This is a
list of locations reportedly haunted by
ghosts or other
supernatural beings. Reports of haunted
locations are part of ghostlore, which is a form of
folklore.
Australia
- The
Alkimos
is a
shipwreck of a former U.S. Navy ship from World War II that occurred
off the coast of Western Australia
in 1964.
- Beechworth Lunatic Asylum
in Beechworth, Victoria
is reportedly haunted by several ghosts of departed
inmates. Ghost tours are run nightly.
- Monte
Cristo Homestead in Junee, New South Wales
. Various ghost groups have reported
sightings due to the death of seven people in the 1800s.
- Port Arthur, Tasmania
Tasmania
. A
large number of visitors to the site report seeing spectres of past
convicts and others wandering through the grounds. Stories of
ghostly interactions are recorded from the 1870s to the present day
with many of these modern sighting recorded on the nightly ghost
tours held at the site.
- The
Old Ballarat Gaol in Ballarat
.
Thirteen people were executed here. The remains of 7 criminals are
still in the grounds. Features in Ballarat Ghost Tours, operating
nightly.
- Princess Theatre, Melbourne
Melbourne, Australia
, has reported several ghosts since the building
opened in 1886. The theatre's best known 'inhabitant' is
Frederick Baker, stage name 'Federici', a talented bass-baritone
singer who died in March 1888 whilst singing Mephistopheles in Faust - and who was seen by the rest
of the cast taking his bows with them shortly thereafter. For years
the theatre kept a seat vacant in the dress circle for Federici
(only ceasing the practice on economic grounds), and his appearance
in the dress circle during rehearsals for a new show is considered
a good omen.
- Lalor
House in Richmond,
Victoria
is reportedly haunted by the ghosts of the family
of Peter Lalor.
- The
Mill Hill Hotel in Bondi Junction, New South
Wales
is allegedly haunted by former workers, including
the former hotel-keeper William
Phillips.
Brazil
- Joelma Building
in São
Paulo
is allegedly haunted by victims of the fire that
started on February 1, 1974, after an air conditioning unit on the
twelfth floor overheated. The building is famous for the
"mystery of the 13 souls", i.e., people who died inside an
elevator, when they were trying to escape the fire, and who would
still be haunting the building.
Denmark
Indonesia
- Pelabuhan Ratu
- Legend says that Nyai
Roro Kidul (Nyi is a Javanese
old pronunciation of Madame), daughter of King Prabu Siliwangi, is
the Queen of the South Sea. She is supposed to have
committed suicide by jumping off the cliff and into the sea. Rumors
say that if someone wears green when swimming (the Queen's favorite
color), he or she will be pulled by her ghost into the sea. Room
308 at the Samudra Beach Hotel is set aside for the Queen.
Japan
- Amiidaji (Temple of Amida) in Dan-no-ura, in the Shimonoseki Strait, is
the location of a legendary haunting. It is said that the blind
Biwa hōshi Hoichi, a resident of the
temple, was visited every night by the ghost of a dead samurai and
made to play the biwa in the cemetery, but the priest of the temple
soon found out and had the heart sutra
painted on every part of Hoichi's body apart from the ears. When
the samurai returned one night to take Hoichi to the cemetery, he
could only see Hoichi's ears, so he took them instead and Hoichi
was left earless. Hoichi is commonly known as "Mimi-Nashi Hoichi",
"Hōichi the Earless", due to
this event. This legend was famously retold by Lafcadio Hearn in his Kwaidan: Stories
and Studies of Strange Things which was later adapted as part
of Masaki Kobayashi's film Kwaidan.
- Aokigahara
, the forest at the bottom of Mt.
Fuji
, is a popular location for suicide. This gives rise to a widespread
belief that it is haunted.
- Okiku's Well at Himeji Castle
is often said to be haunted by the ghost of
Okiku. She is supposed to
rise from the well at night and count to nine before shrieking and
returning to the well.
Malaysia
- Genting
Highlands, Pahang
. City
well known for its amusement park and casino. Several people have
committed suicide here. A man has been seen jumping off the hotel
rooftop, only to disappear just before he hits the ground. Several
rooms in the hotel are never rented, no matter how high the demand
for accommodation is. Those who did see the inside of these rooms
reported that they were filled with "old Chinese ghost wards", and
they would then fall inexplicably ill for days afterwards. Several
people staying in the hotel there have had experiences of
supernatural phenomena, such as knocking coming from inside a
wardrobe that was proven to be empty.
