Starved Rock Lodge

The Real Bailey Mansion This is the supposed “Bailey Mansion” that the photojournalist known by the pseudonym Seph Lawless shared in his book, ‘An American Horror Story.’ The photo of this building is said to be in Hartford, Connecticut, but there is zero information pointing to a home of this resemblance in Hartford or any evidence of a true story behind “The Bailey Mansion.” The mansion is said to be the inspiration for American Horror Story’s inaugural season “Murder House. Read more…

In the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, mental health was broadly defined. Health conditions and mental capacities simply had yet to be discovered by medical science and as a result, thousands of people were not handled with enough care and concern. While highly debatable, their life-care was turned over by their families to the aid afforded by the state and they were placed into asylums. One such place that is registered to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places is the Danvers State Hospital. Read more…

Is the Yellowstone Art Museum Haunted? The Yellowstone Art Museum opened in 1964. It houses both contemporary and historical art. It used to be the Yellowstone County Jail, which was built in 1884. A man was hanged in the jail years ago and there are still some jail cells remaining that you can look at. It is said that several of the cellmates may have stuck around from the 19th century. There have been reports of screams, shackles and chains rattling, and bars being wrung across by former prisoners. Read more…