Homer Hall has two spirits that reside on the fourth floor. One is a male entity that has been seen in the bathroom. He is also known for playing with music selections and breaking windows. It is said that a young man jumped off the balcony back in the ’70s when the hall was new. […]
A soldier who served in the Civil War is buried here. It is said that his cross glows about three times a year, and the color changes roughly four times before returning to its normal rust color.
The Old White Oak, as it is called, has many strange things happen atop that mountain, right off 11W in Surgoinsville. A black dog seems to watch over Colonel Maxwell’s grave but disappears right after being sighted. Birds erupt at night if anyone gets within a few feet of this Revolutionary soldier’s grave, and many […]
Supposedly, one of the Aldrich daughters committed suicide by jumping from a balcony. There have been multiple reports of sightings by employees on the property.
John C. West Hall: An apparition of a torso of a young girl has been reported here, often accompanied by electrical problems such as TVs and lights shutting off. The dorm complex, which includes several buildings, is connected by partially underground tunnels to the Wilkerson dining center. October 2007 Update: Legend says that during a […]
It is said that on the outside of the mission, there’s artwork on either side of the main doors. There is a snake on one side and a mouse on the other side. If the snake catches the mouse, the end of time is near. Several people in the area have heard whispers of this […]
The legend of the Atalla Wood Bridge suggests that a school bus filled with children once veered off the span and plummeted into the waters below, forever tethering their spirits to the site. Local lore maintains that if travelers stop their vehicle on the bridge at night, shift into neutral on the right side, and […]
The former site of the city hall and morgue in the early 1900s. Visitors and staff have reported sightings of faces peering through windows, figures moving throughout the building, and books being displaced by an unseen force.
Local residents claim this location is where spirits seek their departed loved ones. Legend says that on Friday the thirteenth, vehicles driven to the graveyard will stall and cannot be restarted for five minutes.
The community of Indian Meadows and its sister community Shady Grove, are both built over an ancient Cherokee Indian burial ground. The two have had several hauntings reported over the last two decades. At night, dark figures have been seen scurrying about in the woods on the outskirts of the neighborhoods. Some brave souls who […]
The original historic Pratt through-truss bridge, built circa 1910, spanned the Conecuh River on Prestwood Bridge Road in Covington County, Alabama. The structure became the subject of local legend, with stories warning that stopping on the bridge and turning off your lights would invite a hostile entity to bang on your vehicle. The historic bridge […]
There is a place known as Shafter Lake in between Seminole and Andrews. It is known to have been an Indian Burial ground. It is said that if you go there at night and park just off the road by the large rocks and flash your lights three times you will see an apparition of […]
There is an old orphanage on Fisher Street that is rumored to be haunted. Legend says that children suffered severe neglect and abuse here under the care of the staff. In one prominent local story, a boy was punished so severely in the basement that he died from his injuries, and a clandestine funeral service […]
The apparition of La Salle’s Griffon is said to be sighted occasionally passing through the foggy waters of the Straits of Mackinac. Built in 1679 by the French explorer René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, Le Griffon was a 45-ton, five-cannon barque that held the distinction of being the first full-sized European sailing ship to […]
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.
Ellender Hall dormitory is reportedly home to flickering lights, moving objects, and phantom scratching. While rumors of a student suicide exist, no records confirm this. The activity is often linked to the campus being built on former Civil War hospital grounds.
A plantation owner’s daughter reportedly lost her leg after a fall caused by her hoop skirt; visitors now feel pinches on those same stairs. The ghost of the owner’s wife is also seen riding her horse through the famous oak alley, searching for her husband.
Screams can be heard along with sightings of ghosts that usually resemble patients that may have died there. This buildings windows and doors are boarded up partially due to the fact that people have reported seeing ghosts in the windows looking outside.
Heading home from Hanauma Bay at night? Keep your eyes on the road. Locals report seeing mysterious fireballs, known as Akualele, shooting overhead as they drive back toward town. The legend warns that if you see these lights, whatever you do, don’t look back toward the bay or Koko Head. Glancing back is said to […]
Room #9 – built in the 1700’s is supposedly haunted by Jeshua. Jeshua waited her whole life waiting for her love to return from England. He never did. She seems to respond to men who stay in the room around 3:00 AM. But only if you’re very quiet. Also room #9 is home to one […]
The Willow Steak House, historically known as The Willow Hotel, has reportedly been haunted since the 1800s. According to legend, an old gold mine collapsed beneath the building, killing 23 miners whose spirits now haunt the location.