- Poliklinik Cheras. Formerly
the Lady Templer Hospital, the foundation stone was laid by
Princess Marina,
Duchess of Kent in October 1952. Much of the hospital closed
down in 1985, except for a few minor buildings which housed the
Poliklinik Cheras. The empty, dilapidated structures were situated
on a fairly secluded, leafy hillock, which added to their sinister
appearance. One visitor reported that it felt "haunted and
bizarre", and it is rumoured that it is haunted by the ghost of a
patient who died on the premises. The buildings are currently being
torn down to make way for a new rehabilitation hospital.
Philippines
- Baguio City
- Philippine Military Academy
Several ghosts haunt this place, and it considered
as the most haunted place in the country. Sometimes late at
night a platoon can be heard marching in the parade grounds. A
ghost of a cadet dressed in parade uniform and left in one of the
lockers still appears. A ghost of a priest who was beheaded during
the Japanese occupation period appears here as well as the ghost of
a white lady. Aside in the PMA, different haunted places scattered
in the city, such as in the cemeteries, old hotels and the areas
where the building collapse in the 1990 earthquake.
- Balete Drive -
Balete Drive is a residential area in Cubao, Quezon City
famous for the apparition of a white lady.
It is told that there was a teenage girl who was raped by a cab
driver in the 50s in that area. It is possible that the lady of
Balete is seeking revenge.
- Manila Film Center - When the
construction of Film Center at the Cultural Center of the
Philippines complex was rushed in the early 1980s for a film
festival, the ceiling scaffolding collapsed killing several workmen
who fell to the orchestra below. Rather than halt construction to
rescue survivors and retrieve the bodies of dead workmen, Imelda
Marcos, the First Lady and the main financier of the project,
ordered cement poured into the orchestra, entombing the fallen
workmen. Some of them were buried alive in the orchestra. Various
ghostly activities were reported on the site including mysterious
sounds, voices and poltergeist activity.
In the late 1990s a group called the Spirit Questors began to make
visits to the film center in an attempt to contact and appease the
souls of the workmen who were killed in the building. Some of these
spirits claimed to have moved on but a few allegedly remain.
Previously abandoned for its haunted reputation, the building is
now currently in use.
- Ozone Disco
- Once there was a disco in Quezon City
and it caught on fire. People tried to get
out, but due to panicking, no one got out. Some people near the
location hear ghostly disco music in their houses at night and see
faint people dancing.
Republic of China (Taiwan)
The
Hyatt hotel in downtown Taipei
is allegedly
haunted. The lobby has Chinese calligraphy that is supposed
to ward off ghosts.
Singapore
- The
Old Changi Hospital in Singapore
is reportedly one of the most haunted places in the
country. Built in the 1930s together with an A/E opposite
the road and several blocks of commando barracks cum Changi prison
nearby, is located at Netherveron Road in Changi Village. The
hospital survived the dreadful World War
II, where the POW were held. The torture
chambers in the hospital is one of the most haunted areas in the
hospital itself where Prisoners of War were tortured to death.
Spirits of different races and nationals could be seen wandering
around the compound.
- Old Changi Commando Barracks - abandoned military barracks
located near Old Changi Hospital.
- White
House at Punggol - an abandoned house located in the middle of an
empty field at Punggol
. It is reported that anyone who tried to
demolish the building experienced a mishap days later.
United Kingdom
England
This is a list of the most famous haunted locations in England,
there are likely to be hundreds of thousands more that are only
locally known.
