Scariest Haunted Houses in U.S.

Halloween haunted houses are fun, but what about real haunted houses? Check out some of the homes with the best spooky stories in the U.S.:

Chambers Mansion, in San Francisco, Calif., was built in 1887. The mansion's first owner Richard Chambers had two nieces who lived with him. One of them named Claudia is said to be haunting it to this day. Why? It could have something to do with her death. She reportedly died when a piece of farm equipment nearly cut her in in half.

Today the home is the Mansion Hotel. Many guests have reported strange occurrences while staying there.

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Franklin Castle

Visitords to Franklin Castle, in Cleveland, Ohio, are said to hear babies crying, footsteps, and doors slamming. But no one is there...

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Amity House

Amityville Horror House, in Amityville, N.Y., is site where in 1974, 23-year-old Ron DeFeo, Jr. picked up a rifle and killed his mother, father, two brothers and two sisters as they slept in their beds.

A family bought the home and said they experienced many supernatural events there, including slime oozing down walls, strange odors, moving furniture, swarms of flies in the dead of winter, and slamming doors.

Their accounts spawned the book, "The Amityville Horror: A True Story" and nine movies.

But what about those stories? Turns out it was a fictional story. Others who have lived in the home have not experienced any supernatural occurrences.

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Lalaurie Mansion

Could LaLaurie Mansion, in New Orleans, La., be haunted by enslaved torture victims?

Stories of torture and abuse inflicted on slaves who worked in this house were reported in the 1830s. The abuser was said to be Madame Delphine LaLaurie, a socialite of great wealth and prominence in New Orleans.

Since then, reports of ghosts in the home have flooded in.

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Lizzie Borden House

Lizzie Borden House, in Fall River, Mass., is the site of the horrific ax murder of Andrew and Abby Borden on Aug. 4, 1892. To this day, no one knows what really happened. But Lizzie Borden, the daughter of Andrew and step-daughter of Abby, became the prime suspect in the crime.

Lizzie was indicted for the crime, and then acquitted by a jury. It was the trial of the century. She and her sister eventually moved to a home on French Street, and the murder home is now a bed-and-breakfast.

Andrew and Abby are said to still roam the home more than a hundred years after their deaths. Could they still be looking for justice?

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Myrtles Plantation

Myrtles Plantation, in St. Francisville, La., is said to have a mirror with a spirit, a haunted step and an apparition who regularly plants in the fields.

The house is now a bed-and-breakfast. Want to visit?

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Sprague Mansion

In Cranston, R.I. is the Sprague Mansion. It's said to be haunted by the first owner William Sprague's son, Amasa. He was beaten and shot on the road between the textile mill he owned and the mansion. People say they have heard him in the wine cellar. Another ghost of "Charlie the butler" has reportedly been seen descending the main staircase, still upset that his daughter did not marry the wealthy homeowner's son.

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Stranan House

Located in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Stranan House is said to be haunted by businessman Frank Stranan who built the structure from 1893-1906.
When Stranan's prosperous businesses were devastated by a hurricane and the Great Depression, he committed suicide by strapping himself to an iron gate and throwing himself into New River. Some say they've seen him, his wife and a servant walking the home's grounds.

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The White House

The White House is haunted? Perhaps...

Abigail Adams, wife of second president John Adams, is considered to be the "oldest" ghost in the White House. She's been spotted hanging her laundry in the East Room of the house.

President Abraham Lincoln is also said to be a spirit inhabiting the house. According to some reports, many former presidents, residents and heads of state, including British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands, have seen Lincoln or felt his presence throughout the White House. The queen fainted at the sight of him.

Other notable ghosts include Dolley Madison, Andrew Jackson, Thomas Jefferson and William Henry Harrison.

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Whaley House

Whaley House, nin San Diego, Calif., is believed to be haunted by "Yankee Jim" Robinson who was hanged for attempted grand larceny. Thomas Whaley reportedly witnessed the hanging, but was not fazed by it, since he bought the property a few years later, removed the gallows, and built the Whaley family home on the site.

After moving in, he heard the heavy footsteps "by the boots of a large man." Whaley reportedly said it was Yankee Jim.

Tragedies also mark the home's history. The Whaleys' second child, Thomas, Jr, died at 18 months of scarlet fever and their fifth child, Violet, committed suicide in 1885.

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Winchester House

Winchester House, in San Jose, Calif., was built for Sarah Winchester over 38 years, from 1884 to 1922. The home was reportedly built to ward off evil spirits.

Winchester held nightly seances to gain guidance from spirits and her dead husband for the home's design.

The home was constructed like a maze, with twisting hallways, dead-ends, and secret panels, all to ward off and confuse evil spirits. But did it really invite some in?

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Jennie Wade House

The McClellan House, better known as the Jennie Wade House, is believed to be haunted by Mary Virginia "Jennie" Wade, the only civilian killed in the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863. She died on the third and final day of fighting when a stray bullet came through her kitchen door while she was baking bread. Some believe her spirit still inhabits the space.

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Hull House

Hull House in Chicago is believed to be haunted by real estate magnate Charles J. Hull's wife who died in the home's bedroom. Others claim a deformed baby who once lived in the house still haunts the attic.