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The Ghost In My Machine

Stories of the Strange and Unusual

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Pennyland, The Abandoned, Haunted Amusement Park In Canada That Never Was

March 10, 2025 by Lucia

Previously: The Mystery Of Hoer Verde. It’s said that in the Canadian province of Manitoba, just outside of Winnipeg and close to the border between the United States and Canada, there was once an Continue Reading > about Pennyland, The Abandoned, Haunted Amusement Park In Canada That Never Was

Filed Under: Places Tagged With: abandoned amusement parks, amusement parks, Canada, Canadian urban legends, haunted locales, Pennyland, urban legend, urban legends

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Creepypasta Of The Week: “Incident Reports”

June 24, 2024 by Lucia

Previously: “Slashertown.” I love a good theme park. I also love a good horror story. So, it is with great joy that I give you “Incident Reports,” a theme park creepypasta that gave me a good Continue Reading > about Creepypasta Of The Week: “Incident Reports”

Filed Under: Tales Tagged With: amusement parks, creepypasta, Creepypasta of the Week

Trimpers Carousel featuring the Forever Joanne horse

Encylopaedia Of The Impossible: Trimper’s Haunted Carousel

March 25, 2024 by Lucia

Previously: The Beijing Ghost Bus. Type: HO (Haunted Object). Period/location of origin: 1910-1912, North Tonowanda, New York. Please note that North Tonowanda is where subject, the allegedly Continue Reading > about Encylopaedia Of The Impossible: Trimper’s Haunted Carousel

Filed Under: Encyclopaedia Tagged With: amusement parks, carousel, Encyclopaedia of the Impossible, ghosts, HO

Abandoned: The Rise And Fall Of Spreepark, Germany’s Strangest Abandoned Amusement Park (Photos)

August 13, 2018 by Lucia

Previously: The Casino Constanta. It’s one of Germany’s most famous wrecks: Spreepark, the abandoned amusement park near Berlin on the banks of the Spree river. With a history spanning nearly 50 Continue Reading > about Abandoned: The Rise And Fall Of Spreepark, Germany’s Strangest Abandoned Amusement Park (Photos)

Filed Under: Places Tagged With: Abandoned, abandoned amusement parks, abandoned places, amusement parks, Germany, Kulturpark Planterwald, photography, Spreepark

A person walking down the Yellow Brick Road at the pseudo-abandoned Wizard Of Oz theme park

Land Of Oz Amusement Park At Beech Mountain, NC Will Be Open Fridays In June During The Summer Of 2016

May 23, 2016 by Lucia

Tucked away atop Beech Mountain in North Carolina is a tiny town that bears the same name as the mountain that houses it. The population is small — only several hundred people — and besides the fact Continue Reading > about Land Of Oz Amusement Park At Beech Mountain, NC Will Be Open Fridays In June During The Summer Of 2016

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Abandoned, abandoned amusement parks, amusement parks, Land of Oz, North Carolina, The Wizard of Oz

Abandoned: The Skeletal Remains Of Williams Grove Amusement Park, Mechanicsburg, PA (Photos)

August 3, 2015 by Lucia

Previously: Kings Park Psychiatric Center. There’s something about abandoned amusement parks that I always find particularly arresting. Maybe it’s knowing that thousands of people once passed Continue Reading > about Abandoned: The Skeletal Remains Of Williams Grove Amusement Park, Mechanicsburg, PA (Photos)

Filed Under: Places Tagged With: Abandoned, abandoned amusement parks, amusement parks, Pennsylvania, photography, Williams Grove Amusement park

Haunted Road Trip: Lake Shawnee Amusement Park, Princeton, West Virginia

December 1, 2014 by Lucia

Previously: TGIMM Special Edition: Clinton Road. The (usually racist) theme of a modern construction being built atop a “Native American burial ground” and subsequently experiencing strange Continue Reading > about Haunted Road Trip: Lake Shawnee Amusement Park, Princeton, West Virginia

Filed Under: Places Tagged With: abandoned amusement parks, abandoned places, amusement parks, Haunted Road Trip, Lake Shawnee Amusement Park, Princeton, West Virginia

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