The crossroads where the paranormal and history meet.
This was the former high school and then Grapevine Middle School which has now been moved as well. The building began as a mental hospital and then was changed to a normal hospital after malpractice charges. The lights in rooms would randomly shut off and voices were heard in the hallways. Basketball practices used to |Read More
You can hear people in the weight room when investigated, though it is always empty. It is rumored someone hanged themselves up there. Typing has been heard in the typing room, and in the library, there is a feeling of being watched.
Farnum Hall is the home of many spirits, some of which are troublesome, some friendly. Many students also claim to have seen these ghosts. It is reported that some students have seen apparitions standing above their beds late at night, and throughout the day and night, noises of people walking and whispers can be heard |Read More
Located within the Technology Department at Starcher Hall, this location is known for reports of a disembodied man’s arm appearing near the floor in the second-floor graphics darkroom. Students frequently report a brooding presence and a feeling of being watched. Additionally, a separate haunting involving a young woman and the scent of floral perfume has |Read More
Trollwood is currently home to a performing arts school and has been the subject of numerous ghostly reports. The site was once a pauper’s cemetery, and visitors can still see three locations where individuals remain buried, now marked with small stone monuments. The most common sighting is the ghost of a lady seen dancing around |Read More
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.
During the early ’60s, there was a killer loose in Madison Heights. He used to bury his bodies in the landfill, which is now a hill used for sledding right next to Lamphere High School. Every once in a while, you can hear insane laughter around the school.
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.
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 |Read More
Local legend says a construction worker was killed during the building of the new gymnasium and can still be heard roaming through it.
It is said that a janitor got stuck in the boiler room of the school and died, and now he haunts it at night. When someone goes by the boiler room after dark, you can sometimes hear him screaming for help.
Barry Hall – In the nights there are ghosts seen in the girls’ dorm, Barry Hall, on the 2nd floor, and one is reputed to be evil. She was called Mary Walker, and it turned out she did exist back in the 1800s — she is interred at the nearby cemetery up the road from |Read More
In Basile High School’s old gym, seats have been seen moving up and down on their own. Lights have also been reported flickering on and off.
It was said that a boy named David was killed on the front lawn of Plattsburgh High. And till this day he walks around during school and bumps into freshman and wanders the yard at night.
This small school is supposedly haunted by the ghosts of several teachers that have passed away in the years. Sounds have been heard ranging from bells to chains, to voices. Also lights seem to turn on and off by themselves.
At least six different spirits have been witnessed repeatedly – a poltergeist, a singing nun, the mother superior, a janitor, strangely-laughing children and a malevolent presence have all been reported.
Millis Hall (dormitory) – Had a female ghost on the 2nd floor during the 97-98 year.
At UVM in the Living and Learning Dorms (Section C), strange noises are always heard coming from under the staircases that lead into Section B, as if the dead had been lurking amongst us.
Grasse Mount House has a history of voices and doors locking and slamming on the second floor when no one is up there.
Converse Hall is haunted by a former student who committed suicide there. Though never seen, he turns radios on and off and interacts with electrical equipment. The student electrocuted himself in 1998.
Center for Cultural Pluralism AKA Allen House – Has a ghost on the top floor. Though it doesn’t manifest visually, a cold presence can follow one around from time to time.
Another ghost resides in the Farm at the University of Vermont on Spear Street.
The Agriculture Department has a female ghost in period dress (c. late 19th century) that appears from time to time.
Center for Counseling and Testing – The former director saw the ghost of Captain Jacobs, a retired seaman who died there in the early part of the 20th century. Also, mild poltergeist activity has been reported there as recently as 1992
There is a man who sings to Frank Sinatra songs wandering the theatre, sometimes he opens and closes the elevator door or sits in the audience section clapping unexpectedly. He is usually around, students and teachers have said to feel his presence moving around.
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, |Read More
The dorms at Sue Bennett College are said to be haunted by the ghost of Belle Bennett, who roams the halls all night, turning off and on lights and watching people sleep. If you go in, you’re sure to find something.
The Belle Bennett Theater at Sue Bennett College is said to be haunted by the ghost of Belle Bennett. Visitors report hearing her playing the pianos all night, turning off and on lights, and watching people.
There is said to have been a suicide here, and at night in a certain dorm, you can wake up and see a male student standing in front of your bed wearing a pair of gym shorts.
In 1946, a student fell from a catwalk to his death. He haunts the theater to this day with crying and other noises, and he is visible from the stage if you look up. He is well documented by the media and school officials, and seen by the majority of the students. He still haunts |Read More
It is said that in the basement auditorium and in the area where it links to the Middle School, there are restless creatures that are only semi-human. They take out their anger on many students and young teachers. Rumor has it that West High and its neighborhood was once a swampy forest area, and the |Read More
Some say they have seen a young girl walking around this school. The story is that the girl died there during construction of the building. It seems she only comes out during the early morning and late at night. Janitors and some young children have said they’ve seen the young girl. They say she looks |Read More
Lambertville High School was built in 1854. A fire destroyed much of it in 1926, but it was remodeled in 1927. Another fire in 1992 destroyed the school for good. The official closing date is June 1960. Local legends tell of “Buckeye Billy,” a New Hope football player who died during a game against Lambertville. |Read More
Apparitions of priests and nuns are seen in the halls.
This old school is haunted by a woman in a white dress. She plays with band instruments, appears in empty hallways during summer, and turns classroom lights off. She’s known to scare people, not harm them. Most teachers mention a female ghost rising through the floors, though others dismiss it as hocus pocus.
The echoes of a past tragedy, a life lost to fire, still linger here. An unseen presence makes itself known in chilling ways: doors creak closed on their own accord, and the distinct sound of phantom footsteps can be heard when no one else is present. Electronic devices are not immune; a radio, once playing, |Read More
This large enclave of buildings in Camarillo is now a university, but it was originally built in the 1920s as a state mental hospital. It was converted into a school in the mid-90s. Over the years, there have been many stories of ghosts of all kinds, likely due to the fact that patients once lived—and |Read More
It is said that if you go to the third floor at night and try to walk down the 200-foot hallway, books will be thrown at you. It’s also rumored that if you walk down the hall and yell, lockers will start opening, and you’ll hear voices over the intercom – voices coming from the |Read More
The annex of the school is haunted by a mysterious ghost. One night, a woman reported seeing it enter a room, turn on the television, and sit down to watch. People have also claimed to see a red, glowing light floating down the halls.
In the middle of the Stadium there have been reports of a man or teen running laps. When people go to confront him he disappears right in front of them.