| Annapolis Naval Academy (Anne Arundel Co.) On the morning of October 13, 1907. Lt. J. Sutton committed suicide by shooting himself in the head. The same day, the ghost of Lt. Sutton was said to have appeared to his mother and sister in Oregon. He told them that he didn't kill himself but that he was beaten to death by one of the officers. The family started and investigation in which they exhumed the body and an autopsy was done. It revealed that he was severely beaten before he was shot, yet no charges were ever filed in his death. |
| Blood Run (Bladensburg) Also known as the "Dueling Grounds" Fifty or more bloody duels were fought here. A number of corpselike ghosts are said to walk the grounds. The ghosts are dark and shadow like forms that disappear at any kind of sound. One ghost is that of Stephen Decatur, he eternally repeats the day he was gunned down in 1820. Several other ghosts roam this spot including one of the sons of Francis Scott Key, Daniel Key. He was killed in a duel in June of 1836. |
| Blackwater Mule (Madison) For many years a devil mule haunted this marshy area. If sighted it meant that a disaster would befall the observer within a few days time. When the mule was alive it was thought to be possessed by the devil. A group of tobacco farmers led the animal into quicksand on purpose, early in the 1800's. After its death, the possessed mule came back to prophesy impending disaster for the all the men. |
| Bryaley's Mill (Hartford Co.) Also known as "Peddler's Run". For eighty years this area has been haunted by a headless ghost. A decapitated body of a peddler was found near a grist mill, in 1763. The headless peddler has been seen along the riverbanks. In 1843 a man digging a ditch found a skull buried several feet underground on the site of Bryarley's Mill. The body of the peddler was exhumed and the head was laid to rest with it. After the ghost was never seen again. |
| Church Road Bridge (Hollywood) Also known as "Cry Baby Bridge". This bridge is haunted the ghosts of two women. One is a young girl who was killed by a speeding car that took the curve too fast entering the bridge. She was run down by her own husband, who was in a hurry to get home. The women had a his infant son in her arms. When she was hit, the baby was thrown over the bridge into the cold water. The childs body was never found, yet its cries are still heard around "Cry Baby Creek". The other women's ghost is that of a black slave girl who lived near the bridge. She was being sexually abused by her owner. So to get away from this horror she murdered him. When she tried to flee she was hunted down and killed in the swamp. Her ghost is said to have caused many accidents by jumping out in front of cars on the bridge. Another Version: Cry Baby Bridge:
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 Druid Ridge Cememtery (a.k.a. - "Black Aggie") (Pikesville)A rich and respected man, General Felix Angus died in 1924. He was buried in Druid Ridge Cemetery outside of Baltimore, Maryland. A famous Artist was hired to carve the tombstone, he made it with an angel on top. The angel was carved of black marble. She was very beautiful, but people thought she looked strange. No one was sure why she looked kind of strange. But she did. It was anyone's guess who first started calling the angel "Black Aggie". Whoever it was the name stuck. A few months after the tombstone was put up, the rumors started about strange things happening. Like it was said that at midnight Black Aggie's eyes would glow. The rumors got worse. It was said that all the ghosts in the graveyard would gather around Black Aggie at midnight. Another rumor was that if any one that looked into Aggie's glowing eyes would become blind. She could even be deadly, at least some people thought so. Members of a nearby college club didn't believe in Black Aggie. Some thought the stories were just used to scare new members of the club. They said that every new member would have to spend a night beside Black Aggie. What was supposed to be a joke did not turn out that way. One new member did not come out of the graveyard at dawn. When members of the club found him, they found him next to Aggie... dead. Doctors said he died of fright. After that Aggie got famous. People came to look at the Angel. They started destroying other parts of the cemetery and by breaking pieces of General Angus's tombstone off. It was said that in 1926 that someone even cut off one of Aggies arms. When caught the man said that Black Aggie broke it off on her own and gave it to him. His story was not believed and he went to jail. After awhile the Angus family got tired of all the attention that Aggie caused and they decided to take her down. But they weren't quite sure what to do with her. But in the end it was finally decided that she be given to the Smithsonian in D. C. in 1967. Apparently she is still in one of the many storerooms, it is most likely she will never be put on display. Unfortunately. |
