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Purple Rose Theatre
Chelsea, Michigan
11.6 miles from Manchester, MI
Actor Jeff Daniels is the founder and executive director here. Folks have long said the place was haunted, and witnesses describe strange knocking and banging, doors that close on their own, and misty apparitions who sit in the audience.
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Clark Lake Community Center
Clarklake, Michigan
13.7 miles from Manchester, MI
It first happened Sunday, September 27, 2015, the night of the Blood Moon. While many around Clark Lake were gazing upward observing the astronomical phenomenon, a darker aberration was occurring. As if to say there was a morsel of truth to what are largely regarded as myths, the night of ...
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Siena Heights University
Adrian, Michigan
16.9 miles from Manchester, MI
Siena Heights University is rumored to have a haunted room in one of its dorms. At least, Room 211 is said to have been haunted in the 1970s. A witness reported that doors opened and closed, and glowing eyes came out of nowhere in the middle of a wall. A ...
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Blue Tractor BBQ and Brewery
Ann Arbor, Michigan
17.4 miles from Manchester, MI
The event happened while I was in the basement of the Blue Tractor BBQ in the summer of 2010. Their bathrooms are located in the basement. As I was standing there washing my hands, The door swung open. I really didn't give it any mind and assumed someone ...
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Michigan Theatre
Jackson, Michigan
20 miles from Manchester, MI
Michigan Theatre was a fancy venue when it opened in 1930 for vaudeville and movies. Its basement is rumored to be haunted. Witnesses describe a sensation of dread or of being frozen in place, as well as an eerie feeling of being watched by something invisible.
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Trestle Bridge
Adrian, Michigan
21.2 miles from Manchester, MI
Trestle Bridge has a legend with a ghost. So the story goes, a farmhouse once stood nearby, and it burned down late one night. The owner went to the barn to try to save the horses, and the wife and son went to the train tracks under Trestle Bridge to ...
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Whittaker Residence - The White House
Ypsilanti, Michigan
22.4 miles from Manchester, MI
This historic residence was built on the outskirts of town, and is rumoured to have a few hauntings according to past residents. The ghostly activity is generally attributed to Ms Whittaker, the wife of a former owner, who is buried down the road in a local cemetery. Phenomena here ...
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Michigan Firehouse Museum
Ypsilanti, Michigan
22.7 miles from Manchester, MI
Michigan Firehouse Museum is housed in an 1898 building that, ironically caught fire twice: once in 1901 and again in 1922. Fire Chief Alonzo Miller passed away in the second fire, and he is thought to linger here in spirit. Witnesses have described knocks, bangs, voices, whispers, and doors that ...
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Ypsilanti Train Depot
Ypsilanti, Michigan
22.9 miles from Manchester, MI
This train depot is located in the historic district, and is rumoured among paranormal investigators to be one of the best places in town to catch clear EVP's and see an apparition or two. (Submitted by Callum Swift)
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Bone Heads Bar B Que
Augusta Charter township, Michigan
24.6 miles from Manchester, MI
The 1860s building that houses the barbecue eatery has once been a post office, a general store, a butcher shop and an ice house, but it's unknown who the woman is that haunts it. She wears a white dress and appears on the staircase. Sometimes lights come on and strange ...
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Waltz Inn
Huron Charter Township, Michigan
33.2 miles from Manchester, MI
At this restaurant, formerly an 1800s inn, a ghostly man has been seen by owners and staff. He turns lights on and off and moves objects.
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Wayne's Red Apple Restaurant and Inn
Wayne, Michigan
35.8 miles from Manchester, MI
At this inn, Room 17 is said to be haunted by Charles "Chick" McGee. He was found stabbed to death here in the late 1980s, said to have been killed by a waitress who was angry because he didn't leave her a tip. The ghost reportedly moves the Bible from ...
