The Spirits Of The Whaley House

oh my god this week on BuzzFeed and solve we explored the Whaley House in San Diego California as part of our ongoing investigation are ghosts real and what better place then the Whaley House which was ranked by travels America's most haunted as the most haunted house in America number one number one top of the pops was going to the top dog let's just get this over with and let's get into the history okay Thomas Whaley was born in New York City on October 5th 1823 in September 1855 Thomas bought land in Old Town San Diego California in 1857 Thomas constructed a two-story brick home for him and his wife Anna using bricks from his personal Brickyard and the result was the infamous Whaley House that we are investigating today this is it the famous Whaley House beautiful house beautiful also in the bustling area of old town San Diego look at this street even if we get possessed tonight we can have a nice brewski after yeah and we will I'm just trying to distract myself to go in okay you do the honors okay after you you go first okay oh this is pleasant you could feel the history coming from the walls in here yeah isn't that wonderful not when the history fights back since being built the Whaley House has been used as many things including a courtroom in San Diego's first commercial theaters both of which still remain in the House today but its most famous use was as the home of Thomas and Anna Whaley and their children who moved in and out of the house throughout the late 1800s in early to mid nineteen hundred's peak goes to time 90% of ghosts are from that era yeah that's true you never really hear about a ghost from 2010 or so that's wearing like a flannel and ripped jeans or some [ __ ] like that so is somebody wearing a bonnet Thomas and Hannah Whaley had three children within the first few years of living at the Whaley House Frances hinted Thomas jr. and Anna Amelia Thomas jr. tragically died at 18 months of scarlet fever in the house in that same year Thomas seniors nearby general store burned down in a case of arson this dudes son died his baby died and if someone heard that news is like aw it's tragic oh he's grieving he's probably not paying attention to that store of his dad Oh monster is living in this town devastated the family moved to San Francisco where they had three more kids George Hays Ringgold violet Eloise and Corinne Lillian however an earthquake in 1868 and forced the family to return to live in the Whaley House in San Diego it seems like they're followed by doom yeah I mean they're really just getting boned by fade right now this is just not a good time for that Pleasant unfortunately tragedy would continue to fall on the family over the years as violet Whaley would kill herself in 1885 she shot herself in the heart in the backyard out house due to grief over her failed marriage Thomas Whaley found her dying and brought her inside the house into the back of the parlor where she passed away 15 minutes later over the next sixty-eight years three members of the Whaley family would die inside the house and away Lee in 1913 Frances in 1914 and then Lillian in 1953 now that we've established the history let's examine the ghostly inhabitants that are believed to haunt these walls and give this house the reputation as the most haunted house in America do you think because you believe in all this stuff that you have a higher chance of being a ghost oh yeah I would think so I would be a pleasant ghost I'd like poor people tea and stuff like that what I do chores around the house though all my laundry's folded how about that thanks Ryan and I tip my cap and they tap dad's out of the room you're sounding fun yeah right wasn't that sound great would you like to be haunted by me first ghost we'll discuss our Thomas jr. and violet Whaley infant cries are often heard in the house an experienced likely attributed to the fact that Thomas jr. died from scarlet fever inside the house at the age of 18 months on the second floor of the house in the back room people have seen a young woman and report feeling a profound sorrow in this area this young woman is believed to be violet Whaley EVP session in what may be in violets room this is the sorrowful aroma do you feel sorrowful in here no not really I prefer actually I'm not talking too much to her cuz she's we're going to be very very quiet right now and if you want to deliver us a message please whisper it faintly into one of our ears or are you set or something okay or make Ryan's tummy grumble and here we go now you feel sleepy you know we're in a bedroom that's fair there are other spiritually active areas of the house with unidentified sightings of apparitions in the early 1900's the house was rented out to various tenants by Lillian so it's possible these unidentified apparitions could be the spirits of former tenants some have seen a little girl in the dining room vaudeville music is sometimes heard in the theatre room if there is anybody in here perhaps you want to do a little dance for us and psychics that have visited the house see the courtroom is especially active what are you feeling I feel a little bit like I'm being watched but I don't mind it the woman is sometimes seen here in the back corner of the jury box paranormal investigators also claim this back corner is a spiritual vortex spirit if you're here and you're angry Ryan would like to feel a shiver up his spine they don't respond to specific requests his true kind of just had to wait for it to happen maybe it's a good portal maybe maybe my flashlight went out are you serious perhaps battery you know it I mean possibly but I don't know do you feel some do you know there's creaking them as chair next to me maybe it's just cause it's old wood old wood doesn't creak by itself it was insane oh [ __ ] dude I feel very we here don't listen party for you you feel dizzy yeah I've had [ __ ] here I know every time people watch these ghost hunter shows they like the this guy's full of [ __ ] but holy balls - Wow I don't like this oh wow what is that you guys ship represented holy [ __ ] oh man that was crazy what the [ __ ] is going on dude can you still move all your limbs I can still move all my limbs I just feel very uncomfortable not goodness I know you don't believe me I could see the look at your face right now I don't feel particularly strange it's not a great chair outside the house another police officer also had a paranormal experience more than 30 years ago there was a 911 call from a concerned citizen reporting a woman crying outside the Whaley House and the officer who responded to that call would witness something that he would only reveal in his confidential retirement letter decades later when the officer came onto the property he saw quote