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Linden House Bed and Breakfast Plantation
Caret, Virginia
13.5 miles from Richmond County, VAReports 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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Stratford Hall
Montross, Virginia
16 miles from Richmond County, VAStratford 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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Lancaster Tavern
Lancaster, Virginia
18.5 miles from Richmond County, VABuilt 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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Point Lookout Light
Lexington Park, Maryland
23.3 miles from Richmond County, VAThe 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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Point Lookout State Park
Scotland, Maryland
23.5 miles from Richmond County, VAAt 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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Summerseat Farm
Mechanicsville, Maryland
31.9 miles from Richmond County, VASummerseat 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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The Old Mansion - Bowling Green Farm
Bowling Green, Virginia
34.4 miles from Richmond County, VAThe ghost of Colonel John Waller Hoomes, who built this house in 1670, haunts his old home, some say. His daughter Sophia has been witnessed around the property as well, usually riding in a coach to visit her father's home. And one more ghost who resides here is a Mrs. ...
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Lamb's Creek Church
King George, Virginia
37 miles from Richmond County, VAThe 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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Brooker's Site
Mechanicsville, Virginia
40.4 miles from Richmond County, VAThis was the site of a old house built in the mid to early 19th century. The house has been gone and the site of the house is now home to a United States post office. However, the house back in the mid 1800s owned 125 acres that today is ...
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Randolph-Macon College
Ashland, Virginia
42.6 miles from Richmond County, VAAt Randolph-Macon College, three places are rumored to be haunted. At Mary Branch, a girls' dorm, at least two ghosts are said to reside. Doors open and close by themselves, and objects are moved or disappear. In the SAE Fraternity House, witnesses have described strange noises and apparitions of soldiers ...
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Rosewell Plantation
Gloucester Courthouse, Virginia
42.9 miles from Richmond County, VAThis 1725 mansion is said to be a hotspot for ghostly goings-on. Gutted by fire in 1916, the ruins were donated to the Gloucester Historical Society by its last owners and the site is now open to visitors several days a week. The four chimneys and the east wall remain, ...
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College of William and Mary
Williamsburg, Virginia
45.9 miles from Richmond County, VAThe College of William and Mary, the second-oldest college in the nation, has several legendary campus ghosts. One, who resides on the third floor of St. George Tucker Hall, is said to visit students who pull all-night study sessions. Another haunting happens in the Wren Building: Footsteps are said to ...
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King's Arms Tavern
Williamsburg, Virginia
46 miles from Richmond County, VAThis tavern is believed to be the residence of a ghost named Irma, who died in a fire in this area during the 1700s. Since legend has it that the fire was started by a dropped candle, the ghost is known to blow out candles and perform other helpful tasks ...
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Orell House
Williamsburg, Virginia
46.1 miles from Richmond County, VAStrange occurrences that have been reported here include a water faucet that turned on by itself multiple times in the bathroom and a glass that was removed from the medicine cabinet, taken out of its plastic wrap and thrown on the floor.
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Deep Creek Vintage
Fredericksburg, Virginia
46.3 miles from Richmond County, VAThe former plantation manor housing the store was built about 1750 and enlarged until the 1860s. Its ghosts, of which there are many, have been heard and seen. Typical activity includes footsteps, knocking, soft voices and singing, and people (especially women with long hair) being touched. More rarely, objects ...
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Dr. Samuel A. Mudd House Museum
Waldorf, Maryland
46.8 miles from Richmond County, VAThe 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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Museum of the Confederacy
Richmond, Virginia
47 miles from Richmond County, VAPart of this museum is the former White House of the Confederacy, containing Civil War artifacts, manuscripts, Confederate imprints (books and pamphlets) and photos--and that's not all: It also has a ghost. This portion of the museum is believed to be haunted by the spirit of Jefferson Davis' 5-year-old son.
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Chatham Manor
Fredericksburg, Virginia
47.1 miles from Richmond County, VAChatham Manor was a plantation overlooking the Rappahannock River, began in 1768 by William Fitzhugh. It had a dairy, icehouse, barns, stables, fish hatchery, orchard, mill and even a horse racetrack. Many famous historic figures have had ties here, visiting for elaborate parties. The home has been the site of ...
