tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1448416878122918820Sat, 31 Oct 2026 23:07:21 +0000Ghost PicturesHouses & MansionsHotels & InnsGhostly GazetteSeries: SpookfestJails & PrisonsMuseums & State BuildingsSchools & UniversitiesX ChroniclesCaliforniaCemeteries & MausoleumsLegends & LoreAlabamaArizonaCastlesDistrict of ColumbiaOhioRestaurants & TavernsWeird StuffConnecticutKansasKentuckyMontanaPennsylvaniaTheatres & Opera HousesAlaskaArkansasColoradoDelawareHawaiiHospitals & AsylumsIllinoisIndianaIowaLouisianaMassachusettsMississippiMissouriNew JerseyOklahomaOregonResorts & SpasRhode IslandTexasVirginiaWest VirginiaWhole Towns & IslandsFloridaIdahoMarylandMinnesotaNebraskaNevadaNew HampshireNew MexicoSouth CarolinaTennesseeWashingtonWisconsinBattlefieldsGeorgiaGhost TownsLighthousesMaineMichiganMilitary BasesNew YorkNorth CarolinaNorth DakotaVermontBridges & HighwaysChurches & ChapelsDollsFactoriesMarket Places & MallsObjectsPlantationsSouth DakotaTunnels and CavesUtahCursesFuneral Homes MortuariesGardens and ParksLakes & PondsMinesMusic Venues & Concert HallsShipsTrain Stations and RailroadsWyomingExplore a growing collection of America's ghost stories, haunted places, dolls, hotels, Unsolved Mysteries, and more! Real hauntings. TrueHauntingsOfAmerica.comhttp://www.truehauntingsofamerica.com/noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Blogger381125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1448416878122918820.post-1547993508244538668Sat, 31 Oct 2026 04:30:00 +00002026-10-31T00:30:00.119-04:00Series: Spookfest Here is a question worth asking on Halloween night: Why do so many of America's famous ghosts seem to come from the nineteenth century? Think about the haunted houses, old hotels, battlefields, and abandoned mansions scattered across the country. How often do their ghost stories involve women in long Victorian dresses, soldiers wearing Civil War uniforms, grieving mothers, mysterious http://www.truehauntingsofamerica.com/2026/10/spookfest-halloween-special-did-america.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1448416878122918820.post-8802002209386485302Fri, 30 Oct 2026 04:30:00 +00002026-10-30T00:30:00.204-04:00Series: Spookfest There is a place in the Appalachian Mountains where two great rivers come together, where three states nearly touch, and where the land has witnessed enough human suffering to fill a thousand ghost stories. That place is Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. From the rocky heights above the town, the Potomac and Shenandoah rivers appear almost peaceful. Their waters wind between forested mountainshttp://www.truehauntingsofamerica.com/2026/10/spookfest-2026-appalachia-rivers-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1448416878122918820.post-6690305439120731581Wed, 28 Oct 2026 10:00:00 +00002026-10-28T06:00:00.120-04:00DelawareHouses & Mansions Dover, Kent County, DelawareOriginal photo: Max A. van Balgooy / Wikimedia Commons. AI-enhanced for atmospheric effect. Along a quiet country road outside Dover, Delaware, stands an elegant eighteenth-century mansion surrounded by fields, trees, and centuries of American history. Known as Poplar Hall, the John Dickinson Mansion was once home to one of the most influential political thinkers http://www.truehauntingsofamerica.com/2026/10/the-haunted-john-dickinson-mansion-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1448416878122918820.post-6096948187777563061Mon, 26 Oct 2026 22:00:00 +00002026-10-26T18:00:00.116-04:00Ghostly Gazette <!--THE GHOSTLY GAZETTE October 25, 2026 20 Years of Haunting America — Halloween Week Edition--> <!--NEWSPAPER MASTHEAD--> TRUE HAUNTINGS OF AMERICA PRESENTS THE GHOSTLY GAZETTE Paranormal News, Haunted History &amp; Things That Go Bump in the Night SUNDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2026 HALLOWEEN WEEK • ANNIVERSARY EDITION <!--ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION--> SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT 20 http://www.truehauntingsofamerica.com/2026/10/the-ghostly-gazette-october-25-2026-20.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1448416878122918820.post-7650465921807251887Sat, 24 Oct 2026 09:55:27 +00002026-10-24T06:08:37.970-04:00ConnecticutHotels & Inns Photo: Wikipedia&nbsp; On a quiet hillside in Newtown, Connecticut, imposing red-brick buildings stand among sweeping lawns, old trees, and winding roads. Their tall windows overlook grounds that once belonged to one of the state's largest psychiatric hospitals. Today, some buildings have been beautifully restored, while others remain empty, silent reminders of the thousands of lives that http://www.truehauntingsofamerica.com/2026/10/fairfield-hills-state-hospital-haunting.