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0Summerseat Farm
Mechanicsville, Maryland
13.8 miles from Chesapeake Ranch Estates, MD
Summerseat Farm is believed to be haunted and has been investigated by ghost hunters, who found lights had come on after they had turned them off. Visitors have witnessed bed covers that move on their own and a rosary that swung by itself. The property includes a family cemetery that ...
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Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
Church Creek, Maryland
18 miles from Chesapeake Ranch Estates, MD
The 27,000 acres of tidal marshes, forest and ponds that make up this refuge are said to be haunted by a demon mule. Long ago, the beast was known to attack loggers and fishermen, so the locals hunted it and chased it to its death in quicksand. The unhappy mule's ...
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Point Lookout State Park
Scotland, Maryland
21.1 miles from Chesapeake Ranch Estates, MD
At Point Lookout State Park, formerly a Civil War prison camp named Camp Lincoln, there is a lighthouse that is rumored to be haunted by a Civil War soldier. He has shown up leaning against the door frame in photos taken here. Also here is the apparition of a woman ...
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0Point Lookout Light
Lexington Park, Maryland
21.8 miles from Chesapeake Ranch Estates, MD
The rich history of paranormal activity at this 1800s lighthouse and surrounding area is said to stem from centuries of shipwrecks and bodies found washed ashore. The site has been featured on many TV shows.
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Cator House
Cambridge, Maryland
24.1 miles from Chesapeake Ranch Estates, MD
The Cator House restaurant is reportedly haunted by original owner Emily Cator, who originally built it as an inn. Staff members claim to have heard and felt Emily's ghost.
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Bayly Orem House
Cambridge, Maryland
24.4 miles from Chesapeake Ranch Estates, MD
This historic house dates back to 1888, and now serves as a complex of quaint apartments. A former tenant claims the front parlour room is haunted, and reported flickering lights, objects being moved by unseen hands and the faint sound of ghostly laughter when there was no one around. (Submitted ...
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Stratford Hall
Montross, Virginia
26.5 miles from Chesapeake Ranch Estates, MD
Stratford Hall Plantation was the home of the Lee family, including two Declaration of Independence signers, and it was Robert E. Lee's birthplace. It is said to be haunted by Elizabeth McCarty Storke, rumored to have had an affair with Henry Lee, Robert E. Lee's step-brother, when she was only ...
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Dr. Samuel A. Mudd House Museum
Waldorf, Maryland
28.6 miles from Chesapeake Ranch Estates, MD
The historic house museum is said to be haunted by the apparition of Mrs. Frankie Mudd. Witnesses also have heard unexplained voices, and during a Civil War reenactment, electric candles in the windows repeatedly turned on by themselves. A human-shaped bed impression routinely appears in a room where John Wilkes ...
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Old Brick Inn - Kemp House Bed and Breakfast
Saint Michaels, Maryland
31.9 miles from Chesapeake Ranch Estates, MD
This historic bed and breakfast inn dates back to 1807, and was formerly owned by a civil war soldier. The inn is believed to be haunted by the a pair of gentleman who have been heard arguing in a downstairs room, a blue ball of light that flies through ...
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Aida's Victoriana Inn
Saint Michaels, Maryland
32.2 miles from Chesapeake Ranch Estates, MD
This nineteenth century bed and breakfast inn is located right on the harbour, and is believed to have its own resident ghost. The spirit of a man who passed away in an upstairs room before paying his bill has been known to leave money around the house for the ...
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Linden House Bed and Breakfast Plantation
Caret, Virginia
38.8 miles from Chesapeake Ranch Estates, MD
Reports say that this historic bed-and-breakfast is no longer open for business. When it was, it was often visited by ghosts. The building was known to harbor mysterious aromas, and footsteps were often heard on the 3rd and 4th floors. Strange lights, orange and yellow in color, were said to ...
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Surratt House Museum
Clinton, Maryland
38.8 miles from Chesapeake Ranch Estates, MD
The historic 18th century inn and tavern building, now a museum, was once owned by Mary Surratt. Her son John sometimes met with friends there, one of whom was John Wilkes Booth. These meetings were said to be when the plot for the assassination of President Lincoln evolved. The guns ...