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Julep’s
Richmond, Virginia
47.2 miles from Richmond County, VAJulep's is a restaurant now, but in 1826 it was the weapon shop where Daniel Denoon, an apprentice gunsmith, was shot to death by shop owner James McNaught. Denoon's ghost is said to have inhabited the restaurant ever since 2003, when the new owners began a remodeling project that turned ...
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Edgar Allan Poe Museum
Richmond, Virginia
47.2 miles from Richmond County, VABuilt around 1754 as a private home, the "little stone house" located a few blocks from Poe's boyhood home has housed a collection of Poe artifacts since the early 1900s. At about this time began the rumors of its hauntings. At least three ghosts are believed to reside or at ...
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Governor's Mansion - Executive Mansion
Richmond, Virginia
47.2 miles from Richmond County, VAThe Virginia Governor's Mansion, or Executive Mansion, is the oldest occupied governor's mansion in the U.S., serving since 1813. In the 1890s, the apparition of a lady was seen sitting at the window by then-governor Philip McKinney. She was seen later by a police officer, and since then has caused ...
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Historic Kenmore Plantation
Fredericksburg, Virginia
47.4 miles from Richmond County, VAThis 1752 mansion is haunted by the husband of George Washington's sister, Betty. Colonel Fielding Lewis, who died in the 1780s, spent many an hour in the upstairs bedroom worrying about money. His ghost can be seen in Revolutionary-era attire poring over his documents. His footsteps have been heard as ...
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Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
Church Creek, Maryland
47.7 miles from Richmond County, VAThe 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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Mills House
Beaverdam, Virginia
47.9 miles from Richmond County, VAMysterious fires broke out at the Mills House in January 2014, destroying it. The place was a historic home to bachelor farmer Buster Mills, the last of the Mills family who lived there; he died after a stroke in 1989. Locals remember Buster talking about "haints" in the home's front ...
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Edgewood Plantation
Charles City, Virginia
48.8 miles from Richmond County, VAAt this 1849 plantation house, Lizzie Rowland is the ghost in residence. It is said that she is waiting for her beloved soldier to return from the Civil War. Her ghost is said to peek out from behind a curtain in an upstairs window, watching and waiting. Edgewood Plantation was ...
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Fall Hill Plantation
Fredericksburg, Virginia
49.1 miles from Richmond County, VAFall Hill Plantation is a private residence haunted by a Native American Sioux princess named Katina who was engaged as a nanny for the Thorton family who lived here in the 1770s. Witnesses have described Katina's apparition as well as moving shadows, disembodied voices, electrical anomalies, and doors opening by ...
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Waverly House
Richmond, Virginia
49.4 miles from Richmond County, VAMany past tenants and residents of this stately home have reported sighting the apparition of a sad, elderly man on the stairs. He is believed to be Benjamin Green, a former resident of the house. Private residence, do not disturb. (Submitted by Callum Swift)
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Shirley Plantation
Charles City, Virginia
50.4 miles from Richmond County, VAThe very first house on the plantation was built in 1613--reportedly the oldest house in the U.S. But it's the mid-18th-century house here, possibly owned by private residents, that has a ghost story involving a painting in a second-story bedroom. It's a portrait of Aunt Pratt, and its story began ...
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The Ambler House Ruins
Williamsburg, Virginia
50.5 miles from Richmond County, VAThe circa 1750 Ambler House burned down three times: Once during the American Revolution (it was restored by Colonel John Ambler), again during the Civil War, and a third time in 1895. Its ruins are tended to by the National Park Service. The ghost here, Lydia, is said to walk ...
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Carter's Grove Plantation
Williamsburg, Virginia
50.8 miles from Richmond County, VACarter's Grove Plantation is private property now and no trespassing is permited. It was built in 1755 for Carter Burwell, grandson of Robert "King" Carter on the site of Martin's Hundred, a tract first settled by English colonists around 1620. The settlement was eradicated in the Indian Massacre of 1622. ...
