Reported Haunted Houses

There are numerous reportedly haunted locations in the United States. This list alphabetically sorts these places by state and then alphabetically within each state.

Alabama
Huntingdon College in MontgomeryGaineswood in Demopolis*The Auburn University Chapel on Auburn University campus in Auburn was used as a Civil War hospital. It is allegedly haunted by a Confederate soldier named Sydney Grimlett.[1]
 * Gaineswood in Demopolis, supposedly haunted by the ghost of a former housekeeper fromVirginia. She was in charge of the daily running of the house for General Whitfield after the death of his wife. Her ghost plays the piano in the music room.[2]
 * Kenworthy Hall near Marion, the fourth floor tower room is alleged to be haunted by the ghost of a young woman who sits in a window awaiting the return of a lover who died during theAmerican Civil War.[3]
 * Pratt Hall at Huntingdon College in Montgomery, reportedly haunted by a Red Lady. Huntingdon was originally a Methodist female college and the Red Lady is alleged to be the ghost of a lonely girl who committed suicide.[4] [5]
 * The Pickens County Courthouse in Carrollton is alleged to be haunted by the ghost of a former slave, Henry Wells, who was lynched by a mob after being accused of burning down the second county courthouse. Soon afterward the ghostly image of a face appeared in an upper window of the new third county courthouse, to profess Wells' innocence. Supposedly every windowpane in the courthouse was broken in a hailstorm one year, except for that pane.[6]
 * Rocky Hill Castle, site of a former plantation near Courtland, is purported to be haunted by a "lady in blue", ghosts of Civil War soldiers, and the ghosts of tortured slaves. Prior to its destruction, it was also alleged that knocking and banging of unknown origin occurred in the house.[7] [8] [9]
 * Sloss Furnaces in Birmingham is allegedly haunted by workers who died there in its time as a working blast furnace. It was investigated on the TV series Ghost Adventures.[10]
 * Sturdivant Hall in Selma is purported to be haunted by the ghost of the second owner, John McGee Parkman. Parkman, imprisoned byReconstruction authorities for alleged embezzlement, died during an escape attempt from Cahaba Prison in 1867.[11] [12]
 * The Tombigbee River near Pennington is reportedly haunted by the ghost ship Eliza Battle. The ship is supposed to return during especially cold, stormy nights to warn of impending disaster.[13] [14]

[edit]Arizona

 * At the Bird Cage Theatre in Tombstone, there have been reports of ghostly laughter, yelling, and strange music. These reports date back to the 1880s. It was investigated on the TV series Ghost Adventures.[15] It was also investigated by TAPS on Ghost Hunters.
 * The Copper Queen Hotel in Bisbee "is haunted, or at least that is what the owners claim and what numerous guests have affirmed over the years with stories about mysterious voices, odd sounds and smells, and even levitating objects."[16]

[edit]Arkansas

 * The Crescent Hotel is a historic hotel in Eureka Springs. Built in the 1880s, it is still in service today and reported to be haunted.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-16" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[17]
 * Fort Chaffee in Western Arkansas, which is near Fort Smith, is reportedly haunted. It was featured in episode 10 of the 4th season of the TV series Ghost Adventures on Friday, November 19, 2010.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-17" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[18]
 * The King Opera House is a historic live performance venue in Van Buren. Opened in the late 19th century, the opera house is purportedly haunted by a young Victorian man who was whipped to death by the father of his lover when they attempted to elope.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-18" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[19]

[edit]California
Main article: Reportedly haunted locations in California==[edit]Connecticut==
 * Dudleytown Is an abandoned ancient town which lies in the middle of Cornwall County. It is known as a site of pure evil; crazy events such as very dangerous spirits & several vortexes lurk in its vicinity, others rumor it as a portal to hell due to its violent history. There are no signs of life such as wildlife and plants there whatsoever. It is secured by authorities due to the danger that can be encountered there.
 * The Remington Arms factory in Bridgeport was once a weapons factory. It was closed in the 1980s after countless accidents and fatalities. Afterward, the place was abandoned and was the site of many crimes. People have reported shadow figures, voices, yelling, and residual working sounds. It was investigated on the TV series Ghost Adventures.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-19" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[20]
 * Union Cemetery in Easton (also Bridgeport), which dates back to the 17th century, 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 did not 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.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-20" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[21] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-21" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[22] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-22" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[23]

