After serving his country in the Civil War, Robert Montgomery returned to Wanamie, Pennsylvania and began working as a pump engineer for a local coal mine. In early August 1896, Robert was down in a mine when he suddenly became freezing cold and got the strange sensation that he wasn’t alone. After looking around for…
Driving down Las Vegas Boulevard you can’t miss the 350 feet tall black pyramid and 10 story tall Sphinx rising out of the desert. The casino and resort with an Egyptian style themed hotel consists of 4,407 rooms, 29 retail shops, 4 swimming pools and a wedding chapel. When it opened in 1993 the Luxor’s…
Built in 1836 by Joseph Peterson the Peterson-Dumesnil House is thought to be one of the most haunted places in Louisville, Kentucky. The Lady in White is supposedly roaming the halls of the house and allegedly helped a little girl who got separated from her mother in the 1980s. Book a flight and take your…
At the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee, students that live at Tuckaway Hall tell strange stories about hearing footsteps and shuffling feet in their dorm rooms late at night. Doors have also been known to randomly get stuck and refuse to open. Sometimes they open on their own and violently slam shut in…
In 1822 the Girod Street Cemetery was established in what is now the Central Business District of New Orleans. Like other cemeteries in the Crescent City, bodies were interned above ground due to the city’s constant problems with flooding. Remains were typically placed in a tomb or placed in vaults. But with outbreaks of yellow…
Is Philadelphia the most haunted city in the country? That’s what American Hauntstorian, Allen Sircy is trying to find out with his latest book, Southern Ghost Stories: Philadelphia. After publishing eight books about other hauntings around the country, the Tennessee-based author spent the last three years researching the history and alleged hauntings in Philadelphia for…
The Factory in Franklin, Tennessee stands as a stoic testament to the industrial dreams of a bygone era, its haunted history woven into the very fabric of its weathered walls. In 1929, amidst the ominous shadow of the Great Depression, the Allen Manufacturing Company birthed this 310,000-square-foot manufacturing behemoth half a mile northeast of the…
One of the most popular bars in the French Quarter has a checkered past with ties to fabled pirate Jean Lafitte! Lafitte’s Blacksmith Shop was just that, a blacksmith shop in the 1800s. However, it was also a front to sell stolen goods. As legend has it Lafitte buried some of his treasure on the…
Madison Square is where General William Techumseh Sherman sent President Abraham Lincoln a telegraph presenting him with the city of Savannah for Christmas 1864. It’s also home to a mass grave from the American Revolution as well as one of the most haunted houses in Georgia. Join us as we take a deep dive into…
In the early 1980s, a strange and unsettling presence began to haunt the town of Mineral Point, Wisconsin. The first whispers of the phenomenon emerged from Graceland Cemetery, where locals reported seeing a tall, unnaturally slender man clad in a long, black cape. He was said to move with a silent, gliding grace between the…
