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The Windsor Hotel in Americus: Turrets, Twain, and a Ghost
Rising over a downtown square in southwest Georgia, the Windsor Hotel in Americus is the kind of building that stops traffic: a turreted Victorian…
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The Leeds Devil: How a Quaker Feud Made the Jersey Devil
The Jersey Devil is the rare piece of American folklore that can be traced back to an argument about almanacs. For most of its…
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The Battle of Westport Came to the John Wornall House
An 1858 brick farmhouse standing in the Brookside neighborhood of Kansas City, Missouri, the John Wornall House is one of the few buildings in…
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Mackinac Island Ghost Stories: An Island With No Cars
Mackinac Island ghost stories are told in a place where the last century never quite ended. There are no private cars here, the mail…
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The Faceless Nun and the Le Mans Hall Ghosts, Saint Mary’s
Explore the charm of Le Mans Hall, Saint Mary’s College, a hub of rich history and vibrant student life. Its historic architecture, serene chapel,…
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A Drowning Nobody Recorded: Haunted English Building, Illinois
Ask around the Main Quad at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and someone will eventually tell you about the haunted English Building, where a…
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Hickory Hill and the Old Slave House of Gallatin County
Stand on the ridge above the Saline River bottoms in Gallatin County, Illinois, and the building at the top of the hill looks like…
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Calcasieu Parish Courthouse: Toni Jo Henry and a Copper Dome
The Calcasieu Parish Courthouse stands at the top of Ryan Street in downtown Lake Charles, Louisiana, under a dome of solid copper that has…
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Ravenswood Mansion, Bunceton: An 1880 Italianate on a Farm
Ravenswood Mansion stands on a working farm in Cooper County, Missouri, a short drive from the small town of Bunceton, and the first thing…
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Hells Gate Oakwood Cemetery: A Legend Without a Record
The name does most of the recruiting. Hells Gate Oakwood Cemetery sits in South Carolina with a nickname that promises far more than any…
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Danvers State Hospital: The Kirkbride That Became Apartments
Set on a hill about 18 miles north of Boston, Danvers State Hospital was designed to be the opposite of everything an asylum was…
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Stables on the First Floor: Haunted Belcourt Castle, Newport
Search for the haunted Belcourt Castle and you will find no shortage of people willing to tell you what walks there. Search the documented…
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Historic Jordan Springs: Spa, Seminary, Rehab, Ballroom
In Virginia’s scenic Shenandoah Valley lies the historic Jordan Springs, a property dating back to the 18th century. Long reputed as haunted, the site…
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The Francisco Morazan and the Ghosts of South Manitou Island
Sixteen miles of open water separate Leland, Michigan, from a three mile square of limestone, sand and abandoned farmsteads where nobody lives anymore. South…
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Seguin Island Lighthouse and the Piano That Played One Tune
Nine miles out from the mouth of the Kennebec River, a treeless hump of granite holds up the oldest and highest light on the…
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Lily and the Numbered Graves of Clarinda State Hospital
Set on a rise at the north edge of town in southwest Iowa, the buildings of the old Clarinda State Hospital have outlasted nearly…
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Elms Hotel Ghost Stories: Capone, Truman and Two Fires
Two hotels burned to the ground on this hillside before the current one was built, and the Elms Hotel ghost stories that circulate today…
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Reciting Poetry After Death: The Berkeley Faculty Club Ghost
Tucked into a wooded fold of the University of California, Berkeley campus, a shingled clubhouse with a double fireplace and a long dining hall…
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Franklin Millhouse and the Ghost of Michael Sullivan
Grain mills were the engines of small western towns, and the Franklin Millhouse in Idaho is remembered locally as one of them: a working…
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Building 16 and the Ruins of Mansfield Training School
Discover the chilling secrets of Mansfield Training School And Hospital. Unearth the terrors lurking within its haunted halls. Dare to enter…
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Theorosa’s Bridge: The Kansas Crossing That Keeps Burning
Theorosa’s Bridge is not much to look at in daylight: a short span over a muddy creek on a gravel road in Sedgwick County,…
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Haunted Woodland Beach: Delaware’s Vanished Bay Resort
