Haunted Curiosity, Built by One of the Shrewdest Landowners in the West In San Jose, California, one of the most peculiar Victorian mansions…
Ireland
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Leap Castle
The Tower House So Violent Its Own Family Turned It Into Fiction Leap Castle sits on a narrow pass through the Slieve Bloom Mountains…
Kylemore Abbey
A Castle Built for Love, Rebuilt for Grief Kylemore Abbey is undoubtedly Ireland’s most photographed building outside Dublin. This grey castle of the Gothic Revival style is reflected in a mountain lake, surrounded by the…
Johnstown Castle
The Fairy-Tale Castle Still Giving Up Its Secrets Johnstown Castle looks straight out of a fairytale, with its turrets and battleships castles reflecting in a still lake. A walled Victorian garden, plus peacocks that frequent the grounds,…
Donegal Castle
The Fortress an O’Donnell Chieftain Burned Rather Than Lose Donegal Castle is located at the heart of the town, a squat grey tower dominating…
St. Michan’s Church
St. Michan’s Church: A History of Preservation, Rebellion, and the Restless Dead Tucked behind a modest stone facade on Church Street, on the north…
U.K.
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The Ancient Ram Inn
England’s Most Haunted House Rests on a Surprisingly Thin Historical Foundation Few buildings in England carry a reputation as heavy as the Ancient Ram…
Tower of London
Nine Centuries of Kings, Prisoners, and Executions Inside England’s Most Haunted Fortress On the north bank of the Thames, just east of the City…
Cardiff Castle
Two Thousand Years of History Behind One Gothic Facade Nestled in the heart of the city, this fortress-like structure made of stone walls surrounded a Roman fortress, a castle built by…
Borley Church
The Village Behind England’s Most Haunted House Borley is barely a village at all. Fewer than 120 people live scattered about its farmhouses and…
Field Notes
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How to Plan a Haunted Road Trip Itinerary
The easiest part is choosing your haunted location. There are plentyof supposedly haunted hotels, asylums, and cemeteries within a day’s drive of wherever you are. The important part, the one that decides if the trip will be a…
How Electromagnetic Fields Can Affect Mood and Perception
Why the Most Common Piece of Ghost Hunting Gear Is Also the Most Misunderstood Walk into almost any paranormal investigation and you will find…
Best Times of Year and Weather Conditions for Investigations
Why Serious Ghost Hunters Watch the Sky as Closely as the Séance Room Ask any seasoned paranormal investigator the best night to go investigating is, and they will rarely say whenever I’m…
Why Old Hospitals and Asylums Became Hotspots for Hauntings
Ask anyone to name a “most haunted” location near them, and there’s a good chance the answer is a former psychiatric hospital. Waverly Hills.…
Beginner’s Guide to EMF Meters: What the Readings Actually Mean
If you’ve ever seen a ghost hunting TV show, you’ve probably seen a moment where someone pulls out a little device, presses a button, and a whole string of LEDs light up. Everyone gets all worked up about it too. The EMF meter has become so deeply ingrained in modern paranormal investigation that it’s…
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