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who investigate them. You might be just intrigued
by the chilling story behind the murders and
haunting's. Or just curious to what makes
real ghost and paranormal phenomena tick.
Yes The United States is
very haunted. Maybe you should get out more
and discover what a real haunted location
is. The catch all term supernatural or supranatural
(Latin: super, supra "above" + natura
"nature"). The supernatural pertains
to entities, events or powers regarded as
beyond nature, in that they cannot be explained
by the currently understood laws of the natural
world. Religious miracles are typical of such
“supernatural” claims, as are
spells and curses, divination, the belief
that there is an afterlife for the dead, and
innumerable others. Supernatural beliefs have
existed in virtually all human cultures throughout
recorded human history. Supernatural themes
are often associated with paranormal and occult
ideas.
Paranormal is an umbrella
term used to describe unusual phenomena or
experiences that lack an obvious scientific
explanation. In parapsychology, it is used
to describe the potentially psychic phenomena
of telepathy, extra-sensory perception, psychokinesis,
ghosts, and hauntings. The term is also applied
to UFOs, some creatures that fall under the
scope of cryptozoology, purported phenomena
surrounding the Bermuda Triangle, and other
non-psychical subjects. Stories relating to
paranormal phenomena are widespread in popular
culture and folklore, but some organisations
such as the United States National Science
Foundation have stated that mainstream science
does not support paranormal beliefs.
So please enjoy this list and the legends
and lore of America's most famous locations,
paranormal hotspots and Haunts!
List Of America's Most
Haunted Places
Alcatraz
is a former maximum security prison
on an island in San Francisco Bay in the United
States. It is no longer used as a prison.
Visitors and tour guides have made claims
of hearing screams, slamming cell doors, and
footsteps. Please see: Tommy
Netzband: A Ghost Hunters Guide To Night Tours
of Alcatraz
Andleberry
Estate in Clovis, California, is a
mansion that used to be part of a sanitarium.
The mansion, which is allegedly haunted by
ex-residents of the sanitarium, will soon
be transformed into a haunted hotel called
The Wolfe Manor Hotel. The owner, Todd Wolfe,
has heard ghosts walking and talking. He has
even felt the ghosts breathing on him. Many
paranormal investigators have visited the
mansion. They claim that it is home to 22
different spirits. LiveSciFi.TV sent a group
to spend the night inside the mansion. A couple
of strange events happened, including a door
that slammed shut by itself. A local news
station did an over-night investigation for
Halloween (of 2007) and recorded an EVP. Several
other EVP's and orbs have been caught on audio/video
by investigators.
Athens,
Ohio is said to be one of the most
haunted places in the USA, and is reputed
to contain many ghosts. When drawing a line
from each of the five cemeteries around Athens,
it forms a pentagram with the center being
Ohio University. Ohio University is also considered
by some to be the most haunted campus in the
USA, as is the former state hospital, Athens
Lunatic Asylum, located right near campus.
Belcourt
Castle, a French Renaissance-style
château in Newport, Rhode Island, is
alleged to be the location of numerous paranormal
phenomena and events, including moving chairs,
moving armor, ghostly apparitions, a possessed
statue and various other sightings.
Big Bay
Point Light, in Big Bay, Michigan,
is reputedly haunted by the red-haired ghost
of its first keeper, Will Prior.
Biloxi,
Mississippi area, is said to be haunted
by many 100's of real ghosts from Hurricanes
past. Camile, Katrina related ghosts are said
to be seen walking the streets on rainy stormy
nights during the summer months. Biloxi is
co–county seat with the larger city
Gulfport, in the Gulfport–Biloxi, Mississippi
Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is included
in the Gulfport–Biloxi–Pascagoula,
Mississippi Combined Statistical Area.
Bobby Mackey's
Music World, a country-western nightclub
in Wilder, Kentucky (in the Cincinnati, Ohio
metro area) is reputed to be "a gateway
to Hell." Bobby Mackey's Music World
is a nightclub located in Wilder, Kentucky.
For many years, it has been subject to visits
from curiosity-seekers, tourists, paranormal
investigators and media reporters. It stands
on the site of an old slaughterhouse that
was closed down in the early 1890’s.