[edit]Florida

 * Castillo de San Marcos in St. Augustine is allegedly haunted by the Spanish soldiers who once inhabited the fort 400 years ago (incorrect, the Fort has only been completed since 1695). It was investigated on the TV series Ghost Adventures.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-23" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[24]
 * The Riddle House in Royal Palm Beach is reputedly haunted by the spirit of Joseph, a former employee of the original owner Karl Riddle, who hanged himself in the attic after being falsely accused of a crime. Shortly after, people began reporting physical attacks, possessions, and objects moving mysteriously.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-24" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[25] Moved from its original location in West Palm Beach, the house was investigated on the TV series Ghost Adventures.

[edit]Georgia
<p style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; ">The Georgia Aquarium has been reported haunted by members from the Titanic. <p style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; ">Investigated by many ghost investigators, it has repeatedly given evidence of being haunted. It was also feautered in one episode of Ghost Hunters who also claimed the place to be haunted.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Angelsghosts_27-0" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[28]
 * The Moon River Brewing Company in Savannah is considered very haunted by angry spirits. Staff members have reported physical attacks, possessions, and mysterious dark figures. It was investigated on the TV series Ghost Adventures.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-25" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[26] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-26" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[27]
 * Civil War Naval Museum of Columbus Georgia was investigated by several paranormal groups after staff members reported experiences such as books flying off shelves in the gift shop, mannequins moving from places which they were originally put, phantom voices and unexplained shadows darting about. Each investigative group has documented various forms of paranormal activity there.
 * The Saint Augustine Lighthouse. Haunted by two little girls (the daughters of the engineer responsible for building the lighthouse), a couple ghosts are reportedly past lighthouse keepers. A drifter is also said to have hung himself in the lighthouse in the 1800's.

[edit]Idaho

 * Old Idaho State Penitentiary of Boise Idaho is believed to be haunted, by staff and investigators. It was investigated on the TV series Ghost Adventures.

[edit]Illinois

 * Bachelor's Grove Cemetery has been the location of several ghost sitings including a famous photograph.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-28" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[29]
 * Devil's Pool an abandoned swimming pool in Wadsworth, is the site of reported devil worship, and animal sacrifice, were photos of spiritual orbs have been taken.
 * The Polish Museum of America in Chicago is believed to be haunted by the ghost of the 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.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-29" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[30]
 * The Stickney House in Bull Valley 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 ofAmerican Airlines Flight 191.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-30" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[31] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-31" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[32]

[edit]Indiana

 * At the Story Inn in the town of Story 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.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-32" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[33] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-33" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[34] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-34" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[35] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-35" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[36]

[edit]Iowa

 * The Villisca Axe Murder House is home to some of the most notorious murders in history. It is said that the family that was murdered there in 1912 still lingers in the house.It was investigated on the TV series Ghost Adventures.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-36" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[37]

[edit]Kansas

 * The Brown Grand Theatre in Concordia has stories of a ghost that haunts the theatre, especially during the opening season.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-37" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[38]

[edit]Kentucky
Main article: Reportedly haunted locations in Kentucky==[edit]Louisiana==
 * The Myrtles Plantation in St. Francisville is reportedly haunted by a slave known as Chloe. Chloe was put to death by the other slaves after she intentionally or unintentionally killed at least some members of her master's family with oleander leaves put in a cake. The other slaves possibly killed her to prevent punishment by their master. It has been called by some one of the most haunted homes in America.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-38" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[39]

