Located on the corner of College and Thach Street, 36830.
The oldest public building in Auburn is haunted by the ghost of a Confederate soldier. The soldier, Sydney Grimlett, was buried in a graveyard not far from the chapel. Everything was quiet until a theater group, the Auburn Players, took over the old chapel in the 1960s. Since then, Sydney has been spotted numerous times.
-Sloss Furnace, Birmingham, Alabama.
First Avenue North & 32nd Street, Birmingham, Alabama 35202. 205-324-1911
With over 60 deaths on record, it's no wonder Sloss Furnace is notoriously haunted. Visions of a severly burnt man have been seen as well as whistles which blow when no living soul is around.
-Decatur High School, Decatur, Alabama.
At the junction of I-65 and U.S. Highway 72, 35603. 205-552-3011
In the Pratt Dorm, a lady in red roams. She is the spirit of a friendless student who committed suicide and has appeared to numerous people. Also, on the green, there is the "Ghost of the Green". Another spirit who killed himself -- you can't see him but you'll feel him -- tugs at your clothes, blows in your ears and messes with your hair.
-The Carter Mansion, Huntsville.
No location found.
Sally Carter, 16 years old and buried on the estate, haunts the grounds and is known to topple her headstone on occasion.
-The Seaman's Bethel Chapel Theater, U of SA., Mobile.
Two spirits haunt here. In the basement costumer shop a spirit of a small child plays and in the fly loft there is a seaman in a captain's coat.
-The Whatley House, Moundville.
No location found.
Said to be built over a cemetery and once an old salve's quarters, noises and moving items are reported here.
-Old Bryce Hospital, Northport.
6901 5th St, Old Columbus Way.
Abandoned almost 50 years ago, mysterious noises, cold spots, and writings on the walls occure here.
-Tse Ho Tso Middle School, Fort Defiance.
Navajo Route 12, Box 559 Navajo Road 520-729-7577
Spirits of several children who died in a fire haunt the gym here. The girl's locker room is particularly active with moving benches, lockers that open and close violently and showers, toilets and faucets that turn on. Giggling and voices can also be heard.
-Nancy Mountain, Haine's Island.
No location found.
The spirit of Nancy, with a bucket in one hand and lantern in the other, can be seen walking the hill to the ferry in the hopes of meeting her husband and son who were lost in the war.
Evelyn Carter is said to haunt here. Also, in the study, you can smell Colonel Gaines' pipe. Also, the sound of skirts rustling is heard going up and down the staircase.
-Gurney's Manufacturing, Prattville.
No location found.
A little boy fell down an elevator shaft here and died. His mother still looks for him today.
This park was named after a boy who died here. You can read the story and see the memorial at the above website. His spirit is still said to roam here.
The torture souls of the mental patients who were beaten and killed in are claimed to still roam the halls. The building itself was abandoned in the mid-60's after being used for more than 100 years. Visitors have complained of mysterious scratch marks to appear on their skin, only to disappear when they leave. Strange graffiti appears on the walls after it has been washed off. Other paranormal events that have been reported here include: electromagnetic disturbances, cold spots, distant screams and whispering voices.
Many spirits haunt this campus, once rumored to have a Civil war hospital on the grounds. Also, the image of a student who died in a fire is still etched into her dorm room door even though the door has been replaced time and time again.
Counselors tell of a man buried alive by dirt and rubble while working with explosives in the sleeping quarters. To this day you can hear him moaning and calling for help in the hallways and rooms.
Outside of a crypt here, where an old woman was buried with her prized antique rocker, you can still hear the sounds of her rocking in her favorite chair.
Haunted by soldiers who died here. Sometimes, when leaving the fort, people claim to see a mysterious visitor following tourists and then disappearing.
Many spirits haunt here. A Confederate woman roams the second floor halls, faucets turn on in the Governor's reception room and the sound of babies crying can be heard.
In the locked bell tower in the main building, the spirit of a girl who committed suicide has been reported. Whispering voices, feet shuffling and movement has been reported here.
