Whaley House
During the early part of the 20th century, this house was home to the Whaley family, while it was also being used as a town hall and courthouse. Hangings were a frequent occurrence in the parlor, and strange happenings have been linked to this. All the Whaley children died unnatural deaths such as having an ax fall on their head, and being killed in the doorway of a closet. Today, in addition to the sightings of two apparitions, footsteps are heard and many weird odors permeate through the house.
I have been to this house many times.There is no question in my mind that this place is definitly haunted. Trust me I never believed in this stuff, going to the Whaley House made me a believer. I want to take their night tour they have, still am working up the nerve.
Comment by Joyce | 09.26.2005 | 4:51 am
I was able to tour this house when I visited my sister. Nothing happened inside the house, but when I stepped out on the front porch, a strong smell of pipe tabacco wafted across. As I was the only person on the porch at the time and I wasn’t smoking a pipe, I don’t know where it came from.
Comment by Debbie | 10.5.2005 | 6:42 pm
I have never believed in ghosts, but, I was fortunate enough to take the Ghosts & Gravestones tour of San Diego; included was the Whaley House at night. I had heard of the Whalet House before and was interested to see it for myself. Knowing very little of the background of the house one gets a weird sense in being the house. I had a very unusual experience in the court room/schoolhouse room. In the next to the last row of seats on the left side (if looking towards the front of the room) near the very left edge seat I stood talking to my wife. Al of the sudden I had chills that stood the hair up on my arms and neck and gave me the weirdest sensation I have ever felt. I did not see anything, but I definitely felt something, and as soon as it happened it was over.
My wife said I had a very odd look on my face while this event happened. Was it a ghost? I don’t know, but let’s say that I have a little more belief in that they might exist. I highly recommend the Whaley House to any doubters of the supernatural, it could just change your mind.
Comment by D. H. Stapleton | 10.12.2005 | 10:01 am
how do i get to this house?
Comment by karinna | 10.26.2005 | 7:45 pm
I was at the house with some friends when all the lights suddenly went out and something touched me on the shoulder but no one did it!!!! I was dead scared so I told my friends what happened and they thought that I was crazy and thats how I lost all of my friends!!! this house is a piece of **** we should tear it down now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I HATE it so much!!!
Comment by ButtfaCe | 11.19.2005 | 11:42 pm
i had an ax fall on my head in this house i almost died…
Comment by yearbookers | 12.2.2005 | 3:33 pm
lol, i doubt that its hunted, i went at midnight alone with my little brother (he was craving some ghost haunting) we went inside, the door was locked becuase the tours closed, i was tring 2 open the door, and then mylitttle brother said “move for a sec” i move, he used some kind of trig, and strangely, he picked the lock (and hes only 11 yrs old lol)
we went inside, the light swich didint work, i said go ahead inside, ill wait for you here. he got his flashlight and said ok! so i jest stood there for like half an hour, so i thought ( i might as well go in) so i went inside, i used a flashlight, i saw a little boy run, it looked jest like my little brother, i said c,mon lets go, its gettin late, i walked through te hallway, i saw a flashlight on the otherside, it was my little brother, i said c,mon lets go, and please dont run, it makes to much noise and it gets me worried, he siad i wasant running (he is ussualy a liar) and so i said, sure you werent, so we left, he kept saying it wasant me, i didint beleave him, nothing else happened there, but we came back in the morinng, we saw apperations and oders, but nothing like the ones yesterday, i think this house is jest 1 big hoax
Comment by jake | 01.7.2006 | 3:37 pm
I know the history of the Whaley house very well, having grown up in San Diego and toured the house in Old Town many times. Hangings were *not* a regular occurance, but there *was* one hanging, of a frenchman who stole a boat, in a gallows that was made in the backyard (not in the parlor). Unfortunately since it was basically an angry mob, the gallow wasn’t made well, and wasn’t high enough, so the neck of the poor man didn’t break and he strangled to death over half an hour. His ghost is supposed to be one of the ones that haunts the house. All the Whaley children did *not* die, only one did, of an illness. No one died from having “an axe fall on thier head” though one of the children, as a grown adult, did commit suicide.
Comment by Silvereyes | 01.15.2006 | 5:57 am
When ever I go to this house, I’m too chicken to go past the front porch…oh wait…I won’t even go on the front porch! This house scares the HECK out of me!
Comment by San Diegan | 01.18.2006 | 12:37 am
this house soaks
Comment by diana | 01.25.2006 | 7:49 pm
I think the house is cool. I have been in it and didn’t experience anything weird, but it’s still a killer story!I have yet to go on the night tour… maybe something exciting will happen then…
Comment by Vanessa | 01.26.2006 | 6:06 pm
I belive that this house is hunted because I went pass it one day and felt really scared like I was being watched!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Comment by Becca | 02.1.2006 | 12:03 pm
This house is haunted! The person that wrote the comment about the axe falling on there head, I believe is entirely true. …because it would have taken an idiot to write something so stupid! We have pictures of the whaley’s, and a little boy sitting next to his dog. There’s is definently something wrong in that house!
Comment by Jennifer | 02.10.2006 | 11:07 pm
we visited this house last august. two of us felt sick to our stomachs in the dining room. my daughter thought she felt a dog lick her ankle and when 3 of us were up at the top of the stairs we heard a loud growl like a dog. no one else was up there and we all heard it. fun place to go to!
Comment by karen | 02.20.2006 | 7:06 pm
I went to the Whaley house for a class feild trip.It was closed that day, but we got to look around outside.There was a very strong smell of lavender purfume evreywhere!My friend and I went to the side of the house to peek through a window,and evreything was just so…creepy!!!!!!My friend and got so creeped out,Lizzie and I ran to the front door where the rest of the group was.My teacher was telling us about how short they were.Mrs.Whaley was only 4′2!When we went to go see Mrs.Whaley’s rose garden,we could here children laughing.But my teacher didn’t here a thing!Weird huh?
Comment by Emma | 02.22.2006 | 9:15 pm
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Comment by Paris | 04.13.2006 | 6:49 pm
My friend and I went to this house and she said she felt something cold brush up against her. The next time she went alone and took a picture of where she felt the coldness and when the pictures got developed, there was a white shadow. Creepy huh?
