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Hotel Congress

Hotel Congress

Beyond the report of a man seen looking out the window, guests and staff have reported encounters with ‘Vince,’ a long-term resident who is said to continue his habit of rearranging butter knives. An elegant ‘Victorian Gentleman’ is often seen watching the plaza from the windows of Room 214. The third floor is noted for […]

July 9, 2026 Read More →
Attalla Wood Bridge

Attalla Wood Bridge

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 […]

July 9, 2026 Read More →
Bay Minette Public Library – Old Public Library

Bay Minette Public Library – Old Public Library

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.

July 9, 2026 Read More →
Ott YMCA

Ott YMCA

The building is very haunted at night. An older man in a gray suit sits patiently in an office. People are afraid to be in the building at night. Many bangs and bumps are constantly heard throughout the building.

July 9, 2026 Read More →
Cardiff Cemetery

Cardiff Cemetery

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.

July 8, 2026 Read More →
Sloss Furnace

Sloss Furnace

This used to be the Old Iron Plant, but is now a popular location for concerts. The ghost of a worker who was killed at the plant has been seen walking around the catwalks above the main floor, where the concerts are held.

July 8, 2026 Read More →
Indian Meadows

Indian Meadows

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 […]

July 8, 2026 Read More →
Prestwood Bridge

Prestwood Bridge

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 […]

July 8, 2026 Read More →
Sealy High School

Sealy High School

Reports of unexplained activity at Sealy High School include sounds of walking, doors opening and closing on the second floor, and elevators operating by themselves.

July 8, 2026 Read More →
Metropolitan State Hospital

Metropolitan State Hospital

There have been sightings of ghosts in one of the occupied buildings. A woman was seen walking through a wall and another was spotted standing by the shower room. Dark figures have been seen in office areas and noises come from the kitchen when no one is in there. A mist was seen floating knee-high […]

July 8, 2026 Read More →
Flores Elementary

Flores Elementary

Every night on the six grade side you can see an old lady wondering outside in a 40’s white dress and janitors there say when they work late they see her and if you call out to her she just turns around and disappears.

June 29, 2026 Read More →
Shafter Lake

Shafter Lake

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 […]

June 26, 2026 Read More →
Ramsdell Theatre

Ramsdell Theatre

This theatre is thought to be haunted. Actors and custodians have all experienced such phenomenon as doors closing behind them and lighting fixtures falling to the ground near the stage and throughout the rest of the building. In one promotional picture from a few years ago, the distinct image of the founder, T.J. Ramsdell, appears […]

June 26, 2026 Read More →
Grandview Marquette (Formerly – Holy Family Orphanage)

Grandview Marquette (Formerly – Holy Family Orphanage)

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 […]

June 26, 2026 Read More →
Straits of Mackinac

Straits of Mackinac

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 […]

June 25, 2026 Read More →
Pink Palace

Pink Palace

This is a place in the woods off of a remote road outside of Chelsea. It is called Pink Palace. It is an old Victorian style large pink home with dogs as gates. It is very dilapidated and not very stable yet, still stands. It is rumored that Satanists hold meetings there. It has spray […]

June 25, 2026 Read More →
Nicholls State University – Ellender Hall

Nicholls State University – Ellender Hall

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.

June 17, 2026 Read More →
Oak Alley Plantation

Oak Alley Plantation

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.

June 17, 2026 Read More →
Plunkett Hospital

Plunkett Hospital

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.

June 17, 2026 Read More →
Shimer College (former Mount Carroll Campus)

Shimer College (former Mount Carroll Campus)

It’s a small school and the classes are held in old historic houses. Some of the students giving the tour explained their personal encounter with some of the spirits in the houses.

June 17, 2026 Read More →
Honolulu Airport

Honolulu Airport

Carts move by themselves near the garden area. The women’s restroom above gate 31 is supposedly haunted. Also near gate 31, a worker in the cockpit of an aircraft saw a bloody face in a gate area window near the same restroom. When the worker did a double take, the face was gone.

