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Evidence class · 72 files

Disputed

Disputed

Sources actively conflict, or the claim has been publicly challenged — the dispute is part of the record. 72 dossiers carry it — 2% of the archive — spread across 39 jurisdictions, heaviest in California (4), South Dakota (3) and Rhode Island (3). A dossier can carry several classes and appears on every shelf it earns.

The hardest of these files — the ones the record cannot close — are ranked at the hard files.

72 dossiers39 jurisdictions2% of the archive
Sanatorium
High confidence

Waverly Hills Sanatorium

Louisville, Kentucky

Site documented in a Ghost Research Society investigation report.

6 claims · 3 legends→
Historic Plantation
High confidence

The Myrtles Plantation

St. Francisville, Louisiana

Historic plantation in St. Francisville; research record.

5 claims · 4 legends→
Mountain
High confidence

Brown Mountain

Morganton, North Carolina

Site documented in a Ghost Research Society investigation report.

5 claims · 2 legends→
Ranch
High confidence

Skinwalker Ranch

Ballard, Utah

Private ranch associated with UFO and paranormal claims.

6 claims · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

Paulding Light

Watersmeet, Michigan

The mystery light in the woods—since 1966, the debate continues.

5 claims · 3 legends→
Mansion
High confidence

Prospect Place

Trinway, Ohio

Mansion associated with documented cultural history.

5 claims · 2 legends→
Hotel
Medium

Mizpah Hotel

Tonopah, Nevada

Historic hotel known for Lady in Red folklore.

4 claims · 2 legends→
Hotel
High confidence

The Driskill

Austin, Texas

Hotel in Austin; research record.

4 claims · 2 legends→
Industrial Site
High confidence

Sloss Furnaces

Birmingham, Alabama

Site documented in a Ghost Research Society investigation report.

4 claims · 1 legend→
Hotel
High confidence

Shanley Hotel

Napanoch, New York

Rebuilt nineteenth-century hotel hosting investigations, with multiple attributed guest reports.

4 claims · 1 legend→
Abandoned Amusement Park
High confidence

Lake Shawnee Abandoned Amusement Park

Rock, West Virginia

Site documented in a Ghost Research Society investigation report.

4 claims · 1 legend→
Cave
High confidence

Historic Bell Witch Cave

Adams, Tennessee

Cave in Adams; research record.

3 claims · 2 legends→
Hotel
High confidence

The Read House

Chattanooga, Tennessee

Hotel in Chattanooga; research record.

3 claims · 2 legends→
Hotel
High confidence

Hassayampa Inn

Prescott, Arizona

Inn associated with honeymoon ghost folklore.

3 claims · 2 legends→
Historic House
Medium

Dana-Thomas House

Springfield, Illinois

Historic house associated with documented cultural history.

3 claims · 1 legend→
Historic House
High confidence

Historic Adams House

Deadwood, South Dakota

Built in 1892; preservation commission purchased it in 1992 and museum restoration followed in 2000.

3 claims · 1 legend→
House Museum
High confidence

Winchester Mystery House

San Jose, California

Unusual mansion with an extensive modern ghost tradition.

3 claims · 1 legend→
Historic House Museum
Medium

The Octagon House

Washington, Washington, D.C.

1801 mansion where the Treaty of Ghent was signed—haunted by a Tripp daughter.

3 claims · 2 legends→
Inn
Medium

17 Hundred 90 Inn

Savannah, Georgia

1790 inn haunted by Anna Powers, the jilted lover who leapt.

3 claims · 1 legend→
Historic House
Medium

Hannah House

Indianapolis, Indiana

1858 mansion with an Underground Railroad tragedy legend.

3 claims · 1 legend→
Historic House
Medium

George Wythe House

Williamsburg, Virginia

Historic house with critically documented ghost traditions.