| Gibson Island (Pasadena) It has been rumored that Gibson Island is one of the spots that Captain Kidd has buried one of his many treasures. Apparently the treasure is still on the island but no one knows where. Unfortunately the good Captain did not get to retrieve his loot before he died. It is said that Captain Kidds ghost comes back to look for his lost treasure. Though some treasure seekers have found more than they bargained for. One story of a treasure seeker had a dream that his friend was helping him dig something up. In his dream he saw a iron wagon tire hanging from an oak tree. When he woke up he went to the area he dreamed of. He found the tree with the wagon tire hanging in it. He dug while his friend held the light, from out of the hole a white ghostly form materialized in front of the and was staring at him. Both seekers fled the scene and never looked back. |
| Gypsy (Dorchester Co.) In August of every year a ghostly white stallion is said to gallop over the area of Drawbridge. The riders of the horse are a gypsy man and his beautiful love, who were reunited in death. The man was killed in the late 19th century by the women's seven brothers, who disapproved of her pending marriage to the gypsy. But a powerful gypsy curse was cast, mysteriously for seven years one of her brothers would die. Till there were none left. In the eighth year, the women went into a unexplained coma and died shortly after. In the early 1900s her ghost was seen sitting astride a great white horse with her gypsy love. |
| Howard's Cove (Anne Arundel Co) A Barn just outside of Annapolis was the scene of a mysterious murder. The house which looks out over a cove off the Severn River, had a horse barn built in 1850, which now has been turned into a retreat. Lord Baltimore patented the land on September 10, 1659. Peter Porter and his wife Sarah were granted a couple of hundred acres between Cove and the creek. Next the owner was a Jesuit, they only lived in the farmhouse and not in the mansion. They worked the vineyards on the estate. In 1930 a housekeeper was murdered and then the Jesuits moved. Soon after the murder people began seeing a ghost, and the doors would open. The land was sold to Ridgely who moved to Spain and sold it to the Gutsches. Ridgely told the Gutshes the history of the land and the story of the ghost. The Gutsche stayed and restored the old barn turning it into a bed and breakfast. |
| Judge's Bench Saloon (Ellicott City) This Saloon apparently has so many spirits that it is not known who is this places resident spirit is. Although very rambunctious spirit flushes the toilets when no ones around. |
| Leigh Masters(Westminster) This is one of the best-known stories of the area. Leigh Masters came to the area in the late eighteenth or early nineteenth century. He set up iron foundries in an area still known as Furnace Hills and became very wealthy. However, by this time, his wife and son had died and Masters had become to came unhinged. He turned his attention to a young slave girl and tried to force himself onto her. The girl was already married to and had a young child by another slave named Sam. Enraged, Masters murdered Sam, then bricked the girl and her child into one of the large ovens in the kitchen and left them to die. He died a short time later and Furnace Hills was abandoned. However, it was said that not even the ground would accept Leigh Masters, and three times his corpse rose up to the surface of the ground from his grave. Eventually, his body was moved to a stone box in the churchyard of Westminster's Ascension Church, which is there to this day - with a large crack in the top of the box. Meanwhile, an imp holding a lantern is said to still roam Furnace Hills after dark, lighting the way for Masters' ghost leading a phantom horse. Sent in by: Megan |
| Mount Saint Mary's College (Emmitsburg) Now... from what I understand this college is "VERY" haunted by many unidentified ghost. I have had many emails about this site, their stories are on the stories pages. One of which is of a young man that attends the college. He seems to see them he says all over the campus, and hear them but not understand what they are trying to tell him. He says some of them are quite hostile and he is afraid of them. The last time I heard from this young man he was trying to transfer from this college to another due to his ability to see dead people. If you have any stories of your own about this site please send them in. |
| Other Stories of MSMC MSMC was founded in 1808, it is the oldest Catholic college in the US, that may be the reason it has so many frightening stories haunting its halls. The ghost of Rev. Simon Brute has been seen with groups of students along the sidewalks. A frightening poltergeist is said to haunt room 252 in the residence hall. Several residents have reposted unseen entities throwing furniture and other items around the room. A former college president died at the college in 1839, no one knows if he roams the hall for sure. |
| Old Georgetown Road (Bethesda) People have reported seeing disturbing sightings of ghostly beings wandering on the Road at night. Also houses that date back to the Civil War are reportedly haunted as well. |
