The crossroads where the paranormal and history meet.
Macdonough Hall is one of the oldest residence halls at SUNY Plattsburgh and is widely considered the most haunted building on campus. Many students and faculty have reported seeing apparitions and hearing strange noises. A popular legend claims the basement was once a morgue for the old Plattsburgh Hospital, though the building has served solely |Read More
It was said that a boy named David was killed on the front lawn of Plattsburgh High. And till this day he walks around during school and bumps into freshman and wanders the yard at night.
Virginia Hall was originally built as an all-female dormitory. It is now mostly offices and classrooms. According to local legend, the head mother’s room was in the attic, and a fire killed her when she couldn’t escape. The girls reportedly could hear her screaming. Classes were held on the 3rd floor. The 4th floor is |Read More
This haunted dormitory was condemned by the state in the mid-to-late 1980s. Voices have been heard here along with piano playing. Recordings of ghostly women singing have also occurred.
Reports of an apparition of a man seen in the balcony.
Shear Hall is a dormitory (football dorms) and there is a ghost on the 3rd floor. It is completely locked up, so no one is able to get up there unless you have a key. It is said that a young student went crazy and shot several people then turned and shot himself. Today people |Read More
Morrison Building – This building used to have a swimming pool in the basement. A long time ago, a little boy drowned in it. Janitors have reported seeing a boy walking around the basement at night. One night, a janitor was killed there. The police could find no evidence of suicide or murder. The case |Read More
Roubidoux Hall (3rd floor) is haunted by the ghost of at least one spirit. He had died from smoke inhalation when the building caught on fire some 20 years ago. Those who live in the boys’ old room have seen ghostly apparitions over the side of the bed while sleeping. The doors have also been |Read More
This small school is supposedly haunted by the ghosts of several teachers that have passed away in the years. Sounds have been heard ranging from bells to chains, to voices. Also lights seem to turn on and off by themselves.
Milwaukee – Sandburg Halls – there have been many incidents in North Tower. On the G2 level there is occasionally mysterious squeaking coming through the concrete floors, objects are known to move independently.
At least six different spirits have been witnessed repeatedly – a poltergeist, a singing nun, the mother superior, a janitor, strangely-laughing children and a malevolent presence have all been reported.
Simpson Hall hosts the spirit of a man who stalked a girl, followed her to her dorm one year. He now resides in Simpson. Late at night students wake up with a sense they are being watched, usually the room becomes icy cold when it happens. Very rarely some wake up freezing at night with |Read More
Redstone Hall (dormitory) has an intermittent ghost that appears in the back staircase and has been seen to run through walls. He’s not fond of female students for some reason (pertaining to the circumstances of his death) and has chased people out of the area on occasion.
Millis Hall (dormitory) – Had a female ghost on the 2nd floor during the 97-98 year.
At UVM in the Living and Learning Dorms (Section C), strange noises are always heard coming from under the staircases that lead into Section B, as if the dead had been lurking amongst us.
Grasse Mount House has a history of voices and doors locking and slamming on the second floor when no one is up there.
Coolidge Hall (dormitory) – has a few ghosts throughout, including a male presence that likes to wake up the residents by staring at them.
Converse Hall is haunted by a former student who committed suicide there. Though never seen, he turns radios on and off and interacts with electrical equipment. The student electrocuted himself in 1998.
Center for Cultural Pluralism AKA Allen House – Has a ghost on the top floor. Though it doesn’t manifest visually, a cold presence can follow one around from time to time.
Another ghost resides in the Farm at the University of Vermont on Spear Street.
The Agriculture Department has a female ghost in period dress (c. late 19th century) that appears from time to time.
In one of the rooms is the sight of numerous disturbances including fire starting and things be thrown around the room. It is said that a girl was killed in that room. Her name was Brandy and she lived in room 121. She was known to be very loose particularly since it was the 1950’s |Read More
There is a man who sings to Frank Sinatra songs wandering the theatre, sometimes he opens and closes the elevator door or sits in the audience section clapping unexpectedly. He is usually around, students and teachers have said to feel his presence moving around.
