Location: upstate New York Phenomena: Clocks run backward, counting down to nothing. Mirrors refuse to reflect anyone who has lied in that room. The attic contains a chalkboard covered in equations that solve for guilt.

Location: abandoned county road, Kansas Distinct feature: No ghosts — only the idea of ghosts, repeated until it curdles. Visitors hear their own worst fear whispered in their mother’s voice. The scarecrow in the north field changes poses.

An Incomplete Registry of Dwellings That Refuse to Stay Empty

Location: Savannah, GA Signature event: A child’s voice humming scales from inside the walls. Piano plays itself after midnight, but only funeral dirges. Real estate listing noted “character” — omitted “occupants from 1887.”