The Riddle House is an old Victorian house

Victorian house

In the United Kingdom, and former British colonies, a Victorian house generally means any house built during the reign of Queen Victoria...

 that is located in Palm Beach County, Florida

Palm Beach County, Florida

Palm Beach County is the largest county in the state of Florida in total area, and third in population. As of 2010, the county's estimated population was 1,320,134, making it the twenty-eighth most populous in the United States...

 and was built in West Palm Beach in 1905, but was dismantled and moved to Yesteryear Village, a historical park within the South Florida Fair

South Florida Fair

The South Florida Fair is an annual fair held in West Palm Beach, Florida, every January or February. The fairgrounds site occupies and is located on the site of the former Palm Beach Speedway at the intersection of Southern Boulevard and Fairground Road. It is set up to make it adjacent to the...

grounds in Royal Palm Beach. Originally serving as a funeral parlor, the house became privately owned by Karl Riddle in the 1920s.

Reported haunting

The house is purported to be haunted by the spirit of Joseph, one of Riddle's employees who committed suicide by hanging

Hanging

Hanging is the lethal suspension of a person by a ligature. The Oxford English Dictionary states that hanging in this sense is "specifically to put to death by suspension by the neck", though it formerly also referred to crucifixion and death by impalement in which the body would remain...

 in the attic. His ghost is alleged to dislike men and often attack them. The house was investigated in 2008 by the ghost-hunting crew of the paranormal television

Paranormal television

Paranormal television is a genre of popular reality television programming. Its scope comprises purportedly factual investigations of paranormal phenomena, rather than fictional representations found in such shows as The Ghosts of Motley Hall and Ghostbusters, or cartoon/children's series such as...

 series Ghost Adventures

Ghost Adventures

Ghost Adventures is a weekly American paranormal television series that premiered on October 17, 2008 on the Travel Channel. Currently produced by MY-Tupelo Entertainment , the program follows and stars ghost hunters Zak Bagans, Nick Groff, and Aaron Goodwin, as they investigate locations that are...

on the Travel Channel

Travel Channel

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.