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It is reputedly haunted by the ghosts of Hessian soldiers and 18th-century lovers Elisha Benton and Jemima Barrows, who tragically died from smallpox. [39] Dudleytown is an abandoned town founded in the mid-1740s. It lies in the middle of a forested area in Cornwall. The original buildings are gone and only their foundations remain.
Ohio Penitentiary. The Ohio Penitentiary, also known as the Ohio State Penitentiary, was a prison operated from 1834 to 1984 in downtown Columbus, Ohio, in what is now known as the Arena District. The state had built a small prison in Columbus in 1813, but as the state's population grew the earlier facility was not able to handle the number of ...
The Knox County Infirmary was a former Infirmary and poorhouse in Knox County, Ohio for those with mental disorders, the poor, and children. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. In June 1842, the county acquired 132 acres of land from William Davidson along the Cleveland, Mt. Vernon & Columbus Railroad and expanded ...
But one of the spookiest locations in Alaska is a historic site—The Alaskan Hotel and Bar in Juneau, one of the most haunted hotels in the state. Established in 1913, it's the oldest operating ...
Nortonville is an abandoned coal mining town founded in 1855 by Noah Norton. It is said that his wife, Sarah, has haunted the town's Rose Hill Cemetery since being killed by a runaway horse in ...
Delaware Town, Ohio - is a ghost town in Coshocton County, Ohio. El Rose (Hancock County) - small town in Orange Township with Rail station but not much business. Elk Lick (Destroyed and flooded after construction of William H. Harsha Lake) [citation needed] Elm Grove (Hancock County) - small town in Marion Township.
A historic mining town that's chock-full of ghost tales, Bisbee, Arizona, is home to one of the best spots for a good scare on the West Coast. At the Copper Queen Hotel, which was built in 1902 ...
Athens Lunatic Asylum. The Athens Lunatic Asylum, now a mixed-use development known as The Ridges,[2] was a Kirkbride Plan mental hospital operated in Athens, Ohio, from 1874 until 1993. During its operation, the hospital provided services to a variety of patients including Civil War veterans, children, and those declared mentally unwell.