Only a well in the basement remains from the
original building, and was believed by police
to be the resting place of the decapitated
head of Pearl Bryan, a woman who was murdered
by her boyfriend Scott Jackson, and his friend
Alonzo Walling. Pearl’s head was never
found and legend has it that it was used during
a satanic ritual at the slaughterhouse. The
ghosts of the victim and the murderers are
believed to haunt the building to this day.
The nightclub is owned by Bobby Mackey and
his wife Janet. They purchased the building
in 1978 with the intention of turning it into
a country bar. Mackey was a well-known singer
in northern Kentucky and had recorded several
albums. He actually scrapped his plans to
record in Nashville in order to renovate the
old tavern. Once the bar was opened, it immediately
began to attract a crowd.
The first employee of Mackey, Carl Lawson,
was one of the first to witness the hauntings.
He lived alone in an upstairs apartment in
the building. "I’d double check
at the end of the night and make sure that
everything was turned off. Then I’d
come back down hours later and the bar lights
would be on. The front doors would be unlocked,
when I knew that I’d locked them. The
jukebox would be playing the ‘Anniversary
Waltz’ even though I’d unplugged
it and the power was turned off," he
reported.
One night while cleaning in the basement,
he discovered a diary belonging to a person
named 'Johanna', who supposedly also haunted
the building. The haunting seemed to be the
most prominent in the basement, around the
sealed-up well. This was the location where
police suspected that Pearl Bryan's head was
hidden. Lawson decided to sprinkle some holy
water into the well, but the activity in the
building began to escalate. Mackey did not
believe Lawson's claims until his wife admitted
that she herself had once been violently pushed
down a flight of stairs by what she believed
to be a ghost. She reportedly looked up the
stairs and heard a voice scream "Get
out!". At the time of this encounter,
Janet was, like Johanna and Pearl Bryan before
her, five months pregnant.
Carl Lawson was possessed by a ghost after
a psychic inspected the building. The entity
that possessed him reportedly claimed to be
Alonzo, one of the murderers of Pearl Bryan.
Lawson was given an exorcism by a local priest
to dispel the spirit.
Author Douglas Hensley wrote a book entitled
'Hell's Gate' about the hauntings at the nightclub
and has been a part of many of the investigations.
Strange activity continues to occur at the
nightclub and several individuals have been
physically assaulted by spirits. One customer
even tried to sue Bobby Mackey in 1994, claiming
that he was attacked in the restroom by a
ghost. The case was later dismissed.
The nightclub remains one of the strangest
haunted sites in the Midwest and one that
has proven to be a major attraction for ghost
hunters and enthusiasts alike.
The Boston
Athenæum is said to be haunted
by the scholarly Rev. Harris, who was seen
there by Nathaniel Hawthorne.
The Brinton Lodge in Douglassville,
Pennsylvania is locally famous as a reputedly
haunted house. The original structure, built
in the early 1700s, was a one-room building
which was operated as a tavern/roadhouse stop
along the Schuylkill River Canal System. It
was later expanded into a summer home, then
remodeled into a gentlemen's club, and today
is operated as a bar and restaurant. Legend
has it that at least five spirits inhabit
this property, including Caleb Brinton, "Dapper
Dan," an older woman, and a "lady
in white."
The Brown
Grand Theatre in Concordia, Kansas
has stories of a ghost that haunts the theatre,
especially during the opening season. One
Ghost known as Spook Man is said to pinch
woman's butts as they enter the building.
Chestnut
Lodge in Rockville, Maryland, was a
private facility treating mental patients
for over one-hundred years. Closed in 2001
and now under renovation for resale as upscale
condominiums, separate recent investigations
claim paranormal activity. And the place has
the highest perscentages of clear EVP's ever
recorded.
Civil War
battlefields in various states -- including
the Gettysburg Battlefield, the Battle of
Fredericksburg, the Battle of Antietam and
many others -- presuambly owing to the magnitude
of emotion, intensity of effort, and abruptness
of the many, often gruesome and painful deaths,
offer numerous anecdotes --with a growing
number dating to the present day-- including
reported recordings, pictures and sightings
of "ghostly apparitions," audible
sensations (battle cries, cavalry, cannon
fire) and other paranormal effects of every
manner. Please Visit:
Ghosts of Gettysburg
Mark Nesbitt's Ghosts
of Fredericksburg Tours in Fredericksburg,
VA. Go to to make your reservations.
