How the record is filed

Evidence class · 93 files

Reported experience

Reported experience

A named or described witness reports something firsthand — the report is documented; the cause is not. 93 dossiers carry it — 2.6% of the archive — spread across 34 jurisdictions, heaviest in New York (24), Rhode Island (6) and Hawaii (4). A dossier can carry several classes and appears on every shelf it earns.

93 dossiers34 jurisdictions2.6% of the archive

By jurisdiction:New York24 Rhode Island6 Hawaii4 Vermont4 Connecticut4 Massachusetts4 Montana4 Wisconsin3 Maine3 New Hampshire3 Pennsylvania3 Alabama3 West Virginia3

Government Residence

High confidence

White House

Washington, Washington, D.C.

Presidential residence with a firsthand 1946 unexplained-noise account.

5 claims · 3 legends→

Seguin Island Light Station

Georgetown, Maine

Active offshore lighthouse with keeper folklore and firsthand caretaker reports.

4 claims · 2 legends→

High confidence

Shanley Hotel

Napanoch, New York

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

4 claims · 1 legend→

High confidence

Lizzie Borden House

Fall River, Massachusetts

1892 crime site operating as a museum and overnight accommodation.

3 claims · 1 legend→

High confidence

Whaley House

San Diego, California

Site documented in a Ghost Research Society investigation report.

3 claims · 1 legend→

High confidence

Whispers Estate

Mitchell, Indiana

Historic house associated with documented cultural history.

3 claims · 1 legend→

High confidence

McPike Mansion

Alton, Illinois

Mansion associated with documented cultural history.

3 claims · 1 legend→

High confidence

Scape Ore Swamp

Bishopville, South Carolina

Wetland area associated with Lizard Man reports.

3 claims · 1 legend→

Wolf Creek Inn

Wolf Creek, Oregon

Historic stagecoach inn with documented visitor ghost stories.

3 claims · 1 legend→

George Wythe House

Williamsburg, Virginia

Historic house with critically documented ghost traditions.

Southwest City Cemetery

Southwest City, Missouri

Cemetery associated with documented cultural history.

First Ward Schoolhouse

Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin

School associated with documented cultural history.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Gunntown Cemetery

Naugatuck, Connecticut

Cemetery research record.

2 claims · 1 legend→

High confidence

Omni Parker House

Boston, Massachusetts

Hotel research record.

2 claims · 1 legend→

The Homestead

Milledgeville, Georgia

Private historic house associated with several published family legends.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Wood Island Lighthouse

Biddeford, Maine

Light station with a documented 1896 tragedy and named witness and investigator accounts.

Sutton Lake

Sutton, West Virginia

County tourism reports a concentration of alleged Bigfoot sightings near the lake.

2 claims · 1 legend→

High confidence

Dumas Brothel

Former brothel with a suitcase-apparition tradition.

Sinclair Library building

Honolulu, Hawaii

University building with historic restroom and audiovisual-room stories.

Old Stone Fort Museum

Schoharie, New York

Former church and Revolutionary War fort preserving rural history and documented haunting stories.

Montgomery County Old Courthouse

Fonda, New York

Nineteenth-century courthouse and archives with staff stories of voices, footsteps and a woman in blue.

Knox Mansion

Johnstown, New York

Charles Knox’s residence, associated with guest reports and explicitly unconfirmed burial rumors.

Courthouse Jail Museum

Lake George Historical Association Museum

Lake George, New York

Former county courthouse and jail interpreting local history and hosting ghost tours.

Blind Frog Ranch

Roosevelt, Utah

Television-featured ranch with unusual-light claims.

Hamilton Library

Honolulu, Hawaii

University library with basement footsteps and cold-presence accounts.

Empty Pockets Ranch

Cobleskill, New York

Farm offering paranormal investigations, with reports concerning its woods, house and barn.

Lake George Mystery Spot

Lake George, New York

Public-park acoustic curiosity with a tourism-circulated origin legend.

Grant-Kohrs Ranch

Deer Lodge, Montana

Preserved ranch with attributed ranger experiences.

Uncle Billy’s Hilo Bay Hotel

Former Banyan Drive hotel referenced in guest ghost accounts.

Custer House at Fort Abraham Lincoln

Mandan, North Dakota

Historic house associated with documented cultural history.

Chambers Island Lighthouse

Fish Creek, Wisconsin

Lighthouse associated with documented cultural history.

Ruth Anne Dodge Memorial

Council Bluffs, Iowa

Monument associated with documented cultural history.

Ellinwood Underground

Ellinwood, Kansas

Tunnels associated with documented cultural history.

High confidence

Fort Sisseton Historic State Park

Lake City, South Dakota

Established in 1864 as Fort Wadsworth; surviving barracks and officers’ quarters form a historic park.

Old York Gaol

Jail research record.

Amos J. Blake House Museum

Fitzwilliam, New Hampshire

Museum research record.

White Horse Tavern

Newport, Rhode Island

Tavern research record.

Casey's Cottage

Mexico, New York

Historic house research record.

1867 Parkview Inn

Owego, New York

Inn research record.

Barkeater Chocolates

North Creek, New York

Shop research record.

Dunkirk Historical Lighthouse & Veterans Park Museum

Dunkirk, New York

Lighthouse research record.

Fainting Goat Island Inn

Nichols, New York

Inn research record.

Fort Ontario State Historic Site

Oswego, New York

Fort research record.

Genesee Falls Inn

Portageville, New York

Inn research record.

Graestone Manor Bed and Breakfast

Gasport, New York

Mansion research record.

Historic Hotel Broadalbin

Broadalbin, New York

Hotel research record.

Hyde Hall

Cooperstown, New York

Mansion research record.

General Nathanael Greene Homestead

Coventry, Rhode Island

Historic house research record.

The rest of the ladder

Documented legend 1,412 Local folklore 976 Investigation claim 265 Media reported 176 Anecdotal 736 Internet rumor 44 Disputed 72 Unverified 22