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Hilton Garden Inn
Romulus, Michigan
35.8 miles from Manchester, MI
The ghost of a flight attendant who was murdered here has been seen in the third floor hallway of the hotel. The automatic doors open and you can hear footsteps, but there is no one around. (Submitted by Callum Swift)
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Webberville Village Office
Webberville, Michigan
36.4 miles from Manchester, MI
Employees here are puzzled by the way objects move around and rearrange themselves. A hooded figure has been seen roaming around in here, as well as hearing the sounds of giggling and crying. Other unaccounted people have been seen here and some have even heard the sound of bells ringing ...
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Nankin Mill Tavern
Westland, Michigan
36.7 miles from Manchester, MI
Nankin Mills Tavern is no longer in operation and reports say the building stands empty--except for its ghost, that is. The friendly spirit is said to make noises like banging in the kitchen or slamming doors in the basement. Locals suppose he's a miller who was killed here near sometime ...
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Eloise Asylum
Westland, Michigan
36.8 miles from Manchester, MI
Eloise Asylum, aka Wayne County Poor House, is an 1830s poorhouse that later became a hospital with a large cemetery that holds more than 7,000 graves. The hospital ceased operation in 1984. The ruins of the complex are said to be haunted, and witnesses have described apparitions, often of a ...
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River Raisin National Battlefield Park
Monroe, Michigan
37.7 miles from Manchester, MI
River Raisin Battlefield Battlefield Park is home to apparitions of soldiers, ghost orbs that show up in photos, and more paranormal activity such as voices that have been captured by ghost investigators.
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Rotary Park
Livonia, Michigan
39 miles from Manchester, MI
Folks have reported mysterious sounds and screams at night along the Rotary Park Woods nature trails, and some say the apparitions of little girls in white dresses can be seen. Rumor has it that these are the spirits of girls who were murdered in the woods.
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West Toledo Branch Library
Toledo, Ohio
39.7 miles from Manchester, MI
West Toledo Branch Library began in 1930 and is believed to be haunted by a man from around 1940. His apparition has been seen, and strange noises and bumping sounds have come from the area near the west wall fireplace.
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Stinson Hospital
Eaton Rapids, Michigan
40 miles from Manchester, MI
This renovated hospital has sat on this property since the late 1800's. There have been countless deaths natural and otherwise on the propery and in the building. The building now occupies 4 apartments. Reports of loud noises stemming from the basement all times of the day and ...
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William Tyndale College
Farmington Hills, Michigan
40.5 miles from Manchester, MI
William Tyndale College closed in 2005, but was rumored to have ghosts that may reside there still. The ghosts were discovered by phantom noises: the clicking of a woman walking down a hall in high heels and the sounds of children playing.
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Collingwood Arts Centre
Toledo, Ohio
41.5 miles from Manchester, MI
This gothic mansion has formerly a convent, and is now dormitories for art students and resident artists. The basement of the building houses a terrifying entity draped in black robes who walks through the building every day before vanishing in the same part of the building. She has been known ...
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Fulton County Historical Museum
Wauseon, Ohio
41.9 miles from Manchester, MI
This historical society and museum was formerly a schoolhouse and a hospital, and staff believe the thirteenth oldest historic museum in the state is haunted. Built in the mid-nineteenth century, staff say the county museum has its fair share of history; and ghost stories. The first apparition seen is a ...
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Allen Park Historical Museum
Allen Park, Michigan
42.7 miles from Manchester, MI
The 1888 farmhouse that houses the quaint museum is haunted, according to members of the local historical society. Apparitions reported here include a friendly elderly woman, her grandson and a man in a plaid shirt who greets visitors, possibly a farmer who passed away at the residence during the ...
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Louis Dasher Mansion
Allen Park, Michigan
42.8 miles from Manchester, MI
The 1920's mansion is allegedly haunted by previous members of the local Dasher family who lived there. A previous couple living there reported various accounts of poltergeist activity and apparitions of men and women in old-fashioned clothing. (Submitted by Callum Swift)
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Commodore Perry Building
Toledo, Ohio
43.1 miles from Manchester, MI
This historic apartment block has a labyrinth of old studios and a disused restaurant on the upper floors of the building. It is rumoured that a piano in the bar area of the old restaurant plays of its own accord, and that the apparition of a little girl in a ...
