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0Allen’s Haunted Hayrides
Smock, Pennsylvania
5.5 miles from Vanderbilt, PA
Psychics say that the energy here is high because there an Indian burial ground beneath the land. This may be the source of the glowing white figures that are reported, or the strange light manifestations. The hayrides are year-round so visit freely! (Submitted by Chris Berglund)
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Fallingwater
Mill Run, Pennsylvania
13.5 miles from Vanderbilt, PA
A solitude woman is said to be seen staring out of the window of the master bedroom. She is believed to the first wife of Edgar Kaufmann, depressed by his unfaithfulness. (Submitted by Chris Berglund)
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Edward G. Acheson House
Monongahela, Pennsylvania
18.7 miles from Vanderbilt, PA
The ghost of a little girl has been seen here. Two other ghosts, seen as orbs, also have been seen. (Submitted by Chris Berglund)
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0Century Inn
Scenery Hill, Pennsylvania
21.9 miles from Vanderbilt, PA
Reported to be the oldest inn along Route 40, this inn is said to have a mysterious presence. There is one unexplained very cold room, and an innkeeper there has described a mysterious figure that appeared near its door. As well, strange footsteps have appeared in the snow outside the ...
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The Mather Miners
Mather, Pennsylvania
22.9 miles from Vanderbilt, PA
In the center of the town there is a small church, the post office, an apartment building(which used to be a general store) and a baseball field. Up a small connecting road is the old schoolhouse ( now converted into a persons home). Right before dawn when walking ...
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Carnegie Library of Homestead
Munhall, Pennsylvania
28.8 miles from Vanderbilt, PA
Founded by Andrew Carnegie in 1896, the library was built with a music hall and an athletic center with a heated swimming pool. It is believed to be haunted. Witnesses have reported apparitions of steel workers, books that fly off of shelves, shadowy figures and unexplained male and female voices.
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Old Homestead Police Department
Homestead, Pennsylvania
28.9 miles from Vanderbilt, PA
The former Homestead Police Department building is said to be haunted by something that taps folks on the shoulder, slams doors, turns on appliances and created unexplained footsteps. Ghost investigators caught slams and screams and video of ghostly activity.
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3406 Brownsville Road
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
28.9 miles from Vanderbilt, PA
3406 Brownsville Road is said to be haunted by a demon, known as "The Demon of Brownsville Road" in the book by Bob Cranmer. According to Cranmer, the demon manifested in many ways, including a black fog, a bad smell, or an unseen attacker. Cranmer also described blood-dripping walls, bent ...
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Frick Mansion - Clayton
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
31.4 miles from Vanderbilt, PA
The Frick Mansion was home to industrial magnate Henry Clay Frick and his wife Adelaide Howard Childs, who began living there in 1883 and the family moved to New York in 1900. Their youngest daughter, Helen Clay Frick, kept up the mansion all those years and then moved back in ...
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University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
32.3 miles from Vanderbilt, PA
Four ghosts are said to haunt the University of Pittsburgh campus: a prima ballerina in the Tansky Family Lounge of the William Pitt Union; Harriet, who committed suicide in 1201 Bruce Hall; a grandmother who rumples the quilts and bakes phantom bread in the Early American Room of the Cathedral ...
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0Omni William Penn Hotel
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
33.2 miles from Vanderbilt, PA
At this famous 1915-16 hotel where among other luminaries JFK has stayed, and Bob Hope proposed marriage in 1934, there are said to be two haunted floors. Floors 22 and 23, both unused, are visited by strange sounds, cold wind gusts, and ghosts that hide and watch folks, giving them ...
