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Lester Moore, with the famous epitaph, "Here lies

Lester Moore, with the famous epitaph, "Here lies Lester Moore, Four slugs from a .44, No Les No more."

🪦 Lester moore 🪦

He was purportedly a Wells, Fargo & Co. station agent in the border town of Naco who died in a shootout with Hank Dunstan over a mangled package. Story goes, There was never anyone named Lester Moore who was killed in Arizona Territory, and there is no evidence to indicate where Dunstan (who also died in the purported shootout) was buried there. (Whatever)

I wanna believe it. I also want to believe that Boothill is haunted. There are many reports and physical evidence of hauntings. The pictures are easy to look up. And I believe Boothill is truly a haunted cemetery. I love the wild West. The stories of the minors, gambling, old saloons, the lawless days just fascinate me. The book Soiled Doves, is an excellent read about prostitutes in the Old Wild West. If you ever get out to Tombstone, go see Lester more.

Johnny Cash believed in him and wrote a song...

Here's some Tombstone movie trivia taken from IMDB. You all know I love my movie 🎬 trivia

The line quoted by Doc at the end of the fight at the O.K. Corral is historically true, and was reported in the Tombstone papers reporting the fight. When confronted by one of the cowboys at point blank range, the cowboy reportedly said, "I got you now Doc, you son of a bitch!", to which Doc gleefully retorted, "You're a daisy if you do!"

Some years after the death of Doc Holliday, Wyatt was quoted in an interview as saying, "Doc was a dentist, not a lawman or an assassin, whom necessity had made a gambler; a gentleman whom disease had made a frontier vagabond; a philosopher whom life had made a caustic wit; a long lean ash-blond fellow nearly dead with consumption, and at the same time the most skillful gambler and the nerviest, speediest, deadliest man with a six-gun that I ever knew."

According to Val Kilmer, screenwriter Kevin Jarre insisted the actors wear real wool costumes, in accordance with the time period. In the Birdcage Theater scene, Kilmer says a thermometer on the set read 134 degrees Fahrenheit (56 degrees Celsius). Continued below. My photos #hollyshaunts

Camera roll time. Thank you to all the followers.

Camera roll time. Thank you to all the followers. I appreciate every single one of you! Stay tuned for more adventures and spooky tales 👻
Have a great day! Thank you

P.S. There are 240 days until Halloween 🎃

Holly
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The Haunted Bird Cage and Tombstone 👻 I've be

The Haunted Bird Cage and Tombstone 👻

I've been to Tombstone several time's... These are my photo's... I love Tombstone. The town to tough to die..

The Bird Cage Theater on Allen Street in Tombstone, AZ, is an icon of America's wild, wild West. "The New York Times" once called the former gambling hall, saloon and brothel, "the roughest, bawdiest, and most wicked night spot between Basin Street and the Barbary Coast." The walls are riddled with over 140 bullet holes and at least 26 people lost their lives here in gun or knife fights. Today this venue of ill repute holds the distinction of being Tombstone's most haunted building.

Tombstone found its beginnings back in 1877, when a prospector named Ed Schieffelin hit silver. As news of his fortune spread, it seemed the town popped up overnight as eager miners flocked to the region hoping to strike it rich. In addition to the general store, saloons, hotels and brothels were added to Tombstone's main street as quickly as men could build them. At its height, the lawless Tombstone was home to over 3,500 licensed prostitutes.

In December 1881, the Bird Cage Theatre opened its doors -- and stayed open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. The opera house and saloon was home to some of the most expensive prostitutes and high-stakes gambling in the region; it was where the luckiest miners went to squander their newfound riches. Downstairs housed the private poker room where the minimum buy-in was $1,000. Although the players changed, the game ran continuously for eight years, five months and three days. Some famous names dealt in were businessmen Adolph Busch and George Randolph Hearst and notorious outlaws Diamond Jim Brady and Doc Holliday.