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Allen Park Digital Cinema
Allen Park, Michigan
43.1 miles from Manchester, MI
Little is known about the haunting of this downtown cinema, apart from the legend that a spirit apparently appears in the projection booth and a ghostly voice is heard during productions. (Submitted by Callum Swift)
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Oliver House
Toledo, Ohio
43.4 miles from Manchester, MI
This historic landmark building is notorious for the rumour of a presidential visit many years ago, and for the fact that the building and its grounds are steeped in history and mystery. The building now houses several brew pubs and a whole host of ghost stories. The building was supposedly ...
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Ritz-Carlton - The Henry Hotel
Dearborn, Michigan
43.6 miles from Manchester, MI
Once the Ritz-Carlton, The Henry Hotel has a haunted Room 418. The doors open and close on their own, the lights turn on and off, and the French doors' handles are said to jiggle if you close them after they mysteriously open by themselves.
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Riverside Osteopathic Hospital
Trenton, Michigan
44.2 miles from Manchester, MI
The abandoned Riverside Osteopathic Hospital grounds are private property and trespassers will be punished. It was built in the 1800s as the Church Family's home, until Henry Ford bought it and made it into a hospital in 1944. The legends here revolve around the Churches. One young daughter fell off ...
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Hull-Wolcott House
Maumee, Ohio
44.9 miles from Manchester, MI
This historic house, built in 1836 and now a museum complex, is home to some playful spirits who move objects and open doors. Witnesses also have heard unexplained footsteps and whispers.
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Oakland Community College
Waterford Township, Michigan
44.9 miles from Manchester, MI
At Oakland Community College, formerly a hospital, there is allegedly a tunnel that connects Highland Hall to High Oak Hall. It's said to begin in the basement of Highland Hall, which was once a morgue. The basement and the tunnel are said to be haunted. Witnesses have described apparitions of ...
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The Linck Inn
Maumee, Ohio
45.2 miles from Manchester, MI
This historic building was built in 1836, and has served as both a general store and as a hotel, as it was a popular stopover point for stagecoach and canal travellers. The hotel is no longer in operation, but is believed to still have three ghostly tenants who stayed on. ...
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Dix - Fayerweather House
Maumee, Ohio
45.3 miles from Manchester, MI
The Dix/Fayerweather House is said to be haunted by Aunt Phoebe, builder William Dix's sister. But be warened, Aunt Phoebe doesn't stand for disrespectful behavior. People who scoff at her may get a coffee shower or a door slammed nearby. A coat and chandelier crystals have gone missing, and an ...
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Fallen Timbers Battlefield
Maumee, Ohio
45.4 miles from Manchester, MI
The 1794 Battle of Fallen Timbers was the last battle of the Northwest Indian War. On the anniversary of the battle, August 20, ghostly soldiers are said to re-enact the battle.
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Michigan State University
East Lansing, Michigan
46.4 miles from Manchester, MI
Michigan State University reportedly has an abundance of haunted sites, including the University Garden, the Physical Plant, Williams Hall, and Mayo Hall, where the ghost of namesake May Mayo plays a piano and the Red Room is rumored to have been the setting for past Satanist rituals. Also said to ...
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Fran Leaf Park
Keego Harbor, Michigan
47.4 miles from Manchester, MI
Fran Leaf Park's namesake is said to haunt her park. Her apparition as well as strange groaning sounds on the wind have been reported.
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Columbian House Hotel
Waterville, Ohio
47.9 miles from Manchester, MI
Back in 1828, when this historic hotel was constructed, it was merely a trading post and tavern with limited overnight accommodation. At various times throughout the century, the building also served as a prison and a town ballroom. The strange history of the building began back in the 1840's, after ...
