Haunted House Stories

Do haunted homes really exist? Could it be that spirits who have long since past have decided to continue to dwell where they felt most comfortable? If they do haunt a residence, will other strange activity occur such as odd smells or even sounds? I am going to list two haunted homes here and you [...]

The haunted mansion in Altoona, Pennsylvania which currently acts as the center of operations for Blair County’s Historical Society was constructed in the late 1840’s. The man behind the haunted mansion was Elias Baker who built this home for his growing family which included Hetty along with their sons, Sylvester and David. Later two more [...]

Sometime during the early years of the 1960’s, the man known as Walt Disney started to construct plans for the Haunted Mansion. He decided to compose illusions which showed visitors, spirits and ghosts. When Walt Disney passed away in the late 1960’s, construction stopped but a few years later the Haunted Mansion opened up for [...]

Anyone walking into real haunted houses could be delving in the unknown with great fear but there is also an eagerness to see the supernatural up close and personal. Why would anyone want to journey into real haunted houses? Curiosity could be one reason. To get some sort of thrill could be quite another. The [...]

Let’s face it, haunted houses (particularly in America) draw large numbers of tourists for people who seem to be fascinated by the paranormal or supernatural. Nowadays haunted houses can serve as exhibits or museums if you will where patrons can view many interesting collectibles and learn its colorful history. Halloween is the obvious choice for [...]

The Octagon House in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin is said to be haunted and has a colorful history to say the least which could make paranormal activity completely understandable here. It is currently a national landmark and was given that title in the year 1972. The Octagon Haunted House was constructed in the year 1856 [...]

So here I am with the second part of my haunted Vegas tour. If you did not get a chance to read part one, go ahead and do that now before continuing on with this one. Note that a good portion of my sites that I have listed here, are open to the public and [...]

When you hear someone say, Las Vegas, what immediately comes to your mind? I don’t know about you but several images pop into my head. Bright glittering lights, twenty-four hour casinos, all you can eat buffets and of course an endless array of shows suited for anyone’s taste. What if I told you Las Vegas [...]

In today’s society,  when every age group imaginable is saturated with television as well as the Internet, why is it that some people would prefer to listen to audio ghost stories as opposed to watching it? There are several reasons why which I am going to go into.

Kids ghost stories are always popular for the little ones during the festive season they call Halloween. These sorts of tales should be always be age appropriate but engaging enough so the children do not get bored with the story. I have some guidelines that parents might want follow when telling those kids ghost stories.

For fourteen years, Ozzie Nelson entertained us as the beloved father on the popular television series, The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet. He comes in at number 10 of my 13 stories. Well it seems that Nelson still enjoys entertaining in death as he once did in life. His haunt of choice is the Camino [...]

Orson Welles is probably known as one of Tinseltown’s greatest contributors of all time and comes in at number seven in my 13 stories about famous ghosts. Not only was he a director and producer, but he was an actor as well.  He had a love of all things cinema and passions extended beyond work [...]

My 13 stories are just beginning here and I would like to now move onto America’s beloved comedienne known as the great Lucille Ball. The talented and gifted actress once lived in a stunning modern white colonial house located on Roxbury Drive. People who have owned this beautiful home have mentioned quite unusual activity occurring [...]

The first of my 13 stories about famous ghosts begins with the beautiful and enchanting Marilyn Monroe who was taken from us much too soon. My story begins in one of the many haunted stomping grounds of Hollywood, The Roosevelt Hotel. A mirror that was once owned by Marilyn Monroe herself is now located near [...]

The Waverly Hills Sanatorium was originally a hospital in the year 1910 which housed patients who had tuberculosis. The hospital would stay open until the early 1980’s when the sanatorium closed its doors for good due to mistreatment of patients. It has been said that over 60,000 patients have passed away here. Several witnesses have [...]