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0Jean Bonnet Tavern
Bedford, Pennsylvania
8.3 miles from Saint Clairsville, 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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0Omni Bedford Springs Resort
Bedford, Pennsylvania
11 miles from Saint Clairsville, 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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0Phillips' Rangers Monument
Saxton, Pennsylvania
14.7 miles from Saint Clairsville, 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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Grand Midway Hotel
Windber, Pennsylvania
17.9 miles from Saint Clairsville, 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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Railroaders Memorial Museum
Altoona, Pennsylvania
25.3 miles from Saint Clairsville, 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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0Mishler Theatre
Altoona, Pennsylvania
25.5 miles from Saint Clairsville, 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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The Devil's Elbow
Dysart, Pennsylvania
27.8 miles from Saint Clairsville, 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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Fort Frederick Maryland
Big Pool, Maryland
46.1 miles from Saint Clairsville, PA
A stone star fort in the Maryland Panhandle, Fort Frederick Maryland was built in the 1750s to defend Maryland from French and Indian raiders. During the American Revolution it was used as a prisoner of war camp for soldiers surrendered at Yorktown. It was a Federal outpost during the ...
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0Town Hall - Williamsport
Williamsport, Maryland
53.1 miles from Saint Clairsville, PA
Ghosts said to hang out here include former employee "Bus" Seymore, who is heard typing upstairs, and a little girl who sits in the conference room and has a "thing" for flashlights. Disembodied footsteps have been heard here as well. A spooky annual Halloween ghost walk concludes here.
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Fallingwater
Mill Run, Pennsylvania
53.5 miles from Saint Clairsville, 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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Poor House Farm Park
Martinsburg, West Virginia
54.3 miles from Saint Clairsville, PA
The original stone house in the historic park is believed to be haunted. Witnesses say they have felt a heavy presence inside, during which it is difficult to breathe. Also, a soldier's apparition has been spotted on the park grounds.
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Johnathan Hager House Museum
Hagerstown, Maryland
54.6 miles from Saint Clairsville, PA
The 1739 house is thought to be haunted by 2 families: The Hammonds, who lived here in the 1840s, and the Civil War-era Downins. Voices and footsteps have been heard, and the Downin children are thought to be the ones who move around a corncob doll, turn off the lights, ...
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Maryland Theatre
Hagerstown, Maryland
54.9 miles from Saint Clairsville, PA
The 1915 Maryland Theatre, once a vaudeville and movie house, operated until 1973. In 1974 it caught fire and was rebuilt, and to this day presents cultural offerings to the public. It is believed to be haunted. The daughter of an early manager encountered the ghost of her father here, ...
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Penn State Mont Alto
Mont Alto, Pennsylvania
55.6 miles from Saint Clairsville, PA
The land used to belong to Col. George Wiestling, a veteran of the Civil War who died in 1891. In 1903, the university was founded, but Wiestling is said to remain. A famous photograph taken in 1907 (one of the earliest ghost photos thought to be legitimate) shows a figure ...
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Miller's Church
Hagerstown, Maryland
55.9 miles from Saint Clairsville, PA
Legend has it that the 1930s Catholic Miller’s Church was taken over by devil worshippers, and practitioners sacrificed young girls inside its walls. And then, the church suddenly burned down. All that's left is a parking lot and a big oak. And so the story goes, a couple was parked ...
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Penn State University
State College, Pennsylvania
56 miles from Saint Clairsville, PA
Several buildings at Penn State University are allegedly haunted, including Pattee Library, said to be visited by the spirit of Betsy Aardsma, stabbed to death in the stacks in 1969. Schwab Auditorium is haunted by a former university president (who, incidentally, also haunts the Botany department building) as well as ...
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Apollo Theatre
Martinsburg, West Virginia
56.3 miles from Saint Clairsville, PA
The vaudeville venue built in 1913 is the home of a ghostly former manager. He has been seen standing outside the building smoking a cigar. His cigar smoke has been smelled by witnesses as well.
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Old Hampshire County Jail
Romney, West Virginia
57.7 miles from Saint Clairsville, 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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Green Gables Hotel and Restaurant
Lewistown, Pennsylvania
58.1 miles from Saint Clairsville, PA
Ghosts here include a woman who haunts the kitchen (especially the walk-in cooler). She is said to whisper "Turn off the lights" and move objects in the kitchen. Often seen on the second floor is the ghost of an African-American man who wears 1800s clothing. He is usually near the ...
