Australia
- The Alkimos is a shipwreck of a former U.S. Navy ship from World War II that occurred off the coast of Western Australia in 1964.[1]
- Beechworth Lunatic Asylum in Beechworth, Victoria is reportedly haunted by several ghosts of departed patients. The asylum was open from 1867-1995. Ghost tours are run nightly.[2]
- Campbelltown, New South Wales is the location for Fisher’s ghost, the ghost of a landowner in the area whose was murdered by a neighbour. While the ghost hasn’t been seen by anyone except in original sighters, the story has become a legend and the town celebrates the “Fisher’s Ghost” festival on an annual basis.
- Monte Cristo Homestead in Junee, New South Wales was the site of seven deaths in the 1800s. Various ghost groups have reported sightings there.[3]
- A large number of visitors to Port Arthur, Tasmania report seeing spectres of past convicts and others wandering through the grounds. Stories of ghostly interactions are recorded from the 1870s to the present day with many of these modern sightings recorded on the nightly ghost tours held at the site.[4]
- Thirteen people were executed at the Ballarat Gaol in Ballarat. The remains of seven criminals are still in the grounds. The Ballarat Ghost Tours operate nightly.[5]
- Princess Theatre in Melbourne has reported several ghosts since the building opened in 1886. The theatre’s best known ‘inhabitant’ is Frederick Baker, stage name ‘Federici’, a talented bass-baritone singer who died in March 1888 whilst singing Mephistopheles in Faust – and who was seen by the rest of the cast taking his bows with them shortly thereafter. For years the theatre kept a seat vacant in the dress circle for Federici (only ceasing the practice on economic grounds), and his appearance in the dress circle during rehearsals for a new show is considered a good omen.[6]
- Lalor House in Richmond, Victoria is reportedly haunted by the ghosts of the family of Peter Lalor.[7]
- The Mill Hill Hotel in Bondi Junction, New South Wales is allegedly haunted by former workers, including the former hotel-keeper William Phillips.[8]
- St Johns Reformatory in Kapunda, South Australia is a gateway to the paranormal. A girl named Ruby Olive Bland supposedly startles visitors to the site. Also, Father Martin was made a recluse here by the Catholic Church. Some visitors have reportedly been pushed, shoved and even had their hair pulled at this location.
Brazil
- The Joelma Building in São Paulo is allegedly haunted by victims of the fire that started on February 1, 1974, after an air conditioning unit on the twelfth floor overheated. The building is famous for the “Mystery of the Thirteen Souls”, individuals who died within an elevator when they were trying to escape the fire, and are allegedly haunting the building today.[9]
Cambodia
- Tuol Sleng in Phnom Penh, a former high school, was converted to a prison camp during the Khmer Rouge era.[10]
Denmark
- Dragsholm Castle in Zealand is said to be haunted by the ghost of James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell, who was imprisoned there for about five years until his death in 1578.[11]
India
- Bhangarh, Rajasthan: In the first half of the 17th century, Madho Singh of Amber built his capital here with the sanction of an ascetic Baba Balanath, who meditated there, but not without his dire prediction: “Look my dear chap! The moment the shadow of your palace touches me, you are undone. The city shall be no more!” In ignorance, Ajab Singh, one of the dynasty’s later descendants, raised the palace to such a height that the shadow reached the forbidden place. Hence the devastation.
The second myth is as follows: A tantric battle waged between the lovely queen Ratnavali and the wicked sorcerer Singha Sevra, who was attracted by the queen’s beauty. Singha Sevra chhatri can be seen on the top of the hill. Desperately, he tried to trap her in his magical web, and failed every time, as the queen herself was a past-mistress in the tantric art.
The last battle took place on the day when the queen losing eventually her temper, transformed a glass bottle containing the massaging oil into a big rock and flung it towards the hill-top, where sat the devil. In vain he tried to stall this glass missile. It was too late. Sensing his imminent death, concentrating all his powers, he spat his dying curse: “I die! But thou too, thou Ratnavali shall not live here anymore. Neither thou, nor thine kin, nor these walls of the city. None shall see the morning sun!”. The night was spent transferring the palace treasures to the new site of Ajabgarh. In the morning came the tempest levelling everything to the ground.
