15.
Myrtles Plantation Built in 1796 over 600 acres of land, the
Myrtles Plantation – aka "Laurel Grove" – was owned and operated by General David
Bradford.
Named after the crepe myrtles that grew nearby, the plantation was passed down through generations
and sold to the Stirling family, who also passed it down through generations.
At one point, William Winter, one of the Stirling's in-laws, was shot on the porch.
William is said to have hobbled inside the house and attempted to climb the stairs.
He made it a good way up, passing away on the 17th step.
Visitors and hotel employees claim they still hear his footsteps stumbling up the stairs.
After several more sales of the property, the house's owner in the 1950s, Marjorie
Munson, started to spot strange happenings around the plantation.
This prompted rumors that ghosts haunted the place.
Munson quickly got rid of the house and, in the 1970s, James and Frances Kermeen Myers
bought it and ran a B&B out of it.
Frances wrote a book at the time, calling Myrtles Plantation "the most haunted house
in America."
Said to have been built atop an ancient Tunica Indian burial ground, Myrtle Plantation has
seen upwards of twelve different ghosts in its time.
Almost as many people are rumored to have passed away in the house, although Winter's
is the only one on record.
This made Myrtles Plantation a popular tourist attraction and landed it in the National Register
of Historic Places.
It's been featured in TV shows, books and other media, and has gained fame for its paranormal
activity.
14.
Leap Castle Leap Castle, in Ireland, is one of the most
haunted castles in the world.
Located in Roscrea, this 15th century castle was built by the O'Bannon family.
The castle's dark history includes in-fighting between the O'Carroll brothers.
One of the brothers, a priest, lost his life by a sword during a mass he was holding for
the family.
A dungeon was discovered in the castle during renovation.
People were locked in the dungeon, which had a floor full of spikes, and were left there
for their cruel fate.
They carted away three loads of human bones when they cleaned the dungeon out.
The ghosts that haunt the place are not normal ghosts.
One, described as "It," is said to be a sheep-sized creature with a decaying face.
The odor of Sulphur mixed with decay is smelt when it appears.
There are also shadowy creatures hanging around the Priest's House, along with the Red Lady,
who holds a dagger in her hand, ready to use it, and two young ghost girls at play.
Whether you come across playing girls or "It" in Leap Castle, considering the place's
history, I'd recommend you run for your life.
13.
Samlesbury Hall Another of Britain's most haunted buildings,
Samlesbury Hall dates back to 1325, allowing for centuries-worth of ghosts to haunt the
place.
One of the hall's owners took his own life, because he was in debt, and he is said to
be one of those ghosts.
But he's not the only one.
Ghost hunters love Samlesbury and have investigated it for years.
Some have come into contact with ghost Dorothy, who mentions her father when she appears.
Others have come across the White Lady, who is believed to be Dorothy Southworth.
She fell in love with the neighbor boy and planned to elope with him, but her brother
took his life and his two friends, which made Dorothy go insane.
Three skeletons that were found in the walls of Samlesbury Hall are believed to be those
of the three men.
Two other ghostly figures haunt the place – a woman who has been spotted dragging
a child behind her.
And if you head into The Priest Room, don't be surprised if you come across the spirit
of a priest with no head that lost his life there during reformation.
Red stains still appears on the floor.
12.
Berry Pomeroy Castle This 15th century Tudor mansion was built
inside the walls of an older castle in South Devon, England.
The Castle has a long and interesting history, which is probably why it is known to be "one
of the most haunted castles in Britain," according to the English Heritage guidebook.
Who haunts this old homestead?
Two competing female ghosts, that's who.
They're known as the Blue Lady and the White Lady.
The Blue Lady has been seen beckoning to visitors, in an attempt to call them to her tower.
Some claim that if you heed her call, you'll fall from the tower.
The Blue Lady is believed to be a Norman lord's daughter.
Her father was also the child's father.
She took the baby's life and, ever since, has mourned its loss.
The White Lady also haunts the dungeons.
She is said to be the ghost of Margaret Pomeroy, whose sister, Eleanor, was jealous of her
beauty and so locked her in the dungeons for great lengths of time.
It's best to steer clear of both Blue and White.
11.
