Jennie Wade House

The Tragedy of Jennie Wade

The modest brick house on Baltimore Street sits quietly in the heart of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Sunlight warms its walls during the day. Tourists walk past on their way to the battlefield monuments and Civil War museums. The house looks unassuming, almost ordinary. But step inside and you feel it immediately. The weight of the past … Read more

The Hawthorne Hotel

The Hawthorne Hotel – The Haunted Hotel

The Hawthorne Hotel glows warmly against the Salem night, its red brick facade illuminated by elegant exterior lighting. Six stories of Colonial Revival architecture rise above Washington Square, windows reflecting the lamplight from the historic Salem Common below. Lace curtains hang in the guest room windows, and behind them, shadows seem to move even when … Read more

Joshua Ward House

Joshua Ward House – The Haunted Mansion

The brick Georgian mansion rises sharply above Washington Street, its Federal-style architecture elegant and imposing against the New England sky. Three stories of red brick and white trim. Four chimneys reaching upward. Windows that catch the light during the day but seem to hold shadows even when the sun is brightest. Tourists walk past on … Read more

Howard Street Cemetery

Howard Street Cemetery

A quiet side street in downtown Salem. Away from the tourist crowds and souvenir shops. Away from the bustling witch museums and packed restaurants. Here, wind whispers through iron gates and rustles the branches of old trees standing sentinel over crooked headstones. This is Howard Street Cemetery, and it feels different from Salem’s other historic … Read more

old burying point cemetery

Old Burying Point Cemetery

Twilight settles over Charter Street like a gray shroud. Ancient gravestones lean at odd angles, their inscriptions worn smooth by centuries of New England weather. Shadows stretch long across the grass, reaching between the stones like dark fingers. Leaves skitter through the iron gates, propelled by wind that seems to come from nowhere. The crunch … Read more

Salem Witch House

The Salem Witch House — Where the Trials Still Whisper

Tourists stroll past the dark-timbered house on Essex Street, cameras in hand, drawn by its distinctive medieval silhouette against the gray Massachusetts sky. They pause for photos. Comment on the overhanging second story. Marvel at the diamond-paned windows that seem to watch back. Most don’t realize what happened within those black walls. The accusations spoken. … Read more

RMS Queen Mary

Queen Mary – The Grey Ghost Ship

Fog rolls across Long Beach Harbor in the pre-dawn darkness, thick and cold. The massive silhouette of the RMS Queen Mary emerges from the mist like a phantom from another era. Her black hull and white superstructure loom over the docks, silent and still. But listen closely. Do you hear that? Footsteps on an empty … Read more

Eloise Mental Asylum

The Haunting of Eloise Mental Asylum

The Ghosts of Westland, Michigan The red-brick buildings stand silent against the Michigan sky, their windows dark and empty like hollow eyes staring into nothing. Crumbling walls. Rusted gates. Hallways that echo with footsteps that aren’t there. This is Eloise, and its reputation precedes it. One of the most haunted locations in Michigan. Perhaps in … Read more