The crossroads where the paranormal and history meet.
Supposedly one of the former Brothers of the Sacred Heart (The brothers that run the high school) had died and was so disliked that the students stuck pencils in his eyes at his funeral. For revenge he is known to haunt the 4th floor and walk in and out of the rooms.
This building is quite haunted. Residents have reported, among others: a bewigged 18th century gentleman; a “tippling ghost” that will empty wineglasses left in a certain place; a chain-rattling ghost in the basement (supposedly the place was a stop on the underground railroad; and it’s said that some slaves were sold out and recaptured); and […]
Richmond is an old high school that was said to have burned in the mid 1900’s. If you go into the old gym you will hear either a pep rally or basketball practice. Be careful if you go up the stairs, the upper floors are rotting but you will see lights looking down at you […]
Apparitions, sightings, and voices have been reported here.
Long ago at a lake across from the cemetery, a wealthy family lived in a large house. The wife was stricken with an illness and had to be put in a wheelchair. Her husband fell in love with another woman and pushed his wife into the lake killing her. Some nights she can be seen […]
There is a good 10 mile stretch in which several paranormal sightings have occurred. Witnesses report a red half human, half goat figure that was nearly 8 feet tall with a pentagram in it’s forehead. As they sped away, they had to cross a set of railroad tracks. Directly in front of them, there was […]
There is an old pump house in Lake Shore. It used to be used to regulate the irrigation flow to the farmers. It is said that there where two workers, working there by themselves one night, one of the men got caught in one of them machines, got pulled in and died, the other man […]
A presence haunts the church and its origin is not known.
There was originally a high school in the town of Roy, Where the elementary school now stands. All that remains of this is the Gym, the rest having burned to ground in the 50’s. In the Old Gym, there are many cold spots and an altogether spooky feeling. The old locker room lies frozen in […]
Toilets flush when no one is there, lockers slam at midnight, pencils fly across empty rooms, according to numerous reports, walking into the guys locker room, you can feel someone grabbing your neck and hear them yelling ‘Get away from me!’
A ghost is said to haunt the rooms and restaurant. Employees have reported items mysteriously moved around, and have reported sightings of ghosts through out the old hotel. haunt,hotel,restaurant,move,apparition
Feelings of always being watched after dark.
Dr. Paschal Aldrich’s ghost haunts his former home.
Reports of a man with a lantern in his hand and he only has one side of his face he will try stopping you and asking you if you’ve seen his daughter because she was killed on that road in the 1900’s. Then when driving down the road on the right side of the road […]
This ghost is known as the Phantom of Renton high. The story of how the phantom came to be is that a girl was raped and murdered by an old janitor who hung her body from the rafters in the old auditorium, which has recently been torn out. She would make herself known to small […]
The Donaldson mansion was a quiet home until something happened. At night lights come on by themselves, you will hear screaming and this fog lies all the way around the outside of the house. It was once told that no one will go up to the mansion, she will invite you in but you will […]
A man named Carl is rumored to haunt this business. Years ago, this Mr. Gatti’s was a saloon and Carl was shot in the head by an jealous man in the old apartment (now abandoned) above the store. Employees have reported seeing strange figures moving around the store, mostly during closing hours. Also voices and […]
On the 4th floor balcony, if you are very quiet and still you can hear footsteps and even low murmurs sometimes.
A janitor is believed to have died in this theater during a fire in the early twentieth century. His ghost has been seen in the upper balcony by lone actors on the stage. There is also a story about a baby that was accidentally dropped from the upper balcony one evening. It is said to […]
Formerly a mental facility, there have been many sightings and sounds blames on a ghost they call “Oscar”. Oscar was a patient in the mental facility and before he died he swore to never leave and to make everyone’s lives there hell. My fiance worked as a CMT (med-tech) there, she didn’t believe in ghosts […]
There are several places upon this lake that are supposed to be haunted. In one of the places, there are road signs that appear to bleed and have bullet holes in them. They disappear though when people get close. There have also been reports of strange occurrences at a place called Devil’s Bridge. Devils bridge […]
Cold spots and apparitions have been reported.