June 17, 2026 Read More →
Naval Air Station Barbers Point

Naval Air Station Barbers Point

It was reported once that a security guard at one of the gates to Barber’s Point once saw a yellow Volkswagen parked off to the side of the road. He went to check out the car and found a young woman sleeping in the car. He tried to wake her but she wouldn’t respond. He […]

June 17, 2026 Read More →
Urbana High School

Urbana High School

It is said that the ghosts of a student and a teacher haunt the fourth floor of this building. Supposedly, they were involved in a relationship that ended tragically after the teacher’s husband discovered them; the two lovers then reportedly hanged themselves in a final act of undying love. It is also said that a […]

June 17, 2026 Read More →
Wayside Inn

Wayside Inn

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 […]

June 11, 2026 Read More →
Woodbridge High School

Woodbridge High School

There have been sightings of a large black apparition roaming the school. If you see it, you must get far away from it, as the apparition can sometimes get mad and throw school trash cans around.  

May 27, 2026 Read More →
Wichita State University – Henrion Hall

Wichita State University – Henrion Hall

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 […]

May 26, 2026 Read More →
Minor Middle School

Minor Middle School

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.

May 24, 2026 Read More →
Clairmont Springs Hotel

Clairmont Springs Hotel

Built over an Indian burial ground. Back in 1972, a train hit a six-year-old girl across the street. Every night at midnight, trains go by every five seconds. Meanwhile, in the hotel, a ghost roams around, and they say you can hear the six-year-old running through the halls.

May 21, 2026 Read More →
Athens State University – Founders Hall

Athens State University – Founders Hall

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 […]

May 21, 2026 Read More →
University of Alaska Anchorage – Wendy Williamson Auditorium

University of Alaska Anchorage – Wendy Williamson Auditorium

The Wendy (UAA) is said to be haunted by several spirits, including a woman in a white dress, a poltergeist in the light booth, and an aggressive male entity rumored to push women down the stairs.

May 18, 2026 Read More →
Blennerhassett Hotel

Blennerhassett Hotel

The legs of a young man are said to run around the hotel. There are also tales of a young woman playing the piano and a strong smell of cigar smoke in a certain room.

May 11, 2026 Read More →
Morgantown Public Library

Morgantown Public Library

Staff and patrons of this 1923 library have reported a ghost, especially when working late in the evening.

May 11, 2026 Read More →
Cheat Lake

Cheat Lake

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 […]

May 11, 2026 Read More →
The Devil’s Backbone

The Devil’s Backbone

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.

May 11, 2026 Read More →
West Virginia University – Downtown Library

West Virginia University – Downtown Library

On the 10th floor of the old section of the library, people report a distinct feeling of being watched. The elevator will sometimes open on its own and it sounds like people are getting in and out, but no one is there. The side desk areas also seem strangely busy, with the sound of writing […]

May 3, 2026 Read More →
Telfair Academy

Telfair Academy

The academy is haunted by its former owner. She is said to roam the housekeeping people from doing what they shouldn’t do. If you smoke a cigarette in the house or sit on the wrong chair, you can hear hear footsteps coming at you on the marble floors.

May 2, 2026 Read More →
Warren – City Hall

Warren – City Hall

It has been reported several times in the local newspaper that Warren’s City Hall building is haunted. A cleaning lady within the last two years ran from the building after seeing a figure walking inside while she was cleaning. There have been several reports within the past few years of sightings with this figure.

May 2, 2026 Read More →
Rookies Corner (The Old Kiksaadi Corner)

Rookies Corner (The Old Kiksaadi Corner)

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 […]

May 1, 2026 Read More →
RMC Stringfellow Campus – Main Building

RMC Stringfellow Campus – Main Building

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 […]

April 30, 2026 Read More →
Athens State University – McCandless Hall

Athens State University – McCandless Hall

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. […]

April 30, 2026 Read More →