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Academia Girl’s School
Port Royal, Pennsylvania
58.7 miles from Saint Clairsville, PA
Academia Girl’s School is the ruins of an 1800s building destroyed by fire. Many legends surround the place, including that a gardener set the fire to cover his tracks after raping and killing many students. Another says the girls at the school all died of a mysterious illness. The ghosts ...
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Dead Mans Curve
Hagerstown, Maryland
59.5 miles from Saint Clairsville, PA
Story goes that a doctor was killed here in an accident around the middle of the 19th century. Between then and around the 1930s locals swore they would frequently see the headless apparition of the doctor around this area.
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Econolodge
Clearfield, Pennsylvania
61.5 miles from Saint Clairsville, 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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Antietam National Battlefield
Sharpsburg, Maryland
62.2 miles from Saint Clairsville, PA
This historic Civil War National Park battlefield from 1862, where many lives were lost, is said to be haunted by the ghosts of soldiers and the sounds of phantom gunfire and shouts, drum beats and war songs. Some visitors have presumed to be looking at reenactors playing a part in ...
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0Cashtown Inn
Orrtanna, Pennsylvania
63.7 miles from Saint Clairsville, PA
This 1797 inn was named because the original innkeeper, Peter Marck, would only accept cash as payment. It has been seen on TV's Ghost Hunters, and as a setting in the movie Gettysburg. Actor Sam Elliott reportedly stayed here during its filming. The ghosts here, possibly lingering from the nearby ...
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Inn Boonsboro
Boonsboro, Maryland
64 miles from Saint Clairsville, PA
The historic inn dates back to 1790, and was recently restored after a catastrophic fire swept through the building in 2008. However, the resident ghost does not appear to left, as guests still report seeing a ghostly cat in their rooms at night, while others have heard the tinkling ...
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0Fairfield Inn - The Mansion House
Fairfield, Pennsylvania
65.6 miles from Saint Clairsville, PA
Reported to be haunted by the ghosts of Civil War era soldiers who were treated and died in the Inn when it served as a hospital after the battle.
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0Old South Mountain Inn
Boonsboro, Maryland
66.2 miles from Saint Clairsville, PA
Legend has it that a ghost saved this 1730s historic inn from being destroyed by fire. It was the ghost of Madeline Dahlgren, owners say, who opened a door that normally remains shut, which allowed an employee to smell the smoke coming from a fire that had erupted in the ...
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Allen’s Haunted Hayrides
Smock, Pennsylvania
66.9 miles from Saint Clairsville, 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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Cork Street Tavern
Winchester, Virginia
69.8 miles from Saint Clairsville, 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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0Sachs Covered Bridge
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
69.9 miles from Saint Clairsville, PA
Locals tell a harrowing story of something that may happen near here: A strange fog gathers quickly, and from out of the mysterious fog comes a ghostly battle.
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Spook Hill
Burkittsville, Maryland
70.1 miles from Saint Clairsville, PA
This stretch of road near the battle site of Antietam is known for a mysterious phenomenon. Folks say that if you put your vehicle in neutral at the base of the hill, the ghosts of Confederate soldiers will push it back up the incline. Rumor has it that the ghosts ...
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Haunted Cottage - Booth House
Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
70.3 miles from Saint Clairsville, PA
Paranormal researcher Vince Wilson operates this cottage and attraction that offers ghost tours, paranormal research training, and seances. The school is said to educate pupils on the history of ghosts starting with the first known hauntings in ancient Babylonia. It is called the Booth House because John Wilkes Booth is ...
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National Emergency Training Center - St. Joseph's College
Emmitsburg, Maryland
70.4 miles from Saint Clairsville, PA
The National Emergency Training Center was once St. Joseph's College, which until 1973 was a Catholic girls' school established in 1809. Witnesses at the former college claim to have seen the ghosts of Civil War nurses who were carrying buckets of amputated human limbs and heard the sounds of soldiers ...
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Carlisle Barracks
Carlisle, Pennsylvania
70.5 miles from Saint Clairsville, PA
Carlisle Barracks is a military school that was attended by the likes of John J. Pershing and Dwight D. Eisenhower. It was originally a military post that began in the 1700s. Ghostly band music is said to come from the bandstand, tunes from around the turn of the century. The ...
