Ever since my childhood, I have always been fascinated by the paranormal. This fascination stemmed from countless hours watching documentaries and checking out books about ghosts from the public library. However, I was never actually sure if what I was reading about was true or not, for I have never had a paranormal encounter. I immersed myself into what I read and watched, but I wanted more, I wanted an encounter for myself, I wanted…
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Rhode Island’s home to many a haunted house — including the one that inspired The Conjuring — but one legend you can experience without trespassing is the tale of Mercy Brown. It seemed that back in the day Rhode Island was in the midst of a vampire panic, and its most famous victim was 19-year-old Mercy Brown. After Mercy’s mother and sister died she succumbed to tuberculosis as well. Due to the panic, villagers presumed…
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WHITTIER/HACIENDA HEIGHTS, CA – Located near LA between Whittier and City of Industry, Turnbull is a 49,000-acre smorgasbord of nightmare fuel set amid the scenic hills. Do you want your scares rooted in American history? The natives called it “Hutukngna,” or the place of the Devil, where the ghosts of those slain for not converting to Christianity dwell alongside witches and Satanists, who reportedly used the place to sacrifice children, whose spirits now walk the canyon…
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There was a young girl who was in need of a job, she was able to find work as a babysitter for a couple who lived in a large, isolated, od house. They were going out to see a movie that night and left the teenage babysitter in charge of their three young children. The babysitter put the children to bed when it got late and then went downstairs to watch some television. She was just…
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The Rocking Horse – “One night, when I was maybe 10-12, I had trouble falling asleep. My bedroom was the entire top floor of our house with my bed and such being on the left side and storage closets and a play area being on the right. I was lying in bed when I heard a noise from the other side of the room and see a rocking horse begin to rock. It was sitting…
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THORNTON, CO – Riverdale Road is the site of not one, but eight creepy stories. Ranging from a Hell Gate to ghosts of slaves hanging from the trees, the stretch of road is decidedly spooky. The creepiest story, though, is that of the phantom jogger. One day, there was a driver who hit a jogger, freaked out, and left him for dead. Now, it’s said that if you park at the site of the crash, you’ll hear disembodied…
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