Comment by Cristal | 04.24.2006 | 6:15 pm
having grown up in San Diego i attended many school field trips to old town. ive been to the whaley house about 5 times. and each time ive gone i felt something different. ive felt nauseated and dizzy when in the kitchen and ive also smelled the scent of chocolate chip cookies and a metallic odor that smelled almost like blood. ive smelled the cigar odor numerous times, and even thought i saw smoke appear near mr.whaleys office. when i went up stairs i had someone run up against me and pull my skirt. i also noticed that the rocking chair in one of the kids rooms was rocking slightly. while in the courtroom i felt a hand on my thigh. i have no doubt in my mind that this house is haunted. i believe your chances of seeing or experiencing anything are dependent on the number of people. i noticed that when it was a medium crowd i felt things more than when it was a large crowd. the same for a small crowd. as for the family friend who got caught in the wire. she was running down the hill after her mother gave her permission to play with the whaley girls. she was so excited that she didnt notice the low hanging wire and slit her throat(mrs. whaley was short so the laundry line was short so she could have easy access to hanging the laundry.) apparantly mrs. whaley put her in the tub that is in the kitchen and tried to soothe the girl by baking cookies.
Comment by Jessica | 04.26.2006 | 5:26 pm
Hi yall this is lindsay and i have never really believed in this kind of stuff and i am really not in to it but they have some stories on this web site and some are believeable and this story i would think is not one of them. for one they gave u like no imfo and two it is hard to believe to me!~~~Lindsay SC
Comment by lindsay | 04.30.2006 | 9:07 pm
I’m a native San Diegan and I’ve been to the Whaley House and though i’m not psychic I did feel a presence in fact a few presences along coming down the stairs adn some in teh court room. Hell let’s say this I work for the Convention Center and I did have an encounter with a ghost of a former employee, but let’s just say I’m not the only one. I’ve spoken with at least 6 people,3 of which no longer work there, that have had an experience or two with not just my ghost but of another. They keep this under wraps, but the ghosts are harmless, in fact the one I talked to only appears to new hires and welcomes you to the Convention Center. No joke.
Comment by Gerald | 05.16.2006 | 4:22 am
dangz this one sound the scariest out of the rest i’ve read…..OOoooOO..i would like to check this one out wen i get a job….me and my boyfrend…see wat its like…i’ll post wat i felt and saw…this shiet is fawken scary assz heLl..
Comment by kelly | 05.17.2006 | 11:05 pm
I grew up in the san diego area, never went into the whaley house until febuary of this year.
I have been there several times since, and yes there is a lot of activity there, i have managed to get a lot of photos, 1 or 2 video recordings and some EVP.
I feel that there was more going on that is known.
the history itself is very interesting (to me atleast)
the dog is one of my favorate ghosts there.
Comment by lisa | 06.8.2006 | 8:31 pm
I visited the Whaley House all by myself during the day and I have to say..that the only thing I felt was my purse slightly lighter since I paid to enter the house. I didnt see anything, smell anything, or feel anything except for the place being hot and stuffy. I love visiting historic places, so at least that’s what I got out of that day. Wish I was able to get out of what others did. Oh well. I even walked around the cemetary that’s in that area. Nothing. Oh well.
Comment by Beth | 06.12.2006 | 12:25 am
Hey ive seen the Whaley House on Travel Channel! Isnt it the one where people hear things upstairs and some girl put poison in some tea? if not i think i really just made a fool out of myself!
Comment by PandaBlaze34 | 06.20.2006 | 9:06 pm
No, actually, the whaley house is a house that is haunted by the spirits of Michael and Richard Whaley. The whaley brothers were carpenters in town, but as you know, life has its little secrets. One day, Bobby McGee, the local florist, delivered flowers to the whaley house (back then, the florists also delivered - what an idiot!). Anyway, the florist had something else planned for the whaley brothers. Death was the prescription that the doctor ordered. And Mr. McGee had the vial. He poisoned both brothers with Philthranxip and he was planning on eating their flesh (fact later revealed in his memoir), before he was apprehended by the milk man, who, by the way, was having an affair with the wife of Michael Whaley. Very interesting story. I wrote my college thesis on it. What a spooky frightening yet fun tale!
Comment by Timmy | 06.23.2006 | 5:55 pm
haha thanks Timmy…Ive seen so many shows on ghost towns/etc. !! haha
Comment by PandaBlaze34 | 06.28.2006 | 1:01 pm
This site should get their facts right. The hangings were said to take place on the property before the house was constructed. NOT in th parlor…..research the facts
Comment by Duh | 07.2.2006 | 11:44 pm
address and price?
Comment by lang | 07.4.2006 | 9:21 pm
Well, my friend and I were just thinking…..where did the axes come from, because they just couldn’t have appeared and dropped, and then vanished again?
Oh and plus we are only ten, I’m not the intellegent one, Kaden is! And Kaden has had some spooky things hapen in his house as well, but definetley not axes dropped on their heads! hahe
From Liana and Kaden!!!!!
Comment by Liana and Kaden | 07.15.2006 | 2:52 am
I’ve enjoyed reading all these comments, however, I’m saddened by how our children cannont even spell or use grammar correctly! Shame on our schools…I have also visited the house before and have nothing to report, but I AM going to go back and take a tour again.
Comment by Toni Holloway | 07.22.2006 | 3:26 pm
this place was not even scary! i spent my money on nothing! but i do like the house.
Comment by sharpie | 07.24.2006 | 6:55 pm
sharpie are you on line.
Comment by Whaaaaaat up | 07.25.2006 | 2:38 am
I have not been in the house wait I live their and I talk to the ghosts their. I’m not playing around how ever is reading this. Im buried under the whaley house and I am Elizibeth Gonvington. I was born in 1888. If you are reading this for now on you are cursed for ever. never come to this house again or you will DIE…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
Comment by Whaaaaaat up | 07.25.2006 | 2:43 am
Toni H., please don’t blame the school system for children not using correct grammer and spelling words correctly. They’re being taught well but some children refuse to pay attention to what the teachers are teaching! So, shame on those children! I too visited the W. house this summer and I must say, I didn’t feel anything, nor did I smell anything. I did get some great pictures though! Picked up many orbs and shadows. I wasn’t happy about the fact that you were not able to walk into the bedrooms nor the parlor because of the plastic windows that were build inside each doorway. I would like to go back. My dad doesn’t believe in ghost, but I did capture a little Native American girl standing behind him. My students at school pointed her out to me. An image of an old lady sitting on the bed, and a dark cloud of a face is in one of my pictures also. They say it’s best to go during the daylight, you have more activity. I also went to the gravyard down the street where Yankee Jim is buried among many Mexican Americans. I did not capture any ghost there, but it was a creepy looking place. I talked with some of the locals that worked in the area and found out that the Old Town village is more hauted than the house. The lady in the shop that sales old hats and pins etc. said that children have haunted her place for a very long time. She said that she had some Ghost Busters come in to get rid of them but she told them no, that those children had every right to be there as much as she did. She told me that she asked the childen to stop breaking things in her store and they could stay. She hasn’t had a problem with them since, except for closing doors and laughing. Old Town is a very interesting place. I will visit again!
