What we have corrected
A public record of our own errors: what an entry claimed, what is true, and the source that settles it.
Corrections, newest first
473 corrections published: 4 coordinates · 310 facts · 158 sources · 1 pattern
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It said: The chronology and the visiting section stated that both 1957 pontianak films are now considered lost.
It is: No source cited on the page says so; the claim has been withdrawn.
Source: BiblioAsia, A History of Singapore Horror (2017)
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Palace Theatre (New York City)
It said: The visiting section said the operator lists the address as 1564 Broadway and the capacity as 1,740 seats, with parking through ParkWhiz and headsets against photo ID.
It is: The operator's page gives 160 West 47th Street and 1,648 seats, sells parking through SpotHero and lends headsets against a contact form; 1564-1566 Broadway is the address in the 1987 landmark designation.
Source: Broadway Direct, Palace Theatre page (Internet Archive capture, 31 August 2026)
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It said: That Okiku's Well is in the Kamiyamanote enclosure of Himeji Castle.
It is: The enclosure is Kami-yamazato (上山里曲輪), two levels below the keep.
Source: Hyōgo Prefectural Museum of History, Hyōgo densetsu kikō, 'Banshū Sarayashiki'
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Oiwa and the Yotsuya Ghost Story
It said: Chronology: the grave attributed to Oiwa was moved from Yotsuya to Sugamo in 1880.
It is: The temple Myōgyō-ji, which holds the grave, moved from Yotsuya to Nishi-Sugamo in 1909.
Source: Japanese Wikipedia, Myōgyō-ji (Toshima), citing Toshima-ku shiseki sanpo (1994).
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It said: Rattlesnake Island and Squally Point are on the western shore, around Okanagan Mountain Provincial Park, and can be seen from the scenic road.
It is: Rattlesnake Island and Squally Point are on the east side of the lake, on the shore of Okanagan Mountain Provincial Park, which has no public roads.
Source: BC Parks, Okanagan Mountain Park; Canadian Geographical Names Database
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It said: The skepticism section said the Dictionary of the Scots Language contains the word nuckelavee exactly once, and that the form 'knoggelvi' comes from the Orkney website Orkneyjar.
It is: The dictionary's NEUGLE entry, which this page already cited, also lists the form nucklavee (1929, Marwick) and gives knoggelvi as an Orkney form with a reference to Jakobsen's dictionary of 1928. The page now says so; Dennison still does not use the word.
Source: Dictionaries of the Scots Language, SND, entry NEUGLE
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The Nine-Tailed Fox and the Scholar
It said: The visiting section put Geumgoksa roughly 20 km north of central Gyeongju, reached by road from Angang.
It is: Geumgoksa, where the pin of this entry sits, is about 9.8 km north-north-west of Gyeongju City Hall and 7.4 km south-west of central Angang-eup.
Source: Distances calculated from OpenStreetMap coordinates on 24 September 2026; Korea Heritage Service record of the Geumgoksa stupa
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It said: That there are no ghost tours at the Capitol, that none of its official tour pages mentions the night watchman, and that the state 'sells no ghost story'.
It is: The state's Office of General Services runs a free Capitol Hauntings Tour every October, and its description asks whether the night watchman who died in the 1911 fire 'still make[s] his rounds'.
Source: New York State Office of General Services, Capitol Hauntings Tours page (read 24 September 2026) and news release of 16 September 2025.
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It said: Four book references linked to Internet Archive items that do not exist, and the Isis report of 1968 was listed as a newspaper source while linking to Wikipedia.
It is: The book links now point to real catalogue records of the same editions, and the Isis entry is described as what it is: the Wikipedia article on the lane, which cites Marilyn Yurdan's 2002 book for the 1968 report.
Source: Internet Archive metadata API and Open Library, checked 24 September 2026; Wikipedia, New College Lane
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It said: The Spanish travel advice recommends avoiding Acapulco; the warning names Acapulco, not Taxco. The Museo Nacional de Antropología opens Tuesday to Sunday, 9:00 to 19:00.
