Screams are often heard in the area, and witnesses have reported seeing apparitions of little girls walking around. It is believed that in the 1800s, little girls died of the bubonic plague. Most of the graves are coming out of the ground.
Sometimes the elevator will stop on certain floors for no reason. When the doors open no one is there. Strange sounds throughout the hallways and in the rooms. Televisions turn on in the middle of the night by themselves and will not shut off.
Vast woods that surround the city of Lynn. Legend has it that if you walk through these woods, you will hear voices and the breaking of sticks right next to you. The woods are completely dark, so you might want to take a flashlight and a friend. There is a tree that looks like a […]
Ask any employee who has worked at Sierra Vista Hospital for any length of time–especially during the night shift–and they will tell you about a paranormal experience they’ve had. Built in the early 1950s, the old hospital has a long history of ghost sightings. Nurses report hearing the sound of a baby crying the day […]
In 1978, a janitor was killed by teenagers outside the doors of the gym. At night at approximately the same time, the janitor continues his nightly closing duties. You can hear his ghost walking down the hallway, keys jangling, and his low whistling.
Ghost lights appear from time to time. A woman’s voice is heard saying “Te papa” near the Sacramento River. The site was probably an Indian burial ground or mine shaft.
Ghosts roam the prison yard, and you can hear screams coming from the old commissary building. Not to mention, 60 yards west of the prison is the Western State Mental Institute. There are reports of lights flashing and abnormal sightings. Additionally, there is a light that will not shut off even when the wires are […]
It’s the burial grounds of Indians, houses are now built on it, but at night if you sit outside you can hear Indians beating their drums.
An old man died in the auditorium of the high school. He died from a heart attack. You can hear voices, feel cold breezes, and doors shutting by themselves.
On the first floor of the hotel you can hear scratching noises and slamming doors above you late at night, even if there is no one renting the room above yours. There is loud yelling and screaming in rooms that are vacant and sometimes women are shaken until they wake up by what seems to […]
CCC Road – aka Seven Bridges Road – On the northern side of Berry College, there is a road – CCC Road, when you go west, if you count the small bridges as you go over them, there are seven, turn around, count them on the way out, there are only six. At the west […]
This place has a huge reputation for paranormal activity that seems to pull from all its different eras. People walking in often talk about a heavy, sudden silence hitting them—like walking into a packed room where everyone just stops talking to stare at you. Back when it was a community theater, actors would catch glimpses […]
The interior of the school burned down years ago, and two children were trapped in the basement. If you go into the basement, they are still sometimes heard crying, “Help me!”
The story goes that if you go late at night between 11 PM and 3 AM and walk through the right side of the cemetery (the old part), you will be chased by someone who isn’t there. A witness reported that it felt like something was trying to chase her out, and she heard fast […]
By the lunchroom, there is a nun who is sometimes seen carrying a baby. You can see her when the lights from the light posts are on. In the new dorms on the upstairs girls’ side, one night I heard someone running down the hall. My roommate and I looked out to see who it […]
Between the dorms of East Mary and West Mary on the Berry College campus is a tower that has stood there ever since the college opened almost a century ago. It is said that a student at Berry hanged herself in the tower and was not found for days. No one knows why she killed […]
Back in the early 1900s until the 30s and 40s, near the Undercliff Institution, there was a sanatorium made for sick children with diseases like rubella, mumps, German measles, etc. Most of the children were brought there to die. The old brick building still stands near the old institution. Residents say that they can hear […]
2nd floor Sacramento Room – Sometimes it feels and sounds like someone is at the back of the room in the California section. The staff often hears the sound of Mylar rustling; most of the time it sounds like someone shelving or pulling out books. It also sounds like someone is in the copy room […]
Situated along the historic river town of Hannibal, Missouri, the property known as Riverside Inn—formerly operating as Lula Belle’s Bed and Breakfast—harbors deep residual energy rooted in its storied past. Originally opening its doors as a bordello in 1917, the structure maintained that operation through the 1950s, absorbing decades of human emotion, transience, and clandestine […]
Built between 1898 and 1900 by J.J. Cruikshank Jr., one of Hannibal’s most successful lumber barons, the historic Rockcliffe Mansion sat abandoned for over four decades, earning a local reputation as “the haunted house on the hill.” Today, the beautifully restored mansion is believed to be watched over by Cruikshank’s protective spirit. Visitors and staff […]
