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0Fort Frederick Maryland
Big Pool, Maryland
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
10.1 miles from Indian Springs, MD
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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Poor House Farm Park
Martinsburg, West Virginia
13.1 miles from Indian Springs, MD
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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Apollo Theatre
Martinsburg, West Virginia
13.2 miles from Indian Springs, MD
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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Johnathan Hager House Museum
Hagerstown, Maryland
14.4 miles from Indian Springs, MD
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
14.9 miles from Indian Springs, MD
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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Dead Mans Curve
Hagerstown, Maryland
17.4 miles from Indian Springs, MD
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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Antietam National Battlefield
Sharpsburg, Maryland
18.1 miles from Indian Springs, MD
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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Miller's Church
Hagerstown, Maryland
20.8 miles from Indian Springs, MD
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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Inn Boonsboro
Boonsboro, Maryland
21 miles from Indian Springs, MD
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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0Old South Mountain Inn
Boonsboro, Maryland
23.2 miles from Indian Springs, MD
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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Spook Hill
Burkittsville, Maryland
26 miles from Indian Springs, MD
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
26.1 miles from Indian Springs, MD
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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Harpers Ferry Guest House
Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
26.2 miles from Indian Springs, MD
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
26.3 miles from Indian Springs, MD
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
26.3 miles from Indian Springs, MD
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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St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church
Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
26.6 miles from Indian Springs, MD
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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Penn State Mont Alto
Mont Alto, Pennsylvania
27.8 miles from Indian Springs, MD
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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Brunswick Heritage Museum
Brunswick, Maryland
30.5 miles from Indian Springs, MD
This 1904 building now houses a railroad museum, and is allegedly haunted. Staff and paranormal investigators have reportedly encountered the apparition of a woman in a white dress, a ghostly curator who modifies exhibits and a spook who likes to tamper with a model railway. (Submitted by Callum Swift)
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Cork Street Tavern
Winchester, Virginia
33.3 miles from Indian Springs, MD
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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Abram's Delight
Winchester, Virginia
34 miles from Indian Springs, MD
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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Schifferstadt
Frederick, Maryland
34.3 miles from Indian Springs, MD
The 1750s German Colonial house is now a museum, said to be haunted by original owners Joseph and Elias Brunner (or Bruner, by some reports). Witnesses have heard unexplained voices, speaking in the Brunners' native German, as well as footsteps walking throughout the house.
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0Fairfield Inn - The Mansion House
Fairfield, Pennsylvania
35 miles from Indian Springs, MD
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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Barbara Fritchie House
Frederick, Maryland
35.2 miles from Indian Springs, MD
Barbara Fritchie, age 96, is the heroine of The Ballad of Barbara Fritchie, written by John Greenleaf Whittier in 1864. During the Civil War, she was a Union sympathizer who dared to wave her Union flag in the face of the Confederates and Stonewall Jackson. Some historians say the event ...
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National Museum of Civil War Medicine
Frederick, Maryland
35.4 miles from Indian Springs, MD
Here, objects have been known to move by themselves or mysteriously disappear, and strange sounds abound. Folks say the distinct sound of a cat scratching on a scratching post come from the executive director's office. It's a mystery, since the place was formerly an undertaking business, and a cat doesn't ...
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National Emergency Training Center - St. Joseph's College
Emmitsburg, Maryland
36.1 miles from Indian Springs, MD
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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0Omni Bedford Springs Resort
Bedford, Pennsylvania
36.2 miles from Indian Springs, MD
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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0Cashtown Inn
Orrtanna, Pennsylvania
37.8 miles from Indian Springs, MD
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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Duncan Hallow
Frederick, Maryland
39.2 miles from Indian Springs, MD
A cabin was built by a hermit named Fred Quick on the property of a local farmer. One day his body was found dead in his cabin with his wife missing. Later in the 70's the owner of the farm found signs of satanic rituals being preformed in the ...
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TWA Flight 514 Crash Site
Bluemont, Virginia
39.7 miles from Indian Springs, MD
Paranormal investigators were called to the forested area by passer-by's who reported hearing screams and seeing glowing apparitions moving around the forest at the crash site. Visitors have reported weird activity associated with a large limestone rock located at the site, and people have reported been pushed by unseen entities. (Submitted ...
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0Sachs Covered Bridge
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
39.9 miles from Indian Springs, MD
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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0Jean Bonnet Tavern
Bedford, Pennsylvania
40.3 miles from Indian Springs, MD
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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Lake Linganore
New Market, Maryland
40.4 miles from Indian Springs, MD
Orbs and unexplained sounds have been reported in the woods around this lake, where rumor has it that a child drowns every year. Bubbles also have been seen rising to the surface.
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Landon House
Frederick, Maryland
41.3 miles from Indian Springs, MD
Built in 1754, this home was used as a Civil War makeshift hospital after a deadly battle nearby. Witnesses have heard phantom screams, cries, and prayers, or the sounds of soldiers begging for help. In the basement, where slaves once were kept and abused, folks have reported cold spots, taps ...
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Triangular Field
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
41.5 miles from Indian Springs, MD
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
41.6 miles from Indian Springs, MD
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
41.6 miles from Indian Springs, MD
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
41.9 miles from Indian Springs, MD
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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0Gettysburg College
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
42.6 miles from Indian Springs, MD
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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0Soldiers National Museum
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
42.7 miles from Indian Springs, MD
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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0Jennie Wade House
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
42.7 miles from Indian Springs, MD
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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0Farnsworth House Inn
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
42.8 miles from Indian Springs, MD
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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0Tillie Pierce House Inn
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
42.8 miles from Indian Springs, MD
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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0The Gettysburg Hotel
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
42.9 miles from Indian Springs, MD
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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0Ball's Bluff Battlefield
Leesburg, Virginia
43.6 miles from Indian Springs, MD
Ball's Bluff Battlefield Regional Park and National Cemetery is a 223-acre park that contains a Civil War battlefield and the third-smallest U.S. National Cemetery. The 1861 Battle of Ball's Bluff took place here, and 54 soldiers are buried in the cemetery. The park, which offers tours and over 7 miles ...
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0The Lightner Farmhouse
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
44.3 miles from Indian Springs, MD
This farmhouse, built during the Civil War, was once even used as a war hospital. Around its grounds, ghosts have been spotted reliving the war.
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Phillips' Rangers Monument
Saxton, Pennsylvania
44.6 miles from Indian Springs, MD
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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0Wayside Inn
Middletown, Virginia
45 miles from Indian Springs, MD
Wayside Inn is reported to be the oldest inn in the U.S. that is still in operation. Room 14 is rumored to be haunted and is the source of the most unusual happenings in the inn. However, witnesses have seen and heard strange things all over the inn.
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Wayside Theatre
Middletown, Virginia
45.2 miles from Indian Springs, MD
Wayside Theatre is believed to be the forever home to a ghost of a former caretaker who perished in a fire. His activity centers on the back-porch costume storage, the basement, and the balcony. Seat CC1 is often found to be mysteriously lowered.
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Old Hampshire County Jail
Romney, West Virginia
45.4 miles from Indian Springs, MD
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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