| Old Opera House (Westminster) In the mid-eighteen fifties, a traveling comedian from Alabama named Marshall Buell visited Westminster's opera house for an evening performance. Some of his political jokes argued anti-slavery and pro-Union members of the audience. (At this time, Maryland was a very divided state politically.) Buell made a hasty exit when the audience began booing, cat-calling, and throwing rocks and rotten produce at the stage. The local sheriff offered him shelter and protection in the jail overnight, but Buell refused. While saddling his horse behind the opera hose, he was attacked and his throat slit from ear to ear. Since that night, Buell's headless ghost can frequently be seen behind the opera house, gesturing as though he still performs for an audience. The old opera house has since changed hands to become the Opera House Printing Company, but Buell still visits the employees occasionally. Sent in by: Megan |
| Paint Branch House (Adelphi) This house is haunted by many ghosts, some of which are believed to be slaves. |
| Peddler Jack and Blue Dog (Port Tobacco) Southern Maryland was once an important Revolutionary War core of the tobacco trade, active with trade and river traffic. Over the last two centuries slash and burn farming has eroded the riverbanks, Port Tobacco is now a sleepy marshland village,,, a sleepy village haunted by a enormous blue dog. During the Revolutionary War Peddler Jack worked a route along the Potomac River, he exchanged his wares for trade goods or gold. For years he was a fixture in this regions; accompanied by a massive gray dog, so gray he almost looked blue. Jack would provide the farmers along his route with the items they couldn't raise or grow for themselves. It's said that the penny-pinching peddler amassed a small fortune in gold, which he kept safe to his side in a leather pouch. One unpleasantly cold February evening bandits set up on Peddler Jack; his dog fought valiantly to defend him, but both were killed. The robbers were never caught and the gold was never found, but the blood stained rock remains as a sad witness to the brutal death of Jack and Blue Dog. On cold February nights ghostly howls can be heard through the night, and folks brave enough to journey to Peddler's Rock can still see the blood of both staining the stone. Many have encountered a huge dog, fur disheveled by the wind, sitting patiently by the rock as if waiting for his master to return. Is this the stuff of an over active imagination? Well� George Washington reported encountering Blue Dog during a visit to the region, as did Civil War General Joseph Hooker. Peddler's Rock is north on Rose Hill Road. |
| Poe House (Baltimore City) Built in the early 19th century, the five-room brick duplex was the home of Edgar Allan Poe from 1833 to 1835. Before moving to Richmond to edit the Southern Literary Messenger, Poe lived in the Baltimore home with his aunt and her daughter, Virginia, whom he later married. While residing on Amity Street, Poe penned many stories and poetry. The several attraction in the house itself, is its uneven wooden plank flooring and three brick-lined fireplaces along with glassware and china belonging to Poe's foster father. What was probably the Poe�s bedroom is on the top floor, reached by narrow, winding stairs. Also on display are Poe's telescope, sextant, a lap desk he presumably used at the University of Virginia, and a full-size color reproduction of the only known portrait of Poe's wife, Virginia, painted at her death in 1847. A set illustrations by Gustave Dore 1884 for Poe's "The Raven" is on the second floor. Other displays include several bottles of cognac left over the years at Poe's grave (also in Baltimore) by the mysterious stranger that leaves the it and three red roses every year on Poe�s Birthday, and Griswold's obituary of Poe, from the October 24, 1849, Philadelphia Dollar Newspaper. The house was a private residence until 1939. It almost met the wrecker's ball, but was saved from annihilation in 1941 by the Edgar Allan Poe Society. Fully restored, the home was designated a national historic landmark in 1971. |
| Smith Stoll House (aka: Crain House) (Anne Arundel Co) The house is in ruins and is located off of Crain Highway. It has been said the house is haunted by several ghosts but the most prominent is an old woman. Apparently when she was alive she always kept her kitchen light on. The woman did not live in the house when she died, although after the house was abandoned and before the house burned the first time you can still see the light in the kitchen. The house has since been condemned, has been scheduled twice for demolition and has caught fire twice. It is going to be torn down some time in the near future according to the local newspaper. But as of the last time I drove down Crain Hwy the house is still standing as a beautiful ghost itself, from another era and time. History of Stoll House:The house is a Civil War era house, which was once a beautiful red brick farmhouse with a huge walk out deck on the back on the house. The house is currently on the Maryland inventory of Historic Properties, it was placed on the list in the late 1970's. It is named after a former school teacher that lived there long ago. Additions were added in the 1920's including the infamous kitchen on the left side. In the 1970's the house was even being considered for the headquarters of the Anne Arundel Historical Society, but instead decided to us the Benson Hammond House in Linthicum. The house and its tragic history have fallen into disheartening