The Most Haunted House in America

Maree found out there was a haunted house in Sand Diego, and so she nagged me about it for days. Finally, on our last morning we were ready early and i couldn't find an excuse not to go. The Whaley House is in old town San Diego and is purported to be "the most haunted house in America". Of course, if you google that you'll find a dozen other candidates that claim the same status.

After going inside, i have to admit it's a pretty weird house, with bizarre wall treatments, creaky floors and dark rooms. In the 1800's it not only was the home of the Whaley family, it also contains a courthouse, theater, and a small store. At least 5 people have died on the site. James Robinson was hung on the site before the house was built in 1852 and one of the Whaley's committed suicide in 1885. Others died of natural causes.

Even aside from being haunted, the house is full of preserved furnishings, amenities, and even toys of the times, making it very interesting historical museum.

 You should not stay in here for too long.

 The babies room is especially haunted.

In the front lobby the house has a cool book of ghost photography. It's jam packed full of images of inept camera users, like slow shutter speeds, light flares on dirty lenses, and malfunctioning red eye reduction reflections (mysterious floating red orbs!) are a few of the culprits.

Ghosts typically do horribly frightening things like, uh, walking around. Since most ghosts died long ago and are not familiar with modern technology so they spend much of their time opening and closing drawers and cupboards, most likely searching for nacho cheese or some other valuable substance that can only be enjoyed by the living, like beer, not realizing that these days those items are kept in a refrigerator.

The museum offers a night time ghost hunting tour, where you can roam around here in the dark with a flashlight.

The creepy theater was sort of stuffed into an attic like room, with about a dozen chairs for spectators.