Morris-Jumel Mansion If you're near Morris-Jumel Mansion in the
city that never sleeps, you'll likely have a hard time falling asleep, yourself.
Sitting atop Coogan's Bluff ridge near the Harlem River in Manhattan, this most haunted
of houses is also the oldest house in New York.
Like most haunted houses, Morris-Jumel has a rich history.
It served as military headquarters for George Washington, a battleground during the American
Revolution, and when things died down, war-wise, a 19th century party house.
It's no surprise that during all these escapades, lives were lost within the mansion's walls.
In 1810, the house was sold to Stephen Jumel, a well-to-do French wine merchant, and Eliza,
his American wife (and previously, his mistress).
They revitalized the place, decorating it extravagantly, and making it one of the city's
most exclusive properties, which isn't a surprise, being that they loved high-profile
friends.
After all, they used to hang out with Napoleon in France.
But some of their high-society counterparts were not having it.
Eliza, after all, was born of a blue collar family, and she certainly didn't belong
amongst them.
They started to spread rumors that her mother owned a brothel and had sold her as a child.
And when Stephen Jumel died unexpectedly in 1832, the rumors hit their highest pitch,
as many claimed Eliza took his life.
Carol Ward, the Executive Director of Morris-Jumel Mansion, told news.com.au, "The official
story is he fell on a pitchfork while doing errands, is brought back here.
Some time during the evening she 'helps' him clean the wounds, but the problem is taking
the bandages off means that he bleeds out.
She does inherit everything so that leads to one version of the story.
Or was it that she didn't have any medical knowledge and she thought she was actually
helping?"
Many chose to believe that Eliza watched her husband bleed to death.
Eight months later, Eliza remarried former Vice President Aaron Burr, who wanted to steal
her money and would later assassinate Alexander Hamilton.
He died of illness and old age, and Eliza was ostracized and fell into dementia and
decline in her huge macabre mansion.
It is said that she let herself go, her hair a mess, her clothes soiled, haunted by her
victims, and throwing parties that only she attended.
Her ghost wanders the mansion today.
10.
The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue is not only the epicenter
of the most powerful man in America; it's also the epicenter for some paranormal activity.
Everyone from White House staff to first ladies have experienced some specters in the White
House.
And it's not just dead presidents that make their appearance.
Former first lady, Abigail Adams, has made a ghostly guestspot on occasion, dressed in
a lace shawl and cap, on her way to the East Room to do her laundry.
Being the driest place in the White House during their stay in the late 18th century,
she used to hang her clothes to dry…and she still does.
Disembodied voices from other major White House personalities have also been heard floating
through the Yellow Oval Room.
First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln, who held séances in the White House in order to speak with
her dead sons, claimed to have heard Andrew Jackson cussing up a storm in the halls and
particularly around the Rose Room, which used to be his bedroom.
His ghost is said to have turned up at Harry Truman's White House correspondence.
Truman sent a letter to his wife, detailing the eerie atmosphere: "I sit here in this
old house and work on foreign affairs, read reports, and work on speeches–all the while
listening to the ghosts walk up and down the hallway and even right in here in the study.
The floors pop and the drapes move back and forth–I can just imagine old Andy [Jackson]
and Teddy [Roosevelt] having an argument over Franklin [Roosevelt]."
Lincoln's ghost or presence is most often sighted.
First Lady Grace Coolidge claimed to have seen his lanky specter staring out the Oval
Office window.
Lady Bird Johnson and Eleanor Roosevelt also claim to have felt Lincoln's presence.
The Netherland's Queen Wilhelmina was staying in the White House when she answered a knock
at her door in the middle of the night to find Lincoln's ghost, top hat and all, floating
before her.
She was so shocked, she fainted.
Even British Prime Minister Winston Churchill claims to have encountered the ghost at the
fireplace in his room.
Not only does his ghost appear, but Lincoln, himself, had premonitions in the haunted White
House.
Not long before he was assassinated, he had a dream in which he foresaw his passing.
Perhaps he should have been more superstitious.
9.
The Octagon House Another of the most haunted and oldest historical
houses in Washington D.C., The Octagon has had its fair share of apparitions and otherworldly
presences.
