Violet Grimm knew something was wrong when Ruthie, her tenant, came to the door. She looked tired, and she seemed preoccupied and nervous. She was hoping that Violet’s husband, Howard, could help her with some luggage. H.J. Mapes was the baggageman on the train that night. He’d been with the Southern Pacific Railroad for 23 years and had managed thousands of bags, so he knew right away that something was wrong with the large steamer trunk that had been loaded in Phoenix. He noticed a strange smell and then when he looked closer, he was sure that it was leaking blood.

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As Peal handed the rice around the table, Douglas reached for the bowl, but Pearl quickly moved it out of his reach. “You’ve got enough on your plate,” she told the little boy. She pushed it past him and placed it in front of her stepdaughter, Leona. She knew that rice was one of the little girl’s favorite foods.

“There you are, dear,” Pearl smiled widely at the girl. “Please help yourself....”

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For decades, stories circulated about the “most haunted house in America.” And the whispers told of bizarre murders, gruesome deaths, human experimentation, and visits to the house inspired not only horror stories but even a great inventor’s fascination with death and the afterworld. If any home in the country deserved the moniker of America’s most haunted house, it was this one. However, only some of what you have heard is true...

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