[edit]Maryland

 * Chestnut Lodge in Rockville 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. The building was burned down in June 2009.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-39" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[40]
 * Engineered Piping Products is a Baltimore-based reseller of industrial pipe, valves and fittings. The building is located 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<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="line-height: 1em; white-space: nowrap; " title="The time period in the vicinity of this tag is ambiguous from February 2011">[when?] one employee had his coat tugged from behind when he was in the building alone. This site has been submitted to the Syfy's Ghost Hunters Great American Ghost Hunt for their consideration.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-40" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[41]
 * Point Lookout Lighthouse, at the southernmost tip of Maryland's western shore of Chesapeake Bay, has seen numerous shipwrecks, bodies washed ashore, and plenty of paranormal activity, as documented over the centuries.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-41" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[42]

[edit]Massachusetts

 * Danvers State Hospital, a psychiatric hospital located in Danvers, Massachusetts, was an asylum thought to be very haunted. There are many references in popular culture about the hospital. While the buildings were demolished so a company can build apartments, alleged hauntings continue. The apartments are said to be so haunted that people must move out. A movie (Session 9) was made based on (fictional) accounts of haunting and possession.
 * The Boston Athenium is said to be haunted by the scholarly Rev. Harris, who was seen there by Nathaniel Hawthorne.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-42" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[43]
 * The Houghton Mansion in North Adams, where North Adams' first mayor, A.C. Houghton, and his family, lived, is supposedly haunted by a cab driver who committed suicide in the basement after a car accident that led to death and tragedy for the Houghtons. It is now used as a Masonic temple. It was investigated on the TV series Ghost Adventures.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-43" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[44]
 * The Joshua Ward House in Salem is associated with the Salem witch trials. Sheriff George Corwin and witchcraft victim Giles Cory are said to haunt this place. Corwin is buried in the cellar.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-44" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[45]
 * The Lizzie Borden House in Fall River, 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.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-45" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[46]

[edit]Michigan

 * Big Bay Point Light is reputedly haunted by the red-haired ghost of its first keeper, Will Prior.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-BrightLights_46-0" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[47]
 * The Regent Theater in Allegan is said to be haunted, and witnesses claim to have seen moving forms and felt physical touching.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-47" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[48]

[edit]Mississippi

 * In Picayune,Mississippi, New Palestine Cemetery is supposedly haunted by the ghost of a bride that was left at the altar many years ago. She now roams around in her wedding dress searching for her husband.<sup class="Template-Fact" style="line-height: 1em; white-space: nowrap; " title="This claim needs references to reliable sources from January 2011">[citation needed]

[edit]Missouri

 * At Kemper Arena in Kansas City there are said to be sightings, sounds, and lights flickering on and off in the arena late at night from a former WWE 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.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-48" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[49]
 * The Lemp Mansion in St. Louis 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 the bar, pianos playing by themselves, etc. The mansion is now open as a restaurant and bed and breakfast.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-49" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[50]

[edit]Nevada
Abraham Curry House in Carson City*Abraham Curry House in Carson City is a historic residence reportedly occupied by the spirit of its namesake builder Abraham Curry, the founding father of the city and state capital, who died in 1873 with only one dollar in his pocket.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Haunted-Curry-House_50-0" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[51] <p style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; "><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Madame_Tussauds_52-0" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[53]
 * Goldfield Hotel in Goldfield, Nevada.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-51" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[52]
 * The Madame Tussauds wax museum in las vegas.
 * The Nevada Governor's Mansion in Carson City was first occupied by the family of GovernorDenver S. Dickerson in July 1909. Guests and staff have reported seeing a woman and child on the premises, thought to be Dickerson's wife Una and daughter June, the only child to have been born in the residence.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Carson-Myths-Legends_53-0" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[54]

[edit]New Hampshire

 * Huntress Hall, a dormitory at Keene State College, is supposedly haunted by its namesake, Harriet Huntress. Students often report strange noises coming from the building's attic, where Huntress' wheelchair remains to this day.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-54" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[55]
 * The Mount Washington Hotel in Bretton Woods. Room 314 is allegedly haunted by the wife of the original owner. It has been investigated on Ghost Hunters.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-55" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[56]
 * Pine Hill Cemetery (also known as "Blood Cemetery") in Hollis is allegedly haunted by a family murdered in the 19th century. People have reported orbs, EVPs, and a mysterious little boy running out onto to the road to stop cars.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-56" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[57] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-57" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[58]

[edit]New Jersey

 * The Devil's Tree in Bernards Township 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.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-58" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[59] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-59" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[60]
 * The Atco ghost, in Atco NJ. It is said that a boy was playing basketball, when he got hit by a moving car. And to this day, it's said if you go to that same place in Atco, and flicker your car lights a certain number of times that you will see the figure of the boy bouncing his basketball.

