Ghosts roam the prison yard, and you can hear screams coming from the old commissary building. Not to mention, 60 yards west of the prison is the Western State Mental Institute. There are reports of lights flashing and abnormal sightings. Additionally, there is a light that will not shut off even when the wires are […]
When visiting the basement portion where prisoners were held in the jail, a visitor heard the crying and screaming of men, though no one was there.
This building formerly served as a mental hospital, built in the mid-1800s. It consists of an old stone center building with newer brick wings extending to the east and west. Before it was converted into a prison in the 1980s, a former employee working the 11 PM to 7 AM shift reported an incident on […]
There are reports of hearing voices and the feeling of someone walking behind you.
In Coloma, CA, there is a famous Victorian house called the Vineyard House, which has been reputed to be haunted by its original owners for many years. The house was built in the late 1800s and served over the years as a jail, an inn, a restaurant, and a winery. According to records, the original […]
Late at night while everyone is quiet and still, a ghostly figure can be seen leaving the cell in the middle of the jail. Also, you can hear the toilet flushing, even though no one is ever in that cell. The legend has it that the cell served as a “drunk tank” and the cops […]
A former monastery turned juvenile detention center. Legend says monks hanged themselves in the 4th-floor attic. Now, on stormy nights, a phone at the control desk rings from a non-existent extension. You might hear heavy breathing on the line, strange noises, or see a white figure.
In the education building which is one of the oldest buildings on grounds and is said to have previously been the hospital, there have been sightings of a female walking on the lower level, screams, and doors opening and closing. The prison itself was a female prison prior to 1982, and has its own graveyard […]
While working on the third floor, an electrician noticed someone watching him. When the electrician made eye contact, the individual turned and walked out the door. When the electrician described the individual to the deputies on duty, he was told that his description fit the old Sheriff, John Keeler, who had been dead for at […]
The Colorado Prison Museum was one of the first museums in Cañon City. In the laundry room, once used by female convicts for washing clothes, many visitors report cold spots and the smell of tobacco. In Cell Number 19, orbs have been captured in photographs, believed to be the spirit of a female prisoner who […]
Judge Isaac Parker, infamous for sentencing nearly 80 people to death, is said to haunt the courthouse, now a museum. Those he condemned are also believed to linger within its walls. Visitors have reported seeing the ropes at the gallows sway back and forth without any wind. Others claim to hear the unmistakable sound of […]
Parking Lot – Former Site of Gratiot Street Prison Once the location of McDowell’s College, a medical school run by Dr. Joseph Nash McDowell, this site was confiscated by Federal authorities in the spring of 1861. By December of that year, it was converted into a prison, later renamed, though early records often referred to […]
If you go north on River Falls Street (US Hwy 84) away from Andalusia, you cross a bridge. Turn to the right, as if you were going to Point A. Go to the boat ramp and look to the left. There is a road that goes beside a field. Walk down the road. The road […]
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 […]
Davis PD moved to a new building recently, after having been in the old City Hall that was built in 1938 or so. Downstairs, after it was vacated, in the Women’s restroom, there was seen a wild haired redheaded woman rushing toward the 2nd stall door in an ‘attack’ posture with outstretched arms and claw-like […]
It is said that there are at least 2 ghosts haunting the old Jail. One is of the sheriff’s young bride often seen wearing a white dress and holding a lit candle near the 2nd story window facing Main Street. The other is of a black man who was lynched on the side lawn facing […]
A very tall old brick building. People have said that as you reach the second floor where the first cellblock is located 2 or 3 ghosts follow you as you progress up the stairs. You can also look down at the cells and see a red glow as though from a cigarette. Many people are […]
The Pipestone County museum is formerly the old city hall. A little blonde girl has been seen there by several people. She is dressed in a blue 19th century dress with a white apron. Often, loud sounds are heard upstairs when no one is there (footsteps, stomping…) The old doctor’s office is located off the […]
Two little girls are repeatedly spotted wandering around these grounds, and another can be heard singing in the basement of one of the oldest buildings there.
There have been hundreds of sightings here of soldiers from the Civil War and fog-like apparitions sifting up the chimney in the officers’ quarters. This fort was built in the 1800’s during Bleeding Kansas and border wars with Missouri. People have also reported seeing ghosts in the cell block.
In the recreation yard inside the prison walls there exist three large oak trees, it is a well known fact that when the moon is full the outline of an inmate perched atop the trees can be seen.
Sounds, cold spots, and foot steps are observed here.