- Airfields around the country are said
to have paranormal activity arising
from the spirits of airmen who died in
World War II. Airfields include:
- Arundel Castle
in Sussex is often said to be home to just four
ghosts but there are more ghostly goings on between its ancient
walls than first meets the visitor. The spirit of the first
Earl of Arundel, who originally built the castle, is said to still
haunt the Castle’s Keep. Another spirit is said to be of a young
woman who, stricken with grief from a tragic love affair, took her
own life by jumping to her death from one of the towers. Seen by
some, she is said to still haunt the castle on moonlit nights
dressed in white. Another spirit is that of a ‘Blue Man’ who has
been seen within the library since the 1630s and it is thought that
he could be a Cavalier due to his time period seeming to be from
King Charles I’s reign. Another
notable ‘spirit’ is that strangely of a white owl like bird. Legend
tells that if the white bird is seen fluttering in one of the
windows, it is an imminent warning of a death of a Castle resident
or someone closely associated. It’s interesting to note here that
Dukes used to keep a colony of white American Owls here at the
castle before its restoration. There is also mention of a servant
lad who once lived at the castle who was treated very badly until
beaten to his death. He is said to now haunt the kitchen area and
has been seen scrubbing pots and pans. Another strange sighting was
more recent in 1958 by a footman. Working late one night on the
ground floor the footman was walking near the servant’s quarters
and saw what he thought to be a man walking in front of him when he
thought he had been alone. As he got closer to the apparition the
man faded and then was gone.
- Bochym Manor is residence to two ghosts, the short pink lady,
and an unnamed ghost who stands at one of the bedroom windows.
- Belgrave Hall
in Leicester
, attracted attention in 1999 when a white figure
was captured on CCTV. One theory is it is
the daughter of a former owner.
- 50 Berkeley Square
is reputed to be the most haunted house in London
.
- Blue Bell Hill
in Kent
,
specifically the A229. This has
been the site of a female phantom
hitchhiker. Cars have stopped to pick up a female hitchhiker,
only for her to vanish to the drivers' disbelief.
- Borley Rectory
in the village of Borley
, Essex,
England. Many sightings have been reported since 1885. The
house burned down in 1939, and remains a huge
source of controversy.
- Brislington
, once an attractive Somerset
village but now a neighbourhood in Bristol
, has many ghosts in pubs and
hotels, houses old and new, and public
spaces.
- Bruce Castle
in Tottenham
, North
London
is haunted by the ghost of a woman who allegedly
appears every 3 November. The ghost is thought to be Lady
Coleraine, who was kept locked in a chamber within the castle by
her husband.
- Chingle Hall
in the village of Goosnargh
, near Preston, England. Chingle Hall,
previously known as Singleton Hall, was built in 1260 by Sir Adam
de Singleton. It is reputably haunted by more than one spirit.
- Crowley Hall in the north of England
, is supposedly haunted by the spirit of Dr. Bernard
Leys. Leys ran the hall for a number of years before dying
under mysterious circumstances in 1952.
Sightings of ghosts have been reported since the 1970s.
- Dartmouth, Devon
, ancient maritime town has many modern and
traditional ghost stories including (in its hinterland) some
recently discovered spirits from the Bronze
Age.
- In
Dorset
an axe
wielding ghost riding a horse, bareback is described by witnesses
as looking like a stone age warrior.
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- Hampton Court
Palace, home of King Henry VIII of England, whose fifth
wife, Catherine Howard, is supposed
to be heard screaming in the "Haunted Gallery". On December 21 2003, CCTV footage allegedly showed
someone in 16th century clothes and no
face closing a fire door that, though
locked, was constantly being opened without anyone near
it.
- Minsden Chapel
in Hertfordshire
is reported to be haunted by a monk climbing stairs
which no longer exist.
- The
Old
Bailey
, London's main criminal court. A figure (of
unclear sex) supposedly appears in the building during important
trials. These appearances have been allegedly witnessed by judges,
barristers and policemen.
- Pluckley
in Kent
is listed
in the 1998 edition of the Guinness Book of Records as the
most haunted village in England. Ghosts include a phantom
coach and horses, a colonel and a highwayman.
- The
Brown Lady of Raynham
Hall
has been sighted quite a few times over the
years. She is so called because of the brown brocade dress
she is supposedly seen wearing while wandering the halls and
staircase. In 1849 a Major Loftus and a friend named Hawkins
claimed to see the ghost one night after retiring to bed, saying
they were amazed by the old-fashioned clothing she wore. The next
night Loftus claimed to see the figure once again, saying he took
note of her empty eye-sockets. The incident resulted in several
members of staff resigning and a full investigation of Raynham Hall
involving local detectives.
- Samlesbury Hall
in Preston
, Lancashire
, is supposedly haunted by Lady Dorothy Southworth,
known as the "White Lady". Weeping is often heard, and her
ghost has been seen wandering near where her lover was buried.