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Allegheny Center, Building #7
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
34.3 miles from Vanderbilt, PA
The student housing here has a high turnover rate believed to be caused by the poltergeist activity. Students report loud noises throughout and have yet to disprove the source. (Submitted by Chris Berglund)
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Allegheny General Hospital
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
34.4 miles from Vanderbilt, PA
Few people realize that, in paranormal aspects, living near a hospital is like living near a cemetery. Many who have died within this building are said to remain here; in the South Wing (where most of the activity occurs), voices and strange noises are heard. (Submitted by Chris Berglund)
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Kingwood Public Library
Kingwood, West Virginia
38.8 miles from Vanderbilt, PA
The circa-1966 library is said to be haunted. Witnesses report noises and footsteps, objects that move on their own, doors that open and close by themselves, and books that jump off the shelves. A jail that once stood on the site is believed by some to be the source of ...
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Summit Hose Company
Tarentum, Pennsylvania
39.4 miles from Vanderbilt, PA
Voices and odd noises are heard, doors open by themselves, and shadows have been seen here. (Submitted by Chris Berglund)
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Allegheny-Kiski Valley Heritage Museum
Tarentum, Pennsylvania
39.7 miles from Vanderbilt, PA
A former volunteer named Jack is commonly seen in the basement. He is said to be seen mostly around the old gardening tools. (Submitted by Chris Berglund)
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0Dixmont State Hospital
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
41 miles from Vanderbilt, PA
The 1862 hospital was haunted by many entities, notably a male spirit who was said to guard the morgue area and frighten away intruders. The hospital building was closed in 1984 and was demolished in 2006.
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Depreciation Lands Museum
Hampton Township, Pennsylvania
41.7 miles from Vanderbilt, PA
A rather helpful man in a long coat and out-of-date boots has been responsible for catching a painter's ladder after the man lost his balance, catching a cleaning woman who fell, fixing a broken window, and saving a group of girl scouts when the ceiling collapsed over them. (Submitted by ...
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0Culmerville Hotel - Zottola's Pub and Eatery
Tarentum, Pennsylvania
44 miles from Vanderbilt, PA
A spirit is said to reside in the former Culmervilel Hotel, now Zottola's Pub and Eatery.
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Grand Midway Hotel
Windber, Pennsylvania
46 miles from Vanderbilt, PA
This historic hotel has been in operation for over a century, but is now believed to be a private residence. The owners have been known to auction the rooms for a night, which is enough for some guests to leave the hotel in fear. Staff have reported a wild apparition ...
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Brush Creek Inn
Warrendale, Pennsylvania
48.3 miles from Vanderbilt, PA
Keep watch for airborne bottles if you visit Brush Creek Inn! It is said that the spirits at the restaurant will shatter bottles at the bar or hurl them across the room. Witnesses also have reported that the windows open and close by themselves and furniture flips over.
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0West Virginia State Penitentiary
Moundsville, West Virginia
57.8 miles from Vanderbilt, PA
Once considered one of the most violent prisons in the US people believe that this prison's violent past has left an indelible mark on the building. People believe it is haunted by both active ghosts, possibly men who were murdered there, and also residual hauntings that take the form ...
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0Jean Bonnet Tavern
Bedford, Pennsylvania
58.2 miles from Vanderbilt, PA
This tavern building was a French outpost in the 1740s and a war headquarters in the 1750s. It became a tavern in the 1760s, and was also used as a courtroom. Several people were hanged here, and it is said that their spirits walk restlessly throughout the place. Witnesses have ...
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0Harmony Inn
Harmony, Pennsylvania
58.5 miles from Vanderbilt, PA
Local legend has it that this restaurant is haunted by two spirits: a ghost named Louie and the apparition of a woman. Louie was allegedly killed right outside on the inn's front steps. The ghostly woman is seen near the entranceway, between the bar and the dining room.
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Kelly Road
Industry, Pennsylvania
59.4 miles from Vanderbilt, PA
This road, also called the Mystery Mile by residents, is said to be haunted. What else could the explanation be for strange white apparitions and the tendency for animals here to turn from tame to fierce and bloodthirsty? Strange sounds are also heard along this road and in the forest ...
