This site of this 1923 building was formerly the location of a hangman’s tree, and is rumoured to be one of the creepiest places in town. Staff working in the building have reported encountering a bearded man dressed in black peering over the staircase, and staring down into the street at night. Other reports indicate that staff and visitors have suffered asthmatic attacks despite having no previous history of the illness and that sightings of a man in green overalls accompanied by cold spots have occurred on several occasions.
(Submitted by Callum Swift)
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Geographic Information
- Address:
- 542 Main Street
Placerville, CA
United States
Get Directions » - GPS:
- 38.7292309, -120.7982111
- County:
- El Dorado County, California
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Actually Hangman’s Tree bar is directly on top of Hangman’s tree. You can tell by the tree stump in the basement and the historic plaque on the front of the building.
I lived across the freeway from hangmans tree.toworads gold bug mine.in a old house turned into a duplex.it was haunted in one room the masterbedroom.there was a bad filling that would over come me.i seen the wall breathing.i my husband left one night and said to me,dont let the walls breathing scare you.hours before he said that.it seen them breathing.i said no way how do you know that.causebhe seen them doing it to. placerville has alot off ghosts