Lizzie Borden Murders

The "Lizzie Borden" murders took place in Fall River, Massachusetts in early August of 1892. Lizzie Borden is believed to have brutally killed her father and stepmother, Andrew and Abby Borden, with multiple hatchet-blows to their heads. A few pictures (click to resize):

The house on Second Street where the murders took place.

A portrait of Lizzie Borden.

The head of the hatchet used to kill Andrew and Abby Borden.

The scene of Andrew Borden's death. It's believed he was taking a nap when he was murdered.

A pretty low-quality photo of Abby Borden's state after being slain.

Lizzie Borden was acquitted of the crime, but the evidence points to her responsibility. She died in 1927 at the age of 67, but her ghost is still said to haunt the house where her grisly crime took place.

Winchester House

The Winchester Mystery House, located in San Jose, California, is one of the most famous supposedly haunted locations in the world. It is also one of the oddest. The builder, Sarah Winchester, was married to the heir of the Winchester Rifle fortune. When her husband and child died she consulted a psychic who told her that the reason her family had died was that her family was cursed by all the spirits who had been killed with Winchester rifles, and the only way to relieve the curse was to begin construction on a mansion, and to never stop building.

The mansion is filled with odd construction elements to confuse spirits, and make it harder for them to find Sarah Winchester to haunt her. She had several bedrooms that she rotated between every night. It was probably hard to sleep, as construction on the mansion continued at all hours of the day and night.
Sarah Winchester built, demolished, and built more for 38 years until her death to escape the curse that her family's weapons had brought down on them.

Here are some photos of the mansion. As usual, click to enlarge:

The house as it looked near the turn of the century.

One of the house's many "doors to nowhere," supposed to confuse spirits.

A staircase that leads directly into a ceiling.

A strange staircase with steps only a couple inches high.

A photo of Sarah Winchester as she looked in life.

The Winchester House as it looks today.

A supposed apparition captured in the Winchester House.

Classic Ghost Photos

Here are some classic ghost photos. Click to enlarge.

The Brown Lady of Raynham Hall, and probably the most popular ghost photo. It was also one of the first.

This pic photo was taken in a church, and no one was standing in or moving through the area when it was taken.

A photo taken in Eastry Church in Kent in 1956. There was no one in the pew at the time.

 I guess ghosts like to party, too.

 This photo was taken in a cemetary. Nobody was sitting on that bench when the photo was taken. This is one of the sadder ghost photos I've ever seen. Is it the ghost of someone buried there? Or are they waiting for someone to arrive?

Amityville

One of the weirder stories I know of is the story of the murders of Butch DeFeo in Amityville, NY where he gunned down his entire family as they slept. It's unknown how all of them could have been shot without any of them being awakened by the gunfire, as the rifle used was not equipped with a silencer. Nor did the neighbors hear anything. Paranormal interference? Anyway, here are some pics, click for full size.

The name of the house where the murders took place was "High Hopes."

One of the bodies being removed from the house by authorities.

The DeFeo children. Ronald "Butch" DeFeo, Jr. is on the bottom right.

The killer Ronald "Butch" DeFeo, Jr. in handcuffs.

And here's something even stranger: a picture taken in the house some time after the murders, when there were no children there.

The eyes are what get me.