Bone-Chilling Stories of the USA's 10 Haunted

the Lori Mansion located in the French Quarter of New Orleans has a grim reputation its former owner Madame deline McCarthy Lori was a wealthy social in the early 19th century the urban legend says that she treated her workers very badly one night on April 10th 1834 Madame Lor's House Began to burn Madame and her family managed to escape but she abandoned her workers they were locked inside the house the locals outraged by her negligence gathered around the house broke some of its walls and eventually stole the remaining possessions after the fire the Lori family escaped to Paris another private Mansion was built on this Louisiana land but it said that the ghosts of those workers are still trapped inside the property they tend to bother living people demanding Justice today the house is private but you can book a tour and hear this story in detail by the way the mansion and its notorious owner played a big part in the American Horror Story franchise although they didn't actually film the series in that particular house American actress and director Kathy Bates played Madame Lori and showcased the quirky character of this famous woman so you can check it out if you're not afraid our next creepy destination was also shown in a movie franchise The Amityville Horror the media says this Dutch Colonial style home is located in the village of Amityville in New York George and Kathy Lutz bought this property in 1975 for $80,000 the low price was due to the tragedy that happened in the house one year before one night a young man named Ronnie defo who lived in the house took the lives of all his family members the Lutz family began to notice strange activities in the house such as Phantom odors unreasonably low temperatures and loud sounds of Unknown Origin according to the Lutz family one day they called a preacher to clear the Grim Vibes but he felt very bad during the ritual and his hand started bleeding the Lutes fled the house in a rush their spooky story inspired the Amityville Horror a book written by American Author Jay ansen and several successful horror movies although the house was reconstructed it still exists however its address has been changed to confuse the trail and prevent crowds of tourists from gathering around it do you recognize this seemingly cute house in Harrisville Rhode Island it's known as one of the most haunted houses in America the property earned its notorious reputation after multiple people lost their lives in this house over the years in 1970 the pans family began to live here and according to the legend an invisible being lived along with them at first The Entity was playful but then it started getting more more Sinister the family members experienced physical attacks and unexplainable illnesses they invited the famous Mystery Hunters Ed and lorine Warren to research this case which later inspired a book and the movie The Conjuring released in 2013 in 2019 the property was purchased by the heisen family who also investigated Mysteries they reported some weird stuff going on in the house too and eventually developed a successful business on haunted tour ISM they sold the property for nearly $1.5 million in 2022 let's move on to Tennessee the urban legend tells a creepy story that started in 1804 John Bell and his family moved to this peaceful looking Farm in North Carolina at first everything went well but 13 years later the family began to experience bone chilling events at first they started seeing weird animal-like sh Shadows around the farm soon these mysterious guests began to whisper and eventually talk out loud some mysterious entity began to wake up the family at night with loud noises and attacks it particularly bothered their young daughter Betsy Bell invisible hands grabbed bie by the hair and hit her body when she grew up and was about to get married The Entity did everything to break the engagement saying that Betsy wouldn't be happy with her groom rumors about these scary events spread throughout the village and the locals began to visit the farm hoping to see it for themselves they called The Entity Bell Witch many years have passed but the locals still believe that the Phantom of the evil witch lives in these places and hides in a cave near the farm Ohio is one of the most notoriously haunted states in the USA one of its legendary spots is the Mansfield Reformatory a former prison that supposedly hosts the country's most creepy entity the prison is nearly 130 years old it was closed in 1990 and soon gained Fame especially after becoming the filming location for the Shaw Shank Redemption and since we're passing through Ohio let's take a look at another spooky place the Chipawa Lake Amusement Park used to attract many guests with its various rides roller coasters an iconic Ferris wheel but in the 1970s 100 years after open the park was forced to close it happened due to poor maintenance and low attendance the park has gone through multiple fires so today it looks like a bunch of creepy ruins overgrown with shrubs and rust Mark Twain had been living in this charismatic house in Hartford Connecticut for about 17 years in this period he wrote both The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn today this property serves as a museum that showcases the author's life but it's also known for some mysterious phenomena multiple visitors reported hearing odd noises and seeing a phantom of a woman in white the most haunted part of the house is the billiard room train used to chill there a lot during his stay and today some visitors claim they can smell tobacco smoke as they pass through now Pennsylvania has lots of terrifying Tales to offer despite its Chic appearance this fancy Mansion has been empty for a while now its owner Peter Widner finished the construction after losing his beloved wife Hannah during a tragic yacht trip it happened at the end of the 19th century and eventually Widner lost multiple relatives in this house he was wealthy enough to invest in the Titanic construction perhaps he was fascinated by the idea of an unsinkable ship but unfortunately both Peter's oldest son and Grandson lost their lives when the Titanic sang eventually the Mansion was abandoned but it said that the Phantoms of the whiter family are still there and speaking of the Titanic Molly Brown was one of the survivors she got famous for rowing a Lifeboat for about 7 hours before reaching a safe place but Molly's own mansion in Denver gained a spooky reputation she owned the haunted property together with her husband who ran a mining business over the years multiple people reported seeing Phantoms of cats and human figures running down the staircase of the house the witnesses of such Visions insist that something spooky is definitely going on Behind These Walls today the Mansion operates as a museum so you can go and see it for yourself and how about meeting a creepy phandom while doing some casual shopping in SoHo the urban legend dates back to 1799 a young lady Goma Elmore Sands tried to escape with her lover Levi weeks they were tenants in the same boarding house around 2 weeks later her body was found at the bottom of a will in the building that today hosts a large retail store cosos after the horrifying Discovery the police arrested Lon although he was acquitted sans's Phantom is said to haunt the building as a warning to other ladies the creepiest thing is that the well is still there and Shoppers can see it in the basement at the back of the men's department now brace yourself and welcome to the famous haunted toy store in Sunnyvale California the legend says that the land under the property used to be a plantation owned by Martin Murphy he hired a preacher Johnny Johnson who fell in love with Murphy's daughter Elizabeth but she got engaged to a lawyer Johnny's heart was broken and he lost his life in an accident while chopping wood today Johnny's Phantom reportedly wanders around the Toys R Us store still chasing his beloved Elizabeth customers and employees report seeing objects moving on their own hearing mysterious footsteps and even Johnny's Whispers over the intercom system .