We’ve all lived in homes with creaky floors and funny noises, writing them off as the house settling, the wind, or some benign cause. But what if that thump, thump, thump in the attic is something else? Something much more sinister? Are their certain neighborhoods that are more likely to have an unexpected guest of the spooky kind?
That’s what RealtyTrac set out to find as it searched for the Zip codes with the highest density of homes most likely to be haunted. What increases the likelihood of a haunting? According to RealtyTrac, it’s homes that are vacant with a deceased homeowner. While Mobile County, Ala., topped the list with one in 89 homes that is likely to be haunted, Dallas and Fort Worth both had Zip codes with high ratios of haunted homes.
Feeling ghoulish? Jump to see the most haunted Zip codes in Dallas and Fort Worth … if you dare!
Dallas: 75216
There are 49,342 people who live in the 75216 Zip code of Dallas, which includes a significant portion of South Dallas, where there are 36 vacant homes with a deceased owner, coming out to 1 in 537 homes likely to be haunted.
Fort Worth: 76104
Only 16,020 people live in the 76104 Zip code of Fort Worth, which encompasses the Near Southeast, Hillside, and Morningside areas of the city. There are 27 homes that are vacant with a deceased owner, which means you have a 1 in 262 chance of purchasing a home likely to be haunted.
Are the hairs on the back of your neck standing yet? If not, check out the top five most-haunted Zip codes in America according to RealtyTrac.