Museum employees, curators, and the public have all claimed to have seen and felt specters
on the spiral staircase, The Octagon's second and third floor landings, the rear garden
area, and the third floor bedroom.
The house's history cries out for a good haunting.
The townhouse was built for John and Ann Tayloe, who were distantly related to George Washington,
and was later lived in by President James Madison and his wife, Dolley, when the White
House was set afire by the British in 1814.
In fact, the Treaty of Ghent, which ended the War of 1812, was ratified in the Octagon.
Legend has it that Dolley Madison didn't ever leave The Octagon.
The first reported sighting on record was in 1912.
The Washington Herald reported that Dolley's famed parties continue in the afterlife, saying
that "…between midnight and dawn…there is a low hum of pleasant conversation, the
sound of silver and the clink of glasses as a splendid company with gay liveried men drive
up and take away the departing guests."
Her ghost is said to reside in the drawing room, and a fresh scent of lilacs lingers
whenever she appears.
8.
Rose Hall This Jamaican haunted house sits high atop
a hillside, overlooking the coast of Montego Bay.
The style of the mansion is Jamaican Georgian and was built in the 1770s.
John Palmer is one of its more famous previous owners.
One of his visitors, Hakewill, wrote of the property:
"It is placed at a delightful elevation, and commands a very extensive sea view.
Its general appearance has much of the character of a handsome Italian villa.
A double flight of stone steps leads to an open portico, giving access to the entrance
hall; on the left of which is the eating-room, and on the right the drawing-room, behind
which are other apartments for domestic uses.
The right wing, fitted up with great elegance, and enriched with painting and gilding, was
the private apartment of the late Mrs. Palmer, and the left wing is occupied as servants'
apartments and offices."
Sounds like plenty of space to haunt in style.
It seems Annie Palmer couldn't be torn away from the place, even after she lost her life.
Her spirit, known as the "white witch," is said to haunt the Rose Hall Plantation.
Legend says she was born in Haiti to an Irish/English heritage, and she became an orphan after her
parents passed away of yellow fever.
Her adopted nanny was into voodoo and witchcraft and taught Annie her trade.
Annie then moved to Jamaica, where she married John Palmer.
Allegedly, Annie murdered her husband – and two more after that – , as well as many
of the plantation's male slaves.
It is said that Takoo, one of these slaves, took her life.
7.
Franklin Castle Built in 1881 for wealthy German immigrant,
Hannes Tiedemann, Franklin Castle was a cursed house from the beginning.
His 15-year-old daughter, Emma, passed away there from diabetes not long after, in 1891.
And his mother followed shortly.
Not only that, but three more of his children passed away over the following years.
In response, Hannes built up the home extensively to distract himself and his wife from their
family's fate.
They built turrets, a ballroom, gargoyles and really castled the place up.
Hidden passageways and rooms were also rumored to have been installed for use during Prohibition
for bootlegging.
His wife passed away of liver disease in 1895, and Hannes sold the house.
No family remained to inherit.
Hannes is said to have committed terrible things in his home – which is why the Castle
has its haunting reputation.
The Romano family moved into the Castle in 1968 and reported some ghostly encounters.
They tried exorcisms several times but, by 1974, had given up.
They sold the castle, which was later owned by Judy Garland's late husband, Michael
DeVinko.
He spent a fortune on its renovation and, in the 1990s, a skeleton was found in one
of the Castle's closets.
Sounds like Franklin Castle has some skeletons in the closet….literally.
6.
Molly Brown House The "Unsinkable" Molly Brown has yet to
sink.
She still wanders about her 1889 Victorian house in Denver, where she lived from 1894.
Molly Brown is known for having survived the Titanic's sinking when it struck an iceberg
in 1912.
She was an outspoken woman and is one of the heroic survivors who helped those who'd
plunged into the icy depths.
Like Molly Brown, herself, her home was high-class but not too showy.
She didn't come from old money, but rather a working, blue collar family.
Her husband, James Joseph Brown, wasn't rich either.
In fact, he was a poor miner, who later started to make a lot of money as supervisor, enough
to purchase his own mine, in which he struck gold.
Both Molly and J.J. were very generous.
They supported many charities and served others.
They saw money as a tool to help out.
Sadly, the pair split in 1909, but they remained friends.