Henrion Gymnasium, now known as Henrion Hall, housing the Sculpture/Ceramics departments, it is said to be haunted by a maintenance worker who was accidentally electrocuted in the 1950s. The story goes that the worker stood up into a live wire without his hardhat and was killed. His apparition is sometimes seen late at night or […]
Some people have reported encountering blue-gowned dwarves in the park and nearby along the White River at Noblesville. According to Delaware Indian legend, they are the Pukwudgies, a tribe of little people that still inhabit the forests.
The ghost of a young man has been seen by several in the band and choir wing of the school. He appears at any hour and then vanishes just as quickly.
Local lore states that during the building’s time as the Athens Female Academy, a young student sneaked out at night to meet a suitor. While descending the main interior staircase with a lantern (or candle) in hand, a draft blew sparks onto her clothing, catching her on fire. In her panic, she tumbled down the […]
According to local legend, if you drive out to Old Foamy Road at night, turn off your headlights, and honk three times, a goat man will appear in front of your car. Others say strange things happen to the car itself.
On January 18, 1970, two West Virginia University freshmen, Mared Malarik and Karen Ferrell, left a movie theater screening of “Oliver!” in downtown Morgantown and were never seen alive again. The students had been attempting to hitchhike back to their dorms on Evansdale Campus. Eighty-eight days later, on April 16, 1970, their decapitated bodies were […]
Ghosts of monks and Native Americans have been seen. At one time a large group of riders who looked like civil war soldiers rode by a group of men. Their cabin shook from the force of the horse’s hoofs hitting the ground. When they had passed, no one plant had been damaged.
Paradise Park is a trail leading into the mountains in Manoa Valley. It is surrounded by deep foliage on both sides. Many people have reported hearing a banshee or some other specter screaming on the trail.
A woman was struck and killed on the blind corner outside this well known watering hole in southeast Alaska. It used to be known as the Kik, or Kiksaadi club, but now it is Rookies, a sports bar. The story is that the woman left the bar and was extremely drunk. She tried to wander […]
Mary Stringfellow, the hospital’s founder, was an organ player. Nurses working the third shift report hearing the organ playing in the chapel, but find no one there when they investigate. Another haunting involves a man who reportedly committed suicide by shotgun in one of the rooms. Patients have claimed to see the apparition of a […]
McCandless Hall is reportedly haunted by two distinct spirits. The first is Abigail Burns, a young opera singer who performed La Traviata at the auditorium’s dedication in 1914. After her performance, legend states she was killed in a carriage accident during a severe thunderstorm when her horses were spooked, sending the carriage off a bridge. […]
The legend of the Anniston High School locker room is well-known throughout the student body. Upperclassmen often share the story with incoming freshmen to give them a scare, warning them of a vengeful ghost that haunts the area. While the specific details vary from person to person, the core facts remain consistent: the haunting is […]
During the spring season, there is a giant puddle under the museum from all the melted snow. A young boy named Alex was playing with a basketball near the museum, and his ball went under the building. When he tried to get the ball, he slipped under the building and couldn’t get out, drowning in […]
The Baker Hotel in Colorado City, Texas, is what remains of a once-proud establishment in a town that was, in its heyday, the largest community between Fort Worth and El Paso. Built in the 1920s as part of Theodore Baker’s broader hotel enterprise across West Texas, the building still stands today — though it is […]
The Lady in White is said to roam here, searching for her daughter, who was supposedly attacked and murdered by unknown assailants. While there are many versions of the story, it is a well-known local legend.
Local legend says a construction worker was killed during the building of the new gymnasium and can still be heard roaming through it.
It is said that a janitor got stuck in the boiler room of the school and died, and now he haunts it at night. When someone goes by the boiler room after dark, you can sometimes hear him screaming for help.
There is a hill that on some nights, you can see a lit up cabin, but when you try to drive to it you cannot find it anywhere. In the late 1800s there was a witch that lived there, and it is said that her ghost is still there trying to attract people so she […]
The house sits alone and people have told stories of hearing noises, but nothing has been confirmed — it is located by the doughboy statue.
