Haunted Places in Fulton County, Pennsylvania



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    Omni Bedford Springs Resort

    Bedford, Pennsylvania

    21.5 miles from Fulton County, 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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    Fort Frederick Maryland

    Big Pool, Maryland

    22.3 miles from Fulton County, 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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    Phillips' Rangers Monument

    Saxton, Pennsylvania

    24.5 miles from Fulton County, 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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    Jean Bonnet Tavern

    Bedford, Pennsylvania

    25.1 miles from Fulton County, 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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    Town Hall - Williamsport

    Williamsport, Maryland

    27.3 miles from Fulton County, 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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    Johnathan Hager House Museum

    Hagerstown, Maryland

    28.3 miles from Fulton County, 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

    28.6 miles from Fulton County, 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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    Miller's Church

    Hagerstown, Maryland

    29.6 miles from Fulton County, 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 Mont Alto

    Mont Alto, Pennsylvania

    30.7 miles from Fulton County, 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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    Poor House Farm Park

    Martinsburg, West Virginia

    32.5 miles from Fulton County, 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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    Apollo Theatre

    Martinsburg, West Virginia

    33.2 miles from Fulton County, 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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    Dead Mans Curve

    Hagerstown, Maryland

    33.3 miles from Fulton County, 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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    Antietam National Battlefield

    Sharpsburg, Maryland

    36.8 miles from Fulton County, 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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    Inn Boonsboro

    Boonsboro, Maryland

    37.9 miles from Fulton County, 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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    Cashtown Inn

    Orrtanna, Pennsylvania

    40 miles from Fulton County, 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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    Old South Mountain Inn

    Boonsboro, Maryland

    40.1 miles from Fulton County, 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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    Fairfield Inn - The Mansion House

    Fairfield, Pennsylvania

    40.6 miles from Fulton County, 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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    Railroaders Memorial Museum

    Altoona, Pennsylvania

    43.4 miles from Fulton County, 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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    Mishler Theatre

    Altoona, Pennsylvania

    43.6 miles from Fulton County, 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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    Grand Midway Hotel

    Windber, Pennsylvania

    43.7 miles from Fulton County, 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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    Spook Hill

    Burkittsville, Maryland

    44.5 miles from Fulton County, 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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    National Emergency Training Center - St. Joseph's College

    Emmitsburg, Maryland

    44.7 miles from Fulton County, 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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    Sachs Covered Bridge

    Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

    45.2 miles from Fulton County, 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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    Harpers Ferry Guest House

    Harpers Ferry, West Virginia

    45.9 miles from Fulton County, 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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    Historic Hilltop House

    Harpers Ferry, West Virginia

    46 miles from Fulton County, 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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    Harpers Ferry

    Harpers Ferry, West Virginia

    46 miles from Fulton County, 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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    Haunted Cottage - Booth House

    Harpers Ferry, West Virginia

    46 miles from Fulton County, 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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    St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church

    Harpers Ferry, West Virginia

    46.3 miles from Fulton County, 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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    Gettysburg College

    Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

    46.7 miles from Fulton County, 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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    Triangular Field

    Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

    47 miles from Fulton County, 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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    Devil's Den

    Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

    47.1 miles from Fulton County, 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

    47.1 miles from Fulton County, 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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    The Gettysburg Hotel

    Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

    47.2 miles from Fulton County, 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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    Tillie Pierce House Inn

    Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

    47.2 miles from Fulton County, 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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    Farnsworth House Inn

    Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

    47.2 miles from Fulton County, 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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    The Devil's Elbow

    Dysart, Pennsylvania

    47.3 miles from Fulton County, 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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    Jennie Wade House

    Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

    47.3 miles from Fulton County, 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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    Soldiers National Museum

    Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

    47.3 miles from Fulton County, 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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    Little Round Top

    Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

    47.4 miles from Fulton County, 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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    Brunswick Heritage Museum

    Brunswick, Maryland

    49.5 miles from Fulton County, PA

    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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    The Lightner Farmhouse

    Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

    49.9 miles from Fulton County, PA

    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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    Schifferstadt

    Frederick, Maryland

    50.3 miles from Fulton County, PA

    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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    Barbara Fritchie House

    Frederick, Maryland

    51.3 miles from Fulton County, PA

    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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    Cork Street Tavern

    Winchester, Virginia

    51.4 miles from Fulton County, 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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    Academia Girl’s School

    Port Royal, Pennsylvania

    51.4 miles from Fulton County, 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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    National Museum of Civil War Medicine

    Frederick, Maryland

    51.5 miles from Fulton County, PA

    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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    Abram's Delight

    Winchester, Virginia

    52.3 miles from Fulton County, 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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    Duncan Hallow

    Frederick, Maryland

    52.7 miles from Fulton County, PA

    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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    Old Hampshire County Jail

    Romney, West Virginia

    52.8 miles from Fulton County, 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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    Carlisle Barracks

    Carlisle, Pennsylvania

    53.2 miles from Fulton County, 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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    Green Gables Hotel and Restaurant

    Lewistown, Pennsylvania

    54.2 miles from Fulton County, 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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    Lake Linganore

    New Market, Maryland

    55.5 miles from Fulton County, PA

    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

    58 miles from Fulton County, PA

    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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    TWA Flight 514 Crash Site

    Bluemont, Virginia

    59.7 miles from Fulton County, PA

    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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    Penn State University

    State College, Pennsylvania

    61.8 miles from Fulton County, 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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    Wayside Inn

    Middletown, Virginia

    62.4 miles from Fulton County, PA

    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

    62.6 miles from Fulton County, PA

    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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    Ball's Bluff Battlefield

    Leesburg, Virginia

    63.1 miles from Fulton County, PA

    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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    Belle Grove Plantation

    Middletown, Virginia

    63.3 miles from Fulton County, PA

    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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    Oatlands Plantation

    Leesburg, Virginia

    66.6 miles from Fulton County, PA

    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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    Cost Plus World Market

    Fulton County, Virginia

    72.3 miles from Fulton County, PA

    I use to work at this store years ago and can tell you (and I'm sure you can ask other people who have worked there) that this place is truly haunted. When I worked over night here or worked a closing shift there were many strange happenings. There was always ...

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    Hickory Grove Chapel

    Haymarket, Virginia

    75.4 miles from Fulton County, PA

    There are a lot of stories about this little white building that has been left to rot for the past 4-5 decades on Logmill Road in Haymarket, Virginia. Some call it the "Old White Chapel," others the "Hickory Grove Chapel". At least one person says it was never ...

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    The Grey Horse Inn

    The Plains, Virginia

    75.7 miles from Fulton County, PA

    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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    Beall-Dawson House

    Rockville, Maryland

    77.3 miles from Fulton County, PA

    This restored 1815 home and museum site is haunted by an apparition. Speculators say it may be original builder Upton Beall, his wife Jane, or one of their daughters: Jane, Mathilda or Margaret. Some suppose it also could be a household slaves. Ghost tours are offered around Halloween.

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    Marwood Mansion

    Potomac, Maryland

    77.9 miles from Fulton County, PA

    Witnesses in this former house of the Gore family say they have seen the bathroom window open by itself, the toilet flushing, and steam coming from the tub, as well as eerie sounds from the basement. An apparition of the family's butler has been seen on the steps and around ...

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    Clara Barton National Historic Site

    Glen Echo, Maryland

    84.1 miles from Fulton County, PA

    Clara Barton National Historic Site, home of the famous wartime nurse for the last 15 years of her life, is said to be haunted. Folks have reported apparitions and it is believed that Clara herself still lingers here in spirit.

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    Piero's Corner Italian - Carlos O'Kelley's

    Fairfax, Virginia

    86.7 miles from Fulton County, PA

    This location was once a "Carlos O'Kelley's" restaurant. Now it is an Italian place called "Piero's Corner." Back when it was Carlos O'Kelley's, it was said that a dishwasher who worked there hanged himself in the building and haunted the premises from then on. Numerous waitstaff reported ...

