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Saginaw Valley State University
Saginaw, Michigan
8.1 miles from Auburn, MI
Saginaw Valley State University, founded in 1963 as Saginaw Valley College, has been home to a wide array of paranormal happenings. Students in both Living Centers North and South, as well as residents in Pine Grove Apartments have reported a multitude of odd phenomena. From dark, looming figures, to ...
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Saginaw Art Museum
Saginaw, Michigan
13.7 miles from Auburn, MI
This historic building serves as the town art museum, but employees have reported odd occurrences during the night shift after the museum has closed down for the night. Claims vary from reports of heavy breathing, unseen figures brushing past staff in the corridor, ghostly voices and the eerie sensation ...
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Castle Museum
Saginaw, Michigan
13.7 miles from Auburn, MI
This historic museum was formerly a gothic mansion, and is allegedly haunted by a grey lady who has been known to manifest in the archives room and in the basement. (Submitted by Callum Swift)
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J B Meinberg / Woody O'Brien's
Saginaw, Michigan
14 miles from Auburn, MI
J B Meinberg, aka Woody O'Brien's, is a pub that is haunted by a phantom barmaid. Her apparition has been seen, objects move on their own, and phantom footsteps have been heard.
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Montague Inn
Saginaw, Michigan
14.3 miles from Auburn, MI
People have reported seeing an apparition standing at the far end of the third floor corridor, which vanishes when approached. A ghostly presence is also believed to haunt the innkeeper's quarters, and is believed to be a former owner. (Submitted by Callum Swift)
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St Lorenz Lutheran Church
Frankenmuth, Michigan
24.6 miles from Auburn, MI
The church has a cemetery off to the left of the main doors. Many locals claim to have seen a woman without legs roaming the cemetery at night. She has been mostly spotted in the middle section of the cemetery. (Submitted by Chase S.)
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Those Nature People Herb Haus
Frankenmuth, Michigan
25.1 miles from Auburn, MI
The building itself is over 100 years old and has been the home to numerous businesses over the years. Many have not stayed long. Employees report that items fall from shelves at random. Customers report an extreme sense of peace upon entering the building. ...
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Frankenmuth Historical Museum
Frankenmuth, Michigan
25.2 miles from Auburn, MI
Housed in a building that was formerly a hotel and saloon and a newspaper, the museum is haunted by an unknown ghost. The apparition has appeared and stirred up local curiousity for years, usually in the front section of the museum.
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Dedic's Bar and Grill
Henderson, Michigan
36.1 miles from Auburn, MI
At Dedic's, something ghostly is going on, witnesses say. They have reported furniture that moves by itself, bathroom doors that slam, cold spots in the women's restroom, and unexplained sounds.
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Doherty Hotel
Clare, Michigan
38 miles from Auburn, MI
The hotel was a notorious hangout for gangsters in the 1920's and 1930's, and was also the scene of many murders, as well as front for an illegal gambling parlour. Loud knocking noises have been heard in the lobby when there is no one around, and the aroma of perfume ...
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Sweet Dreams Inn
Bay Port, Michigan
38.9 miles from Auburn, MI
At this Victorian bed-and-breakfast inn, several ghosts are rumored to have the run of the place. They open and close the doors, move the furniture, throw objects, and walk up and down the stairs. They are said to be friendly spirits.
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Baker College of Owosso
Owosso, Michigan
43 miles from Auburn, MI
Legend has it that a young woman hanged herself long ago at Baker College of Owosso, and her ghost still lingers, creating cold spots, shadows and unexplained sounds.
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Capitol Theatre
Flint Township, Michigan
44.9 miles from Auburn, MI
The historic Capitol Theatre is said to be haunted, and witnesses have seen apparitions and shadows in the balcony area and heard unexplained screams, moans, and tapping on the walls. Reports say that bands setting up here have had their equipment suddenly go dead and heard eerie singing accompanied by ...