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1448416878122918820.post-3119848855794625123Fri, 23 Oct 2026 04:30:00 +00002026-10-23T00:30:00.116-04:00Series: Spookfest There are places where history lives in books, and there are places where it seems to follow you down the street. In Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, the past is never very far away. It waits behind weathered stone walls, lingers along narrow stairways, and settles into the shadows of buildings that have witnessed more than their share of suffering. At the meeting of the Potomac and Shenandoahhttp://www.truehauntingsofamerica.com/2026/10/spookfest-2026-ghosts-of-lower-town.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1448416878122918820.post-1249733014804525308Wed, 21 Oct 2026 10:00:00 +00002026-10-21T06:00:00.114-04:00Houses & MansionsIllinois Photo: WikipediaHidden among the rural landscapes of Greene County, Illinois, stands a magnificent nineteenth-century limestone mansion that has survived the Civil War era, generations of changing ownership, decades of neglect, and the slow deterioration that threatens so many of America's historic homes. Its imposing stone walls have witnessed more than 165 years of history, including the http://www.truehauntingsofamerica.com/2026/10/the-haunted-james-j-eldred-mansion.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1448416878122918820.post-7811670278246521710Tue, 20 Oct 2026 20:06:32 +00002026-10-20T16:06:32.014-04:00AlabamaHotels & Inns Photo: WikipediaIn the heart of downtown Birmingham, Alabama, stands an elegant old hotel with a reputation that extends far beyond its beautiful architecture and Southern hospitality. Behind its stately brick exterior, marble floors, and historic corridors, the Tutwiler Hotel has become associated with unexplained footsteps, mysterious knocking, disembodied voices, and a particularly http://www.truehauntingsofamerica.com/2026/10/the-haunted-tutwiler-hotel-birminghams.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1448416878122918820.post-9100468824782791919Mon, 19 Oct 2026 22:00:00 +00002026-10-19T18:35:50.921-04:00Ghostly Gazette .tha-gazette-1019 { width:100%; max-width:100%; margin:20px auto; padding:13px; box-sizing:border-box; overflow:hidden; background:#f4eedf; color:#211f1a; border:1px solid #988e7b; box-shadow:0 3px 12px rgba(0,0,0,.18); font-family:Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height:1.45; container-type:inline-size; } .tha-gazette-1019 * { box-sizing:border-box; min-widthhttp://www.truehauntingsofamerica.com/2026/10/ghostly-gazette-out-of-shadows-ufo.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1448416878122918820.post-48630539496836879Sat, 17 Oct 2026 22:00:00 +00002026-10-17T18:00:00.119-04:00Resorts & SpasVermont High above the town of Brattleboro, Vermont, hidden among the trees on a wooded hillside, stands a lonely stone tower with a troubled reputation. Its weathered walls rise above the surrounding forest, overlooking land once occupied by patients of one of America's oldest psychiatric hospitals. For more than a century, the Brattleboro Retreat Tower has been associated with stories of tragedy, http://www.truehauntingsofamerica.com/2026/10/the-brattleboro-retreat-tower-shadows.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1448416878122918820.post-3383635191821981932Fri, 16 Oct 2026 04:30:00 +00002026-10-22T15:26:12.129-04:00Series: Spookfest Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. From the streets below, the mountains surrounding Harpers Ferry appear peaceful. Trees cover the steep slopes of Maryland Heights, the Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers wind through the valley, and the old town rests between the mountains much as it has for generations. But in September 1862, these hills were anything but peaceful. They were filled with soldiers, http://www.truehauntingsofamerica.com/2026/10/spookfest-haunted-hills-civil-war-dead.