Ghost Story Girl

10/08/2025

Round 2 of investigating the 1921 Beacham Theatre yielded unexpected results. We also squeezed in some tunnel action. Lmk if you want to see!

10/08/2025

The Ghost Room at Ballygally Castle in Northern Ireland is known to be haunted by Isabella Shaw, wife of James Shaw who built the castle in 1625.

The story goes she was locked away in this tower turret when she did not produce a make heir. In an attempt to escape and reunite with her child, she fell to her death out of the window and remains in the castle ever since.

Let's see what we find tonight!

07/08/2025

Once called a “school,” Pennhurst was anything but. Hidden behind iron gates in rural Pennsylvania, it became a symbol of institutional horror.

The 1968 news exposé, Suffer the Little Children, showed the world the heartbreaking neglect and abuse endured by children with disabilities—many left naked, confined, and forgotten. What was meant to be a place of care became a chilling lesson in how society fails its most vulnerable. 

👻🎧 Check out the full Estes session with in the basement of the Devon Building on YouTube (link in bio) 👀

06/08/2025

Step inside White Hill Mansion, and you’re stepping into nearly 300 years of American history and mystery—layered like an onion, with stories of patriots, soldiers, inventors, politicians, and even ghosts echoing through its halls.

Built in 1722 by Robert Field, the mansion passed through generations of the Field family, whose legacy was so strong the town was eventually renamed Fieldsboro in their honor. But this wasn’t just a family estate—it was a backdrop to war, scandal, invention, and the paranormal.

In 1776, while widowed Mary Field hosted American naval officers for dinner, her neighbors accused her of being a rebel sympathizer. Just days later, British and Hessian troops stormed her home. She would later help Commodore John Barry escape capture, and eventually married Commodore Thomas Read, who made White Hill his county seat. The Revolutionary War wasn’t just outside her door—it was in her living room.

Later owners left their marks, from Robert Field III’s financial collapse, to David Bruce’s invention of a typesetting machine in 1832, to Joseph Mayer’s pioneering pottery techniques in the late 1800s. The mansion even became an upscale German restaurant in the 1920s before falling into corporate hands—and then into disrepair.

Thankfully, preservation efforts began in 2004, including archaeological digs that uncovered building foundations, Native American artifacts, and even a tunnel from the basement to the river dock.

Oh—and did I mention it’s haunted?

Visitors report apparitions, phantom footsteps, voices, and an overwhelming presence in the basement, where ghostly encounters have become the norm. Today, you can tour or even investigate the mansion yourself with during public ghost hunts. 

White Hill Mansion isn’t just a historic home—it’s a living, breathing storybook of American resilience, revolution, and restless spirits.

05/08/2025

Our paranormal investigation at Pennhurst State School was amazing and intense. Check out our full estes from a decent into the basement of the Devon Building
WATCH here:
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Once called a “school,” Pennhurst was anything but. Hidden behind iron gates in rural Pennsylvania, it symbolized institutional horror for 79 years. The 1968...

05/08/2025

Can't wait to share some Haunted Hops with you all 👻🍻

02/08/2025

📍Eastern State Penitentiary — One of America’s most haunted places and one of the darkest chapters in criminal justice history.

Opened in 1829 in Philadelphia, this massive Gothic fortress was the world’s first true penitentiary, designed to “reform” inmates through total solitary confinement. No talking. No visitors. Guards wore padded shoes. Prisoners wore hoods just to walk to their cells. Their only companion? A Bible and the cold, crushing silence under the Eye of God skylight.

But what was meant to inspire penitence quickly descended into psychological torture.

Speak out of turn? You might face the Iron Gag—a brutal device that chained your tongue to your wrists so any movement tore flesh. Misbehave, and you could be strapped into the Mad Chair so tightly it cut off circulation—often requiring amputations. Disobey during winter? You risked a Water Bath—drenched in freezing water and chained to the wall overnight as ice formed on your body.

Even infamous gangster Al Capone served time here—surrounded by luxury, yet tormented by a ghost he called “Jimmy,” believed to be a victim of the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre.

With its dark legacy of isolation, torture, and madness, it’s no surprise Eastern State is considered one of the most haunted locations in the U.S.