[edit]New Mexico

 * The historic St. James Hotel and saloon in Cimarron, New Mexico, which was the site of many murders during the 19th century, is reported to have a haunted room. <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-60" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[61]

[edit]New York

 * 112 (now 108) Ocean Avenue, Amityville, New York. Based on the 1977 book, The Amityville Horror by Jay Anson. Scene of a tragicmass murder in 1974 committed by Ronald DeFeo, Jr., the next inhabitants of the home claimed that it was haunted and fled after 28 days. Their experiences were portrayed in Anson's bestselling book, which was followed by a hit movie The Amityville Horror which in turn spawned a cottage industry. Despite unproven accusations of a fraud, the family maintains that they experienced paranormal phenomena while living in the Amityville house.
 * Hotel Chelsea in Manhattan is said to be haunted by multiple ghosts, including Dylan Thomas, Eugene O'Neill, and Thomas Wolfe. Former Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious supposedly haunts the elevator.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-61" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[62]
 * Sugar houses were used as prisons by the British Army in New York City during the American Revolutionary War. Though since torn down, the barred windows that were preserved from one of the sites have been reported to be haunted by the ghosts of the American prisoners who died under the deplorable conditions within the houses.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Virtual-Dime-Museum_62-0" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[63]

[edit]North Carolina

 * The Attmore-Oliver House in New Bern has been the scene of some poltergeist-like activity stemming possibly from either deaths in the house during a smallpox epidemic or the spirit of the last private owner.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-63" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[64]
 * Brown Mountain in Burke Co., NC is reputed to have ghostly orbs of light radiating from the mountain. The Brown Mountain Lights date back as far as the year 1200, according to local Cherokee legend. This was the year of a Great battle, and the Cherokee believed the lights to be the spirits of Indian maidens who still search for lost loved ones. There have also been speculations of Alien activity. Wiseman's View on Linville Mountain is the best vantage point for viewing the Brown Mountain Lights. The lookout was used by German Engineer William de Brahm in 1771 while studying the phenomenon. He attributed the lights to nitrous gases emitting from the mountain and combusting upon collision. His theories were later disproven.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-64" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[65]
 * The Carolina Theatre in Greensboro, NC was set ablaze on July 1, 1981 by a woman who was assumed mentally disturbed. Ms. Melba Frey went up to the upper balcony and started the fire, which burned the entire balcony and lobby. Her body was found in the stairway by firefighters, and she is now believed to haunt the area in which she died, flipping the folding seats up and down.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-65" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[66]
 * Lydia's Bridge is located in Jamestown, just outside of Greensboro, NC. In the early 1920s, Lydia and her date were headed home from a dance. It was a foggy night, and in a hurry to get home by Lydia's curfew, her date lost control of the car and hit the Southern Railroad Underpass Bridge head-on. Her date died on impact, but Lydia, badly injured, managed to escape the car. Trying to flag down a passing car for help, she was mistaken as a hitchhiker, and died by the roadside. There have been accounts of people picking up a hitchhiker in white, who says her name is Lydia. She gives an address and says she doesn't want her mother to worry and she needs to be home by curfew. Then she disappears before she reaches her destination. Lydia is also known as The Phantom Hitchhiker; The Lady in White; and The Vanishing lady. Lydia's Bridge is now abandoned, but U.S. Highway 70 used to run under it. Now High Point Road, it was straightened an a new underpass was built a few feet away in an effort to make the road safer.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-66" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[67]
 * Fayetteville hosts ghosts such as "The Lady in Black" who haunts the Sandford House (formerly called the Slocumb House).<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-67" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[68] Her apparition first appeared in the late 19th century and has been sighted recently<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="line-height: 1em; white-space: nowrap; " title="The time period in the vicinity of this tag is ambiguous from February 2011">[when?] by members of The Woman's Club of Fayetteville.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-68" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[69]
 * The Tar River, near Tarboro in Edgecombe County, is associated with a legend of a banshee. The legend speaks of a Patriot miller who was killed by a small group of British soldiers during the American Revolution. Before they drowned him in the river, he warned the soldiers that if he were killed, they would be haunted by a banshee. After his death, she appeared and caused the deaths of the soldiers and supposedly still haunts the river.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-69" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[70]