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Castaway's Restaurant
Lapeer, Michigan
53.2 miles from Auburn, MI
Castaway's Restaurant on Lake Nepessing is housed in a building that was once a hotel and has ben several other businesses. Witnesses say the apparition of a man has been seen walking off of the dock into the lake, and a ghostly woman has been spotted near the lighthouse. Some ...
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Austin Arnold Road
Snover, Michigan
53.8 miles from Auburn, MI
The legend of the ghost on Austin Arnold Road starts is about a hermit who was unhappy that the coal mine was moving too close to his home. He destroyed his house and burned his crops, then laid down a tarp on which he shot his dog and himself. Unexplained ...
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Bruce Mansion
Brown City, Michigan
56.7 miles from Auburn, MI
Bruce Mansion was built in 1876, and is now a costume shop, according to reports. The land on which it rests were the site of many tragedies that may have resulted in its hauntings. Fires, deaths and wartime casualties occurred on the property and after it was built, the mansion ...
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Fenton Hotel
Fenton, Michigan
58.5 miles from Auburn, 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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White Horse Inn
Metamora, Michigan
60.3 miles from Auburn, MI
The White Horse Inn is currently closed for business, and is scheduled to reopen in 2014. But whether its haunts will remain is uncertain. Folks say a fire here claimed the lives of several intoxicated men and one barmaid, and their moaning and screaming was often heard by guests at ...
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Holly Hotel
Holly, Michigan
60.4 miles from Auburn, 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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Anchor Inn
Houghton Lake, Michigan
60.9 miles from Auburn, MI
We are a 100 year old Family restaurant, lounge, old hotel. We have decades of witnesses to paranormal activity dating back to the 40's & 50's. We have everything from full body apparitions, shadow figures, orbs, mists, objects moving, foot steps, voices, doors slamming, faucets on/off, electrical disturbances, people being ...
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Michigan State University
East Lansing, Michigan
63.6 miles from Auburn, 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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Lansing State Capitol
Lansing, Michigan
64.9 miles from Auburn, 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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Webberville Village Office
Webberville, Michigan
64.9 miles from Auburn, 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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Rob’s Place
Oxford Charter Township, Michigan
67.4 miles from Auburn, MI
Rob's Place has been the site of some weird occurrences, like glasses falling off shelves, bathroom stores banging open, jukebox volume quirks, strange orbs and squiggles that show in photos, and an apparition of a white-haired man in a Civil War uniform. Some say the activity comes from a basement ...
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Pack House Inn and Restaurant
Oscoda Township, Michigan
67.6 miles from Auburn, MI
The nineteenth-century inn and restaurant may have closed down, but the residence is still believed to be haunted by the daughter of the lumber baron who built the original house. Local folk claim that the spirit, known as 'Grace', still wanders the halls of the old mansion. (Submitted by Callum ...
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Belding Library
Belding, Michigan
67.8 miles from Auburn, MI
The Belding Library, this version of which was built in 1917 (the original library was destroyed in a fire), is haunted by a little girl. Her apparition has been seen in the children's section, and many witnesses have heard her laughing.
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Scripps Road
Orion charter Township, Michigan
71.4 miles from Auburn, MI
Scripps road is an old dirt road off the beaten path in Lake Orion. People claim to see dark figures around a gate leading to the scripps mansion and also in the surrounding woods. It is also said by some that you can see white figures chasing your car ...
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Pere Cheney Cemetery
Roscommon, Michigan
72.7 miles from Auburn, MI
Pere Cheney Cemetery, circa 1873, sits in a ghost town that has been the subject of lots of haunted tales. Locals tell about apparitions, orbs, witches, strange lights, and Native American curses. The cemetery has been a target for vandalism, and few headstones remain, according to reports. The townspeople are ...
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Pere Cheney
Roscommon, Michigan
73 miles from Auburn, MI
Pere Cheney is a ghost town in the heart of Michigan. At its peak, 1,500 lived here, but after a series of epidemics wiped out a majority of the population, the town was empty. Local legend says that the cause of this misfortune was the doing of a witch banished, ...