disrepair and has burned several times in the past five years. The last time it was considered arson due to the fact that many homeless people find shelter within its wall. Rane's Note: I know this once beautifully spooky house, I knew it as a kid growing up in the area. It is in sad disarray. I have felt for many years that it was such a shame to let some thing as historical as this house lay to waste. I have been fascinated with this old house most of my life, due in part to it's history and due to the ghostly stories I heard of as a child. I will be quite upset when it is torn down. 3/12/03 The house has officially been torn down. There is nothing left now except an old cemetery on the back of the grounds and a hole where it's life had been. I will post pictures on the Crain House page. |
| Todd's Farm (Edgemere) Here is a haunted house you might be interested in. Todd's farm also know as Todd's inheritance is a very old home. At night you can see a women with a candle in the attic window, waiting for her solider to come home, but he never does. Also right behind the house is the house's cemterey were you can see slaves hanging from a tree. The house has no electricty but if an intruder enters lights will come on through out the house. The house hasn't been lived in for like a hundard years except a couple of years ago when a teacher at Sparrows Point High School bought and moved into it, shortly after he moved in he was found dead, he was hanged. People say that he hung himself because there was no evidence of a break in or intruder, and others say there wasn't any evidence to prove it was suicide. Teachers who have vistied the teacher at his home while he was still alive have pictures of them at the home and in the background of the pictures are little bright lights and one has a face in the window and noone was in the house at that time. Thank you, A. J. for this haunted area. |
| University of Maryland Medical Center (Baltimore) My guess is it would stand to reason that most hospitals are haunted. Never the less it is rumored that UMMC is haunted by several unidentified ghosts. |
| USS Constellation (Baltimore City) Serving in five wars, including the Civil War and WWII; the Constellation sailed against the French and battled buccaneer�s of various origins and slave traders. She has been newly restored to her original glory, she floats in Baltimore's Inner Harbor, and is still home to the many souls of sailors who just can't bring themselves to come ashore� or abandon ship. There's the wraith of young Neil Harvey; Neil was a yeoman on the Constellation's namesake 1799 frigate. The boy fell asleep on his watch, and the very unkind Captain decided to make an example of the sleeping sailor: he had Neil bound to one of the cannon and blown to pieces. Although it seems Neil has transferred his affections to the newer Constellation built in 1854, he has been seen so often and so clearly that he's been mistaken for a tour guide in costume. Meanwhile the cruel and murderous Captain also walks the decks, bringing to all who encounter his quarrelsome spirit a sense of doom. Other ghosts include that of a night watchman who happily plays cards below deck, the spirit of a young surgeon's aide who was stabbed to death by two other sailors and the very melancholy apparition that frequents the gun decks, this last sad guy is believed to be the soul of a sailor who hung himself on board. Ghost hunters should enjoy this tour because several of the Constellation's ghosts have allowed themselves to be photographed over the years. |
| Westminster Cemetery (a.k.a. - Poe's Grave Site) (Baltimore City) Poe's presence is strongly felt in Baltimore, the author of incredible masterpieces such as ''The Raven'' and ''The Fall of the House of Usher'' lived in Baltimore for a short time, died and was buried here; his home is widely held to be haunted by the restless spirit of his mother, and or him depending on who you listen to. Poe's specter gets around, his home isn't the only place he has been spotted. First he was buried in the back of the cemetery over on Fayette Street; the small graveyard is adjacent to Westminster Hall� below the Church is a series of catacombs. It's said that Poe's spirit wanders here, accompanied by other restless souls. Several visitors have report ghostly sightings, enigmatic cold spots and a persistent sense of sorrow when touring the underground graveyard. And if that is not enough to make your hair stand on end, there is still the mysterious stranger�. perhaps ghostly -- and perhaps not -- is the ''phantom'' that appears every January 19th at Poe's grave? No one seems to know, nor see him enter the cemetery, but since 1949 on each anniversary of the poet's birth a man typically described as formally dressed approaches the grave and leaves three red roses and a bottle of cognac� then he is suddenly gone. Caught but once on film, the unknown mourner has never been identified nor definitively ascertained to be of this earth or the supernatural realm. The 'phantom�s'' annual visit attracts so much attention that the cemetery now refuses people on the day, preferring to allow the him to pay homage to the poet without any interference. |
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