If you enjoy watching scary movies or being scared out, these haunted places across America will leave you cold with fear. From haunted hotels to mansions with ghostly presences, these scary locales will have you questioning whether there truly are spirits hiding here!
Tour the home made famous in Stephen King’s “The Shining”, or walk along a historic covered bridge that has seen both murder and suicide occur there.
1. Fort Mifflin in Philadelphia
Pennsylvania is known as a hotbed of ghost stories and places. Gettysburg stands as one of America’s most haunted towns, while Philadelphia also has Fort Mifflin — once used as both a Revolutionary War battlefield and Civil War prison – which offers candlelight ghost tours and paranormal investigations.
Employees at the fort are unsurprised by ghostly reports, sharing accounts of orbs, apparitions, disembodied voices and disembodied voices; some claim even seeing Benjamin Franklin himself standing around and gazing upon the Declaration of Independence signed here in this very room!
Ghost Hunters fans can explore Casemates (bomb-proof shelters) featured on Ghost Hunters as well as Fort Gettysburg’s prison, once used to house confederate soldiers captured during Gettysburg. Billy Howe, one of its most notorious residents was hanged for killing a guard and is said to haunt Casemate No 5.
2. Winchester Mystery House in California
This film may not feature eye-popping special effects, but its simple plot is unnerving and effective. A strong narration unifies all of its images into an unsettling conclusion.
Sarah Winchester, heiress to the Winchester Repeating Arms fortune, visited a spiritual medium who told her she was being haunted by ghosts of those killed by her husband’s rifle. To appease these ghosts and protect herself from them, Sarah suggested moving west and building a home which would appease and appease these hauntings.
The result was an astounding Victorian mansion with doors opening onto walls, staircases that led up to ceilings, and windows placed midway within rooms – creating an eccentric tourist attraction! This house contains 160 bedrooms, 40 staircases, 13 bathrooms and 47 fireplaces – making for quite the spectacle!
3. St. Augustine Lighthouse in Florida
No matter your belief system, haunted places always offer something thrilling – from haunted hotels to terrifying graveyards – for visitors of both stripes. These haunted locales provide spine-tingling experiences for believers as well as nonbelievers.
Cities across the nation take great pride in celebrating their ghost lore. Salem hosts an annual Festival of the Dead where visitors and residents alike can gain insights into its dark history.
Visitors and residents have reported supernatural occurrences at various locations across the United States, from former tuberculosis hospitals to Stephen King’s The Shining inspiration site. Here objects move on their own without prompting, footsteps echo in the dark, and children’s cries can still be heard coming from a house where someone was chained to a stove.
4. Myrtles Plantation in Louisiana
With handprints in mirrors and footsteps on stairs reportedly contributing to more ghostly activity than any other house in America, this plantation allegedly boasts more paranormal activity than any other property. Both guests and paranormal teams alike have reported vivid light anomalies, vanished objects, as well as feelings that they are being touched or pushed.
Although none of the stories regarding poison murders or Winter’s demise on the staircase ever took place, this stately old house remains haunted with unfinished business for those who died there. Though no definitive answers may exist regarding who lingers within its hallowed halls, Chloe, an ex-slave has long been thought to haunt it in her green turban and visitors often report hearing baby-cries while inside.
5. The Alamo in Texas
Discover 300 years of history at the Alamo, best-known as the site of 1836 Battle of the Alamo. Visitors often report hearing heavy footsteps and hearing disembodied voices; some even attempt to jump from its back fire escape but end up falling to their deaths!
The Alamo Defenders became iconic symbols of Texas identity through their sacrifice. James Bowie and William B Travis in particular left an indelible imprint upon Texas that continues to shape it to this day.
American cities and towns teem with haunted cemeteries, creaky old inns, and Gold Rush ghost towns; each filled with stories of ghostly activity ranging from centuries-old cemeteries to creaky old inns and Gold Rush ghost towns – each full of tales of ghostly manifestations ranging from low whispers in the darkness to curses upon curses from spirits that still roam freely across our continent. From centuries-old cemeteries to creaky old inns to Gold Rush ghost towns all across our vast expanse lies stories that span from coast to coast – each story leaving an impression upon us all.