The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has put up a signboard at Bhangarh stating (among others): “Entering the borders of Bhangarh before sunrise and after sunset is strictly prohibited.” Tourists who visit this place say that there is a strange feeling in the atmosphere of Bhangarh, which causes symptoms of anxiety and restlessness.[12]
Indonesia
- Pelabuhan Ratu – Legend says that Nyai Roro Kidul (Nyai is a Javanese honorific for Madame), daughter of King Prabu Siliwangi, is the Queen of the South Sea. She is supposed to have committed suicide by jumping off the cliff and into the sea. Rumors say that if someone wears green when swimming (the Queen’s favorite color), he or she will be pulled by her ghost into the sea. Room 308 at the Samudra Beach Hotel is set aside for the Queen.[13][14]
Japan
- Amiidaji (Temple of Amida) in Dan-no-ura, in the Shimonoseki Strait, is the location of a legendary haunting. It is said that the blind Biwa hōshi Hoichi, a resident of the temple, was visited every night by the ghost of a dead samurai and made to play the biwa in the cemetery, but the priest of the temple soon found out and had the heart sutra painted on every part of Hoichi’s body apart from the ears. When the samurai returned one night to take Hoichi to the cemetery, he could only see Hoichi’s ears, so he took them instead and Hoichi was left earless. Hoichi is commonly known as “Mimi-Nashi Hoichi”, “Hōichi the Earless“, due to this event. This legend was famously retold by Lafcadio Hearn in his Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things which was later adapted as part of Masaki Kobayashi’s film Kwaidan.[15][16]
- Aokigahara, the forest at the bottom of Mt. Fuji, is a popular location for suicide. This gives rise to a widespread belief that it is haunted.[17]
- Okiku’s Well at Himeji Castle is often said to be haunted by the ghost of Okiku. She is supposed to rise from the well at night and count to nine before shrieking and returning to the well.[18][19]
Malaysia
- Genting Highlands is a city in Pahang well-known for its amusement park and casino. Several people have committed suicide here. A man has been seen jumping off the hotel rooftop, only to disappear just before he hits the ground. Several rooms in the hotel are never rented, no matter how high the demand for accommodation is. Those who did see the inside of these rooms reported that they were filled with “old Chinese ghost wards”, and they would then fall inexplicably ill for days afterwards. Several people staying in the hotel there have had experiences of supernatural phenomena, such as knocking coming from inside a wardrobe that was proven to be empty.[20]
- Poliklinik Cheras. Formerly the Lady Templer Hospital, the foundation stone was laid by Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent in October 1952. Much of the hospital closed down in 1985, except for a few minor buildings which housed the Poliklinik Cheras. The empty, dilapidated structures were situated on a fairly secluded, leafy hillock, which added to their sinister appearance. One visitor reported that it felt “haunted and bizarre”, and it is rumoured that it is haunted by the ghost of a patient who died on the premises. The buildings are currently being torn down to make way for a new rehabilitation hospital.[21]
- In Kedah,A neighbourhood named Taman Purnama,was recently a paddy feild from the early 1900s till 1985.A child named Jeffry Affandi had heard many weird noises.”I’ve heard alot of sounds at my home,the most frightening sound was an unexplained drinking sound and a loud bang when I walked passed the fridge,”Jeffry also said that these noises were mostly heard in the kitchen during midnight.
Philippines
- The Philippine Military Academy in Baguio City is considered the most haunted place in the country. Sometimes, late at night, a platoon can be heard marching in the parade grounds. A ghost of a cadet dressed in parade uniform and left in one of the lockers still appears. A ghost of a priest who was beheaded during the Japanese occupation period appears here as well as the ghost of a white lady.
- Baguio City itself is also considered highly haunted. Aside from the military academy, there are other haunted places scattered throughout the city, such as cemeteries, old hotels and sites where populated buildings and structures used to stand until the 1990 earthquake brought them down, injuring and killing the people inside.[22][23]
- Balete Drive, a residential area in Cubao, Quezon City, is famous for the apparition of a white lady. It is told that there was a teenage girl who was raped by a cab driver in the ’50s in that area. It is possible that the lady of Balete is seeking revenge.[24]
- The Manila Film Center was the site of a construction accident in the early ’80s. When construction of the center was rushed for a film festival, the ceiling scaffolding collapsed, killing several workmen who fell to the orchestra below. Rather than halt construction to rescue survivors and retrieve the bodies of dead workmen, Imelda Marcos, the First Lady and the main financier of the project, ordered cement to be poured into the orchestra, entombing the fallen workmen. Some of them were even buried alive in the orchestra. Various ghostly activities were reported on the site including mysterious sounds, voices and poltergeist activity. In the late ’90s, a group called the Spirit Questors began to make visits to the film center in an attempt to contact and appease the souls of the workmen who were killed in the building. Some of these spirits claimed to have moved on, but a few allegedly remain.[25] Previously abandoned for its haunted reputation, the building is now currently in use.
