Tommy FitzpatrickMrs. St. John ELA3-27-14Haunted BuildingsHave you ever had those scary moments where you feel like someone is there, but no one is? Or when you're home alone and you're sure you heard someone or something. When you turn around when you hear something and everything, it's a long dark hallway. In this article you will discover some of the scariest places in America. Imagine walking into one of these buildings alone and hearing a noise or seeing someone or something, but you know you're all alone. Or are you? Norwich State Hospital, the Lizzie Borden House, the Stanley Hotel, the White House, and Oak Alley Plantation are some of the buildings where rapes, beatings, death, hunger, ax murders and slaves. The Lizzie Borden House is one of the most historic haunted houses in America. The house belonged to the Borden family. The Borden family wasn't always rich and famous. The father, Andrew Borden, worked for his money. They lived in a town full of businesses and they didn't live in a big fancy house like all the other business owners. They lived in a small, average house. They lived in the same neighborhood as middle-class workers. Lizzie didn't like it. She wanted to live a rich and classy life. Her father, Andrew, sent her to England with her aunt to live there and try to live a rich life. She hated it. When she was little, around the age of two, Lizzie's mother died. His father, Andrew, remarried. Lizzie didn't like her stepmother even though she didn't really remember her real mother. She never really accepted her stepmother as the person who raised her. And then one afternoon they were stuck in the house among papers on the pebble road so they went out to see who or what was coming to the plantation. When they came out, there was no one and nothing there. One of the plantation office workers said they heard something, so they went to see what it was and saw a group of rocking chairs all rocking at the same time. Another employee said she saw several objects moving on the desks. One of the two tour guides was giving a guided tour when suddenly a candle holder crossed the room. Another staff member reported hearing someone crying inside the mansion. A Mitchell Born employee was working alone one night inside the mansion when he felt someone touch his arm. One of the tour guides was walking around while they didn't have a tour and saw a figure sitting upright in one of the beds. (“Ghost Tales”).