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    George Mason University

    Fairfax, Virginia

    86.8 miles from Fulton County, PA

    The crew team at George Mason University has reported seeing the ghost of an old man near the docks or dam. Legend has it that he's Old Man Johnson, a deceased area rower who, in the 1970s, found his wife having an affair. The distraught man went out rowing and ...

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    Omni Shoreham Hotel

    Washington, District of Columbia

    89.4 miles from Fulton County, PA

    This mammoth upscale 1930 hotel is home to its fair share of haunts. In 1930, a rich family, one of the hotel's finiancial backers, moved into Room 864. Reports say that one night their nanny awoke feeling ill, suddenly collapsed, and died. A few days later their adopted daughter Helen ...

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    Halcyon House

    Washington, District of Columbia

    89.8 miles from Fulton County, PA

    Built by first Secretary of the Navy Benjamin Stoddert in 1787, Halcyon House was sold in 1900 to Albert Clemens, a nephew of Mark Twain. Clemens, who died in 1938, believed that perpetually altering the house would extend his life, so it changed quite a bit over the decades in ...

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    Woodrow Wilson House

    Washington, District of Columbia

    89.9 miles from Fulton County, PA

    At this museum, both staff members and visitors have reported seeing President Woodrow Wilson's apparition sitting in his rocking chair. Also reported have been the sound of a man with a shiffling gait walking with a cane and the sound of a man sobbing.

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    Old Stone House

    Washington, District of Columbia

    90.1 miles from Fulton County, PA

    The 18th-century home is reported to be one of the oldest buildings in D.C. It's believed to be home to at least four spirits, who knock things off shelves and perform other mischievous tricks. One spirit is said to be an "unfriendly male" who has scared many a visitor.

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    M Street Bridge

    Washington, District of Columbia

    90.3 miles from Fulton County, PA

    Visitors to the bridge should keep a lookout for two ghosts. One is a phantom stagecoach, which locals saw from the early 19th century to the early 20th century; the other is a drummer boy who had been knocked off-balance by a strong breeze and drowned. Witnesses say they have ...

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    Walsh Mansion - Embassy of Indonesia

    Washington, District of Columbia

    90.3 miles from Fulton County, PA

    Formerly the Walsh Mansion and now the Embassy of Indonesia, this 1903 mansion is believed to be haunted by Evalyn Walsh McLean, daughter of original builder Thomas J. Walsh. The mansion had 60 rooms, including a theater and a ballroom. Evalyn Walsh married publishing heir Edward Beale "Ned" McLean, whose ...

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    Old Post Chapel

    Arlington, Virginia

    90.9 miles from Fulton County, PA

    Many Arlington National Cemetery burials started in this old military chapel, in use since the 1930s. Witnesses have reported unexplained voices and footsteps, locked doors have been known to open by themselves, and at least once, a soldier went into a room to find all the cabinets wide open. A ...

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    Renaissance Mayflower Hotel

    Washington, District of Columbia

    90.9 miles from Fulton County, PA

    This 1925 is known for its beautiful inlaid gold decor, and also for its resident ghost. When Calvin Coolidge won the U.S. presidency, he was expected to go to his Inaugural Ball at the Mayflower Hotel. However, his son Calvin Jr. had just died of an infection, and the devastated ...

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    Decatur House

    Washington, District of Columbia

    91.1 miles from Fulton County, PA

    The ghost of war hero Commodore Stephen Decatur, Jr., is said to peer out the second-story window of his 1819 house or walk out its back door. Decatur was killed just 14 months after moving here, in a duel between himself and former friend James Barron. Ghostly weeping also can ...

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    Hay–Adams Hotel

    Washington, District of Columbia

    91.2 miles from Fulton County, PA

    Allegedly haunted by the ghost of Marian (Clover) Hooper Adams who lived in the residence that occupied this site prior to the hotel being constructed. Mrs. Adams committed suicide by ingesting potassium cyanide. People claim to see and smell distinct scents that they attribute to her, including the smell ...

