Haunted Places Across America
Last Updated: September 15, 2003
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Eureka Springs, Crescent Hotel
A room in this 78-year-old resort hotel is haunted by the ghost of Michael, an Irish stonemason who worked on the hotel in 1885. The man fell from the roof and died in the second floor area which became Room 218. Now he plays tricks with the lights and TV, or pounds loudly from inside the thick walls in the room. The ghost of a nurse dressed in white has been reported on the third floor. Another ghost is a gentleman in Victorian clothing who haunts the lobby. He has been spotted at the bottom of the stairway and sitting The confused ghost of Doctor Baker, the charlatan who ran the hospital in the 1930s, has been seen in the old Recreation Room and at the foot of the first floor stairway.
The town of Eureka Springs is in the extreme northwest corner of Arkansas in Carroll County, near Beaver Lake at the intersection of Hwy 23 and U.S. Hwy 62. The building used to house the Baker Hospital. Crescent Hotel, Eureka Springs, AR 72632. Phone: 501-253-9766.
They offer a haunted tour.Connecticut
Easton/Monroe Cemeteries For many years, visitors to the Union Cemetery in Easton reported having conversations with lifelike apparitions, who walk among the tombstones and then disappear into thin air. This type of ghost, known as a "lepke," seems as real as any other person until it vanishes from sight. Acquaintances of people buried here say the apparitions talk and behave exactly as they did when alive. This is also the haunt of the infamous White Lady, observed many times over the last fifty years.
The same White Lady ghost is seen at another nearby (Our Lady of the Rosary Chapel Cemetery). She wears a white nightgown with a bonnet. In 1993, a local fireman "ran over" the ghost in his pickup truck. Sometimes witnesses observe dark, shadowy figures attempting to grab the White Lady. Investigator Ed Warren believes she is Mrs. Knot, whose husband was murdered near Easton in the 1940s. The woman may have been murdered too, shortly after her husband's funeral.
Easton is in southwest Connecticut near the junction of Hwy 136 and Hwy 59. Union Cemetery is on Hwy 59, near the Easton Baptist Church. Monroe is north of Bridgeport in Fairfield County. Take Hwy 25 northwest to Hwy 111 and go north 3 miles to Monroe. Our Lady of the Rosary Cemetery is near the Stepney Green near Monroe. The White Lady appears in the cemetery and on nearby Pepper Street.New Haven, the old Union Trust building The amount of paranormal activities in the Union Trust building is amazing.
District Of Columbia
The White House - the ghost of Abraham Lincoln is seen wandering through the White House.
Old Stone House Museum Built in 1795 by Christopher Layman, this old farmhouse is haunted by eleven ghosts. The most active has been dubbed "George." He haunts the third-floor bedroom and has a violent hatred of women. George has been accused of shoving, strangling, knifing, and even raping women who venture into his room. Residents and visitors to the house, which is now a museum, have reported encountering his malevolent presence several times. Another ghost here is a lady wearing a brown, 1700s-style dress. She is seen near the fireplace. The phantom of a young woman, with tight ringlets in her hair, has been seen running up and down the staircase.
The apparition of a stout woman in an antebellum gown is seen on the staircase and in the kitchen. Also seen in the kitchen area is the ghost of a man wearing short pants with long stockings. A man with long, dark blond hair, wearing a blue jacket, once materialized near a front room window. The wraith of a small boy named "Joey" has been seen running up and down the third-floor hallway, and a little black boy has also appeared there. A German carpenter, thought to be the ghost of Christopher Layman, has been reported in the house.
Many people observed a Colonial gentleman who partially materialized in the master bedroom. Another unidentified Colonial man has been seen on the second-floor. In the 1930s, the house became a bordello, and then it was used as an auto shop. The National Park Service acquired the property in 1950 and restored most of the building.
The three-story, L-shaped Old Stone House has been restored and is now a museum operated by the National Park Service. Old Stone House Museum, 3051 M Street Northwest,Washington, DC 20007. Phone: 202-426-6851.Georgia
Savannah, Pirate's House Restaurant Although this house was once the home of famous pirate Jean Laffite, it is the ghost of another notorious pirate, known as Captain Flint, who haunts the place. It is said that as he lay on his deathbed, he kept calling to his First Mate, Darby McGraw, to bring him more rum. Today, his cries are still heard by visitors to the restaurant that now occupies the house. His scar-faced phantom has also been seen roaming in the basement tunnel. The tunnel, big enough to drive a bus through, was discovered during renovations. It leads to the river and probably served as an escape route for pirates trying to make it back to the sea.