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Lancaster Tavern
Lancaster, Virginia
39.9 miles from Chesapeake Ranch Estates, MD
Built around 1800, this historic inn and tavern is said to have a friendly ghost who makes breakfast every morning. The smell of bacon is said to come from the kitchen very early, before no one living begins cooking.
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Kent Manor Inn
Stevensville, Maryland
43.1 miles from Chesapeake Ranch Estates, MD
The ghost of former inn resident Alexander Thompson reportedly haunts the building after hanging himself in Room #210 of the hotel. Disembodied voices and footsteps have been heard, doors open and close by themselves and guests staying in the room where he died have reported smelling cigar smoke. Strange lights ...
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Witch's Grave - Truxton Park
Annapolis, Maryland
43.1 miles from Chesapeake Ranch Estates, MD
The witch's grave is said to be found at Truxton Park, in the woods past the third baseball field near a slanted tree. The witch is said to have been buried here in the 1800s but escaped from the grave, never to be seen again. Rumor has it that on ...
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Middleton Tavern
Annapolis, Maryland
43.8 miles from Chesapeake Ranch Estates, MD
The tavern is housed in a 1740 former private residence. It is said to be haunted by a ghost nicknamed Roland who has been seen in the first-floor dining rooms. He wears Revolutionary War-era clothing and looks out the window toward the water. He brings with him the smell of ...
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The Maryland Inn
Annapolis, Maryland
43.8 miles from Chesapeake Ranch Estates, MD
This hotel dates back to 1772, and is the oldest continuously operated hotel in the country. And, according to staff and guests, it may just be the most haunted as well. Visitors and employees at the inn have reported cold spots, the scent of perfume, ghostly voices, disembodied footsteps ...
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Reynolds Tavern
Annapolis, Maryland
43.8 miles from Chesapeake Ranch Estates, MD
Mary Reynolds, who inherited the place after her husband William died in 1777, is the haunt who resides here. Witnesses have reported that objects move, and a ghostly woman's voice has been heard singing Christmas carols. The ghost also is said to have broken a dish during a ghost-hunting investigation.
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Rams Head Tavern
Annapolis, Maryland
43.9 miles from Chesapeake Ranch Estates, MD
Built around 1831, the tavern has a legend relating to a ghost named Amy. She had been a prostitute employed by tavern guests, and died on the job. A bedpost, said to be hers, is on display in the downstairs bar. Her apparition has been seen by staff and even ...
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Governor Calvert House
Annapolis, Maryland
43.9 miles from Chesapeake Ranch Estates, MD
This elegant old-fashioned hotel was formerly the residence of the state governor, and is rumoured to be haunted. Guests and staff have reportedly encountered the apparition of a man in period clothing, the spirit of a woman who committed suicide during the 1940's and a male presence known as ...
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Paca House and Garden
Annapolis, Maryland
43.9 miles from Chesapeake Ranch Estates, MD
At this preserved historic museum site, an apparition of a man has been seen wearing colonial clothing and peering out the upper windows. Some believe he is William Paca himself, a former Maryland governor and signer of the Declaration of Independence.
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Galway Bay Restaurant
Annapolis, Maryland
43.9 miles from Chesapeake Ranch Estates, MD
This late nineteenth century restaurant and pub serves up a variety of spirits, including whisky, scotch and even some ghost stories. Staff working late hours have reported the apparition of a servant girl in the basement, while diners have reportedly mistaken her for a staff member in the courtyard. ...
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Old Maggie's Bridge
Seaford, Delaware
44.1 miles from Chesapeake Ranch Estates, MD
Local legend tells of a pregnant woman named Maggie who was killed in an auto accident on the bridge. The legend says those who get out of their cars and call out "Maggie, I have your baby" are supposed to cause paranormal activity of some sort.
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Oxon Hill Cemetery
Oxon Hill-Glassmanor, Maryland
44.2 miles from Chesapeake Ranch Estates, MD
This cemetery is located off Oxon Hill Road, catty corner to Levi's Barbecue, behind the Post Office. About 10 years ago my husband and I were hanging out with a group of homeless people. We would go to wherever they set up camp and just sit around and drink and ...
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Poplar Hill Mansion
Salisbury, Maryland
44.6 miles from Chesapeake Ranch Estates, MD
This 1795 plantation house is now a museum, and is rumoured to be haunted by a number of spirits from long ago. Among these are a slave girl who burned to death after her dress caught fire, a former owner of the residence and a male servant known as ...