-The Plantation House, Prattville.
752 Loder St, (334) 361-0442
The former owner, Mr. Davis, who killed himself almost eighty years ago, still haunts his home and flirts with the ladies by touching their back and blowing in their ears.
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Since 1899, people have told stories of Mary the Ghost with new experiences occurring every year. She is still waiting for her fiancee to return from the trail. Mary manifests herself in a variety of ways.
-Red Onion Saloon, Skagway, Alaska.
205 Broadway PO Box #271 Skagway, Alaska 99840. 907-983-2222
Red Onion Saloon was built in 1897 but didn't become a saloon until 1914. Apparitions of a female figure have been seen watering nonexisting plants along with disembodied footsteps and the smell of perfume. Saloon is a popular tourist hotspot and offers tours of the haunted facility.
This beautiful bed and breakfast is home to the apparition of a women in white. The White House was once a hospital, hotel and daycare center, and many people believe she is the spirit of the women who ran the daycare center, returning to watch over her long gone children.
Voices, footsteps and the smell of tobacco smoke has been reported here.
-The Old Jesse Lee Home, Seward.
Dozens of kids died in this house during the 1964 earthquake. There have been reports of sounds of distant giggling and the sound of children jumping rope.
A student who fell to his death from a catwalk in 1946 still haunts the theater today and is well documented amongst student and staff.
-Mile 8-12 Chena Hot Springs Road, Fairbanks.
{Actual address listed above}
Home to ghost lights which follow cars. Sometimes seen in blue, white or orange.
-Ketchikan Graveyard, Ketchikan.
No location found.
If you drive up the main drive here late at night you may spot the headless apparition of a woman. She only appears for a second and it is said that, when you turn, you may see her head in the roadway.
If you stay in room 16 at the Hotel Vendome in Prescott, Arizona, you just may find that it is haunted by the ghost of Abby Byr and her cat, Noble. Abby came to Arizona searching for dry desert relief from tuberculosis and soon married. She and her new husband bought the hotel but they eventually lost it because of unpaid taxes. Regardless, the new owners allowed Abby and her husband to stay on in the hotel for no charge. She died in 1921 and her ghost, along with that of her cat, began to be seen after World War II. The stories say that Abby died of starvation, along with Noble, after her husband deserted her. She has been haunting the place ever since.
-Hotel Monte Vista, Flagstaff, Arizona.
100 N. San Francisco St., Flagstaff, Arizona 86001. 800-545-3068
Several ghosts have been said to roam this historic property. There is a bellboy who delights in rapping on guestroom doors, a woman who is seen moving through the halls and a mysterious man who makes his presence known by clearing his throat while he paces the interior.
-San Carlos Hotel, Phoenix, Arizona.
202 North Central Avenue, (Corner of Central and Monroe), Phoenix, Arizona.
On May 07, 1928, 22-year old Leone I. Jensen, who had only been in Phoenix for a few weeks, jumped to her death from the seventh floor of the San Carlos Hotel. She was broken hearted over a love affair gone wrong. She is not the only spirit in residence here, as numerous people have heard the laughter of small children as they run about the empty halls. Many think this is because, before it was a hotel, the San Carlos was the first elementary school in Phoenix.
-Nellie Cashman's Resturant, Tombstone, Arizona.
117 S 5th, Tombstone, AZ 85638 520.457.2212
Lights mysteriously switch on and off, voices can be heard from the dining room when noone is within, unexplainable crashing and more! Nellie doesn't seem to be leaving!
Numerous apparitions of cowboys have been seen and photographed in this haunted saloon! Go check out the website for a photo tour.
-Bird Cage Theater, Tombstone, Arizona.
No address listed.
A female can be heard singing here, as well as various unexplained crowd noises. Unidentified apparitions have been spotted and objects relocate themselves around the property.
In the area known as The Dark Cell, there is a spirit who likes to pinch and is attracted to children and the color red. In the Visitor's Museum there is a woman who sings in the early morning hours and a poltergeist with a fondness for dimes.
