Phantasmal Crime

Salem, Massachusetts' Gardner-Pingree House was the scene of a horrific murder. In 1830, this had been one of the grandest houses in Salem and was owned by Captain Joseph White. On the night of April 6th, he was bludgeoned and stabbed to death. This event and the ensuing trial featured some prominent names. Daniel Webster was the prosecutor and writers like Edgar Allan Poe, Nathaniel Hawthorne and H.P. Lovecraft were all inspired by elements from this true crime. Such a horrific murder can lead to rumors of hauntings. And several ghosts seem to be at unrest in the aftermath.  The Gardner-Pingree house sits at 128 Essex Street and was built in 1811. Salem native son Samuel McIntire designed the house in the Federal architectural style. McIntire was a self-taught woodworker and architect, and he built these beautiful and phenomenal mansions. His specialty was creating wonderful pieces of woodwork that included these ornate mantles for fireplaces. McIntire even entered a proposa...

The McCormick Ranch is located in a remote part of the Eastern Plains in Stratton, Colorado. Mike McCormick and his father worked the property with the help of homeless men they hired during the 1980s. No one can be sure if these homeless men were actually paid for their work because many of them ended up dead. The ranch was the perfect place for serial killers to do their dastardly deeds as no one would hear the victims scream. Several bodies were found on the property, but not all of them, and that may be why this ranch is crawling with paranormal activity.  The town of Stratton in Colorado was incorporated in 1917 and was named in honor of the gold miner and philanthropist Winfield Scott Stratton. This has always been a tiny agricultural community and it was here that a twisted family laid down roots with a farm. I don't know the name of the patriarch who established the farm or when he bought the land, but it was bordered by the state of Kansas and spread out over more than 2,0...