Egypt Road,
Salem Although the bridge is off of
Egypt Road, it is actually on what used to
be West Pine Lake Rd., which now dead-ends
to the east of the bridge. Legends attribute
the crying baby to one that fell in and accidentally
drowned. The closed road remains as an access
way to high voltage utility lines. The "baby
cries" can be heard at night or during
the day.
Engineered
Piping Products: a Baltimore based
reseller of Industrial Pipe, valves and fittings.
The building is built upon the site of an
old residential neighborhood. All of the activity
tends to happen at the site of the Old Deboser
home. A local paranormal group, Pasadena Paranormal,
has cumulatively logged over 100 EVPs from
this location. They have experienced buzzing
sounds that fly by their heads and recently
one employee had his coat tugged from behind
when he was in the building alone. This site
has been submitted to the SciFi channel Ghost
Hunters Great American Ghost Hunt for their
consideration.
Exeter,
Rhode Island, there are a few buildings
formerly known as the Ladd School, a school
for the mentally disabled that was founded
by Dr. William Gleason in 1907 and officially
closed in 1994. The school reportedly mistreated
students and there are stories today of ghost
sightings of the children who suffered, noises
and flickering lights. The Exeter Job Corps
Academy was built over the Ladd School's ground,
with many of the older buildings still intact
and reportedly "haunted." The most
FRequent sighting is of a ghost called Gerty
May.
Hot Lake
is a supposedly haunted hotel in eastern
Oregon. The hotel is known for a fire, suicides,
and hauntings from ghosts during its days
as a sanatorium. It is said to be haunted
by no less then 31 ghosts that are very active
and atleast 59 more that area bit shy.
Hotel Chelsea
in Manhattan, New York City is said to be
haunted by a few different ghosts. Dylan Thomas,
Eugene O'Neill, Thomas Wolfe, and former Sex
Pistols bassist Sid Vicious supposedly haunts
the elevator. There is also rumor of a ghosts
that often touches mens private regions.
Huntress
Hall of Keene State College located
in Keene, New Hampshire is supposedly haunted
by its namesake, Harriet Huntress. One of
the schools residence halls, students often
report strange noises coming from the building's
attic, where Huntress' wheelchair remains
to this day.
Old Jefferson
Davis Hospital in Houston, Texas, has
long been a popular spot for local ghosthunters.
The existing building was completed in 1925,
allegedly on the site of a mid-19th century
cemetery, and has recently been remodeled
into apartments.
Kemper Arena
in Kansas City, Missouri - There are
said to be sightings, sounds, and lights flickering
on and off in the arena late at night from
a former WWF wrestler named Owen Hart who
died in 1999 by falling 78 feet (24 m) to
his death from the ceiling of the arena. There
are also said to be sightings of him still
in his Blue Blazer suit at the top of the
arena looking down with the cable hooked up
to him. Please See: The
Ghost Of Owen Hart. Kemper Arena
American Royal Center is a 19,500 seat indoor
arena in Kansas City, Missouri, USA, that
has hosted NCAA Final Four basketball games,
professional basketball and hockey teams,
the 1976 Republican National Convention, a
1976 Paul McCartney & Wings concert, and
is the ongoing host of the American Royal
livestock show. It was also in this arena
that wrestling superstar Owen Hart was accidentally
killed.
It is named for R. Crosby Kemper Sr., a member
of the powerful Kemper financial clan and
who donated $3.2 million from his estate for
the arena.
The Lemp
Mansion in St. Louis, Missouri is said
to be one of the most haunted buildings in
the United States. Four members of the Lemp
family killed themselves, three in the mansion.
