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This entry in the series details no fewer than eleven haunted locations in the city. It begins with a legend of the origin of Spanish Moss, then tells of passing ghostly encounters in The Battery. Ghosts have also been reported in The Old Exchange Building, Thomas Rose House, Perroneau House, the old city jail, and city hall. This so-called "holy city" has at least two ghosts in its cemeteries, including a Lady in White in an unnamed location and a female ghost photographed in 1987 kneeling by a grave. The Dock Street Theater may house the ghost of John Wilkes Booth's father, among other entities. Lodging in Charleston is hardly free from otherworldly visitors; the 1837 Bed and Breakfast is inhabited by the spirit of a slave boy, and the Batter Carriage House Inn is the site of several apparitions, notably the headless torso of a Confederate soldier and a kind "gentleman caller" who visits young women.
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This episode of Haunted History tells the tales of those spirits lost in Scotland's historic capital. Both Hollyrood Palace and Edinburgh Castle are reputed to be haunted, the former perhaps by Mary, Queen of Scots herself, as is Dalhousie Castle. Greyfriar's Cemetery, the onetime prison of the rebel Covenanters, is now the site of a poltergeist who has attacked tourists. An executed preacher now haunts West Bow Street, and Rosalyn Chapel is claimed to be the location of a portal to worlds beyond. Lastly, but by no means least importantly, the city's subterranean vaults, including the now-underground Mary King's Close, hold many spirits.
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Stephen King's stomping grounds are given the Haunted History treatment in this episode detailing five of the state's haunted locations. The first is the town of Bucksport, whose late founder is reportedly still being punished for indiscretions committed during his life. Another ghost haunting the state is Sarah Ware, a murdered woman who is still looking for . . . something. The city of Bangor is the haunting site of several spirits, including that of a nineteenth century mayor and a Depression-era gangster. A slightly better known location is the lighthouse on Seguin Island, haunted after a tragic murder-suicide.
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The northeastern region of the United States is one of its oldest and most established; it is also the source of many of its ghost stories. This special recounts but a few of these tales. The Daniel Benton homestead in Tolland, CT, is called "most occupied unoccupied building" in the state--it has inspired reports of much supernatural activity. Nathaniel Hawthorne's home, the House of the Seven Gables, reportedly houses the spirits of a little boy, Hawthorne's cousin Susanna Ingersoll, and several slaves who stayed there when it was a station on the underground railroad. Hawthorne's birthplace is also the site of activity. Supernatural activity has also been reported at John Stone's Inn in Ashland, MA, the site of several deaths. Haunted History: New England spends a great amount of time detailing the Salem Witch trials and the spirits that resulted from them, including that of victim Giles Corey and interrogator Jonathan Corwin.
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One of the most atmospheric cities in America is also one of the most haunted. The LaLaurie Mansion, now a restaurant, is inhabited by the spirits of slaves who were tortured and mutilated there in the 1830s. It is unknown if the haunting continues, but for over a hundred years, visitors to the house have reported terrifying, sometimes violent, phenomena. A more famous resident, Voodoo priestess Marie Laveau, is still seen around the city. Le Petit Théâtre du Vieux Carré houses many spirits, some more likely to frighten visitors than others, but most related to its theatrical past. Mary Green, a former captain of the steamboat Delta Queen, once saved the ship from sinking--after she had died. And lastly, in the town of St. Francisville lies the Myrtles Plantation, one of the most haunted houses in America. It is the site of several spirits, including Chloe, a slave who was hung after she accidentally poisoned the wife and children of her master, and her unintended victims.
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New York City and the surrounding area are noteworthy destinations among ghost hunters. The Merchant's House on 29 East Fourth St. is still inhabited by the spirit of its lonely life-long resident, Gertrude Tredwell, still waiting to marry her love. Billup House on Staten Island is the scene of apparitions and cold spots, possibly left by the spirit of a girl murdered in Colonial times. The USS The Sullivans, docked in Buffalo and Erie County Naval Park, is haunted by its namesakes, brothers killed while serving on the same ship during World War II. In Mohawk Valley, Beardslee Castle has had more than its share of supernatural activity. It was the site of a 1919 fire, the source of which has been rumored to be Guy Beardslee's disrespect for Native American beliefs. However, reports of a haunting didn't begin until the fifties, after the suicide of a then-owner named Christensen. Now a restaurant, Beardslee is a place where apparitions, sounds, invisible forces, and moving objects are, as the story has it, practically commonplace. Haunted History: New York closes with a local recounting of a famous urban legend, about a boy who picks a lovely girl up on the side of the road and takes her to his prom, only to discover the next day that she had been dead for years.
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The supernatural swirls around five tales of real hauntings in the Bay area. The Haskell Residence, built as a private residence, was taken over by the Federal government in 1863 and incorporated into Fort Mason. The government warns officers about to move into the home that it is haunted by the presence of former US Senator David C. Broderick, who lost his life in an 1859 duel. The famous Winchester Mystery House, in San Jose, is a sprawling edifice created by the daughter-in-law of the creator of the Winchester rifle--with the input of spirits. The Mansion Hotel on Sacramento Street may be haunted by the niece of silver tycoon Richard Chambers. And in Half Moon Bay, a restaurant and former speakeasy known as the Moss Beach Distillery is the haunt of a "Blue Lady."
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America's capital is full of notable buildings, and not a few of them are haunted. The White House itself is thought to be haunted by no fewer than two former First Ladies, a British soldier, and the Great Emancipator himself. The lobby of the Willard Hotel still occasionally plays host to the scent of President Grant's cigars. People claim to still see naval captain Stephen Decatur, who died after losing a duel, in the house on Jackson Place named for him. More to come.
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