Comment by Nikki | 07.29.2006 | 7:21 pm
never seen so much writing in my life
Comment by angel | 08.16.2006 | 5:30 am
I have lived in San Diego all my life, and have visited the Whaley House on more than one occasion. I have to agree that this house definitely has spirits. I saw a rocking chair move by itself, the decorative fringe on a 20’s style lampshade move vigorously, and heard footsteps when no one was there. Also, there was a piano in the courtroom area, and it upped and played a few keys in the middle of the tour guide’s talk. Even the guide was shocked. I didn’t feel any coldness, but it did feel like there was someone blowing on the back of my ear, and brushing the back of my right leg. I also encountered the lavender perfume.
I’m sorry for those who feel that they wasted their money, although if you were worried about that, you should re-think your reason for visiting these types of places. People that are more in-tune with their spiritual sides or more “psychic” have a tendency to encounter more in these types of places. Don’t concentrate on looking so hard, the things will happen if you just relax. Ghosts like to play games like that.
Comment by Kristen | 08.16.2006 | 11:06 pm
IHOPE I NEVER GO TO THAT HOUSE.
Comment by carlos | 08.19.2006 | 12:38 am
I have been to the Whaley House sevveral times. The first time I went I knew nothing of the history or the hauntings. I did hear a baby crying when there was not one anywhere in the area. I also heard and felt a dog, again there was none around. Also experienced the chain in the court room swing by itself.
Comment by marta | 08.23.2006 | 4:35 am
ihave a ghost story and i tried it on my sis and bro and i bet you it scaryyy
Comment by kate | 08.26.2006 | 3:11 pm
This website is S*** for one thing. The facts are all F-ed up and the history is not correct… also most of the people posting on here are too stupid to know what’s going on…
with that said, I have visited the whaley house many times. I live only a couple miles from it so I drop by every once in a while. I’ve gotten some interesting pictures, nothing too vivid however. Plenty of orbs that cannot scientifically be accounted for however. The strangest camera malfunction happened to me while touring the house last year. I was in the courthouse room and my digital camera card “could not be read”. This has never happend to me before. I turned the camera off and back on, and my camera had copied picture number 12’s thumbnail onto number 13, making it so picture 13 on the card could not be read (because it was not actually a real picture). This has never happened before the visit, and has not happend since. It is the strangest thing that has ever happend to me at the house. I have about 3 witnesses to the story. Weird stuff.
-Jeff S.
Comment by Jeff S. | 08.28.2006 | 2:48 am
I have toured this house on 2 occasions, the first being at night and then went back the following day. I do have several interesting pictures taken there. One picture shows a white mist in the parlor and I have several pictures in the garden when there appear to be children in the bushes. I also took a picture of the “life mask” of Abraham Licoln which was not in the pictures when I got them back from the photo lab nor was it or any blank photo in the negatives. I don’t know why, but it just wasn’t there…I was hugely disappointed. I’m looking forward to visiting again this fall and hope to get more unusual photos.
Comment by Betty | 08.31.2006 | 1:00 am
When i was on a field trip which all San Diego scvhools used to do was a one week tour of Old Town we visited on the 3rd day the Whaley house and we enjoyed a lovely tour but the weird things that did happen were only happeniong to a few people.
I was one of those people now i don’t know if it was because i was more interested in the whole haunted house theory or what but i could smell tabacco smoke on the main stairs as we went to the secound floor but my friend next to me said i was smelling things cause she smelled nothing also0 i could here the baby crying but nobody around me could hear it, although the weird thing was that some of the people in my class said that they could not see the shadow of the man who was hung from the tree but i could see it clearly so i don’t know what was going on if they were just kidding or not but that trip only enhanced my mind and made me want to research the whole ghost idea more and the knowledge that i turned up about the Whaley house was really interesting including a photo that i have of my grandmother in front of the house with a shadow of a person in the secound story window when thw house was supposed to be closed that day.
Comment by ERICA | 09.11.2006 | 11:25 pm
i know this story is true because i lived in California and the school i went to visits Old Town and the Whaley House. my older brother and my older sister went and they both said they felt ghosts watching them they said it was really scary……if u lived in San Diego and went to Rosa Parks Elemenatry from 1997-2003 0r until 2004 then email me at ticklepurpleflaca@yahoo.com or giggles_4_U_99@yahoo.com please……………….
Comment by Ruby | 09.30.2006 | 4:38 pm
i know this story is true because i lived in San Diego and the school i went to visits Old Town and the Whaley House. my older brother and my older sister went and they both said they felt ghosts watching them they said it was really scary……if u lived in San Diego and went to Rosa Parks Elemenatry from 1997-2003 0r until 2004 then email me at ticklepurpleflaca@yahoo.com or giggles_4_U_99@yahoo.com please……………….
Comment by Ruby | 09.30.2006 | 4:38 pm
i know this story is true because i lived in San Diego and the school i went to visits Old Town and the Whaley House. my older brother and my older sister went and they both said they felt ghosts watching them they said it was really scary……if u lived in San Diego and went to Rosa Parks Elemenatry from 1997-2003 0r until 2004 then email me at ticklepurpleflaca@yahoo.com or giggles_4_U_99@yahoo.com please.
Comment by Ruby | 09.30.2006 | 4:38 pm
My wife is a professional Photographer and on two different occasions She photographed a green glowing object moving down the stairs. We did not see it at the time but we have the pictures.
Comment by Kevin | 10.6.2006 | 5:08 pm
Please tell me where is this Whaley House is located? I want to go there.
Comment by Doris | 10.10.2006 | 7:04 pm
Being a resident of San Diego, I have been to the Whaley house many of times. I had a out of town guest come in for the weekend and decided to give her a tour of beautiful San Diego. We went to the Whaley house a couple of days before holloween in 2003. We took many pictures throughout the house. Me, being the sarcastic person that i am, stood against the wall in the courtroom and held out my arm as if i was holding another person on the side of me. My friend snap a picture and we went on touring the rest of the house,taking pictures throughout the rest of the house.