Pirate's House is at the corner of East Broad and Bay Streets. The address is 20 East Broad Street, Savannah, GA 31401. Phone: 912-233-5757.
Guests at the Jekyll Island Club Hotel have been startled to find their coffee "sipped on" and the morning paper refolded.
Colorado Springs Gazette - Oct 29, 1995. pg. D.16Hawaii
Honolulu, Hilton Hotel The ghost of a beautiful woman in a red dress has been seen wandering the halls here. In 1959, an employee saw her vanish before his eyes, as he was escorting her to a room. Some say she is the ghost of a woman murdered in a tower room, others say she is none other than the volcano goddess herself, Madame Pele.
The hotel is in the Hawaiian Village on the island of Hawaii. Phone: 808-949-4321.Idaho
Genesee, Joyce Building This single-story brick building was built in 1880 and used for a variety of commercial purposes, including a museum that housed many rock crystals and Indian artifacts. Sara Joyce purchased the property in 1974 and moved there with her daughter, Heidi, and her granddaughter, Solara. Almost immediately, the family noticed weird happenings and unexplainable sounds. Then one night, the ghost of a tall, thin, elderly man, bathed in an eerie blue light, appeared in the doorway of Sara's bedroom and asked: "Do you see me? Do you see me?" Not long afterwards, the phantom of a huge silver-gray rat appeared in the kitchen.
Sara�s son, Bill, later discovered the mummified corpse of a large rat under the floorboards when he remodeled the kitchen. In fact, whenever Bill visited to help renovate the building, he would be plagued by spirits interfering with his work. He tried to exorcise the ghosts, but they always returned. Once a visiting ballet dancer from Australia was awakened by a female ghost with long black hair, who tried to get into a sleeping bag with her.
Genesee is 15 miles south of Moscow on U.S. Hwy 95 in northern Idaho. The Joyce Building is at 206 Walnut Street, Genesee, ID 83832. The property is presently owned by Sara's daughter, Ms. Heidi Linehan, Route #1, Genesee, ID 83832.
Wallace, the Jameson Hotel
Activity centers around an apartment on cedar St. The whole town is filled with ghosts. But the most vividly haunted is the Jameson Hotel. The third floor in particular has been the most active.Iowa
The Opera House
Voices have been heard on the empty stage, the floorboards squeak, doors open and close on their own, and equipment moves or malfunctions. The ghost of a red-haired man named David has been spotted, along with other ghostly patrons in the seats.
Dubuque, Barn Community Theatre Company Dubuque�s Grand Opera House was opened in 1890 and became a movie house in 1928. In 1986, the building was renovated and turned into a community theater. About that time, people started hearing weird voices and shuffling footsteps in the deserted building. Employees blamed the unseen spirits for hiding objects, changing lighting, and playing pranks. Then in 1991, apparitions started appearing in the back of the theater. Investigators later discovered that after the opera house became a movie theater, cleaning women called police several times complaining of strange voices in the building at night.
Dubuque is on the Mississippi River at the Iowa-Illinois-Wisconsin border. The old opera house is now the home of the Barn Community Theatre Company, 135 Eighth Street, Dubuque, IA 52001. Phone: 319-588-4356.
Cedar Rapids A recent investigation of Pleasant Ridge Cemetery, also known as Thirteen Stairs, has yielded intriguing evidence of a genuine haunting. Thirteen stairs do indeed lead to the entrance to the graveyard, an 1800s cemetery in the middle of the woods. Many of the graves belong to the Lewis and Blackburn families, local farmers. In January and February, 1997, investigators reported a "ghost dog" running by them and were also able to take a photo of a disappearing house that is sometimes seen over a square patch of faded grass. The photo shows a framework of lightlines outlining the house, and photos of balls of light have also been taken over the Lewis Family gravestone. That tombstone is even credited with healing a person's sprained ankle after he sat on it for ten minutes. On March 5, 1998, four investigators recorded electronic voice phenomena of the ghostly voice of an old man wheezing and then laughing maliciously. The cemetery is located just outside Cedar Rapids about 1.5 miles from the town of Palo in Linn County.Maine
Bucksport, a few miles from the Penobscot River
The cemetery is haunted. The ghostly apparition of a woman is seen hovering above the tombstones. Colonel Buck�s tombstone had a crack appear in it right above his name. It took on the shape of a woman�s foot and leg.Kennebunkport, Captain Fairfield Inn
This Federal-style mansion is haunted by the ghost of Captain James Fairfield, who was captured and imprisoned by the British during the War of 1812. After he was released in 1815, he settled in Kennebunkport with his wife, Lois, and built this house. He died of pneumonia just five years later, at the age of 38. During restoration of this bed and breakfast inn, Fairfield�s ghost was seen hovering in a dark corner of the basement, and guests have reported sensing Fairfield�s affable presence in their rooms.
