few reasons, a hanging where the house was later built, deaths on the property
The house has frequently been cited as haunted, based on strange noises or sights reported by some visitors. In 2005, LIFEmagazine called Whaley House "the most haunted house in America." Shortly after the Whaley family moved in, they told the San Diego Union that they heard heavy footsteps in the house which they believed to be the ghost of James "Yankee Jim" Robinson, who had earlier been hanged on the property for stealing a boat. Some visitors have reported seeing apparitions of Thomas Whaley or Anna Whaley. On the last weekend of every month, the Whaley House Museum offers a late night "ghost hunting tour".Additional tours are offered around Halloween
Check the link below: http://whaleyhouse.org/mystery.htm
A thief who regretted robbing hung himself Where the door front door is he hung himself before the house was finish building and also because the Whaley family died in the house
When I was young I remember a radio personality trying to stay the night there with no success.This was in the late 60's
It was also a courthouse originally. People were hanged. I went there with my Brownie troop in 1968. Activity in the kitchen. Kitchen utensils were moving everywhere! Scared the bejesus out of my 8 year old self! There are many haunts in older parts of San Diego.
Whaley house
Children died unmysterically and hangings
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