Molly started getting involved in the Red Cross and even traveled to France to aid the
American Committee for Devastated France during WWI.
Molly's giving spirit is said to remain in the house, alongside her ex, James John.
They're said to keep to themselves, just doing the same things around the house that
they did when they were living.
J.J. used to love a good smoke, and pipe and cigar smoke are smelt throughout the museum
on occasion.
There are cold spots throughout the place, but especially in Molly's room, and some
claim to have seen her ghost disappear around corners.
Molly's daughter, who died young, and her mother, who lived in the home for a time,
also haunt the place.
As does a grumpy old male servant who's been seen in the first floor mirror.
Although most people wouldn't want to run into a ghost, these are probably the friendliest
that you could encounter.
5.
Chillingham Castle Another old monastery turned haunted house,
Chillingham Castle originated in the 12th century.
It's famous for being a stopping point for King Edward I in 1298, as he set out to fight
William Wallace and his Scottish army, and it remained a strategic location throughout
medieval times, while the two nations continued to feud.
English armies staged there, and Scottish armies often attacked and raided the place.
So it's no wonder that some ghosts continue to chill at Chillingham Castle.
One of these ghosts, Lady Mary Berkley, can be heard faintly throughout Chillingham.
Another, called the "blue boy," haunts the Pink Room, where blue flashes of radiant
light have been reported by guests, and after a loud low cry, a blue halo has been seen
floating above the beds.
Some claim that the ghosts left the house after the remains of a boy and a man were
discovered inside a thick wall during renovation, alongside documents dating back to the Spanish
Armada.
But the owners of Chillingham continue to sell it as the "most haunted castle in Britain."
Sounds chilling to me.
4.
Woodchester Mansion Another of Britain's haunted houses, Woodchester
Mansion is tucked away near a hillside, far and away from civilization.
With towers and turrets, tall windows, and gargoyles, Woodchester reminds you of any
fairytale castle you've ever dreamt of…but this fairytale is a nightmare.
Owned by the Ducie family, the 2nd Earl of Ducie was celebrating being made an earl with
a lavish dinner, when, suddenly, his father's ghost appeared at the head of the table.
He fled the home and didn't come back.
Then, when a wealthy Catholic named William Leigh purchased the estate, he decided to
renovate the home.
However, renovations were cut short for some unknown reason.
The workers just up and left.
Some say that someone's life was taken on site; others claim some paranormal activity
made them flee.
The mansion was abandoned, and even today, you enter to find what looks to be an active
constructive site, tools abandoned willy-nilly.
During WWII, Canadian and American troops camped in the valley and used the home for
trainings.
During one training, a number of soldiers lost their lives when a bridge collapsed over
the lake.
They brought their bodies to the mansion, and some still feel the presence of military
men in the place.
Male and female ghosts have been seen and heard throughout the mansion, making it one
of the spookiest haunted houses in the world.
3.
Raynham Hall As the seat of the Townshend family for almost
400 years, Raynham Hall, in Norfolk, England, set the scene for one of the most famous ghost
photos ever taken: the Brown Lady.
Legend has it that the ghost of Lady Dorothy Walpole – aka the Brown Lady of Raynham
Hall – haunts the place.
Dorothy was Charles Townshend's second wife.
Known for his violent temper, Townshend is said to have locked her in her room for having
an affair with Lord Wharton.
She was never free to leave the Hall, not even to visit her kids, and she remained entrapped
there until smallpox took her in 1726.
Many sightings of the Brown Lady have been reported.
The first on record was made during Christmas of 1835.
Guests at the Christmas party claimed to have witnessed the Brown Lady, in her dated dress
and with empty eye-sockets and a glowing face.
After the sighting, staff at the Hall fled and never came back.
The next sighting happened the following year.
A man named Captain Frederick Marryat had a hunch that the ghost was a hoax, and actually
a cover-up for local smugglers who wanted to isolate the area.
Marryat stayed in the haunted room with a loaded revolver beneath his pillow.
It was his third and final night at the Hall, and he was joking with fellow lodgers about
carrying his revolver "in case you meet the Brown Lady"…but it wasn't a joke
for long.
As he entered a corridor in the Hall late at night, he spotted a lamp shining at the
end of the hallway.