The captain�s portrait may be viewed at the Brick Store Museum, 117 Main Street, Kennebunk, ME 04043. Captain Fairfield Inn, P.O. Box 1308, Kennebunkport, ME 04046. Phone: 207-967-4454.Maryland
Baltimore, USF Constellation
This proud frigate is haunted by three ghosts from the early 1800s. One is a sailor in an old naval uniform who is sighted on the Forecastle Deck. His appearances are so regular, that Navy Commander Brougham was able to take a photograph of him in December 1955. The second ghost is sailor Neil Harvey, sometimes seen on the Orlop Deck, below the main deck. He was strapped to a ship's gun and blown to pieces for falling asleep on watch in 1799. His uniformed apparition appeared to a Catholic priest touring the ship in 1964. The third ghost is the captain who ordered Harvey's grisly execution, Captain Thomas Truxtum. The Constellation is the first ship of the U.S. Navy, and the oldest commissioned warship in the world. It was built as a frigate in 1797 and rebuilt as a sloop of war in 1853. Following a $3.8 million renovation in 1995, the ship ought to be crawling with newly released spirits.
The ship and Constellation Center museum are located on Pier 1, near the corner of Pratt Street and Holiday Street in Baltimore Harbor. USF Constellation, Pier 1, Pratt Steet, Constellation Dock, Baltimore, MD 21202. Phone: 301-539-1797.
Elkton, Mennonite Community
A boy saw a man dressed in old Mennonite clothing, in his best clothes, as if he were dressed for church. He wore a round black hat like the Amish and a black coat and pants. The bottom of his pants were shredded and he had no shoes on. He had what looked like cast iron shackles on his feet. He was walking a foot from the ground, right above the plants.
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Frederick, Griffs Landing - One of the highlights on a haunted tour of Frederick. Griffs has been featured in local magazines as a haunted establishment. It is said that the spirit of a blonde haired woman in a blue dress occupies the building. She had an adulteress affair and committed suicide by hanging when it was made public.
Frederick is ground zero for ghostly activity. It is the most haunted city in the entire state of Maryland.
Whaleyville (Eastern Shore of MD, about 20 minutes from Ocean City, MD)
Old white church (possibly baptist) built circa 18th Century
Only if you use a digital camera will anything show up on pictures taken at this place, nothing shows up on regular film. Several pictures have came out clearly with odd sparkles around the gravestones and church. Sometimes the sparkles can be seen when the flash goes off from the camera. A picture was taken of a pure white orb of light. The edges were very sharp and well-defined and there was a glow or aura around them.
On the 19th of January patches of mist were caught floating around gravestones and around the front left side of the church. The mists were not visible, except on film. There was one picture where there seems to be a human shaped cloud in the bottom right corner.
It is a relatively small white church (rather run down) and has a small graveyard on the grounds. Some pictures have been taken with faces in them. The presence in this church is not friendly and it is well known as a haunted building. One sensitive person was extremely frantic to leave as soon as she got there, eventually she was verging on panic. According to her, she had this nearly uncontrollable urge to run. This church is in Whaleyville, on the Eastern Shore of Maryland about 20 minutes from Ocean City, MD.
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Ashland, John Stone's Inn
The sign over the entrance to this 164-year-old pub offers "spirits, food and lodging," but it is not until you see Captain John Stone's picture staring down from above the bar, that you know about which kind of spirits they are talking. Daniel Webster gave speeches here, and there are secret rooms that served as hiding places for runaway slaves, but the inn's greatest claim to fame are the ghosts walking its halls. The apparition of a 10-year-old girl is often reported staring out a window in a storage room near the kitchen, and an invisible intruder likes to put his hands around the necks of customers in the dining room. Near an ice machine in the cellar, several employees have felt an unseen presence tapping them on the shoulder or holding their hands under the ice when they try to fill buckets. Other manifestations include glasses flying across the dining room, cups falling off shelves for no reason, and mysterious $10 bills materializing in a tip jar. In 1984, investigators held two televised s�ances in an upstairs lounge in front of 150 witnesses. They claimed to have contacted the spirits of a little girl, a woman innkeeper, and yes, old Captain Stone himself.