A Brutal Murder
Tombstone, AZ, has fascinated people for years. It's the town too tough to die. Gunslinger legends gambled, drank, died and haunt its dusty streets; it's where Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday fought the Clanton-McLaury Gang near the O.K. Corral, a story captured in movies like "Wyatt Earp" and "Tombstone." While this shootout might be one of history's most famous, it is in no way Tombstone's most gruesome event.

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The beautiful home where Matt Damon and Ben Afflec

The beautiful home where Matt Damon and Ben Affleck wrote Good will hunting. I have been going through many pictures. And I'm thankful we didn't lose this one in the fires....

Taken from Curbed LA

This four-bedroom on Hill Drive in Eagle Rock has yo-yo'd on and off the market fairly regularly since 2006. But this time around, it's being reintroduced with some nice new listing photos, a jazzed-up backstory, and a significantly reduced price. Whereas previously the 1920s house was described simply as a "Swiss chalet," the listing now informs us that "Albert Braasch, an Eagle Rock pioneer and entrepreneur, purchased the property in the early 1900s, commissioning architect Jean L. Egasse to design the farmhouse along Norman lines, such as were left by the decedents of the Vikings, following their journey from an ante-medieval period," and that "the collaboration between architect and owner is evident in the architect's 'French-cum-Nordic' theme." The home's history as the place where Matt Damon and Ben Affleck wrote the screenplay for Good Will Hunting is also mentioned. Though Redfin does not supply price history for the 20,490-square-foot property, when last featured on Curbed in February 2010, it was asking $1.3495 million. It's since been whittled down to the current list price of $899,000.
· 2327 HILL Dr [Redfin]
· Hilltop Swiss Chalet in Eagle Rock

It wasn't damaged by the fires and still stands. Does anyone have any ghost stories on this one. Cause if I was a ghost. Which I inspire to be one day. I would definitely haunt this beautiful house!

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Article taken from Curbed LA
Thank you, Curbed LA

There are 245 days until Halloween 🎃 I'd like

There are 245 days until Halloween 🎃

I'd like to dedicate this post to Louisvilles pink palace. And the ghost nic named Avery. A friendly ghost who warns residents of impending doom and possible harm. Even alerted an occupant of a possible robbery. Thank you, Avery. Thank you.

(Hauntedhouses.com atricle) This large, pink-colored, three story brick Victorian Mansion has architecture with Eclectic with Chateauesque details. Inspired by French Chateau’s designs, it features a spiked, steeply rounded turret roof, which sits upon a rounded section in the front. This section has three long observation windows on each floor, giving a glorious view of the neighborhood and park. Besides having parquet floors and lovely original woodwork, this old dame has lots of nice touches in the Victorian decor and antique style furnishings. The grand staircase is framed with double arches and connects to all floors.

Today, the Pink Palace has five bedrooms (one King, three Queen, one Full), two and a half baths, a full kitchen, a sitting room, living room and a beautiful pool with a surrounding garden.

The current owners rent out The Pink Palace for special weekends, such as Derby Week, and the Ryder Cup 2008 (which takes place at Valhalla about 20 minutes away).

The mansion began its history as a Gentleman’s Club and Casino, not as a gambling joint, but as a place for male residents of St. James Court and Belgravia Court to relax and unwind from the stress of the world. They enjoyed a good cigar, brandy, stimulating conversation and cards, as well as other past times. During the evening hours, it is thought that the very large closets, on the upper floors, which were big enough to fit a small bed inside, were used by ladies of the night to service some of the men who visited this club.

The Gentleman’s Club was in existence for only a few years before it was sold to a private family, who lived there until 1910.

Taken from hauntedhouses.com
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Mississippi...I've been thinking about The Mcrave

Mississippi...I've been thinking about The Mcraven tour house.
Built in 1797
It's one of my favorite haunted houses I have ever visited.

Now, when you seek out haunted places... you also have to visit places that are of folklore along the way.. Before I visited McRaven, I stopped by this little town of clarksdale to visit the devils crossroads. Notorious for Robert Johnsons exchange... I also visited natchez and the world's biggest octagon. I'll be revisiting them on my oage this week. I love Mississippi and The delta blues...

