“Unearth the Shadows: What Lies Within America’s Most Haunted Places Will Chill You to the Bone!”

Nathaniel Hawthorne’s book The House of the Seven Gables was inspired by a real mansion in Salem, Massachusetts. As the novel states, the house has a long, haunted history. Captain John Turner built the house in 1668, and the Salem Witch Trials occurred shortly after. The family built a hidden staircase in case someone got falsely accused.

In the late 1700s, Hawthorne visited the house and wrote down many of the ghost stories. Even today, tales abound of a ghost boy playing in the attic and former owner Susannah Ingersoll wandering the halls. Currently, the house is now a museum and offers guided tours.