In Middlesex County, take the Framingham exit off Hwy 90 and follow Hwy 135 for 5 miles west to the town. John Stone's Inn, 179 Main Street, Ashland, MA, 01721. Phone: 508-881-1778.
Fall River, Lizzie Borden Bed and Breakfast, 92 Second St.
The Borden home is a Greek Revival house that has been a city landmark since the ax murders of Andrew and his second wife, Abby Borden, on August 4, 1892. Although she was tried and acquitted of the crimes, Lizzie was ostracized by the community of Fall River. The public is allowed not only to view the murder scene and to spend a night in the actual house where the murders took place.
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Weymouth A medium named Lorri felt the presence of Mary Wallace in her home near Boston.Michigan
Marshall, The National House Inn This brick inn was built as a stagecoach stop in 1835 by Andrew Mann. A secret chamber in the basement indicates it was used as a stop on the Underground Railroad before the Civil War. After 1878, the building became a windmill and later was used as a wagon factory. In the 1920s, the hidden room in the basement was used for the sale and consumption of liquor during Prohibition. After that, the building was converted into apartments. In 1976, the building was completely restored and furnished with antiques. That was when the ghost of a Lady in Red began roaming the halls. With the diverse history of this building, no one has yet hazarded a guess as to who the revenant might be.
The town of Marshall is 20 miles east of Battle Creek near I-94. The 16-room inn is on Fountain Circle Park and overlooks the downtown area. The National House Inn, 102 South Parkview, Marshall, MI 49068. Phone: 616-781-7374.Minnesota
Minneapolis, Guthrie Theater
This old opera house is haunted by the ghost of one of its former ushers. Richard Miller was an awkward English boy with few friends, when he worked here in the late 1960s. On Saturday, February 5, 1967, he strolled into a Sear store, purchased a surplus Mauser rife and shells, and went back to his car in the parking lot. There, the 18-year-old boy put the gun to his head and pulled the trigger. He body was not discovered until the following Monday. He was still wearing his Guthrie Theater usher�s uniform. Within weeks of his suicide, patrons in Row 18, part of the area assigned to Miller, began complaining of an usher constantly walking back and forth. They described Miller down to the large mole on his cheek. Since then, dozens of patrons, employees, ushers, actors, singers, and custodians at the theater have seen young Richard Miller walking slowly up and down the aisle in Row 18, in the Catwalks, or in an exclusive section of seats called the Queen�s Box. The ghost would follow witnesses with his eyes or head but never spoke or made any sound. An exorcism performed in 1994 supposedly placated his restless spirit.
Richard Miller attended Edina Morningside School in Minneapolis and lived in Territorial Hall at the university. His body was found in the parking lot of the Sears on Lake Street. He is buried at Fort Snelling National Cemetery. The theater is opposite the Sculpture Garden in the Loring Park area of southwest Minneapolis. Guthrie Theater, 725 Vineland Place, Minneapolis, MN 55403. Phone: 612-377-2224.
St Paul, the Forpaugh's Restaurant The restaurant was the site of a woman's suicide. She was a maid in the house at the time and she killed herself because she became pregnant by the man whom she worked for. His name may have been Forpaugh. The hauntings are attributed to this woman who killed herself and include bus carts moving by themselves across the floor, dishes and silverware rearranging themselves, and unexplained lit candles appearing in the second story window.Missouri
Near Boonville, Ravenswood An old, declining mansion, it was built in the 1880's and inhabited by a lady named Nadine. You can take tours.
Joplin, Devil's Promenade
Almost every night since 1866, a strange orange ball of light bounces along this road in an easterly direction. As the light moves through the air, it leaves behind luminous traces of dancing sparks. The light has been known to enter cars and buses, but paradoxically, dodges people chasing it. Loud noises also make it disappear. It has been called the Hornet Ghost Light, the Neosho Spook Light, and the Devil's Jack-O'-Lantern, but scientists who studied the phenomenon have never agreed about what causes it.
In 1946, a study by the Army Corps of Engineers concluded the phenomenon was "a mysterious light of unknown origin." A 1983 investigation by the Ghost Research Society revealed the light is diamond-shaped, with a hollow center. Legend says it is the ghost of a pair of Quapaw Indian lovers, who committed suicide together. Others believe it is the lantern of a ghostly miner searching for his wife and children, who were abducted by Indians.