There are said to be apparition sightings,
glasses flying off of the bar, pianos playing
by themselves, etc. The mansion is now open
as a restaurant and bed and breakfast. Please
See: The
Lemp Mansion – Missouri’s Most
Haunted House? Lemp Mansion is
a house in St. Louis, Missouri. The ghosts
of several Lemp family members are said to
haunt the mansion. The house was built in
1868 by St. Louisian Jacob Feickert. William
J. Lemp and his wife, Julia, moved into it
in 1876. In 1911, the house underwent major
renovations including conversion of some space
into offices for the Lemp Brewery. The Lemps
lived in the house until 1949 when Charles
Lemp committed suicide.
In 1950, the mansion became a boarding house;
throughout the next decade, it lost much of
its ornate charm. The construction of Interstate
55 during the 1960s led to the destruction
of much of the grounds and one of the carriage
houses.
The current owners, the Pointer family, purchased
the house in 1975 and have since renovated
much of it as the Lemp Mansion Restaurant
and Inn
The Lemp Mansion is famed as one of the nation's
most haunted buildings. In the 1980s, it was
ranked in the top nine haunted places by Life
Magazine. Reputed paranormal incidents include
doors opening, shutting, locking, and unlocking
on their own; candles lighting on their own;
and a glass flying off a bar and crashing
to the floor. Visitors to the mansion have
reported feeling as if they are being watched,
or sensing an atmosphere of sadness, and some
claim to have seen apparitions of members
of the Lemp family. One report says that,
during the mansion's restoration, a painter
working on a mural felt that he was being
watched and immediately fled the mansion,
without washing his brushes or taking out
his equipment, and never returned.
Various groups have held seances in the mansion,
and reported that most of the paranormal activity
is related to the ghost of Charles Lemp. Ghosts
of other family members, including Lillian
(the Lavender Lady), have also reportedly
been seen.
The Lizzie
Borden House in Fall River, Massachusetts,
which is now a bed and breakfast, is claimed
to be the most haunted house in the USA. It
is the site of a double murder, one of the
most famous in US history, claimed ghost sightings
and noises.
Los Angeles,
California has numerous sites that are believed
to be inhabited by the spirits of deceased
celebrities. Some apparitions have been reported
as being sighted at more than one location
in the city.
Marshall,
Texas, Home to a very well known ghost
simply called the White Lady. She is said
to bring people to discover a dead body of
a loved one. She is said to be a dreadfull
La Llorona , or approximately "lah yoh-ROH-nah",
Spanish for "the crying woman"),
sometimes called the Woman in White or the
Weeping Woman is a figure in Hispanic folklore,
the ghost of a woman crying for her dead children
that she drowned. Her appearances are sometimes
held to presage death and frequently are claimed
to occur near bodies of water, particularly
streams and rivers. There is much variation
in tales of La Llorona, which are popular
in Mexico and the United States (especially
in Mexican American communities), and to an
extent the rest of the Americas. But Marshall,
Texas is said to have the most active White
Lady in the United States. Also see: Marshall,
Texas: La Llorona - The Ghost Lady, And The
Real "Woman in White".
New Orleans,
Louisiana, The Most Haunted City In
The World! Marie Laveau. The Devil Baby, Ghosts,
Vampires, Voodoo - Hoodoo. Who could ask for
anything more. This city has the best and
most Haunted Hotels , Haunted building's,
Haunted Cemeteries, Haunted Roads, Streets,
Cryptids like the Grunch and The Loupe Garou,
and Paranormal activity that measures off
the scale. Also home to the "Most hunted
for haunted mansion in America The Lalaurie
House".
Ohioville,
Pennsylvania - A mile long stretch
of Kelly Road, nick-named Mystery Mile by
former residents, is reported to be the site
of supernatural activity. Animals along this
road turn from docile to violent without explanation,
often chasing after people and each other.
The thick forest that the road cuts through
is known for unexplained noises and white
apparitions. The origin of these events is
unknown, and speculation ranges from some
kind of curse on the land to cult activity
once tied to this region.
Old Louisville,
said to be "America's Most Haunted Neighborhood",
is one of the largest historic preservation
districts in the country - and supposedly
the largest Victorian neighborhood in the
nation. It is also said to be home to dozens
of haunted mansions and local ghost stories.
Owensboro,
Kentucky, Thought by many to be the
most haunted hotspot in America today.