The video is on this page...

McRaven is the most haunted house in Mississippi.

I revisit Mcraven a lot on this page. She is definitely one of my favorites. When I went, it was in the heat of July. Cicadas were loud. The moisture in the air was thick. Something a woman from California is not used to at all....

When I visited, I took the history tour. Because I had already read all the ghost stories. Especially of mary who died after childbirth in 1836.

When I went, I saw how it was at one time a war torn make shift hospital. Where they were literally cutting off body parts and throwing them out the windows. The number of deaths of young soldiers is unmeasurable. The cannon balls are still on display. The bullets and holes are still there. Riddled throughout the house. Walking through it is truly stepping back in time. It's one of my most favorite haunted houses I have ever been. I hope to one day go back and enjoy the spookiest 1 or 13 more times!

I love you MCRAVEN!

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Making Reels of some of my favorite Haunted places

Making Reels of some of my favorite Haunted places! How many do you recognize? What are your favorites?

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I said to him.. Let's go ghost hunting Pick 1 #h

I said to him.. Let's go ghost hunting
Pick 1
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Bracken Fern Manor 👻 and The Tudor House Lake A

Bracken Fern Manor 👻 and The Tudor House Lake Arrowhead, CA

Gangsters. Ghosts. Prohibition. A speakeasy, And a brothel. Sounds like my kind of place 😅 I love a good Benjamin Bugsy siegal tie to any place.

Built in the 1920s, Bracken Fern Manor is an alpine inn in the San Bernardino mountains just above Lake Arrowhead, which opened as ‘Club Arrowhead in the Pines’ in 1929
And was a brothel up until WWII. The Tudor house was a speakeasy through probation. Now a wedding venue. How cool is that?

And it is haunted. I usually say allegedly, but in this instance. all evidence points to, it is, indeed haunted. Paranormal groups and ghost adventures have both investigated. Rumors of dead prostitutes. A young boy. The haunted basement of the Tudor house are stories that all float around. Dead prostitutes are always a favorite, and they report that a prostitute unalived herself after Bugsy had a hit on her man. People still smell her perfume. Violet has been reported. ( some information taken from Daily mail)

I went up and parked at the Tudor house and began to take pictures. It's been on my radar for years. I have heard of the haunted stories and especially the ties to Bugsy. When we went, the caretaker Brian came out and told me about the property. How the current owner had purchased all three buildings and how they were indeed "Haunted" cause of course I asked. I asked about the tunnels that connect the places. Which are no longer accessible. And the ghosts. We exchanged information, and I'd like to go back and do a formal investigation. I'd like to just go back. Period. I love an old house in the mountains. And especially one with so much history. I found it listed on air b n b... now that would be fun!

I'll be back, Braken Fern
You sure are gorgeous!

#hollyshaunts #hauntedplaces #Arrowhead #haunted

The Gamble House, also known as the David B. Gambl

The Gamble House, also known as the David B. Gamble House is a historic American Craftsman home in Pasadena, California, designed by the architectural firm Greene and Greene.

Also, the home of Doctor ( Doc ) Emmett Brown in the back to the future movies.

And allegedly haunted.

some visitors have reported unexplained phenomena over the years. Ghostly whispers, shadowy figures, and cold spots are said to be shared experiences among those who visit the home, particularly during quieter times.Jan 11, 2025 taken from ghostly travels.

I have toured the home when I was much younger and without a camera.. I never felt anything weird there. It's just a beautiful home. And breathtaking architecture.

We gotta keep these beautiful places around.Go take a tour. You never know you might run into one of the ghosts.

