SOURCES
SOURCES
Every source behind the map, the stories and the registry — the ones we used, the ones we checked and set aside, and the leads not yet read, each with the reason. Where a work is under copyright you see only the passage we relied on and a link to the rest; public-domain books open in full in the Reading Room.
66 OF 1077 SOURCES
WEB · CC BY-SA 4.0 (WIKIPEDIA TEXT) · CHECKED 2026-10-07
CHECKED — NOT USEDAccabadora
Wikipedia (Italian)
Italian Wikipedia 'Accabadora' is about Michela Murgia's 2009 novel, not the practice or the mallet.
WEB · CC BY-SA 4.0 (WIKIPEDIA TEXT) · CHECKED 2026-10-31
CHECKED — NOT USEDAchilleion (Corfu)
Wikipedia (English)
No claims in the article.
WEB · CC BY-SA 4.0 (WIKIPEDIA TEXT) · CHECKED 2026-09-29
CHECKED — NOT USEDBaleroy Mansion
Wikipedia (English)
The 'chair of death' rests only on George Meade Easby's own accounts; contents auctioned or donated in 2012, chair untraced.
WEB · CC BY-SA 4.0 (WIKIPEDIA TEXT) · CHECKED 2026-10-31
CHECKED — NOT USEDBasilica Cistern
Wikipedia (English)
No claims in the article.
WEB · CC BY-SA 4.0 (WIKIPEDIA TEXT) · CHECKED 2026-10-01
CHECKED — NOT USEDBeelitz-Heilstätten
Wikipedia (German)
Real crimes nearby, no haunting claim in the article.
OTHER · CHECKED 2026-09-29
CHECKED — NOT USEDBela Lugosi's mirror (Zak Bagans' The Haunted Museum)
Only the museum's own account of the mirror; no independent record of its history found. Same rule as Peggy and Harold in batch 1.
WEB · CC BY-SA 4.0 (WIKIPEDIA TEXT) · CHECKED 2026-09-29
CHECKED — NOT USEDBelcourt of Newport
Wikipedia (English)
Checked for the haunted chairs (batch-1 lead): nothing about the chairs; the 2012 sale is recorded but the chairs are untraced.
WEB · CC BY-SA 4.0 (WIKIPEDIA TEXT) · CHECKED 2026-10-31
CHECKED — NOT USEDBellapais Abbey
Wikipedia (English)
No claims in the article.
WEB · CHECKED 2026-09-29
CHECKED — NOT USEDBlack Aggie — Smithsonian stories page
Smithsonian Institution
Guessed address returned 403 Forbidden on 2026-09-29; no Smithsonian page on the statue was found.
WEB · CC BY-SA 4.0 (WIKIPEDIA TEXT) · CHECKED 2026-10-04
CHECKED — NOT USEDBouya Omar
Wikipedia (English)
A census stub: nothing on the shrine. LEAD — the shrine where the mentally ill were chained needs a real source.
WEB · CC BY-SA 4.0 (WIKIPEDIA TEXT) · CHECKED 2026-10-31
CHECKED — NOT USEDBuffavento Castle
Wikipedia (English)
A founding legend only, not paranormal.
WEB · CC BY-SA 4.0 (WIKIPEDIA TEXT) · CHECKED 2026-10-01
CHECKED — NOT USEDBurg Lockenhaus
Wikipedia (German)
Only the disputed Templar theory; no haunting, no Báthory passage. LEAD.
WEB · CC BY-SA 4.0 (WIKIPEDIA TEXT) · CHECKED 2026-09-24
CHECKED — NOT USEDCentral Cemetery of Bogotá
Wikipedia (English)
No tradition recorded in the article; the haunted-places list has one unreferenced line. The Leo Kopp wish-whispering custom is in neither source.
WEB · CC BY-SA 4.0 (WIKIPEDIA TEXT) · CHECKED 2026-10-31
CHECKED — NOT USEDChâteau de Saint-Hilarion
Wikipedia (French)
No claims in the article.
WEB · CC BY-SA 4.0 (WIKIPEDIA TEXT) · CHECKED 2026-10-01
CHECKED — NOT USEDChillon Castle
Wikipedia (English)
Nothing paranormal in the article.