- Temple Newsam
is reported to be the most haunted house in
Yorkshire
, with the most famous ghost being Mary Ingram,
commonly known as "the Blue lady", who in her life became deranged
after an attack by highwaymen. Ghosts linked with the more
famous residents of Temple Newsam include "the White lady": this is
said to be the ghost of the "nine days queen", the unfortunate
Lady Jane Grey. She was executed by
Mary I.
- Windsor Castle
— home of English and British royalty for 1,000
years. Numerous ghosts are supposed to have been seen,
including Queen Elizabeth I. Her
mother, Anne Boleyn, is also said to
haunt Windsor castle and supposedly runs down a corridor screaming.
Among those who claimed to have seen the ghost, who sometimes is
said to be carrying her head, are King George VI, William Ewart Gladstone and Andrew, Duke of York.
- Muncaster Castle
in the Lake District National Park,
Ravenglass
Northern Ireland
- Maes Artro Heritage Museum in Llanbedr was formally a RAF base
and fighter training base in World War II and is now a heritage
museum with re-creations of life from the 1900’s. The owner of the
museum has reported sightings of two RAF men that haunt the site.
Manifestations and unexplained shadows have also been seen on many
investigations by paranormal experts. The ghost of a dog is also
said to haunt the area as well as unexplained voices. Poltergeist
activity has been recorded here as well, ranging from moving chairs
to items going missing. It is believed many of the spirits that
haunt the museum are those of men who died in crashes at the base
or in training accidents.
- Ballygally Castle Hotel is reputed to be haunted by the ghost
of a Madame Nixon who lived there in the 18th century. After she
died it was said that she haunted the castle, wandering the
passages at night dressed in a silk dress and amusing herself by
knocking on the doors of different rooms. Her fleeting appearances
have recently been confined to a room in a corner turret.
Scotland
- Dryburgh Abbey Hotel
is haunted by the Grey Lady, who drowned herself in
the nearby River Tweed after the murder
of her lover, a monk at the (now ruined) neighbouring
Abbey.
- Edinburgh Castle
is perhaps one of the most haunted places in
Scotland as it is connected to the Royal Mile by a network of
underground tunnels. Many years ago a piper was sent to
explore the tunnels and was told to keep playing so his progress
could be tracked. However halfway down the Royal Mile the music
suddenly stopped and the piper was never found. It is said the
piper still walks the Royal Mile and sometimes the faint sound of
music can often be heard from within the castle.. It is believed
the castle is also haunted by a drummer who only appears when the
castle is about to be attacked.
- Mary King's Close
is a now underground close in the Old Town area of
Edinburgh where legend says that plague victims were traped by the
local councilmen and left to starve to try and stop the spread of
the plage.
- Greyfriars Kirkyard
is reportedly haunted with the evil spirit of
George Mackenzie.
The lawyer, who earned the nickname "Bluidy Mackenzie" vigorously
pursued Covenanters and tortured them. Since 1990 the church has
been the site of unexplained events two days after a "vagrant" had
broken into his tomb to find shelter.
Wales
- Local
legend talks of a ghost ship that haunts the coast near Abergele
, North Wales, allegedly Prince
Madoc's Gwennan Gorn.
Sightings have been reported by present day locals and
tourists.
- Beaumaris Castle
in Anglesey
, North Wales is said to be home to strange echoes
of chanting which have been caught on audio recording equipment by
visitors to the small chapel area. The feeling of being
watched has also been felt in the long dark corridors and an
over-all sense of loneliness can be felt.
- Caerphilly Castle
in South Wales is said to be haunted by a ghost
known as the Green Lady.
- The
Llindir Inn in Henllan
, Denbighshire is said
to be haunted by a ghost in a long blue gown named Sylvia, who
dates back to the 18th Century. Local legend has it that
Sylvia and her lover were murdered by her husband, a sea captain,
who caught them in bed together.
- Llandegla's
Bodidris Hall is alleged to be haunted by a monk, a
soldier, a boy, a well-dressed woman and a dog.
- It's
claimed that Newton House
in Dinefwr
Park
, near Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire
is haunted.
- In
Llanfihangel
Crucorney
, The Skirrid Mountain Inn
, one of the oldest public houses in Wales, is reputed to be home
to several ghosts. These include the spirit of a 32 year old
woman who died of consumption, and the shade of a man climbing a
staircase. The hauntings have been linked to mass executions
carried out at the Inn during the 17th Century, following the
Monmouth Rebellion of 1685.