The haunted Woodland Beach stories that circulate online describe a ruined resort full of wandering lovers and whispering voices. The place itself is quieter…
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Bones in the Walls: Shaker’s Cigar Bar in Milwaukee
Walker’s Point is the kind of Milwaukee neighborhood where the brick outlasts the business that built it, and Shaker’s Cigar Bar is a working…
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The Cherry Hill Murder: Albany’s Last Public Hanging
Most Albany ghost stories attach themselves to a building. The Cherry Hill murder attaches itself to a household: seventeen people living under one gambrel…
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The Lavender in Room 310: St. James Hotel in Red Wing
Wheat money built the St. James Hotel in Red Wing, and more than a century later the building is still trading on two things:…
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Lady in Blue: Baker City’s Geiser Grand Hotel
Three stories of Italianate brick on a corner in eastern Oregon, topped by a clock tower and lit from inside by one of the…
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The Pope Lick Monster and the Trestle That Keeps Killing
No ghost in this guide has a body count quite like the Pope Lick Monster. The creature is said to live under a railroad…
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Lydia Upstairs: Skagway’s Red Onion Saloon
Walk up Broadway in Skagway and the Red Onion Saloon announces itself before you reach the door: a false-fronted survivor from the late 1800s,…
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The Third Encore: Eva Gray and Biddeford City Theater
Biddeford City Theater occupies the performance wing of the Biddeford City Hall complex in southern Maine, and almost everything people say about its ghost…
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Room 1015 and the Visiting Teams: The Haunted Skirvin Hotel
Few American hotels have had their reputation shaped quite so publicly by professional athletes. The haunted Skirvin Hotel, properly the Skirvin Hilton Oklahoma City,…
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The Town That Vanished: Vicksburg Cemetery, Renville County
Drive the back roads of Renville County and you will find a burial ground with no town attached to it. Vicksburg Cemetery sits on…
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Witch City After Dark: A Visitor’s Guide to Haunted Salem
Few American cities display their worst year as openly as this one. In 1692, nineteen people were executed by hanging on witchcraft convictions in…
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The Corner Table at Pete’s Tavern in Idaho
Pete’s Tavern in Idaho is the kind of place where the story and the building have grown into each other. It is a working…
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The Stairway to Heaven Caved In: Atlanta’s Masquerade Nightclub
Few venues in Atlanta have shaped a city’s music scene and its ghost talk at the same time, but the Masquerade Nightclub has managed…
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Eleven Spirits on the Lynnhaven: Ferry Plantation House
Dive into the haunted history of Virginia’s Ferry Plantation House, a site renowned for its 11 resident spirits. From former slaves to shipwreck victims,…
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Shoes on the Stairs: Flemington’s Union Hotel
For most of two centuries the brick front at the center of Main Street in Flemington, New Jersey watched everything important happen across the…
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Ivy on the Brickwork: Central State Hospital, Milledgeville
Set on a sprawling campus in Milledgeville, Central State Hospital is one of Georgia’s most recognizable ruins: a landscape of empty wards, rusted bedframes,…
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The Nursemaid in the Corridor: Haunted Kendall Manor, Eufaula
Set on a rise in Eufaula, a river town in southeast Alabama known for its antebellum streetscape, the haunted Kendall Manor is one of…
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Honk Your Horn: Avon’s Haunted Bridge Over White Lick Creek
Avon’s haunted bridge is not a ruin or a relic. It is a working railroad viaduct in Hendricks County, Indiana, carrying freight over White…
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The Lady in White of Mary Mayo Hall at Michigan State
Few buildings on a Big Ten campus carry a ghost story as tidy as the one attached to Mary Mayo Hall, the Georgian Revival…
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The Greenbrier Ghost: Testimony From a Murdered Wife
One state historical marker in the United States credits testimony from the dead with helping to convict a murderer, and it stands beside a…
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92 Years on Venus Alley: Butte’s Haunted Dumas Brothel
Few buildings in Montana carry a paper trail as long and as unsentimental as the one behind the haunted Dumas Brothel. The two-story brick…
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Lily’s Lavender Gown and the Haunted Franklin Hotel
Strawberry Point is a small town in northeast Iowa with an outsized fiberglass strawberry on its main street and a two story brick hotel…