WEB · CC BY-SA 4.0 (WIKIPEDIA TEXT) · CHECKED 2026-10-01
CHECKED — NOT USEDDer Schmied von Göschenen
Wikipedia (German)
A novel's plot summary (Robert Schedler); not used as a record of the legend.
WEB · CC BY-SA 4.0 (WIKIPEDIA TEXT) · CHECKED 2026-09-24
CHECKED — NOT USEDDevil's Island
Wikipedia (English)
French Guiana. A penal colony with a dreadful record and no paranormal claim on the record.
WEB · CC BY-SA 4.0 (WIKIPEDIA TEXT) · CHECKED 2026-09-30
CHECKED — NOT USEDEl Familiar
Wikipedia (English)
A stub; a region-wide sugar-mill tradition with no single place.
WEB · CC BY-SA 4.0 (WIKIPEDIA TEXT) · CHECKED 2026-10-31
CHECKED — NOT USEDFort Ricasoli
Wikipedia (English)
No ghost claims in the article.
WEB · CC BY-SA 4.0 (WIKIPEDIA TEXT) · CHECKED 2026-10-31
CHECKED — NOT USEDFort St. Angelo
Wikipedia (English)
No ghost claims in the article.
WEB · CC BY-SA 4.0 (WIKIPEDIA TEXT) · CHECKED 2026-10-01
CHECKED — NOT USEDGeeraard de Duivelsteen
Wikipedia (Dutch)
The 'devil' is the knight's nickname and a comic-book demon.
WEB · CC BY-SA 4.0 (WIKIPEDIA TEXT) · CHECKED 2026-10-04
CHECKED — NOT USEDGhadames
Wikipedia (English)
Nothing paranormal recorded.
WEB · CC BY-SA 4.0 (WIKIPEDIA TEXT) · CHECKED 2026-10-01
CHECKED — NOT USEDGravensteen (Gent)
Wikipedia (Dutch)
Listed as a 'spookkasteel'; nothing about a haunting in its article. LEAD.
WEB · CC BY-SA 4.0 (WIKIPEDIA TEXT) · CHECKED 2026-09-29
CHECKED — NOT USEDHotel Galvez
Wikipedia (English)
Checked for the haunted portrait (batch-1 lead): the article mentions only room 501. No source for the portrait found.
WEB · CC BY-SA 4.0 (WIKIPEDIA TEXT) · CHECKED 2026-09-30
CHECKED — NOT USEDHumberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works
Wikipedia (English)
Ghost towns, UNESCO site; no paranormal claim in the article. LEAD.
WEB · CC BY-SA 4.0 (WIKIPEDIA TEXT) · CHECKED 2026-10-04
CHECKED — NOT USEDHypatia (stone)
Wikipedia (English)
Meteoritics; nothing paranormal.
WEB · CC BY-SA 4.0 (WIKIPEDIA TEXT) · CHECKED 2026-10-31
CHECKED — NOT USEDInquisitor's Palace
Wikipedia (English)
No ghost claims in the article.
WEB · CC BY-SA 4.0 (WIKIPEDIA TEXT) · CHECKED 2026-09-24
CHECKED — NOT USEDJodensavanne
Wikipedia (English)
Suriname. History only; no paranormal tradition in the article.
WEB · CC BY-SA 4.0 (WIKIPEDIA TEXT) · CHECKED 2026-09-24
CHECKED — NOT USEDJonestown
Wikipedia (English)
Guyana. A real mass murder-suicide with no paranormal claim attached — not the map's business (the Lake Bodom rule). Not fetched.
WEB · CC BY-SA 4.0 (WIKIPEDIA TEXT) · CHECKED 2026-09-24
CHECKED — NOT USEDKaieteur Falls
Wikipedia (English)
Guyana. The Patamona legend of the old man Kai is a sacrifice legend, not a paranormal tradition.
WEB · CC BY-SA 4.0 (WIKIPEDIA TEXT) · CHECKED 2026-09-24
CHECKED — NOT USEDKanaima
Wikipedia (English)
Guyana. Kanaima — the sorcerers of Wapishana, Patamuna and other highland Guianese belief — has only a disambiguation line on Wikipedia, no article. A real tradition with no place anchor; waits for one (Neil Whitehead's ethnography would be the place to start).
WEB · CC BY-SA 4.0 (WIKIPEDIA TEXT) · CHECKED 2026-10-31
CHECKED — NOT USEDKantara Castle
Wikipedia (English)
No claims in the article.
