The Whaley House: San Diego’s Most Haunted House — and Its Real History

The Whaley House in Old Town San Diego, California

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.