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Haunted America

The Haunted Wells Fargo Train Car

September 5, 2021 March 21, 2025 Jennifer Jones1 comment

A Ghost, A Gun, and Some Bad Shrimp On January 26, 1882, a small article appeared on page three

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True Crime

A Box, a Body, and a Helicopter: The Benton County Jane Doe Mystery

April 26, 2021 March 14, 2025 Jennifer Jones1 comment

A Box in the Cornfield October 8th, 1976, started like any other normal day for the Skoog family, who

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Haunted America

Ghost Cats and Where to Find Them!

October 17, 2020 March 16, 2025 Jennifer Jones3 comments

Not all hauntings are human. Some arrive with a spectral purr. Throughout history, people have viewed cats as omens

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Strange & Unusual

Mary Reeser: Spontaneous Combustion Case

August 13, 2020 April 30, 2025 Jennifer Jones

As a weird kid growing up in the ’80s, Unsolved Mysteries gave me completely unrealistic expectations about the frequency

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Forgotten HistoryPosthumous Profiles

The Granger Meeting House Explosion

June 9, 2020 March 21, 2025 Jennifer Jones1 comment

On March 7, 1905, a group of little more than 60 people gathered in the Granger Meeting House for

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Strange & Unusual

Killed by a Clown: San Francisco’s Forgotten Nightmare

March 8, 2020 March 14, 2025 Jennifer Jones2 comments

A Circus Act Turned Deadly Sounds like everyone’s worst nightmare, right? For a 13-year-old boy living in San Francisco

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Haunted History

Whiskey Pete’s Ghost and the Truth Behind His Disturbed Grave

March 6, 2020 March 13, 2025 Jennifer Jones3 comments

The Haunting of Whiskey Pete's There’s a legend about Whiskey Pete’s Hotel & Casino in Primm, Nevada. People say

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Haunted AmericaStrange & Unusual

The Gurdon Light

February 11, 2020 April 29, 2025 Jennifer Jones6 comments

Gurdon, Arkansas, is a small town with a big legend—one involving a derailed train, a gruesome murder, and a

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Forgotten HistoryUrban Legends

Who’s Got My Head? The Stony Creek Headless Ghost

January 7, 2020 March 12, 2025 Jennifer Jones2 comments

On quiet nights along the shore of Stony Creek, a voice rises from the darkness. The wind carries a

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Haunted History

The Graceful Ghost of Phoebe Paullin

December 7, 2019 March 10, 2025 Jennifer Jones

Strange Lights Along Eagle Rock Road By the autumn of 1896, many travelers whispered about a glowing figure near

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