The crossroads where the paranormal and history meet.
Toys “R” Us is supposedly haunted by a young boy or man, believed to be Jonny Jonson (pronounced: Yonny Yonson), a farm worker. . Employees report finding toys in aisles when opening up the store in the morning, and balls rolling down aisles when nobody else is around, and bicycles being ridden around at night. […]
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 […]
Go to Valles Mines and take a left on the very first road on your left. Possibly a gravel road, and it’s hard to see. Awhile down, there is a sign on your right that says Valles Mines tours. Go during the day, and you can get a tour. Such things have happened as we […]
Customers here have reported countless instances of playful pranks since frontier days. Expect the usual crashing sounds, and objects that move on their own volition.
Cheeseman park was the cemetery for Denver and there are graves left in the park. Upkeep and care during that time period was terrible. If someone did not have a grave they may have been thrown in another with someone else or just left lying until a mass grave was dug. If someone was buried […]
Apparitions, sightings, and voices have been reported here.
Dr. Paschal Aldrich’s ghost haunts his former home.
A man named Carl is rumored to haunt this business. Years ago, this Mr. Gatti’s was a saloon and Carl was shot in the head by an jealous man in the old apartment (now abandoned) above the store. Employees have reported seeing strange figures moving around the store, mostly during closing hours. Also voices and […]
It is said a ghost haunts the fourth floor of the old Overby’s Furniture store (now a music store) at the corner of Vine and Broadway. According to accounts after the tornado of 1927 the Butler County Courthouse was destroyed and a temporary courtroom was established on the fourth floor of the building. It is […]
On a rainy night there is a headless woman that walks the river bank. It is said she was in a covered wagon that turned over and rolled down the hill and she was decapitated.
There is said to be a little boy that roams the halls and a teacher follows him. The little boy is said to be a boy named Josh, who died in the library by suffocation. No details of the suffocation seem to be known.
A ghost of a woman who was murdered on the tracks is seen hovering over the tracks. The train that hit her is sometimes seen. If a group of people walk down the tracks at night, and take count at the trestle there is usually one more person with them. The site is now under […]
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, […]
Carl, a former shuttle bus person, still haunts the grounds. He has been seen in the kitchen and in the halls. Things fall off of the shelves. You see legs on the other side of the work table, but when you crouch down to see who it is and no one is there. Out of […]
The spirit of former star athlete haunts this high school. On random nights, people in the building have heard basketballs bouncing in the gym when no one is there. There are also reports of strange whisperings, eerie lights, and other strange occurrences.
There was a young man who committed suicide here on a Saturday night. People say that when you go out there on Saturday nights that you can see his ghostly figure haunting the park. He usually hangs around the old gazebo. That is where he ended his life. August 2004 correction: formerly posted as Ashley […]
The ruins of the settlement that later grew into Pomfret, along with the old cemetery used by the small settlement, hide in the CT woods but hold many surprises for those who take the time to find them. Reports include human voices, animal sounds, children’s’ laughter, sightings of a baby reclining in the branches of […]
There are reports of a tall ghost of a man standing next to the bed in one of the rooms.
Back in the 1960’s, a teenaged girl could not accept the teasing and taunting of the students at Jennings County High School. One evening around midnight, she jumped from one of the local bridges killing herself. Though her body was found, to this day people driving across the bridge at around midnight have reported seeing […]
Used to be the old Apple Valley Inn. Reported to have 3 ghosts, the man hanged himself, one woman was murdered, and no one really knows what happened to the third one. She is always dressed in white and is seen only at a certain part of the old building. The man is sometimes seen […]
Said to be haunted by a custodian who was killed in a fire many years ago.
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 […]
Reports of seeing a ghost of a little girl reflected in mirrors, pool balls moving , pictures been found upside down on the wall, heard the piano playing by itself, furniture moving, faint knocks on the door of the top quad, shades fly up in the middle of the night
A strange man dressed from the 1920’s, has been seen around this theater. He will ask for money to feed his family, who are suffering from The Great Depression.
According to the previous owners, there were at least two ghosts who haunted the place. In the beautiful entryway was often seen a ghost who was thought to be Douglas Fairbanks.
It is said that there are at least 2 ghosts haunting the old Jail. One is of the sheriff’s young bride often seen wearing a white dress and holding a lit candle near the 2nd story window facing Main Street. The other is of a black man who was lynched on the side lawn facing […]
Footsteps have been heard in the back of the building and a telephone and carpet rolls have moved themselves a ghost of a man has also been seen, he is reportedly named George.
Eyewitnesses report seeing the apparition of a striking young woman with long, flowing brown hair. She walks toward them, dressed in a sleeveless white wedding gown, carrying a water bucket. Her features suggest she may have been part Native American. One night, as she passed a man, she brushed against him, spilling water down his […]
In 1986, a couple in the desert were camping when they saw the ghosts of Indians riding horses, and shooting arrows at them. Every year there has been a man seen holding a lantern, trying to hitchhike to Phoenix. It has been reported that this man was killed when a car ran him over. The […]
A man’s ghost approaches a security policeman’s guard post and asks about a fire and then disappears.
Said to be haunted by Rosy, the ghost of a woman who was killed in the building when it was the Chief Theatre. The hotel was built where the old Chief Theatre used to exist. A woman’s boyfriend killed a young woman in the theatre by throwing her off the balcony. Sometimes she will play […]
The little town of Hamilton near Craig, in Northwestern Colorado has a benevolent spirit of a mountain man or trapper from a century ago. Sightings of him are wearing buckskins and smoking a pipe. He suddenly disappears and only the smell of the pipe remains. Witnesses will catch a glimpse out of the corner of […]
Various haunted rooms, and two ghostly Victorian women who roam the hallways at night.
The inn was originally built by Mr. Coleman for his daughter. She was said to have killed herself in the house because her father would not allow her to marry her true love because he was not of the upper call. Her ghost has been seen in the inn as well as other strange occurrences. […]
The ghosts of two small children (a boy and a girl – allegedly siblings) who supposedly died in fire years ago also haunt the entire building. These two playful spirits especially enjoy the company of the current owner’s youngest child. Observers have witnessed evidence of these two ghosts when the younger child throws a ball […]
Another continuous sighting involves an older black man who appears to be dressed in clothing from the late 1800s. He haunts the second floor and seems to stay near the front stairway. He is often heard screaming at the current owner’s dog to “shut up” and is generally unpleasant most of the time. The owners […]
There are ghost in the kitchen that like to move furniture and other things around. There are several entities that take up residence in this facility. The bottom floor houses a kitchen, bar, restaurant, and motel office. There is the ghost of a woman who haunts the downstairs, specifically the kitchen and seems to be […]
Apparitions, feelings of being watched, & strange voices have been heard.
Whiskey Pete’s ghost is watching players play in his casino.
The Governor William Sprague’s mansion is haunted by numerous ghosts in various rooms.