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Aquia Church
Stafford, Virginia
51.6 miles from Richmond County, VAThis church, built in the mid-1700s, and its cemetery are said to be popular spots with the haunts. The old graveyard has tombstones dating back to the 1730s.
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Boxwood Inn
Newport News, Virginia
52.1 miles from Richmond County, VABuilt as a 21-room private home in 1896, this inn is believed to be haunted by the helpful spirit of Nannie Curtis, wife of the home's original owner. She apparently likes the current owners who saved the building from demolishment and restored it to its original elegance. When the new ...
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Appomattox Manor
Hopewell, Virginia
52.3 miles from Richmond County, VAAppomattox Manor was the former plantation owned by Dr. Richard Eppes, which became Union headquarters during the Civil War. Now a restored museum, the manor is said to be haunted by the ghost of a Union soldier. So the story goes, a nurse had been hiding him in the basement ...
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Weems Botts Museum
Dumfries, Virginia
54.5 miles from Richmond County, VAWeems–Botts House Museum is dedicated to the history of Dumfries and the two people who lived here: Mason Locke "Parson" Weems and attorney Benjamin Botts. Weems (1759-1825) was a clergyman and author, the first biographer of George Washington, who created the cherry tree story ("I cannot tell a lie, I ...
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Parker's Battery
Chester, Virginia
54.5 miles from Richmond County, VAParkers Battery was part of the Confederate defenses known as the Howlett Line, and saw frequent battles. It was occupied by Confederate forces until the fall of Petersburg, and some may still remain today. Witnesses describe apparitions of soldiers in the bunkers, and the soldiers are said to look either ...
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Cator House
Cambridge, Maryland
56.3 miles from Richmond County, VAThe 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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Tuckahoe Plantation
Henrico, Virginia
56.4 miles from Richmond County, VAThomas Randolph and son William Randolph III built the plantation in the 1700s, and it is reported to still be privately owned. Rumor has it that it's haunted by a female ghost who, in life, was forced to marry against her will. Believed to have died of a broken heart ...
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Bayly Orem House
Cambridge, Maryland
56.6 miles from Richmond County, VAThis 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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Lazy Susan Dinner Theatre
Lorton, Virginia
57.8 miles from Richmond County, VAAt 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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Surratt House Museum
Clinton, Maryland
57.9 miles from Richmond County, VAThe 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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Woodlawn
Alexandria, Virginia
58.3 miles from Richmond County, VAHistoric 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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Brownsville Farm
Marionville, Virginia
58.6 miles from Richmond County, VAThis house dates back to 1806, and is now owned and operated by the Nature Conservancy. It is said that there is a playful ghost on the premises that likes to grab people's feet while they're sleeping. (Some believe the ghost only targets female virgins, for some reason.)
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Occoquan Inn
Occoquan, Virginia
59.1 miles from Richmond County, VAThe apparition of a Native American man has been seen in the Occuquan Inn, built in 1810. Legend has it that the man was enamored of the owner's wife, and he was shot when the owner caught him sneaking down the stairs one night. His ghost has been seen in ...
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The Loft Gallery
Occoquan, Virginia
59.1 miles from Richmond County, VAA haunting experience happened at The Loft Gallery in the 1990s when a painting flew off a wall. Then, one early morning in October 2006, an artist saw a glowing mist float through the gallery. Witnesses also report footsteps, creaking floors, and doors closing when no one is there.
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Oxon Hill Cemetery
Oxon Hill-Glassmanor, Maryland
61.4 miles from Richmond County, VAThis 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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Ramsay House
Alexandria, Virginia
62.3 miles from Richmond County, VARamsay 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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The John Douglass Brown House - Fawcett-Reeder House
Alexandria, Virginia
62.3 miles from Richmond County, VAThe 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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Gadsby's Tavern
Alexandria, Virginia
62.4 miles from Richmond County, VAGadsby'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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Lee-Fendall House
Alexandria, Virginia
62.6 miles from Richmond County, VAThe 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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Old Central State Hospital
Petersburg, Virginia
63.7 miles from Richmond County, VACentral State Hospital, previously Central Lunatic Asylum, was the first institution in the country for African Americans of "unsound mind." In the 1840s, if slave owners could pay the fees they could have their slaves committed. Some of the old grounds still operates as a hospital; other buildings have been ...