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The Coffee Rice House Oceano ca, was built in 1885

The Coffee Rice House Oceano ca, was built in 1885 by the same architect who built the Pitkin-Conrow House in nearby Arroyo Grande, just a few miles away. Although now its entire area consists of the mobile home park, the estate originally had an oval driveway, extensive grounds including trees and a sundial, a racetrack, a pillared entrance way and additional buildings on the property. Now if you were to step out the front door, you would be looking directly at the back of a trailer park.
Do the residents of the trailer park know what lurks right behind them, looming up and over their complex? Do they know the terrors that may wait inside? The history of ghosts and ghouls, specters and spirits that haunt the imposing edifice behind them.The Rice family that lived in it suffered nothing but misfortune. Originally Coffee T. Rice was a wealthy man who came out to California originally to San Francisco from Ohio. He moved down to the Central Coast due to the railroad that was planned to run through the area, purchasing several properties along the railway's right of way. Part of his entrepreneurship introduced celery production to the area. By 1886, his glamorous estate consisting of twenty rooms was complete and was outfitted with marble bathtubs and sinks as well as fireplaces built out of both marble and hand-made Italian tile.
The family lived in the house for less than ten years, as Rice's son was killed in either a riding accident from having been thrown from a horse or drowning in the nearby ocean (accounts differ). After the death of her son, Rice's wife suffered from neurasthenia, a "disease" with symptoms such as fatigue, anxiety, depression, and headaches. It is no longer diagnosed in America, but is still commonly diagnosed in Asia. She died at a young age. Rice's fortune and money dried up, a result of delays in the construction of the railroad. When the train finally came through the area in 1895, Rice had long moved out.In 1905 the house was acquired by the Temple of the People, a religious organization founded in Syracuse, New York in 1898 which had relocated to Halcyon in 1903. It is often referred to as haunted

Disneyland is the one place I've been going to for

Disneyland is the one place I've been going to for years and have never posted about the hauntings...

And It's haunted. The Haunted mansion. It's a small world. The gallery. Walts apartment. The fire station. Pirates of the Caribbean had a real skull on display. People love spreading their relatives' ashes everywhere. And I love spending my birthdays there.

I love the smell of pirates.... it's always the first ride I go on. I wish they wouldn't have taken out the hot redhead.

Disneyland is haunted, and there are several YouTube videos out there showing the ghosts that have been caught on camera!

The haunted mansion holds a very special place in my heart.

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Arroyo grande the Victorian inn ( The Rose Inn 🌹)

Rumors have been floating around this beautiful Victorian for years. That a little girl haunts the tower. It's been published in a couple of books. Also said that the little girls laughter can be heard throughout the home. When I went, it was closed. So I could only photograph the outside...
It's very impressive and I can see why people use it as a wedding venue...

#hollyshaunts #hauntedplaces #haunted

The Brookdale lodge 👻 Now, religiously, I call

The Brookdale lodge 👻
Now, religiously, I call up there every couple months to get an update on the brookroom and when it will be opening. Today, they said by next year, hopefully. HOPEFULLY, let's really emphasize on "hopefully"
But I do plan on going back.

The world famous Brookdale lodge.. Nestled in the Santa cruz mountains, it reminds me a lot of big bear. Now I first read about the lodge when I was about 8 or 9.. The tales of the little girl that haunts the Brook room fascinated me as a kid (I've been like this my whole life) ..I was informed today that the brookroom hasn't been opened for 17 years. But that the whole property is haunted. Celebrities such as Marilyn Monroe, James Dean, Hedy Lamar, Cordell Tull, Rita Hayworth, Joan Crawford, Howard Hughes, Henry Ford, President Herbert Hoover are known to have once frequented the Brookdale lodge just because it was isolated and away from everything... and it truly is..

The Ghosts

It is said that a little girl named Sarah Logan haunts the property. She drowned in the brookroom at the tender age of just 10 years old, and people have been seeing her ever since. Also, they used to have mermaid shows here, and a girl was found dead in the pool. People still see her. They have renovated that pool room. Staff visitors and guests have all reported seeing the woman. There was also a guest who fell into a construction hole here in 2011. I promise I won't do that... As I was getting ready to walk around this property and investigate it myself, it just kinda gave me chills to be there . It was a relaxing room with beautiful trees surrounding... a lovely last night on my vacation to the Brookdale lodge

😌 And I can say. "I've stayed at the Brookdale lodge." Boo! #hollyshaunts

Haunted Jim Beam Distillery Kentucky 🥃 James B

Haunted Jim Beam Distillery Kentucky 🥃

James B. Beam is not only one of the world’s largest makers of Kentucky Bourbon–it’s one of the oldest. The Beam family has been making whiskey since 1795, and with that much history, hauntings and mystery are almost sure to follow.

