Tower of London

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Mount Everest

The ghost of climber Andrew Irvine who died there in 1924 haunts Mount Everest. His phantom ghost shares tents with climbers and encourages them to make the final ascent. The ghost was first reported by Dougal Haston and Doug Scott in September 1975 and has been seen several times since.

ALCATRAZ

The Miwok Indians thought evil spirits inhabited this island and never set foot until 1859, when they arrived in shackles as the island's first prisoners. By 1912, the army had built the largest reinforced concrete structure in the world: a huge fortress that would later house the nations most dangerous criminals. In 1963, the island was taken over by the National Park Service; only the ghosts of tormented inmates remain. Clanging sounds, screams, and crying can sometimes be heard in Cell Block A. Disturbances in Cell Block C became so frequent that the park service called in psychic Sylvia Brown to try to figure out what was happening. She made contact with the spirit of a man called Butcher, who resisted all her efforts to calm his violent soul. Prison records confirmed that Abie Maldowitz, a mob hit man with the nickname of Butcher, was killed by another prisoner in the laundry room of the cell block. In Cell Block D, four cells are thought to be haunted. Strange voices have emanated from Cell 11, 12, and 13 there. Even in the summer months, Cell 14-D feels ice-cold, and some visitors have been overcome by emotion in one corner of the cell. This was the tiny cell where killer Rufe McCain was kept in solitary confinement for over three years. Sometimes the sounds of banjo playing are reported coming from the deserted shower room, where Al Capone frequently played the instrument.

The Queen Mary Hotel and Museum
Long Beach, CA

This ocean liner is permanently docked at the port of Long Beach. It made over a thousand trips across the atlantic ocean since 1936. ~The first class swimming pool is haunted by the ghosts of two women who drowned there. ~The ghost of a little boy who fell overboard has been sighted in the passageway by the pool. ~The first class lounge, or Queens Salon, is haunted by a beautiful woman in a flowing white dress. ~There have been sightings of the ghost of a black haired man with bright lights around him in the area of the first class suites. ~The forward storage room in haunted by children playing. ~The tourist class swimming pool is haunted by the ghost of a woman who drowned in it. ~The third level cabin B340 is haunted by a murdered crew member and is so active that they no longer rent it. ~Activity has been reported in the kitchen where a cook was murdered during WWII. The cook was burned to death inside an oven. ~The morgue is haunted by 18 yo crewman John Pedder who was crushed to death trying to slice through hatchway door No. 13. ~The ghost of Senior Second Captain William Stark, who was accidentally poisoned, has also been sighted on board.

Chase Crypt
Barbados, West Indies

The Chase Mauseleum in Christ Church Graveyard in Barbados, West Indies, is famous in ghostly lore. The coffins of family members buried in the early 1800s move around in the locked vault, sometimes lining up vertically along the walls. At one time, the Governor of Barbados personally sealed the vault but nine months later the coffins were all rearranged, even though all the seals had not been tampered with. Finally, the government reburied the coffins in separate places and that seemed to have stopped the phenomenon. The empty Chase vault lies open now for all to see.

Inside the crypt

The Alamo
San Antonio, Texas

For many years, people have reported strange apparitions wandering its blood-soaked grounds, eerie lights dancing on the stone walls, unexplained sounds--the screams of dying men, explosions, the chilling trumpet call of Santa Ana's band playing the Deguello. To this day, guards, janitors, and other employees of the popular Texas tourist attraction avoid certain rooms of the battle-scarred mission at night. One reason for all this paranormal activity is that the Alamo is a graveyard. According to Spanish records, nearly a thousand persons were buried in Alamo Plaza between 1724 and 1793. And, in 1836, 1600 Mexican soldiers and 200 Texans were killed there in one of the bloodiest battles of the Old West. The disposal of their bodies is a story in itself. The bodies of the Mexican soldiers were at first buried in mass graves. But, when this proved too time consuming, many hundreds were thrown into the nearby San Antonio River, where for weeks they rotted in the sun, attracting flies and flocks of buzzards and spreading disease--which in turn killed more people.

As for the Alamo defenders, their bodies were piled together in three mounds in different parts of the plaza, and burned. There was a young boy who lived in San Antonio in those days, who never forgot the sight of those funeral pyres. Many years later, as an old man, he could still recall in vivid detail the sickening stench and hideous sight of melted flesh on charred bones. One of the most often-repeated stories of an Alamo ghost is the apparition of a small blonde-haired boy that can be seen from time to time in the left upstairs window, now the gift shop. According to legend, the little boy may have been evacuated during the siege and perhaps returns again and again to the place where he last saw his relatives. He usually appears during the same time every year, during the first weeks of February.

Toys’R’Us, Sunnyvale, CA

The White House





President ABRAHAM LINCOLN is perhaps America's most famous ghost, and his presence is firmly established in White House lore. Calvin Coolidge's wife Grace was the first to spot the specter; she claimed to have seen Lincoln peering out of an Oval Office window. Since then various guests and residents have claimed to see the former president's ghost in the Lincoln bedroom or the upstairs halls of the White House. Even Ronald Reagan's dog Rex (according to Reagan) would bark when passing the Lincoln bedroom and refused to enter the room.

