The Exploding Cannon: The Tragic Ghost of Fort Hayes
The ghost story is grim and specific. A soldier named Nicholas Hartzel dies in 1865 when a cannon explodes during Lincoln's funeral salute at Fort…
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The Duel That Never Ended: Hamilton and Burr’s Restless Afterlives
Neither man signed the Declaration, but their rivalry left ghost stories in two different cities that still argue with each other
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The White Leviathans: The Monster Legends of Alaska’s Iliamna Lake
Enormous pale creatures in Alaska's largest lake, treated with respect for Native tradition
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Statehouse Secrets: The Haunted Tunnels of the Ringside Cafe
Every capital city keeps its power close and its secrets closer. In Columbus, the legend runs beneath the pavement. People say tunnels once connected the…
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The Pinstriped Afterlife: Why Yankee Stadium May Be Baseball’s Most Crowded Haunting
How a franchise turned its own dead into a home-field advantage nobody can scout
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The Beat of a Phantom Cane: Woodrow Wilson’s Eternal Vigil on S Street
Listen closely inside the Woodrow Wilson House and you may hear it. A slow, rhythmic tap climbs the main staircase, pauses, and continues. Tap. Tap.…
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Checkout Never Came: The Ghosts of San Francisco’s Grand Hotels
One hotel keeps a ghost who tucks you in. Another keeps a room where two careers and two lives ended. San Francisco’s historic hotels store…
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The Anatomy of Backstage Superstitions: The Hidden Logic Behind Theatre’s Sacred Rules
Why performers never whistle, never say Macbeth, and never leave the stage fully dark
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The Monster on the Bluffs: The Legend of the Piasa Bird in Alton, Illinois
A dragon painted on Mississippi River cliffs, and the tangled history of a much-embellished legend
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Bennington Monster: Bigfoot, Blood, and the Ghost Towns of Glastenbury Mountain
Explore the Bennington Monster legend, Glastenbury Mountain's abandoned towns, and the bear explanation behind Vermont's enduring mystery.
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