It is said a ghost haunts the fourth floor of the old Overby’s Furniture store (now a music store) at the corner of Vine and Broadway. According to accounts after the tornado of 1927 the Butler County Courthouse was destroyed and a temporary courtroom was established on the fourth floor of the building. It is […]
On a rainy night there is a headless woman that walks the river bank. It is said she was in a covered wagon that turned over and rolled down the hill and she was decapitated.
During the 1980’s and through the 1990’s many bodies were dumped in this junk yard. Most of them were due to professional killings. Since this place was once a hotspot to dump bodies it has become very haunted. There have been reports of screams coming from the junkyard during the night. Also many police reports […]
There is said to be a little boy that roams the halls and a teacher follows him. The little boy is said to be a boy named Josh, who died in the library by suffocation. No details of the suffocation seem to be known.
A ghost of a woman who was murdered on the tracks is seen hovering over the tracks. The train that hit her is sometimes seen. If a group of people walk down the tracks at night, and take count at the trestle there is usually one more person with them. The site is now under […]
Footsteps can be heard upstairs in the main house. Several people have also witnessed ghostly apparitions of a male and female, thought to be former owners of the house. Employees have witnessed loaves of bread flying toward them in the kitchen. The present owners have repeatedly had to reposition furniture to its proper position.
The site of a major civil war battle, many trenches are still visible and people venturing there at night have heard cannon fire and seen apparitions of soldiers
In 1997 the theatre was haunted by an old man with a bad temper. Employees were teased and tormented, many quit. Even customers noticed him wandering around. Management had to bring in a specialist.
There is an old 19th century armory on the south face of the hill, below and to the left of the park facilities, it’s where a ghost named “Kether” dwells. She was sacrificed on this spot as punishment for disobedience of her coven whose beliefs were loosely based on worship of the Egyptian god “Set”. […]
The David Finney Inn, now houses The Sonora Restaurant, an upscale bar, an event room, and a law firm, in a 15,000 sq ft building originally constructed in 1685. While the exterior retains much of its historic charm, the interior has been extensively remodeled for modern commercial use. The third floor consists of five apartments, […]
This road has constant twists and turns throughout it. There are no street lights but woods on both sides lining the edge of the road. It has a age-worn brick wall along the side that looks like a old, overgrown cemetery. A valuable source has said they saw a cemetery on either side of the […]
Room 407 – is definitely haunted. Believed to be haunted by Lord Dunraven. He was, of course, run out of town after trying to swindle folks out of their land and money. He mostly stands in the corner of the room near the bathroom door. Witnesses report he turned a light in the opposite corner […]
Carl, a former shuttle bus person, still haunts the grounds. He has been seen in the kitchen and in the halls. Things fall off of the shelves. You see legs on the other side of the work table, but when you crouch down to see who it is and no one is there. Out of […]
The spirit of former star athlete haunts this high school. On random nights, people in the building have heard basketballs bouncing in the gym when no one is there. There are also reports of strange whisperings, eerie lights, and other strange occurrences.
There was a young man who committed suicide here on a Saturday night. People say that when you go out there on Saturday nights that you can see his ghostly figure haunting the park. He usually hangs around the old gazebo. That is where he ended his life. August 2004 correction: formerly posted as Ashley […]
Sounds of an old lady’s voice screaming for her lost children has been heard late at night by joggers and footsteps have been seen in the pond water.
Some have reported hearing children playing, smelled roses, heard chains rattling, hot spots where it would be warmer than the rest of the cemetery and on the way out witnesses have seen three figures which seemed to be guarding the gates, and four figures walking toward them.
The ruins of the settlement that later grew into Pomfret, along with the old cemetery used by the small settlement, hide in the CT woods but hold many surprises for those who take the time to find them. Reports include human voices, animal sounds, children’s’ laughter, sightings of a baby reclining in the branches of […]