Haunted American History

The Rawlins Rodeo Murders (Wyoming)

On July 4, 1974, two nineteen-year-old women attended a rodeo in Rawlins, Wyoming, and vanished without a trace. One month later, a teenage girl disappeared while walking

The Legend of the Jackalope (Wyoming)

In the early 1930s, two brothers in Douglas, Wyoming, created one of America's most enduring mythical creatures with a dead jackrabbit, a pair of deer antlers, and a litt

The Haunted Hospital of Fort Laramie (Wyoming)

At Fort Laramie in eastern Wyoming, the ruins of an old military hospital are said to be haunted by an angry surgeon in a blood-covered uniform. It's a ghost story that h

The Headless Bride of Old Faithful Inn (Wyoming)

Deep inside Yellowstone National Park stands the Old Faithful Inn, a towering log hotel with more than a century of history and one of the American West's most famous gho

The Death Ship of the Platte River (Wyoming)

Along Wyoming's North Platte River, an old legend tells of a mysterious sailing ship that appears from a drifting cloud of fog. Its sails are coated in ice, its crew rema

Haunted American History on Location: The Ghosts of Lancaster’s Fulton Theatre

For the first video episode of Haunted American History, we're stepping away from the microphone and taking you along for a firsthand look at some of America's most fasci

The Rock Lake Pyramids (Wisconsin)

For nearly a century, the people of Lake Mills, Wisconsin, have told stories about ancient stone pyramids hidden beneath the murky waters of Rock Lake. Some believe they

The Peshtigo Fire (Wisconsin)

On October 8, 1871, a wall of fire swept through northeastern Wisconsin, destroying the town of Peshtigo and killing an estimated 1,200 to 2,500 people across the region.

The Ghost of Sherwood Point Lighthouse (Wisconsin)

On a lonely bluff overlooking the waters of Green Bay, Wisconsin, stands Sherwood Point Lighthouse, a historic red-brick station with a reputation for unusual activity. V

The Witches of Whitewater - The Spooks Temple (Wisconsin)

Whitewater, Wisconsin, has earned a peculiar nickname: the Second Salem. For decades, stories have circulated about witches gathering in its cemeteries, a mysterious ston

The Ghosts of the Orpheum Theatre (Wisconsin)

On State Street in Madison, Wisconsin, a nearly century-old movie palace has become home to some unusual stories. Employees at the New Orpheum Theatre describe unexplaine

The Haunting of Summerwind (Wisconsin)

Deep in the forests of northern Wisconsin, a once-grand lakeside mansion became the center of one of America's most enduring haunted-house legends. Known as Summerwind, t

Presenting: History Daily - Jesse James Pulls off a Train Heist

January 31, 1874. The outlaw Jesse James and his gang pull off one of the most infamous crimes in the American Old West with the Gads Hill Train Robbery. On History Dail

31 Days of Halloween | Day 31: Halloween — 100 Years After Houdini's Death

On Halloween night in 1936, a group of people gathered on the roof of Hollywood's Knickerbocker Hotel. At the center of the gathering sat Bess Houdini, widow of the lege

31 Days of Halloween | Day 30: Devil's Night - Halloween's Most Dangerous Tradition

On Halloween morning in 1984, smoke hung over the city of Detroit. Over the previous three nights, firefighters had responded to an astonishing 810 fires. Homes, busine

31 Days of Halloween | Day 29: Appalachian Folklore — Witches, Ghosts, and Death Omens

Deep in the Appalachian Mountains, families once believed that death could announce itself long before it arrived. A bird flying into the house. Three mysterious knocks

31 Days of Halloween | Day 28: The Hungry Ghost Festival - China's Hopping Dead

In August 1872, the Chinese community of Los Angeles gathered on a street where, just ten months earlier, a violent mob had murdered approximately eighteen Chinese men an

31 Days of Halloween | Day 27: The Witch of Pungo — Virginia's Last Witch Trial

On July 10, 1706, a woman named Grace Sherwood was bound and thrown into the Lynnhaven River in colonial Virginia. Her neighbors had accused her of witchcraft. Accordin

31 Days of Halloween | Day 26: The Devil's Footprints of New England

In February 1855, mysterious hoof-shaped footprints appeared across the snow-covered countryside of Devon, England. They stretched for miles, seemingly crossing rooftops

31 Days of Halloween | Day 25: The Wendigo — The Truth Behind the Legend

In the winter of 1879, a Cree hunter named Swift Runner returned from the Canadian wilderness without his family. He claimed they had starved to death. But when investi