From levitating ornaments to poltergeist activity, Virginia is home to numerous haunted places guaranteed to send chills up your spine! A history filled with Revolutionary and Civil War battles makes Virginia even more haunted – no doubt contributing to an abundance of ghostly spirits!
Major Graham’s Mansion has been featured on many paranormal TV shows and is said to be haunted by two slave spirits.
1. Public Hospital
Virginia’s deep history has created many haunted places. Civil War battlefields and locations involving brutal murders are among the many haunted spots dotted throughout its state, while Colonial Ghosts provides a list of haunted spots in Virginia that meet certain criteria to make its list of haunted places in Virginia.
These factors could include having paranormal activity, once being considered a horror destination and/or history that includes rumors and third-party claims. Here are a few creepiest spots you should visit during a scarecation in Virginia: Public Hospital once served as an inpatient-style asylum; over time however it became a place of pain and despair where patients would endure physical correction and straitjacket use; those who died there were later interred unmarked graves – making for an overwhelming atmosphere! – Public Hospital
2. Weems-Botts Museum
Virginia has seen more than its share of battles throughout its history, which have left behind an eerie trail. Oak Grove Cemetery in Spotsylvania County, for instance, is said to be haunted by General Stonewall Jackson as well as 144 confederate soldiers who perished there.
Swannanoa Palace stands as one of the most haunted locations in Virginia. An Italian Renaissance gem that seems plucked straight out of Rome has been transplanted in Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains, prompting several paranormal television programs to highlight it as one of their locations of concern.
Visit Virginia to experience another haunted place: Weems-Botts Museum in Historic Dumfries. Originally serving as a village poor house, later it became home for Mason Locke Weems (George Washington’s first biographer) and Benjamin Botts, lawyer on Aaron Burr’s defense team. Additionally, this home is haunted by members of Merchant family including epileptic Mamie Merchant who died from seizures that weren’t understood at that time.
3. Gunston Hall
Virginia has seen its share of gruesome murders, tragic suicides, violent massacres and strange medical experiments throughout its history; as a result of which over 173 locations claim to be haunted in Virginia alone! But which ones really warrant visiting?
Gunston Hall was home to George Mason, one of the nation’s most influential statesmen and major contributor to both Virginia’s constitution and bill of rights – as well as those for both states of the Union – while living here from 1755-1792 himself.
Thomson had his younger brother hire an English craftsman named William Buckland to design its interiors, agreeing to an indenture contract guaranteeing transportation, food, lodging and a twenty pound sterling annual salary in return. Buckland used a wide range of rococo styles while also drawing upon common architectural motifs to craft lavish carvings that made Gunston Hall so famous.
4. Coast Artillery Road
Coast Artillery Road in Virginia is known for being haunted, with many travelers reporting encountering ghostly figures while traveling this road at night.
At this spooky location in Virginia, you will discover several eerie locations such as an ancient artillery room that many claim has ghostly presences such as an apparition of two children hitchhiking together.
Other stories involve ghostly sightings of women burned at the stake and men killed in mining accidents. Additionally, Princess Anne Country Club in Virginia is believed to be haunted by various ghostly entities, such as one which sends guests fleeing in fear and one which haunts its bar area frequently.
5. Light Tower
The Light Tower has long served as a beacon for maritime vessels in the Atlantic Ocean. Situated on Fort Story Military Base in Virginia, this single lighthouse stands as an icon representing its rich past and legacy.
Since its construction in 1955, this haunted lighthouse has been a favorite tourist attraction and claims of visitors who saw an unearthly presence roaming its grounds have surfaced.
This lighthouse was constructed on Little Watts Island in Tangier Sound, Accomack County in 1833 by John Donahoo as his only Virginia lighthouse design. However, during a winter storm in 1944 it overturned, becoming only a skeletal structure on its original foundation and currently being operated by the National Park Service.
