Collections
Curated trails through the archive. Each is a live cut of the data, not a hand-picked list.
The October drawer
Thirteen dossiers with the heaviest paper trails in the archive. Start here when the nights draw in.
Hotel Monte Vista
Flagstaff hotel with room-service ghost folklore.
Waverly Hills Sanatorium
Site documented in a Ghost Research Society investigation report.
The Myrtles Plantation
Historic plantation in St. Francisville; research record.
Old Idaho Penitentiary
Historic prison associated with reported whispers.
Brown Mountain
Site documented in a Ghost Research Society investigation report.
RMS Queen Mary
Site documented in a Ghost Research Society investigation report.
Halloween overnight
Haunted hotels, inns and taverns still taking guests — places you can actually sleep in on the 31st.
Hotel Monte Vista
Flagstaff hotel with room-service ghost folklore.
The Pirates’ House
1753 sailors’ tavern where men vanished into the rum tunnel.
Copper Queen Hotel
Mining-town hotel with several reported apparitions.
Crescent Hotel
Hotel in Eureka Springs; research record.
The Driskill
Hotel in Austin; research record.
Congress Plaza Hotel
1893 World’s Fair hotel with a mobster reputation and sealed-room lore.
Witches & trials
Accusations, executions, memorials and the places where the witch panics left marks.
Historic Bell Witch Cave
Cave in Adams; research record.
Rehmeyer’s Hollow
Site of the 1928 "hex murder" of folk healer Nelson Rehmeyer.
Dogtown
Abandoned Cape Ann settlement with cellar holes and local witch folklore.
Witch's Rock
Chrome Hill Road rock associated with Halloween folklore.
Long Hill Burial Ground
Cemetery research record.
Glenwood Cemetery — Witch’s Grave
Cemetery in Yazoo City; research record.
The vampire files
New England vampire panics, exhumed graves and the tuberculosis years behind them.
Chestnut Hill Cemetery
Cemetery associated with the documented1892vampire panic surrounding Mercy Brown.
Hollywood Cemetery
Cemetery associated with published local folklore.
Factory Point Cemetery
Rachel Harris Burton burial site and marker interpreting New England vampire fears.
Cushing Cemetery
Cemetery associated with a nineteenth-century vampire story whose central identity remains unverified.
Jewett City vampire burials
The 1854 Ray family exhumations—New England’s vampire panic.
Griswold vampire burials
The 1990-discovered "JB 55" vampire burial—archaeology’s proof.
Sleep with ghosts
Hotels, inns and taverns where the night shift allegedly never clocks out. Several take bookings.
Hotel Monte Vista
Flagstaff hotel with room-service ghost folklore.
The Pirates’ House
1753 sailors’ tavern where men vanished into the rum tunnel.
Copper Queen Hotel
Mining-town hotel with several reported apparitions.
Crescent Hotel
Hotel in Eureka Springs; research record.
Mizpah Hotel
Historic hotel known for Lady in Red folklore.
The Driskill
Hotel in Austin; research record.
Ghost towns of the West
Boom and bust, then silence. Mining camps and settlements the desert kept.
Bannack
Preserved gold-rush town with apparition folklore.
Cerro Gordo
1865 silver camp on a 8,500-ft Inyo ridge—now a private ghost town with overnight stays.
Sutro Baths ruins
1896 glass-topped saltwater baths—burned 1966, ruins on the cliff.
Spring Canyon
Former mining corridor with White Lady traditions.
Washoe Club
1876 millionaires’ club turned paranormal landmark.
Saua Village
Sacred archaeological village on Taʻu.
Asylum row
Former hospitals, sanatoriums, prisons and institutions with the heaviest paper trails.
Waverly Hills Sanatorium
Site documented in a Ghost Research Society investigation report.
Old Idaho Penitentiary
Historic prison associated with reported whispers.
Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary
Site documented in a Ghost Research Society investigation report.
West Virginia Penitentiary
Site documented in a Ghost Research Society investigation report.
Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum
Site documented in a Ghost Research Society investigation report.
Old Montana Prison
Prison museum associated with paranormal tours.
Phantom roads & crossings
Vanishing hitchhikers, haunted bridges and stretches of road locals drive around.
Gurdon Light
Railroad corridor in Gurdon; research record.
Lydia's Bridge
Bridge associated with published local folklore.
Saddle Road
Cross-island road appearing in pork-carrying and hitchhiker stories.
Stuckey's Bridge
The iron bridge where the murderous innkeeper was hanged.
Pope Lick Trestle
Trestle of the "Goatman" legend—where the real danger is the train.
Shanghai Tunnels
Underground corridors where legend says men were shanghaied to ships.
