Stories from the edge of explanation.
About 4 min readFor centuries, a human skull has been kept inside Bettiscombe Manor in Dorset, because legend says removing it brings storms, screams and death. In 1963, science examined the skull — and the legend fell apart in a way nobody expected.
About 4 min readThe house at 230 Second Street in Fall River, Massachusetts, is where Andrew and Abby Borden were killed in 1892 — a crime that was never solved. Since it opened as a bed and breakfast museum in 1996, guests and staff have reported weeping, footsteps, cold spots and a woman in Victorian dress who tidies the rooms.
About 4 min readBuilt on the site of a public hanging, the Whaley House in Old Town San Diego has been called America’s most haunted house. Its real history — a merchant family, a daughter’s tragedy, and a house that was also a theatre and a courthouse — is strange enough without the ghosts.