- The Ozone Disco was a disco in Quezon City that caught on fire.[26] Due to mass panicking, nobody was able to get out. Some people near the location hear ghostly disco music in their houses at night and see faint people dancing.[27]
Republic of China (Taiwan)
The Hyatt hotel in downtown Taipei is allegedly haunted. The lobby has Chinese calligraphy that is supposed to ward off ghosts.[28]
Singapore
- The Old Changi Hospital is reportedly one of the most haunted places in the country. Built in the 1930s, it is located at Netherveron Road in Changi Village. During World War II, prisoners of war were held in the hospital and tortured to death. Spirits of different races and nationalities can be seen wandering around the compound.[29]
- The Old Ford Motor Factory on Upper Bukit Timah Road was built by Ford Motor Works as the first car assembly plant in Southeast Asia. During World War II, Lt. General A. E. Percival, head of the Allied forces in Singapore, surrendered to Japanese General Yamashita at the factory on 15 February 1942. The Japanese forces then established their Singapore headquarters on the premises, on which many battles were fought. These days, reports have indicated that strange lights and sounds often come from the factory.[30][31]
- Fort Canning Park is the most historic part of Singapore. The hill was named in 1861 in the honor of Viscount Charles John Canning, the first Viceroy of India. Prior to 1861, the Malays called the hill Bukit Larangan (Forbidden Hill) for several possible reasons. It reputedly contains the tomb, or keramat, of Sultan Iskandar Shah, the Malay ruler of the Kingdom of Singapura, who is said to have forbidden ordinary people to come to the hill because his concubines and wives used to bath at a spring there. The Malays were fearful of climbing the hill as they thought the palace of their ancestor kings had once stood there. The site had sightings of fabled lion for which Sri Tri Buana, ruler of Temasek, later named the island Singapura (Lion City). Besides the fabled lion, the Malays believed that the hill is haunted by many other ghosts and spirits.[32]
- At the Old Commando Jetty near Changi Beach, there have been alleged sightings of pontianak, vampires of Malaysian folklore, within the vicinity.[33]
Hotels and estates
California
- Andleberry Estate in Clovis, California, is a mansion that was once part of a sanitarium. The mansion, which is allegedly haunted by ex-residents of the sanitarium, will soon be transformed into a haunted hotel called the Wolfe Manor Hotel. The owner, Todd Wolfe, has reported hearing ghosts walking and talking and even breathing on him. LiveSciFi.TV sent a group to spend the night inside the mansion, during which some unexplained phenomenon reportedly happened, including a door that slammed shut by itself. A local news station did an overnight investigation for Halloween of 2007 and recorded an EVP. Several other EVPs and orbs have been caught on audio and video by investigators,[1] including those on Ghost Adventures.