Visitors and staff report shadow figures, whispering voices, cries, and apparitions—like the woman in white known as The Soap Lady, still seen in her second-floor cell.

Ghost hunters from Ghost Adventures, Ghost Hunters, and MTV’s Fear have all investigated Eastern State, capturing paranormal evidence including full-body apparitions and unexplained screams.

Today, it’s a historic site by day—and home to Terror Behind the Walls by night: one of the country’s top haunted attractions. Guests can even choose to be grabbed or dragged into hidden passageways.

Would you step inside?

22/12/2024

There are many spooky historical delights to discover when exploring the Rock of Cashel. 

📍co. Tipperary, Ireland 🇮🇪

⛪️ St. Patrick's Cathedral: Home to tombs and grave slabs from the 13th to 19th centuries, including two archbishops' wall tombs, and medieval carvings like heads and tomb niches.

⚔️ Chapel: Features a carved sarcophagus, possibly King Cormac’s tomb, adorned with Hiberno-Scandinavian designs of beasts and serpents.

🪦 Graveyard: One of Ireland's oldest active graveyards, dating back to the early 4th century.

From ancient, medieval tombs and grave slabs to crumbling walls, every step reveals echoes of Ireland's medieval history and the stories of those who rest here. This ancient fortress holds whispers of eerie legends, ghostly tales, and centuries-old mysteries. 🕯️✨

12/05/2024

11/05/2024

St. Augustine became an important port following Ponce de Leon’s discovery of the Gulf Stream. The original lighthouse was a wooden watchtower built by Spaniards in the late 1500s. 

By 1731, the Spanish replaced it with a new 30-foot watchtower made of coquina (shell rock). This was 350 yards closer to the ocean than the current tower, putting it at risk of falling into the ocean. 

In 1871, the US Lighthouse Service began construction on a new 165-foot tower (219 steps) completed by 1874 with visibility ranging from 19-25 miles. The keepers and their families lived in the house on the property, and everyone played their part in the daily operations and upkeep. 

Two well-known events could have caused the lighthouse to become a paranormally active site. 

The first is the death of two young sisters, Eliza and Mary Pity, whose father, Hezekiah Pity, worked on the lighthouse grounds in the mid-1800s. The children were playing on a cart on the property when they began to roll down a hill towards the water, falling into the water where they drowned. 

In 1859, lighthouse keeper Joseph Andreu fell while painting the outside of the lighthouse. The spirits of the girls and Mr. Andreu are believed to remain. Disembodied voices and apparitions are frequently reported. 

Have you visited here? Let me know! 👇

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06/05/2024

What an incredible investigation last night with of Seekers of Spirits! The oldest jail is recognized as one of the most haunted buildings in the country, and after my investigation, that description fits perfectly. (Still in shock)

Built in 1891 by Henry Flagler in the Romanesque Revival style, the jail looked like any other house during that period, besides having bars on the windows. The P.J. Pauley Jail Company, the same company responsible for building Alcatraz in San Francisco, was employed to construct the prison. 

It housed male and female inmates and was the city’s only jail for more than 60 years remaining open and operating as St. Johns County Jail until 1953. 

While the exterior was beautiful, the inside was filled with depravity and cruelty. There were no bathing facilities or sanitation for human waste. The inmates incarcerated here were the worst of the worst, and many did not survive their sentences due to inhumane conditions: beatings, starvation, and torture. Prisoners were forced to watch as fellow inmates built their gallows just outside the walls. 

While the sheriff’s quarters held all necessities for him and his family, the concrete and metal quarters created an unlivable environment by today’s standards. Sheriff Joe Perry died in the jail. His original guns and typewriter sit on his original desk on the first floor. 

More of this experience to come!

01/05/2024

⚜️The Josephine⚜️

Former Guest House Bed & Breakfast
New Orleans, Louisiana

This lesser known gem in the lower Garden District was built in 1870 by architect Charles Lewis Hillger, one of the most important architects in New Orleans from 1865 to 1875. Hillger's specialty seems to have been religious structures. His work includes Rayne Memorial Methodist Church at 3900 St.

The Josephine Guest House offered the rare pleasure of enjoying the graceful lifestyle of an old New Orleans home in the Garden District. However, after operating as a guest house for 25 years, Josephine will lead a private life, what many a lady from New Orleans has tried before.

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