[edit]Ohio

 * Cincinnati Music Hall 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.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-ghosthunting_ohio_70-0" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[71]
 * The Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield is a defunct prison that was shut down in 1990. Now, people report cell doors slamming, yelling, physical attacks on woman, and shadow figures. It was investigated on the TV series Ghost Adventures.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-71" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[72]
 * Ohio University is known in state folklore as the most haunted college campus in the entire United States, if not the world. Established in 1804, the university is quite old by Ohio's standards, which only adds to its ghostly reputation. A large number of places on campus are said to be haunted, and numerous other popular tales are told about the university across Athens county. The British Society for Psychical Research claims that Athens, Ohio, is one of the most haunted places in the world.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-72" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[73] At one point<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="line-height: 1em; white-space: nowrap; " title="The time period in the vicinity of this tag is ambiguous from November 2010">[when?], Fox also filmed an episode of its Scariest Places on Earth at the university. Many of the ghost stories associated with Athens and the University center around the former Athens Lunatic Asylum and the horrors that supposedly went on there. Two notable examples of alleged local hauntings are a statue of an angel in the cemetery on West State St., which is said to be crying, and the spirit of a civil war veteran called Michael Ward, who chants names of the university's students.<sup class="Template-Fact" style="line-height: 1em; white-space: nowrap; " title="This claim needs references to reliable sources from August 2010">[citation needed]
 * Prospect Place in Trinway. Satanic rituals were allegedly performed on the site, and many people were supposedly killed during its time as a stop on the underground railroad. It was investigated on the TV series Ghost Adventures.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-73" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[74]

[edit]Oklahoma

 * Dead Women Crossing is a community in Custer County, Oklahoma.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Haunted_Heritage_74-0" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[75]

[edit]Oregon

 * 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.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-75" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[76]

[edit]Pennsylvania

 * Gettysburg, the location of the most historic battle in the Civil War, is known to be one of the most haunted locations in Pennsylvania. Many paranormal teams have traveled to Gettysburg from all across the world to contact the dead, like the Union and Confederate soldiers, and many have gone to the Ginnie Wade house in attempts at contacting the dead. Ghost Adventures team traveled to the Gettysburg battle fields, and while filming using the 'heat detection' option on their camcorder, videoed what looks to be a Union soldier walking into the woods, and then disappearing. Haunted Gettysburg tours are available to the public as well.
 * The Brinton Lodge in Douglassville is a reputedly haunted house. The original structure, built in the early 18th century, 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".<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-76" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[77]
 * In Ohioville, a mile-long stretch of Kelly Road, nicknamed 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.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-77" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[78]
 * Pennhurst State School and Hospital in southeastern Pennsylvania is reported to have numerous accounts of paranormal activity and was featured on paranormal TV shows Ghost Adventures and Extreme Paranormal.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-78" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[79]
 * Scranton'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 it is "not for the timid or weak of heart."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-79" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[80]

[edit]Rhode Island

 * Belcourt Castle, a French Renaissance-style château in Newport, 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.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-80" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[81]
 * In Exeter, 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."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-81" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[82]

