A documentary archive of repeatedly-investigated locations with documented anomalous phenomena reports spanning extended time periods and multiple independent witnesses. Entries are drawn from investigative case files, historical records, academic parapsychological literature, and witness testimony. Locations are selected based on evidential quality, historical significance, and depth of investigation.
Investigated by Harry Price from 1929 onward; described as "the most haunted house in England." Reported phenomena included wall writings, phantom coaches, a headless monk, and poltergeist activity. Price's two books (1940, 1946) document the investigations in detail. Subsequent SPR investigation (Dingwall, Goldney, Hall, 1956) questioned Price's methodology. The rectory burned in 1939 and the ruins were demolished in 1944. Both critical and supportive assessments of the evidence remain in print.
Over five centuries of documented anomalous reports from one of Britain's most historically significant sites. Official Yeoman Warder testimony has been recorded since the 19th century. Notable apparitions: Anne Boleyn (executed 1536), Lady Jane Grey (executed 1554), and the Princes in the Tower (Richard, Duke of York, and Edward V, disappeared 1483). The 1864 report of a sentry challenging and attacking a white figure in the courtyard was formally documented in military records.
Operational 1829โ1971; housed Al Capone, Willie Sutton, and over 75,000 inmates under the Pennsylvania System of solitary confinement. Anomalous reports began during operation and increased after decommissioning. Gary Johnson's restoration work in the 1990s documented staff experiences of cackling voices, shadowy figures, and faces in the cellblocks. Systematic investigation teams have included thermal imaging and EVP collection protocols.
Site of the Battle of Gettysburg (July 1โ3, 1863): 51,000 casualties in three days, the costliest engagement of the Civil War. Anomalous reports from the battlefield began within years of the battle and continue to the present. Mark Nesbitt's Ghosts of Gettysburg series (8 volumes, 1991โ2008) documents testimony from thousands of witnesses. Photographic anomalies and EVP recordings have been submitted for parapsychological analysis.
Built continuously from 1884 to 1922 by Sarah Winchester, widow of firearms magnate William Winchester. The house contains 160 rooms, stairs leading to ceilings, doors opening to walls, and architectural features attributed to Winchester's spiritualist belief that construction must continue to placate the spirits of those killed by Winchester rifles. Investigations document the house's anomalous architecture and persistent anomalous reports from staff and visitors.
A 512-acre property in the Uintah Basin investigated by the National Institute for Discovery Science (NIDS, 1996โ2004) funded by Robert Bigelow, and subsequently by Bigelow Aerospace Advanced Space Studies (BAASS) under Department of Defense contract. Documented reported phenomena include UAP sightings, cattle mutilations, poltergeist activity, unidentified creatures, and portal-like aerial phenomena. George Knapp and Colm Kelleher's Hunt for the Skinwalker (2005) is the primary published account.
CCTV footage from 2003 shows a figure in period dress opening fire doors; the footage was authenticated as unedited by Historic Royal Palaces staff. The Grey Lady (Dame Sybil Penn, nurse to Edward VI) and Catherine Howard (executed 1542) are the most frequently reported apparitions. Richard Wiseman and colleagues conducted controlled experiments at the site in 2000โ2001.
The tallest chรขteau in France (7 stories), dating to the 11th century. The Green Lady (La Dame Verte) is reported in the tower room where Charlotte of France, illegitimate daughter of Charles VII, was murdered by her husband after discovery of an affair. The chรขteau remains in private family ownership and functions as a hotel; anomalous experiences by staff and guests are documented in owner accounts.
A 35 kmยฒ forest at the base of Mt. Fuji with a documented history as a site of voluntary death, averaging 50โ100 deaths annually. In Japanese tradition, the site is associated with yลซrei (restless spirits of those who died violently or without proper funeral rites). Compasses reportedly malfunction due to iron-rich volcanic rock. Regular police patrols, warning signs, and annual body searches are conducted by local authorities.
A small island in the Venetian Lagoon serving as a plague quarantine station (1793โ1814), an asylum (1922โ1968), and remaining uninhabited since. Estimated remains of 160,000 plague victims are partly incorporated into the island's soil. Italian authorities restrict public access. Multiple investigative teams have documented EVP recordings and visual anomalies at the site.
