From The Voices Of My Heart: The most haunted places in United States. "THE WHALEY HOUSE".

THE WHALEY HOUSE, San Diego, California, United States

WHALEY'S HOUSE from the outside view

Whaley House is listed as the most haunted place in United States. Whaley's house is now a musuem where thousands of visitors or tourist came just to experience the horror being in this house. This house was just a typical family's' house where we would called it as home. From the outside this house look pleasantly peaceful considering it was located in a busy town in San Diego. But don't be fool. Many stories lies beneath this house. This house existed on 1857 and it was designed by the owner himself, Thomas Whaley. This house was named on behalf of his family surname which is the "Whaley". It cost him around $10,000 to built this house. He is a successful entrepreneurs on that centuries as he run few businesses in multiple countries. Thomas was married to Anna Amelia Whaley and they were gifted six children, Francis Hinton, Thomas, Violet , Anna Amelia and the other two remain unknown.

Yankee Jim Robinson

The story behind this house started even before Whaley's house was built. The land where this house was built was originally a land where public hangings was conducted. The most gruesome hanging takes place in 1852, where a man who is called Yankee Jim Robinson was accused of an attempt to steal a boat. Yankee Jim Robinson is said to be tall and when they pulled the cart under him, his neck did not break as his toes were dragged to the ground. It cause him to struggle to be alive and choke until up to forty-five minutes before he finally passed away.

Surprisingly, Thomas Whaley who witness Yankee Jim Robinson's death, make a shocking and unacceptable decision by purchasing the land to build a house for his wife and kids. Yankee is then to be rumored seen on the stairs which lead to the second floor especially on the ninth step that is believed to be where he struggled on his forty-five minutes hang sentence before he finally died. Yankee's ghost appeared long time ago since Thomas Whales first move in that house. Thomas Whales wrote in his journal that he hear footsteps on the hall and he believed it was Yankee Robinson who was hang not long time ago during that century. Today, visitors experience the footsteps as well followed by noose tightening around their necks.

Whaleys life was filled with tragedy. His second son who was 18 months at that time, died of Scarlet Fever. Few years later his daughter's friend, a young blond girl at the age between nine to eleven died after she struck a clothes line which then eventually crushed her throat. Thomas then carry her to the kitchen and she died there. Thomas witness the poor little girls death. Since then, visitors spotted a blonde girl in the kitchen running towards the yard. Some visitors who encounter her said that she was fast. Sometimes the kitchen utilities/cookware moved by itself and you can hear giggles of a little girl. The large butcher knife that hangs in the kitchen is ofter seen moving in the kitchen.

Visitors also claimed that they often experienced the presence of Thomas Whaley himself. Children from age three to four are reportedly seen waving goodbye to someone and when they were asked, the children claimed that they saw a man on the porch. But the adults couldn't see any man there. Cigar smoke usually are experienced by the visitors as a sign of Thomas Whaley's presence. Some chosen visitors seen him before wearing a frock coat and a top hat. On the other hand, his wife, Anna Amelia can be sense by the sound of phantom music and so as the scent of her perfume. Visitors also could hear Anna singing in the hallways which I find it creepy. She is also been said to be in a form of a ball of light. And if you are lucky enough, Anna would asks the visitors which stands beside her to play a song for her (scarryyyy).

Around 1885, Violet which is one of the Thomas Whaley's daughters, died after committing a suicide by shooting her self at the outdoor restroom. She was said to have attempted suicidal few times and the last attempt was when she throwed herself out from the window on the second level of Whaley's house and land on the cistern. Violet Whaley was rumored to walk at the back of the porch by the visitors.