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Osceola Inn
Reed City, Michigan
74.3 miles from Auburn, MI
The historic inn is haunted by several apparitions. The first is a ghostly face that has been staring into guests rooms from outside the inn, only to vanish when approached. A ghostly woman in white has been seen in the bar area of the hotel, and has also been seen ...
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Oakland Community College
Waterford Township, Michigan
75.2 miles from Auburn, 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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Fran Leaf Park
Keego Harbor, Michigan
77.8 miles from Auburn, 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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John Dodge House
Rochester, Michigan
78 miles from Auburn, MI
Auto magnate John Dodge's former weekend retreat in Oakland University's Meadow Brook Estate is rumored to have a ghost. Suspects include Dodge himself, who died in 1920, and his daughter, Anna Margaret, who died of measles at age 4. Witnesses have described the sounds of footsteps and disembodied voices as ...
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Rayburn Lodge
Grayling, Michigan
78.9 miles from Auburn, MI
According to local lore, while the mid-1900s building stood abandoned for several years, some teens broke in and held a seance. Afterward, they saw a lumberjack coming toward them from the river. He pointed at them and vanished, scaring the teens half to death. According to locals, the ghostly lumberjack ...
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Escape Bar and Grill
Cadillac, Michigan
79.8 miles from Auburn, MI
The 1800's Northwood Hotel now houses the bar and grill, which is rumoured to be haunted. Apparitions reported here include a woman in an old-fashioned dress who appears in the ballroom, and a workman carrying a ladder. An employee who previously didn't believe in ghosts once had a glass ...
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Stinson Hospital
Eaton Rapids, Michigan
81.4 miles from Auburn, 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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Memphis Cemetery
Richmond, Michigan
82.4 miles from Auburn, MI
The small Memphis Cemetery has a legend about its "witch's ball," a black marble stone in the back of the graveyard. Folks say that shadows and faces will appear in the stone, and apparitions and disembodied voices have been reported in the area as well.
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Christ Church Cranbrook
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
82.8 miles from Auburn, 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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William Tyndale College
Farmington Hills, Michigan
83.4 miles from Auburn, 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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Thornapple Village Inn Restaurant - Bistro Chloe Elan
Ada, Michigan
84.1 miles from Auburn, MI
The former Thornapple Village Inn, now Bistro Chloe Elan, has a ghostly legend attached to it. The story says that an engagement dinner was held here, after which the bride-to-be suddenly died. Her ghost is said to roam the premises, showing up in women's restroom mirrors or tinkering with the ...
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Birmingham 8 Theater
Birmingham, Michigan
84.9 miles from Auburn, 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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Sturgeon Point Lighthouse
Harrisville, Michigan
86.2 miles from Auburn, MI
Sturgeon Point Lighthouse, built in 1869, once had a ghost that carried its dim light up the stairs to the tower at night. However, the tower is now walled up, and the wall sports a painted mural of a lighthouse keeper.
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Purple Rose Theatre
Chelsea, Michigan
88.9 miles from Auburn, 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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Rotary Park
Livonia, Michigan
89.6 miles from Auburn, 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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Halmich Park
Warren, Michigan
89.9 miles from Auburn, MI
At Halmich Park, reports say a visitor was driving at night, and suddenly their car hit something they never saw in the road. They got out to look and there was nothing there, but then a huge black figure raced toward them, screaming. As they drove away they heard it ...
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Olivet College
Olivet, Michigan
91 miles from Auburn, 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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Machpelah Cemetery
Ferndale, Michigan
92.6 miles from Auburn, 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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Blue Tractor BBQ and Brewery
Ann Arbor, Michigan
92.8 miles from Auburn, 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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Nankin Mill Tavern
Westland, Michigan
93.2 miles from Auburn, 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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Michigan Theatre
Jackson, Michigan
95.2 miles from Auburn, 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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