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1,387 dossiers

Apparition

A visible figure — full, partial or fleeting — reported by a witness. Apparition claims are the most common filing in the archive and range from a nameless shape in a hallway to figures identified across decades of separate sightings. The dossiers note who reported it and when; they do not certify what was seen.

By jurisdiction:Arizona83Virginia75Hawaii74Michigan64New York58Texas56Louisiana54Illinois44Wyoming43California41Pennsylvania38South Carolina38Georgia37West Virginia36Mississippi33Florida33Oregon33Washington31North Carolina30Missouri29Montana28Arkansas25Kansas24Kentucky24New Mexico23Ohio22Indiana21Connecticut20Alabama20Minnesota19South Dakota19Massachusetts19Utah17Colorado16New Hampshire13Vermont13Idaho13Alaska12North Dakota12Delaware12Tennessee11Nevada11Wisconsin10Maryland10Maine10Rhode Island8Puerto Rico7U.S. Virgin Islands5Washington, D.C.4New Jersey4
Government Residence
High confidence

White House

Washington, Washington, D.C.

Presidential residence with a firsthand 1946 unexplained-noise account.

5 claims · 3 legends→
Cemetery
Medium

Bachelor’s Grove Cemetery

Midlothian, Illinois

Cemetery associated with documented cultural history.

4 claims · 4 legends→
Mansion
High confidence

Prospect Place

Trinway, Ohio

Mansion associated with documented cultural history.

5 claims · 2 legends→
Cemetery
High confidence

Union Cemetery

Easton, Connecticut

Cemetery research record.

4 claims · 4 legends→
Hotel
High confidence

Copper Queen Hotel

Bisbee, Arizona

Mining-town hotel with several reported apparitions.

4 claims · 3 legends→
Ghost Town
High confidence

Bannack

Bannack, Montana

Preserved gold-rush town with apparition folklore.

4 claims · 2 legends→
Theater
Medium

Wendy Williamson Auditorium

Anchorage, Alaska

University auditorium whose official page records several ghost traditions.

3 claims · 3 legends→
Industrial Site
High confidence

Sloss Furnaces

Birmingham, Alabama

Site documented in a Ghost Research Society investigation report.

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→
Theater
High confidence

Constantine Theater

Pawhuska, Oklahoma

Theater in Pawhuska; research record.

3 claims · 3 legends→
Museum Ship
High confidence

USS Lexington Museum (CV-16)

Corpus Christi, Texas

Museum ship in Corpus Christi; research record.

3 claims · 3 legends→
Castle
Medium

Pythian Castle

Springfield, Missouri

Castle associated with documented cultural history.

3 claims · 2 legends→
Hotel
High confidence

Hotel Alex Johnson

Rapid City, South Dakota

Hotel associated with documented cultural history.

3 claims · 2 legends→
Hotel
High confidence

Menger Hotel

San Antonio, Texas

Hotel in San Antonio; research record.

3 claims · 2 legends→
Historic House
Medium

The Grove

Jefferson, Texas

Historic house in Jefferson; research record.

3 claims · 2 legends→
Historic House
Medium

Ferry Plantation House

Virginia Beach, Virginia

Historic house associated with published local folklore.

3 claims · 2 legends→
Historic Settlement
Medium

Koreshan Unity Settlement

Estero, Florida

Surviving members transferred settlement land to Florida in 1961.

3 claims · 2 legends→
Hotel
High confidence

Jerome Grand Hotel

Jerome, Arizona

Former hospital associated with apparition reports.

3 claims · 2 legends→
Hotel
High confidence

Hassayampa Inn

Prescott, Arizona

Inn associated with honeymoon ghost folklore.

3 claims · 2 legends→
Battlefield
Medium

Devil’s Den

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

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

3 claims · 2 legends→
Historic Site
Medium

Blennerhassett Island

Parkersburg, West Virginia

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

3 claims · 2 legends→
Hotel
Medium

Jefferson Hotel

Jefferson, Texas

1851 hotel in Texas’s steamboat ghost-town capital.

