Comments on: “Ghost Hunters”: Mark Twain House

By: Barbara

Barbara — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 21:33:35 +0000

I know someone who works at the Twain house and the reason you dont hear about hauntings prior to the Ghost Hunters episode is b/c the employees were not allowed to discuss it. The museum did not want a “haunted house” reputation. Ghost Hunters did the contacting not the other way around. Many local paranormal groups have gotten contacted for years and years by visitors who have had “paranormal experiences” during their trip to the museum. Personally, I dont think Twain would be upset about the show or the ghost tours, if you know anything about Twain you would know he absolutely loved attention whether it was good or bad. On another note the ghost tours open up a door for a whole new audience. Teenagers, for example, who would normally hate to go to a “boring old house” are fascinated by the ghost tours and realize how interesting history can be and they decide to come back and go on a normal tour during the day. (The tours also focus on the history of spiritualism and clemens connections w/ the paranormal during their time) Of course the show helped get publicity, but lets be realistic, museums need an extra boost to make money. Before you judge the show or the museum, you have to realize if the house closes, a big part of keeping Twain’s legacy alive goes w/ it. P.S Aley you should contact the http://www.marktwainhouse.org just find an email and send it to any employee they should be able to forward it to the proper person.

By: Aley

Aley — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 18:52:32 +0000

On 2/7/10 I took some photographs of various angles of this house. Just recently I noticed that there are several faces in the pictures including a woman looking out of the window. I am not sure who to contact at the museum about this photograph.

By: Steve(damnedct)

Steve(damnedct) — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 13:24:56 +0000

Well put Jean.

By: Jean

Jean — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 05:10:46 +0000

Suzy was Twain’s closest child. I think he’d be furious to think the trustees of his home would exploit her early death and his deep dispair to be in a stupid TV show. After the Twain House, these inarticulate knuckle-bumpers go next door to Harriet Beecher Stowe’s home and walk around asking questions like: “Do you want us to leave? Can you make something move?” Twain and Stowe were giants of our history and culture. I doubt they’d have much to say to people who react to every creak or passing headlight with, “Dude, that’s crazy…What the F*** was that?”

By: Steve(damnedct)

Steve(damnedct) — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 17:54:14 +0000

Just read in the advocate that the house is still having financial troubles, this might of been an attempt to draw more attention. I can’t find anything on this house being haunted prior to the TAPS team going there.

By: Barbie

Barbie — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 01:01:30 +0000

Been there several times with no unusual experiences and also never heard about any hauntings.