It is: The same advice lists the whole State of Guerrero, where Atenango and Taxco lie, among the risk zones to be avoided, with a specific warning on Acapulco. The museum opens Tuesday to Sunday, 9:00 to 18:00.
Source: Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, travel advice for Mexico (updated 24 July 2026), and INAH, Museo Nacional de Antropología visitor information, both consulted 24 September 2026
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It said: Thirteen references (the construction start in 1926, the USS Oregon searchlight and its broken hoisting boom, the opening in 1927, the Leo the Lion show, the 1931 robbery, the managers from 1934 to 1977, and the 1996 and 2002 ghost articles) were presented as Bellingham Herald articles consulted directly.
It is: All thirteen link to the English Wikipedia article on the Mount Baker Theatre, which cites those Herald reports; the newspaper pages themselves were not consulted. Each reference now names Wikipedia and gives the Herald article as what Wikipedia cites.
Source: Wikipedia, "Mount Baker Theatre" (History, Events, Architecture, Managers and Ghosts sections).
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Morrill Hall (University of Maryland)
It said: The visiting section said the 2012 paranormal team spent two nights inside the building, and the chronology placed it in Marie Mount Hall as well.
It is: The team's report dates the expedition to 12-13 May 2012 and covers Morrill Hall and the Rossborough Inn with its Carriage House; it does not mention Marie Mount Hall or give a number of nights.
Source: Maryland Paranormal Research, University of Maryland Ghost Expedition (2012).
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Montgomery House Bed and Breakfast
It said: The visiting section said the film's own website went dark after 2012 and that the domain was then taken over by spam.
It is: Internet Archive captures show the site carrying the film's pages unchanged from 2012 until at least April 2021; by October 2022 the domain no longer carried the film.
Source: Internet Archive Wayback Machine, captures of montgomeryhousehaunting.com, 2009-2026.
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It said: Visiting block: adult admission around £21 online and £23.50 at the door, children £13 and £15.
It is: 2026 prices (from February): £25.00 / £18.00 (Essential) and £28.50 / £21.00 (Standard), adult / child 5-15.
Source: The Real Mary King's Close, Opening Times and Prices (read 24 September 2026).
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It said: That the close was sealed in the 1750s, when the Royal Exchange was built on top of it.
It is: It was partly built over from 1753; its last residents, the Chesney family, stayed until 1902, when the building was extended and the rest of the close was sealed.
Source: Lucy Dodsworth, On the Luce (updated January 2026); Historic Environment Scotland, listed building record LB17597.
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Maria Makiling, Guardian of the Mountain
It said: The visiting section said the website of the Makiling Center for Mountain Ecosystems could not be reached and had no Internet Archive capture, so no opening hours or fees could be given; it also said the 1990 law protects the hot springs as a hydro-geothermal watershed.
It is: The address checked (mcme.uplb.edu.ph) is not the centre's: it publishes at makiling.center, whose trail access protocol (last modified 22 September 2026) gives hours, fee and registration rules. Republic Act No. 6967 orders the university to preserve the reserve's watershed areas for the development of hydro-geothermal power.
Source: Makiling Center for Mountain Ecosystems, access protocol for the Mariang Makiling Trail; Republic Act No. 6967 (1990)
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It said: That the only location given for the wooden house was the writer's own guess, in reply to a reader.
It is: The guess ('probably near the Witthayu Road side') was posted on 19 June 2014 by the blogger who reposted Thakerng Somsap's story on OKnation, not by Thakerng himself.
Source: OKnation blog 'nfedlion', entry of 18 June 2014, comment 13 (archived 2 April 2015).
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It said: Loftushall, in the civil parish of Templetown; the National Inventory gives the position as ITM 274615, 100138.
It is: The townland of Loftushall belongs to the civil parish of Hook, not Templetown; the coordinates 274615, 100138 on the National Inventory record are Irish Grid, not ITM. The civil parish has been removed from the entry.