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1448416878122918820.post-1393789914405851810Wed, 14 Oct 2026 10:00:00 +00002026-10-14T06:00:00.201-04:00Hotels & InnsTexas The Haunting of Miss Molly's Hotel Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas In the heart of the historic Fort Worth Stockyards, where cattle once crowded the streets and cowboys came looking for a hot meal, a stiff drink, and a comfortable bed, stands a modest brick building with a rather colorful past. From the sidewalk, it might not look like much more than another old commercial building along http://www.truehauntingsofamerica.com/2026/10/the-haunting-of-miss-mollys-hotel-fort.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1448416878122918820.post-3383776001583795863Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:00:00 +00002026-10-12T18:00:00.204-04:00Ghostly Gazette .tha-oct12 { width:100%; max-width:100%; margin:20px auto; padding:13px; box-sizing:border-box; overflow:hidden; background:#f4eedf; color:#211f1a; border:1px solid #988e7b; box-shadow:0 3px 12px rgba(0,0,0,.18); font-family:Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height:1.45; container-type:inline-size; } .tha-oct12 * { box-sizing:border-box; min-width:0; } .http://www.truehauntingsofamerica.com/2026/10/ghostly-gazette-when-america-talked-to.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1448416878122918820.post-6200109346915611165Sat, 10 Oct 2026 10:00:00 +00002026-10-10T06:00:00.221-04:00Houses & MansionsRhode Island Photo: Wikipedia Along the Atlantic coast of Newport, Rhode Island, stands a mansion so enormous, so elaborate, and so architecturally extraordinary that calling it a mansion almost seems inadequate. Its towers rise above the surrounding landscape. Steep rooflines, elaborate stonework, towering windows, and Gothic architectural details give the building the appearance of a European châteauhttp://www.truehauntingsofamerica.com/2026/10/the-haunting-of-seaview-terrace-real.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1448416878122918820.post-9202102434563318715Fri, 09 Oct 2026 04:30:00 +00002026-10-09T00:30:00.120-04:00Series: SpookfestVirginia On the evening of October 16, 1859, a small band of armed men crossed into Harpers Ferry, Virginia, carrying a plan that would shake the foundations of the United States. Their leader was John Brown, a fifty-nine-year-old abolitionist who believed slavery was a profound moral evil and that ending it required more than speeches, petitions, or political compromise. He had come to seize weapons http://www.truehauntingsofamerica.com/2026/10/spookfest-october-2026-john-browns.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1448416878122918820.post-7779535499631584980Wed, 07 Oct 2026 10:00:00 +00002026-10-07T06:00:00.115-04:00Houses & MansionsMinnesota Photo: Wikipedia On eight acres surrounded by the modern Minneapolis-Saint Paul metropolitan area, an old Minnesota farmhouse still stands among gardens, farm buildings, animals, and restored prairie. It is difficult to imagine how different this land looked when Heman and Jane Gibbs arrived in 1849. Minnesota was still a territory. There were no surrounding neighborhoods, busy roadshttp://www.truehauntingsofamerica.com/2026/10/the-haunting-of-gibbs-farmhouse-falcon.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1448416878122918820.post-5026915392839619038Mon, 05 Oct 2026 22:00:00 +00002026-10-05T18:00:00.115-04:00Ghostly Gazette .tha-gazette { width: 100%; max-width: 1120px; margin: 24px auto; padding: 16px; box-sizing: border-box; background: #f4eedf; color: #211f1a; border: 1px solid #9b927d; box-shadow: 0 3px 14px rgba(0,0,0,.16); font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 1.42; } .tha-gazette * { box-sizing: border-box; } .gg-topline { display: flex; justify-content: http://www.truehauntingsofamerica.com/2026/10/ghostly-gazette-haunted-house-autopsy_01659181244.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1448416878122918820.post-6834310471998302052Sat, 03 Oct 2026 10:00:00 +00002026-10-03T06:00:00.117-04:00Houses & MansionsIowa Abbie Gardner Sharp Cabin Arnolds Park, Dickinson County, Iowa Near the shore of West Okoboji Lake in northwestern Iowa stands a small log cabin. There is nothing grand about it. No towers rise above the trees. There are no enormous staircases, abandoned hospital wards, underground tunnels, or dark Victorian corridors. Yet few places in Iowa carry a history as disturbing as the http://www.truehauntingsofamerica.com/2026/10/the-haunting-of-spirit-lake-massacre.