Oklahoma
The Unquiet Rooms of Belvidere Mansion — Claremore, OK
In Claremore, where the days can stretch wide and ordinary under the Oklahoma sun, there stands a house that seems to have…
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West Virginia
The Bride Who Waits in Silver Run Tunnel — Cairo, WV
People will tell you there are two kinds of dark in West Virginia. There is the honest dark, the kind that falls…
North Carolina
The Bare Circle Where the Devil Is Said to Pace — Bear Creek, NC
You can drive past the turnoff three times and still miss it, even if you’re looking. That’s the first thing they tell…
Wyoming
The Green Lady Who Keeps Watch at Old Bedlam — Fort Laramie, WY
The wind had a way of arriving in Fort Laramie before anything else. Before the sun cleared the cottonwoods, before the first…
Louisiana
The Well-Widow of T’Frere’s House — Lafayette, LA
By daylight, T’Frere’s House looked harmless enough. It sat a little back from Verot School Road, where the traffic sighed past in…
Texas
Footsteps After Lockup at the Old Lavaca County Jail — Hallettsville, TX
By daylight, the old Lavaca County Jail in Hallettsville looks almost respectable. That is the first trick it plays. It sits there…
Connecticut
Chains Beneath the Copper Hill — East Granby, CT
People in East Granby learn early not to laugh at the hill. Not at the hill itself, you understand. In daylight it…
Tennessee
The General Who Never Left the Garden — Greeneville, TN
There are houses that stand, and there are houses that wait. The Dickson-Williams Mansion in Greeneville, Tennessee, is one of the latter.…
Iowa
The Bride Who Still Waits on Stony Hollow Road — Burlington, IA
There are roads that carry traffic, and there are roads that carry memory. Stony Hollow Road, on the wooded edge of Burlington,…
Montana
The Bell That Rings for No Guest — Terry, MT
There are towns that sleep when the sun goes down, and then there are towns that only pretend to. Terry, Montana, lies…
Florida
Perfume and Footsteps in Cedar Key’s Old Island Hotel — Cedar Key, FL
On quiet nights in Cedar Key, the town seemed to fold itself up like a damp paper map. The tourists went first,…
Iowa
Whispers in the Wards of Malvern Manor — Malvern, IA
By day, Malvern Manor looked tired rather than haunted. That was the first thing Daniel Voss noticed when he pulled up along…