068/069: The Whaley House Tour

Welcome to the Whaley House in Old Town San Diego! Thomas Whaley was a pioneer of San Diego and played a major role in the local community as an avid businessman. He built his beautiful home for himself and his family in 1857, where it continues to stand today as a pillar landmark to San Diego. It is also known as "America's Most Haunted House." In this tour, we talk about its history as well as some hauntings others have experienced. The second part of this tour will include our own personal experiences with this haunted home.

Whaley Family

Violet Whaley

Thomas Whaley

References

• Los Angeles Times - Long Arm of Law Reaches Back to Old Town, 1847 : Restoration of S.D.'s First Courthouse, Set to Begin in January, Marks 4-Year Effort

• San Diego History Center - The Silver Dons, 1833-1865

• UCR California Digital Newspaper Collection - Los Angeles Herald, Volume 1, Number 5, 7 October 1873 "Hanging Yankee Jim"

• San Diego Reader - Antonio Garra

• Los Angeles Times - San Diego History : Garra’s Uprising

• Hidden San Diego - Influencer: Antonio Garra

• Palaband of Mission Hills Indians - Antonio Garra Day

• English Verse - The Bridge of Sighs

• WikiTree - Violet Eloise Whaley (1862 - 1885)

• Ghostly World - The Whaley House

• Save Our Heritage Organisation - Volume 39, Issue 1/2 2008

• Save Our Heritage Organisation - SOHO Lesson Plan: History of a Pioneer Family: The Whaleys

• Vilas Database Forum - Yankee Jim Thread

• SDSU Digital Library - Interview with June Strudwick-Reading, 1977

• Office of Historic Preservation - Whaley House

• The Whaley House Museum Website - Whaley House History

• SDSU Digital Library - Interview with June Strudwick-Reading, 1977 Transcript pt. 1

• SDSU Digital Library - Interview with June Strudwick-Reading, 1977 Transcript pt.2

• Huffpost - San Diego's Historic Whaley House Speaks From Beyond

• Discovery Plus - Ghost Adventures - S11E11 - Whaley House

• YouTube - BuzzFeed Unsolved Network: The Spirits of The Whaley House

• YouTube - Watcher: The Grim Gallows of the Whaley House • Ghost Files

• Discovery Plus - The Holzer Files - S1E3 - A Grave Revenge

• YouTube - Mackie and Amanda: Investigating Americas MOST HAUNTED House...|The Whaley House|

• YouTube - OVERNIGHT: OVERNIGHT in HAUNTED WHALEY HOUSE: Something Evil Attacked Us...

• YouTube - OVERNIGHT: OVERNIGHT in HAUNTED WHALEY HOUSE: Opening The Evil Item

• YouTube - FaZe Rug: Overnight in USA’s Most HAUNTED House (Whaley House)

• Tubi: Haunting of Whaley House movie