- The Linda Vista Community Hospital in Los Angeles is allegedly haunted by the spirits of many patients who died traumatic deaths.[2]
- The Whaley House in San Diego, California[3] – Built by the Thomas Whaley family in the mid 1800s, the home once hosted the town courthouse, general store, granary, theater, and morgue. It evolved into a commercial hub of early San Diego before “new town” was developed several miles south where today’s downtown stands. This national historic landmark, now a museum, was also built on a one-time town gallows as well. The hauntings of this house are internationally famous with the US Commerce Department promoting its haunted reputation.[4]
- The Winchester Mystery House in San Jose, California, is supposedly haunted by the ghost of its eccentric builder, Sarah Winchester. Ironically, she is said to have built the rambling mansion to protect her from the spirits of all those killed with her late husband’s famous line of rifles.[5]
Oregon and Washington
- 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.[6]
- Montgomery House Bed and Breakfast in Kalama, Washington, 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 B & B’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.[7]
The Midwest
- The Stickney House in Bull Valley, Illinois, has a unique design due to Stickney’s belief in Spiritualism. It is thought that he and his wife wished to communicate with their dead children. Today the house is the local police department, and it is claimed that police report strange sounds, objects moving around, lights turning off, and door knobs turning and doors opening by themselves. Other homes in the area are also rumored to be haunted. The nearby Holcombville cemetery includes tombs of the Stickney children and a person killed in the crash of American Airlines Flight 191.[8][9]
- The Lemp Mansion in St. Louis, Missouri is said to be one of the most haunted buildings in the United States. Four members of the Lemp family killed themselves, three in the mansion. There are said to be apparition sightings, glasses flying off of the bar, pianos playing by themselves, etc. The mansion is now open as a restaurant and bed and breakfast.[10]
- Palmer House Hotel, Restaurant and Pub in Sauk Centre, Minnesota is a haunted National Historic Site. Hotel Rooms 11 & 17 are the most haunted rooms in the building. There have also been numerous reports of smelling cigar smoke in one of the rooms upstairs even though no one was currently staying in the room and smoking is only allowed in the pub downstairs on the main floor. The most reported apparition is that of a young boy with a ball and others have seen an apparition of a tall man wearing a hat as well as a woman in a wedding dress. Other activity includes various objects moving on their own in the bar and restaurant; some employees said they have felt someone put a hand on their shoulder even though no one was behind them, various electrical phenomena such as TVs turning off and on, and cold spots.
- At the Story Inn in Story, Indiana, a guest room is supposedly haunted by a ghost known as “the Blue Lady”. Little is known of who she might be, or why she might haunt that room, but her alleged presence is mentioned in many separate guestbook entries. According to some, she seems more likely to appear if a certain table-lamp is turned on.[11][12][13][14]
- The Villisca axe murders house in Villisca, Iowa. Home to one of the most notorious murders in history, it is said that the family that was murdered in 1912 still lingers in the house.[15]
The South
- Fayetteville, North Carolina hosts ghosts such as “The Lady in Black” who haunts the Sandford House (formerly called the Slocumb House).[16] Her apparition first appeared in the late 1800s and has been sighted recently by members of The Woman’s Club of Fayetteville.[17]
- The Myrtles Plantation in St. Francisville, Louisiana is reportedly haunted by a slave, known as Chloe, who was put to death by her master, after inadvertently killing her master’s family with oleander leaves. The Myrtles Plantation has been featured in many books and television programs dealing with the supernatural. It has been called by some the most haunted house in America.
- The Riddle House in Royal Palm Beach, Florida is reputedly haunted by the spirit of Joseph, a former employee of the original owner Karl Riddle. The man hung himself in the attic after being falsely accused of a crime. Shortly after people have reported physical attacks, possessions, and objects moving mysteriously.[18] Moved from its original location in West Palm Beach, the house was investigated on Ghost Adventures.
- The Rosewell (plantation) in Gloucester County, Virginia is a mansion constructed in 1725 that has been home to numerous accounts of paranormal activity.[19][20]
Midatlantic
