Most Haunted Places in America

Most Haunted Places in America: Destrehan Manor If you’re a fan of horror movies, you may have seen Destrehan Manor in the film version of Anne Rice’s “Interview With a Vampire”. If you’re a fan of American history, you may be aware that the manor was the largest house included in the Louisiana Purchase. If you’re a fan of ghosts, you might even know that Destrehan Manor is said to be haunted by former owners Stephen Henderson and his wife Marie Eleonore Destrehan Henderson, and possibly even that of famous pirate John Lafitte. Built between 1787 and 1790 by Robert Antoine Robin de Longy and it was sold to his daughter and her husband, Jean Noel d’Estrehan in 1802. It started out as an indigoRead More…

Most Haunted Places in America: Strawberry Hill Mansion Strawberry Hill Mansion in Kansas City, Kansas was built in 1887, by Margaret E. Kerstetter Cruise and her husband John B. Scroggs. The house, perched atop Splitlog’s Hill, afforded a view of both the Kansas and Missouri Rivers. Eugene, their eldest son, died young in the mansion while the other three children left and started lives of their own. In 1890, one daughter, Emma, got married and came home to share the mansion with her parents. John Scroggs died nine years later, and Margaret’s death followed in 1915. Emma and her husband inherited the mansion. Then came the flu epidemic of 1918. The illness devastated the population, spiking the number of orphans in the community. The SistersRead More…

Most Haunted Places in America: Fort Mifflin It’s common knowledge among paranormal enthusiasts that locations that have witnessed a great deal of emotion or death are prime suspects for a haunting. Imagine, then, what might be walking the halls of a fort that was the recipient of the largest bombardment in North American history when the British Navy peppered it 10,000 cannonballs during a 5 week span of the Revolution. The fort was built by the British in 1771 on the Delaware River in Philadelphia. By 1777 the Colonists has taken it, and were besieged for five weeks as the British army was attempting to open a supply line through Philadelphia. The fort was home to 400 troops who fought valiantly but eventually had toRead More…

Most Haunted Place in America: Biltmore Estate There are houses, there are manors, and there are mansions. And then, there is the Biltmore Estate in Asheville, NC. Since its completion, with its 175,000 square feet and 250 rooms, it has been the largest privately-owned home in the United States. It is as opulent and majestic a building as has ever been called a home. The house was constructed between 1888 and 1895 on 125,000 acres in the Blue Ridge Mountains in western North Carolina by George Washington Vanderbilt. Vanderbilt has made many trips to the are with his mother and fell in love with the scenery and climate, and decided to build a summer home of his own there. Biltmore was built to be self-sufficient,Read More…