-Mary Elizabeth Post Elementary School, Yuma.
No location listed.
Numerous sightings of Mary Post. It's also said that the eyes in her portrait hung next to the door will follow you as you exit the school.
The spirit of a young girl who killed herself before Christmas break one year haunts North Morton Hall. Sightings, odors and flickering lights have been reported.
A female spirit appears in one of the classrooms here in the dawn hours only. Feelings of being touched, doors unlocking on their own, music, and faucets turning on by themselves have been witnessed.
-Centennial Hall, Tucson.
No location listed.
The spirit of a woman in a long, white dress is said to haunt the now sealed off balcony area and the green room. An angry woman, she has been known to push employees. Also, a man who some think was a patron who died of a heart attack wanders the hall, as well.
For about the past 20 years, a lovelorn Romeo wanders the auditorium here. The sound of crying and a longing wail of affection have been reported. Also, sound and lighting equipment is known to short out for no apparent reason.
Linda Landy haunts here. Struck by an automobile on the way home from a softball game in the 1970's, if you look in the tinted windows of the library you can still see her walking around.
A playful Indian boy plays pranks on the Mezzanine, the headless spirit of Pancho Villa walks the basement tunnels and the spirit or Sara, an elderly guest, haunts the fourth floor.
Numerous reportings here in the Blue Room, Room 13 and a room known as The Grandma Room. Although many guests feel unnerved by the presence here, most feel it is a benevolent spirit which means no harm.
-St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, Nogales.
No location listed.
Numerous parishioners and two pastors have reported apparitions and paranormal phenomena here.
Carole Lombard and Clark Gable, who honeymooned in Room 15 here, are still said to be celebrating today. Guests and employees report you can hear whispering and laughing from the room when empty. Also, in the Theater Room Museum, dust on the beds indicates unwanted spiritual guests have been napping there. Could it be the spirit of a former chambermaid, who was also been spotted?
-The Copper Queen Hotel, Bisbee.
The dark shadowy apparition of a woman has been seen wandering the halls of the third floor at The Copper Queen.
The voice of a woman thought to be the wife of a former owner has been heard after hours. A musician at the club testified to once hearing a woman ask, "Are you done with that beer?" When he turned around, no one was there.
-NACOG Head Start Administration Building, Flagstaff.
A room in this 78-year-old resort hotel is haunted by the ghost of Michael, an Irish stonemason who worked on the hotel in 1885. The man fell from the roof and died in the second floor area which since became Room 218. Now he plays tricks with the lights and TV, or pounds loudly from inside the thick walls in the room. But there are other spirits here as well. The ghost of a nurse dressed in white has been reported on the third floor. Another ghost here is a gentleman in Victorian clothing who haunts the lobby. He has been spotted at the bottom of the stairway and sitting at the lobby bar. Other apparitions have been sighted in Room 202 and Room 424. Built in the early 1800s, the resort hotel was used as a college in the 1920s and became a somewhat controversial hospital/health resort in the late 1930s. The confused ghost of Doctor Baker, the charlatan who ran the hospital in the 1930s, has been seen in the old Recreation Room and at the foot of the first floor stairway.
-Henderson State University, Arkadephia, Arkansas.
Ex-Speaker of the House, John Wilson, stabbed and killed Representative Anthony in the 2nd floor central hallway here. Wilson has been witnessed in that hallway even to this day.
A young music student in the 1930's lost her beloved in a horrible car crash. Despondednt, she retreated to the piano on the third floor of the building and played night and day. Sometime later that semester, she passed away. No one can remember from what or how. A broken heart, perhaps? She can still be heard above the 2nd floor playing the piano...even though there is no longer a third floor due to a new building having been erected.
The spirits of Civil War soldiers haunted Mark's Mill. Read all about the battle at the website above.
-Railroad Tracks, Gordon.
No location listed.
The railroad tracks in Gordon were once featured on Unsolved Mysteries. The spirit of a man carrying a lantern is said to roam the tracks and numerous people have reported seeing his spook light.
