United States · 153 hauntings

Haunted places in the USA

From Gold Rush ghost towns and Civil War battlefields to New Orleans mansions and New England lighthouses, every state has its ghosts. Tap a state to see its haunted places, hotspots and local news. The busiest: California, Texas, Kentucky, Illinois and New York.

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America’s most famous hauntings

All 153 US hauntings

Winchester Mystery House

San Jose, California Sarah Winchester’s sprawling San Jose mansion, famous for stairs to nowhere and a ghost legend that historians say was largely invented after her death. Widely reported

Residual haunting · 1940s

Eastern State Penitentiary

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Philadelphia’s Gothic prison pioneered solitary confinement in 1829. Staff, guards and visitors tell of faces, footsteps and whispers in its cellblocks. Widely reported

Demonic case · 1976

The Amityville Horror House

Amityville, Long Island, New York A real 1974 family murder, then the Lutz family’s claims of a demonic haunting – a story that became a bestseller, a film franchise and a famous hoax. Hoax / debunked

RMS Queen Mary

Long Beach, California The retired Cunard liner moored at Long Beach since 1967, now a hotel whose paranormal tours tell of a drowned girl, a crushed crewman and wartime dead. Widely reported

The Stanley Hotel

Estes Park, Colorado The 1909 Rocky Mountain resort that inspired Stephen King’s The Shining, where guests report a phantom pianist, a tidy maid and children’s laughter. Widely reported

Poltergeist · 1817

The Bell Witch

Adams, Robertson County, Tennessee From 1817 a talking, invisible “witch” was said to torment the Bell family of Robertson County. America’s best-known ghost story still draws crowds. Widely reported

Shadow figure · 1980s

Waverly Hills Sanatorium

Louisville, Kentucky Louisville’s vast 1926 tuberculosis hospital is one of America’s most famous haunted buildings – and its real history is more moving than the myths. Widely reported

Apparition · 1950s

Myrtles Plantation

St. Francisville, Louisiana Billed as America’s most haunted house, this plantation is famous for “Chloe,” an enslaved woman the records show never lived there. One murder is real. Widely reported

Residual haunting · 1990s

Lizzie Borden House

Fall River, Massachusetts Andrew and Abby Borden were killed in this Fall River house in 1892; Lizzie was tried and acquitted. Today guests sleep in the rooms where they died. Widely reported

Residual haunting · 1863

Gettysburg Battlefield

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania The Civil War’s bloodiest battle left over 50,000 casualties. Visitors tell of phantom gunfire, marching men and a ragged soldier at Devil’s Den. Widely reported

Haunted object · 1970s

Annabelle the Doll

Monroe, Connecticut A Raggedy Ann doll that Ed and Lorraine Warren claimed was demonically possessed – the real object behind Hollywood’s porcelain horror, Annabelle. Regional legend

Folklore spirit · 16th century

La Llorona

Mexico, Central America and the US Southwest The weeping woman who searches rivers and canals at night for the children she lost – the best-known ghost legend of Mexico and the Hispanic world. Folklore

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