Devil's Promenade is in the village of Hornet, 11 miles southwest of Joplin. The area is near the borders of Missouri, Oklahoma, and Kansas. This tri-state region is known as the Spooksville Triangle. Follow I-44 west from Joplin. Just before the last exit at the Oklahoma border, turn south onto State Line Road. Devil's Promenade Road crosses State Line Road after about 4 miles. There is an abandoned Spooklight Museum at the site. From Neosho, follow Hwy 86 until it dead-ends before Hwy 43. Turn right and go 2 miles to the second road on the left. Turn left and go � mile to Devil's Promenade. The light is visible from any point along a 2 mile stretch of the road here.
Ravenswood, near Boonville. An old, declining mansion, built in the 1880's is inhabited by a lady named Nadine. You can take tours.Montana
Bozeman, Chico Hot Springs Lodge and Ranch
In May 1986, two night watchmen at this resort hotel came upon the nebulous form of a young woman hovering near a piano in the third floor Lounge. Only the upper body of the white ghost appeared, the rest tailed down to nothing. The face of the peaceful apparition stared right at them for several minutes, enough time for one of the guards to grab a camera from a nearby table and snap a photograph. Only a tiny white spot on the film showed up where the ghost had stood. The same apparition had been seen by guests several times in the past, but this was the first time the Lady in White was photographed. In 1990, two other security guards followed the Lady in White from Lobby to the hallway leading to Room 349, where the presence has been reported by many employees and guests. An antique rocker in the room always ends up facing a window, no matter in which room it is placed. An old family Bible stays open on a wooden bench in the Attic and never collects any dust.
The most likely candidate for all the activity is Percie Knowles, the stubborn wife of the man who built the hotel in 1900. After her husband�s death in 1910, she decided to change it into a first-class healthcare center. By 1917, she had brought a doctor on the staff, opened five more therapeutic pools, and added a hospital wing. She died in 1941, but her stubborn spirit lives on.
Bozeman is 140 miles west of Billings on I-90. The resort is located 58 miles southeast of Bozeman in the Paradise Valley, just outside of the town of Pray. Take I-90 east to U.S. Hwy 89 south. Chico Hot Springs Lodge and Ranch, Pray, MT 59065. Phone: 406-333-4933.Nebraska
Lincoln, State Capitol Building
Visitors to the Dome Observation Deck here report hearing the sounds of a man sobbing, usually on the southeast side of the building. There are several likely candidates for the Capitol Ghost. One is a prison inmate who had a heart attack in 1968, while stringing Christmas lights on the outside of the dome. Another possibility is a 1950s man, who fell ten floors when he leaned too far over the railing of the spiral staircase. Or perhaps, the spirit is that of an Indian ghost sensed in the Lower Basement of the building. The Indians believed the hill on which the capitol now stands was sacred.
The State Capitol is at the corner of 10th Street and Capitol Parkway, Lincoln, NE 68501.North Carolina
The old Jailhouse in Dallas
On the second floor, people get the feeling that they�re being watched. Footsteps are heard upstairs. If you stand near the spot underneath the tree where Caroline Shipp was hanging, you can sometimes hear the sound of a woman�s neck breaking and her moan.Adam Springs house in McAdenville
It�s built on a hill above the South Fork River and it was named Long Shoals. On dark nights a lantern can be seen floating between the house and where his Adam Spring�s fish traps used to be. If a bride, on the night before her wedding puts on her gown and walks down to the riverbank, the ghost of an unhappy bride will appear to her. An old man dressed in Quaker attire has been seen at the top of the stairs. Doors slam shut or swing open. Dry floors become slippery. When walking through the house in the dark, occupants are sometimes slapped in the face. Whispering sounds are heard.
Wilmington, Chamber of Commerce Wilmington's official Welcome Center is home to a ghost, who was once photographed descending a staircase in the building. Known officially as the Price-Gause House, the place has been considered haunted ever since it was built in 1843. Immediately after moving in, the Gause family heard strange footsteps on the stairs and traced an eerie tapping sound that moved along the walls. They finally decided to live with the unidentified presence. Later residents came to the same conclusion. An investigation in October 1967 documented several mysterious sounds and yielded the startling photo of a misty, human form walking down the stairs.
