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Hill House
Appears in 'The Haunting of Hill House' by Shirley Jackson. Hill House is a mansion in a location that is never specified but is between many hills.
Keyhouse
Appears in the 'Locke & Key' graphic novel series by Joe Hill. Keyhouse is an ancient mansion in New England full of magical keys that unlock various doors, affecting reality in different ways.
Bly Manor
Appears in 'The Turn of the Screw' by Henry James. Bly Manor is a remote country house where unexplainable events take place and where the protagonist serves as the governess to two peculiar children.
Eel Marsh House
Appears in 'The Woman in Black' by Susan Hill. Eel Marsh House is an isolated manor house surrounded by marshland, only accessible via the Nine Lives Causeway.
The House of Usher
Appears in 'The Fall of the House of Usher' by Edgar Allan Poe. The decaying mansion is the ancestral home of Roderick Usher and is characterized by a sense of inescapable doom.
The Riddle House
Appears in 'Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire' by J.K. Rowling. The Riddle House is an abandoned manor in Little Hangleton that was once home to Tom Riddle's family, and is rumored to be cursed.
The Vanishing House
Appears in 'The Little Stranger' by Sarah Waters. The Vanishing House refers to Hundreds Hall, a once-stately Georgian house in Warwickshire that is now losing its grandeur, mirrored by the family's declining fortunes.
The Allerdale Hall
Appears in 'Crimson Peak' by Nancy Holder. Allerdale Hall is an eerie gothic mansion in the English hills, replete with ghosts and secrets, and the residence of the Sharpe family.
Gaudlin Hall
Appears in 'This House is Haunted' by John Boyne. Gaudlin Hall is a Victorian estate in Norfolk with a sinister past and the setting for Eliza Caine's encounters with the supernatural.
Manderley
Appears in 'Rebecca' by Daphne du Maurier. Manderley is an opulent estate owned by the mysterious Maxim de Winter and is overshadowed by the presence of his late wife Rebecca.
The Haunted Palace
Generally accepted as a metaphor for a person's mind, the Haunted Palace appears in a poem of the same name by Edgar Allan Poe which is included within the story 'The Fall of the House of Usher'.
Foxworth Hall
Appears in 'Flowers in the Attic' by V.C. Andrews. Foxworth Hall is a grand but oppressive mansion where the Dollanganger children are kept hidden away in the attic by their cruel grandmother.
The Marsten House
Appears in 'Salem's Lot' by Stephen King. The Marsten House stands abandoned on a hill overlooking the town of Jerusalem's Lot and has an evil presence that predates the main story.
Pyncheon House
Appears in 'The House of the Seven Gables' by Nathaniel Hawthorne. The Pyncheon House is an old New England home rife with a history of death, greed, and the supernatural.
Thornfield Hall
Appears in 'Jane Eyre' by Charlotte Brontë. Thornfield Hall is the grand estate where Jane works as a governess, but it harbors a dark secret in its attic.
Whaley House
Appears in 'Shadows at the Fair' by Lea Wait. Whaley House is considered one of the most haunted houses in America and serves as a setting for mysterious occurrences in this antique-themed mystery novel.
The Overlook Hotel
Appears in 'The Shining' by Stephen King. The Overlook Hotel is a secluded hotel with a haunted history and becomes snowbound during the winter.
The Lutz Residence
Appears in 'The Amityville Horror' by Jay Anson. The Lutz Residence is a suburban home where the Lutz family experiences a series of terrifying supernatural events over 28 days.
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