Why it's spooky: Don't let the cozy interior fool you, the Hobo Hill House is reportedly as haunted as they come. One hundred years after it was built in 1910, the historic home caught the attention of Aaron and Erin Clark, who purchased and renovated the property in 2017.

Haunted houses, in scary movies and books at least, tend to come with a slew of the same spooky elements. These are places where lights flicker, barely audible disembodied voices are heard, and items seemingly move by themselves.

If you are looking for a spot that will give you goosebumps at Halloween – or any time of the year – these real haunted houses in Philadelphia

The main house at Thornbury Farm dates to 1709. Its original section was built with stone quarried on the site and got expanded roughly every 80 years or so. The farmstead was the site of the final action in the 1777 Battle of Brandywine, where British forces fired on troops bearing the American flag for the first time.

A tour of the spooky and gorgeous Savannah, Ga., home immortalized in ‘Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil’ left our reporter wishing she could have attended the legendary parties hosted by the antiques dealer who shot his alleged lover there.

I’ve had people wet themselves, you know do “number two.” I’ve had people blow through these walls, that is what makes me happy," said Chairman of the Haunted House and President of the United Volunteers of Maine Steven Humphrey.