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1448416878122918820.post-4650946661544719970Fri, 02 Oct 2026 04:00:00 +00002026-10-02T00:00:00.113-04:00Series: Spookfest Where the Rivers Meet Harpers Ferry: Gateway to Appalachia&nbsp;Welcome to SpookFest: October 2026 Edition!&nbsp;Every Friday this month we'll explore the infamously haunted Harper's Ferry, West Virginia! With a Special Finale Saturday, October 31st for Halloween!! 🎃✨️And with that said.... here we go! There are places where geography seems to determine destiny, and Harpers Ferry, West http://www.truehauntingsofamerica.com/2026/10/spookfest-2026-where-rivers-meet.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1448416878122918820.post-8375553345718089052Thu, 01 Oct 2026 04:00:00 +00002026-10-01T00:00:00.127-04:00X Chronicles True Hauntings of America Presents X Chronicles: The Strange World of Ossuaries &amp; Bone Chapels Where the Dead Became the Architecture💀 The World’s Strangest &amp; Most Extraordinary People, Places, Things &amp; Phenomena There are places in this world where the dead were not hidden beneath the earth. They were brought inside. Their skulls were stacked into http://www.truehauntingsofamerica.com/2026/10/true-hauntings-of-america-presents-x.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1448416878122918820.post-6109647089991330171Wed, 30 Sep 2026 10:00:00 +00002026-09-30T06:00:00.121-04:00Gardens and ParksSouth Carolina Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina At the southern tip of Charleston's historic peninsula, enormous live oaks stretch their branches above a peaceful waterfront park. Spanish moss hangs from the trees. Old cannons face Charleston Harbor. Visitors stroll beneath the shade while sailboats move across the water beyond the Battery. Today, White Point Garden is one of http://www.truehauntingsofamerica.com/2026/09/the-haunting-of-white-point-garden.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1448416878122918820.post-9093603232151298483Mon, 28 Sep 2026 22:00:00 +00002026-09-28T18:00:00.218-04:00Ghostly Gazette <!-- MASTHEAD --> THE GHOSTLY GAZETTE True Hauntings of America Monday, September 28, 2026 Paranormal News • Strange History • Unexplained America <!-- LEAD --> Special Report THE PENTAGON OPENS THE UFO FILES — AGAIN 71 newly released files include UAP videos, secretive military studies and decades of http://www.truehauntingsofamerica.com/2026/09/ghostly-gazette-pentagon-opens-ufo.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1448416878122918820.post-1759351005968000543Sat, 26 Sep 2026 04:00:00 +00002026-09-26T00:00:00.220-04:00Hospitals & AsylumsOhio Athens, Athens County, OhioPhoto: Wikipedia On a wooded hillside overlooking Athens, Ohio, stands one of the most imposing surviving former psychiatric hospitals in America. Today, the sprawling property is known simply as The Ridges. Its enormous Victorian buildings rise above the surrounding landscape, their long wings stretching outward from a central administration building http://www.truehauntingsofamerica.com/2026/09/the-haunting-of-athens-lunatic-asylum.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1448416878122918820.post-853710108401871625Wed, 23 Sep 2026 10:00:00 +00002026-09-23T06:00:00.120-04:00Houses & MansionsOhio McConnelsville, Morgan County, OhioPhoto: Wikipedia In the heart of the small Ohio River town of McConnelsville stands a theater where the show may not always end when the audience goes home. The Twin City Opera House has survived for more than 130 years. Actors have crossed its stage. Musicians have performed beneath its lights. Silent films flickered across its screen. Generations ofhttp://www.truehauntingsofamerica.com/2026/09/the-haunting-of-twin-city-opera-house.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1448416878122918820.post-2163227235305807341Mon, 21 Sep 2026 22:00:00 +00002026-09-23T12:35:32.941-04:00Ghostly Gazette<!-- ========================================================= THE GHOSTLY GAZETTE SPECIAL EDITION — SEPTEMBER 21, 2026 TRUE HAUNTINGS OF AMERICA ========================================================= --> .tha-gazette, .tha-gazette * { box-sizing: border-box; } .tha-gazette { width: 100%; max-width: 1120px; margin: 24px auto; padding: 16px; background: #http://www.truehauntingsofamerica.com/2026/09/ghostly-gazette-special-edition-when.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)