When we had our pictures developed the next day, we found many unexplained things. Alot of orbs and lights that were not there before. But what really got us was the picture we snapped in the courtroom. It showed me by myself with my arm reached out with no one there, but there was a picture on the wall that was a old picture on the house in the early 1900’s,the refection in the glass was not the house picture, but a old man reaching towards me. He had a long beard and dark glasses and would scare the hell of anybody. We call him Yankee Jim, this is the person that was hung in the hallway of the home. I am the only person I know that actually has a picture of a real ghost. So before you say ghosts aren’t real, check it out yourself first.
Comment by MICHELE | 10.11.2006 | 4:11 pm
Michele I would like to see that picture.
If you could send it to goddessluv4u@yahoo.com
thanks
Comment by Jennifer | 10.15.2006 | 3:11 am
So, quite simply, I’m into dark things, as well as being a history buff, and when I first heard about the Whaley House in Old Towne San Diego, I got really excited. I had never gone to a haunted house before, as I do believe that ghosts exhist and also admit that I’m not sure if I really want to see one.
Anyway, on my last trip down to San Diego I stopped by the Whaley House after reading up on all the histoical information I could find on the place. I admit I didn’t see anything, and neither did my 12 year old nephew, but I do admit that from the moment I stepped through over the threshold to the moment I left the house, I did feel a strange pressure. Almost like I was weighed down with by something.
Like I said, I didn’t see any “ghosts” per say, but I really appreciated the house for it’s historical relevancy, their preservation efforts and the overall creepy vibe I had the whole time I was there. I posted some “boring” pics from my trip here: Whaley House.
Even though I didn’t see anything I would most definately go back. . . just in case.
Comment by Boogervampire | 10.17.2006 | 5:31 pm
Ive lived in San Diego for the last three years and finally went to the Whaley House about 3 months ago. Before then i wasnt aware that it was on about every list for top 10 haunted houses. But anyways, this kinda goes along with a post up top by D. H. Stapleton. The area and experience he had is exactly the same as the one i had. I was in between the last two rows on the far left, and my girl friend was sitting down, while i was standing behind her. All of the sudden it felt like someone lighty grazed the back of my neck, i turned around, to see nothing, then i got chills throught my whole body. At the time i just thought i was freaking myself out, until i read his post, and it is the exact same. Now i feel like i had a real experience with the supernatural.
Comment by Steve-o | 10.17.2006 | 9:20 pm
I went to the Whaley house in April of 2005. It was hot that day and as I was going up the steps I felt very cold. It was only on one step though. I looked up to see if there was a vent or attic of some sort to see if that could be the reason for the cold feeling. There was nothing like that above me. I did stand there and enjoy it since it was so hot that day.
While standing in the dining room looking out the window to the backyard I did smell lavender.
Comment by Christine | 10.18.2006 | 8:40 pm
Hey,michele I also want to see the picture that you took at W.house
Please send it to my e mail
Big_a84@tmail.com
Comment by marshall.s | 10.18.2006 | 8:45 pm
I went there way back when…when I was 8-ish and didnt even know it was a very haunted place…I go there go on the tour of it go upstairs all by myself and nothing happend…later on my mom tells me to come with her and she shows me the pictures of other people experiences there….still nothing happend to me there…kinda think its a joke
Comment by Hilary | 10.23.2006 | 11:43 am
I am a native San Diegan and have visited the whaley house many times and have yet to experience anything supernatural there….but i am a non believer…..
Comment by Punk Rock Breezy | 10.25.2006 | 5:53 pm
hey michelle i would also like to see the pic… i’m sure my dad and step mom would like to as well. my dad and my stepmom used to run souljava which was a paranormal investigations website… they used to be paranormal investigators and so far from what i hear y’all saying it sounds like smoke and mirrors to tell the truth but me and my parents are planning to see the house soon hopefully it would be my first day as an investigator… haha but i would like to see that pic…
Comment by Tonie | 10.26.2006 | 3:21 am
ppl got ne new stories its kind of boring hearing things over and over again ,no wait it is boring
Comment by Jane | 10.28.2006 | 2:01 am
I recently visited the Whaley House. I was disappointed that there were no guided tours. The docents hand out printed information on the house and the supposed hauntings there. Although it’s a very cool house I did not see, feel, smell or in any way feel that it was haunted. Sorry folks.
Comment by liz | 11.3.2006 | 7:26 pm
The children were actually killed differently; one of them ran into a clothes wire and was decapitated, but im not sure about the other.
And the most famous hanging was done right before the house was built, and that is who you hear climbing up and down the stairs. I’ve been there, and let me tell you it is SCARY.
Comment by Lisa | 11.20.2006 | 7:03 pm
oh, and one of my friends showed me an un doctored photo she took in the whaley house, and in the middle of the couch was a white gas like ball.
also, there are many orbs in the pictures when you take them there.
Comment by Louise | 11.20.2006 | 7:06 pm
i went ot this house i was the girl then i had sex with her it was good i left her all welgley
Comment by eddie | 12.1.2006 | 1:04 am
Most of these comments should not be posted, just a lot of rude people trying to get a word out to be funny i guess. Oh and for the person that said it should be tore down, it doesn’t matter what you do or build therem what’s there is there… I have had my own personal experiences with the unexplained and i believe it is very much haunted.
Comment by Heather | 12.3.2006 | 4:22 pm
Everyone is entitled to their own opinion. Guests that enter the museum are first and foremost educated on the history, and if requested, be entertained with stories of hauntings. Each guest can determine, according to their own belief (and their own evidence, if able) on whether the Whaley House is haunted or not. Being currently involved with the Whaley House and SOHO (the preservation group overseeing the care of the musuem, for those of you who didn’t know), I would like to clear up some of the historical “facts” that have been mentioned. Yes, the Whaley House was built ontop of the old execution grounds. No, the executions did not take place in the House, nor did they take place outside in the yard while the House was standing. It is undetermined where each execution took place with the exception of a possible witness description of Yankee Jim Robinson/ Santiago hanging location. The witness (which happened to be Thomas Whaley) describe the execution location as being in proximity of where the parlor archway was erected. The Whaleys had 6 children in which 2 of them died at young ages. Thomas Jr. died a little over the age of 1, possibly of scarlet fever. Their daughter Violet, age 22, took her own life by gunshot to the chest. The story of a little girl (depending on the story, may have been Whaley related of not) that had run into a clothesline has been determined false. No such event happened. The legend of a possible murder inside the house or on the property has not been proven. Many of the legends and lore of the Whaley House is still being researched. To understand and learn the true history of this House may give believers and non-believers a new perspective on the paranormal validity of the Whaley House. To understand it’s mystery is to learn it’s history.