- The Brinton Lodge in Douglassville, Pennsylvania is a reputedly haunted house. The original structure, built in the early 1700s, was a one-room building which was operated as a tavern/roadhouse stop along the Schuylkill River Canal System. It was later expanded into a summer home, then remodeled into a gentlemen’s club, and today is operated as a bar and restaurant. Legend has it that at least five spirits inhabit this property, including Caleb Brinton, “Dapper Dan,” an older woman, and a “lady in white.”[21]
- Chestnut Lodge in Rockville, Maryland, was a private facility treating mental patients for over one-hundred years. Closed in 2001 and now under renovation for resale as upscale condominiums, separate recent investigations claim paranormal activity. The building was burned down in June 2009.[22]
- The White House in Washington, D.C. is filled with stories of different hauntings, Abigail Adams‘s apparition has been spotted in the East Room, Dolley Madison is found lurking around the Rose Garden,[23] Mamie Eisenhower‘s apparition is seen in the kitchen,[24] and Abraham Lincoln‘s ghost has been seen in the Lincoln Bedroom.[25]
West Virginia
- The Blennerhassett Hotel in Parkersburg, West Virginia Is a grand hotel that was built in the late 1800s and is reported to be haunted by several ghosts.[26][27]
New York City
- Hotel Chelsea in Manhattan, New York City is said to be haunted by multiple ghosts; Dylan Thomas, Eugene O’Neill, Thomas Wolfe, and former Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious supposedly haunts the elevator.[28]
New England
- Belcourt Castle, a French Renaissance-style château in Newport, Rhode Island, is alleged to be the location of numerous paranormal phenomena and events, including moving chairs, moving armor, ghostly apparitions, a possessed statue and various other sightings.[29]
- Houghton Mansion in North Adams, Massachusetts is supposedly haunted by a cab driver who committed suicide in the basement. It is now used as a masonic temple.[30]
- The Lizzie Borden House in Fall River, Massachusetts, which is now a bed and breakfast, is claimed to be the most haunted house in the USA. It is the site of a double murder, one of the most famous in US history, claimed ghost sightings and noises.[31]
- The Mount Washington Hotel in Bretton, New Hampshire. Room 314 is allegedly haunted by the wife of the original owner. It has also been investigated by Ghost Hunters.[32]
Prisons, asylums and battlefields
- Civil War battlegrounds in various states—including the Gettysburg Battlefield, the Battle of Fredericksburg, the Battle of Antietam and many others—presumably owing to the magnitude of emotion, intensity of effort, and abruptness of the many, often gruesome and painful deaths, offer numerous anecdotes—with a growing number dating to the present day—including reported recordings, pictures and sightings of “ghostly apparitions,” audible sensations (battle cries, cavalry, cannon fire) and other paranormal effects of every manner.[33]
California
- Alcatraz is a former maximum security prison on an island in San Francisco Bay in the United States. It is no longer used as a prison. Visitors and tour guides have made claims of hearing screams, slamming cell doors, banjo music and footsteps.[34]
Florida
- Castillo de San Marcos in St. Augustine, Florida is allegedly haunted by the Spanish soldiers who once inhabited the fort 400 years ago.[35]
- Old St. Johns County Jail in St Augustine, Florida. Built in 1891 and closed in 1953, this jail has seen more than its fair share of violence, misery and death, including 8 official hangings on the jail compound. Over the years apparitions have been seen frequently as well as voices and various noises being heard. Objects being moved and temperature spikes have also been witnessed. Guests and staff have also been reportedly touched, poked and even pushed. A number of Paranormal Investigative Teams have investigated the facility and it has been the subject of a number of televised investigations.[citation needed]
Georgia
- The Georgia Lunatic Asylum in Milledgeville, Georgia [36]
[edit] Kentucky
- Waverly Hills Sanatorium in Louisville, Kentucky – A former tuberculosis hospital, Waverly Hills has been of strong interest with paranormal investigators, some calling it “the most haunted place on Earth”. There are unconfirmed reports of more than 60,000 deaths at the site(Though the real number is estimated to be about 8,000), and the property owners, workers, and investigators have claimed that at almost anytime you can see strange lights, phantasms and shadows moving around the corridors and rooms of the building.[37]
Ohio
- The Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield, Ohio. Once a prison, it was shut down in 1990. Now, people report cell doors slamming, yelling, physical attacks on woman, and shadow figures.[38]
Pennsylvania
- The Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is a former prison built in 1829. It is well known as the jail to hold Al Capone. Paranormal reports are, sounds of lonely wails in the corridors, an evil cackling in cellblock 12, sounds of footsteps in some of the cells, and a shadowy figure standing in the watch tower looking down at the prison.
