All documented legends

Northeast — Documented legend filings

Documented legends in New Hampshire

New Hampshire keeps 12 documented legends — stories that trace to a published or recorded telling, the shelf where folklore earned a citation. What is verified is the telling: the book, the article, the record that carried the story into print. What the story claims is filed as reported, not endorsed.

12 dossiers1 county covered92% open to visitorsMount Washington — deepest file

Also filed documented legend:Hawaii76 Louisiana65 Arizona60 Texas58 Virginia55 Michigan52 Illinois50 New York49

Other New Hampshire shelves:local folklore7 anecdotal reports5 reported experiences3

Mount Washington

Mount Washington, New Hampshire

The 6,288-foot summit—the world’s worst weather and 160+ dead.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Harrisville

Harrisville, New Hampshire

The preserved mill village—where the looms’ ghosts are said to work.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Isles of Shoals

Kittery, New Hampshire

The islands where the pirates and the murders are remembered.

2 claims · 2 legends→

The Balsams

Dixville, New Hampshire

The 1866 grand hotel—closed, sold, and reportedly still haunted.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Castle in the Clouds

Moultonborough, New Hampshire

The 1914 Lucknow estate—the mountaintop mansion that went bust.

2 claims · 2 legends→

New Hampshire State Hospital

Concord, New Hampshire

The 1842 asylum—the oldest state hospital in New Hampshire.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Madame Sherri Castle ruins

Chesterfield, New Hampshire

Ruins of a theatrical designer's summer estate within a protected forest.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Willey House Site

Hart’s Location, New Hampshire

Site of an 1826 landslide tragedy that shaped White Mountains literature and tourism.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Smuttynose Island

Kittery, New Hampshire

March 6, 1873—the night Wagner killed the women.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Mount Washington Hotel

Bretton Woods, New Hampshire

The 1902 palace beneath the Presidential Range—Carolyn Stickney’s ghost.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Old Man site

Franconia, New Hampshire

The Great Stone Face—collapsed May 3, 2003.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Tilton Inn

Tilton, New Hampshire

Inn research record.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Full New Hampshire record → state index· Every documented legend filing → evidence shelf

Record last amended October 2, 2026 · shelves recounted with the archive