welcome to the Shanley hotel
a dwelling so severely haunted children
are banned from spending the night and
Ouija boards are strictly forbidden
within these walls an entire generation
of the Shanley family lost their lives
yet many claim their spirits still
remain in 1906 James Shanley purchased
the hotel and soon after married his
longtime sweetheart Beatrice Rowley they
welcomed three children Cathleen James
and William but the joy was short-lived
all three children died in the hotel all
three before their first birthday and
they weren't the only children to pass
on the property hotel employees daughter
Rosie fell down a nearby well to her
death to this day guests of the hotel
claim to see the spirits of children
running through the halls childlike
laughter echoes in empty rooms and a
weeping woman likely Beatrice Shanley is
seen roaming the hotel in search of her
lost sons and daughter
but these dearly departed aren't the
only spirits haunting Shanley's halls
with all of Shanley's children gone the
hotel's second floor was converted into
a prohibition-era bordello some claim
the employees and patrons still visit
the Shanley from beyond the grave
one woman Donna has been seen and heard
in the second floor when she once
inhabited
and the screams of Claire a woman who
took her own life in the late 1800s are
heard echoing around the third floor
well the specter of sweet thing the
hotel's former cat scampers around the
house Claire and the Shanley's they
aren't alone dozens more ghosts have
been sighted on the premises leaving
many to wonder are there more ghosts
than guests and the Shanley hotel
Eastern State Penitentiary a prison so
secure even death offers no escape
opened in 1829 the prison was built to
hold America's most dangerous criminals
and killers stone walls 20 inches thick
and mazes of hallways ensured there was
no hope of escape still many tried and
were brutally punished when prison was
misbehaved they were held under water
then strung up outside until their skin
froze over others were thrown into the
hole an underground cell cut off from
light air and all human contact
worst of all many were sent to the mad
chair a seat that bound its victims so
tightly all circulation was cut off
several prisoners required an amputation
after a visit to the mad chair still
Moore went insane today the tormented
spirits of prisoners still walked these
halls in cellblock 12 visitors claimed
to hear echoing voices and cackling
laughter cellblock 6 is home to the
Phantom an angry malevolent spirit who
lurks silent and still until you get too
close then he darts away outside the
spirit of a former guard murdered by an
inmate while on watch still stands
sentry at his guard tower but the most
notorious spirit at Eastern State
Penitentiary is also the most aggressive
on one occasion a locksmith was called
to reopen cellblock 4 which had been
sealed shut for some time when the door
was open
the locksmith claims a horrible negative
energy exploded from the cell gripping
him so hard he was unable to move while
tormented faces suddenly appeared on the
cell walls all
around him with so many angry spirits
trapped in these cells many wonder where
some prisoners sentenced to life after
death burn Brae mansion a dream home
that became a living nightmare
at burn Brae children's laughter rings
through the halls but children haven't
lived here for a long time
margaret ross alchemy an heiress to the
singer sewing machine fortune built the
sprawling mansion to house her growing
family in 1907 tragically margaret
outlived many of her own children and
even grandchildren before her death in
1951 margaret laid her daughter elsie
son charles and grandson levi to rest on
the property but many claim their
spirits never left the nursery part of
that nursery still stands untouched
walled in behind a bedroom on the second
floor no one knows exactly why the room
was sealed shut but visitors often hear
the sounds of children laughing and
playing through the walls just down the
hall a closet still houses dozens of
dolls belonging to the children who
lived and died on the property and the
children of burn Brae mansion are not
alone witnesses claim a woman in white
haunts the hallways in staircases pacing
back and forth calling to the other
spirits could it be Margaret searching
for her lost children or the children's
nurse refusing to abandon her post
outside the family coachman William has
been seen roaming the forest still
wearing the dark suit he wore the night
he was found dead from a self-inflicted
gunshot even the family pet seemed
reluctant to leave animal noises
particularly a cat's plaintive
disembodied meowing are often reported
at the house at burn Brae mansion in the
family that haunts together stays
together
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