WEB · CC BY-SA 4.0 (WIKIPEDIA TEXT) · CHECKED 2026-10-01
CHECKED — NOT USEDKasteel Ooidonk
Wikipedia (Dutch)
Listed as a 'spookkasteel'; nothing about a haunting in its article. LEAD.
WEB · CC BY-SA 4.0 (WIKIPEDIA TEXT) · CHECKED 2026-10-04
CHECKED — NOT USEDKebira Crater
Wikipedia (English)
Proposed impact structure; nothing paranormal.
WEB · CC BY-SA 4.0 (WIKIPEDIA TEXT) · CHECKED 2026-10-31
CHECKED — NOT USEDKerkouane
Wikipedia (English)
No claims in the article.
WEB · CC BY-SA 4.0 (WIKIPEDIA TEXT) · CHECKED 2026-10-31
CHECKED — NOT USEDKolossi Castle
Wikipedia (English)
No claims in the article.
WEB · CC BY-SA 4.0 (WIKIPEDIA TEXT) · CHECKED 2026-10-31
CHECKED — NOT USEDKotor
Wikipedia (English)
No claims in the article.
WEB · CC BY-SA 4.0 (WIKIPEDIA TEXT) · CHECKED 2026-10-31
CHECKED — NOT USEDLake Vouliagmeni
Wikipedia (English)
No claims in the article.
WEB · CC BY-SA 4.0 (WIKIPEDIA TEXT) · CHECKED 2026-10-07
CHECKED — NOT USEDLee Penny
Wikipedia (English)
English Wikipedia 'Lee Penny' is a rugby league player, not the charm-stone.
WEB · CC BY-SA 4.0 (WIKIPEDIA TEXT) · CHECKED 2026-10-04
CHECKED — NOT USEDLeptis Magna
Wikipedia (English)
Nothing paranormal recorded.
WEB · CC BY-SA 4.0 (WIKIPEDIA TEXT) · CHECKED 2026-10-04
CHECKED — NOT USEDLibyan desert glass
Wikipedia (English)
Impact glass, origin debated; nothing paranormal claimed.
WEB · CC BY-SA 4.0 (WIKIPEDIA TEXT) · CHECKED 2026-10-04
CHECKED — NOT USEDLuna Park, Cairo
Wikipedia (English)
Amusement park turned WWI hospital; nothing paranormal recorded.
WEB · CC BY-SA 4.0 (WIKIPEDIA TEXT) · CHECKED 2026-10-31
CHECKED — NOT USEDManoel Theatre
Wikipedia (English)
No ghost claims in the article.
WEB · CC BY-SA 4.0 (WIKIPEDIA TEXT) · CHECKED 2026-09-24
CHECKED — NOT USEDMarcahuasi
Wikipedia (English)
Erosion and pareidolia; the paranormal claims (Ruzo, Williamson) appear only as bibliography, not as recorded claims.
WEB · CC BY-SA 4.0 (WIKIPEDIA TEXT) · CHECKED 2026-10-31
CHECKED — NOT USEDMdina
Wikipedia (English)
No ghost claims in the article.
WEB · CC BY-SA 4.0 (WIKIPEDIA TEXT) · CHECKED 2026-10-04
CHECKED — NOT USEDMedracen
Wikipedia (English)
Numidian mausoleum; nothing paranormal recorded.
WEB · CC BY-SA 4.0 (WIKIPEDIA TEXT) · CHECKED 2026-09-30
CHECKED — NOT USEDMolyobka
Wikipedia (English)
Checked for the 'Perm Triangle' (M-triangle): a 140-character stub with nothing citable. LEAD.
WEB · CC BY-SA 4.0 (WIKIPEDIA TEXT) · CHECKED 2026-09-24
CHECKED — NOT USEDMuseum of Congress and the Inquisition
Wikipedia (English)
1,474 tried, 32 executed, 1569–1820 — Judaizers and heresy. No witchcraft record in the source.
WEB · CC BY-SA 4.0 (WIKIPEDIA TEXT) · CHECKED 2026-10-31
CHECKED — NOT USEDOthello Castle
Wikipedia (English)
No claims in the article.