Lights in the dark
Unexplained glows, spooklights, UFO sites and phenomena nobody has settled.
Brown Mountain
Site documented in a Ghost Research Society investigation report.
Flatwoods Wild Man report area
Town-area setting of a reported 1919 wild-man encounter.
Skinwalker Ranch
Private ranch associated with UFO and paranormal claims.
Paulding Light
The mystery light in the woods—since 1966, the debate continues.
Honey Island Swamp Monster Folklore Area
Swamp folklore area in Louisiana; research record.
Marfa Mystery Lights Viewing Area
Unexplained light viewing area in Marfa; research record.
Hallowed ground
Cemeteries, crypts, churchyards and graves with names still attached to them.
Chestnut Hill Cemetery
Cemetery associated with the documented1892vampire panic surrounding Mercy Brown.
Bachelor’s Grove Cemetery
Cemetery associated with documented cultural history.
Union Cemetery
Cemetery research record.
Black Angel Monument at Oakland Cemetery
Cemetery monument associated with documented cultural history.
Stull Cemetery
Tiny churchyard branded a "gateway to hell" by internet folklore.
Tolomato Cemetery
18th-century Minorcan cemetery—site of the 1877 death of a young boy playing in a vault.
Echoes of war
Battlefields, forts and military ground where the fighting reputedly never fully stopped.
Castillo San Cristóbal
Fort built to defend land approaches.
Fort Morgan
Fort in Alabama; research record.
Devil’s Den
Boulder-strewn slaughter pen at the base of Little Round Top.
Fort Bowie
The Apache Pass fort—ruins at the center of the Apache Wars.
Antietam National Battlefield
Site documented in a Ghost Research Society investigation report.
Fort Mifflin
Site documented in a Ghost Research Society investigation report.
Islands & drowned towns
Lighthouses, shipwrecks, islands and settlements now sleeping underwater.
RMS Queen Mary
Site documented in a Ghost Research Society investigation report.
St. Augustine Lighthouse
The museum presents lighthouse ghost stories and investigation experiences.
Seguin Island Light Station
Active offshore lighthouse with keeper folklore and firsthand caretaker reports.
Puʻupehe
Lānaʻi islet with variant interpretations of its stone platform.
Fairport Harbor Lighthouse
Lighthouse associated with documented cultural history.
USS Lexington Museum (CV-16)
Museum ship in Corpus Christi; research record.
The haunted campus
Universities, dormitories and schoolhouses where the term reputedly never ends.
Ryman Auditorium
"Mother Church of Country Music"—where Opry ghosts reportedly still perform.
Farrar Schoolhouse
School associated with documented cultural history.
First Ward Schoolhouse
School associated with documented cultural history.
Preston Castle
Reform-school "castle" where wards and a staff member died violently.
Ohio University — Wilson Hall Room 428
The sealed dorm room—"uninhabitable" per the university.
Kenyon College — Old Kenyon
The 1949 fire dorm—still haunted, still housing students.
Keepers of the light
Light stations where the resident is almost always the keeper — the person whose job was to not leave.
St. Augustine Lighthouse
The museum presents lighthouse ghost stories and investigation experiences.
Seguin Island Light Station
Active offshore lighthouse with keeper folklore and firsthand caretaker reports.
Fairport Harbor Lighthouse
Lighthouse associated with documented cultural history.
Cape Hatteras Lighthouse
Lighthouse associated with published local folklore.
Tillamook Rock Lighthouse
Offshore lighthouse associated with maritime ghost folklore.
Point Lookout Lighthouse
Lighthouse associated with documented regional history.
Mills & mines
Shafts, quarries, furnaces and company towns — the underground record, counted to the man.
As Nieves Latte Stone Quarry
Rota stone quarry associated with the legendary giant Taga.
Portal 31 Coal Mine
Mine in Kentucky; research record.
Nelson / Eldorado Canyon (Techatticup Mine)
The canyon of violence—Techatticup Mine and the West’s most lawless boom.
Independence Mine State Historical Park
Preserved gold-mining camp in Hatcher Pass.
Centralia Mine-Fire Area
Long-running underground mine fire associated with the near-desertion of Centralia.
Rikard’s Mill Historical Park
Mill in Beatrice; research record.
Deserted halls
Closed schoolhouses, boarding schools and the buildings where the term ended badly.
Farrar Schoolhouse
School associated with documented cultural history.
First Ward Schoolhouse
School associated with documented cultural history.
Preston Castle
Reform-school "castle" where wards and a staff member died violently.
Madison Seminary
Former institution associated with documented cultural history.
Bath School site
May 18, 1927—the school board member who bombed the school.
Collinwood school fire site
March 4, 1908—the fire that killed 172 children.