Old Botany – Closely related to Schwab Auditorium’s stories, Old Botany may be haunted by the president’s wife. She is occasionally seen, sitting near a window on the second floor, rocking and knitting. Also, Old Botany is one of the oldest remaining buildings on campus, and there have been many stories of noises and sightings […]
There have been sightings of a woman standing in the window screaming for help.
Central Pattee Library – Students have reported odd feelings of a presence and being watched on the top floor of Central Pattee (Murder of a librarian years ago?). According to a January 2004 update/correction, the #1 ranked haunted place at Penn State, Pattee Library, was the site of a murder in 1969. A girl named […]
When the concert hall was built during the early 70s, a workman fell headfirst from the still unfinished catwalks. Every once in a while, theater workers catch a glimpse of him during shows.
Schwab Auditorium – is supposedly haunted by a few separate ghosts. One of them may be Charles Schwab. The other may be President Atherton who was president of the school and is buried beside the building. There has also been a soldier seen. An article about this was written in the last alumni newsletter. January […]
Employees report a man walks around the plant, reported to be a worker who was beheaded by a train in the early 1930s. He can be seen walking the plant, and he turns on and off equipment. He turns off the plant lights in the middle of shifts; you can see his flashlight beams on […]
Every once in a while, you can see the ghost of a sick, old, hunchbacked man walking through the hallways of this inn. He is sometimes even seen walking down the street. While alone you will hear the baby cry, or while upstairs on 2nd floor you’ll hear the creaking and sounds of the ghost […]
Pollock Laptop Library (a study library on the east side of campus) – has someone wandering around in it. One day late this summer, a worker there slowly became aware of someone grumbling behind them. They were the only ones there.
A woman in a white formal gown haunts the cemetery on clear summer nights, she will appear and then dissolve in a short time. Looks to be in a dress from the 20s.
Most Holy Trinity Church is famous for its numerous paranormal legends. Reports include unexplained footsteps throughout the four-story rectory, disembodied voices, and lights in the school gymnasium turning on and off by themselves. The church’s former sexton, George Stelz, was murdered in the vestibule in 1897, and legend has it that his spirit roams the […]
Bunce Hall (the first building constructed on campus) is where a ghostly lady haunts the upper floor and bell tower area.
The PACAF Headquarters building is a historical site of WWII because of the bullets holes on the outside from the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Inside many soldiers were killed. Moans of dying soldiers can be heard, and bombing sounds. Doors open and closing on their own and ghosts of dead soldiers are known to roam […]
A ghost has been seen sitting in the seats.
Information is hard to find on this place, but there is some out there and I have found it. Back when the canal started construction in 1857, many men worked on its complex structure. The man who was head of this operation caught wind of the government shutting down the Canal Fulton operation. He was […]
There is said to be a ghost of one of the Biology Professors roaming the halls of the science building. He appears to be in his sixties and walks through the labs wearing a white lab coat and carrying a beaker and apothecary bottle. He has also been known to put away glassware and models […]
There is a mansion set off the road in Brunswick, that is said to be haunted in the bay windows at the front of the house, there have been sightings of figures moving to and from the window. Anyone who dares to go there will in some cases be chased out by a ghost who […]
Whitall House is noted for hauntings from the American Revolution. Dead soldiers from 1776 are in the attic; the house was used as a hospital. Check it out.
Construction workers were fearful during the renovation of The Biltmore Hotel, a historic landmark building in Miami. It was once a veteran’s hospital and had other previous uses. There are stories of things moving inexplicably and the sort. A receptionist who works there and lives nearby told of how she once got into the elevator […]
There is a ghost named Amanda who is supposed to haunt the Chi Omega Sorority house on campus. She was said to have been killed in the 1940s or 1950s by a train nearby.
Most of the staff members and students have reported that strange noises can be heard in the auditorium, and lights go off and on when no one is there.
On the Old Santa Cruz Highway, going toward Los Gatos, the spirit of a young woman of about 17 or 18 roams around. She can often be seen sitting on the side of the road or walking at twilight.
There are reports of a residual scene of a murder. The apparition of a woman is seen running, followed by a man chasing after her. When they reach the edge of the overpass, he grabs her to strangle her and throws her over.
Bohm Hall is haunted by a girl who was raped there a number of years ago.
The Blockbuster on Atlantic Blvd. and Coral Ridge Drive is haunted by a little boy. Employees have seen him in the backroom, and tapes are often rearranged just after being organized after hours.
It has been recorded that the 13th floor of this world-renowned hotel is haunted by the ghosts of soldiers who were treated there during the WWII era. Unexplained noises and lights are seen here. Here is a history of the Biltmore Hotel: It served as a hotel in the early twenties, and then it was […]
In the late 1930s and early 1940s Clearwater Beach stationed not only the Coast Guard, but also had a Military Police Training Barracks. There Army MPs would train there for deployment to WWII. There are sightings of a young woman in her early 20s running down the beach while wearing an all-white dress. It is […]
Keller Dorm – This dorm was the site of a student’s suicide years ago. He hanged himself in a stairwell. Perhaps related to that, and perhaps not, there are a couple of rooms (rumors are that they’re near his old room, but then again others say that’s not so) that have had some freaky things […]
When it is quiet enough, or there are not too many people, you can hear footsteps walking up and down the aisles.
Rippe Hall is haunted by a little girl who lived in a house that was located on the site before the dorm was built.
There is an asylum on the grounds where, if you put your ear up to the door, you can hear screams and knocking. There is also a stone with a baby carved on it; it is said that when you look at it, turn away, and then look back, it faces a new direction.
Built in the mid-1800s by Gen Robert Scott, the house has many incidents of paranormal activity. Gen Scott can be seen walking down the steps in his suit and top hat. There are reports of levitation of people sleeping on the 3rd floor bedrooms, sounds of people walking through the hallways, cold spots, and infants […]
The inn is so large that many ghosts visit the place. The old owner who first opened it still runs the now-empty inn. October 2003 Update: Iona Lake Inn was sold and turned into an Italian restaurant; it is now called Jake’s Italian Restaurant. (No longer accurate – See notes below.)
One of the hauntings is a small boy who likes to play hide and seek around the headstones. Visitors have named him Josh. The other haunting is an unknown presence that watches over the cemetery. One person reported having dreams of a tall dark figure and that coyotes surrounded his house that same night.
Sieker Hall is haunted by a pre-seminary student who died of pneumonia many years ago.
Catering Hall – the place is haunted by two guys and a girl. At night you can hear walking (footsteps), and doors shutting. It’s possible that they were killed there and brought down to the basement by the alleged mafia people who owned it years ago.
There is a ghost named Alice who is supposed to haunt the Joe E. Brown theater on campus.
Feth Hall is said to be inhabited by a ghastly Rev. Dr. Henry Feth.
A running figure can be seen along the track of the high school. This person was said to be running at a time late at night when some gang members saw him, and chased him with their car, killing him. Now this runner haunts the track. Another haunting at Wilson is in one of the […]
Strange activity has also been documented in Dole Hall, one of the campus residence halls. In the basement, individuals walking away from the laundry room frequently report an overwhelming sensation of being watched from behind. According to local lore, when the original cemetery was relocated to accommodate the expanding campus, several graves were reportedly overlooked […]
In a theatre room, when you’re in there alone just after the workers finished cleaning from the last viewing of the movie, you can hear someone trying to open the emergency exit door on the right. You can feel this gust of wind pass through the room when all the doors are closed, and in […]
