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Whaley House
Location: San Diego, CA
Notable ghost: âYankee Jimâ Robinson
The site of the house is where gallows once stood and where âYankee Jimâ Robinson was hanged for attempted grand larceny. Whaley reportedly witnessed the hanging, but was not fazed by it, since he bought the property a few years later, removed the gallows, and built the Whaley family home on the site. Shortly after moving in, heavy footsteps could he heard throughout the house âby the boots of a large man.â Whaley concluded it was Yankee Jim, whose spirit is alive and well two centuries later. Two later tragedies occurred in the house: the Whaleysâ second child, Thomas, Jr, died at 18 months of scarlet fever and their fifth child, Violet, committed suicide in 1885.
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Credit: (Flickr photo: snabby)