-Old Charlie Fowler Christian School, Mountain View.
No location listed.
Dripping water from ceilings, footsteps walking down stairs and voices in the old cafeteria that cannot be explained are only a few of the reportings at this old building that is said to be erected on an Indian burial ground.
-Baroid Mines, Magnet Cove.
No location listed.
Voices will whisper your name; someone may push you and people report seeing items being moved about here.
Next to the War Eagle Mill, you can sometimes see the spirit of a Confederate soldier still walking his rounds.
-Horatio
There is a rest stop DeQueen & Horatio, Arkansas. At the exit there is a hill and if you park your car there, and put it in neutral, you will be pulled up the hill.
-Highway 365, Woodson.
Actual highway.
Said to be haunted by the hitchhiking spirit of a young girl who will accept a ride with you and then disappear when you reach her old home.
-American Legion Hall, Clarksville.
No location listed.
If you camp beneath the hall you might see ghosts of the old stronghold.
-Albert Pike Memorial Masonic Temple, North Little Rock.
Haunted by the ghost of Albert Pike. You can read more about him at the website above.
-Radar Road, Rogers.
Actual location not listed.
If you listen carefully, as many old residents and locals can tell you, you will often here the sound of galloping horses on this road. Some think it may be a spirit from the Civil War era.
-Sardis Pipeline Light, Sardis.
Location not listed.
On dark and quiet nights, a light appears above the tree tops here and flickers about.
-Woodson Ladural Road, Little Rock.
No location listed.
Rumor has it, that if you make your way down this road, you'll hear the sound of a motorcycle and a light will approach you and then disappear. It is thought to be the spirit of a young man killed in an accident here.
Home to several hauntings. In Witherspoon Hall, on the third floor, a piano is known to play itself at night. Also, in the Tucker Coliseum, a basketball player who died in a car accident is said to still roam here. Basketballs are strewn about the gym in the mornings and there is always one seat in the bleachers that is pushed down.
-Rich Mountain, Mena.
No location listed.
The spirit of a young girl, who died while taking care of her impoverished family on this mountain, still haunts here. Buried in the nearby pioneer cemetery, her lantern can still be seen roaming the hills.
-Keller's Chapel, Jonesboro.
In the cemetery here, nine Keller babies are said to be buried. If you listen carefully, you can sometimes hear them crying. Also, strange apparitions and sounds have been reported.
There have been reports of eight monks walking across the golf course. It is believed that they are the ghosts of tortured friars from the early 1500's.
-Hotel Del Coronado, Coronado, California.
1500 Orange Avenue, Coronado, CA 92118. 800-HOTELDEL
Room 502 (now 3502) was rumored to be the love nest of hotel builder and owner E. S. Babcock. The ill-fated mistress staying in this room took her own life soon after learning she was with child. The body later disappeared, perhaps removed by someone wishing to avoid an ugly scandal. Today, lights sometimes flicker in the room, and outside the door, an icy chill may be felt. Near Thanksgiving 1892 a pregnant Kate Morgn checked herself into the hotel under the name of Lottie Anderson Bernard. After 5 lonely nights in room 312 (now 3312) anxiously waiting for her wayward husband to join her, she put a .44 caliber bullet into her head. Her body and the hand gun were found near the steps leading to the beach
-Roosevelt Hotel, Hollywood, California.
7000 Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood, CA 90028. 323-466-7000
The Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel supposedly has not just one, but two celebrity ghosts! Montgomery Clift, stayed at the hotel for three months while rehearsing his role in the 1953 movie "From Here to Eternity." His ghost now allegedly haunts room #928 of the 9th floor of the hotel, playing a trumpet, and pacing the hallways while reciting his old lines.
At the same historic Roosevelt Hotel, the ghost of Marilyn Monroe has supposedly been seen several times in a full-length mirror, which was originally located in her poolside Suite 1200, where Marilyn often stayed. The mirror in which her image supposedly appears is now located next to the elevator on the lower level.