Believing it was just one of the ladies heading to the nursery, he waited for her to pass
by.
As she did, he recognized the woman as "The Brown Lady"; she was the spitting image
of her portrait which hung in the Hall.
Marryat reached for his gun, but before he could, the woman held the lamp up to her face
and grinned a diabolical grin.
Marryat shot the woman right in her face, but the specter vanished.
His bullet was lodged in the corridor wall.
Pretty spooky, if you ask me.
2.
Borley Rectory The Reverend Henry Dawson Ellis Bull constructed
Borley Rectory in 1862.
The house was eventually renovated to accommodate all of Bull's fourteen children.
The church's nave dates back to the 12th century, and the church itself serves three
communities.
The place is prime hunting ground for ghost hunters, as they recall the legend of the
14th century Benedictine monastery that used to stand on the grounds.
A convent stood nearby, and a monk is said to have been in a relationship with one of
the nuns.
When the relationship was unveiled, the nun was bricked up alive in the walls of the convent
and the monk got off easy – he was executed.
This legend was de-mythed in the early 1900s as a story made up by the rector's children.
In fact, the 1893 novel, Montezuma's Daughter, may have inspired the tidbit about the nun's
fate.
However, whether real or fabricated, locals regularly report paranormal activities on
the premises.
As early as 1863, some heard footsteps in the house and, in 1900, four of the rector's
daughters claimed to have seen a spectral nun standing about 40 yards from the house
at twilight.
When they approached the phantom, it vanished.
At various points throughout the next four decades, others claimed to have seen a ghostly
coach operated by two headless horsemen near the place.
Latter occupants of the house, the Smiths, discovered a woman's skull in a brown paper
bag in one of the cupboards.
They also reported hearing footsteps, seeing lights turn on, and hearing the servant bells,
which were disconnected.
The wife also claimed she'd seen a horse-drawn carriage.
A paranormal researcher was brought in, and he witnessed other phenomena, like vases,
stones, and other objects being thrown about.
Additionally, "spirit messages" were heard being tapped through a mirror frame.
After the Smiths had had enough, the Foysters moved in.
Again, strange occurrences led Lionel Foyster to write down an account of the family's
experiences, which included the servant bells ringing, stones and bottles being thrown,
writing on the walls, windows shattered to pieces, and their daughter getting locked
in a room without a key.
Lionel's wife, Marianne, also claimed to have been launched out of her bed, while their
daughter, Adelaide, was attacked by "something horrible."
Foyster, himself, attempted to perform an exorcism on the haunted house, but he was
attacked whenever he tried.
After the Foysters moved out, Price investigated the place again, recruiting some 48 "official
observers" to spend time there and record their experiences.
In 1938, Helen Glanville held a séance with a planchette and is said to have contacted
two spirits – a violent spirit, named Sunex Amures, who threatened to set fire to the
rectory, and a young French nun, Marie Lairre, who abandoned her order and went to the 17th
century Borley Hall, where she's believed to have lost her life.
Her body is said to have been thrown into a well or buried in the basement.
Wall writings issued cries for help, including one that said, "Marianne, please help me
get out!"
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Monte Cristo The Ryan Family moved into the Victorian manor
of Monte Cristo fifty years ago.
Little did they know what they were getting themselves into.
The most haunted house in Australia is believed to be the setting of a stable boy being burned
alive, a pregnant maid thrown from the balcony, and a baby tossed down a flight of stairs.
These are the ghosts that still haunt the place.
Olive Ryan, who has lived in the home for fifty odd years, said, "I've had a hand
on my shoulder.
I've had my name called when I've been here by myself.
It's nothing to hear footsteps on the balcony and you go out and there's no one there."
Olive's son, Lawrence, always knew there was something off about the haunted house.
"It always felt like someone was watching me."
He recounted accidents that occurred in the home's history.
"Everything from a child being dropped down the staircase by the nanny who claimed it
was pushed from her arms, to a maid that so-called jumped off the balcony who was pregnant to
Mr. Crawley.'
Why anyone would want to visit the place is beyond me.
But Olive says they do.
"We get lots of non-believers and we have lots of non-believers walking out the door
having a second thought about the spirit and the afterlife here."
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