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11/07/2025

https://www.homes.com/news/denver-mansion-with-owners-say-a-ghost-that-hates-housework-seeks-3-million/1766556810/

From phantom footsteps to a spectral hostess who disdains cleaning, an inn and mansion in Denver listed for $3 million is alive with more than just

11/04/2025

So many ghosts in England!

Herstmonceux Castle - East Sussex, England

One of the oldest brick-built castles in England, Herstmonceux Castle was constructed in 1441 for Sir Roger Fiennes. Re-duced to its exterior walls by the end of the 18th century, the castle was largely rebuilt in the early 1900s.

Probably the most well-known ghost at Herstmonceux is the Phantom Drummer. Standing at nine feet tall, this giant specter is rumored to patrol the castle's battlements late at night, furiously beating his drum. It's said that the drummer is the spirit of a long dead Dacre lord who married a much younger woman and later became a recluse. An ancient story tells of how he'd take to the battlements with his drum to scare off would-be suitors bent on seducing his young wife. She grew so sick of her hus-band's nightly vigils that she locked him away although the drumming still persisted.

A descendant of Sir Roger Fiennes also haunts the castle. Thomas Fiennes, 9th Baron Dacre, along with several others, were convicted of murder after killing gamekeeper John Busbrig while poaching on the land of Sir Nicholas Pelham in 1541. An account of the ex*****on relates how the baron was taken from his cell in the Tower of London and led on foot to Tyburn, where he was hanged as if he were a common felon. Although Thomas's body was buried in the church of St. Sepulchre's, his ghost has supposedly been sighted at Herstmonceux Castle, mounted on horseback and wearing a riding cloak.

Several ghostly ladies are said roam the halls and grounds of Herstmonceux. They include Georgiana Naylor, who died at Lausanne in 1806. An artistic eccentric in life, her specter has apparently been witnessed at the castle, riding in and out of rooms on a white donkey. Politician George Naylor had purchased the property in 1708 from the 15th Baron Dacre. The fa-mous Grey Lady of Herstmonceux is said to be the ghost of George's only child, Grace Naylor. Tradition relates that this beauti-ful young heiress was left an orphan at five years old. In 1727, at the age of 21, she met an untimely demise while imprisoned in the room with the oriel window on the east side. Her jealous governess allegedly starved her to death. Grace's tragic ghost has been seen late at night, drifting slowly along the corridors quietly sobbing.

There is also a White Lady who is thought to be the spirit of a village girl from the days of Roger Fiennes. Legend has it that she was murdered by one of Sir Roger's sons. In a vain attempt to escape his unwanted attentions, the girl tried to swim across the moat but was dragged back to the castle and killed. The White Lady was supposedly witnessed in 1910 by the castle's then-owner Colonel Claude Lowther, who mistook the apparition for a vagrant gypsy girl. Lowther also once encountered a mysterious man in riding breeches at the bridge over the moat who disappeared into thin air as he walked past the colonel.

11/03/2025

Hotel Ottumwa - IOWA

Built in 1917 in Ottumwa, Iowa, the charming Hotel Ottumwa abruptly shut down in 1973 and reopened in 1982. Since then, some guests have said they hear strange noises, like the sound of heavy breathing.

There's also been reports of shadowy figures roaming the halls, and it's rumored that a female ghost in a white dress haunts the basement.

11/02/2025

Let’s all go to York!

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/article/york-england-haunted-history?fbclid=IwVERFWAN0cDVleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHsAL0prybKoXW5s8mw0x5nq3lX0-phggqe7X2w-943tXbBrqwYOjBkZyl7QL_aem_hHrEPM6dmPMcLmQLa9omuQ

From Roman ruins to candlelit alleyways, this walled city invites travelers to explore the chilling stories that linger where history and the supernatural meet.

11/01/2025

Cal-Para has met this guy; we like him 😉
Daniel Klaes

👻 Step Into the Haunting of Hinsdale! 👻

Hey, everyone! It’s Dan Klaes here, owner of the Hinsdale House—and I’m thrilled to share my book The Hinsdale House: An American Haunting with you all! 📖🏚️ Ever wonder what really goes on inside one of America’s most haunted houses? From unexplained phenomena to the chilling history buried in its walls, this book uncovers it all.

Are you ready to face the unknown? 🔦👀

10/30/2025

Franklin Castle, also known as Tiedemann House, Cleveland, Ohio, was once a stately home that sits abandoned today.

German immigrant Hannes Tiedemann had their home built on Franklin Boulevard in Cleveland in the early 1880s. Hannes lived in the home with his wife, Louise, and their two daughters, August and Dora, and used the remaining rooms for friends and family visiting from Germany.

Eventually, August and Dora moved out of the house, and Louise died in 1885, prompting Hannes to sell the house and move out in 1896. The home changed hands multiple times after that, once belonging to the German-American League for Culture and then to Judy Garland's last husband.

Today it stands decrepit and abandoned, save for the ghosts of Louise Tiedemann and her daughter Emma, who never even lived in the house — she died before it was built.

10/28/2025

10/28/2025

The Sagamore Resort

This gabled resort on Lake George, NY, opened in 1883 and fell into disrepair a century later. It was eventually restored to its former glory, but its ghosts never left. They include a couple in Victorian attire who try to dine in the Trillium restaurant and a young boy who throws errant golf balls back at golfers.

10/27/2025

Years later, this is STILL an issue in the field:

Pareidolia is when you think you see something, but it's not there. Like seeing an elephant when looking at a cloud.
There are times, when people insist there is a ghost in their picture, but it's natural or explainable.

Pareidolia (/ˌpærɪˈdoʊliə, ˌpɛər-/;[1] also US: /ˌpɛəraɪ-/)[2] is the tendency for perception to impose a meaningful interpretation on a nebulous stimulus, usually visual, so that one detects an object, pattern, or meaning where there is none. Pareidolia is a specific but common type of...

10/26/2025

We miss schulz so much!!

If anyone sees him, tell him that we say hello!!

Queen Mary Paranormal Investigation Tour:: Two Matching Disembodied Male Vocalizations "Up Here" and "In Here"Tour Location: Boiler Room SystemTour Dates: Ju...

10/23/2025

The ghost of a librarian is said to haunt Hutchinson Library in Hutchinson, Kansas.

Librarian Ida Day Holzapfel started working at the Hutchinson Public Library in Kansas in 1915. She apparently loved the job so much that she wanted to continue working there even after she died.

Holzapfel went to work for a library in California in 1954 and was killed in a car accident on her first day. Soon after, visitors to Hutchinson's library reported feeling cold spots, hearing footsteps, and even spotting her sorting books in the basement.