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U.S. Naval Institute
Annapolis, Maryland
44.6 miles from Chesapeake Ranch Estates, MD
The U.S. Naval Institute was a former home for the poor and mentally unstable, then a Civil War hospital. It is said to be haunted by a patient, a soldier named Jimmy Sutton who died in 1907. He is suspected to have been shot in an argument over a woman. ...
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Ramsay House
Alexandria, Virginia
46.3 miles from Chesapeake Ranch Estates, MD
Ramsay House is used as a visitor information center, and originally was named for William Ramsay, Scottish merchant and city founder. Witnesses claim to have seen apparitions in 18th-century clothing in the building's basement.
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0St. Elizabeth's Hospital
Washington, District of Columbia
46.3 miles from Chesapeake Ranch Estates, MD
Paranormal experiences here have included groaning sounds, footsteps, cold spots, and strange noises. The site is still an operational hospital and trespassing is not permitted.
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Gadsby's Tavern
Alexandria, Virginia
46.4 miles from Chesapeake Ranch Estates, MD
Gadsby's Tavern was built in the 1770s and reportedly was visited by many of the country's founding fathers. According to rumor, the tours through the historic site do not include one of its rooms, which is closed tight. Why? It's said that a lovely ghost resides there. Legend has it ...
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The John Douglass Brown House - Fawcett-Reeder House
Alexandria, Virginia
46.4 miles from Chesapeake Ranch Estates, MD
The John Douglass Brown House, aka Fawcett-Reeder House, was built in 1772 and was allegedly visited by George Washington during his lifetime. Around the colonial home, witnesses claim to have seen apparitions of ghostly Revolutionary War-era soldiers.
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Lamb's Creek Church
King George, Virginia
46.5 miles from Chesapeake Ranch Estates, MD
The historic Lamb's Creek Church dates back to the 1700s, and legend tells of a ghostly woman in white who appeared kneeling at the chancel rail to two Confederate soldiers.
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0Woodlawn
Alexandria, Virginia
46.6 miles from Chesapeake Ranch Estates, MD
Historic Woodlawn was originally built in 1805 for Martha Washington’s granddaughter Nelly Parke Custis and her husband Major Lawrence Lewis. Now a museum, the place is rumored to be haunted by some of its many generations of former residents.
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Lee-Fendall House
Alexandria, Virginia
46.6 miles from Chesapeake Ranch Estates, MD
The Lee-Fendall House museum, once used as a Revolutionary War hospital, is said to be haunted by female apparition in period clothing, a woman and child who appear on the back stairs, and the sound of an antique telephone. The site has been featured on an episode of TV’s Ghost ...
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Glenn Dale Hospital
Glenn Dale, Maryland
47.5 miles from Chesapeake Ranch Estates, MD
Glenn Dale Hospital, built in 1934, was once a tuberculosis sanatorium with 23 buildings. It closed because of asbestos problems in 1981. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in November 2011 and is regularly patrolled by police. The Goat Man of Maryland, a half-man, half-goat creature, ...
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Marine Barracks - 8th & I
Washington, District of Columbia
48.2 miles from Chesapeake Ranch Estates, MD
The mysterious presence is said to linger around the lower parking garage, where a fatal accident involving a young child occurred. Some Marines have heard the child calling out early in the morning; others have seen a red ball rolling down a garage ramp.
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Fort McNair
Washington, District of Columbia
48.4 miles from Chesapeake Ranch Estates, MD
The ghost of Mary Surrat, convicted in a plot to assassinate President Lincoln, has been seen here, presumably trying to convince fort guests of her innocence. Building 21 has an unknown spirit lingering in spirit form. Workers here have heard footsteps in the attic and have felt something behind them ...
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Fletchertown Road
Bowie, Maryland
48.8 miles from Chesapeake Ranch Estates, MD
The Goat Man is an urban legend about a being who escaped from the nearby Department of Agriculture Research Center. Said to be a product of a human-animal breeding experiment, the escaped Goat Man murdered and ate many victims in the 1950s and '60s. As recently as the 1970s, something ...