[edit]Tennessee

 * The town of Adams, TN was the site of the Bell Witch haunting, as well as the Bell Witch Cave. Townspeople (even in modern times) have reported seeing strange occurances, including seeing a little girl in a green dress who disappears shortly after being seen. This is a common apparitional state in which the Bell Witch chooses to be seen. <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-82" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[83]
 * The Carnton Mansion in Franklin, Tennesseee was used as a hospital for Confederate Soldiers during the Civil War. Many of the deceased here were buried in mass graves. Several of their apparitions have been seen, heard and even felt here. Among them is the white apparition of a woman who appears on the back porch. <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-83" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[84]
 * Back in the Sixties and Seventies when it was still known as Hendersonville High School, Ellis Middle School was haunted by ghostly footsteps and random apparitions. Students once described the apparition of a dark coachman on the location. The Seventies TV-Series "That's Incredible" once considered a segment on the hautings but passed it over for other projects. <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-84" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[85]
 * The Orpheum Theatre in Memphis is haunted by the ghost of a small girl who was killed in a car accident in front of the theater. She appears in Seat C5 watching the performances and around the structure. In 1979, a parapsychology class from the University of Memphis found evidence of six more ghosts on the location. <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-85" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[86]
 * Built in Kingsport, Tennessee in 1818, Rotherwood Mansion is haunted by the ghost of a "Lady In White." She's believed to be Rowena Ross, the daughter of the builder of the house. She supposedly returns looking for her true love who drowned on the Holston River. <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-86" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[87]
 * Also known as the Grand Old Opry, Ryman Auditorium was originally built as a church, but years of music concerts here made the location the home of Country Music in the United States. Many believe the location is haunted. Footsteps have been heard, doors close and the voice of Hank Williams Sr. has been heard singing his old songs. Others have described the image of a Confederate Soldier on the premises. <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-87" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[88]
 * The Sheraton Read Hotel in Chattanooga is haunted by the ghost of Lisa Netherly who was murdered by her husband here as she was meeting her lover here for a secret tryst. She is said to haunt her former room and to jump in bed with male guests who check in alone.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-88" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[89]
 * Tennessee High School in Bristol, TN is haunted by former students and a phantom locomotive that roars over the gym and down the hall. Part of the school was reportedly built over forgotten railroad tracks. <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-89" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[90]
 * Tennessee State Prison is supposed to be haunted. A former warden describes odd voices, strange sounds and disembodied footsteps. The location was used in the movie The Green Mile and also elaborated on in the TV-Series, "Celebrity Paranormal Project." <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-90" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[91]
 * The Woodruff-Fontaine House is haunted by the ghost of Molly Woodruff. She has been seen and felt in the Rose Room which was once her bedroom. The location is now a museum, and one docent once heard Molly's voice say, "My bed doesn't go there." Others have sensed cigar smoke in the old mansion they can't explain. <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-91" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[92]

[edit]Texas
The Alamo in San Antonio*The Alamo in San Antonio is reportedly haunted by the spirits of those who died during the Battle of the Alamo. The site has been the scene of many ghostly sightings, starting shortly after the battle and continuing up to modern times.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-92" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[93]
 * Jefferson Davis Hospital in Houston has long been a popular spot for local ghost hunters. The existing building was completed in 1925, allegedly on the site of a mid-19th century cemetery, and has recently<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="line-height: 1em; white-space: nowrap; " title="The time period in the vicinity of this tag is ambiguous from February 2011">[when?] been remodeled into apartments.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-93" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[94]
 * Miss Molly's Bed & Breakfast, Fort Worth. It's rumored that every building in the legendary Stockyards of Fort Worth are haunted. But none is quite as haunted as Miss Molly's—which is considered by most to be one of the most haunted places in Texas. The hotel was built in 1910 and it's gone through several different transformations. Everything from a "speak-easy" named The Oasis during prohibition to a bordello in the 1940s named Gayatte Hotel—which was operated by a Miss Josie. Today the Star Café is on the bottom floor and Miss Molly's Bed & Breakfast is on the top floor. The building has been confirmed to be haunted by-way of apparitions to spirits not knowing that they're dead.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-94" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[95]
 * Presidio La Bahía in Goliad is a fort that was the site of numerous conflicts before and during the Texas Revolution, including the Battle of Goliad and most notably the Goliad Massacre in 1836. Many South Texas locals have claimed that the spirits of massacred soldiers can be found on the premises, and some have even claimed that at night their cries of agony can be heard from time to time.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-95" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[96]