3 claims→
Natural Phenomenon Site
Medium

Old Man of the Lake

Prospect, Oregon

Vertically floating log in Crater Lake.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Former Retreat
Medium

St. Ann's Retreat

Logan, Utah

The Logan Canyon retreat with the most debunked legend in Utah—the nuns who never were.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Fort
High confidence

Fort Warren

Boston, Massachusetts

Civil War prison and harbor fort associated with a disputed ghost legend.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Cemetery
High confidence

Factory Point Cemetery

Manchester Center, Vermont

Rachel Harris Burton burial site and marker interpreting New England vampire fears.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Railway Legend Area
Medium

Maco Light railway site

Maco, North Carolina

Former rail corridor associated with a disputed conductor-ghost story.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Playa
Medium

Racetrack Playa

Furnace Creek, California

Moving stones with observed natural mechanisms.

2 claims→
Bar
Medium

Bobby Mackey’s Music World

Wilder, Kentucky

Honky-tonk billed as "the most haunted nightclub in America"—built on a former slaughterhouse legend.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Historic House Museum
Medium

Sorrel-Weed House

Savannah, Georgia

1840 mansion where the Matilda story fuels Savannah’s darkest ghost tour.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Monument
Medium

La Rogativa Monument

San Juan, Puerto Rico

Monument to a procession legend connected with the 1797 siege.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Gorge
Medium

Devil’s Gulch

Garretson, South Dakota

Local tradition says Jesse James escaped pursuers by jumping his horse across the gorge.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Lighthouse
Low

New London Ledge Lighthouse

New London, Connecticut

Lighthouse research record.

2 claims · 1 legend→
House
Medium

Amityville Horror House

Amityville, New York

112 Ocean Avenue—site of the DeFeo murders and a contested haunting.

2 claims→
Mansion
Medium

Franklin Castle

Cleveland, Ohio

Cleveland’s most haunted house—a Victorian dark-history magnet.

2 claims→
Former Hospital
Medium

Old Hilo Memorial Hospital

Hilo, Hawaii

Former hospital undergoing a county-led reuse project.

2 claims→
Cemetery And Chapel
Medium

Odell Pioneer Cemetery and Ebenezer Chapel

Dayton, Oregon

Pioneer cemetery with explicitly disputed urban legends.

2 claims→
House
Medium

Old Arnold Estate

Burrillville, Rhode Island

1736 farmhouse that inspired The Conjuring—private home turned paranormal venue.

2 claims→
Forest
Medium

Travis Walton abduction site

Heber, Arizona

The 1975 Sitgreaves forest abduction—five days missing, six witnesses.

2 claims→
Site
Medium

Allagash abduction site

Allagash, Maine

August 1976—the canoe trip where four men reported missing time.

2 claims→
Road
Low

Green Lantern Road

Olney, Illinois

Road associated with documented cultural history.

2 claims→
Cemetery
Low

Cushing Cemetery

Woodstock, Vermont

Cemetery associated with a nineteenth-century vampire story whose central identity remains unverified.

2 claims→
Trail Corridor
Medium

Long Trail near Route 9 (Paula Welden last-seen corridor)

Bennington, Vermont

Approximate trail corridor associated with a documented 1946 disappearance.

1 claim→
Historic House
High confidence

Seabrook-Wilson House

Port Monmouth, New Jersey

Restored former inn known locally as the Spy House.

1 claim→
Shipwreck Site
Medium

Carroll A. Deering grounding site

Buxton, North Carolina

Shipwreck site associated with documented regional history.

1 claim→
Geological Feature
Medium

Upheaval Dome

Moab, Utah

Unusual folded-rock structure in Canyonlands National Park.

1 claim→
Dune Field
Medium

Eureka Dunes

Big Pine, California

Remote dunes known for low booming sounds.

1 claim→
Dune Field
Medium

Kelso Dunes

Baker, California

Mojave dune field with occasional booming sounds.

1 claim→
Dune Field
Medium

Great Sand Dunes — Dunefield

Mosca, Colorado

Dune field associated with rare humming and booming.

1 claim→

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