Virginia
- Ball’s Bluff Battlefield and National Cemetery in Leesburg, Virginia was the site of a Civil War battle in October 1861 and is said to be haunted by those who died during the fighting here.[39][40][41]
- Manassas National Battlefield Park in Manassas, Virginia – There have been many reports of paranormal activity around the battlefield. An unfinished railroad located within the battlefield which was ordered by Robert E Lee to be constructed during the Civil War is said to be a hotspot for paranormal activity.[42][43]
West Virginia
- The Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum in Weston, West Virginia is purported by its owners and visitors to be haunted by the spirits of patients who died there.[44]
- West Virginia State Penitentiary in Moundsville, West Virginia – The Penitentiary was built in 1867 during the Civil War Era and has been called one of the “Most Haunted Places in America.”[45][46][47]
Schools, hospitals and theaters
West Coast
- Cinema 1-2-3 in Visalia, California has had accounts of over 300 spirits inhabiting the theater.[48][49][50]
- Preston School of Industry in Ione, California. Once a home to troubled youths, the castle had its share of deaths and suffering. Allegedly, the ghost of a mutilated nurse still haunts the castle.[51]
Southwest
- The Bird Cage Theatre in Tombstone, Arizona. Dating back to the 1880s, there have been reports of laughter, yelling, and strange music.[52]
- Old Jefferson Davis Hospital in Houston, Texas, has long been a popular spot for local ghosthunters. The existing building was completed in 1925, allegedly on the site of a mid-19th century cemetery, and has recently been remodeled into apartments.[53]
Midwest
- Athens, Ohio, is claimed to have many ghosts, and Ohio University is considered by some to be haunted, as is the former state hospital, Athens Lunatic Asylum, located right near campus.[citation needed]
- The Brown Grand Theatre in Concordia, Kansas has stories of a ghost that haunts the theatre, especially during the opening season.[54]
- Cincinnati Music Hall in Cincinnati, Ohio is a theater that was built over a potter’s field. Reports of spirits on the property date back to 1876 and continue through modern times. In 1988, during the installation of an elevator shaft, bones of adults and children were exhumed from under the hall.[55]
- Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri – There are said to be sightings, sounds, and lights flickering on and off in the arena late at night from a former WWF wrestler named Owen Hart who died in 1999 by falling 78 feet (24 m) to his death from the ceiling of the arena. There are also said to be sightings of him still in his Blue Blazer suit at the top of the arena looking down with the cable hooked up to him.[56]
- The Regent Theater in Allegan, Michigan is said to be haunted, and witnesses claim to have seen moving forms and felt physical touching.[57]
- Howe Military School Located in Howe, Indiana has stated that there has been paranormal activity witnessed by cadets and teachers. Such as doors flinging open in the barracks during the middle of the night as well as apparations.
Midatlantic
- Pennhurst State School and Hospital in Pennsylvania is reported to have numerous accounts of paranormal activity and was even featured on the paranormal television shows Ghost Adventures and Extreme Paranormal.[58]
- Scranton, Pennsylvania’s Psychic Theater tells of ‘the legend of a long-ago murder victim that still haunts the 100-year-old building(1433 N. Main Avenue)… that have been featured on the Travel Channel.” According to a Pennsylvania Department of Tourism Pursuit Magazine article of the top ten most haunted places, “one should be ready for a “true scare… and is “not for the timid or weak of heart.”[59]
New England
- The Boston Athenæum is said to be haunted by the scholarly Rev. Harris, who was seen there by Nathaniel Hawthorne.[60]
- In Exeter, Rhode Island, there are a few buildings formerly known as the Ladd School, a school for the mentally disabled that was founded by Dr. Joseph H. Ladd in 1907 and officially closed in 1994.[61] 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.”[62]
- Huntress Hall of Keene State College located in Keene, New Hampshire is supposedly haunted by its namesake, Harriet Huntress. One of the schools residence halls, students often report strange noises coming from the building’s attic, where Huntress’ wheelchair remains to this day.[63]
Other
- Aquia Church in Stafford, Virginia, is said to be one of the most haunted churches in Virginia. Legend says that the church and the church graveyard which has graves dating back to 1738 are both home to paranormal activity that has taken place for over 200 years.[64][65]
- Big Bay Point Light, in Big Bay, Michigan, is reputedly haunted by the red-haired ghost of its first keeper, Will Prior.[66]
- The Bissman Building, in Mansfield, Ohio, is reputedly haunted by many spirits that roam the 5 floors of the building. The building was also featured in the Shawshank Redemption as the Brewer Hotel and Portland Daily Bugle.
