Thomas Whaley couldn’t have chosen a worse place to build his house–on top of an old public gallows site and a Native American burial ground. While I found no reports of hauntings during that time period, I read the chronological history of this family, who suffered from devastating financial losses as well as the deaths of two children.

Thomas Whaley, Jr. died at 18 months, cause unknown. His sister, Violet, died at 17 from an alleged suicide. An article from Eeeek-net suggests that Violet may have been murdered by her father or her sister, Corinne. I found it interesting that Corinne chose to be buried away from her family’s plot. She also wrote a book about San Diego, but failed to mention her family or their contributions to the city’s growth.

Today, visitors claim that this stately house is haunted by several ghosts. Reports of footsteps, strange odors, apparitions and orbs have been reported. Regis Philban tried to sleep in the house in 1974 while hosting a local TV show, but fled in terror.

Eeeek-net investigators concluded that the ghosts of Thomas (who was abusive to his family), his wife and Violet still reside in that house. For more information about The Whaley house hauntings, visit Viewzone.com.