3 claims · 2 legends→
Historic Mansion
Medium

Thornewood Castle

Lakewood, Washington

English Tudor manor shipped brick-by-brick from England—Stephen King filmed Rose Red here.

3 claims · 2 legends→
Cemetery
Medium

Tolomato Cemetery

St. Augustine, Florida

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

3 claims · 2 legends→
Governor Mansion
Medium

La Fortaleza

San Juan, Puerto Rico

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

3 claims · 2 legends→
Museum
Medium

Jean P. Haydon Museum

Pago Pago, American Samoa

Territorial museum in a 1917 naval building—its small ghost file is local staple.

3 claims · 2 legends→
Ruins
Medium

Sutro Baths ruins

San Francisco, California

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

3 claims · 2 legends→
Fort
Medium

Fort Bowie

Bowie, Arizona

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

3 claims · 2 legends→
Ship
Medium

USS Texas

La Porte, Texas

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

3 claims · 2 legends→
House
Medium

Hunt-Morgan House

Lexington, Kentucky

The 1814 house of the hunts and the raiders—Morgan’s family home.

3 claims · 2 legends→
Natural
Medium

Devils Tower

Hulett, Wyoming

The bear’s lodge—the sacred monolith and the climbers.

3 claims · 2 legends→
Hotel
Medium

Alaskan Hotel and Bar

Juneau, Alaska

Historic Juneau hotel with attributed ghost stories.

3 claims · 1 legend→
Hospital
High confidence

Edinburgh Manor

Scotch Grove, Iowa

Hospital associated with documented cultural history.

3 claims · 1 legend→
Battlefield
High confidence

Antietam National Battlefield

Sharpsburg, Maryland

Site documented in a Ghost Research Society investigation report.

3 claims · 1 legend→
Fort
High confidence

Fort Mifflin

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Site documented in a Ghost Research Society investigation report.

3 claims · 1 legend→
Hospital
High confidence

Yorktown Memorial Hospital

Yorktown, Texas

Hospital in Yorktown; research record.

3 claims · 1 legend→
Historic House
Medium

Wickland

Bardstown, Kentucky

Historic house in Bardstown; research record.

3 claims · 1 legend→
Ghost Town
High confidence

Thurmond

Thurmond, West Virginia

Ghost town associated with published local folklore.

3 claims · 1 legend→
Hotel
Medium

Tokeland Hotel

Tokeland, Washington

Willapa Bay hotel with Charley folklore.

3 claims · 1 legend→
Hotel
Medium

Irma Hotel

Cody, Wyoming

Cody hotel with guest-reported ghost stories.

3 claims · 1 legend→
Inn
Medium

Wolf Creek Inn

Wolf Creek, Oregon

Historic stagecoach inn with documented visitor ghost stories.

3 claims · 1 legend→
Disaster Site
Medium

Beverly Hills Supper Club site

Southgate, Kentucky

Site of the 1977 fire that killed 165—the nation’s deadliest nightclub disaster.

3 claims · 1 legend→
Historic House
Medium

Hannah House

Indianapolis, Indiana

1858 mansion with an Underground Railroad tragedy legend.

3 claims · 1 legend→
Museum Ship
Medium

Star of India

San Diego, California

1863 windjammer with a sailor’s ghost in the rigging.

3 claims · 1 legend→
Hotel
Medium

Emily Morgan Hotel

San Antonio, Texas

1926 medical-arts building turned hotel with hospital-era ghosts.

3 claims · 1 legend→
Historic House Museum
Medium

Casa Blanca

San Juan, Puerto Rico

1521 house built for Ponce de León’s family—he never lived in it.

3 claims · 1 legend→
Former Military Base
Medium

Fort Worden

Port Townsend, Washington

Puget Sound "Fortress of Defense"—batteries, tunnels, and an officer’s-club ghost.

3 claims · 1 legend→
Mansion
Medium

Auburn

Natchez, Mississippi

Levi Weeks’s 1812 masterpiece—the "most magnificent" of Natchez.

3 claims · 1 legend→

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