Founded at Kansas State in 1957, the Gamma Phis are haunted by an old house mom who was murdered by the cook in a jealous affair. It is said that when chicken nuggets are cooked inside the house, blood-curdling screams can be heard. Needless to say, chicken nuggets are served very rarely. Girls are warned |Read More
The Clara Ford Pavilion, formerly a live-in nursing school, is quite haunted. Security and maintenance personnel have had doors locked behind them during the early morning hours. One of the first-floor boardrooms has a particularly obvious cold spot and a feeling of dread, as well as the smell of decay. In 1926, a nursing student, |Read More
During the night, there are noises in the pipes in all the bathrooms, hot and cold spots, weird smells down by the cafeteria that are on and off, footsteps have been heard late at night by janitors, and in the Computer Lab/Library books have been tossed across the room lying everywhere.
The dorms at Sue Bennett College are said to be haunted by the ghost of Belle Bennett, who roams the halls all night, turning off and on lights and watching people sleep. If you go in, you’re sure to find something.
The Belle Bennett Theater at Sue Bennett College is said to be haunted by the ghost of Belle Bennett. Visitors report hearing her playing the pianos all night, turning off and on lights, and watching people.
Old Morrison is Transylvania University’s historic administration building, and legends say it’s haunted by the ghost of Constantine Rafinesque. Rafinesque was an eccentric botany professor at the university in 1819 who was fired after rumors of an affair with the college president’s wife. Legend has it that he cursed the campus upon his departure and |Read More
There is said to have been a suicide here, and at night in a certain dorm, you can wake up and see a male student standing in front of your bed wearing a pair of gym shorts.
In 1946, a student fell from a catwalk to his death. He haunts the theater to this day with crying and other noises, and he is visible from the stage if you look up. He is well documented by the media and school officials, and seen by the majority of the students. He still haunts |Read More
In the 1964 Good Friday Earthquake, dozens of children died here. You can hear a distant giggle in this building. Other times, you can hear children jump roping, or running around.
It is said that in the basement auditorium and in the area where it links to the Middle School, there are restless creatures that are only semi-human. They take out their anger on many students and young teachers. Rumor has it that West High and its neighborhood was once a swampy forest area, and the |Read More
The auditorium is supposedly haunted by a girl who died there many years ago. This reporter is a skeptic, but there have been numerous sightings of this spirit by a few reliable sources.
Some say they have seen a young girl walking around this school. The story is that the girl died there during construction of the building. It seems she only comes out during the early morning and late at night. Janitors and some young children have said they’ve seen the young girl. They say she looks |Read More
Lambertville High School was built in 1854. A fire destroyed much of it in 1926, but it was remodeled in 1927. Another fire in 1992 destroyed the school for good. The official closing date is June 1960. Local legends tell of “Buckeye Billy,” a New Hope football player who died during a game against Lambertville. |Read More
Apparitions of priests and nuns are seen in the halls.
After dark, apparitions can be seen of Fern Westfall, the founder of the school, knocking books off the shelves. Reports also state that a portrait of her in the elementary cafeteria contains roaming eyes that follow curious, staring students.
The grounds of this Episcopal seminary have been inhabited since the 1500s and have been haunted by a ghost since the mid-1700s. When an acolyte to the Episcopal priesthood attended this seminary, his wife had an affair with the Dean. To accommodate this affair, the woman hanged her husband, though it was ruled a suicide. |Read More
Alpha Xi Delta House is a historic home on Fifth Street. Built in 1855 by William P. Skinner, it later belonged to George White, an oilman and banker who became Ohio’s governor in 1930. Since 1955, it has served as the Alpha Xi Delta sorority house. Residents report a spirit called “George” who knocks items |Read More