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0Omni Bedford Springs Resort
Bedford, Pennsylvania
61.1 miles from Vanderbilt, PA
Folks say that the ghosts at this 1800s resort want to be in pictures. They show up as oddities on the photographic images taken all over the hotel.
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J.C. Thompson Building
East Liverpool, Ohio
63.1 miles from Vanderbilt, PA
This building dates back to 1892, and is rumored to have once housed both a speakeasy and a brothel. Under new ownership and recently restored as of July 2014, numerous paranormal occurrences have been recorded here in the basement and elsewhere. It is believed multiple spirits reside here.
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Summit Cut Bridge
Darlington, Pennsylvania
65.9 miles from Vanderbilt, PA
On Shenango Road, just before it meets Ashwood Road, is Summit Cut Bridge (sometimes incorrectly referred to as Summer Cut Bridge). The bridge, locals say, has a ghostly white lady. Legend has it that she fell off the bridge onto the railroad tracks in 1894. Her spirit is said to ...
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0Snyder Cemetery
Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania
67.6 miles from Vanderbilt, PA
Numerous paranormal events are reported at this location, but few precise details are available.
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Old Hampshire County Jail
Romney, West Virginia
67.8 miles from Vanderbilt, PA
Built in the late 1700s, the old jail has a legend attached. It seems that in the late 1800s a sheriff was shot to death by a gang of bandits on the staircase leading between the jail and the attached brick building, which was the jailer's family home. He was ...
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Ghosts of Penn's Woods: Ghost tales from in and around Pennsylvania state parks and historic Sites
Jeffrey R. Frazier
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0Hill View Manor
New Castle, Pennsylvania
72.6 miles from Vanderbilt, PA
The historic manor was once a nursing home, and folks claimed the spirit of a little boy would pay a visit now and then. It was said that those who saw him would pass away shortly. Witnesses also have reported full-body manifestations that float through walls.
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The Devil's Elbow
Dysart, Pennsylvania
73.2 miles from Vanderbilt, PA
The Devil's Elbow is a dangerous curve along Wopsy Road that has a story about a ghostly white lady. Legend has it that she was a new bride on her honeymoon at the Wopsononock Hotel, which burned down long ago. As their carriage rounded the Devil's Elbow, there was an ...
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133 Kiester Road
Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania
73.7 miles from Vanderbilt, PA
The house at this address is apparently haunted by a malevolent spirit that many people believe to be Sam Mohawk a Native American mass murderer who was hanged for murdering a woman and her five children near the place this house stands.
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0Mishler Theatre
Altoona, Pennsylvania
74.3 miles from Vanderbilt, PA
This 1906 theater building, still in operation today, is said to be home to three ghosts: Mr. Isaac Mishler, a howling dog, and a female spirit who plays pranks in the restroom.
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Railroaders Memorial Museum
Altoona, Pennsylvania
74.3 miles from Vanderbilt, PA
The Railroaders Museum is said to be haunted by a spirit named Frank, who has been seen all over the museum. Other apparitions have been noted as well, and employees have opened to find all the gift shop items removed from the shelves and set on the floor, and Big ...
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Phillips' Rangers Monument
Saxton, Pennsylvania
75.3 miles from Vanderbilt, PA
In 1780 during the Revolutionary war, a group of rangers were engaged in a battle against the Iroquois who were fighting on behalf of the British. The natives outnumbered the rangers some five to one and the Rangers eventually surrendered. After their surrender the Rangers were tied ...
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Downtown New Castle
New Castle, Pennsylvania
75.9 miles from Vanderbilt, PA
New Castle's downtown and Historical North Hill have several haunted locations including the old Stritmater Building, the Wallace House, the Historical Society's Greer-Clavelli Mansion, the old Temple Building, and the Joseph White House. Apparitions have been seen in some of the buildings and ghost hunters have recorded activity in others. ...
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Graceland Inn and Conference Center
Elkins, West Virginia
76.8 miles from Vanderbilt, PA
This inn, restaurant and conference center is said to be haunted by several entities: a ghost named Grace, senator Henry Davis, and a former servant named Katie.
