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The Ghost In My Machine

Stories of the Strange and Unusual

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The exterior of Kreischer Mansion in 2009

Haunted Road Trip: Kreischer Mansion’s Cursed Halls, Staten Island, New York

December 12, 2022 by Lucia

Previously: The Tanglin Hill Old Brunei Hostel, Singapore. (CW: Suicide, homicide.) On New York’s Staten Island, in the area now known as Charleston, but once called Kreischerville, there’s a Continue Reading > about Haunted Road Trip: Kreischer Mansion’s Cursed Halls, Staten Island, New York

Filed Under: Places Tagged With: dark tourism, haunted house, haunted houses, Haunted Road Trip, haunted travel, New York, Staten Island

A traditional Japanese mansion

The Many Legends Of Himuro Mansion: Unraveling The Truth Of Japan’s Infamous ‘Fatal Frame’ House

March 21, 2022 by Lucia

Previously: Congelier Mansion, The Haunted House That Never Was. You’ll find it often on lists of allegedly haunted places to visit in Japan. You’ll also find it frequently cited in pieces claiming Continue Reading > about The Many Legends Of Himuro Mansion: Unraveling The Truth Of Japan’s Infamous ‘Fatal Frame’ House

Filed Under: Places Tagged With: Fatal Frame, haunted house, haunted houses, Himuro Mansion, Japan, Japanese folklore, Japanese urban legends, video games

The exterior of Winderbourne mansion, viewed through trees

Abandoned: The Decaying Splendor Of Winderbourne Mansion, Boyds, Maryland

May 10, 2021 by Lucia

Previously: Fairfield State Hospital. Not too far away from Washington, D.C. lies Boyds, Maryland. An unincorporated community in Montgomery County, it was long known as a primarily rural area; Continue Reading > about Abandoned: The Decaying Splendor Of Winderbourne Mansion, Boyds, Maryland

Filed Under: Places Tagged With: Abandoned, abandoned places, haunted house, haunted houses, history, Maryland, urban exploration, urbex, Winderbourne Mansion

A rocking chair in a dark room

The Most Dangerous Games: How To Check If Your Home Is Haunted

April 1, 2020 by Lucia

Previously: The Mailbox Game. Note: Please don’t copy/paste or republish the text of this post on other websites without permission. This simple method for how to check if your home is Continue Reading > about The Most Dangerous Games: How To Check If Your Home Is Haunted

Filed Under: Games Tagged With: cameras, games you shouldn't play, haunted house, haunted houses, How To Check If Your Home Is Haunted, phone, smartphones, technology, test, The Most Dangerous Games, video

A screenshot from My House Walk-Through

The Weird Part Of YouTube: Decoding The Ghost Story Of PiroPito’s “My House Walk-Through”

December 9, 2019 by Lucia

Previously: Blank Room Soup. On Oct. 16, 2016, a video tour of a house in Japan arrived on YouTube. This, in and of itself, is unremarkable; lots of video tours of houses, in Japan and elsewhere, Continue Reading > about The Weird Part Of YouTube: Decoding The Ghost Story Of PiroPito’s “My House Walk-Through”

Filed Under: Tales Tagged With: ghosts, haunted house, history, Isewan Typhoon, Japan, Japanese ghosts, My house walk-through, nana825763, Piropito, The Weird Part Of YouTube, typhoon, Typhoon Vera, video, weird part of youtube, World War II, youtube

A white house in a clearing in the woods

Creepypasta Of The Week: “In Residence”

September 11, 2019 by Lucia

Previously: "The Thing In The Mirror." Published to the Creepypasta Wiki in 2015, Elliot Cowling’s story “In Residence”… isn’t quite a haunted house story. It’s also not quite a home invasion Continue Reading > about Creepypasta Of The Week: “In Residence”

Filed Under: Tales Tagged With: creepypasta, Creepypasta of the Week, Elliot Cowling, haunted house, haunted houses, home invasion, In Residence

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Haunted Road Trip: The Hex Murder House, York County, Pennsylvania

March 18, 2019 by Lucia

Previously: The Screaming Tunnel Of Niagara Falls. Officially, the hollow is called Spring Valley County Park — but that’s not the name by which many locals of York County, Pa. know it. More Continue Reading > about Haunted Road Trip: The Hex Murder House, York County, Pennsylvania

Filed Under: Tales Tagged With: haunted house, haunted houses, haunted places, Haunted Road Trip, Hex Murder House, hexerei, John Blymire, murder, murders, Nelson Rehmeyer, powwow

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