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Harpers Ferry Guest House
Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
70.5 miles from Saint Clairsville, PA
There are believed to be at least five apparitions that haunt this historic bed and breakfast. Guests have reported seeing the apparition of a hostile man in a brocade vest, who has been known to push guests around. Other apparitions seen include a woman in a grey dress, often accompanied ...
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Harpers Ferry
Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
70.6 miles from Saint Clairsville, PA
Known for its battles during the Civil War, the national historic park is believed to be haunted by ghosts of its past. Many apparitions have been seen here, including a well-dressed man in a brocade vest who glares in a hostile way. A woman and child believed to be the ...
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Historic Hilltop House
Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
70.6 miles from Saint Clairsville, PA
Folks must have been shocked to witness apparitions of soldiers marching through the rooms at this 1888 hotel. Reports say it is now closed, and its renovation is currently on hold.
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Abram's Delight
Winchester, Virginia
70.7 miles from Saint Clairsville, PA
Abram's Delight was the residence of five generations of the Hollingsworth family, beginning with Abraham Hollingsworth in the mid-1700s. It is now a historic museum complex and is rumored to be haunted by Mary, the daughter of David Hollingsworth, and perhaps one other gentleman ghost. The gentleman appears as a ...
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0Gettysburg College
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
70.8 miles from Saint Clairsville, PA
It is reported that two administrators had an experience with an elevator to another dimension. Instead of stopping at their desired floor, the elevator continued to the basement. When the door opened, they saw a thriving hospital scene, only without sound. Frightened, the two desperately finally managed to close the ...
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St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church
Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
70.9 miles from Saint Clairsville, PA
The heritage listed church is believed to be haunted by a ghostly reverend, who has been seen praying at the church altar late at night. (Submitted by Callum Swift)
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0The Gettysburg Hotel
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
71.3 miles from Saint Clairsville, PA
This old hotel, established in 1797, is haunted by Rachel, among other spirits. Rachel is believed to be the spirit of a Civil War nurse who seems to be looking for soldiers to help. Guests say she opens their drawers and removes the clothing from them. Other ghosts who reside ...
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0Tillie Pierce House Inn
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
71.4 miles from Saint Clairsville, PA
You can't swing a dead cat in Gettysburg without hitting something haunted and the Tillie Pierce house is no exception. Tille Pierce is well known as she wrote a book in the aftermath of Gettysburg about her experiences during the battle. A teenager during the time of the battle, she ...
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0Farnsworth House Inn
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
71.4 miles from Saint Clairsville, PA
Reportedly haunted by over a dozen ghosts, including the most ubiquitous, a former nurse named Mary who is said to still attempt to comfort the ill and a young boy who was killed in an accident.
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0Jennie Wade House
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
71.5 miles from Saint Clairsville, PA
Jennie Wade was a seamstress and the only civilian to be directly killed in the Battle of Gettysburg when a stray bullet entered this house, where she was visiting her sister. At the house, now a tourist attraction, visitors can see a bullet hole in the door. Legend has it ...
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0Soldiers National Museum
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
71.5 miles from Saint Clairsville, PA
Rosa Carmichael is said to be the spirit who haunts this museum. According to locals, she operated an orphanage located at this very site during the Civil War era.
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Triangular Field
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
71.6 miles from Saint Clairsville, PA
Visitors to this site have reported hearing the harrowing sounds of battle, although nothing appears to be happening on the quiet field. It is also said that cameras will always fail to work at this site.
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0Devil's Den
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
71.7 miles from Saint Clairsville, PA
At this historic site, a boulder-ridden hill and Gettysburg Battlefield location, ghostly soldiers are reported to be seen. It is said that these soldiers are from the battle's second day. One soldier who frequents the site has been described as having long gray hair and dirty, torn clothing of buckskin. ...
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Slaughter Pen
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
71.7 miles from Saint Clairsville, PA
According to those in the know, this area is haunted by the ghost of a young girl who wears a white dress.
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0Little Round Top
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
72 miles from Saint Clairsville, PA
According to reports, soldiers are still active at this site. Per one story, some Civil War re-enactors working on the film Gettysburg at this site were approached here by a Union soldier. They assumed he, like them, was an extra working on the film. He handed them some ammunition for ...
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Allegheny-Kiski Valley Heritage Museum
Tarentum, Pennsylvania
72.4 miles from Saint Clairsville, 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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