The historic Whaley House Museum was featured on season 9, episode 11 of the popular paranormal television series Ghost Adventures. The episode, which aired on June 7, 2014, featured co-hosts Zak Bagans, Aaron Goodwin, and Nick Groff. The team believed that Whaley House is haunted by the ghost of James “Yankee Jim” Robinson, a thief who was hanged on a gallows on the land where Whaley House stands today.
Built over a hundred years ago by Oregon Trail pioneer Henry Pittock and his family, the magnificant Pittock Mansion has become an iconic landmark in Portland for it symbolised the transformation of the city from a pioneer town into a modern town and epitomized the great American entrepreneurial and adventurous spirit.
During an electrical outage in 1911, chambermaid Elizabeth Wilson stepped into Stanley Hotel’s Presidential Suite (Room 217) with a lit candle when an unknown gas leak in the room caused a massive explosion.
As of 2021, the house is occupied by a buyer who bought the house in 2017. The house was last listed on the market in 2016 for $850,000 and was Realtor.com’s most popular house during the first week of its listing.
As of 2021, the Lalaurie Mansion is owned by energy trader Michael Whalen who bought the house in 2010 and moved in in 2013.
On September 5, 1922, Sarah Winchester died at the age of 82 from a congestive heart failure. Her death was a shock for family members and friends of Sarah Winchester as it was not known if she was suffering from any pre-existing heart conditions or has inherited heart diseases from her family. Where is Sarah …
