Famous haunted houses

Located in San Diego, California, the Whaley House has earned the title of “the most haunted house in the U.S.” Built in 1857 by Thomas Whaley on land that was partially once a cemetery, the house has since been the locus of dozens of ghost sightings.. Thomas Whaley was born in New York City on … Read more

The Amityville Horror, although now considered a hoax, is one of the most famous haunted house of all time.  The small house in Amityville, New York was made famous in the mid-70s when George and Kathy Lutz told the media of bizarre happenings which were alleged to have taken place at the house during the … Read more

The Chase Vault is a burial vault in the cemetery of the Christ Church Parish Church in Oistins, Christ Church, Barbados. It is best known for a series of unexplained incidents in the early 19th century involving the coffins within the vault. Each time when the vault was opened to bury a family member, all … Read more

The Winchester Mansion, in San Jose, California, was built by Sara Winchester, the widow of William Winchester. Sarah Winchester’s husband invented the Winchester rifle and made his family very rich. But Sarah believed that a curse had been placed on her family. Her only daughter, Annie, died from marasmus and her husband died from pulmonary … Read more

The Tower of London has a long and bloody history, and of course many ghostly legends are associated with the Tower. This is due, no doubt, to the scores of executions, murders and tortures that have taken place within its walls over the last 1,000 years. Dozens upon dozens of ghost sightings have been reported … Read more

The Theatre Royal in Drury Lane is located in the Covent Garden district of London, England facing Catherine Street. It earned the reputation of being the most haunted theatre in all of England. Originally built in 1663 by Thomas Killigrew on Drury Lane, it is the oldest London theatre still in operation. Nell Gwynne, actress … Read more

Borley Rectory is often called “The most haunted house in England.” The site of the rectory originally held a monastery, which was inhabited by Benedictine monks.  Subsequent to this, the monastery came under the ownership of the Waldergrave family, who occupied it for three centuries.  In the late 1800’s a descendant of the Waldegraves, the … Read more