- Engineered Piping Products: a Baltimore, Maryland based reseller of Industrial Pipe, valves and fittings. The building is built upon the site of an old residential neighborhood. All of the activity tends to happen at the site of the Old Deboser home. A local paranormal group, Pasadena Paranormal, has cumulatively logged over 100 EVPs from this location. They have experienced buzzing sounds that fly by their heads and recently one employee had his coat tugged from behind when he was in the building alone. This site has been submitted to the Syfy‘s Ghost Hunters Great American Ghost Hunt for their consideration.[67]
- The Devil’s Tree in Bernards Township, New Jersey is said to be one of the old headquarters of the Ku Klux Klan in New Jersey. An area surrounding the tree is said to give off unnatural warmth where snow doesn’t seem to stick in the dead of winter.[68][69]
- Harpers Ferry in Jefferson County, West Virginia[70]
- Hollywood, California, has numerous sites that are believed to be inhabited by the spirits of deceased celebrities. For example, the ghost of actress Peg Entwistle, who committed suicide by jumping off the Hollywood Sign, has reportedly been seen near the sign. Some apparitions have been reported as being sighted at more than one location in Hollywood.[71]
- Hoover Dam is a concrete arch-gravity dam in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River, on the border between the U.S. states of Arizona and Nevada. It is believed that the ghosts of many of the workers who perished while building the dam still haunts the place.
- Moon River Brewing Company in Savannah, Georgia is considered very haunted by angry spirits. Staff members have reported physical attacks, possessions, and mysterious dark figures.[72][73]
- Ohioville, Pennsylvania – A mile long stretch of Kelly Road, nick-named Mystery Mile by former residents, is reported to be the site of supernatural activity. Animals along this road turn from docile to violent without explanation, often chasing after people and each other. The thick forest that the road cuts through is known for unexplained noises and white apparitions. The origin of these events is unknown, and speculation ranges from some kind of curse on the land to cult activity once tied to this region.[74]
- Old Louisville in Louisville, Kentucky, reputed to be “America’s Most Haunted Neighborhood,”[75] is one of the largest historic preservation districts in the country – and supposedly the largest Victorian neighborhood in the nation. It is also said to be home to dozens of haunted mansions and local ghost stories.[76]
- Pine Hill Cemetery (also known as “Blood Cemetery”) in Hollis, New Hampshire is allegedly haunted by a family murdered in the 19th century. People have reported orbs, EVP’s, and a mysterious little boy running out onto to the road to stop cars.[77][78]
- Point Lookout Lighthouse, at the southern-most tip of Maryland’s western shore of the Chesapeake Bay, has seen numerous shipwrecks, bodies washed ashore, and plenty of paranormal activity, as documented over the centuries.[79]
- The Polish Museum of America in Chicago, Illinois is believed to be haunted by ghost of famous pianist Ignace Paderewski. The staff recounts a number of incidents related by a number of people, including the cleaning crew who have claimed to experience ghostly-related phenomena late at night. The Ghost Research Society was even brought in by the museum staff to investigate these claims.[80]
- Prospect Place in Trinway, Ohio. It is said that satanic rituals were performed on the site and also many people were killed during its time as a stop on the underground railroad.[81]
- The Remington Arms factory in Bridgeport, Connecticut. 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 Ghost Adventures[82]
- The RMS Queen Mary docked in Long Beach, California is reported to be haunted and currently serves as a haunted attraction for Halloween.[83][84][85]
- Sloss Furnaces in Birmingham, Alabama is allegedly haunted by workers who died there in its time as a factory. It was investigated on Ghost Adventures.[86]
- In Sunnyvale, California many Toys “R” Us employees have reported seeing unusual rearranging of toys in the aisles, and reported sightings of a man in his thirties dressed in old clothing. His name is believed to be Johan, and is believed to be a farmer who used to live on the site of the Toys “R” Us and is just keeping “an eye on the old place”. The store still remains open today; most customers are completely unaware of this legend.[87][88][89]
- Union Cemetery in Easton, Connecticut (said also to be seen in Bridgeport, Connecticut), which dates back to the 1600s, is touted as one of the most haunted cemeteries not only in Connecticut, but in the entire country. Many haunts have been said to exist on the grounds of the cemetery. Several visitors who have photographed the cemetery are later surprised to see orbs, light rods, ectoplasmic mists, and on rare occasions even full apparitions appear in their photographs that were not visible at the time the photo was taken. The most well-known haunt is a spirit known as “The White Lady“. The identity of the spirit is not known, but sightings of her didn’t occur until the late 1940s; meaning she must have died sometime before then. People have photographed and even videotaped her. Not only have people seen her with their own eyes, but some passers-by have even “hit” her with their cars as they drove past the cemetery.[90][91][92]
- Yankee Stadium (I) is considered haunted by the ghosts of Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig and other Yankee greats that haunt the stadium and help the home team out.