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Room 208 and the Lady in White: General Lewis Inn
The General Lewis Inn sits on Washington Street East in Lewisburg, West Virginia, a few blocks from the spring where the town’s namesake pitched…
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From Boys’ School to Ward: St. Albans Sanatorium, Radford
St. Albans Sanatorium in Virginia is steeped in chilling tales. Once a boys’ school, then a psychiatric facility, its storied halls whisper of unexplained…
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Whispers After Last Call at Dead Presidents Pub, Delaware
Delaware keeps a handful of drinking houses with ghost stories attached, and the Dead Presidents Pub is the one whose name does half the…
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Fire on the Hill: Kimball Castle Above Lake Winnipesaukee
On a hill above Lake Winnipesaukee in Gilford, New Hampshire, Kimball Castle stood for more than a century as a granite oddity: a medieval-style…
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Vacuums That Run Unplugged: The Haunted Pigford Building
Three stories of red brick on a downtown Meridian street do not look like much of a ghost story, which is part of why…
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The Chairs Outside the Courtroom at Alton Town Hall
Alton Town Hall sits at the center of a New Hampshire village that grew out of rocky upland farm lots, and it has picked…
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Princess Carolyn and Room 314 at the Mount Washington Hotel
Set against the Presidential Range in Bretton Woods, the Mount Washington Hotel is the kind of building that looks staged even when you are…
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Shadows on Barnum Avenue: Bridgeport’s Remington Arms Factory
Discover the chilling secrets of Old Remington Arms Munitions Factory. Abandoned horrors await. Dare you enter?
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Harvey and the Haunted Mission Point Resort, Mackinac Island
Experience true luxury and natural beauty at Mission Point Resort! With scenic lake views, relaxing spa services, and gourmet dining options, this hidden gem…
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The Woman in White at the James Allison Mansion, Indianapolis
Uncover the enigmatic charm of Indianapolis’ architectural gem – James Allison Mansion. This blog post delves into its rich history, timeless European design, and…
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Shirley MacLaine and the Haunted Cherokee Plantation, Louisiana
Most of the ghost talk attached to the haunted Cherokee Plantation can be traced to a single visit by a movie star. While Steel…
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Crybaby Bridge in Anderson: The Legend on High Shoals Road
Dive into the chilling mystery of Crybaby Bridge, a haunted US legend. Stories of ghostly cries and phantom children make this seemingly ordinary bridge…
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After the Fire: Tucson’s Pioneer Hotel, Arizona
Explore the history and charm of the Pioneer Hotel, Arizona! Known as a pillar of hospitality since 1929, this timeless gem boasts vintage flair,…
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Moonbow Nights and Cumberland Falls Ghost Stories, Kentucky
Explore the natural wonder of Kentucky at Cumberland Falls State Park, where cascading waterfalls, scenic trails, and mesmerizing moonbows await! Dive into a thrilling…
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Naphtha, Fire and a Raft: The Haunted Hoosac Tunnel
Five freight trains a day still run through the haunted Hoosac Tunnel, a 4.75-mile bore driven straight through the Hoosac Range of western Massachusetts,…
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Captain Flint and the Pirates’ House in Savannah
Most of Savannah’s ghost stories start with a death. The one attached to the Pirates’ House in Savannah starts with a novel. The building…
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The 1974 Article That Invented the Stull Cemetery Legend
Almost everything frightening about the Stull Cemetery legend can be traced to print rather than to the ground it describes. A student newspaper story…
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Mighty Mo and Nurse Mary: The Haunted Fox Theatre, Atlanta
Peachtree Street has a few buildings that stop traffic, and the haunted Fox Theatre is the one with minarets. Opened in 1929 in Atlanta,…
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Red in the Projection Booth: Fort Peck Theatre, Montana
In a town of a few hundred people in northeastern Montana, the Fort Peck Theatre still raises its curtain every summer, and the audience…
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Chanting on K Street: The Belleville Witch House, Kansas
Ask around north-central Kansas for the Belleville Witch House and you will probably get a shrug, then a vague gesture toward K Street. The…
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Eight Feet of Floodwater: The Providence Biltmore
Few buildings in Rhode Island have been resurrected as many times as the Providence Biltmore, the 1922 tower on the southern corner of Kennedy…