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Fenton Hotel
Fenton, Michigan
47.9 miles from Manchester, MI
At this restuarant, formerly a historic hotel, the wait staff have been known to take phantom drink orders for patrons who suddenly aren't there. Glasses have been broken and shutters open and close by themselves. Footsteps and unexplained voices have been reported and the lights flicker as well.
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Lansing State Capitol
Lansing, Michigan
48.2 miles from Manchester, MI
Finished in 1878, the Lansing State Capitol building is believed to be haunted by the spirit of a man who was killed while painting in the rotunda. His apparition has been on the rotunda walkway in painters' attire. Cold spots and cold winds also have been felt.
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National House Inn
Marshall, Michigan
48.2 miles from Manchester, MI
This historic inn, built in 1835 by Colonel Andrew Mann and believed to have been a stop on the Underground Railroad, is said to be haunted by a Lady in Red. The ghost is usually seen only by a glimpse as she moves through the hallways, but has also been ...
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Holly Hotel
Holly, Michigan
49 miles from Manchester, MI
Now a restaurant only, this establishment has long been known to be haunted. One of the ghosts here is said to be Mr. Hirst, former owner and most-often-seen apparition. He doesn't like noise or renovations. He wears a frock coat and top hat and smokes cigars. He sometimes can be ...
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Fort Wayne
Detroit, Michigan
49.3 miles from Manchester, MI
The historic fort is featured in the Haunted Historic Fort Wayne Tour and has been featured on several TV shows.
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Olivet College
Olivet, Michigan
49.7 miles from Manchester, MI
Olivet College began in 1844 and is rumored to be home to several ghosts, including apparitions that pass through walls. The sound of unearthly music comes from Shipherds Hall, which baffles security guards. Objects move around on their own as well.
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Christ Church Cranbrook
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
49.7 miles from Manchester, MI
Christ Church Cranbrook is rumored to be haunted, perhaps stemming from a book by Henry Scripps Booth, son of Cranbrook founder George Gough Booth. The 1963 book is called "Cranbrook Boasts a Ghost; or the Skeptic's Tale." It's about a stonemason who disappeared during the building's construction, having been trapped ...
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Birmingham 8 Theater
Birmingham, Michigan
50.2 miles from Manchester, MI
Birmingham 8 Theater, housed in a historic playhouse building, is rumored to have a ghost. In one incidence, employees had swept popcorn into piles on the floor, and a mysterious gust made them shift over, still in their piles, about 3 feet. Unexplained sounds and electrical anomalies also have been ...
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University of Windsor
Windsor, Ontario
50.8 miles from Manchester, MI
Two buildings have haunting rumors surrounding them at the University of Windsor. One is Beckett House, an old house that serves as a dorm. Campus legend says long ago a woman was murdered here by a man, and as a result, the spirit here is not very nice to male ...
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Machpelah Cemetery
Ferndale, Michigan
50.8 miles from Manchester, MI
Machpelah Cemetery, a Jewish graveyard established in 1912 is said to be haunted by the phantom sounds of bells and screaming from around midnight to 3 a.m. The sounds seem to come from the park behind the cemetery.
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Detroit Masonic Temple
Detroit, Michigan
51.7 miles from Manchester, MI
Detroit’s Masonic Temple has more than 1,000 rooms, plus secret passageways, hidden staircases and concealed compartments under its floors. Of course, a building like this has to have a ghost! This one's is thought to be George D. Mason, who went bankrupt while funding its construction and, when his wife ...
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David Whitney House - The Whitney
Detroit, Michigan
51.8 miles from Manchester, MI
The Whitney, now a restaurant, was built in 1890 by lumber magnate Whitney Jr. Witnesses have seen an apparition that disappeared into the floor and shadows near the children's room. Objects also have bene known to move, and lights turn on and off by themselves.
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