Comment by Anonymous | 12.13.2006 | 4:44 am
ok like omg i am in love with this house! before i moved to texas i would vist two times a month.All of u that say we are fakes and liars when it comes to this stuff just means that u did not experience anything and u dont even want yourself to believe! ok anyways…i will share some f the stuff that has happened,one time me and my sister wemt in alone and knowing me i just had to bring my camara, i took a few pix in the dinning room ( or kitchen) and then we moved on to the office.then i relized i left my purse behind! so we went back and one of the chairs was pulled out from the table and we could smell smoke from a pipe.Thing is we were the only ones on the first floor at the time. yeah it would be dumb if i put all my experiences down on this comment, I WILL MAKE ANOTHER YAY!!
Comment by Danie♥Homicide | 12.18.2006 | 1:46 am
Hmmm…. well i was there with my mother,aunt,cousin,and sister.And my cousin went to Mr.& Mrs.Whaley’s room near the theatre ,and instead of there being a closet door there is this curtain.my cousin was in that room when all of a souden the curtain slowly moved back and forth then she jesturd for me to come in and i saw it too when she left the room!! and it looked as if a hand was grabing the curtain from the inside.now that was FREAKY!
My aunt was at one of the kids room near the window thingy and something in that room cought her eye,she thought she saw my mom(she saw a ladie i guess?) behind her and when she told her to look at it my mother did not reply. so she turned around and saw noboby there.but she felt a little chill. Then my mom came out of the theatre room thing and my aunt asked if she was standing behind her a little while ago,but my mom said she was in that one room the whole time.and us kids were in that garden so it wasn’t us.later when we were leaving my aunt told one of the workers and she said ” Oh! that was mrs.whaley silular things happened to other people like what happend to my aunt. Dunno but i am such a believer, i have been sense i was 4 years old and i wont listen to the **** of people saying i make it up! thank u….♥
Comment by Danie♥Homicide | 12.18.2006 | 1:59 am
For those who wonder where the Whaley House is located, it’s at 2482 San Diego Avenue, San Diego 92110. It’s closed Wednesdays. There’s a nominal donation.
I’ve been to the Whaley House a few times and once saw a spoon in the kitchen swinging by itself, and another time saw a doorknob upstairs that appeared to be turning by itself, though someone could have been turning it from the other side. But it’s a great place to visit if for no other reason than to experience local history.
Comment by Dave | 12.19.2006 | 1:12 am
Tee Hee! it’s me again! god i love this web site.This place is truly beautiful! i mean even if nothing happens .you get just have fun there ,learn the history of it,and besides the Whaley house,you can just have a great time in Old Town San Diego! there is lots to do like;go to some cool candy shops!(got to love that!)go in some girt shops that have very nifty stuff,great resturants,a mission church thing,oh! i almost forgot! I believe there are two more haunted places in old town, one is another house and a grave yard that does have paranormal activity as well! Just enjoy your time there that is all i can say!
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Comment by Danie♥Homicide | 12.19.2006 | 9:04 pm
I LIVE ABOUT 20 MINUTES AWAY FROM THAT HOUSE WHICH IS LOCATED IN THE OLD TOWN AREA, WELL WHEN I WAS AT THE TROLLEY OLDTOWN STOP WHICH IS AROUND THEIR I HEARD SOMEONE FREAKING LIKE IF THEY HAD SEEN A GHOST , AND I GUESS THEY THOUGHT “SOMEONE HAD STOLE THEIR SOUL”
ANYWAYS I PERSONALLY DONT THINK ITS HAUNTED WHEN I WAS IN 4TH GRADE ALL SAN DIEGO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS FIELDTRIPS AND WE WENT TO OLDTOWN AREA FOR A WHOLE WEEK AND WE STOPPED BY THAT HOUSE
AND IT SEEMS LIKE EVERYTHING WAS MADE UP
I THINK THE OLD TOWN CEMETERY IS EVEN SCARIER
Comment by carla fernadez | 01.2.2007 | 5:48 pm
I have been in the whaley house before. I actually started crying. It all started when I looked the house up on the internet and decided to take a vacation in that city. Now I know that i am 15 and I can get scared easily, but this really scared me.
Comment by micky | 01.15.2007 | 11:19 pm
Now when I first went imto the whaley house I was only 12. And let me tell you, I cried a whole bunch.
When I first stepped in my girlfriends and I decided to stay and sit and talk for like an hour or 2. Everyone left when we got there so I was a little scared. And after we were done chating we went upstairs. I creeped inside a room and just layed down because I was soo tired. I rubbed my eyes and then when I took them off, I looked in a mirror and saw a mad face stare straight in my eyes. I screamed and ran downstairs rto my friends. They were staring at the door in terror. When I asked them what was wrong, they told me that they heard scratching and kids screaming for thier life.
After I told them what I had seen they all started saying bad stuff about the house. And what stopped them was the luod running steps that came from upstairs. We all started crying and moaning. Then all of a sudden the running steps started coming down the stairs. We all ran out and what was right behind us was the fottsteps still running.
When we were all out of the house we all looked back and saw the screen door slam shut. \
That house will give you nightmares and horrible memories. If you were to ever go there then you better watch what you say and do in that place because if you dont, then a ghost will probably chase you out of the house like what they did to us.
Comment by amy | 01.15.2007 | 11:33 pm
My grandma started that rumor! I`m not kidding! She was raised in long beach and went there alll the time.She went there with her friend once and they thought it was a ghost,but it was a gray cat.
Comment by Kimberly | 01.22.2007 | 8:41 pm
No I actually think that you are a lier. Because why would a gray cat appear in the mirror while I was laying down?! Well all I know is that what I saw was real and what other people say was probably not real.
Comment by amy | 01.27.2007 | 9:08 pm
I would like to go when I find a babysitter for my 2 children. Where is it? Just reading all these stories scares the mess out of me.
Comment by Senovia | 02.2.2007 | 5:19 pm
hey senovia, it’s in california. But it is in San diego. You will find sighns of it when you get closer to it. IT will say, “Whaley House, Up Ahead.” Well hope you find it.
Comment by amy | 02.3.2007 | 10:26 pm
This story made my mind think crazy things with the unnatural deaths of the family in the house. It was almost like watching men in grease stained shirts marching in lines with chains wrapped around them and scoulls on their faces just itching for the next kill.
Comment by Nevaeh | 02.4.2007 | 4:09 pm
wow, please stop visiting San Diego. All of you. Stop.
