Throughout history people have searched for ways to explain the unexplainable. Where science fails, the supernatural often fills the void. This special issue explores some of the most notorious haunted houses, creepy hotels, ghost towns and other paranormal places across the U.S. that continue to scare us—and thrill us.
THE PARANORMAL PULL
HOUSES OF HORROR
THE BIG BUSINESS OF DARK TOURISM • Ghost stories, haunted estates and murder houses can be real moneymakers
VILLISCA AXE MURDER HOUSE • Villisca, Iowa
HARLOW/BERN HOUSE • Los Angeles
S.K. PIERCE MANSION • Gardner, Massachusetts
PLAYBOY MANSION • Los Angeles
MERCER-WILLIAMS HOUSE • Savannah, Georgia
THE CONJURING HOUSE • Burrillville, Rhode Island
AMITYVILLE HORROR HOUSE • Amityville, New York
ED GEIN’S FARM • Plainfield, Wisconsin
10 MUST-WATCH SCARY MOVIES • These classic scary movies are guaranteed to leave viewers gripping their seats. Even creepier, some of these films, like Psycho, were inspired by haunting true crimes and ghost stories.
HOTEL HAUNTINGS
RMS QUEEN MARY • Long Beach, California
HOTEL CHELSEA • New York City
BOURBON ORLEANS HOTEL • New Orleans, Louisiana
THE EMILY MORGAN HOTEL • San Antonio, Texas
THE STANLEY HOTEL • Estes Park, Colorado
HOTEL DEL CORONADO • San Diego, California
THE MARSHALL HOUSE • Savannah, Georgia
THE HOLLYWOOD ROOSEVELT • Los Angeles
THE HAY-ADAMS • Washington, D.C.
HOTEL ALEX JOHNSON • Rapid City, South Dakota
THE DRISKILL • Austin, Texas
EERIE GHOST TOWNS
ST. ELMO • Colorado
RHYOLITE • Nevada
VIRGINIA CITY & NEVADA CITY • Montana
CAHAWBA • Alabama
KENNECOTT • Alaska
BANNACK • Montana
TERLINGUA • Texas
BODIE • California
BULOWVILLE • Florida
FRISCO • Utah
PARANORMAL PLACES
ST. LOUIS CEMETERY NO. 1 • New Orleans, Louisiana
HOLLYWOOD FOREVER CEMETERY • Los Angeles
IROQUOIS THEATER • Chicago
TRANS-ALLEGHENY LUNATIC ASYLUM • Weston, West Virginia
CHARTER STREET CEMETERY • Salem, Massachusetts
OHIO STATE REFORMATORY • Mansfield, Ohio
SAN FERNANDO CATHEDRAL • San Antonio, Texas
ALCATRAZ PRISON • San Francisco
NEW AMSTERDAM THEATER • New York City
ST. AUGUSTINE LIGHTHOUSE • St. Augustine, Florida
10 TERRIFYING MONSTERS • The tales of these horrifying creatures—whether passed down in folktales and legends or dreamed up for the silver screen—are the stuff of true nightmares.
UNSOLVED MYSTERIES
THE WATCHER HOUSE • Westfield, New Jersey
WINCHESTER MYSTERY HOUSE • San Jose, California
SPRAGUE MANSION • Cranston, Rhode Island
FRANKLIN CASTLE • Cleveland, Ohio
LIZZIE BORDEN HOUSE • Fall River, Massachusetts
10 HAUNTED MYSTERY STORIES • Many of these ghost stories are not only good for a fright, but also serve as moral tales that can reveal what’s truly haunting us.
Haunted Houses & Scary Mysteries
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