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…
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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Winchester Mystery House
A grieving widow's mansion with staircases to nowhere — built, legend says, to confuse the spirits inside it.
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The Lizzie Borden House
Two axe murders, one acquitted suspect, and more than a century of unanswered questions.
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Kylemore Abbey
A castle built for love in 1867 — and rebuilt through generations of grief.
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United States
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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…
The Stanley Hotel
The Hotel a Dying Man Built, and Stephen King Never Forgot The Stanley Hotel sits above the town of Estes Park, glowing like a cinematic dream in gleaming…
The Trans Allegheny Lunatic Asylum
A History of Healing, Horror, and Hauntings Rising out of the hills of Weston, West Virginia, the Trans Allegheny Lunatic Asylum is hard to…
The Seelbach Hotel
Louisville’s Historic, Haunted Landmark At the corner of Fourth Street and Muhammad Ali Boulevard in downtown Louisville, the Seelbach Hotel has been welcoming guests…
The Sloss Furnaces
The True History Behind Birmingham’s Haunted Landmark In the heart of downtown Birmingham, Alabama, a rust colored maze of blast furnaces, boilers, and pipework…
Pennhurst Asylum
The True History Behind Pennsylvania’s Most Haunted Institution On a hill outside Spring City, Pennsylvania, roughly a dozen brick and stone buildings sit in…
The Myrtles Plantation
True History vs. the Legend of Chloe Along the banks of the Mississippi River near St. Francisville, Louisiana, The Myrtles Plantation has spent decades…
The Menger Hotel
San Antonio’s Historic, Haunted Landmark A hundred yards from the walls of the Alamo sits a two-story building of cut limestone that has been…
Ireland
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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 sits right in the middle of its town, a blunt grey tower rising…
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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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 across its farmhouses and…
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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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