- Guests at the Hand Hotel in Llangollen
have reported the sensation of being followed
during their stay, only to turn around to find no-one there.
One room is said to contain the spirit of a lady who died in
childbirth, while in another a figure has been seen sitting at an
organ. Guests at another hotel in the town, the Britannia Inn
(allegedly built in the 13th Century), have also reported
paranormal activity. In the latter case, the spirits of monks from
the nearby Valle Crucis Abbey
have been seen walking through the car park, the bar area, and
appearing in the bedrooms in the middle of the night.
- The ruins of Valle Crucis Abbey itself are said to be haunted.
Set in the countryside near the River
Dee, a number of events are said to have occurred at the Abbey;
the manifestation of mysterious floating lights, supernatural
voices, and apparitions including Welsh prince Owain Glyndwr. One report from the 1930s
describes the appearance of golden figures bathed in bright
light.
- Llancaiach Fawr
, a Tudor manor house near Nelson
in the Caerphilly County Borough is
allegedly haunted by a number of ghosts. These includes a
spectre who appears to be a 19th Century housekeeper known as
"Mattie", a young boy who fell to his death from one of the upper
rooms, a man usually seen in deep contemplation, and a figure who
walks the grounds, but not within the Manor. In 2007, the Guardian listed Llancaiach as one of the top
ten haunted places in the United Kingdom.
- The
Penrhyn Old Hall in Penrhyn
Bay
has had many witnesses to paranormal. Many
people have claimed to see an old lady sitting by the large
fireplace and a feeling of being watched in the functions room. The
main building was established in 1590 but the baronial hall which
is now the dance floor is believed to originate from the 12th
century, which caused much interest from paranormal investigators
who claim they experienced fluctuations in temperature and
dizzyness.
- Port Talbot's
Margam
Castle
is a Victorian mansion house said to be haunted by
many spirits including Lord Talbot and his daughter Emily
Charlotte.
United States
- Alcatraz
is a former maximum security prison on an island in
San
Francisco Bay
in the United States
. It is no longer used as a prison. Visitors
and tour guides have made claims of hearing screams, slamming cell
doors, and footsteps.
- Andleberry Estate in Clovis,
California
, is a mansion that used to be part of a
sanitarium. The mansion, which is allegedly haunted by
ex-residents of the sanitarium, will soon be transformed into a
haunted hotel called The Wolfe Manor Hotel. The owner, Todd Wolfe,
has reported hearing ghosts walking and talking and even breathing
on him. LiveSciFi.TV sent a group to spend the night inside the
mansion, during which some unexplained phenomenon reportedly
happened, including a door that slammed shut by itself. A local
news station did an over-night investigation for Halloween of 2007
and recorded an EVP.
Several other EVPs and orbs have been caught on audio and video by
investigators.
- Aquia Church in
Stafford,
Virginia
, is said to be one of the most haunted churches in
Virginia
. Legend says that the church and the church
graveyard which has graves dating back to 1738 are both home to
paranormal activity that has taken place for over 200 years.
- Athens, Ohio
is said to be one of the most haunted places in the
United States, and is reputed to contain many ghosts.
When
drawing a line from each of the five cemeteries around Athens, it
forms a pentagram with the center being
Ohio
University
.
Ohio
University is also considered by some to be the most haunted campus
in the United States, as is the former state hospital, Athens
Lunatic Asylum
, located right near campus.
- Ball's Bluff Battlefield and National
Cemetery
in Leesburg, Virginia
was the site of a Civil War battle in October 1861
and is said to be haunted by those who died during the fighting
here.
- Belcourt Castle
, a French Renaissance-style château in Newport,
Rhode Island
, is alleged to be the location of numerous
paranormal phenomena and events, including moving chairs, moving
armor, ghostly apparitions, a possessed statue and various other
sightings.
- Big Bay Point Light
, in Big Bay, Michigan
, is reputedly haunted by the red-haired ghost
of its first keeper, Will Prior.
- The
Blennerhassett Hotel in Parkersburg, West Virginia
Is a grand hotel that was built in the late 1800s
and is reported to be haunted by several ghosts.
- Bobby
Mackey's Music World, a country-western nightclub in Wilder,
Kentucky
(in the Cincinnati, Ohio
metro area) is reputed to be "a gateway to
Hell."