Built in 1887, this Aurora, Missouri location reportedly operated as a saloon, gambling hall, and illegal basement brothel by 1890, though some historians maintain it was simply the historic Gibson Hotel. Reported Paranormal Activity Current Operations The main floor now operates as an antique store, while the basement and upper levels function as an active […]
Now on the historical registry. The story goes that the owner left his wife to go off to war during the Civil War. She received a letter toward the end of the war from him stating that he would arrive on a particular ferry and to wait for him there. She went down to the […]
This is a turn of the 20th century mansion that has had more than its share of tragedy. Despite his wealth, Mr. Brown lost all of his children but one in childhood. In the basement, employees tell of hearing bowling balls striking pins where the alley used to be. In the 3rd story ballroom, cherry […]
Go wash your vehicle to great cleanliness on the bottoms and windows. Go down this gravel road and stop and check your car. Make note of any prints or anything on your car. Then go into the cemetery, stop, and sit for about five minutes. You will probably hear a loud thud on your car. […]
There is an old one lane bridge in the country south of Empor that a preacher and his mistress had drugged his wife and pushed her car over the side into the water below. Late at night, if you are in that area, you can here the screams of a woman and see an apparition […]
During school hours, local legend claims that peeking through the basement windows or doors at the base of the annex reveals shadowy figures and echoes of children moaning and crying, believed to stem from historical harsh corporal punishment in the district’s older facilities.
This cemetery is very old, dating back to the 1700s–1800s. There have been reports of a headless horseman chasing young girls, animal bones lying around, and calls for help. Visitors report weird noises like someone knocking on a coffin, babies crying, children laughing, and a kickball rolling around. Many of the people that died here […]
There is a grave of a so-called witch hidden in the back of a cemetery on a tall hill north of town. People have stayed there overnight to see if it was haunted, only to hear weird sounds like mumbling and sometimes see a strange figure walking around, only to disappear next to a tree.
Just south of Taminend Hall, there is a small cemetery with about 70 markers of children who died from a smallpox epidemic that plagued the city of Lawrence for a good year. When you approach the cemetery don’t be afraid if you start to hear the sound of children crying. This is a common occurrence […]
5th Floor – Witnesses have seen and heard a ghost of a woman She seems to be all in white. Files and different items turn up missing or messed with. Also doors slamming.
On the 7th floor in the Panorama Suite, visitors report hearing a key in the door and quiet whispering in the foyer for quite some time. They also report feeling a presence. The door buzzer rang a couple of times, but no one was there. Items appeared from nowhere.
When visiting the basement portion where prisoners were held in the jail, a visitor heard the crying and screaming of men, though no one was there.
When Prestonsburg High School was built, a man was pushed from a ladder and was decapitated. Now in the old upstairs hallways, you can hear strange and unusual sounds, and sometimes you feel as if someone is running into you when there is really no one there.
Former residents report an oppressive history they just couldn’t shake. Witnesses have reported disembodied voices echoing down empty hallways and shadowy apparitions pacing interior rooms. One young girl reported a man just standing in the upstairs bedroom watching them sleep. The heavy atmosphere extends outdoors, marked by frequent unexplained dead animals in the yard and […]
Loud cries for help are heard in the poker rooms and also rooms 123, 230, 576, and 203. In the bathroom at night, you hear the words “help me” and screaming bloody murder that they want help. Also, a 76-year-old man who worked there for 20 years claims that 3 people were killed in the […]
The basement of one of the dorms holds the stuffed remains of Penn State’s first mascot, Old Coaly the mule. His ghost is said to be heard braying down there some nights.
Wood County Historical Museum, County Home Road. The museum was once an infirmary and nursing home. Ghostly noises have been heard in and near the shed where insane patients were locked long ago. Also, a padlock on a door was once seen to spin without being touched.
Long tied to the town’s cycles of birth and death, the old Fitzgibbon Hospital site is notorious for inducing intense physiological reactions in those nearby.
Former overnight caregivers detailed aggressive activity commencing around 12:30 AM, including sounds of breaking glass, low animalistic growling, slammed heavy doors, running footfalls, flickering electrical fixtures, and residual 1920s music drifting through empty rooms.
When this used to be an orphanage, night staff documented recurring, activity like clockwork between 1:00 AM and 1:30 AM. Common reports included the distinct, heavy scent of vintage ladies’ floral perfume, phantom crying from sleeping quarters where all children were confirmed asleep, and the sound of a woman humming “Amazing Grace” down empty corridors.