Source: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, Reg. No. 15705401 (coordinates checked against the entry's own pin)
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It said: The council set aside £53,000 a year for the building's upkeep.
It is: The Caerphilly Observer reports that around £53,000 was set aside for upkeep, without saying per year.
Source: Caerphilly Observer, 23 Dec 2024
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It said: The visiting section gave the kärnten.museum's hours as Tuesday to Sunday from 10.00 to 17.00, with a late opening on Thursdays.
It is: The museum's own page (24 September 2026) gives Tuesday to Saturday 10:00-17:00, Thursday to 19:00 and Sunday 11:00-16:00.
Source: Landesmuseum Kärnten, kärnten.museum Klagenfurt
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It said: The visiting section said the Ormsteiti festival now falls in September, and that entry to the East Iceland Heritage Museum is free under 17.
It is: The municipality of Múlaþing announced the 2026 festival on 20 August 2026 as taking place that weekend (the 2023 edition had been in September); the museum charges from the age of 18 and is free at 17 and under.
Source: Múlaþing, "Ormsteiti haldið um helgina", 20 August 2026; Minjasafn Austurlands website (read 24 September 2026).
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It said: That estantigua comes from the Latin hostem antiquam, "the ancient host", and that the word travelled with the belief.
It is: Joan Corominas derives it from the Latin hostis antiquus, "the old enemy", the Church Fathers' name for the devil; the feminine hueste antigua is a later Castilian change due to the gender of hueste, "army". He traces the belief to the Germanic night ride of Wodan and considers the name clerical Latin.
Source: Joan Corominas and José A. Pascual, Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico, entry «estantigua».
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It said: That the medieval hafgufa was a fish mistaken for an island that lured fish by belching up a slick, that no Norse text used the word kraken, and that Salvador and Tomotani held the identification of these traditions with the giant squid to be retrospective, made after 1857.
It is: Salvador and Tomotani write that the hafgufa and the lyngbakr shared with the kraken a size as big as an island or mountain and a readiness to attack ships, and have been treated as the same monster; they also state that the kraken legends were based on sightings of giant squid. The lure, the mistaken island and the claim about the word kraken have no source in the entry and have been removed.
Source: Rodrigo B. Salvador and Barbara M. Tomotani, "The Kraken: when myth encounters science", História, Ciências, Saúde-Manguinhos 21 (3), 2014.
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Kingseat Hospital (New Zealand)
It said: The heritage schedule of the Kingseat Precinct protects two ancillary buildings including the laundry; Asylum Paintball shares Spookers' street address and telephone number.
It is: The schedule protects six ancillary buildings (items A.62 to A.67, from the laundry to the woodwork building); Asylum Paintball shares the street address but gives a different telephone number.
Source: Auckland Unitary Plan, I418 Kingseat Precinct, schedule 1 (July 2026); asylumpaintball.co.nz and spookers.co.nz, read 24 September 2026
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It said: The visiting section said the house had been continuously lived in since 1858.
It is: The National Historic Landmark nomination records continuous private ownership, but the house was boarded up after 1899 and vacant by the early 1950s.
Source: Robert Mellown and Robert Gamble, National Historic Landmark Nomination: Kenworthy Hall (2003).
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It said: Douglas is about forty miles east of Casper.
It is: Douglas is about 77 km (48 miles) east of Casper in a straight line.
Source: Calculated from the town centres' coordinates
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It said: The museum's visitor guide gives opening hours of 08:00-14:00 and 16:00-20:00 Saturday to Thursday and 16:00-20:00 on Friday.
It is: That timetable comes from the website of a Salalah tour operator, not from the museum, and other listings give different hours; it has been removed.
Source: beautifulsalalah.com (Beautiful Salalah Tours), read 24 September 2026
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It said: That Inverlochy runs no ghost tour and sells no ticket.
It is: As of 23 September 2026 the Inverlochy Art School's course list offers a Halloween "Heritage tour at the Haunted Inverlochy House": two sessions on Sunday 25 October 2026, at NZ$25 each.