Comment by Mandy | 02.7.2007 | 12:51 am
All those story’s are so true
Comment by mari | 02.10.2007 | 3:29 pm
I have visted the whaley house several times the fiest time I just went to th back yard and I walked in to a cold spot witch sent shiver up my arm. Another time when I was takeing the tour. We were in the court room and it felt like a ice cold finger touched my arm. I believe it haunted.
Comment by tasha | 02.15.2007 | 7:58 pm
somebody scared me.they said if i go they will kill me.is it a joke?
Comment by i love jordan(amber**) | 02.22.2007 | 7:38 pm
OK yall I just went in the whaley house again for the second time. Wow it actually remembered me. When I first took my first step in all the lights went out.
Comment by amy | 02.23.2007 | 11:47 pm
ok. you all are nuts!
most of you cant even spell the house name correct!
its the whaley house.
and to the person who said they lost friends over this, even more lame!!!!!!
Comment by shavonne | 02.27.2007 | 8:13 pm
I’m planning on going to this house on this Sunday night, I’m pretty amped up about it.. I heard that the Washburn girl story isn’t true, someone that used to work there made up that story just to add in another ghost. But I was told that there really is a little dog that haunts the place too.. A Fox Terrier… I really believe that this place is haunted.. Hopefully this weekend I’ll be able to find out for sure..
Comment by Teresa *SoUtHs1D3SD* | 03.10.2007 | 12:05 am
I went to this house in 5th grade for a week and all the thing s about are true if you go into this one room you will see mr. whaley in his rocking chair and you will smell his wifes strong perfume when you go up the stairs their are orbs everywhere you hear this guy and a dog moving around the house. in the backyard a girl was hung you can kind of see her throughout the house there are ghost found. this house is in old town in downtown san diego. i think its real
Comment by nieshia | 03.15.2007 | 5:34 pm
ITS A LIE THEY WILL NOT KILL THEYLL PROBABLY FOLLOW YOU BUT NOT KILL YOU
Comment by nieshia | 03.15.2007 | 5:35 pm
where is this place i want to go there
Comment by adam myers | 03.18.2007 | 1:10 pm
I went there on my dreams and it was full of ghosts ghosts ghostsghostsghostssss!!! I was one of them… Then I woke up (told you I was dreaming)
Comment by Ghost | 03.25.2007 | 2:09 pm
They will kill yoy kill you kill you!!! …But, only… Who are THEY?
Comment by Ghost | 03.25.2007 | 2:12 pm
i was born and raised in san diego and had the pleasure of comming to to the whaley home in a field trip as a child. i remember a presence and everything. i wanted to at least give my children the same experience. my kids are from wa state, theyve not even had the experience of california. boy did they have it…. they experienced their first earthquak and haunted house. i took them to the whaley house. and wow was i in for a treat… the court house was our first visit, my 2 older kids went in no prob my youngest son, he almost flipped on me he refused to go into that room not even remotely close to the entrance. so we went on… of course we smelt the perfume on the stairs… but my oldest said it was only cold by where she was sitting in the theater room. she had a spirit sitting with her. they all saw everything i saw as a child sme things they saw i dint and vice versa. i loved that they can at least say they had that experience it was well worth the 15 bucks…
Comment by tina | 06.19.2007 | 3:49 am
oik im sorry i can spell the name its the whaley house and i went there not once but twice once as a child the second as an adult with my children and i grew up in this town and i know its real…. everything about it… for someone to call someone elses experience lame is lame… that just makes me mad….my kids experience further makes me believe… to whomever lost someone to this experience i apologize for you loss and for the inconsiderate name calling. its imature and elementary…i love old town , san diego and everything about californnia duh since im from there… and i hope i can give my step kids the same experience i did growing up, for some it wasnt great but for me it was the best…
Comment by tina | 06.19.2007 | 3:57 am
I went 2 the Whaley house and it was weird. I saw a reflection in the window of MR.Whaley, the chanderlieirs were shaking, and i saw Mrs.Whaley play her guitar. It was freaky!!! I’m only 13 but still i saw lots of things. I really recamend The whaley house
if u like chills and thrills.
Comment by nick | 06.21.2007 | 1:09 am
Like the person far above me, where is this so called haunted house, and how much is the entry fee?
Comment by Tammy | 06.22.2007 | 10:59 am
ahaaan?????????
Comment by zaara | 07.7.2007 | 8:34 pm
I went on the Whaley House night tour last Friday the 13th. The people who work there told me that more spooky things actually happen during the day. The house is located at 2482 San Diego Ave. The phone # is (619)297-9327. I can’t wait to go back.
Comment by Bailey | 07.7.2007 | 8:42 pm
cool story! it gives me the chills! if u no a cool story plase email me at alyssag527@comacast.net please!
Comment by pumpkin | 07.10.2007 | 4:27 pm
Omg..At first i didnt believe in any of this nonsense,but i just went for fun with my family..I told my mom lets take a pic and we did. We took it in the theater. My moms bf took us the pic then he saiid if i could take one of him and my mom and so i did…but when we got the pic omg i saw this big white spot next to the curtain on the right side of the stage. omg i was soo freaked out i couldnt believe it…now i wanna go bak and tour the house at night i bet its gonna be awesome!!!
Comment by ????? | 07.12.2007 | 8:19 pm
My cat and I went to that house and my cat went to that hose.And when got ther I smelled a wird smell.When we got in the hose my cat went to the corrner and he hissed.Ushuly he dosent hiss inless he sees a new person.And know one was there.So I grabbed him and ran out and from that day and on i cat for get
sinserly, amarissa ****
Comment by amarissa | 07.15.2007 | 5:48 pm
This website needs a major FACT CHECK.
The truth about this house IS MUCH MORE INTERESTING THAN THIS JUNK AND MISINFORMATION THAT’S POSTED ON THIS WEB SITE!
The Whaley House was built in 1856-57 by Thomas Whaley. Before the house was built, three people were hanged there… William Marshall and Juan Verdugo for their part in the Indian Uprising that almost returned California to Mexico (their leader Antonio Garra was executed by firing squad in the El Campo Santo cemetery up the street, and Thomas Whaley was one of the firing squad members!)and Yankee Jim Robinson, for stealing a rowboat (he stole the rowboat so he could steal a larger boat). Thomas Whaley bought the land after the Robinson hanging, and built a large grainery (now the courthouse wing). He added the living quarters to the house later, and members of the Whaley family continued to live there for almost 100 years!
