On his website, Kingdetailedhis experience and how it inspired The Shining.

Wandering through its corridors, I thought that it seemed the perfectmaybe the archetypicalsetting for a ghost story.

He was being chased by a fire-hose.

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This cemetery was built in 1850 and is the resting place of many Confederate soldiers.

From mid-October to Halloween every year, there arenight tourswhich allow people to experience the cemetery after dark.

The location of these murders now operates as the Villisca Axe Murder House.

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Overnights can host 1-6 people and costs a hefty $428, which gives me nightmares.

In 1867, when Yellow Fever was sweeping New Orleans, Reverend P.L.

Thieves prayed to Saint Roch.

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Today, their house operates as a bed and breakfast in Fall River.

Many people have reported hearing screams on the Seven Sisters Road near Nebraska City, Nebraska.

There were seven bodies, males and females mixed.

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This reformatory has a violent and deadly history, with violent riots having occurred, for example.

Many inmates also died due to disease and suicide, which led to over 200 unmarked graves being constructed.

The ghosts of these violent and maltreated men are not easily silenced.

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Visitors and tour guides have been pushed and punched by unseen forces.

As with other haunted locations, many claim to feel an inexplicable chill while on prison grounds.

Visitors are able to tour this former prison on Sundays and Tuesdays through Fridays.

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Unlike some popular tourist spots like The Breaks, the Fortress of Nightmares is allegedly haunted.

Yorktown Memorial Hospital was abandoned in the 1980s but still has a caretaker.

The caretaker, Mike Hanson, wasinterviewedby the website Haunted Places to Go on the sites paranormal activity.

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However, if he turns the lights off, he has observed many individuals walking around.

There are many that appear to be normal and could possibly be described as guests.

However, there are many that look as if they are patients that belong in a hospital.

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