Source: Inverlochy Art School, course list and booking page (inverlochy.org.nz), consulted 23 September 2026.
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It said: Admission checked on 12 August 2026: adult £16.20, senior or student £14.00, child £10.50, family £52.50; gardens only adult £12.00.
It is: The castle's 2026 prices are adult £18.50, senior or student £16.00, child £12.00, family £60.00; gardens only £10.00. The adult price was already £18.50 in April 2026.
Source: inveraray-castle.com/visit (24 September 2026; Wayback capture 12 April 2026)
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It said: The castle's own website never mentions the ghost: no harper, no galley; 'where a hotel would sell the story, the Campbells do not'.
It is: The castle's website tells the harper story itself, in its first-floor guide (MacArthur Room) and its timeline, and did so at least since January 2025.
Source: inveraray-castle.com, first floor and clan timeline (Wayback capture 13 January 2025; live site 24 September 2026)
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It said: The municipality ran a programme of safety upgrades at Howick Falls through 2024, including perimeter fencing and railings on the viewing-platform steps; its notice is dated July 2024 and its text could not be read.
It is: The municipal post is dated 11 April 2024, its text is preserved in the archive capture of 9 July 2024, and it reports only handrails installed on the stairs leading to the viewing area; it does not mention perimeter fencing.
Source: uMngeni Local Municipality, «Continuation of upgrades at Howick Falls precinct» (11 April 2024), Wayback Machine capture of 9 July 2024
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It said: The visiting section and the chronology described the Invunche statue in the Plaza de Armas of Ancud as a municipal artwork of the last few decades.
It is: The only source in the file, the Wikimedia Commons record, describes a statue of the Invunche in the Plaza de Ancud photographed on 22 February 2012 and says nothing about who commissioned it or when.
Source: Wikimedia Commons, File:Invunche Ancud.png (Lufke, 2012).
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It said: Reference: Kathryn Tucker Windham, 13 Alabama Ghosts and Jeffrey, University of Alabama Press, 1969 (linking to Wikipedia).
It is: The link is Wikipedia's article on the book; the first edition of 1969 was published by Strode Publishers.
Source: Wikipedia, 13 Alabama Ghosts and Jeffrey (read 24 September 2026).
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It said: The San Francisco lawyer Alan May argued in the 1980s that the bullet found in Kate Morgan's head did not match her gun.
It is: The source cited describes Alan M. May as a San Diego lawyer who declared that Kate Morgan was his great-great-grandmother and paid for her gravestone; it does not attribute the bullet theory to him.
Source: Randy Dotinga, Voice of San Diego, 31 October 2011
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It said: Built in 1905; primary sources confirm 1905.
It is: The date is not established: traintrestle.com gives 1905 as 'not confirmed yet' and Senator Merkley's 2010 request says about 1910.
Source: traintrestle.com (archived 2017); Senator Jeff Merkley (2010)
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It said: traintrestle.com explicitly states there is no mention of strange sightings, ghosts or hauntings.
It is: traintrestle.com simply does not mention them; the sentence quoted is That Oregon Life's description of that website (2015).
Source: That Oregon Life (2015); traintrestle.com (archived 2017)
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It said: The trestle was rebuilt in 1947 after a fire on Cornelius Pass, as documented by Senator Merkley.
It is: Senator Merkley's 2010 request dates the rebuild to approximately 1947 and mentions no fire; the Cornelius Pass fire, in 1994, destroyed a different trestle.
Source: Senator Jeff Merkley, FY 2011 THUD appropriations requests (2010); traintrestle.com (archived 2017)
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It said: The Hodag Country Festival drew around 500 people in 1978, now draws over 25,000 a day and reached its 49th edition in 2026.
It is: The festival's own list numbers the 2026 edition (9-12 July) as the 48th; the 49th is set for July 2027. The attendance figures had no source in this file and have been removed.