WEB · CC BY-SA 4.0 (WIKIPEDIA TEXT) · CHECKED 2026-09-24
CHECKED — NOT USEDPalace of the Inquisition (Cartagena, Colombia)
Wikipedia (English)
Tribunal record is of Judaizers and floggings (3–5 executions); the displayed torture devices are described as mostly later fabrications. No witchcraft or possession record in the source.
WEB · CC BY-SA 4.0 (WIKIPEDIA TEXT) · CHECKED 2026-09-30
CHECKED — NOT USEDPalacio Salvo
Wikipedia (Spanish)
No legend or haunting recorded in the Spanish or English article.
WEB · CC BY-SA 4.0 (WIKIPEDIA TEXT) · CHECKED 2026-09-24
CHECKED — NOT USEDPeruvian Inquisition
Wikipedia (English)
Background to the Lima tribunal; no paranormal record.
WEB · CC BY-SA 4.0 (WIKIPEDIA TEXT) · CHECKED 2026-09-30
CHECKED — NOT USEDSan Clemente, Chile
Wikipedia (English)
Checked for the Ruta OVNI: the article does not mention it. LEAD for the trail itself.
WEB · CC BY-SA 4.0 (WIKIPEDIA TEXT) · CHECKED 2026-10-04
CHECKED — NOT USEDSaqqara Bird
Wikipedia (English)
An object in the Egyptian Museum; the aircraft claim fails (Bremen CFD 2023). LEAD for the objects registry.
WEB · CC BY-SA 4.0 (WIKIPEDIA TEXT) · CHECKED 2026-10-31
CHECKED — NOT USEDSelmun Palace
Wikipedia (English)
No ghost claims in the article.
WEB · CC BY-SA 4.0 (WIKIPEDIA TEXT) · CHECKED 2026-10-01
CHECKED — NOT USEDSlot Loevestein
Wikipedia (Dutch)
Listed as a 'spookkasteel'; its article has the Herman de Ruyter gunpowder legend only.
WEB · CC BY-SA 4.0 (WIKIPEDIA TEXT) · CHECKED 2026-10-31
CHECKED — NOT USEDSpinalonga
Wikipedia (English)
No ghost claims in the article.
WEB · CC BY-SA 4.0 (WIKIPEDIA TEXT) · CHECKED 2026-10-01
CHECKED — NOT USEDSpinnerin am Kreuz (Wien)
Wikipedia (German)
A waiting-wife legend, not paranormal; the gallows site beside it is history only.
WEB · CC BY-SA 4.0 (WIKIPEDIA TEXT) · CHECKED 2026-10-31
CHECKED — NOT USEDTatoi Palace
Wikipedia (English)
No ghost claims in the article.
WEB · CC BY-SA 4.0 (WIKIPEDIA TEXT) · CHECKED 2026-09-30
CHECKED — NOT USEDTrauco
Wikipedia (English)
A region-wide Chiloé tradition with no single place; not mapped.
WEB · CC BY-SA 4.0 (WIKIPEDIA TEXT) · CHECKED 2026-10-31
CHECKED — NOT USEDVarosha, Famagusta
Wikipedia (English)
'Ghost town' only in the sense of abandoned.
WEB · CC BY-SA 4.0 (WIKIPEDIA TEXT) · CHECKED 2026-09-30
CHECKED — NOT USEDVilla Epecuén
Wikipedia (English)
A real ghost town (flooded 1985) with no paranormal claim in the article. LEAD.
WEB · CC BY-SA 4.0 (WIKIPEDIA TEXT) · CHECKED 2026-10-04
CHECKED — NOT USEDWadi Mathendous
Wikipedia (English)
Rock art; nothing paranormal recorded.
WEB · CC BY-SA 4.0 (WIKIPEDIA TEXT) · CHECKED 2026-10-04
CHECKED — NOT USEDWaw an Namus
Wikipedia (English)
Volcano; 'oasis of mosquitoes'; nothing paranormal.
WEB · CC BY-SA 4.0 (WIKIPEDIA TEXT) · CHECKED 2026-09-30
CHECKED — NOT USEDWill-o'-the-wisp
Wikipedia (English)
Checked for the Luz Mala; region-wide, no single place.
WEB · CC BY-SA 4.0 (WIKIPEDIA TEXT) · CHECKED 2026-09-24
CHECKED — NOT USEDWinti
Wikipedia (English)
Suriname. A living Afro-Surinamese religion of spirit possession with no place anchor in the source; waits for one.