Former First Lady ELEANOR ROOSEVELT became a famous "ghost" in 1996, after Hillary Clinton said she had often felt Roosevelt's "presence" in the White House. Clinton reported that she had held imaginary conversations with Roosevelt under the guidance of Jean Houston, a specialist in myth and spirituality. Both Clinton and Houston insisted the conversations were brainstorming exercises rather than seances, but the reports got heavy coverage and the image of Clinton "talking to Eleanor's ghost".

More White House Ghosts:

~ Phantom black cat in the basement of the White House is said to predict nation tragedy, appeared right before JFK died, just before the crash of the stock market in the '20s, and on many other occasions.

~ Dolly Madison haunts the White House gardens and gets angry every time someone tries to change the way the gardens look. The ghost of President Lincoln has been seen all over the White House.

~ Abigail Adams walks through one of the hallways as with her arms out as if she has an armful of something, then proceeds to go through the motions of what looks like laundry.

~ President Harrison is often heard in the attic.

~ President Andrew Jackson is said to haunt his bed in the Rose Bedroom.




Disneyworld's Haunted Mansion





Hundreds of people visit the Haunted Mansion in Disneyworld every day. In fact, it holds a record for being the most visited Dark ride and Disney Imagineers worked hard using old magician tricks to create these illusions. What they may not have known was that there are now several real ghosts haunting the place.

~ The Man with the Cane - While the building was built on property that had no previous construction on it, it did manage to attract someone who had died nearby. In the 1940s a man who had been piloting a small plane crashed in a lake near where the park was to be built later. His ghost has settled into the Haunted Mansion. Referred to by Cast Members (employees) as "the man with the cane" he is often seen late at night, especially after closing.

~ The man in a tuxedo is another spirit, though no one really knows who he is. One day an employee was working in the area where passengers disembark. There is a mirror there, so the attendant can see when the riders come up behind her. She kept seeing a shadow in the mirror, and when she turned around no one was there. The figure seemed to be wearing a tuxedo. Then, she felt a chill and a hand placed on her shoulder. Of course, she turned to find no one there. The woman ran out of the Haunted Mansion and soon quit her job.





Tower of London





While The Tower is one of the most important buildings in the history of England, it is not much taller than a four story house. But the real treasures are inside, where the Crown Jewels are kept, including The Star of Africa, which at 530 carats is the largest diamond in the world. Phantom funeral carriages have been seen on the grounds as well as A phantom squad of soldiers has been seen marching.

There are always ravens at the Tower. They are cared for by the Beefeaters. It is believed that if the ravens ever leave the tower, England will perish.




Raven




Famous Ghosts of the Tower of London:

~A Bear
After seeing a large bear approaching him, a guard tried to bayonet the creature; the weapon passed straight through the ghost, and it continued to move towards the soldier. The soldier collapsed, and died a few days later.

~Lady in White
Her true identity unknown, the woman's perfume is said to be overpowering, and has made many people gag around St. John's Chapel.

~Smothering Ghost
The area in which Henry VIII's armor is stored has an evil reputation; several stories exist of guards being either attacked or feeling threatened by an unknown force.

~Margeret Pole
Refusing to kneel before the axeman, Margaret Pole was chased around the area and hacked to death by him instead. This horrid scene has been witnessed several times.

~Henry VI
Murdered here by the Duke of Gloucester, Henry's spirit appears a few minutes before midnight, walking around the area in which he died.

~The Two Princes
Believed to have been killed on the instruction of Richard III, the two young princes have been seen holding hands, cowering in various rooms of the tower.

~Old Woman
This old woman was seen by a engineer as it stroked his friend's hair, seconds before the co-worker touched a live wire, sending 20,000 volts through his body. Remarkably, he survived. Phantom footfalls have also been reported coming from down the tunnel, abruptly finishing.

~Anne Boelyn
The second wife of King Henry VIII . she was imprisoned before being beheaded. According to a story from the Tower's own Yeoman Warders, Boleyn's ghost "has frequently been seen both on the Green and more spectacularly in the Chapel Royal situated in the White Tower." She was killed May 19, 1536

~Catherine Howard.
She was the 5th wife of Henry VIII. She was beheaded. Feb. 13, 1542.

~Lady Jane Grey
This ghost was only 17 years old when she was beheaded on February 12, 1554!

Many more ghosts have been seen at the tower of London. Among the other possible ghosts are:

John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland, executed 1553
His grandson Lord Guilford Dudley, executed 1554
Sir Thomas More, executed 1535
John Fisher, Bishop of Rochester, executed 1535
Henry, Earl of Surrey (son of the Duke of Norfolk), executed 1547
Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset, executed 1552
Thomas Seymour, Lord Seymour of Sudeley, (Edward Seymour’s younger brother), 1549
Thomas Cromwell, Earl of Essex, executed 1540
William, Lord Hastings, by order of Richard, Duke of Gloucester, in June 1483
Margaret, Countess of Salisbury, executed May 27, 1541
Jane, Viscountess Rochford, executed February 13, 1542
Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex, executed February 25, 1601