Guam
The Cries at Tinta and Fåha — Malesso’ (Merizo), GU
In Malesso’—the village many maps once called Merizo—the land does not forget what was done to it. There are places on Guam…
Washington
The Headless Colonel of Ebey’s Landing — Coupeville, WA
On Whidbey Island, where the land narrows and rises in long, wind-combed folds above Puget Sound, the past does not feel buried…
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Northern Mariana Islands
The Prison Ghosts of Saipan’s Old Japanese Jail — Garapan, MP
In Garapan, on Saipan, there stands a ruin that does not ask to be beautiful. It has no need of ornament, no…
Ohio
Ceely Rose and the Poisoned Farmhouse at Malabar Farm — Lucas, OH
On the grounds of Malabar Farm State Park near Lucas, Ohio, there stands a farmhouse with a name that seems to carry…
Louisiana
Toni Jo Henry, the Perfumed Ghost of the Calcasieu Courthouse — Lake Charles, LA
In Lake Charles, Louisiana, the old Calcasieu Parish Courthouse stands with the kind of gravity that public buildings acquire only after decades…
New Hampshire
Betty Moody and the Crying Child of Star Island — Rye, NH
Star Island rises from the Atlantic not as a gentle place, but as a weathered remnant of endurance — a shoulder of…
New Mexico
Bobby Darnall, the KiMo Theatre’s Doughnut-Loving Ghost — Albuquerque, NM
The KiMo Theatre came into the world in 1927 with the confidence of a dream too carefully made to be temporary. In…
American Samoa
The Aitu of Massacre Bay — Aʻasu, AS
On the northwestern coast of Tutuila, where the land folds into green ridges and the sea presses its blue weight against the…
Oklahoma
Aunt Jane, the Headless Ghost of Fort Washita — Durant, OK
Before Fort Washita became a place of whispers, it was a place of orders, marching feet, and hard necessity. The U.S. Army…
Oregon
The Balch Creek Murder and Portland’s Witch’s Castle — Portland, OR
Deep in Portland’s Forest Park, where the city’s noise thins into a faraway hum and the trees close ranks like witnesses, there…
Utah
The Purple Lady of the Rio Grande Depot — Salt Lake City, UT
In Salt Lake City, the Rio Grande Depot does not merely stand; it broods. Opened in 1910 as the grand station of…
South Carolina
Julia Legare and the Mausoleum Door That Will Not Stay Shut — Edisto Island, SC
There are places where history lies quietly, and there are places where it does not lie quietly at all. The old churchyard…
Guam
The Voices at Tinta and Faha — Malesso’ (Merizo), GU
In Malesso’—known to many by its Spanish-era name, Merizo—the land keeps its memories close. There are places on Guam where the past…