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    Blair House

    Washington, District of Columbia

    91.2 miles from Fulton County, PA

    Now a complex of four connected townhouses and the official state guest housing for the President of the United States, the historic Blair House was built in 1824 for Joseph Lovell, eighth Surgeon General of the United States Army. It is said that the ghost of President Woodrow Wilson has ...

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    St. John's Episcopal Church

    Washington, District of Columbia

    91.2 miles from Fulton County, PA

    The 1816 church's President's Pew, reserved for the President of the United States, is where the hauntings are said to take place. So the story goes, when the old church bell tolls for the death of a notable person, six ghostly men in white robes appear at midnight in the ...

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    The Octagon House

    Washington, District of Columbia

    91.2 miles from Fulton County, PA

    Built by Colonel John Tahoe in 1799, the historic Octagon House was used as The White House during former president Madison's term. One ghost here is the spirit of Colonel Tahoe's pregnant daughter, who died when she threw herself from the top banister. She committed suicide after finding out her ...

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    Cutts-Madison House - Dolley Madison House

    Washington, District of Columbia

    91.3 miles from Fulton County, PA

    The spirit of former First Lady Dolley Madison is said to reside at her home, built in 1822 by Richard Cutts, Dolley's brother-in-law. After her husband James Madison died in 1836, Dolley lived here until her death in 1849. Although the house's next owner Rear Admiral Charles Wilkes changed things ...

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    Treasury Annex

    Washington, District of Columbia

    91.3 miles from Fulton County, PA

    A ghostly woman in a long white dress roams the second floor, seen by several employees working late. Also experienced have been unexplained footsteps and voices, and even a toilet flushing.

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    The White House

    Washington, District of Columbia

    91.3 miles from Fulton County, PA

    A number of mysterious happenings have been reported in the White House. President Abraham Lincoln's apparition is seen in the Lincoln Bedroom and all over the White House, President Andrew Jackson is seen in the Rose Bedroom, and President William Henry Harrison is heard in the attic. Abigail Adams is ...

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    Lafayette Square - Presidents Park

    Washington, District of Columbia

    91.4 miles from Fulton County, PA

    President's Park, a.k.a. Lafayette Square, is said to be haunted by Philip Barton Key II, son of Francis Scott Key. As legend has it, in 1958 Philip Key had an affair with the wife of one of his friends, Daniel Sickles. In his rage, Sickles shot Key, who was unarmed, ...

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    Willard InterContinental

    Washington, District of Columbia

    91.5 miles from Fulton County, PA

    The grand hotel has had many famous guests, such as Abraham Lincoln, Charles Dickens, Emily Dickinson, Mark Twain, Walt Whitman, General John J. Pershing, and Harry Houdini. Another renowned guest, once a U.S. president, is believed to still reside here. An apparition believed to be Ulysses S. Grant has been ...

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    National Theatre

    Washington, District of Columbia

    91.6 miles from Fulton County, PA

    Opened in 1835 originally, the theater was demolished and rebuilt in 1923. Deceased actor John McCullough's spirit has appeared here in the role of Shakespeare's Hamlet. According to local stories, the actor was murdered here in the 1880s by another actor. The ghost has been seen as far back as ...

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    Ford's Theatre

    Washington, District of Columbia

    91.7 miles from Fulton County, PA

    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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    Mary Surratt's Boarding House - Wok and Roll

    Washington, District of Columbia

    91.8 miles from Fulton County, PA

    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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    National Museum of Crime and Punishment

    Washington, District of Columbia

    91.9 miles from Fulton County, PA

    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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    National Building Museum

    Washington, District of Columbia

    92 miles from Fulton County, PA

    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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    Independence Avenue SW

    Washington, District of Columbia

    92.3 miles from Fulton County, PA

    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

    92.4 miles from Fulton County, PA

    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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    Fort McNair

    Washington, District of Columbia

    93.7 miles from Fulton County, PA

    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 ...