Top 10 Scariest Places You Can Actually Visit Right Now. IF YOU DARE.

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Published 2020-10-22
The Top10 Scariest Places You Can Actually Visit

Do you love scary places, haunted houses, abandoned mines and ghost towns? Have you ever noticed that every list for "Scariest Places in the World" or "Creepiest Locations in the US" contain places that you can't really visit?

We're going to fix that!

Here are the top 10 spookiest places in the United States that you can actually visit -- right now, today.

If you're on the East coast, West coast or in the middle of the country, we've found a ghostly, haunted location that you can check out right now -- if you dare.

Whether you're a serious paranormal investigator or just enjoy the darker side of history, this video has something for you.


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Sources, research and links of interest:

Eastern State Penitentiary - Philadelphia, PA
(Doesn't get spookier than an old prison)

www.easternstate.org/
www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g60795-d5101…
www.npr.org/2013/10/24/232234570/is-eastern-state-…

The Whaley House - San Diego, CA
(The most haunted house in America)
www.whaleyhouse.org/

Mineral Springs Hotel - Alton, IL
(Alton, IL - Scariest small town in America)

www.bumpinthenight.net/night-at-the-mineral-spring…
www.hauntedillinois.com/realhauntedplaces/mineral-…

Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum - Weston, WV
(Nothing scarier than an old "lunatic asylum". Yikes.)

trans-alleghenylunaticasylum.com/
   • Lobotomy: A Dangerous Fad's Lingering...   (Walter Freeman Lobotomies)
www.facebook.com/Trans-Allegheny-Lunatic-Asylum-31… (Official Facebook page)

Fort Delaware State Park, DE
(Haunted Civil War POW camp)

delawarestateparks.reserveamerica.com/tourDetails.… (tour info)
www.roadsideamerica.com/story/33817 (New Jersey mass grave)
www.wvculture.org/history/journal_wvh/wvh2-1.html (Captain John S. Swann's diary of his time as a prisoner there)

Waverly Hills Sanatorium - Louisville, KY
(64,000 people died here, but only 11,000 have been found. Where are they??)

www.mentalfloss.com/article/17263/haunted-hospital
www.therealwaverlyhills.com/tours

Ohio State Reformatory — Mansfield, OH
(One of the scariest places on earth)

www.mrps.org/explore/
www.bloodprison.com/dates-times (Escape room at prison)
   • We ACTUALLY Caught A Ghost On Camera ...   (Ghost hunt)
   • The Shawshank Redemption - Exploring ...   (Shawshank filming locations)
allthatsinteresting.com/lester-eubanks (Lester Eubanks escape)

Vulture Mine, Vulture City — Wickenburg, AZ
(Ghost town and abandoned mine)

www.vultureminetours.com/information/
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulture_Mine#Vulture_Mine_an…)
   • Video   (Story video)

Lake Shawnee Amusement Park — Princeton, WV
(No creepier place in my mind)
www.atlasobscura.com/places/lake-shawnee-amusement…
   • Lake Shawnee Abandoned Amusement Park   (Great video)
   • Lake Shawnee Amusement Park - Don't M...   (Day and night tour)
   • Happy Haunts: Abandoned Lake Shawnee ...   (Ghost hunt)

Abandoned subway system — Cincinnati, OH
(Not necessarily haunted, but definitely scary!)

www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-cincinnati-subway
   • Cincinnati Abandoned Its Subway Almos...   (Story)
   • America's Largest Abandoned Subway - ...  

All Comments (21)
  • @aimeedennis306
    Love this channel!!! Shared with some high school teacher friends!
  • @raeb4451
    Lol Heckle’s reaction to the batter and fry threat was perfection!
  • @johncullen965
    your channel got recommended, no idea why as I dont wear a tin foil hat or sub to similar content. But watched just one last night, then ended up binge watching for hours. Love how you present each video, great story telling etc. Very thought provoking
  • @steverakes6182
    When AJ said he didn't believe in ghost's, I chuckled to myself. If he went through what I did a couple of decades ago, well, he would be a believer 100%.
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  • @Inklenation
    Absolute GOLD!.. “I’m not going to flush you….. I’m gonna batter and fry you”
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    I've watched every video on this channel except the last 3 oldest ones. I believe this is my favorite channel on YouTube. It's definitely top 5 channels on youtube.
  • @craigdahlin9529
    Hecklefish provides the perfect amount of sarcasm, and comedic gold to these topics at the perfect times. Keep up the great work.
  • @TheWhyFiles
    Anyone know of other scary places that we can visit? Let us know!
  • I love your matter of fact attitude mixed with comedic balance from Hecklefish, you guys are a good duo! I watched a few of your other videos too -the editing with Hecklefish is really good! Thanks man!
  • @cking91182
    I never believed in paranormal activity, until my husband passed away from a heart attack. I was home by myself about a week after his passing and in mid air a plastic ball from my daughter's ball pit was thrown at full force. Then a few days later my security alarm would go off by itself every night for about a month straight, I had the security company come out not once, not twice... five times and each time they said there' was nothing wrong with it. I had the electric company come out... they said the same thing. I got some advice and burned sage all over my apartment. Activity would stop for about 3 days max every time and start up again. I moved and never had another problem! I'm a believer now!
  • @jjamesdoes
    Thanks for bringing up the Reformatory! I grew up there because my grandma worked in the gift shop, and your OSR section brought back all the chills, that place is extremely haunted in a bad way.
  • @scooby1446
    Can you please do a video about haunted places in the UK? Really enjoyed this one, lots of detail. Good job. 👍🏼
  • I live up in the Great Northwest, and for as long as I can remember, we always had a few Bear Slaps hanging up by the back porch. Stay with me. A Bear Slap is just two boards hinged together with straps for your hands. When you slap it together, it sounds like a double barrel shotgun going off. We moved from Olson Rd. to Virginia Pl., a rich part of town right by the golf course. We got it really cheap, because it was haunted. Nobody wanted it for 5 years. That's when the price was so low, my Dad bought it. It was true, it was haunted. Scary haunted. I ran away from home with my sleeping bag back to my best friends house. My Aunt Mod came down from Olympia and stayed the weekend. When the spookiness started, she grabbed a Bear Slap and went all around the house and basement, every time it started. After about an hour, it stopped. Then started up again the next night, same thing and it stopped sooner. And didn't start again that night. It happened again a few times, but by Mother would grab a Bear Slap and run around the house. The police were called on us a few times for gun shots, but my Mother would tell them she was chasing ghosts and showed them the Bear Slap. After a few months, there were no more signs of ghosts. Ghosts are greatly effected by sound vibrations. They can't stand it and leave, is my experience.
  • Man, AJ, you've come a long way in two years. From skeptic to, well, not so much now. Just this week you've gone from 2.53M to 2.54M subs! Congrats! 🍻🎊🎉🎈
  • @jeffwalker7185
    I think you both need to do a video on UK ghosts – ideally, from the UK. When I first came across your channel, I thought it was just another conspiracy channel. I now realise it is one of the best channels on YouTube. I love your narrative style – building up a story and then, when necessary/possible, debunking the story.
  • @cfoster6804
    I didn't know you're a producer AJ! That explains a lot. Great videos!
  • I knew aj had to be in the biz somehow this show is structured and produced like a dream it all makes sense. it’s really cool seeing the progression you’ve made with video quality to character development. as a film student I admire your work and strive to build quality content like yours. Thanks AJ
  • @RevSmoke
    The patients didn't disappear they took seats in congress.