Tag: Hauntings

The Winchester Mystery House

At first glance, the Winchester Mansion just looks like any other architectural wonder, combining both Victorian and Queen Anne architectural styles. In its time, the mansion was a modern marvel, with indoor plumbing, central heating, and multiple elevators. The mansion spans 24,000 square feet of living space, on 6 acres of land, and if that wasn’t impressive enough, it boasts 161 rooms (one previously unknown room was just discovered in the attic of the house. In it contained a pump organ, a dress form, a sewing machine, a Victorian sofa, and several paintings), 40 bedrooms, 47 staircases, 10,000 windows, 2 basements and 2,000 doors.

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The Real Bates Motel

Coeur d’Alene is a city in northwest Idaho, just west of the Coeur d’Alene National Forest. It is situated just north of Lake Coeur d’Alene, which feeds the Spokane River. Just off Sherman street, north of the Coeur d’Alene Resort Golf Course, and west of the St. Thomas Cemetery you’ll find the The Bates Motel. It’s one of fourteen motels in the area, and a bit run down, but the name alone, is enough to draw a crowd.

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Haunted H1

The Koolau Range mountains, on the eastern coast of Oahu in Hawaii, was formed by numerous volcanic eruptions. The most prominent feature of the range is a serrated precipice, the “pali” or cliff, that rises on the eastern side and reaches heights ranging from 500 to 2,500 feet above sea level. Two cliff passes cut through the range, one of which is known as the Nuuanu Pali.

In 1782, the island of Hawaii was separated into three fragments, striking a power struggle that would last for ten years. On the large island, the death of the Hawaiian monarch Kalanipou’u left rival warrior princes to fight for power. One, Kamehameha, managed to take the Hawaiian throne.

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The Old Candler Hospital Morgue Tunnel

The Old Candler Hospital was Georgia’s first hospital, located in Savannah. It was chartered in 1804 and is recognized as the second oldest continuously operating hospital in the United States. But the Old Candler Hospital now lies in ruin, the hospital itself joining forces with St. Joseph’s and moving locations.

Candler Hospital

While the Old Candler Hospital was known for its outstanding patient care, it is also known as one of the most haunted places in all of Georgia.

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Catman’s Grave

At the end of an old dirt road, in South Eastern Delaware, there is an old cemetery dating back to the early 1800’s. Long Cemetery, also known as Colonel Armwell Long Cemetery. Long served in the Revolutionary War with George Washington, and when he died in 1834, he was buried alongside his wife, a son, and several other relatives in their small family plot. The land, owned by the Layton family, was soon turned into a large public cemetery in Armwell’s memory, with him being cited as the first official burial.

LongGraveStone

The catman, however, has nothing to do with the origins of the cemetery. The catman is actually a former caretaker, called such because of his feline, or cat-like, features. He lived in a nearby home and didn’t appreciate the local teenagers who enjoyed coming to the cemetery to party, or be a general nuisance. He spent much of his time running them off.

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The Dudley Curse and Dudleytown Connecticut

The village of Dudleytown is located a few miles south of the Cornwall Bridge neighborhood of Cornwall. It’s down in a valley, known as the Dark Entry Forest, thanks to the shadows caused by the mountains surrounding the village and its access road. The village was founded in 1747 by Gideon Dudley, and doomed right from the start.

But our story doesn’t begin in Dudleytown, Connecticut. Instead, we can trace it’s haunted history back to England.

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Haunted Cheesman Park

Cheesman park, in Denver, Colorado, is a lush park in the center of a bustling city. The park is a beautiful green space, with expansive lawns, jogging trails, and a dramatic neoclassical pavilion. Just east of the park, Denver Botanic Gardens features themed areas and an amphitheater for popular summer concerts. It’s safe to assume that most visitors don’t realize that they’re walking, sitting, or jogging on the grave of one of the many who had been buried there in the 19th century.

Cheesman Park

While the park was founded in 1907, it’s history dates back even further. In 1858, General William Larimer seized the claim of the St. Charles Town Company, despite the fact that the land actually belonged to the Arapaho Indians, and established his own town. This town later became Denver. In November 1858, Larimer set aside 320 acres of land for a cemetery. He named it Mount Prospect Cemetery, and designated several large plots on the crest of the hill for the exclusive use of the city’s wealthy and most influential citizens. The outside edges of the cemetery were reserved for criminals and the poor, with the central area saved for the middle class.

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The Haunting of the Allen House

The Allen House, in Monticello, Arkansas was planned by local businessman, Joe Lee Allen, to be the most impressive house the town had ever seen. Built in 1906, by renowned architect Sylvester Hotchkiss and builder Josia Barkley White, it was outstanding. A combination of Queen Anne, Gothic, and Neo-classical styles. The home occupied 8,000 square feet with a full attic and three stories, complete with a wrought iron fence. It was more of a mansion than a house, and remains one of the most beautiful houses in all of Arkansas.

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