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0Wells Inn
Sistersville, West Virginia
77.9 miles from Vanderbilt, PA
At this 1890s inn, both the guests and the staff have heard the sounds of writing and footsteps, witnessed doors that open or close by themselves, and felt a chilly presence.
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Grove City College
Grove City, Pennsylvania
80.6 miles from Vanderbilt, PA
Grove City College's Lily Room is the stuff of legend. Campus lore says it's a locked-up room in a girls' dorm in which a girl hanged herself. Rumor has it the room was locked for 15 years and when it was opened again, her lily perfume was still heavy in ...
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0Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum
Weston, West Virginia
81.2 miles from Vanderbilt, PA
Once the Weston State Hospital, the asylum is said to be haunted by former patients who passed away there. The plentitude of paranormal phenomena heard, seen, and felt here has prompted its appearance on TV shows such as Ghost Hunters and Ghost Adventures.
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Egypt Road Bridge
Salem, Ohio
87.2 miles from Vanderbilt, PA
The closed Egypt Road Bridge, or Crybaby Bridge, is haunted day and night by the sound of a crying baby. Legend has it that a baby went missing while its parents were fighting, and it fell over the side of the bridge. The scream of its mother and the crying ...
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U.S. Route 322
Cranberry, Pennsylvania
88.5 miles from Vanderbilt, PA
General Anthony Wayne was buried, unearthed, then boiled so he could be transferred to his family grave. It is said that he lost some bones along the way and was reburied as an incomplete body. Some people still see him wandering along this road (used to transfer him); he is ...
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Hell's Corners
Hubbard, Ohio
89.7 miles from Vanderbilt, PA
In Hubbard, Ohio, the area where Pathour Wheeler Road and John White Road intersect is known to locals as "Hell's Corners." It is said that a young native American boy was shot on this spot many years ago, and that a jail once stood here where many hangings took ...
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Austintown Log House
Canfield, Ohio
90.6 miles from Vanderbilt, PA
There have been reported sightings of the apparition of a headless soldier in the historic log cabin. He is seen in various rooms of the house, as well as by motorists driving past the house in an upstairs window. (Submitted by Callum Swift)
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Hutton House Bed and Breakfast
Huttonsville, West Virginia
92.7 miles from Vanderbilt, PA
Built in 1898 by Eugene Elihu Hutton, the Queen Anne-style Victorian home is now an inn, and is believed to be haunted. Folks say that at 5 a.m. the unexplained smell of baking bread wafts through the inn, although the kitchen is closed and the ovens are cold.
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Econolodge
Clearfield, Pennsylvania
96.3 miles from Vanderbilt, PA
I was an opening GM before when it had lost its flag from a Ramada. I was in the back of the back closet and there were just 2 people in the building the front desk person and I was getting food for the downtown pantry and trying to organize ...
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Glamorgan Castle
Alliance, Ohio
97.3 miles from Vanderbilt, PA
The 1905 Glamorgan Castle, according to legend, is haunted by former owner Colonel Morgan of Morgan Engineering Company fame, who died in 1928. Guided tours are offered here throughout the year.
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Cork Street Tavern
Winchester, Virginia
98.9 miles from Vanderbilt, PA
The restaurant building here dates back to 1827, and Cork Street Tavern by name to 1985. Two ghosts are said to reside here, John and Emily. John Mann's spirit wears a long black frock coat, and Emily's voice is often heard calling John's name. The ghosts play tricks by moving ...
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Belle Grove Plantation
Middletown, Virginia
100.6 miles from Vanderbilt, PA
Belle Grove Plantation, built between 1794 and 1797, was once the home of Revolutionary War veteran Major Isaac Hite, Jr. (President James Madison’s brother-in-law) and was the headquarters of General Philip Sheridan during the Battle of Cedar Creek. It is believed to be haunted by an apparition of a woman ...
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