Wilmington is on the extreme southern tip of North Carolina, at the south end of I-40. Wilmington Chamber of Commerce, 514 Market Street, Wilmington, NC 28401. For information, call 919-762-2611.North Dakota
Grand Forks, University of North Dakota There have been several sightings of the ghost of a girl, usually without legs, floating up one of the tunnels that connect Wilkerson Dining Hall to five dormitories on this campus. In 1988, three students saw her apparition in the West Hall tunnel. They described her as about 5�5" tall, with short dark hair, wearing a nightshirt. In December 1962, before the tunnels were constructed, a young coed froze to death about sixty feet from West Hall. It is thought she slipped on the ice while trying to make her way to the dining hall at around 2:00 AM.
Grand Forks is far eastern North Dakota, on the Minnesota border at the junction of I-29 and U.S. Hwy 2. University of North Dakota, Box 8095 University Station, Grand Forks, ND 58202. Phone: 701-777-2711.Pennsylvania
Easton, Easton Public Library
During construction of this building in 1903, workers uncovered the graves of 514 people. Most of the bodies were moved to other cemeteries, but at least thirty were left unclaimed. Two prominent former citizens, Elizabeth Bell "Mammy" Morgan and William Parsons, were reburied in graves with markers on the library grounds. Mammy Morgan is buried on the west lawn and Parsons is buried on the front lawn. The other corpses, and any unidentified pieces of bodies, were unceremoniously dumped into an underground concrete vault on the property. Today, the library is haunted by the misplaced souls. Doors slam shut and open suddenly, filing cabinet drawers swing open for no reason, and unseen hands run through the hair or touch the shoulders of patrons and staff. And over the years, many people have reported the ghost of Mammy Morgan, roaming the library grounds.
The burial vault is under a telltale depression in the northeast part of the driveway that exits the library. The library is on the corner of Church Street and 6th Street, Easton, PA 18042. Phone: 215-258-2917.
Coaldale The rocking chair would move all on its own. In the middle of the night the TV would turn on so loud everyone would wake up. It would happen when everyone was in bed sleeping. The two dogs would stare and bark into the kitchen. When that happened the family would get a strange feeling and the hair on their arms would stand up. One of the children claimed she had seen a black figure standing at the bottom of her bed. In 1997 the mother�s brother was killed. The night before his viewing, she got clothes together and while she was ironing them, the lights kept flickering, the iron's plug pulled out by itself, and one of the kitchen chairs flew across to the sink.
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Vans Sant Covered Bridge, Solebury Township, Bucks County
Investigated April 5, 2003
A camcorder recorded a "mist" move past the camcorder towards one of the investigators. At the same time, the camcorder recorded a photograph being taken by another. There is a strong presentation of what could be ectoplasm along the side of one of the investigators. There is also an abundance of "orbs". All felt a strong presence.Rhode Island
Cranston, Sprague Mansion
Ghosts have been seen in this mansion since 1925, when an apparition was seen descending the staircase. Later residents told of a ghost in the Wine Cellar and complained of an unseen force that flung off their blankets in the middle of the night. One room in particular, called the Doll Room because of the collection of porcelain dolls there, is the source of many unnerving phenomena, including eerie footsteps, lights that go on by themselves, and a ghostly presence. The house was built in 1790 by William Sprague, who operated a cotton mill and bleachery on the property. One evening William got a fish bone caught in his throat and died during surgery to remove it. His sons, Amasa and William Jr., made a highly successful business from their inheritance. William Jr. became a U.S. Senator, while his brother tended the business. Then, in 1864, Amasa was found brutally beaten to death. A man whom Amasa had prevented from obtaining a liquor license was executed for the murder, but one of the accused's brothers later confessed to the crime. S�ances at the mansion have aroused the spirit of Amasa Sprague and a butler who worked there in the mid-1890s. Both spirits accepted responsibility for the supernatural events that take place in Sprague Mansion.
Cranston is 5 miles southwest of Providence on Hwy 2. Take Exit 16 from I-95 and go west on Hwy 12 to Hwy 2. The mansion is at 1351 Cranston Street, Cranston, RI 02920. Phone: 401-944-9226.
Chepachet, Stagecoach Tavern The place is as haunted.South Carolina
Cayce, Airport High School The tall, thin ghost of a man with his hands on his hips is seen in the halls here. He is George Pair, the school's first principal. The high school was built in 1958 and Pair died in 1962. He worked hard to get the school built and is said to protect the premises from harm. Most sightings have occurred in the "300s" corridor. Custodians, students, and visitors have reported encountering the stern ghost.