On August 10, 1901, Charlotte Anne Moberly and Eleanor Jourdain, principals of St. Hugh's College Oxford, reported a vivid and shared encounter with apparent 18th-century figures in the gardens of Versailles. Their account, An Adventure (1911), describes uniformed figures, atmospheric changes, and scenes inconsistent with the current grounds layout. The case remains the most academically scrutinized time-slip incident on record.
A chinampas island in Xochimilco where Don Juliรกn Santana Barrera (1921โ2001) hung thousands of dolls over decades, believing they housed the spirit of a drowned girl and protected him from evil. Barrera died by drowning at the same spot where he claimed to have found the girl's body. The island is a documented tourist destination; visitors report unexplained sensations, whispered voices, and doll animation.
High-profile cases that shaped public perception of paranormal investigation. Each combines a historical crime or tragedy with prolonged anomalous phenomena reports, extensive media coverage, and ongoing controversy between advocates and sceptics. The Gettysburg Battlefield (Section I) and the Roswell Incident (UAP archive) are covered separately in this archive.
112 Ocean Avenue, Amityville, New York
On November 13, 1974, Ronald DeFeo Jr. murdered six members of his family in the house. In December 1975, the Lutz family moved in; they reportedly fled after 28 days, claiming intense paranormal phenomena: disembodied voices, cold spots, foul odors, a red-eyed pig-like apparition, objects moving unaided, green slime seeping from walls, and George Lutz waking nightly at 3:15 a.m. โ the time of the DeFeo murders. Ed and Lorraine Warren investigated the property; Jay Anson's book The Amityville Horror (1977) and subsequent films brought the case global attention. DeFeo's defence lawyer later alleged the haunting narrative was discussed as a fabrication, and subsequent owners reported no anomalous activity. Numerous inconsistencies have appeared across successive retellings, making it one of the most contested alleged hauntings on record.
284 Green Street, Enfield, North London
Often described as the most documented poltergeist case in history. Over 18 months, Metropolitan Police officers, journalists, and Society for Psychical Research investigators witnessed or recorded furniture moving, objects thrown across rooms, alleged levitation of children, and a gravel-voiced "entity" speaking through 11-year-old Janet Hodgson. Maurice Grosse and Guy Lyon Playfair conducted sustained on-site investigations; Playfair's This House Is Haunted (1980) is the primary published account. Anita Gregory (SPR) and CSICOP investigator Joe Nickell raised significant methodological objections, and some incidents were later admitted to have been staged by the children. Debate continues over whether all reported phenomena can be explained by deliberate deception, and the case remains a benchmark for poltergeist research methodology.
Adams (then Red River), Robertson County, Tennessee
One of the earliest well-documented American poltergeist cases, centred on the Bell family farm. Reported phenomena included disembodied voices, physical attacks on family members (particularly John Bell Sr.), prophetic statements, and the apparent poisoning death of John Bell Sr. in December 1820. The entity reportedly spoke coherently and demonstrated knowledge of distant events. Local oral tradition holds that Andrew Jackson visited the farm before his presidency and witnessed anomalous activity firsthand, though the historical documentation of this visit is contested. The case passed into regional folklore and early American paranormal literature; no surviving physical evidence or contemporaneous written records from independent observers have been authenticated, and the primary accounts derive from later oral histories and the 1894 memoir of family descendant M.V. Ingram.
Systematic measurement of electromagnetic fields, infrasound levels, temperature differentials, carbon monoxide concentrations, and ionization levels. Vic Tandy's infrasound work at Warwick University (1998) and Richard Wiseman's Hampton Court study (2001) established protocols for environmental correlates of anomalous experience reporting.
Electronic Voice Phenomena: anomalous voices or sounds recorded on electronic media not audible at the time of recording. Originally documented by Friedrich Jรผrgenson (1959) and Konstantฤซns Raudive (Breakthrough, 1971). The AAA (Association for the Scientific Study of Anomalous Phenomena) and IGAP maintain standardized analysis protocols. Pareidolia in audio processing is the primary alternative explanation.
Standardized questionnaires developed by the Society for Psychical Research, Rhine Research Center, and the Windbridge Research Center for collecting, classifying, and evaluating witness testimony of anomalous location experiences. Key variables: time of day, witness state, corroboration, prior knowledge of reported phenomena, and phenomenological detail.
All location accounts are drawn from investigative case files, historical records, and academic documentation. Environmental and instrumental data are cited from published research. No conclusions about the objective nature or mechanism of reported phenomena are asserted. Investigative methodologies are presented alongside alternative explanatory frameworks for critical evaluation.