The crossroads where the paranormal and history meet.
A student was reportedly attacked and stabbed while doing laundry in the basement of Shriner Hall. Despite her injuries, she managed to drag herself up the stairs before dying near the door of her dorm room. Some versions of the story say she scratched at the door for help; others say she called her mother […]
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 […]
Grasse Mount House has a history of voices and doors locking and slamming on the second floor when no one is up there.
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, […]
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 […]
Security guards there have reported elevators moving of their own accord, lights being turned off and on, and doors that were locked being checked and found unlocked. There is a spooky vibe there, and several guards have quit rather than work at that location.
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 […]
At night some of the guards have said to see the door of the guard shack open and the sound of footsteps as if someone was coming into the guard shack. One guard said he was doing his rounds and saw someone walking out back by the back fence and that sounds come from the […]
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 […]
In the largest auditorium a man died of a heart attack. The doors to this auditorium will not stay open after 11 P.M. and an eerie presence can be felt inside. April 2008 Correction – This theater was not on the site of the Old Ronnie’s Drive in
Children’s ward is haunted. A patient stayed there and has seen a few strange things. The pen container on the nurses desk will slide to the other side. Children’s bedroom doors will close by themselves, slamming shut. Late at night there is crying of children and laughing in the play room.
During the 1980’s and through the 1990’s many bodies were dumped in this junk yard. Most of them were due to professional killings. Since this place was once a hotspot to dump bodies it has become very haunted. There have been reports of screams coming from the junkyard during the night. Also many police reports […]
The David Finney Inn, now houses The Sonora Restaurant, an upscale bar, an event room, and a law firm, in a 15,000 sq ft building originally constructed in 1685. While the exterior retains much of its historic charm, the interior has been extensively remodeled for modern commercial use. The third floor consists of five apartments, […]
Room 407 – is definitely haunted. Believed to be haunted by Lord Dunraven. He was, of course, run out of town after trying to swindle folks out of their land and money. He mostly stands in the corner of the room near the bathroom door. Witnesses report he turned a light in the opposite corner […]
An apartment on the first floor of the M building is haunted by the spirit of a woman. Muffled voices are heard, phantom music emanating from the kitchen, lights turned on and off, cabinet doors opened, and she has appeared as a full apparition. Apparently there was a death in the apartment that could contribute […]
A benevolent wraith called “Photy” lives in the main darkroom most often seen standing by the northern-western-most enlarger. Usually the most sensitive students see his outline, which appears lighter than the surroundings. Sometimes moving into the photo-finishing room after closing and violently shaking the pictures hanging from the wall. Students report a feeling of calm […]
Many guests at this old motel off I-5 have felt uneasy while staying there. During the night loud noises can be heard coming from rooms that are vacant. Even on a few occasions guests have been awaken by a knock at the door yet no one is there, and the knocking persists throughout the night. […]
At night at midnight shift footsteps from a mentally unstable lady that had died before are seen coming down the hall and the familiar shuffling of her slippers can be heard. Then she goes to the door that is across the room where she was at and slams the door as she always did when […]
At the turn of the century, Jacob Schnell created the most grandiose mansion in Nashville, but his daughters were miserably snubbed by the city’s elite. After his death, his daughters allowed the once great house to crumble and deteriorate into ruin while they lived inside it. After they died, the house was knocked down and […]
Guests complain about a little girl calling for her mommy and jumping on the beds. Apparitions, pictures fall off the walls, vending machines dispense soda on their own, cold spots & doors slam.
When there was still segregation, Montevallo had two high schools. They were called Montevallo High School and Montevallo Negro High School or Prentice High School. The principle at the Negro school was called Mr. Prentice. He had a great life. He was very sweet and was known as someone who always checked on things. Times […]
The Casey’s on McArthur was built on the site of an old home. The elderly people who had owned the home had died there. Ever since Casey’s has been built, the employees have reported the walk-in doors opening and shutting, things in the back room falling off of shelves. Things taken off of shelves and […]
Late at night around 11:00pm there is a shadow in the figure of a man that stands by the gym doors.
Used to be a farm until it was sold to the state in the 50’s or 60’s. Apparently a stable hand died in the barn (now used as the park office). Staff has shut off lights and closed doors only to find them on or open when they come back a few hours later, but […]
Tour guides and tourists have reported seeing small balls of light bounce along the floor and walls of the caverns. If the balls are approached, they move away. Also, a “ghost tour” sometimes follows unsuspecting individuals through the cave. Other strange things, such as doors slamming as tours approach, and lights flickering off and on […]
The San Gabriel Civic Auditorium’s past is very long and there are many stories of hauntings. Back while it was being built underground tunnels were built under the length of the building. They were built so that the owner (nicknamed Uncle John) could go from backstage to the foyer. When Uncle John died the tunnels […]
The bridge is said to be haunted by a baby that was born deformed and his teenage mother threw him off the bridge because of his condition. He is said to have monstrously strong legs and he knocks over trees with them when he throws fits crying for his mother. There are trees fallen over […]
One downstairs room was the morgue for the hospital. Things stacked and placed in this room are unaccountably scattered all over the place shortly afterwards. Things hanging on the walls fall, crashing to the floor, because the nails holding them are pulled out of the wall by an invisible force. Doorbells ring so persistently for […]
Before Smith Hall was built, there used to be lots of old Victorian houses. One house had a little girl in it. That house caught on fire one day, but the girl stayed in the house so she could retrieve her teddy bear. Some days the girls that live in Smith Hall find their locked […]
Reports of doors slamming, people running up and down the old staircase, apparitions of soldiers walking on the rafters in the barn and cold spots.
This highway is haunted by the ghost of a young boy on crutches. He appears in front of a car, passes through it, then disappears. A ranch house nearby has also had numerous paranormal occurrences such as books flying off shelves and doors opening and slamming.
It is considered one of the oldest structures in Nevada and it is in very poor condition. But, a few years ago it was used as the “Red Brick Playhouse” for community plays. It seems to be haunted by a former Janitor who wasn’t happy to share the place with the actors. While using the […]
Hickman Hall – residents have seen apparitions at night in Hickman Hall, gray and seemingly floating through doors. One door slammed shut and it was only after they noticed that the door was PADLOCKED that they realized the door could not have possibly slammed because it couldn’t open. – April 2007 Update: A visitor to […]
A four-year-old girl was supposedly killed here. She swings on her favorite swing in the playground, so you will see it swinging without any wind and without any of the other swings moving. Also, if you rattle the doors and wait, she’ll rattle them back at you. Late at night, she listens to music in […]
Once the home of the daughter of Jesse James. Witnesses have seen a door open and then slam shut and heard strange noises (someone screaming). – Torn down after 2002 due to fire, it is now a park with a gazebo on the spot of the original house.
Strange things happen at dark the ovens make weird noises, the walk-in freezer door opens when no one is around, lights flicker on when it’s close-up time, if you drive by at night and look in you can see a white blur that looks like a person standing.
Lights turning themselves on and off… faucets on and off. Doors shutting themselves and opening themselves. A definite feeling that you are being watched in one of the rooms and the cold touches that are commonly felt with hauntings.
It is known around the school that the girls 2nd floor bathroom of the C building is haunted by a janitor that jumped out of the window. He is said to flush the toilets just to scare girls. He closes the doors for the other janitors at night when they get done cleaning.
Reports of cold spots, noises, doors locking, & lockers open and shut.