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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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. […]
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 […]
This old school is haunted by a woman in a white dress. She plays with band instruments, appears in empty hallways during summer, and turns classroom lights off. She’s known to scare people, not harm them. Most teachers mention a female ghost rising through the floors, though others dismiss it as hocus pocus.
Witnesses have reported something jumping on them and jumping on beds to find a figure run straight through the door into the hallway.
Myers Hall was a Civil War hospital. A dying soldier demanded to see his horse. The horse was brought in, but upon finishing the task the horse refused to go down the stairs to leave so he was shot. The horse’s spirit still roams the halls.
The echoes of a past tragedy, a life lost to fire, still linger here. An unseen presence makes itself known in chilling ways: doors creak closed on their own accord, and the distinct sound of phantom footsteps can be heard when no one else is present. Electronic devices are not immune; a radio, once playing, […]
A couple of spirits are said to linger here. One seems particularly drawn to the Auditorium, while another, known for mischievous pranks, primarily haunts the bathrooms. Many students and faculty members, especially a group of girls, have reported unexplained flooding in the bathrooms on the main, second, and third floors. The Theater Arts Teacher and […]
During odd hours of the days, footsteps can be heard running down the hall on the third floor. Knocks on doors, and unlocking door sounds can be heard, all while no one is around. This used to be the location of a hospital and then a convent. There are tunnels that connect this building with […]
Local lore suggests the school was built over an old cemetery, with only the headstones relocated while the remains remained beneath. Over the years, bones have surfaced on the football field, and in one instance, a grave collapsed in the front lawn, requiring it to be filled. In May 2008, a football player reportedly tripped […]
This large enclave of buildings in Camarillo is now a university, but it was originally built in the 1920s as a state mental hospital. It was converted into a school in the mid-90s. Over the years, there have been many stories of ghosts of all kinds, likely due to the fact that patients once lived—and […]
Mary Moody Northen Theatre – There are reports of a shadow of a young man who allegedly committed suicide. According to legend, he hanged himself using the sandbag ropes. If you listen closely, you can not only see the shadow of the body swinging across the stage (even when the ropes are absent), but you […]
Premont Hall – An all-male dorm – is said to be haunted by the spirit of a former Resident Advisor. According to legend, during spring break, he returned early, slipped and fell in the showers, and died instantly. His body was allegedly left there for a week. Residents report that his ghost is responsible for […]
Doyle Hall – An all-female dorm – is said to be haunted by the ghost of a nun. Fortunately, she is described as friendly. Occasionally, the showers will turn on by themselves, and you might hear the sound of someone showering. However, when you step out, the rest of the showers remain completely dry, as […]
In 2000, Eisenhower Elementary School was scheduled to undergo extensive interior renovations. After the plans were announced, night custodians began reporting strange occurrences, such as hearing unexplained banging noises and frequently seeing the apparition of a small boy in a baseball uniform running by. These incidents intensified over time, leading many custodians to refuse to […]
It is said that if you go to the third floor at night and try to walk down the 200-foot hallway, books will be thrown at you. It’s also rumored that if you walk down the hall and yell, lockers will start opening, and you’ll hear voices over the intercom – voices coming from the […]
There have been stories of a teacher who hanged herself after her child fell down the stairs on a tricycle. Witnesses have reported hearing screams, cries, and the squealing of tricycle tires. There have also been sightings of the woman and the child together again. Bloodstains have allegedly been found in every room—on the walls, […]
The annex of the school is haunted by a mysterious ghost. One night, a woman reported seeing it enter a room, turn on the television, and sit down to watch. People have also claimed to see a red, glowing light floating down the halls.
In the middle of the Stadium there have been reports of a man or teen running laps. When people go to confront him he disappears right in front of them.
The soccer field off of Bennett Street was built over sacred Native American ground. There have been reports of a presence there.
The origin is not known of this ghost, but many people have seen pianos playing by themselves and doors closing.
The first high school in Springfield was built in the late 1800s. Old room 311 is supposedly haunted by sounds and a door that locks itself, but renovations of the school have renumbered the rooms and straightened out the hallway. Many places in the basement have been said to be haunted as well as the […]
This campus is haunted by the spirit of Mary Sibley, founder of the college. Students have seen her apparition and heard piano music, which Mrs. Sibley was so fond of. Also, the campus theatre and library is said to be haunted.
On Halloween nights it is known for an old guy who lived in the caboose years ago and died there. Appears to be seen whittling things with a knife. He also throws it at you. He opens and closes the door to the caboose a lot too even at daytime.
If you ride by the front of the school at midnight, you will always see a janitor ghost that died there while cleaning bathrooms. He waves at you when you drive by.
They say that the Cottey Library sits on top of an old civil war field hospital and then in the 1880’s a home was built for the Cottey Family. Either way there is loads of activity in this library with books falling and carts rolling and music coming from the back stairs. Various people have […]
It is said that there is a little girl roaming and haunting the whole school. Staff members and students have seen and heard her. She would sometimes hum, appear in both the boys and girls bathrooms, turns lights off and on, and bounce a basketball. No one really knows how she died but it is […]
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.
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 […]
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!’
In the library, there have been many sightings of walls shaking and stuff falling off the walls.
Feelings of always being watched after dark.
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 […]
In the 1980’s a janitor was cleaning a large clock hanging off the balcony and apparently he fell off the balcony and a chair broke his back and sometimes if you’re sitting in the area he fell on you get a crushing sensation and a very odd smell.
