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Apparently, there were hangings on the site of this before it was built, including that of James (aka Santiago) Robinson, or "Yankee Jim," who is one of several spirits said to haunt the house. The owner's daughter, Violet, also killed herself here in 1885. Today, it's a museum and a California Historical Landmark — but its story is nonetheless unsettling.

Almost everybody knows the story of "The Amityville Horror," the best-selling book and movie supposedly based on true events. While it is true that on Nov. 13, 1974, Ronald J. DeFeo Jr. murdered his entire family in their beds in their Long Island home, the supernatural events reported by the subsequent owners of the house . Still, the real story is gruesome enough to give us chills just by looking at this house.

The strange, brutal murder of Jose and Kitty Menendez in their Beverly Hills mansion at the hands of their sons has mystified the nation since 1989. And with three recent TV reenactments, the case is currently receiving newfound attention. The brothers' defense claimed that they were being abused by their father. In the six months following the murder and before their arrest, the brothers proceeded to spend $1 million of their parents' money partying. If only these walls could talk ...

The murder of the 6-year-old pageant queen in her Boulder, Colorado, home is one of the country's most infamous cold cases of all time; the story resurfaces every few years in the news. To this day, we don't know exactly what went on in that house — but theories abound.

Because of its grand size and old age, this mansion in the French Quarter is a New Orleans landmark. But the LaLaurie House has a seriously dark history. It was once owned by wealthy socialite (and one of history's deadliest serial killers) , who allegedly tortured and killed her slaves. When a fire broke out, neighbors burst into the house to help and discovered a grisly scene. LaLaurie avoided being caught and punished, though, reportedly fleeing to Paris. Now, the corner building is a stop on the in the French Quarter.

On an otherwise sleepy street in the tiny town of Villisca, Iowa, sits an old white house with an alarming past. On June 10, 1912, someone killed Josiah Moore, his entire family, and two guests — and was never caught. Now, you can tour and stay overnight in the . Guests have reported hearing, seeing or feeling strange things under the roof.

The 1796 mansion is known to many as the South's most haunted plantation. that a slave named Chloe was hanged for poisoning the plantation owner Judge Clark Woodruff's daughters. Now, it's a that's open for tours and special events, but that hasn't stopped the hauntings. Chloe has supposedly been spotted around the property, as has the figure of a little girl. Frances Kermeen, who owned the house for more than a decade, even wrote a book about her many eerie encounters in 2005, titled "."

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Sarah Winchester was the heiress to a gun empire, but it's said that she feared she was being haunted by the spirits of those killed by her family's famous rifles. So, supposedly to appease the ghosts, she ordered continuous construction and expansion on the farmhouse-turned-mansion in San Jose, California, from 1822 until her death in 1922. At one point, the was the . Now, it's a that's , the subject of a film starring Helen Mirren, and according to some, still haunted.

This Fall River, Massachusetts, home continues to draw a crowd even 125 years after Lizzie Borden was acquitted of brutally murdering her father and stepmother with an axe in 1892. Now a , the creepy house has been restored and redecorated with period pieces to match the crime scene photos (yikes). Some guests and paranormal investigators have claimed to detect spirits. Curious souls can take a tour, while the bravest bunch might book a room.