The Whaley House - San Diego, California
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Metro2@aol.com
N 32° 45.170 W 117° 11.681
11S E 481762 N 3623903
Quick Description: The Whaley House is located in San Diego's Old Town...and is the City's most notoriously haunted site.
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 10/6/2009 10:19:10 PM
Waymark Code: WM7CZF
Published By: Groundspeak Charter Member GEO*Trailblazer 1
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Long Description:
The Whaley House is an 1857 Greek Revival building in San Diego's Old Town, a history museum, a California State Landmark...and HAUNTED!

An excerpt from
(visit link)

"According to the Travel Channel's America's Most Haunted, the house is the number one most haunted house in the United States. The alleged hauntings of the Whaley House have been reported on numerous other television programs and been written up in countless publications and books since the house first opened as a museum in 1960. Although we cannot state positively that the Whaley House is really haunted, the voluminous documentation of paranormal occurances at the site makes a compelling case. But, if there are ghosts at the Whaley House, who are they and why are they here?

The earliest documented ghost at the Whaley House is "Yankee Jim." James (aka Santiago) Robinson was convicted of attempted grand larceny in San Diego in 1852, and hanged on a gallows off the back of a wagon on the site where the house now stands. The local newspaper reported that he "kept his feet in the wagon as long as possible, but was finally pulled off. He swung back and forth like a pendulum until he strangled to death." Although Thomas Whaley had been a spectator at the execution, he did not let it disuade him from buying the property a few years later and building a home for his family there."

Public access?:
Yes.... tickets befoe 5 p.m. cost $6 for adults, and $10 in the evenings.


Visting hours:
Regular Hours
(September 2, 2008-May 24, 2009)
Sunday - Tuesday 10am-5pm
Wednesday Closed
Thursday - Saturday 10am-10pm
(Sunday, May 4, 2008 10am-5pm) Summer Hours
(May 25, 2009-September 7, 2009)
Open Daily 10am-10pm


Winter Break Hours
(December 22, 2008-January 4, 2009)
Open Regular Hours except
Christmas Eve 10am-4pm
New Year's Eve 10am-5pm
Closed Christmas day Spring Break Hours
(April 6-10, 2009)
Open Daily 10am-10pm


Website about the location and/or story: [Web Link]

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