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Library of Congress
Washington, District of Columbia
49.1 miles from Chesapeake Ranch Estates, MD
Tales are told of a ghostly police officer who haunts the stacks at the famed Library of Congress, often helping those who become lost amid the vast collection. Appearing both in uniform and in casual clothes, the officer, who often even tells people his name, is deceased sergeant. Other strange ...
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Pocomoke State Forest
Pocomoke City, Maryland
49.2 miles from Chesapeake Ranch Estates, MD
Witnesses have reported seeing apparitions of slaves around the forest and the surrounding swamp area. Some say the slaves stem from slave abuse that used to occur here, as well as slave masters' affairs with slaves that yielded babies who were promptly drowned in the swamp.
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0United States Capitol
Washington, District of Columbia
49.3 miles from Chesapeake Ranch Estates, MD
At the U.S. Capitol, folks say that late at night, the statues in the Statuary Hall come to life and move about the room. It is also said that a black cat appears in the basement just before a national disaster occurs. The ghost of a builder who died during ...
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Independence Avenue SW
Washington, District of Columbia
49.6 miles from Chesapeake Ranch Estates, MD
This part of the avenue is believed to be haunted by the ghosts of slaves. It is the former site of two notorious slave markets: the Yellow House or Williams Slave Pen, now the FAA headquarters, and the nearby Robey Slave Pen, at the 7th Street corner. Locals have heard ...
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Old Long Bridge - 14th Street Bridge
Washington, District of Columbia
49.6 miles from Chesapeake Ranch Estates, MD
General Edward Braddock's 1755 expedition to capture Fort Duquesne was attacked, killing or wounding 900 men, in what is now known as the Battle of the Monongahela. Rumor has it that on the anniversary of Braddock's departure near the bridge or along the nearby bluffs, the ghostly sounds of military ...
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Airport Road
Seaford, Delaware
49.7 miles from Chesapeake Ranch Estates, MD
Two ghosts are rumored to appear walking along this road. One is a Confederate soldier's apparition. The other, which is said to show up on Valentine's Day, is the ghost of a weeping bride.
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Lazy Susan Dinner Theatre
Lorton, Virginia
49.7 miles from Chesapeake Ranch Estates, MD
At the Lazy Susan Dinner Theatre, the ghosts in residence like to rearrange chairs and place settings or manifest as lights that glide around backstage.
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Gallaudet University - MSSD
Washington, District of Columbia
49.7 miles from Chesapeake Ranch Estates, MD
MSSD is the Model Secondary School for the Deaf. The ghost of a girl who committed suicide has been seen in the dorms, as well as another female spirit. Hoofbeats also have been felt through the campus, thought to be left over from Revolutionary War soldiers.
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Bladensburg Dueling Grounds
Colmar Manor, Maryland
49.8 miles from Chesapeake Ranch Estates, MD
When dueling was outlawed in the district limits, this area, now a park, became the spot where men could defend their honor. The apparition of Commodore Stephen Decatur, killed here in 1820, has been seen here, as well as other shadowy figures.
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National Building Museum
Washington, District of Columbia
50 miles from Chesapeake Ranch Estates, MD
The 1887 National Building Museum is said to be haunted by ghosts who appear in an unusual way. Formerly the "Pension Building," where pensions were processed for Civil War veterans, widows, and orphans, it has 15 Corinthian brick-and-plaster columns painted to resemble black onyx. Witnesses say the colors on the ...
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National Museum of Crime and Punishment
Washington, District of Columbia
50.1 miles from Chesapeake Ranch Estates, MD
On display is the Tennessee electric chair, used on 125 men from 1916 to 1960. It is said to be haunted by the ghosts of the men whose lives it took.
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Mary Surratt's Boarding House - Wok and Roll
Washington, District of Columbia
50.2 miles from Chesapeake Ranch Estates, MD
Notorious Lincoln conspirator Mary Surratt's former boarding house is now Wok and Roll, a Chinese restaurant, and it is said to be haunted by Mary Surratt's ghost. Witnesses have heard unintelligible murmurs, unexplained footsteps, muffled weeping and creaking floorboards.
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0Ford's Theatre
Washington, District of Columbia
50.2 miles from Chesapeake Ranch Estates, MD
At this historic theater where Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in 1865, folks say John Wilkes Booth's footsteps still can be heard running up the back stairs to the Presidential Box.
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