# Bakers Dozen **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 4, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173 "2010-08-04T17:56:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1028
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2013, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20544 "2013-10-25T19:04:15Z")
1. The Tower of London ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2013, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20545 "2013-10-25T19:10:43Z")
Famous places said to be haunted: 1. The Tower of London 2. The Lizzy Borden House, Fall River, Mass. ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2013, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20546 "2013-10-25T19:18:48Z")
Famous places said to be haunted: 1. The Tower of London 2. The Lizzy Borden House, Fall River, Mass. 3. The White House ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2013, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20547 "2013-10-25T19:25:33Z")
Famous places said to be haunted: 1. The Tower of London 2. The Lizzy Borden House, Fall River, Mass. 3. The White House 4. The Winchester House, San José, CA ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2013, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20548 "2013-10-25T19:37:37Z")
Famous places said to be haunted: 1. The Tower of London 2. The Lizzy Borden House, Fall River, Mass. 3. The White House 4. The Winchester House, San José, CA 5. The Randolph House in Williamsburg, VA ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2013, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20549 "2013-10-25T19:43:23Z")
Famous places said to be haunted: 1. The Tower of London 2. The Lizzy Borden House, Fall River, Mass. 3. The White House 4. The Winchester House, San José, CA 5. The Randolph House in Williamsburg, VA 6. Driskill Hotel in Austin, TX (I spent my wedding night there, and have had dinner there a few times… but the ghosts didn’t show up) > **[Home](https://austinghosttours.com/?option=com_content&view=article&id=47%3Athe-driskill-hotel-austin-texas&catid=9%3Aaustin&Itemid=18)** > > We wrote the book on Haunted Austin, LITERALLY. (Four of them, in fact.) The other ghost tours just read from the pages of our stories. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2013, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20550 "2013-10-25T20:14:22Z")
Famous places said to be haunted: 1. The Tower of London 2. The Lizzy Borden House, Fall River, Mass. 3. The White House 4. The Winchester House, San José, CA 5. The Randolph House in Williamsburg, VA 6. Driskill Hotel in Austin, TX (I spent my wedding night there, and have had dinner there a few times… but the ghosts didn’t show up) 7. Brisbane City Hall, Australia ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_jeffrey_lebowski/32/215_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Jeffrey_Lebowski)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2013, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20551 "2013-10-25T20:34:37Z")
Famous places said to be haunted: 1. The Tower of London 2. The Lizzy Borden House, Fall River, Mass. 3. The White House 4. The Winchester House, San José, CA 5. The Randolph House in Williamsburg, VA 6. Driskill Hotel in Austin, TX (I spent my wedding night there, and have had dinner there a few times… but the ghosts didn’t show up) 7. Brisbane City Hall, Australia 8. The Kremlin ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2013, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20552 "2013-10-25T20:40:51Z")
Famous places said to be haunted: 1. The Tower of London 2. The Lizzy Borden House, Fall River, Mass. 3. The White House 4. The Winchester House, San José, CA 5. The Randolph House in Williamsburg, VA 6. Driskill Hotel in Austin, TX (I spent my wedding night there, and have had dinner there a few times… but the ghosts didn’t show up) 7. Brisbane City Hall, Australia 8. The Kremlin 9. The [Toys R Us store in Sunnyvale, CA](http://www.snopes.com/horrors/ghosts/toysrus.asp) ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2013, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20553 "2013-10-25T20:44:02Z")
Famous places said to be haunted: 1. The Tower of London 2. The Lizzy Borden House, Fall River, Mass. 3. The White House 4. The Winchester House, San José, CA 5. The Randolph House in Williamsburg, VA 6. Driskill Hotel in Austin, TX (I spent my wedding night there, and have had dinner there a few times… but the ghosts didn’t show up) 7. Brisbane City Hall, Australia 8. The Kremlin 9. The [Toys R Us store in Sunnyvale, CA](http://www.snopes.com/horrors/ghosts/toysrus.asp) 10. Edinburgh Castle ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2013, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20554 "2013-10-25T23:58:12Z")