Source: Hodag Country Festival, past performers list (hodag.com)
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It said: The Ninestone Rig circle was formally scheduled on 23 January 2002.
It is: It was scheduled on 14 February 1958; 23 January 2002 is the date of the last amendment to the record.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland, scheduled monument SM1688
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It said: The Naugatuck Historical Society records that the family kept buying […] until the holding ran to some eight hundred acres.
It is: The Historical Society says the Gunn land reached the Derby line; the figure of eight hundred acres is Constance McLaughlin Green's.
Source: Constance McLaughlin Green, History of Naugatuck, Connecticut (1948), p. 26
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It said: The Naugatuck Historical Society runs guided tours of the cemetery with costumed characters from local history on 10 and 11 October [2014].
It is: Withdrawn: no source for these tours could be found, and the report cited for that entry does not mention them.
Source: Feroze Dhanoa, Naugatuck Patch, 15 October 2014
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It said: There is no gate […] Every account of the cemetery […] notes that there are no posted hours.
It is: Damned Connecticut describes the plot as enclosed by a stone wall and an iron gate, and the Grove Cemetery Association, which maintains it, publishes its hours as dawn to dusk.
Source: Ray Bendici, Damned Connecticut (2009); Grove Cemetery Association of Naugatuck, Cemeteries page (consulted 24 September 2026)
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It said: Since 2016 Gunntown Passive Park has been a Connecticut Freedom Trail site with a bronze plaque.
It is: The Connecticut Freedom Trail Planning Committee voted to add the park in January 2013; a dedication and a bronze plaque were announced for that September.
Source: Luke Marshall, 'Gunntown now part of freedom trail', Citizen's News, 23 January 2013
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Grandmaster's Palace, Valletta
It said: The chronology entry for 1921 (parliament in the Tapestry Hall until 1976) was attributed to the Times of Malta feature 'Malta's most haunted'.
It is: That feature does not mention the parliament; the Times of Malta report of 4 May 2015 on the inauguration of Parliament House does.
Source: Times of Malta, 4 May 2015 (archived 4 March 2016).
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It said: The driver who killed Robert Carr in 2003 turned herself in the next day.
It is: The State Police release reproduced by the source says she was arrested the next day.
Source: Paranormal & Ghost Society, goodleburg2.htm
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It said: The hours, the $125 fine and the private-land warning were presented as a notice the town circulated in 2006.
It is: They come from a passage added to the English Wikipedia article on 27 November 2006 by an anonymous editor, who described it as a newspaper excerpt; the file now says so.
Source: English Wikipedia, revision 90537903
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It said: The visiting section gave, as the site's future, a 2016 warning that Gibraltar Point could split in two within twenty years without intervention.
It is: The intervention was carried out: the TRCA completed a nearshore reef and a groyne in 2020 and a sand dune whose construction phase ended in spring 2023.
Source: Toronto and Region Conservation Authority, Gibraltar Point Erosion Control Project
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The Ghost of Mae Nak Phra Khanong
It said: That Pee Mak (2013) took about 556 million baht in Thailand and more than a billion worldwide.
It is: The101.world gives 559.59 million baht and calls it the highest-grossing Thai film of all time; the Thai Film Archive's registry entry estimates its total across Thailand, not worldwide, at more than 1,000 million baht.
Source: Naris Charaschanyawong, The101.world (2022); Thai Film Archive, National Film Heritage Registry, record 200.
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It said: In 2017 the business was bought by Michael Buchwald (attributed in the chronology to Seattle Refined).
It is: The Seattle Refined article does not mention the sale or its year, and no other source in the entry does; the sentence has been removed.
Source: Rebecca Mongrain, Seattle Refined, 3 April 2017
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It said: The episode record for The Proof Is Out There linked to a TVmaze page.
It is: The link led to a different programme (Take Two, ABC); it now points to the record of season 2, episode 26 of The Proof Is Out There.
Source: TVmaze
Log updated on October 06, 2026.