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Haunted Mansions
The following list is of some noteworthy abandoned and possibly haunted mansions. Across
the United States, there have been many large properties that have been left uninhabited due
to the economy. Some have been left, perhaps, due to their haunted history. The haunted
mansions we have listed have sat empty for years and may be purchased in the near future (if
not already). If these homes could speak, they would be sure to tell tales of happier times as
well as legends of tragedy and haunting.
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Haunted Mansion: Lynnewood Hall
This haunted mansion with columns has 110 rooms and sits in
Elkins Park, Pennsylvania. Lynnewood Hall was built around
1900 as a Neoclassical revival style building. It was eventually
a seminary when it declined rapidly. Before that time, it was
opened from 1915-1940 for public viewing of its art after its
original owners, the Widener family, had all passed. Many
wonder what secrets, what spirits might reside within its walls.
Haunted Mansions: Houghton
Located in North Adams, Massachusetts, the Houghton
Mansion has appeared on the Travel Channel due to its
mysterious haunting of lights turning on, moaning heard on its
grounds, and the presence of a disembodied girl said to lurk
within the home. Built in the early 1900s, the family suffered a
horrific tragedy in 1915, resulting in multiple deaths from a car
crash, suicide and sudden death from shock and sadness.
Haunted Mansions: Los Feliz
This California haunted mansion has sat empty since the
1960s, it's owner paying the taxes annually. It is a site where
no one wants to live due to its history of a doctor who killed his
wife there in 1959, using a ball peen hammer to do it. He,
then, ruthlessly beat his teenage daughter and drank a glass
of acid to seal his own fate. Might they still roam the grounds?
Haunted Mansion: Mudhouse
Built in the latter 1800s, this haunted mansion sits slightly east
of Lancaster, Ohio. Having a reputation of being a truly
haunted house, stories abound of a group murder having
taken place there – though no one can agree as to when it
occurred. Having been empty since the 1930s, this haunted
mansion is a beautifully bricked Victorian home. Who knows
what stories lie within...
Haunted Mansions: Kimball Castle
Yes, this haunted mansion looks like a castle. Located in
Gilford, New Hampshire and sitting on the edge of Lake
Winnipesaukee, Kimble Castle sits on a hillside and
appeared on SyFy's Ghost Hunters. Built by a wealthy
railroad owner in 1895, people reportedly have seen a ghost
in the carriage house kitchen and feel a presence. Doors are
also said to move on their own in this haunted mansion.
Haunted Mansions: Prospect Place
Located in Trinway, Ohio (near Dresden), the Prospect Place
haunted mansion is open to ghost tours and private
investigations! This old home, built in 1856, has had its share
of ghost stories experienced within and outside its walls, and it
was once used as part of the Underground Railroad during the
time of the Civil War. Visit the Prospect Place website.
Haunted Mansions: Land's End Estate
Possibly the inspiration behind F. Scott Fitzgerald's “The
Great Gatsby,” this haunted mansion of Sands Point on Long
Island, New York had many famous guests such as Winston
Churchill and Groucho Marx during its heyday. Built in 1902, it
is a 20,000 square foot clapboard manor house which is sadly
now demolished since this writing. Might its grounds still hold
secrets and ghosts of the past that still haunt?
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Go out there and find your own haunted sites
right where you live. Ghost stories abound, you'll
find, if you take the time to talk with local
business and homeowners. Family members
just may hold some secrets they have not
opened up about. Seek out experiences.
In the fall, watch for local stories in newspapers
or listen for them on radio programs. Visit your
library and find out if books have been written
about local haunting or even tragedies. Then,
begin your ghost investigations and see if you
can collect your own evidence of haunting.
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Haunted Mansions - Copyright 2011 Angels & Ghosts, LLC
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