The crossroads where the paranormal and history meet.
Many have heard people moving and talking in the basement where the bathroom is located. If you’re lucky you will see the librarian who was thought to have been killed down there on a late shift.
They say back in the old days around Lyman lake that there was a party there and a girl got raped and killed down there. If you go out there around midnight you can hear a girl screaming and sometimes (very rarely) you can see a faint glowing light over in the trees.
Stairs and District Clerk’s Office late night users of the law library or persons in the Courthouse have heard footsteps descending from the third and second floors. Rumored to be the ghost of the old District Clerk who was shot by the County Sheriff after a political dispute on the Court House steps.
The furniture store used to be a grocery store, and the owner of that store was murdered. The killer was never found. It’s said that the man still haunts the place, and sometimes furniture breaks for no reason. Also, there are unusual sounds heard from the back office.
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 |Read More
The Lady in White is said to roam here, searching for her daughter, who was supposedly attacked and murdered by unknown assailants. While there are many versions of the story, it is a well-known local legend.
Years ago, at the house across from the bridge, a man cut out a woman’s heart and threw it into a stream by the bridge. To this day, if you go there and turn off your engine … you can still hear her heartbeat, off of Bonnie Branch Road.
Memorial Hall is home to one of Hood’s most persistent ghost stories — the spirit of a student named Sheila. According to legend, Sheila was killed near the elevator by a rejected suitor who chased her through the first floor. Her ghost is said to haunt the elevator to this day. The doors open and |Read More
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 |Read More
In 2003, there was a suicide and a murder there. The suicide involved a man who walked into an aisle and shot himself. Rumor is that if you go to that aisle, you’ll feel a cold wind rush past you and get the sense someone is behind you. A man also shot his daughter in |Read More
Said to be haunted by a woman killed by Satanists in the basement. The building has a long, dark history tied to a slaughterhouse, mob activity, and alleged occult rituals dating back to the late 1800s.
There’s an angel statue above a grave that is said to be haunted. Legend has it that a mother killed her daughter, then died a few years later, after the family had put an angel by the daughter’s grave. It is said that the angry spirit of the mother resides in the angel. Sometime after |Read More
Late one night, it is said a guy killed a little boy and hid him in the church. At midnight, you can see where he hid the kid in the front of the church. At the very top, there is a window, and if you climb to the top of the church and look in |Read More
An abandoned house located on the outskirts of Fort Payne in Pine Ridge, Alabama. The site of a brutal murder-suicide, where a father killed his wife and three children before taking his own life. Witnesses report that the entire family haunts the house. Reports include seances gone wrong, people being choked by unseen forces, knocking |Read More
People have reported hearing footsteps, walking sounds around the upstairs area, seeing shadows moving around, and talking. The history behind the place is that a lawyer was murdered on the second story of the building back in the 1930s.
Morrison Building – This building used to have a swimming pool in the basement. A long time ago, a little boy drowned in it. Janitors have reported seeing a boy walking around the basement at night. One night, a janitor was killed there. The police could find no evidence of suicide or murder. The case |Read More
The building that this cafe was located dates back about 100 years. There was a hanging in the back room of this building. There was an ice cream parlor in the early 1900’s. A new cafe was then put into this building. There was talk of a person who hanged himself after killing another man |Read More
Haunted by the spirit of an Alaska Native woman named Marie, who was murdered there in 1987. She is said to appear to people who are homeless, and warn them not to linger. This haunting is usually reported as being between the old ANS (Alaska Native Service) Hospital and the old Alaska Railroad terminal.
The Korean owner of this place was killed by Chinese weightlifters in 1999. The owner’s spirit is sometimes seen peeking out the window.
Founded at Kansas State in 1957, the Gamma Phis are haunted by an old house mom who was murdered by the cook in a jealous affair. It is said that when chicken nuggets are cooked inside the house, blood-curdling screams can be heard. Needless to say, chicken nuggets are served very rarely. Girls are warned |Read More
Wolf House Museum – Many weird sightings have taken place here, such as men in top hats appearing with canes and dishes being thrown from the walls. Voices have been heard, like conversations between families. It was once an early brothel where it is said one of the women was killed. Years later, a doctor |Read More
Many deaths by suicides and murders have happened here. The owners of a restaurant in the building were closing up when they heard pounding on the floor above them. They went to see but nothing was there, so checked the stairs and heard noises, which all 4 of them went to investigate and found nothing!!! |Read More
The only woman legally hanged in Texas was Josefa Chipita Rodriguez. She lived in a shack on the Aransas River where she cooked for weary travelers and let them sleep on cots on her porch. When a traveler named John Savage fell victim to an axe murder, Chipita was the prime suspect. $600 in gold |Read More
Later River City Lighting, Hoffman Lighting was owned by two men, one of which killed the other in the showroom. The accused killer was found not guilty. A manager at the showroom from 1979-81 would come in before anyone else to do some work. Very distinct footsteps could be heard in the warehouse above my |Read More
Visitors report hearing ghostly sounds of a man who was shot and killed on the hotel’s entrance steps.
At night, the woods carry sounds of moaning, faint screaming, and sudden banging. Some believe the noises come from homeless individuals who lived in the forest and died there. Others say the sounds are tied to violent crimes. Many think these voices belong to former patients from the nearby hospital. If you prefer to avoid |Read More
The store was robbed and two of the employees and 2 patrons who where brothers were killed. The killer was caught, but the store closed down and has remained standing ever since. Many years before the Blockbuster incident, the land on which the building sets was occupied by a gas station. In the late 1960’s, |Read More
Long ago at a lake across from the cemetery, a wealthy family lived in a large house. The wife was stricken with an illness and had to be put in a wheelchair. Her husband fell in love with another woman and pushed his wife into the lake killing her. Some nights she can be seen |Read More
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 |Read More
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 |Read More
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 |Read More
Supposedly a couple was murdered here, and at midnight you can hear the lady screaming and a dog howling. The car that they supposedly drove still sits there, and the road has been shut down. Rumor is if you go out there alone, your car turns itself around and you can see car headlights coming |Read More
A slave owner from the 1800’s beat one of his slaves to death with a logging chain. The wife of the slave had a local shaman put a curse on the slave owner. The curse was that he would bear the reminder of his murder for eternity. After he was buried, a chain appeared on |Read More
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 |Read More
In 1969, a young couple in their senior year of high school was brutally tortured and killed to death in the football field bleachers. Ghost sightings have been seen during football games. Two girls by the names of Elizabeth and Evelyn had once felt their legs being pulled while sitting in the bleachers. Once they |Read More
It’s called Witches Hollow by the townspeople because legend has it that, in the abandoned like village houses, a witch practiced her magic. It is said that she murdered her husband, and died later. Many people have reported seeing her walking along the road. You can still visit the old village and houses.
The tombstone of a woman who was murdered by her husband has a terrible face that appears on it. Several attempts have been made to remove the face, only for it to reappear soon after.
A boy was brutally murdered in the late 70s. He was stabbed many times in the back. People say when he they pass by it at night they can see him with the knife in his back.
There is a road that the locals all call Devils Elbow. Legend has it that it is haunted by evil spirits. I was raised close to this road all my life. Over the years I have seen and heard many of things such as, red glowing eyes, a woman in white, a baby crying. and |Read More
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 |Read More