Cayce is on Hwy 2 in Lexington County, across the Congaree River from Columbia. The high school serves the Cayce-West Columbia area. Airport High School, Cayce, SC 29033. Phone: 803-822-5600.South Dakota
Deadwood, Hotel Bullock The ghost of Deadwood's first sheriff, Seth Bullock, walks the halls of the hotel he founded. Bullock was sheriff in the 1870s and died here in 1919. Since then, over thirty people have seen his ghost. Guests, employees, and managers of this hotel have encountered the tough old sheriff.
Deadwood is in Lawrence County near the Wyoming border, 12 miles west of Sturgis on U.S. Hwy 85. Sturgis is 20 miles northwest of Rapid City on I-90. Hotel Bullock, Main Street, Deadwood, SD 57732. Phone: 605-578-1745.Tennessee
Memphis
Brinkley Female College
Some people think that the restless spirit of Mr. Brinkley, who had gone bankrupt then insane wandered through the rooms of the antebellum mansion on DeSoto St. The music room is haunted by the spirit of a little girl named Lizzie who wears a pink dress.Orpheum Theater on Beale St.
A young child named Mary died nearby in a fall and haunts it now. Doors open and close by themselves, giggling is heard, stocking feet patter up and down the ailes and the organ plays itself, even when it�s not on. Sometimes she occupies seat C-5 during productions. She wears a uniform of a white middy blouse and pleated skirt and has long, dark braids down her back. Sometimes she helps out with things around the theater. Sometimes she can be heard singing and her shadow can be seen. The basement and the projection booth may be haunted. Deep rumblings have been heard from inside a broom closet and the theater has been known to turn bitterly cold. A faint light has been seen within the theater.
Bell Witch
The malicious entity that plagued a Tennessee farmhouse in 1817 ended in the only known murder by a poltergeist. The problems began when John Bell saw a strange animal in his cornfield dissolve into thin air. Soon, the family heard scratching at the doors and windows, then gnawing sounds started coming from inside the house. Within a year, the presence began speaking and threatened to kill John. The fame of the "Bell Witch" spread, and even Andrew Jackson came to dispel the spirit. Nothing worked. John Bell was beaten so mercilessly by the presence that his tongue swelled and he could barely eat. A doctor prescribed a tonic, but the witch bragged it poisoned it. "I've got him this time," it bellowed, "He�ll never get up." John went into a coma and died on December 21, 1820. Then, the witch promised to return to wreck havoc on John�s descendents, and it plagued the Bell family again in 1827, 1852, 1861, 1935, 1977, and 1988. Today, the apparition of a demon woman and eerie balls of light are seen gliding over the Bell farm, and a cave near the family cemetery is haunted by chains rattling and inhuman screams.
Wartrace, Walking Horse Hotel This old hotel is home to a white apparition that has appeared on the stairway. Manager George Wright reports that the ghost has been seen by employees and at least one guest. (The town of Wartrace is located in Bedford County in south central Tennessee, midway between Shelbyville and Manchester on Hwy 64. The hotel is on Main Street. Walking Horse Hotel, P.O. Box 266, Wartrace, TN 37183. Phone: 423-389-6407.)Utah
Salt Lake City , Old Deseret
Visitors and guides at this historical settlement have reported dozens of ghostly encounters in recent years. The buildings were part of the original colony established by Brigham Young, who led Mormons west after their leader, Joseph Smith, was murdered by an Illinois mob in 1844. Before Brigham Young's Forest Farmhouse was moved to the historical park, his ghost haunted his residence for fifteen years. After it was moved, the house was taken over by his 19th wife, Ann Eliza Webb. Her petite apparition, dressed in black, is still seen peering out of the dining room window of the house. After Ann Eliza divorced Young, she toured the country denouncing him and the Mormon Church. At nearby Jewkes-Draper Home, the ghostly sounds of children at a party are heard, and the apparition of Mary Fielding Smith has been observed many times standing in the doorway of Smith House. Sometimes Mrs. Smith is seen wagging her finger angrily, perhaps because her house was set facing the wrong way when it was moved to the park.
Salt Lake City is at the junction of I-15 and I-80 in north central Utah. For information on the area, call the Visitors Bureau at 801-521-2822. Old Deseret is located in the Pioneer State Trail Park, 2601 Sunnyside Avenue, Salt Lake City, UT 84108. Take the Foothills Exit from I-80 and go west 3 miles to the park. For information, call 801-584-8391. For tour reservations, call 801-582-2443.VERMONT
Wilmington, White House of Wilmington This house was built in 1915, but strange things did not occur until after it was remodeled into an inn. Manager Bob Grinold has reported unexplained footsteps and other sounds, as well as a shadowy presence walking the halls.