Point Lookout
Lighthouse, at the southern-most tip
of Maryland's western shore of the Chesapeake
Bay, has seen numerous shipwrecks, bodies
washed ashore, and plenty of paranormal activity,
as documented over the centuries.
The Polish
Museum of America in Chicago is believed
to be haunted by ghost of famous pianist Ignace
Paderewski. The staff recounts a number of
incidents related by a number of people, including
the cleaning crew who have claimed to experience
ghostly-related phenomena late at night. loud
voices and poltergheist activity has said
to been witnessed oftenThe Ghost Research
Society was even brought in by the museum
staff to investigate these claims.
The Regent
Theater in Allegan, Michigan is said
to be haunted, and witnesses claim to have
seen moving forms and felt physical touching
only in private areas to the persons.
The Screaming
Bridge of Maud Hughes Road, Maud Hughes
Road is located in Liberty Township, Ohio.
It has been the site of many terrible accidents
and suicides. Railroad tracks lay 25 feet
below the bridge, and at least 36 people have
been reported dead on or around the Maud Hughes
Road Bridge. Ghostly figures, mists, and lights
have been seen, as well as black hooded figures
and a phantom train. The legend says that
a car carrying a man and a woman stalled on
top of the bridge. The man got out to get
help while the girl stayed. When the man returned,
the girl was hanging on the bridge above the
tracks. The man then perished with unexplained
causes. To this day, many people have reported
hearing the ghosts' conversations, then a
woman's scream followed by a man's scream.
Another story says that a woman once threw
her baby off the bridge and then hanged herself
afterwards
Sleepy Hollow,
New York is home to and the location
of many ghost stories, including the legends
of the Lady in White and the Headless Horseman.
Some residents throughout the years have even
claimed to see the Horseman there on dark,
cloudy nights.
The Stickney
House in Bull Valley, Illinois has
a unique design due to Stickney's belief in
Spiritualism. It is thought that he and his
wife wished to communicate with their dead
children. Today the house is the local police
department, and it is claimed that police
report strange sounds, objects moving around,
lights turning off, and door knobs turning
and doors opening by themselves. And actual
brutal ghosts known to slap or puch those
that disbelieve the haunting's.
Other homes in the area
are also rumored to be haunted also. The nearby
Holcombville cemetery includes tombs of the
Stickney children and a person killed in the
crash of American Airlines Flight 191.
Stagecoach
Road, Marshall, Texas the most haunted
road in all of the Lone Star State. The Ghosts
of Caddo Indians and those they killed.
Story Inn
in Story, Indiana, a guest room is supposedly
haunted by a ghost known as "the Blue
Lady". Little is known of who she might
be, or why she might haunt that room, but
her alleged presence is mentioned in many
separate guestbook entries. According to some,
she seems more likely to appear if a certain
table-lamp is turned on.
Summerwind,
formerly known as Lamont Mansion, is a now
derelict cellar hole on the shores of West
Bay Lake in Vilas County, North East Wisconsin.
It is reputed to be one of the most haunted
locations in Wisconsin. Due to abandonment,
the elements and fire, little of the mansion
currently remains standing. For a while it
was popular with paranormal tourists. Summerwind's
ruins are located on private land and are
currently closed to the public.
Sunnyvale,
California many Toys "R"
Us employees have reported seeing unusual
rearranging of toys in the aisles, and reported
sightings of a man in his thirties dressed
in old clothing. His name is believed to be
Johan, and is believed to be a farmer who
used to live on the site of the Toys "R"
Us and is just keeping "an eye on the
old place". The store still remains open
today; most customers are completely unaware
of this legend.
Union Cemetery
in Easton, Connecticut (said also to
be seen in Bridgeport Conecticut), which dates
back to the 1600s, is touted as one of the
most haunted cemeteries not only in Connecticut,
but in the entire country. Many haunts have
been said to exist on the grounds of the cemetery.
