Real Haunted Houses

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Throughout America, traumatic and disturbing events appear to create real haunted houses.

A real case of haunting?

The Root of Hauntings

Many old houses across the country are plagued with fascinating levels of paranormal activity. An interesting pattern becomes clear from reviewing many stories of this phenomenon. It seems that most of the real haunted houses are steeped in a history of tragedy and death. This certainly holds true for the authentic examples of haunted houses from around the United States provided below.

Real Haunted Houses from Around the United States

Every community within every State across the country has certain buildings that present guests with a long and fascinating history. Visitors of these spooky locations have reported odd experiences for decades, and they continue to report paranormal events even today.

Northeast: Stone's Public House in Ashland, Massachusetts

Stone's Public House in Ashland, Massachusetts is a rustic restaurant and pub featuring the authentic old architecture of Mr. John Stone's original establishment, formerly known as "The Railway House" in 1834. The building has always attracted many patrons, and it was hugely popular even when it first opened. Coincidentally, there were also a number of tragedies that took place on the property that led to the building's eventual haunting by these various ghosts.

  • In 1890, Burt Phillips walked onto the train tracks while drunk and was struck and killed by a train.
  • Patrons and owners claim that John Stone's own spirit continues to haunt the house.
  • In 1862, a ten-year-old girl named Mary Smith was unfortunately struck and killed by a train on the tracks just outside the Railway House. Patrons claim to see her apparition peering out of a storage room window.

In the attic of this tavern, Mary's bloody dress remains untouched and undisturbed. Don't believe it? You can see the dress yourself in a video of author and investigator Jeff Belanger exploring the mystery of Stone's Public House.

Southeast: Villa Paula in Miami, Florida

Villa Paula was built in 1925 in Miami, Florida, and served the first Cuban Consulate. Don Domingo Milord and his wife Paula lived there for six years until she died after her leg had to be amputated due to medical issues. A woman named Muriel Reardon, who had a great dislike for cats, lived there for 30 years. Subsequent owners and visitors report so much paranormal phenomenon from this house that in 1989 the Miami Herald called The Villa Miami's most haunted house.

Haunting activity reported at Villa Paula includes:

  • Intermittent, unexplainable knocking on the front door
  • Cats killed when slammed by a heavy iron gate
  • Bedroom doors slamming shut on their own
  • Reports of apparitions, including a Cuban woman in full-length gown
  • The strong smell of Cuban coffee
  • Dishes and silverware tossed around the kitchen

Northwest: Forepaugh's Victorian Manor in St. Paul, Minnesota

Forepaugh's is a Victorian mansion built by entrepreneur Joseph Forepaugh in 1870. Joseph, his wife Mary and his two daughters enjoyed a wonderful life in this luxurious mansion until Joseph fell in love with one of the hired servants, a young maid named Molly. After Mary caught Joseph and Molly in bed, Joseph ended his relationship with Molly in order to save his marriage. After discovering she was pregnant, Molly hung herself from a chandelier on the third floor. Later on in 1892, Joseph Lybrandt shot himself in the nearby park. Despite supposedly being haunted, the building now houses a French restaurant.

Paranormal phenomena at Forepaugh's includes:

  • Sightings of Joseph's apparition walking through the dining rooms
  • Sightings of Molly's apparition near where she killed herself
  • Lights turning on and off in the basement
  • Molly's image allegedly captured in a wedding photo
  • Loud footsteps heard on the third floor, but no intruders ever found

Southwest: St. James Hotel in Cimarron, New Mexico

Some of the most intriguing, and apparently dangerous, paranormal activity can be found at the St. James Hotel in Cimarron, New Mexico. Built in 1872 by Henri Lambert, it was originally known as "Lambert's Inn". The establishment included a saloon, restaurant, and 43 guest rooms. The building's history is bloody. A total of 26 murders took place at the hotel. Well known icons of the Wild West visited the hotel, including Clay Allison, Jesse James, Black Jack Ketchum and Buffalo Bill Cody. Multiple reports of paranormal experiences from guests led this hotel to be featured on Unsolved Mysteries.

Haunting activity at the St. James Hotel:

  • Room 18 is where a former owner claims she was pushed down, and it is considered one of the most haunted rooms. Locals believe that the room is haunted by Thomas James Wright, a man who was murdered at his hotel room door after winning rights to the hotel in a poker game. The staff keep the room locked and unused.
  • Henri's second wife, Mary Elizabeth, wore rose-scented perfume. Guests report occasionally picking up her scent in her old room, and hearing tapping on an open window until it is closed.
  • Objects are constantly reported flying off walls and electrical devices behave erratically.
  • Guests and staff report a variety of other entities and spirits materializing or making noise around the hotel.

How to Experience a Haunted House

If you are interested in experiencing a haunting yourself, conduct an Internet search for "haunted houses" in your state. Sometimes owners of an inn or a hotel will attempt to hide the fact that their old house is filled with active ghosts, but guests will occasionally report that haunting to a website, forum or blog on the Internet. If you visit a real haunted house, be prepared to see objects move on their own, or to hear knocking, footsteps or banging that has no apparent cause. If you can, bring along a camera, an audio recorder and a video camera. Record as much of the experience as possible. But don't worry, ghosts don't harm people...usually.

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