Over the years it served as a courthouse, a general store, a theater (when the Whaley family was living in San Francisco) and now it is a museum. Two of the Whaley children died in the home, but Thomas and his wife Anna moved to downtown San Diego before their deaths.
Lillian Whaley was the last of the Whaley children to live in the house, and she passed away in the 1950’s. By then the house was in bad shape, so the city scheduled it for demolition. Thankfully a group of dedicated people bought the house, formed the Historical Shrine Foundation. Under the leadership of June and Jim Reading, they convinced the county of San Diego to renovate it and operate it as a museum.
Is the Whaley House haunted? Come check it out and see for yourself.
BUT REALHAUNTS.COM NEEDS TO GET THE FACTS STRAIGHT!
Comment by Brian Miller | 07.19.2007 | 8:35 pm
there is no info. about how they died mean thats half the reason i looked online!!!! get more info. get more lookers think people!!!!!!!!!!
Comment by sage | 08.1.2007 | 12:16 am
Wow,This house is very haunte.
I went there a couple times.I heard some strange noise,Weird odors.And a couple times I felt someone tap my shoulder.I was so scared,I suggestion you go
Comment by Victoria | 08.31.2007 | 1:21 pm
Hmm…I am just now finding out about this house…I have been to Old Downtown SD, but never knew of this. I think I will look into this more & visit the place sice I am so close!
Comment by Linds | 09.8.2007 | 9:41 pm
Wow I never heard of any story like this I only seen it on movies,but real ife.I think that all of theses storys sould become into movies because I think they’re scary enof i also think you should look for more storys thanx.
Comment by veronica | 09.15.2007 | 6:33 pm
im a sophomore in high school now, and i remember in 5th grade i took a field trip here. it wasnt scary really at all when i was in, i dont remember it that great, but i dont remember any smell like everyone else is claming. but i did take pictures inside the house, and in almost all of them there was a white shadow thing, so idk if it was because its an old house, or because of ghosts, but thats i remember in the courtroom there would be white shadows like in the judges chair and stuff. the stairs were very creeky, and when u went up, it always seemed like there was someone else with you. i do believe there are ghosts in that place, but idk for sure
Comment by Jeff Preston | 09.29.2007 | 10:13 pm
hi what does this mean!?
Comment by Elizabeth | 10.2.2007 | 5:08 pm
I almost got to go there for a field trip I was on with my school but they were cleaning it or something.
Comment by Lauren | 10.6.2007 | 8:31 pm
I do believe that whomever wrote this little bit of info on the Whaley House, should get rid of it and do some research on the house before sharing incorrect facts with the public.
Not all of the children of Mr. and Mrs. Whaley Died of unnatural causes…infact Lillian C. Whaley lived in the house until she was moved to a nursing home due to ill health. She was the youngest child of Thomas and Anna Whaley and died in 1953…that would make her pretty old.
Thanks,
Michelle
Comment by Michelle | 10.15.2007 | 2:37 am
My husband and I took our two daughters to the house in 2003 and we were there while a film crew was shooting for the Travel Channel. We followed them around with 2 paranormal experts and listened to all the “activity” they said was going on. They would point to areas and say that they saw a figure here and there and all kinds of things that we couldn’t hear, see or feel. My husband is a complete non-beleiver and I have an open mind but truly could not feel or see anything. We became bored and left my teens with the tour and decided to explore the court house. We no sooner walked in to the left side and began signing the registar when my husband and I both heard a heart wrenching scream of a woman. We looked at each other and discussed how we both heard it and how it became very cold right around us. The odd thing is no one else around us heard it as we asked everyone. It was very errie and the only way I can describe it is it sounded as if it were coming from far away through a tunnel. We had been to the house twice before without experiencing any activity so my advice is keep going back. I was also impressed that the house is a registered haunted house wich means that someone from the state of Calif. comes in and checks to make sure there are not any wires, fans, faulty electrical wiring,etc that is causing the activities.
Comment by Lori O | 10.15.2007 | 11:44 pm
I personally believe that the Whaley House is haunted due to several experiences. When I first went there, I could not stay in the area near the parlor. I was overcome with the sense of fear, dread and sadness. On a tour a year later, I found out that that is where they used to hang people before the house was built. I have had my sweatshirt strings fly up in front of my face while there, and we’ve captured an EVP of a man whistling in the dining room area. No one was in the room except for us, and the person taking the recording cannot whistle. In the theater upstairs, I was sitting in a chair next to the wall on the west side of the room when all of a sudden it sounded like someone ripped the wallpaper next to my ear. I actually jumped back, but no one else heard it. It was too loud to be imagined.
Keep an open mind while there and stick to the parlor area. That’s where I had my experiences…
Comment by bunnie1142 | 10.17.2007 | 3:45 pm
My daughters and I went on the night tour of this house in December of last year, and while we were upstairs in front of the last bedroom near the window that looks over the back yard, we all felt like someone was watching us, and when we started to walk away, my daughter felt as if she was pushed. My other daughter was taking pictures of us and the first picture she took without a flash and it looked like a light was hanging from the ceiling, but in the picture with the flash, there was nothing hanging. When I looked at the picture on the computer with some enhancing, it looks like a very angry screaming face of a man. Creepy!
Comment by Ang | 10.17.2007 | 8:26 pm
I visited the Whaley House late Spring this year. My husband and I found out about it while touring Old San Diego. I was a bit reluctant to go in, but since there were alot of tourist present I felt a little more comfortable going in. The house is quite interesting as well as the history. Both my husband and I took alot of pictures but we didn’t capture any ghostly images. I will admit though, there is a strong presence in the house, particularly in the entrance of the dining area–the entrance right off what was once a store and where there are some displays. It just felt like someone was right there behind you just looking down at you. Pretty creepy, all my respects to any spirits. I hope to visit the house again. I did capture an image at one of the Missions at San Fernando Rey de Espania, although I have never heard of any storys of the mission being haunted.
Comment by Ceci C. | 10.29.2007 | 2:03 pm
I live in San Diego and my son and I went to the Whaley House. At the time my son was only 3 years old and just like everyone else I wanted to see for my self if I could see or feel anything there. Well we walk around were the court house was and my son was running around and touching things and then we made our way up the stairs to all the bedrooms as soon as we got up there my son stayed by my side did not run off like he did down stairs. Then we made our way back down the stairs and I started to talk to the lady that worked there she told me that I should keep an eye on son beauses little kids can see things that we can’t see well anyways we were getting ready to leave but my son started to cry saying he didn’t want to go past the stairs and I looked but didn’t see anything there but I think he saw something or someone there so we had to go past the stairs to get out and as soon as we were out he was fine stoped crying and wanted to get down from my arms and I remember what the lady had said to me early. I haven’t been back there in 4 years so I really don’t know what he saw that day.