Several visitors who have photographed the
cemetery are later surprised to see orbs,
light rods, ectoplasmic mists, and on rare
occasions even full apparitions appear in
their photographs that were not visible at
the time the photo was taken. The most well-known
haunt is a spirit known as "The White
Lady". The identity of the spirit is
not known, but sightings of her didn't occur
until the late 1940s; meaning she must have
died sometime before then. People have photographed
and even videotaped her. Not only have people
seen her with their own eyes, but some passers-by
have even "hit" her with their cars
as they drove past the cemetery.
Waverly
Hills Sanatorium in Louisville, Kentucky
- A former tuberculosis hospital, Waverly
Hills has been of strong interest with paranormal
investigators, some calling it "the most
haunted place on Earth". There are unconfirmed
reports of more than 60,000 deaths at the
site, and the property owners, workers, and
investigators have claimed that at almost
anytime you can see strange lights, phantasms
and shadows moving around the corridors and
rooms of the building.
The Whaley
House in the "Old Town" section
of San Diego, California, is reportedly a
haunted house. The house was one of the region's
first court houses as well the area's hanging
grounds before the house was built. According
to the Travel Channel's America's Most Haunted,
the house is the number one most haunted house
in the United States. The earliest documented
ghost at the Whaley House is "Yankee
Jim." James (aka Santiago) Robinson was
convicted of attempted grand larceny in San
Diego in 1852, and hanged on a gallows off
the back of a wagon on the site where the
house now stands. Although Thomas Whaley had
been a spectator at the execution, he did
not let it disuade him from buying the property
a few years later and building a home for
his family there. According to the San Diego
Union, "soon after the couple and their
children moved in, heavy footsteps were heard
moving about the house. Whaley described them
as sounding as though they were made by the
boots of a large man. Finally he came to the
conclusion that these unexplained footfalls
were made by Yankee Jim Robinson." Another
source states that Lillian Whaley, the Whaleys'
youngest daughter who lived in the house until
1953, "had been convinced the ghost of
"Yankee Jim" haunted the Old House."
Yankee Jim is one of many presences that have
been documented at the House, including Thomas
Whaley himself and the family Fox Terrier.
Waverly
Hills Sanatorium , located in Louisville,
Kentucky, opened in 1910 as a two-story hospital
to accommodate 40 to 50 tuberculosis patients.
It has been popularized on television as being
one of the "most haunted" hospitals
in the eastern United States, and was seen
on ABC/FOX Family Channel's Scariest Places
On Earth as well as VH1's Celebrity Paranormal
Project. It was also seen on the Sci Fi Channel's
Ghost Hunters.
Room 502 is the subject
of a local myth about two suicides which are
said to have occurred in the room. The first
reported death is that of nurse Mary Hillenburg,
who is said to have hanged herself from a
fixture in 1928 after becoming pregnant out
of wedlock; the second, that of a nurse who
is said to have been pushed or jumped out
the window.
Any contemporary investigations of the myth
have been unable to locate any documented
evidence of the deaths, this includes efforts
by Sci-Fi Channel production Ghost Hunters
as well as several local researchers. Records
from 1911 onwards indicated that only two
individuals by the name of Hillenburg died
in the region, but that both deaths occurred
after Waverly Hills had closed.
Death rate Legend
The estimated death toll at Waverly Hills
is about 63,000.
Additional Facts
Evidence has suggested that the worst single
year total of deaths at Waverly was 152, which
would make the overall death count considerably
less than the legend. (7,752 being the highest
possible total for the 51 years of operation)
This information was found in the autobiography
of Assistant Medical Director Dr. J. Frank
W. Stewart, who states that the worst time
for deaths was at the end of the Second World
War when troops were returning from overseas
with very advanced tuberculosis cases. This
information was then double checked against
death certificates for the time frame in question
and it was found that 162 people died at Waverly
in 1945, which would make the highest possible
total 8,212. The 152 quote seems to be a simple
typographical error. This and other factual
and documented information can be found at
an online database where information is being
compiled for genealogists. This site is also
affiliated with the Waverly Hills memorial
site.
