the paranormal

Considered by Time Magazine to be the most haunted house in America, Whaley House was home to a countless amount of people, and has experienced much activity in its history. The Whaley House was built in 1857 by Thomas Whaley, who was a wealthy businessman. Located in San Diego, it is perhaps one of the most famous homes in all of California. It wasn’t long after the residence was built that Whaley established a general store inside of it; eventually he moved the business elsewhere, as it wasn’t successful in the Whaley House. Eventually, Whaley and his wife Anna had up to six children, Violet Whaley was perhaps the most tragic of all the children. She wedded a con-man who merely used the  marriage as a way for him to collect dowry money. Soon after the marriage he divorced her, causing her to spiral into a severe bout of depression; adding insult to injury, the community shunned her for being a divorced woman. Sadly, she never did recover from the grief