Most Haunted Places in America

The Riddle House is located in West Palm Beach Florida in a place called Yesteryear Village. Yesteryear Village is a 10 acre park featuring artifacts and buildings from 1850 to 1950. Though it seems the whole area has paranormal activity, The Riddle House seems to attract the most attention. The house was built in response to vandals and looters at the Woodlawn Cemetery, located in the West Palm Beach area. Used for security and to manage the grounds, it was originally called Gatekeeper’s College. The building originally functioned not only as a security presence and management but also as a funeral parlor. It was during this time the first death attributed with the house occurred. A worker at the cemetery, who was thought to beRead More…

Most Haunted Places in America: Molly Brown House Born Margaret Tobin in 1867 in Hannibal, Missouri, she grew up next to the Mississippi river and worked as a waitress. A customer at the hotel which she was a waitress, none other than Mark Twain, told her about Denver Colorado and that is just the beginning of this grand life she lived. The house that is now known as the Molly Brown House Museum was originally built by the Large family who was invested in the silver mines that were all around Denver. The silver business crashed in 1893 and a year later Molly and her husband James Brown bought the home for $30,000. When James died in 1898, Molly was given ownership of the houseRead More…

Most Haunted Places in America: Preston Castle The 230 acres of land, which is known as Preston Castle, was bought in 1890 from the Ione Coal and Iron Company. Located in Ione, California the cost on this land was a mere $30 per acre and received 100 acres donated. The building’s cornerstone was set on December 23, 1890 and there were 2500 people there to witness it. The bricks were made at the San Quentin and Folsom prisons and were made with sandstone. The sandstone was quarried a mere six miles from the town of Ione. The land was purchased to build the Preston School of Industry, which was a progressive action in the process of rehabilitating youth rather than imprisoning the juveniles, according toRead More…

Most people say and we agree, that during an investigation the ultimate documentation you could have is an apparition.  If that is number one then an EVP of a ghost that seems to be actually communicating with you and your team would have to be a close second.  Here is a story of a paranormal team in Tampa Bay who seemed to get just that. Written by Erin Sullivan on tampabay.com. It was Sunday night and the ghost hunters stood on the steps of the West Pasco Historical Society, trying to talk with William Barber, a Union soldier whose desk is inside the building. The desk dates to 1850 and was donated to the society in 1983. It is said that Barber’s spirit is stillRead More…