For years, visitors have reported seeing ghosts at the James B. Beam American Outpost. Rumor has it the distillery is haunted by a former guard who would walk the site at night, yelling at the moon. People have reported that his screams can still be heard from distillery grounds on nights with a full moon.

Other reports include claims of seeing a woman standing near the windows inside the T. Jeremiah Beam home, as well as a slew of paranormal activity in the warehouses.

In warehouse D, employees claim to have seen a figure walking up the stairs, and a man wearing overalls hiding between barrels. Sounds of footsteps and whistling on the floors above have been heard. And in warehouse K, sightings of a woman wearing formal clothing have been reported. In 2018, ghost hunters spent 72 hours confined to the distillery to investigate these claims on the TV show Paranormal Lockdown.
Taken from Jim beams website

My photos from the day I spent there in 2017
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Since its February lets talk about a twisted love

Since its February lets talk about a twisted love story.. IN ST. LOUIS’S BELLEFONTAINE CEMETERY stands a beautiful marble sculpture encased in a stone chamber with a glass window, commonly referred to as “Bessie, the Girl in the Shadow Box.” It does not depict a person buried there, but a girl for whom a local man longed.

Herman Luyties, owner of the first proprietary drugstore in St. Louis and one of the pioneers of homeopathy in the area, visited Italy in the early 1900s. During this trip he fell for a beautiful girl who was modeling for the Genoese sculptor Giulio Monteverde. After she turned down his proposals, the heartbroken Luyties commissioned Monteverde to create a 12-foot marble statue of her.

On his return the sculpture was shipped to St. Louis, where he kept it in the foyer of his home on Portland Place. Due to its massive weight, it had to be relocated to the family burial plot in Bellefontaine. Luyties added the glass screen for protection when it started to wear and weather away.

When Luyties passed in 1921, at the age of 50, he was buried in Bellefontaine Cemetery, at the foot of his beloved. While this story may sound romantic to some, one often-overlooked fact is bound to burst the bubble: Luyties had already been married when he proposed to the girl in Italy. And she is buried in the same cemetery with their child...

I visited on a cold day... And I couldn't find the girl in the box... Then I found a friendly security guard. Who told me the story of the girl in the box and how she moves... And people from all over the world come to see the Haunted statue ....
Spooky!!!!

Taken from Atlasobscura St Louis and my reservation

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Very proud to be featured in Shoutout LA for Janua

Very proud to be featured in Shoutout LA for January and wanted to share the great news!
Looking forward to February ❤️ And what haunted places I can photograph and feature.
Thank you to all my followers on this journey with me! I appreciate you all 🖤

To say I love Mcpike Mansion is a understatement.

To say I love Mcpike Mansion is a understatement. I'm absolutely in love with this second empire

Something about this particular haunted mansion has drawn me to her. And I plan on going back this year.

I've even had my photography published from this beautiful haunted gem!

The McPike Mansion, a beautiful 16-room house sitting on 15 acres of overgrown land, has been vacant for more than 60 years, and maybe for good reason. Multiple ghastly figures, orbs, strange noises, and unexplained happenings have been documented over its almost 150 years of existence. Many believe that the ghost of former owners of the house and their servants still walk the grounds and inside the house's dilapidated halls....

Built in 1869.. and has it's own Graveyard. With a broken crypt. Some say is the reason for the hauntings.

Creep factor 10! I've read of this Mansion since I was a kid.

I absolutely love McPike

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Just a friendly reminder. There are 275 days till

Just a friendly reminder. There are 275 days till Halloween 🎃 My photo taken in the French quarter of New Orleans.. #hollyshaunts

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