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0Old Hampshire County Jail
Romney, West Virginia
20.7 miles from Vale Summit, 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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0Omni Bedford Springs Resort
Bedford, Pennsylvania
33.6 miles from Vale Summit, 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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0Jean Bonnet Tavern
Bedford, Pennsylvania
34.5 miles from Vale Summit, 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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Fallingwater
Mill Run, Pennsylvania
35.8 miles from Vale Summit, MD
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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Grand Midway Hotel
Windber, Pennsylvania
42.9 miles from Vale Summit, MD
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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Kingwood Public Library
Kingwood, West Virginia
43 miles from Vale Summit, MD
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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Poor House Farm Park
Martinsburg, West Virginia
47.5 miles from Vale Summit, 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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Fort Frederick Maryland
Big Pool, Maryland
47.9 miles from Vale Summit, MD
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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Cork Street Tavern
Winchester, Virginia
49.7 miles from Vale Summit, 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
50.5 miles from Vale Summit, 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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Apollo Theatre
Martinsburg, West Virginia
51.5 miles from Vale Summit, 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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Belle Grove Plantation
Middletown, Virginia
52.4 miles from Vale Summit, MD
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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0Wayside Inn
Middletown, Virginia
52.7 miles from Vale Summit, 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
52.7 miles from Vale Summit, 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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Allen’s Haunted Hayrides
Smock, Pennsylvania
53.3 miles from Vale Summit, MD
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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Phillips' Rangers Monument
Saxton, Pennsylvania
55.8 miles from Vale Summit, 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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0Town Hall - Williamsport
Williamsport, Maryland
57.7 miles from Vale Summit, 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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Johnathan Hager House Museum
Hagerstown, Maryland
62.6 miles from Vale Summit, 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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Antietam National Battlefield
Sharpsburg, Maryland
62.7 miles from Vale Summit, 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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Maryland Theatre
Hagerstown, Maryland
63.1 miles from Vale Summit, 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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Haunted Cottage - Booth House
Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
64.4 miles from Vale Summit, 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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Dead Mans Curve
Hagerstown, Maryland
64.9 miles from Vale Summit, 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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Harpers Ferry Guest House
Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
65.4 miles from Vale Summit, 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
65.5 miles from Vale Summit, 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
65.6 miles from Vale Summit, 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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The Mather Miners
Mather, Pennsylvania
65.7 miles from Vale Summit, MD
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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St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church
Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
65.9 miles from Vale Summit, 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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TWA Flight 514 Crash Site
Bluemont, Virginia
66.2 miles from Vale Summit, 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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Inn Boonsboro
Boonsboro, Maryland
67.2 miles from Vale Summit, 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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Railroaders Memorial Museum
Altoona, Pennsylvania
67.4 miles from Vale Summit, MD
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
67.5 miles from Vale Summit, MD
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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Edward G. Acheson House
Monongahela, Pennsylvania
67.9 miles from Vale Summit, MD
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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Miller's Church
Hagerstown, Maryland
68.7 miles from Vale Summit, 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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The Devil's Elbow
Dysart, Pennsylvania
69.1 miles from Vale Summit, MD
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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0Old South Mountain Inn
Boonsboro, Maryland
69.1 miles from Vale Summit, 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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Graceland Inn and Conference Center
Elkins, West Virginia
69.3 miles from Vale Summit, MD
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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Spook Hill
Burkittsville, Maryland
69.5 miles from Vale Summit, 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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0Century Inn
Scenery Hill, Pennsylvania
69.7 miles from Vale Summit, MD
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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Brunswick Heritage Museum
Brunswick, Maryland
71.4 miles from Vale Summit, 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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Penn State Mont Alto
Mont Alto, Pennsylvania
74 miles from Vale Summit, 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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Carnegie Library of Homestead
Munhall, Pennsylvania
75.8 miles from Vale Summit, MD
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
76 miles from Vale Summit, MD
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
77.1 miles from Vale Summit, MD
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
77.8 miles from Vale Summit, MD
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
79.5 miles from Vale Summit, MD
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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Oatlands Plantation
Leesburg, Virginia
79.6 miles from Vale Summit, MD
Oatlands Plantation was once a 3,500-acre wheat and wool producer with over seven dozen slaves. Now a historic site of only 260 acres, the 1804 manor house museum is rumored to be home to a few spirits. Doors are said to randomly lock on their own, and witnesses and paranormalists ...
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0The Grey Horse Inn
The Plains, Virginia
79.9 miles from Vale Summit, MD
The Grey Horse Inn is no longer in operation; the owners of the historic inn retired and sold the property to private owners in 2011. Reports say that on the property a ghostly scene replays of a Confederate soldier being killed.
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Schifferstadt
Frederick, Maryland
80 miles from Vale Summit, 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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By the Side of the Road Bed and Breakfast
Harrisonburg, Virginia
80.6 miles from Vale Summit, MD
This historic b&b was built just a bit after the American Revolution, and it was used a Civil War hospital in 1864. It is said that when the area was burned by Union soldiers, the flame-retardant building just wouldn't catch fire, so it became a sort of haven during the ...
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Barbara Fritchie House
Frederick, Maryland
80.7 miles from Vale Summit, 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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