My Haunted Manor, USA
There’s something about the Samuel Miller Mansion in Pennsylvania that sticks with you. Maybe it’s the towering architecture that looms like it’s watching you. Maybe it’s the strange stillness that hums through the walls when no one’s talking. Or maybe it’s the fact that this historic building isn’t just haunted—it’s alive with stories, secrets, and more than a few unexplained visitors.
Welcome to My Haunted Manor USA, the American branch of an ambitious international paranormal project that doesn’t just dabble in ghosts—it digs deep into them, scientifically and historically, with cameras rolling around the clock. But this isn’t a ghost tour. It’s a full-on, boots-on-the-ground paranormal experiment. And anyone with enough curiosity (or guts) can be part of it.
Paranormal investigator and former Ghost Hunters star Daryl Marsten wasn’t a stranger to the mansion. He had visited it twice before for public events—once on Halloween and once in the summer. But back then, the building was just a location—one of many.
When the UK-based My Haunted Project team started looking to expand into the United States, Daryl found himself circling back to the Samuel Miller Mansion. “There was just something about this place,” he said. “It had the aesthetics. The feel. Some other places were more active, sure, but they looked too nice. Too clean. They didn’t feel haunted. This one… this one feels haunted.”
That gut feeling would prove right.
Daryl teamed up with producers Trey and Jeff Bader, and together they turned the mansion into My Haunted Manor USA, officially opening the doors in March 2024. Since then, the project has attracted not only seasoned investigators and psychics but curious guests and skeptics alike.
Let’s be clear—this is not your typical two-hour ghost tour. My Haunted Manor USA is a long-term paranormal investigation. The building is wired with surveillance cameras. Investigators and guests are tracked in real time. Every sound, every movement, every whisper is recorded.
“Most shows come into a place for a weekend, maybe a week, and then they’re gone,” Trey explains. “You can’t learn anything that way. You can’t track patterns. You can’t tell the story of a place in two nights. That’s not an investigation. That’s entertainment.”
Here, the team is in it for the long haul. They’re building timelines, testing theories, debunking old legends, and collaborating with everyone from historians and mediums to skeptics and scientists. “It’s like a science project,” Trey laughs. “A haunted one.”
You’d be amazed how many ghost stories crumble under research. One of the first things the team did was dig into the mansion’s true history. While the building is commonly called the Samuel Miller Mansion, it turns out Samuel Miller didn’t have much to do with it. He owned it for a few years, sure—but he never lived there.
The real story belongs to a man named Samuel Shoch. He lived in the house for over 40 years, died there, and even had his funeral in the parlor. Yet somehow, he was never mentioned in the folklore. It took the team’s historians—some local, some from Philadelphia—to uncover that.
“That’s what’s cool,” Daryl said. “We’re not just telling ghost stories. We’re finding real people who lived here, worked here, and maybe never left.”
The house has been a lot of things over the years: a toy factory, a tavern, a bank, even a stable. And those overlapping eras have left their mark—spiritually and historically.
One of the weirdest recurring phenomena? Cookies.
Yes, really—cookies.
Several EVPs (electronic voice phenomena) have captured what sound like children’s voices asking about cookies. During one session, the team left out a plate of chocolate chip cookies. Later, when reviewing the footage, they caught what sounded like footsteps running toward the cookies, followed by a child’s voice yelling, “They’re chocolate chip!” and another exclaiming, “Woo-hoo!”
Even weirder? These cookie-related events often happen around the same time: 10:30 PM. “It’s wild,” Trey says. “Now we do experiments around that time regularly. Cookies have become one of our go-to trigger objects.”
They even had a guest dress up as a giant chocolate chip cookie for a costume party—an homage to the mansion’s hungriest spirits.
The project welcomes all kinds—psychics, skeptics, tech investigators, and casual enthusiasts. “We’ve had people walk in here rolling their eyes,” Daryl says. “And by the end of the night, they’re not laughing anymore.”
Because the truth is, strange things happen here. And they happen often.
One night, Daryl mimicked Matthew McConaughey with a joking “All right, all right, all right.” Moments later, that exact phrase echoed back—same tone, same inflection—captured on multiple devices. “That one freaked me out,” he said. “I’ve never had something mimic me like that. And I’ve been doing this for twenty years.”
Another night, a haunted doll was brought in from a collector in California. That evening, both guests and investigators witnessed the same hunched shadow figure darting across different parts of the house. Days later, a psychic named Bianca Rose described the exact figure—without ever being told about the event.
“That kind of validation is what we’re after,” Trey said. “Seeing. Hearing. Feeling. And then having it all line up across witnesses and devices.”
Everyone’s Invited—Even the Doubters
What makes this project really stand out is how open it is. The team doesn’t gatekeep. They don’t dismiss new techniques. And they certainly don’t stage fake drama for clicks.
“We’re not here for fame,” Jeff said. “We’re here to build something bigger than any of us.”
Monthly events allow the public to join investigations, interact with the team, and explore the mansion. They also offer private rentals for groups, investigators, or even content creators. Music videos have been filmed here. So have photoshoots. One guest described it as “the most cinematic haunted house I’ve ever been in.”
Oh, and if you’re wondering, yes—your experience might end up on their Amazon show. That’s part of the fun. The show is edited professionally, but the moments are real. No scripts. No actors. Just you and whatever else might be in the building that night.
My Haunted Manor USA is part of a much larger umbrella: MyHauntedProject.org. The UK team launched My Haunted Hotel and My Haunted Pendle Hill before the U.S. expansion. And next on the list? You never know!
The team has plans to rotate between the locations, with each site offering different themes, histories, and paranormal personalities. They’re also building a robust content library for streaming, merch sales, and on-demand viewing for curious fans.
If you want to explore My Haunted Manor USA for yourself, you’re in luck. You can visit the site myhauntedproject.org, choose your location, and browse upcoming event dates. You can also book the entire building for your own group, film project, or investigation.
Want to just watch the madness unfold? The show is available via streaming platforms, and regular updates are posted on social media:
@myhauntedmanorusa and @myhauntedproject.
You can also reach out directly via email at MyHauntedManor@gmail.com
The Samuel Miller Mansion might look like just another crumbling beauty on the outside, but step inside and you’ll realize it’s so much more. It’s a historical landmark. A paranormal research lab. A community project. A spiritual mystery still unfolding in real time.
Whether you’re chasing answers, hunting ghosts, or just hoping to hear a kid from beyond the veil get excited about cookies—My Haunted Manor USA is a place where belief and evidence meet.
And if you’re lucky, you might just become part of the story.
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