[edit]Vermont

 * Bennington College students in the Jennings Hall music studies facility have reported hearing voices and footsteps, particularly after dark. It was the inspiration for the Shirley Jackson novel "The Haunting of Hill House".<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-96" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[97]
 * Located in Stowe, Vermont, Gold Brook Bridge is a covered bridge. This bridge is also known as "Emily's Bridge",<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-97" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[98] because it is believed to be haunted by a ghost of that name.
 * Southern Vermont College A four year liberal arts college that has an extensive history of paranormal activity and was investigated byVermont Spirits Detective Agency.

[edit]Virginia
Aquia Church in Stafford*Aquia Church in Stafford 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.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-98" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[99] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-99" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[100]
 * Ball's Bluff in Leesburg 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.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-100" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[101] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-101" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[102] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-102" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[103]
 * Bremo Historic District in Bremo Bluff, where a house at Bremo Recess is reportedly haunted by Anne Blaws Barraud Cocke, the wife of John Hartwell Cocke, brigadier general in the War of 1812and builder of the plantation estate.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FluvannaReview-20101027-legends_103-0" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[104]
 * Ferry Plantation House in Virginia Beach, a colonial and plantation era house, with 11 reported ghosts, including: people who perished in an 1810 ship wreck at the ferry landing, former slave named Henry - who still considers this his home, Sally Rebecca Walke - eternally mourning the loss of a lover, former resident/artist Thomas Williamson, and the Lady in White from 1826, who reportedly died from a broken neck falling down the stairs.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-cannonferry_104-0" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[105]
 * Manassas National Battlefield Park has many reports of paranormal activity. 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 hot spot for paranormal activity.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-105" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[106] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-106" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[107]
 * Monticello in Charlottesville was the home of Thomas Jefferson, and employees have often heard him whistling on the grounds, as he was known to do during his living days. It has been reported that there has been seen an apparition of a 10 year old boy wearing a uniform and a tri-cornered hat peering out a 2nd floor window.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-107" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[108]
 * The Rosewell plantation in Gloucester County is a mansion constructed in 1725 that has been home to numerous accounts of paranormal activity.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-108" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[109] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-109" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[110]

[edit]Washington

 * Kells Pub / Butterworth Building located in Seattle, Washington's downtown Pike Place Market area, is said to be haunted by employees, customers and ghost hunters alike. It was once a mortuary, currently converted into a pub. This located was featured on Travel Channel's Ghost Adventures<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-110" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[111]
 * Montgomery House Bed and Breakfast in Kalama was once a hospital, bordello, and medical clinic, built on land formerly occupied by the Cowlitz Indian Nation. The land was site to tens of thousands of Native American deaths, and full-body spectres are reported both in the establishment's back yard and within the home. This location was the subject of the 2009 feature film documentary Montgomery House: The Perfect Haunting, directed by psychic Danielle Egnew.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-111" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[112]

[edit]Washington, D.C.
Main article: Reportedly haunted locations in Washington, D.C.==[edit]West Virginia==
 * The Blennerhassett Hotel in Parkersburg is a grand hotel that was built in the late 19th century and is reported to be haunted by several ghosts.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-112" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[113] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-113" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[114]
 * Harpers Ferry in Jefferson County.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-114" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[115] <sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="line-height: 1em; white-space: nowrap; " title="from October 2010">[why?]
 * The Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum in Weston, formerly Weston State Hospital, is purported by its owners and visitors to be haunted by the spirits of patients who died there. Ghost Hunters, televised by SyFy has investigated the facility for their television series. Ghost Adventures did a live event on October 30, 2009, where they performed an over-night paranormal investigation on the Travel Channel.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-115" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[116]
 * The West Virginia State Penitentiary in Moundsville was built in 1867 and has been called one of the "most haunted places in America." SyFy's "Ghost Hunters" and Travel Channel's "Ghost Adventures have both televised paranormal investigations of the facility.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-116" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[117] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-117" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[118] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-118" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[119]