Dark History

Waverly Hills Sanatorium

Louisville, Kentucky

Site documented in a Ghost Research Society investigation report.

6 claims · 3 legends→

Historic Plantation

St. Francisville, Louisiana

The Myrtles Plantation

Historic plantation in St. Francisville; research record.

5 claims · 4 legends→

Old Idaho Penitentiary

Boise, Idaho

Historic prison associated with reported whispers.

5 claims · 4 legends→

Ship

RMS Queen Mary

Long Beach, California

Site documented in a Ghost Research Society investigation report.

5 claims · 3 legends→

Cemetery

Chestnut Hill Cemetery

Exeter, Rhode Island

Cemetery associated with the documented1892vampire panic surrounding Mercy Brown.

5 claims · 3 legends→

Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary

Petros, Tennessee

Site documented in a Ghost Research Society investigation report.

5 claims · 1 legend→

Mansion

Prospect Place

Trinway, Ohio

Mansion associated with documented cultural history.

5 claims · 2 legends→

Ghost Town

Bannack

Bannack, Montana

Preserved gold-rush town with apparition folklore.

4 claims · 2 legends→

Crescent Hotel

Eureka Springs, Arkansas

Hotel in Eureka Springs; research record.

4 claims · 3 legends→

Moundsville, West Virginia

West Virginia Penitentiary

Site documented in a Ghost Research Society investigation report.

4 claims · 2 legends→

Congress Plaza Hotel

Chicago, Illinois

1893 World’s Fair hotel with a mobster reputation and sealed-room lore.

4 claims · 2 legends→

Castillo San Cristóbal

San Juan, Puerto Rico

Fort built to defend land approaches.

Industrial Site

Sloss Furnaces

Birmingham, Alabama

Site documented in a Ghost Research Society investigation report.

4 claims · 1 legend→

Former Hospital

Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum

Weston, West Virginia

Site documented in a Ghost Research Society investigation report.

4 claims · 1 legend→

Fort Morgan

Gulf Shores, Alabama

Fort in Alabama; research record.

LaLaurie Mansion

New Orleans, Louisiana

Historic house in New Orleans; research record.

State Park

Devil’s Den State Park

West Fork, Arkansas

State park in West Fork; research record.

Jerome Grand Hotel

Jerome, Arizona

Former hospital associated with apparition reports.

Prison Museum

Old Montana Prison

Deer Lodge, Montana

Prison museum associated with paranormal tours.

Detention Center

Angel Island Immigration Station

Tiburon, California

The "Ellis Island of the West"—where Chinese immigrants were detained under exclusion.

Cave

Cave-in-Rock

Cave-in-Rock, Illinois

Cave associated with documented cultural history.

Abandoned Amusement Park

Lake Shawnee Abandoned Amusement Park

Rock, West Virginia

Site documented in a Ghost Research Society investigation report.

4 claims · 1 legend→

Bridge

Stuckey's Bridge

Meridian, Mississippi

The iron bridge where the murderous innkeeper was hanged.

Missouri State Penitentiary

Jefferson City, Missouri

Prison associated with documented cultural history.

Fall River, Massachusetts

Lizzie Borden House

1892 crime site operating as a museum and overnight accommodation.

Charleston, South Carolina

Old Charleston Jail

SCETV recounts visitors reporting supernatural encounters.

Historic House Site

Rehmeyer’s Hollow

York, Pennsylvania

Site of the 1928 "hex murder" of folk healer Nelson Rehmeyer.

Battlefield

Devil’s Den

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

Boulder-strewn slaughter pen at the base of Little Round Top.

Historic Site

Parkersburg, West Virginia

Blennerhassett Island

Island estate of the Irish aristocrat entangled in the Burr conspiracy.

Railroad Bridge

Pope Lick Trestle

Louisville, Kentucky

Trestle of the "Goatman" legend—where the real danger is the train.

4 claims→

Marshall House

Savannah, Georgia

1851 hotel that served as a Civil War hospital and yellow-fever ward.

Tunnels

Shanghai Tunnels

Portland, Oregon

Underground corridors where legend says men were shanghaied to ships.

Cemetery

Tolomato Cemetery

St. Augustine, Florida

18th-century Minorcan cemetery—site of the 1877 death of a young boy playing in a vault.

Governor Mansion

La Fortaleza

San Juan, Puerto Rico

The oldest executive mansion in the Americas—built as a fortress, haunted per lore.

Ghost Town

Cerro Gordo

Keeler, California

1865 silver camp on a 8,500-ft Inyo ridge—now a private ghost town with overnight stays.

Ruins

San Francisco, California

Sutro Baths ruins

1896 glass-topped saltwater baths—burned 1966, ruins on the cliff.

Hospital

Napa State Hospital

Napa, California

1875 asylum on the hill—still operating, still haunted per lore.

Lake

Reelfoot Lake

Tiptonville, Tennessee

The lake the 1811–12 earthquakes made—cypress forest drowned overnight.

Fort Bowie

Bowie, Arizona

The Apache Pass fort—ruins at the center of the Apache Wars.

Ship

USS Texas

La Porte, Texas

The 1914 battleship—the only dreadnought surviving both world wars.

Villisca Ax Murder House

Villisca, Iowa

Historic house associated with documented cultural history.

Ghost Town

Old Cahawba

Orrville, Alabama

Ghost town in Alabama; research record.

2 claims · 2 legends→

The Grove

Jefferson, Texas

Historic house in Jefferson; research record.

Cemetery

Hollywood Cemetery

Richmond, Virginia

Cemetery associated with published local folklore.

Historic House Museum

Washington, Washington, D.C.

The Octagon House

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

Whispers Estate

Mitchell, Indiana

Historic house associated with documented cultural history.

Battlefield

Antietam National Battlefield

Sharpsburg, Maryland

Site documented in a Ghost Research Society investigation report.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Fort Mifflin

Site documented in a Ghost Research Society investigation report.