- The
Boston
Athenæum
is said to be haunted by the scholarly Rev.
Harris, who was seen there by Nathaniel Hawthorne.
- The
Brinton Lodge in Douglassville, Pennsylvania
is a reputedly haunted house. The original
structure, built in the early 1700s, was a one-room building which
was operated as a tavern/roadhouse stop along the Schuylkill River Canal
System
. It was later expanded into a summer home,
then remodeled into a gentlemen's club, and today is operated as a
bar and restaurant. Legend has it that at least five spirits
inhabit this property, including Caleb Brinton, "Dapper Dan," an
older woman, and a "lady in white."
- The
Brown Grand Theatre in Concordia,
Kansas
has stories of a ghost that haunts the theatre,
especially during the opening season.
- Cinema 1-2-3 in
Visalia, California
has had accounts of over 300 spirits inhabiting the
theater.
- Chestnut Lodge
in Rockville,
Maryland
, was a private facility treating mental patients
for over one-hundred years. Closed in 2001 and now under
renovation for resale as upscale condominiums, separate recent
investigations claim paranormal activity.as of June 2009 the
building has burned down there has been speculation that arson is
involved.
- Cincinnati Music Hall
in Cincinnati
, Ohio
is a
theater that was built over a potter's
field. Reports of spirits on the property date back to
1876 and continue through modern times. In 1988, during the
installation of an elevator shaft, bones of adults and children
were exhumed from under the hall.
- Civil War
battlefields in various states—including the Gettysburg
Battlefield
, the Battle of Fredericksburg
, the Battle of Antietam
and many others—presumably owing to the magnitude
of emotion, intensity of effort, and abruptness of the many, often
gruesome and painful deaths, offer numerous anecdotes—with a
growing number dating to the present day—including reported
recordings, pictures and sightings of "ghostly apparitions,"
audible sensations (battle cries, cavalry, cannon fire) and other
paranormal effects of every manner.
- Engineered Piping Products: a Baltimore,
Maryland
based reseller of Industrial Pipe, valves and
fittings. The building is built upon the site of an old
residential neighborhood. All of the activity tends to happen at
the site of the Old Deboser home. A local paranormal group,
Pasadena Paranormal, has cumulatively logged over 100 EVPs from
this location. They have experienced buzzing sounds that fly by
their heads and recently one employee had his coat tugged from
behind when he was in the building alone. This site has been
submitted to the SciFi channel's
Ghost Hunters Great American Ghost
Hunt for their consideration.
- The
The
Devil's Tree
in Bernards Township, New
Jersey
is said to be one of the old headquarters of the
Ku Klux Klan in New Jersey
. An area surrounding the tree is said to
give off unnatural warmth where snow doesn’t seem to stick in the
dead of winter.
- In
Exeter,
Rhode Island
, there are a few buildings formerly known as the
Ladd School, a school for the mentally disabled that was founded by
Dr. Joseph H. Ladd in 1907 and officially closed in 1994.
The school reportedly mistreated students and there are stories
today of ghost sightings of the children who suffered, noises, and
electronic malfunctions. The Exeter Job Corps Academy was built
over the Ladd School's ground, with many of the older buildings
still intact and reportedly "haunted."
- Fayetteville, North Carolina
hosts ghosts such as "The Lady in Black" who haunts
the Sandford House
(formerly called the Slocumb House). Her
apparition first appeared in the late 1800s and has been sighted
recently by members of The Woman's Club of
Fayetteville.
- Eastern State Penitentiary
in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
is a former prison built in 1829. It is well
known as the jail to hold Al Capone.
Paranormal reports are, sounds of lonely wails in the corridors, an
evil cackling in cellblock 12, sounds of footsteps in some of the
cells, and a shadowy figure standing in the watch tower looking
down at the prison.
- Georgia Lunatic Asylum [49133] in Milledgeville, Georgia

- Harpers Ferry
in Jefferson County, West
Virginia

Hollywood Sign
- Hollywood,
California
, has numerous sites that are believed to be
inhabited by the spirits of deceased celebrities.
For
example, the ghost of actress Peg
Entwistle, who committed suicide by jumping off the Hollywood
Sign
, has reportedly been seen near the sign.
