Bucket lists.
Many people have them and hope to check off each item before the time comes to make the journey to the other side.
Most people's bucket lists contain goals such as, "go skydiving" or "visit Hawaii."
However, ask any ghost hunter about a bucket list and it will most likely differ greatly.
Here are a few places that appear on my particular bucket list — places I want to investigate before I actually get to find out what it's like to be a ghost myself.
Myrtles Plantation - St. Francisville, Louisiana
Built in 1796, Myrtles Plantation is known as one of "America's most haunted homes," due to a long list of reported incidents. One of the most famous hauntings at the southern plantation is that of Chloe, the slave girl. A photo that was taken in 1992 shows an apparition standing in the breezeway between two of the buildings on the property. A National Geographic Explorer film crew determined the picture definitely shows an apparition and later, Norman Benoit, a patent researchist, discovered that all of the physical measurements of the apparition were of human dimensions and proportions.
Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum - Weston, West Virginia
All the greats have investigated here — T.A.P.S, the Ghost Adventures Crew, and even the Ghost Hunters Academy contestants. The Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum was built on 666 acres in 1881, and was known for practicing barbaric treatments on the mentally ill. Electro-shock therapy, lobotomies and bizarre chemical treatments made life at Trans-Allegheny a nightmare for many. The hospital was designed for 250 patients, but, at one time, held 2,400. Patients were known to murder other patients, and the females workers were victims of sexual assult. Full-bodied apparitions have been captured on film and video, whispers, cackles, banging and rustling noises have been heard and recorded, and visitors have reported feeling like they were being watched, especially on the fourth floor.
Pennhurst State School and Hospital - East Vincent, Pennsylvania
The state of Pennsylvania built Pennhurst, originally known as the Eastern Pennsylvania State Institution for the Feeble-minded and Epileptic, in 1908 as a school and asylum for patients with special needs. The sprawling institution has so much paranormal activity, it has it's own organization in charge of investigations and haunted tours — the Pennhurst Paranormal Association. Ghost hunters have captured countless EVPs (electronic voice phenomenon) throughout the campus, have seen apparitions, heard voices, and been touched by invisible hands. Even Nicole Polizzi — Snooki from MTVs "Jersey Shore — had strange experiences there. During an EVP session in the basement of the Devon Building, Polizzi's group captured a voice saying "mommy," in response to the question, "Do you want your mommy?" Polizzi said, "We heard the ghost say 'Mommy,' and that just makes it worse, because it just clarifies that there are ghosties in this world."
The Hell Fire Club, Dublin, Ireland
Being of Irish descent, of course I dream of investigating a castle in Ireland, but this particular castle was more than just a fancy home. Built on Montpelier Hill in County Dublin, the building was originally a hunting lodge around 1725 and was originally called Mount Pelier. Members of the Irish Hell Fire Club met at the lodge between 1735 and 1741, and these meetings were allegedly filled with debauchery, occult practices, and demonic manifestations.One story involves a stranger who happened by the club one night and was invited in to play cards with the Hell Fire members. One player dropped a card on the floor. When he bent down to pick it up, he noticed the stranger had a cloven hoof. Shortly after the discovery, the stranger disappeared in a ball of flame. The Hell Fire Club is another location frequented by all the most well-known investigators.
The Stanley Hotel - Estes Park, Colorado
If I do someday get to visit the Stanley Hotel, I will walk through the door and announce, "Here's Kelly," just like Jack Nicholson does as Jack Torrance in Stephen King's "The Shining." While that story is mostly fictional, it was inspired by a night King spent at the Stanley in 1974. It has been said that the original owners, Freelan and Flora Stanley have been seen dressed in formal attire in the lobby, billiard room, and offices. Flora's piano has been heard playing by itself in the ballroom, while voices and footsteps can be heard throughout the hotel. In 1911, a housekeeper was nearly killed by a gas leak explosion in room 217 — the room King called home for one night and the one featured in "The Shining." Even though the explosion didn't kill her, strange activity has been reported in that room since her death in the 1950s.
Waverly Hills Sanatorium - Louisville, Kentucky
The five-story hospital was built in 1926 to house patients stricken with tuberculosis. Unfortunately, many patients lost their lives inside the Waverly Hills walls, and in order to keep the dead hidden from those still fighting the disease, a 500-foot body shoot was constructed to transport the bodies to a hearse without being seen. Some of those who fell victim to TB seem to be lingering — still waiting for a cure. Shadow people have been seen on the fourth floor, and a young girl in a blue dress has been captured on film several times. Investigators and visitors have been touched, pushed, and felt areas of extreme cold in the building.
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