Comment by Anna T. | 11.10.2007 | 1:53 am
I’ve been to the Whaley House twice in the day time, amd I took some photos, but nothing happened or appeared in the photos.
I plan to go back again when I visit San Diego.
Comment by Star | 11.18.2007 | 12:24 am
It was November, 1966 when I went there with a friend. We were stationed at the San Diego Naval base.
The story that was told to us, consisted of the Whaley family living there. There was a hanging on their property, but not sure where. The man that was hung protested his innocence until his last breath.
Don’t recall why he was hung. It was said that his spirit continued to haunt the house by way of a cold breeze blowing through the parlor.
Back then, the door to the basement was locked, and no one was ever allowed to go down there. I tried to get permission to stay overnight by myself, but they wouldn’t allow it. The property was run by the city at the time.
There also was another story circulating back then. It was told to me that a San Diego newspaper reporter and two other people, can’t recall who they were, received permission to stay overnight back in the early 1950’s. To make a long story short, all three were locked in the night before by city workers.
The following day, when the workers came to let them out, they found the newspaper reporter crouched in the corner of the room, on the floor, in the parlor. His hair was pure white, a dark color the day before. His face had a look of terror, and he was finally helped up and taken away. They say he never spoke again and continued to stay in a trance like state for the rest of his life.
The other two people, one of which was a female, exited the house, never again to talk about whatever occured in the house.
It was supposedly reported in the local newspaper about what I just described. That was the reason why no one ever again would be granted to stay the night, locked in. It could never be explained why these people didn’t just break a window, or a door, or try something to escape.
This has been my personal experience with the Whaley house.
Comment by Dennis Vee | 11.21.2007 | 10:27 pm
omg.. i like wanna see pics of this place so email me sum.. gueedoo@aol.com
Comment by immasexyemogurl!! :) | 12.22.2007 | 12:17 am
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Comment by immasexyemogurl!! :) | 12.22.2007 | 12:18 am
i think thet that is bull ****
Comment by sashabratz | 12.26.2007 | 9:09 pm
http://sandiegohaunted.com
if you want the scoop on sandiego hauntings big and small
Comment by scotty | 12.28.2007 | 1:19 am
I’ve been to the whaley house before…it’s creepy.You should watch out whn you’re on the stairs,because it feels like there’s something gripping your neck,and it gets hard to breathe.Also,when you go into the court room,watch the chandelier(sp?) it moves.And watch for Mr. Whaley,my friend has seen him looking from a the balconey in broad daylight.Also,watch for a bright orange orb that floats from the top of the stairs into the theatre room,and listen closely for heavy footsteps..
Comment by nicole | 01.1.2008 | 10:25 pm
omg.iv heard of the whaley house,iv acutally been there in fact,when we had gone theer my brother fekt something like go across his neck like when he was going up the stairs in the whaley house it was so scary when he got up there he had a small mark on his neck about the guy who got hanged in the vourt room scary i know
Comment by avril | 01.3.2008 | 6:22 pm
well i guess the house is ok but i really didn’t see anything except a fat guy taking pictures of something well thats all i seen i guess the house is ok ;]
Comment by elisa | 01.26.2008 | 10:30 pm
ok I visited the Whaley house unfortunatley I had no encounters of any kind. However I do believe the old town area which the Whaley house is located, is haunted. First of all the town is built on an Indian Burial ground. when the town was built there were so many bodies that they made a small cemetary for the local town folks as well . It is located a block away from the whaley house. And as for the rest of the bodies.. They laid cement over them and built roads/streets that are walked on and driven on till this day. Back to the Whaley house. I definetly feel there was something eerie in the the bedroom where there was a sewing machine and the girls dolls.
Comment by Meri | 03.23.2008 | 12:11 am
I’ve been to the Whaley house once… It’s in Old Town. It’s pretty weird. You can sometimes smell the Lady’s Lavendar Perfum. For that, they could have just put some spray in the vents or something. But I do believe there is something going on there because when you go upstairs into the old thearter for the little briefing you can feel presure on your chest and it gets hard to breath. Someone actually had a red mark around their neck. What made it scarey is they believe that before the house was built people were hung on a tree that would have been in the same spot as the stair way. While I was there, a little girl was looking in one of the rooms and than just started screaming and crying and her parents had to take her out of the house. They also said that some celeb stayed the night there once and never wanted to go back… It’s a bit pricey considering how small the house is and the tour is kind of short, but what you feel and experience is definitely worth the money!
Comment by Tiffany | 03.24.2008 | 1:15 pm
we actually went to the whaley house yesterday. it was my third time going and the other two times i didnt see anything, this time when me and my friend were in the court room and we heard the man who got hung in the backyard’s heavy boot footsteps. no one was in the room at the time except for us. later my friends camera went retarded and then later when i was looking in the living room about to leave i closed my eyes and pictured a terrior dog, i also heard it panting and its nails tapping the wood floors, there was nothing there. to my suprise the family had a terrior in the house..
Comment by Bailey & sierra | 04.12.2008 | 7:22 pm
My family and I went to the Whaley House last year. I was in the courtroom taking pictures when my camera started making a weird noise. I look down at my camera screen to see what was wrong with it and a small red ball of light appeared on the screen. It started getting bigger and bigger, then it disappeared. I couldn’t take anymore pictures after that. It was as if my camera just frozed up, and it was a brand new camera! As soon as we left the Whaley House, I decided to check my camera and see what was wrong with it, it started working fine after I changed the batteries. It was strange, I had put in new batteries in the camera just before we went on the tour of the house, within minutes of entering the house, the camera battery was drained. Just recently, I found out that if there is a ghost around, it can drain the batteries in order to try to manefest itself. I’ve not had anything wrong with my camera since then. All the pictures I took afterward came out fine, the pictures I took at the Whaley’s House was very blurry. Next time, I’m going to bring my video camera!
Comment by kim | 04.24.2008 | 1:13 am
So I have been to the Whaley House quite a few times me and my friends used to go into the garden at the back of the house at night and one night I had my sister visting and I started to smell this wierd musky floral perfume smell…. We walked down to the old graveyard and I smelt it there as well… A couple days later I went to Church to the historic church down the street from the Whaley house and the smell came again I dont know if something followed me or what but I know this house it truely haunted….
Comment by Jenn | 05.8.2008 | 6:46 pm