There is also supposed to be a "cold spot" in the Blossom Ballroom at the same Roosevelt Hotel (the room where the very first Academy Awards ceremony was held), a circle about 30 inches in diameter and about 10 degrees colder than the rest of the ballroom.
-Comedy Store, Los Angeles, California.
8433 Sunset Boulevard 90027, 213-656-6225.
Before this Sunset Strip locale became the Comedy Store, it was the site of Ciro's, one of Hollywood's hottest clubs during the '40s and '50s. That's when entertainers like Martin and Lewis were slaying 'em in the front room, while gangsters like Mickey Cohen were running rackets out of the back, inflicting pain {and worse}, on rivals and gambling deadbeats.
The spirits of the long-deceased Cohen and his equally dead victims return occasionally and make their presences felt with ominous growls, groans and hulking apparitions. Even in death, these shades play rough. Just ask real-life ghostbuster Dr. Barry Taff, a professor at UCLA. Taff was brought in to sweep the premises and ventured into a storage area below the stage. Suddenly, he felt an agonizing pain, as if his kneecaps were being shattered, and dropped to the ground. Evidently, Mickey and his goons still pack a punch.
The Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey was once the Hotel Del Monte. This structure, built in the late 1920's, is third hotel of the same name built on the site. The first two burned. The first one, opened in 1880 by the Pacific Improvement Corporation, (a subsidiary of the SP Railroad) created a reason for upscale tourists to ride the rail line to Monterey. It was a world-class hotel with meticulously landscaped gardens, some of which are still there to see. Guests usually spent at least one day taking a carraige ride along the 17-Mile Drive, created by the company as a scenic attraction.
The original hotel burned in 1887, and was rebuilt the next year. The second structure burned in 1926. Some say the third building is haunted by the ghost of the fire chief who failed to save the original hotel in 1887.
The infamous Alcatraz is said to be haunted by the ghosts of many, many prisoners who died there, including the Bird Man, "Machine Gun" Kelly and Al Capone. Voices are heard in the former eating area and cell blocks when no one else is around. Footsteps and the sounds of cell doors opening and closing also echo throughout the corridors. People have reported feeling "cold spots" in certain areas and the feeling that they are not alone, even when they are.
-Winchester Mystery House, San Jose, California.
525 S. Winchester Blvd, San Jose, California, 95128. 408-247-2000
It's been told that, at The Union Hotel, in the late 1800's a distraught young woman hung herself in her room. Over the years, numerous employees and guests have reported seeing her wandering the hallways and appearing in various rooms. In fact, the individual who emailed me this haunted location has seen the woman herself on three separate occasions. It's also been said that people walking down the nighttime streets can often see her peering sadly from the windows. She's not alone, however. A spirit of a young man haunts the bar and the dining room, leaving many people to believe these two sad souls are somehow connected, as he is often seen pacing or sitting at one of the tables, staring wistfully off to the stairs as if waiting his love.
-Groveland Hotel - Groveland, California.
18767 Main St, Groveland, CA 209-962-4000
The Groveland Hotel of California is has a live-in spirit named Lyle. He once worked in a now defunct mine in the creek that runs alongside the hotel, and he lived in The Groveland Hotel until he died in his room in 1927. Being a recluse, he wasn't missed for a few days. If you stay in his room, you may find that Lyle dislikes women's cosmetics on his dresser. He moves them to the sink nearby. Most guests return to their rooms to note the movement. One guest watched as her new makeup just hopped over the back and landed on the floor! Lyle also likes to play with the lights, move items on desks in the office, and turn on the water in the shower. He can even somehow make it so a key temporarily does not work in a lock. The Charlotte Hotel across the street was built and operated by a woman named Charlotte DeFerrari. It is rumored that Lyle and Charlotte were once an item. When he seems to disappear for a while from the hotel, some suspect they may be together.
-Madrona Manor - Healdsburg, California.
1001 Westside Road, Healdsburg, CA 707-433-4231
Benevolent spirits in residence keep guests company. They include one known as Elsie in the dining room and a young girl in room 101.