Hauntings
There have been several hauntings in different
forms to be confirmed by multiple visitors
to the grounds. While Room 502 and the Death
Tunnel are nearly synonymous with Waverly
Hills, those familiar with the hospitals paranormal
history have either heard or seen the child
known simply as "Timmy". While no
real history into the child's human life is
known, there have been scattered claims that
the young ghost enjoys playing interactive
games, such as hide and seek. There have been
reports of sudden temperature plummets in
an area or room as well as people feeling
"cold spots" in various areas or
even the sensation of a physical contact as
that of a person's hand. There are even reports
of an elderly woman, wrists chained and bleeding
(most likely from the geriatric hospital days)
running out of the front door pleading for
help. Still others outside the hospital have
made claims of rooms lighting up briefly despite
there being no electricity since the hospital
closed.
- Other forms of paranormal activity reported
to be found in the hospital include: "Shadow
People" (Apparitions shaped as a human
but with no physical detail); Orbs (Balls
of light that inexplicably appear on film
but not to the naked eye), and Electronic
Voice Phenomenon (EVP) Recordings, which are
essentially voice "footprints" left
behind by a spirit without any physical form
necessarily connected to it that are usually
heard best through a special high-power audio
recorder that then plays back what one might
not have heard on their own.
According to the many ghost hunters and guests
that descend upon Waverly Hills, the most
common paranormal activity is the phenomenon
of shadow people, "moving shadows"
that seemingly have substance and are able
to "walk" across doorways. They
are also supposedly able to block some light
when a laser is pointed at them. - Areas of
alleged activity include the fifth floor and
roof patios, where young children often played
atop a rooftop playground.
- Many visitors claim to have seen glowing
orbs and plasma in their photographs. Others
claim that entire rooms at Waverly Hills light
up at night for no apparent reason. Other
sightings include various "brown imps"
on the grounds.
- Electronic voice phenomenon recordings
have been made on the property by various
ghost hunters; many claim that their EVP provides
factual proof that ghosts do inhabit the old
sanatorium. Recorded phrases have included
"Get out" and "What kind of
hospital is this?" The makers of the
movie Death Tunnel and the documentary Spooked
both claim that they recorded many such voices
and sounds while filming. Many doubt the credibility
of both production crews, however. Any contemporary
investigations of the myth have been unable
to locate any documented evidence of the deaths,
this includes efforts by Sci-Fi Channel production
Ghost Hunters as well as several local researchers.
Records from 1911 onwards indicated that only
two individuals by the name of Hillenburg
died in the region, but that both deaths occurred
after Waverly Hills had closed.
- On the morning of Halloween 2006, local
radio station WXMA 102.3 aired an annual live
broadcast from the Waverly site. That year,
a listener from Environmental Health Management,
a local company, brought in thermal imaging
equipment in hopes of capturing anything out
of the normal on film. At approximately 8AM
EST, two small, child-like figures are caught
on film rising from a hallway floor and then
disappearing into a wall.
Current plans for the sanatorium is turning
it into a hotel, catering to the haunted hotel
crowd, but allow for regular hotel users as
well.
The White House in Washington, D.C.
is riddled with stories of different hauntings
concerning past presidents, staff and just
stange phenomena.
The Winchester Mystery House
in San Jose, California, is supposedly haunted
by the ghost of its eccentric builder, Sarah
Winchester. Ironically, she is said to have
built the rambling mansion to protect her
from the spirits of all those killed with
her late husband's famous line of rifles.
U.S. paranormal guide is
a book that gives information and directions
to places in the United States where there
have been such things as reported ghosts,
UFOs, legendary creatures, miracles, and other
paranormal phenomena. A guide reports on paranormal
phenomena that may or may not exist.