Famous places said to be haunted: 1. The Tower of London 2. The Lizzy Borden House, Fall River, Mass. 3. The White House 4. The Winchester House, San José, CA 5. The Randolph House in Williamsburg, VA 6. Driskill Hotel in Austin, TX (I spent my wedding night there, and have had dinner there a few times… but the ghosts didn’t show up) 7. Brisbane City Hall, Australia 8. The Kremlin 9. The [Toys R Us store in Sunnyvale, CA](http://www.snopes.com/horrors/ghosts/toysrus.asp) 10. Edinburgh Castle 11. Castillo de San Marcos, St. Augustine, Florida ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2013, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20555 "2013-10-26T00:26:27Z")
Famous places said to be haunted: 1. The Tower of London 2. The Lizzy Borden House, Fall River, Mass. 3. The White House 4. The Winchester House, San José, CA 5. The Randolph House in Williamsburg, VA 6. Driskill Hotel in Austin, TX (I spent my wedding night there, and have had dinner there a few times… but the ghosts didn’t show up) 7. Brisbane City Hall, Australia 8. The Kremlin 9. The [Toys R Us store in Sunnyvale, CA](http://www.snopes.com/horrors/ghosts/toysrus.asp) 10. Edinburgh Castle 11. Castillo de San Marcos, St. Augustine, Florida 12. Aokigahara, Japan A famous forest in Japan that’s a popular spot for people to commit suicide. It averages about thirty suicides a year. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2013, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20556 "2013-10-26T15:08:29Z")
Famous places said to be haunted: 1. The Tower of London 2. The Lizzy Borden House, Fall River, Mass. 3. The White House 4. The Winchester House, San José, CA 5. The Randolph House in Williamsburg, VA 6. Driskill Hotel in Austin, TX (I spent my wedding night there, and have had dinner there a few times… but the ghosts didn’t show up) 7. Brisbane City Hall, Australia 8. The Kremlin 9. The Toys R Us store in Sunnyvale, CA 10. Edinburgh Castle 11. Castillo de San Marcos, St. Augustine, Florida 12. Aokigahara, Japan 13. The Joshua Ward House in Salem. Massachusetts is associated with the Salem witch trials. Sheriff George Corwin and witchcraft victim Giles Cory are said to haunt this place. Next up: Famous hurricanes and their dates 1. Sandy (October 22 - 31, 2012) ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2013, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20557 "2013-10-26T15:24:50Z")
Next up: Famous hurricanes and their dates 1. Sandy (October 22 - 31, 2012) 2. Katrina (August 23 - 30, 2005) ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2013, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20558 "2013-10-26T16:01:55Z")
Famous hurricanes and their dates 1. Sandy (October 22 - 31, 2012) 2. Katrina (August 23 - 30, 2005) 3. Gloria (Sept 16-Oct 2, 1985) ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2013, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20559 "2013-10-26T16:56:56Z")
Famous hurricanes and their dates 1. Sandy (October 22 - 31, 2012) 2. Katrina (August 23 - 30, 2005) 3. Gloria (Sept 16-Oct 2, 1985) 4. Andrew (August 16 - 28, 1992) ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2013, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20560 "2013-10-26T19:51:51Z")
Famous hurricanes and their dates 1. Sandy (October 22 - 31, 2012) 2. Katrina (August 23 - 30, 2005) 3. Gloria (Sept 16-Oct 2, 1985) 4. Andrew (August 16 - 28, 1992) 5. Bob (August 16-20, 1991) ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2013, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20561 "2013-10-26T20:51:48Z")
Famous hurricanes and their dates 1. Sandy (October 22 - 31, 2012) 2. Katrina (August 23 - 30, 2005) 3. Gloria (Sept 16-Oct 2, 1985) 4. Andrew (August 16 - 28, 1992) 5. Bob (August 16-20, 1991) 6. Vinnie Testaverde, 1983-1986 ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2013, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20562 "2013-10-26T21:08:47Z")
Famous hurricanes and their dates 1. Sandy (October 22 - 31, 2012) 2. Katrina (August 23 - 30, 2005) 3. Gloria (Sept 16-Oct 2, 1985) 4. Andrew (August 16 - 28, 1992) 5. Bob (August 16-20, 1991) 6. Vinnie Testaverde, 1983-1986 7. Hawker (1937-1944) > **[Hawker Hurricane](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawker_Hurricane)** > > The Hawker Hurricane is a British single-seat fighter aircraft of the 1930s–40s which was designed and predominantly built by Hawker Aircraft Ltd. for service with the Royal Air Force (RAF). It was overshadowed in the public consciousness by the Supermarine Spitfire during the Battle of Britain in 1940, but the Hurricane inflicted 60% of the losses sustained by the Luftwaffe in the campaign, and fought in all the major theatres of the Second World War. > The Hurricane originated from discussion... ---
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Famous hurricanes and their dates 1. Sandy (October 22 - 31, 2012) 2. Katrina (August 23 - 30, 2005) 3. Gloria (Sept 16-Oct 2, 1985) 4. Andrew (August 16 - 28, 1992) 5. Bob (August 16-20, 1991) 6. Vinnie Testaverde, 1983-1986 7. Hawker (1937-1944) 8. Camille (Aug 14-22, 1969) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1027) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1029)