This ocean liner, now permanently docked at the Port of Long Beach, was commissioned in 1936 and journeyed a thousand Atlantic crossings. Many incidents of strange rapping noises, moving objects, disembodied voices, and ghostly apparitions have been reported by staff, guests, and investigators on the docked ship. The First Class Swimming Pool, said to be the most haunted place aboard, is haunted by the ghosts of two women who drowned there. One is dressed in 1960s clothing and the other wears 1930s attire. The forlorn ghost of a little boy who fell overboard near the pool has also been sighted in the passageway there. For some unknown reason, many psychics have detected strongly negative feelings in the Changing Rooms at the end of the pool. The old first class lounge, now know as the Queens Salon, is haunted by the ghost of a beautiful woman in a flowing white dress. Unexplainable balls of light and the apparition of a black-haired man in a 1930s suit have been seen by tour guides in the First Class Suite area. The Forward Storage Room, where the ship's archives are kept, is haunted by the sounds of children playing. Inexplicable pounding sounds have been recorded near the Bosun's Locker, which is the area of the hull which sliced the British Light Cruiser Curacoa in half during World War II. Because of her wartime sailing orders, the Queen Mary was not allowed to stop to rescue survivors, and 338 men perished in the cold ocean. The Tourist Class Swimming Pool is haunted by the presence of a woman who drowned in it, and the third-level Cabin B340 is haunted by a murdered purser and is no longer rented out because of unexplained disturbances there.
Poltergeist activity has been reported in the Kitchen, where a cook was murdered during World War II. It is said his cooking was so terrible that it caused a riot among troops being carried to the front. The violence quickly got out of hand and the cook ended up stuffed inside an oven and burned to death. His ghastly screams were somehow impregnated into the ship's iron bulkhead and are sometimes replayed to startled visitors. The ghosts in the ship's Morgue could have any of a number of identities. Sixteen crewmembers, two G.I.s and 31 passengers have died on the ship. But the most documented sighting is the apparition of an 18-year-old crewman, John Pedder. Pedder was crushed to death while trying to slip through an automatically closing door in Shaft Alley during a routine watertight drill on July 10, 1966. It was watertight door #13. Another crewman haunting the Queen Mary is Senior 2nd Officer William Stark. He was accidentally poisoned in 1949, when he drank tetrachloride that the staff captain kept in an old gin bottle. Dozens and dozens of witnesses have had experiences aboard the Queen Mary Hotel. Will you be next at one of the most haunted hotels on Earth?
-Mendocino Hotel And Garden Suite - Mendocino, California.
The hotel reports that a Victorian woman haunts tables 6 and 8 in the restaurant, appearing in the mirror. She has been seen in guest rooms and is said to be playful with the housekeepers as well.
The Georgian Hotel, opened in 1933, in Santa Monica was a place where patrons could enjoy alcoholic spirits during the Prohibition Era. Today, the hotels' Speakeasy restaurant is haunted. Invisible but audible ghosts have been reported over the years, as well as transparent apparitions. In an otherwise empty restaurant, employees have heard loud sighs or gasps, disembodied voices calling "Good Morning," and the sound of running footsteps.
Reports of a Shivering and soaking wet boy at the Hotel Jerome. A woman recently found just that in Room 310 of the Hotel Jerome. When a staff member arrived to help, the boy had vanished, leaving only wet footprints. At that time, no children were registered in the hotel. Legend has it that a child had drowned in the hotel's original swimming pool. Room 310 is located right in the middle of an addition to the hotel that was built over that original pool.
-The Stanley Hotel - Estes Park, Colorado. *Made famous in The Shining.
The ghosts of the owners are still around. In the music room, Mrs. Stanley's favorite, you may hear the piano playing by itself. Or you may feel the presence of Mr. F.O. Stanley around the lobby or in his favorite space, the Billiard room.
The fourth floor is the old servant quarters and fairly active with spirits. You will notice the narrow corridors. The sound of children playing in the halls is common. Even when there isn't a child in the building. The center of the activity in the hotel seems to be the very active room 418.
