Hill House

Hill House is a haunted house located in the town of Wheeler Falls, where it serves as a tourist attraction. It appears in the thirty-seventh Goosebumps book, The Headless Ghost.

History
According to legend, Hill House was built by a sea captain for his wife, Annabel. When construction of the house is finished, the captain is called out to sea, leaving his wife all alone. Annabel waits months for her husband to return, but he never does, causing her to leave the house. Shortly afterwards, residents of Wheeler Falls begin to see the ghost of the captain moving throughout the house, clutching a lantern and calling out for his wife.

Years later, the Craw family moves into the house. The son, Andrew, is a nasty child, pulling cruel pranks on others. One night, Andrew runs into the ghost of the sea captain, who is now a hideous ghoul. The ghost pulls Andrew's head from his shoulders, hiding it somewhere in the house. The captain then vanishes, leaving Andrew as the sole spirit in the house, forever searching for his head.

Tragic incidents befall the rest of the Craw family following Andrew's death, soon becoming nothing more than legend. Hill House is turned into a tourist attraction, where regular tours are given that recount the house's history. Two regular attendees are Duane Comack and Stephanie Alpert, the self-dubbed "Twin Terrors of Wheeler Falls". Tired of fake scares, the two children decide to hunt for Andrew's head. Inside Hill House, they discover that there's truth to be found behind the house's many ghost stories.

At the end of The Headless Ghost, it is revealed Hill House went out of business, bringing the tours to an end.

Description
The book describes Hill House as three stories tall, covered in dozens of turrets, windows, and balconies. The house itself is made out of stone slabs, which are covered in thick moss. A gargoyle is perched at the very top. The interior is described as cold and dark, with rooms and hallways that seem to stretch on forever. Otto, the tour guide, reveals the house has nine fireplaces and over thirty rooms.

Trivia

 * The name Hill House is a possible reference to the novel The Haunting of Hill House, by Shirley Jackson.
 * The television adaptation reveals the tour's slogan to be "WHERE THE DEAD MAKE A LIVING".