a woman at the back of the house crying and quilt and mentioned she was in period clothing the officer asked quote ma'am are you all right end quote - what she turned around and smiled and when the officer shown his flashlight on her the woman vanished bizarrely the house also sports the rare instance of a ghost dog and a ghost cat both of which the Whaley's owned at the time then are there also ghosts aunts are there is there is there ghost trees no there's no ghost Ruiz I'm sorry I viewed your not telling you someone's never walked through the forest and seen a train like huh wait a minute that tree was there you know what I changed my stance on gostrey that's actually pretty cool ghost bacteria etc stop it okay two other ghosts that haunt the house are Thomas and Anna Whaley themselves many reports saying Thomas Whaley on the upper landing where one person claimed he wore a frock coat and pantaloons some have reported that he blows tobacco smoke and visitors faces can you imagine seeing a ghost oh my goodness look at this strange apparition and he just comes up to me was like oh Jesus man Anna Whaley is typically seen in the garden or in one of the downstairs rooms anna has also been spotted wearing a green gingham dress sipping tea in the parlor a place where Thomas has been seen as well interestingly and I also reportedly had a run-in with a San Diego police one night a Whaley House tour guide named Victor Santana was setting the alarm and as he was punching in the code he heard a woman say quote why are you here which spooked him to the point that he ran out the front door without completing the code setting off the alarm shortly after a San Diego police officer responded to the Whaley House Santana recollects the officer quote claimed there was a woman in a green dress in the parlour and quote but by the time backup arrived the woman in green had disappeared how do you arrest a ghost you can't hey I guess you would have to be a ghost cop you know what i rescind what i said earlier i won't pour tea and full clothes i'll be it goes cop yeah that's actually pretty bad Brian Vergara ghost cop doesn't it sound nice that's awesome I like that guy however the final and perhaps most feared ghost of all is the ghost of Yankee Jim you better watch out of Yankee Jim I'll give you some taffy some folks say they hear him playing a jolly little kazoo - he's not that other ghost that's not a spooky man part of the reason this house is haunted is due to what occurred on the land before the house was constructed in 1852 James Yankee Jim Robinson was sentenced to hang to his death for attempting to steal a boat he was hanged on the gallows off the back of a wagon on the land where the Whaley House day is today this is the grave of Yankee Jim they did you know straight-up murder him for you know stealing a boat he didn't even successfully steal the boat and yet he was still hanged I mean he did get a nice little plaque here that is a bummer you know if I were him I would haunt this place I don't yeah I would do totally you know what Yankee [ __ ] you know what I hope you're riding a speedboat in heaven yeah oh you know he's got a great speed boat up in heaven he you were ahead of your time Yankee Jim rest in peace interestingly enough Thomas Whaley was reportedly in attendance of that hanging it still purchased the land a few years later a decision that would literally haunt him for decades to come Thomas and his family would reportedly hear heavy footsteps in the house an occurrence that Thomas himself would attribute to the ghost of Yankee Jim and away Lee also believed the house was haunted and furthermore believed the property itself was cursed and perhaps accounted for the tragedy that continually befell the family but to finish this off let's spend some time in the parlor which is believed to be one of the most active areas in the house this archway was a spot where old Yankee Jim met his demise and violet was taking when she was shot this is where mrs. Whaley was seen by the policeman I'm gonna I'm gonna try and talk to him in here whoever doesn't were one at a time so it's more private just each of us try to just spend like five minutes alone let's do it before I change your mind I'll go first all right five minutes you're an idiot it's awfully quiet Yankee Jim I hear you're a fan of boats you know I myself would love a boat that we could be quiet now and just embrace the darkness here we go [Music] please do feel free to you know make it stink or change the temperature give me goosebumps you whatever whatever you're feeling maybe you'd like to appear to me now and and sing a little song about boats I tried to talk about boats and didn't work I found it very calming I gotta be honest when my five minutes was up I was kind of bummed because it was it was like a almost like meditation Jane I guess it's my turn okay okay you're gonna be okay Ryan you're gonna be fine if it's any consolation if there's anybody in here I am terrified and if you're scared of me just know that if you show yourself in front of me I'm gonna urinate all over this carpet I do not want to see anybody I'm not talking about God I don't wanna talk to anybody I'm not talking to anybody out I'm losing it I can't okay so what are you missing with me oh my god oh my god do something whispered in my ear I can't [Music] so I sat in here for five minutes they look you locked me in here by myself which I already was against from the beginning something breathed in my right ear and I it was so prominent I thought it was you messing with me I mean I'm honestly in shock right now are you yeah after being dedicated as a historic house on May 25th 1960 the Whaley House has received over 100,000 visitors per year and a countless number of those people report paranormal experiences for there to be so many instances of reported paranormal activity in the house I can certainly believe that it is haunted especially when considering the history but nonetheless whether or not the house is definitively haunted will remain unsolved [Music] but all the ghosts sound like they're just having a laugh you mean the case that Thomas Whaley buying he's blowing smoke in people's face she's having tea in the garden the kids are running around probably laughing goes Johnson goes chasing the ghost dog the ghost cat probably chase deque ghost cats probably chasing around a little builds mice there's a lot going on in this house it sounds like the Pirates of the Caribbean carousel finished chasing each other yeah [Music]

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Keywords: supernatural, buzzfeed, PSSC, investigating, unsolved, ghost hunting, buzzfeedblue, whaley house, ghost

Id: efyvBo5timY

Length: 15min 56sec (956 seconds)

Published: Fri Jan 13 2017