Alabama
The Face in the Window and Other Alabama Ghostlore
by Alan Brown, University of Alabama Press
(1997), ISBN 978-0817308131
Florida
The Florida Road Guide to Haunted Locations
by Chad Lewis and Terry Fisk, Unexplained
Research Publishing LLC (2008), ISBN 978-0979882227
Illinois
The Illinois Road Guide to Haunted Locations
by Chad Lewis and Terry Fisk, Scott Maruna
(foreword), Unexplained Research Publishing
LLC (2008), ISBN 978-0976209959
Haunted Illinois by Troy Taylor, Whitechapel
Productions (1999), ISBN 978-1892523013
Indiana
Haunted Hoosier Trails: A Guide to Indiana's
Famous Folklore Spooky Sites by Wanda Lou
Willis, Emmis Books, Guild Press of Indiana
(2002), ISBN 978-1578601158
Iowa
The Iowa Road Guide to Haunted Locations by
Chad Lewis and Terry Fisk, Mike Whye (foreword),
Unexplained Research Publishing LLC (2007),
ISBN 978-0976209942
Kentucky
Phantoms of Old Louisville: Ghostly Tales
from America's Most Haunted Neighborhood by
David Domine, McClanahan Publishing House
(2006), ISBN 978-0913383957
Ghosts of Old Louisville: True Stories of
Hauntings from America's Largest Victorian
Neighborhood by David Domine, McClanahan Publishing
House (2005), ISBN 978-0913383919
Louisiana
Louisiana's Haunted Plantations by Jill Pascoe,
Irongate Press (2004), ISBN 978-0975474600
Michigan
The Michigan Road Guide to Haunted Locations
by Chad Lewis and Terry Fisk, Unexplained
Research Publishing LLC (2008), ISBN 978-0979882234
Unexplained Michigan Mysteries by Gary Barfknecht,
Thunder Bay Press (2006), ISBN 978-1933272061
Minnesota
The Minnesota Road Guide to Haunted Locations
by Chad Lewis and Terry Fisk, Phyllis Galde
(foreword), Unexplained Research Publishing
LLC (2005), ISBN 978-0976209928
New Jersey
Ghosts of Mount Holly, A History of Haunted
Happenings by Jan Lynn Bastien, The History
Press (2008), ISBN 978-1596293724
New York
Weird New York by Chris Gethard, Mark Moran,
and Mark Sceurman, Sterling (2005), ISBN 978-1402733833
Ohio
Weird Ohio by Loren Coleman, Andy Henderson,
James Willis, and Mark Moran, Sterling (2006),
ISBN 978-1402733826
Pennsylvania
Haunted Pennsylvania: Ghosts And Strange Phenomena
of the Keystone State by Mark Nesbitt, Patty
A. Wilson, and Heather Adel Wiggins, Stackpole
Books (2006), ISBN 978-0811732987
South Dakota
The South Dakota Road Guide to Haunted Locations
by Chad Lewis and Terry Fisk, Michael Thomas
Coffield (foreword), Unexplained Research
Publishing LLC (2006), ISBN 978-0976209935
Vermont
The Vermont Ghost Guide by Joseph A. Citro,
University Press of New England (2000), ISBN
978-1584650096
Virginia
The Ghosts of Virginia, Volume XII by L. B.
Taylor, Jr, L.B. Taylor, Jr. (2007), ISBN
978-1928966104
The Ghosts of Virginia, Volume XI by L. B.
Taylor, Jr, Washington Book Distributors (2007),
ISBN 978-1928966098
The Ghosts of Virginia, Volume X by L. B.
Taylor, Jr, L.B. Taylor, Jr. (2005), ISBN
978-1928966081
The Ghosts of Virginia, Volume VIII by L.
B. Taylor, Jr, L.B. Taylor, Jr. (2003), ISBN
978-1928966050
The Ghosts of Virginia, Volume VII by L. B.
Taylor, Jr, L.B. Taylor, Jr. (2002), ISBN
978-1928966036
The Ghosts of Williamsburg by L. B. Taylor,
Jr, Virginia Ghosts (1983), ISBN 978-0962827136
Wisconsin
The Wisconsin Road Guide to Haunted Locations
by Chad Lewis and Terry Fisk, Richard D. Hendricks
(foreword) Unexplained Research Publishing
LLC (2004), ISBN 978-0976209911
The Beast of Bray Road: Tailing Wisconsin's
Werewolf by Linda S. Godfrey, Prairie Oak
Press (2003), ISBN 978-1879483910
Haunted Wisconsin by Michael Norman and Beth
Scott, Trails Books (2001), ISBN 978-1931599047
Multistate
Weird U.S.: Your Travel Guide to America's
Local Legends and Best Kept Secrets by Mark
Moran and Mark Sceurman, Sterling (2004),
ISBN 978-0760750438