Wilmington is in the south corner of Vermont, on Hwy 9 between Bennington and Battleboro. White House of Wilmington, Route 9 Box 757, Wilmington, VT 05363. Phone: 802-464-2135. Reservations can be made by calling 800-541-2135.WEST VIRGINIA
Harpers Ferry National Park , Harpers Ferry
The white-haired ghost of John Brown walks alongside a black dog down the street here. They stroll past the store fronts to the door of the Fire Engine House, where they disappear. Brown's ghost is so real that some tourists have asked him to pose for pictures. The Kansas abolitionist brought his band of followers to Harpers Ferry to take the Confederate Arsenal and arm the slaves. He took hostages and held them in the arsenal's fire house, but ninety Marines under General Robert E. Lee broke into the building and took Brown and his followers prisoners. John Brown was hanged on December 2, 1859, a little over a year before the start of the Civil War. Hog Alley is haunted by one of Brown�s men who was mutilated and left for the hogs. At St. Peter�s Catholic Church, the ghost of a priest disappears through a wall, and the stone steps leading into the church are haunted by the cries of a baby who was killed by a mortar shell there during the Civil War.
Harpers Ferry National Park is located in Harpers Ferry at the far eastern tip of West Virginia. The site is located off U.S. Hwy 340, near the confluence of the Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers. Harper�s Ferry National Park, P.O. Box 65, Harper�s Ferry, WV 25425. For information on private ghost tours of the park, call 304-725-8019.Wisconsin
Waukesha, Hill Farm
The ghost of its builder John Hille makes appearances. The entire family who owned the house committed suicide and now it is cursed for all future owners. Children and babies are known to mysteriously fall ill and die.
La Crosse, Bodega Brew Pub
The ghost of a former poolroom owner haunts this building. Paul Malin operated the Malin Pool and Sample Room in the 1890s. After his death in 1901, his ghost started to appear regularly to new owners. No one knew why the building changed hands so many times in the five years after Malin died, but the truth surface in 1907, when A.J. "Skimmer" Hine, a popular German immigrant, confided to friends that he was giving up his Union Saloon in the building because it was haunted by Malin�s ghost. Hine said the ghost appeared to him each night and kept him from sleeping by running amok and making strange noises.
A man named George Ritter purchased the Union Saloon from Hine, but he also could not make a go of it. The saloon was later replaced by the Bodega Restaurant. Currently it is known as the Bodega Brew Pub. La Crosse is on the Mississippi River in southwest Wisconsin at the junction of U.S. Hwy 53 and I-90. The two-story brick building is at 120 South 4th Street, La Crosse, WI 54601. Phone: 608-782-0677.
Kewaunee, Karsten Inn
This historic inn near Green Bay is known to be haunted. In owner Roswitha Hauer's words: "Before I acquired this property I as contacted by one of Green Bay's most prominent psychics. She told me that the place was haunted and by three spirits. One of them is named Agatha and is well know by customers and former owners. Agatha is very active and wants to stay in the building until it's torn down. She won't pass over until that building is dust. This is was the psychic told me. We had a few incidents happening with in the past couple of weeks where my employees called me at home and wrote me e-mails about the happenings in the evening."
The Historic Karsten Inn, 122 Ellis Street, Kewaunee, WI 54216. Phone: 920-388-3800. Fax: 920-388-3808. Web: www.karsteninn.com. Contact: [email protected].WYOMING
Sheridan Sheridan Inn. This inn is haunted by the spirit of Miss Kate Arnold, a housekeeper who lived here for 65 years. The inn opened in 1893 and was once owned by Buffalo Bill Cody. Miss Kate's presence is felt strongest in her former room on the third floor, near the front downstairs windows, or in the ballroom. Sometimes, she is detected as a moving cold spot, at other times only her soft footsteps are heard. The owners have preserved her room just as she left it and interred her ashes in the wall above her favorite chair.
The town of Sheridan is in northern Wyoming, at the junction of I-90 and U.S. Hwy 14. Sheridan Inn, Sheridan, WY 82801. Phone: 307-674-5440.A Website on Haunted Locations
Much of the information on this page has been gleamed from the book Haunted America by Micheal Norman and Beth Scott and the book Houses of Horror by Richard Winer.
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