Some apparitions have been reported as being sighted at more than
one location in Hollywood.
- Hot Lake Hotel
is a supposedly haunted hotel in eastern Oregon
. The hotel is known for a fire, suicides,
and hauntings from ghosts during its days as a sanatorium.
- Hotel Chelsea
in Manhattan, New York City
is said to be haunted by multiple ghosts;
Dylan Thomas, Eugene O'Neill, Thomas Wolfe, and former Sex Pistols bassist
Sid Vicious supposedly haunts the
elevator.
- Huntress Hall of Keene
State College
located in Keene, New Hampshire
is supposedly haunted by its namesake, Harriet
Huntress. One of the schools residence halls, students often
report strange noises coming from the building's attic, where
Huntress' wheelchair remains to this day.
- Old
Jefferson Davis Hospital in Houston, Texas
, has long been a popular spot for local
ghosthunters. The existing building was completed in
1925, allegedly on the site of a mid-19th
century cemetery, and has recently been remodeled into
apartments.
- Kemper Arena
in Kansas City, Missouri
- There are said to be sightings, sounds, and
lights flickering on and off in the arena late at night from a
former WWF wrestler named Owen Hart who died in 1999 by falling 78 feet (24
m) to his death from the ceiling of the arena. There are
also said to be sightings of him still in his Blue Blazer suit at
the top of the arena looking down with the cable hooked up to
him.
- The
Lemp
Mansion
in St. Louis, Missouri
is said to be one of the most haunted buildings
in the United States. Four members of the Lemp family killed
themselves, three in the mansion. There are said to be apparition
sightings, glasses flying off of the bar, pianos playing by
themselves, etc. The mansion is now open as a restaurant and bed
and breakfast.
- The
Lizzie Borden House in Fall
River, Massachusetts
, which is now a bed and breakfast, is claimed
to be the most haunted house in the USA. It is the site of a
double murder, one of the most famous in US history, claimed ghost
sightings and noises.
- Manassas
National Battlefield Park
in Manassas, Virginia
– There have been many reports of paranormal
activity around the battlefield. An unfinished railroad
located within the battlefield which was ordered by Robert E Lee to
be constructed during the Civil War is said to be a hotspot for
paranormal activity.
- Moundsville State
Penitentiary
in Moundsville, West Virginia
– The Penitentiary was built in 1867 during the
Civil War era, and has been called both one of the Most Haunted
Places in America.
- Ohioville, Pennsylvania
- A mile long stretch of Kelly Road, nick-named
Mystery Mile by former residents, is reported to be the site of
supernatural activity. Animals along this road turn from
docile to violent without explanation, often chasing after people
and each other. The thick forest that the road cuts through is
known for unexplained noises and white apparitions. The origin of
these events is unknown, and speculation ranges from some kind of
curse on the land to cult activity once tied to this region.
- Old Louisville
in Louisville, Kentucky
, reputed to be "America's Most Haunted
Neighborhood," is one of the largest historic preservation
districts in the country - and supposedly the largest Victorian
neighborhood in the nation. It is also said to be home to
dozens of haunted mansions and local ghost stories.
- Point Lookout Lighthouse
, at the southern-most tip of Maryland's western
shore of the Chesapeake Bay, has seen numerous shipwrecks, bodies
washed ashore, and plenty of paranormal activity, as documented
over the centuries.
- The
Polish
Museum of America
in Chicago, Illinois
is believed to be haunted by ghost of famous
pianist Ignace Paderewski.
The staff recounts a number of incidents related by a number of
people, including the cleaning crew who have claimed to experience
ghostly-related phenomena late at night. The Ghost Research Society
was even brought in by the museum staff to investigate these
claims.
- The
Regent Theater in Allegan, Michigan
is said to be haunted, and witnesses claim to have
seen moving forms and felt physical touching.
- The
Rosewell in Gloucester County, Virginia
is a mansion constructed in 1725 that has been home
to numerous accounts of paranormal activity.
- Scranton
, Pennsylvania's Psychic Theater tells of 'the
legend of a long-ago murder victim that still haunts the
100-year-old building(1433 N. Main Avenue)... that have been
featured on the Travel Channel." According to a Pennsylvania
Department of Tourism Pursuit Magazine article of the top ten most
haunted places, "one should be ready for a "true scare... and is
"not for the timid or weak of heart."
