Ten Best Places to Have Your Haunted House

Hunted houses seem to suit certain places with a historical past that has a horror to tell. Take the case of Muskegon, Michigan which has a couple of sightings of ghosts. Muskegon is one place where ghost sightings seem to be a pastime but the most popular ghost in this area is in the Hackley Public where some say that the ghost of George Hackley, who built the library in 1890 seems to be quite fond of moving books,chairs and making eerie noises.

Most old libraries seem to be an ideal place for paranormal activities because most libraries are old and some do have a tragic history. There's the Detroit Public Library (Skillman Branch ) which used to be a jail house in the 19th century where executions allegedly happened. People who have visited that library claim to have heard strange noises like moans and chair and chain moving sounds.

If one were to come up with a concept of a haunted house, a good place would be any place near of these old libraries. Why? Most libraries have ghosts and if they were real, it would only be reasonable to presume that they would make their brief appearances in the immediate neighborhood as well. Muskegon and Detroit would be my first choices because everyone sees a ghost at Muskegon. There is the dead security guard with the bullet on his head who walks around the Charles Mears State Park and the translucent lady who keeps appearing at the Muskegon Post Office. Detroit, on the other hand, has a lot of abandoned buildings like the old hospital Delrey Hospital on West Jefferson. In the 1920's, Detroit was one of the richest cities but towards the end of the 20th century, economic conditions seemed to have prompted people to leave Detroit to resettle elsewhere.

Galveston, Texas is another place where everyone sees ghosts. There are even Galveston Ghost tours offered for tourists so why not choose a haunted location to make sure that any house you pick within the area has the possibility of being haunted? Galveston's history explains why it is haunted. It used to be an area where the Akokisa Indians buried their dead in the early 1500s.In the 1900s, a hurricane killed about one fourth of the population, which makes it another reason why people perceive it to be a haunted place. Galveston has been voted as one of the top ten successful Haunted Tours in America.

Wisconsin has also its share of hauntings. There's the Old Argonne School at Argonne where a janitor hanged himself on the 1950's. This school was condemned in 2006, but residents in the area claim that they still see "strange lights" at night in the old school house. Also at Wisconsin is the Appleton Catholic Cemetery where different sorts of apparitions are allegedly seen by those who pass by the area. If only for the strange mix of the old and new atmosphere, Appleton and Argonne are good places to find or "create" a haunted house.

Of course, any area near Bayfield (also at Wisconsin) is also a perfect haunted "area". The Bayfield area is where the Michigan Lighthouse is where there is the popular ghost of the Lighthouse keeper who mysteriously was locked inside the lighthouse and was trapped until he died. Bayfield residents love telling and retelling this Lighthouse ghost story and some claim that the lighthouse "watches over them".Bayfield is also a good "haunted" area to build your haunted house.

Charlottesville in Virginia is also an area where many hauntings are allegedly taking place. The Castle Hill Manor built before the Revolutionary War was built by Dr. Thomas Walker. Today, the most famous ghost in the manor is a a young woman who sometimes plays the piano, laughs and dances around the place. The history of the place was that it was a an elite partying manor during the 1800 where royalty and the rich used to hold their festivities. Monticello, another town within Charlottesville, is where residents claim to see Thomas Jefferson walking around the Jefferson estate. Aside from some claim to have witnessed apparitions of a whistling boy peering out of the windows of the second floor of the Jefferson home though they have no idea who this "boy" happens to be.

There are several more "reputable" haunted areas in the country but these are examples that seem to be the most intriguing. An awesome "haunted house" usually can be "created" taking into account the following factors :

1. The area should shave several haunted places and the people should usually talk about them.
2. The area or the place should have some kind of history whether it be tragic (e.g. where someone died, committed suicide, was executed ) or even if the history was happy. (such as an old ballroom).
3. The atmosphere of the place must be mysterious or intriguing. For instance, a place near an old building in Detroit has some "haunted value".
4. Any place near a cemetery is "prime lot" for a haunted property.
5. Parts of the old slave plantations, old Indian cemeteries, and anything that "reeks of ancient history" is a splendid area to build your own haunted house.
5. Design of your haunted house must be consistent with the designs of the other reputed haunted house in the area.
6. Old libraries are great investments for haunted houses.
7. Look over the neighborhood and gather paranormal information about the place to make sure that you have the right lot or property for your haunted house.

A haunted house is an exciting place to live in if you're not the fearful type. It also can be an investment because there are tourists and paranormal enthusiasts who are out for tours or "visits" to these haunted houses. It only takes the right hunt for the "old" property, the atmosphere of the area, the neighborhood who swear that their neighborhood is haunted and YOUR design of your house to make it appear (at least) "haunted".