- Southgate Anderson High
School in Southgate, Michigan
, is supposedly haunted by a boy who had drowned in
the pool, people have seen him there trying to keep people from
drowning.
- The
Stickney
House
in Bull Valley, Illinois
, has a unique design due to Stickney's belief in
Spiritualism. It is
thought that he and his wife wished to communicate with their dead
children. Today the house is the local police department, and it is
claimed that police report strange sounds, objects moving around,
lights turning off, and door knobs turning and doors opening by
themselves. Other homes in the area are also rumored to be haunted.
The
nearby Holcombville cemetery includes tombs of the Stickney
children and a person killed in the crash of American
Airlines Flight 191
.
- At
the Story Inn in Story, Indiana
, a guest room is supposedly haunted by a ghost
known as "the Blue Lady". Little is known of who she might
be, or why she might haunt that room, but her alleged presence is
mentioned in many separate guestbook entries. According to some,
she seems more likely to appear if a certain table-lamp is turned
on.
- In
Sunnyvale, California
many Toys "R" Us employees
have reported seeing unusual rearranging of toys in the aisles, and
reported sightings of a man in his thirties dressed in old
clothing. His name is believed to be Johan, and is believed
to be a farmer who used to live on the site of the Toys "R" Us and
is just keeping "an eye on the old place". The store still remains
open today; most customers are completely unaware of this
legend.
- Union
Cemetery in Easton, Connecticut
(said also to be seen in Bridgeport, Connecticut
), which dates back to the 1600s, is touted as one
of the most haunted cemeteries not only in Connecticut, but in the
entire country. Many haunts have been said to exist on the
grounds of the cemetery. Several visitors who have photographed the
cemetery are later surprised to see orbs, light rods, ectoplasmic
mists, and on rare occasions even full apparitions appear in their
photographs that were not visible at the time the photo was taken.
The most well-known haunt is a spirit known as "The White Lady". The identity of the
spirit is not known, but sightings of her didn't occur until the
late 1940s; meaning she must have died sometime before then. People
have photographed and even videotaped her. Not only have people
seen her with their own eyes, but some passers-by have even "hit"
her with their cars as they drove past the cemetery.
- Waverly Hills Sanatorium
in Louisville, Kentucky
- A former tuberculosis hospital, Waverly Hills
has been of strong interest with paranormal investigators, some
calling it "the most haunted place on Earth". There are
unconfirmed reports of more than 60,000 deaths at the site, and the
property owners, workers, and investigators have claimed that at
almost anytime you can see strange lights, phantasms and shadows
moving around the corridors and rooms of the building.
- The
Whaley House in the "Old Town" section
of San
Diego, California
, is reportedly a haunted house. The house
was one of the region's first court houses as well the area's
hanging grounds before the house was built. The earliest documented
ghost at the Whaley House is "Yankee Jim." James (aka Santiago)
Robinson was convicted of attempted grand larceny in San Diego in
1852, and hanged on a gallows off the back of a wagon on the site
where the house now stands. Although Thomas Whaley had been a spectator at the
execution, he did not let it dissuade him from buying the property
a few years later and building a home for his family there.
According to the San Diego Union, "soon after the couple and their
children moved in, heavy footsteps were heard moving about the
house. Whaley described them as sounding as though they were made
by the boots of a large man. Finally he came to the conclusion that
these unexplained footfalls were made by Yankee Jim Robinson."
Another source states that Lillian Whaley, the Whaleys' youngest
daughter who lived in the house until 1953, "had been convinced the
ghost of "Yankee Jim" haunted the Old House." Yankee Jim is one of
many presences that have been documented at the House, including
Thomas Whaley himself and the family Fox Terrier.
- The
White
House
in Washington, D.C.
is filled with stories of different hauntings,
Abigail Adams's apparition has been
spotted in the East Room, Dolley
Madison is found lurking around the Rose Garden , Mamie Eisenhower's apparition is seen in
the kitchen, and Abraham Lincoln's
ghost has been seen in the Lincoln Bedroom.
- The
Winchester Mystery House
in San Jose, California
, is supposedly haunted by the ghost of its
eccentric builder, Sarah
Winchester. Ironically, she is said to have built the
rambling mansion to protect her from the spirits of all those
killed with her late husband's famous line of rifles.
See also
References
Haunted places in America