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St. Elizabeth's Hospital
Washington, District of Columbia
64.3 miles from Richmond County, VAParanormal 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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Old Brick Inn - Kemp House Bed and Breakfast
Saint Michaels, Maryland
64.5 miles from Richmond County, VAThis 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
64.8 miles from Richmond County, VAThis 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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Fort McNair
Washington, District of Columbia
66.1 miles from Richmond County, VAThe 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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Smithfield Station
Smithfield, Virginia
66.2 miles from Richmond County, VASmithfield Station is a restaurant frequented not only by the living. Witnesses say the apparition of a man can be seen sitting at the bar late at night when the place is closed. Some say he's the spirit of a man who long ago left the bar and drowned in ...
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Howmet Plant
Hampton, Virginia
66.4 miles from Richmond County, VA1 Howmet Dr. Hampton, Va, 23661. Back in the early 1980's I was a security guard working through the Wackenhut Corp, at the Howmet plant in Hampton, Virginia. One hot and misty night I saw what I thought was a young woman wearing a gossamer gown wandering in front ...
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Brentsville Courthouse Historic Centre
Bristow, Virginia
66.7 miles from Richmond County, VABrentsville Courthouse Historic Centre, explored on an episode of TV's Ghost Hunters, is said to be haunted. The complex includes an 1822 courthouse and jail, 1830 farmhouse, 1875 church, 1928 one-room schoolhouse and the Brentsville Tavern archeological site. Knocking sounds and apparitions have been reported in the jail, as well ...
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Marine Barracks - 8th & I
Washington, District of Columbia
66.7 miles from Richmond County, VAThe 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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Old Long Bridge - 14th Street Bridge
Washington, District of Columbia
67 miles from Richmond County, VAGeneral 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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Library of Congress
Washington, District of Columbia
67.4 miles from Richmond County, VATales 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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United States Capitol
Washington, District of Columbia
67.5 miles from Richmond County, VAAt 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
67.6 miles from Richmond County, VAThis 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 Post Chapel
Arlington, Virginia
67.9 miles from Richmond County, VAMany 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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National Museum of Crime and Punishment
Washington, District of Columbia
68.2 miles from Richmond County, VAOn 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
68.2 miles from Richmond County, VAThe 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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Ford's Theatre
Washington, District of Columbia
68.2 miles from Richmond County, VAAt 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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National Theatre
Washington, District of Columbia
68.3 miles from Richmond County, VAOpened 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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Lafayette Square - Presidents Park
Washington, District of Columbia
68.3 miles from Richmond County, VAPresident'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
68.3 miles from Richmond County, VAThe 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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Mary Surratt's Boarding House - Wok and Roll
Washington, District of Columbia
68.3 miles from Richmond County, VANotorious 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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The Octagon House
Washington, District of Columbia
68.4 miles from Richmond County, VABuilt 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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The White House
Washington, District of Columbia
68.4 miles from Richmond County, VAA 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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Treasury Annex
Washington, District of Columbia
68.5 miles from Richmond County, VAA 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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Fort Monroe
Hampton, Virginia
68.5 miles from Richmond County, VAThe official Fort Monroe was completed in 1834, although the spot has housed some sort of headquarters or fortification since the early 1600s. Witnesses claim that the site is haunted by the ghost of Abraham Lincoln, as well as that of Jefferson Davis, who was imprisoned here after being falsely ...
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Blair House
Washington, District of Columbia
68.5 miles from Richmond County, VANow 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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Cutts-Madison House - Dolley Madison House
Washington, District of Columbia
68.5 miles from Richmond County, VAThe 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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The Chamberlin
Hampton, Virginia
68.6 miles from Richmond County, VAThe Chamberlin was once a historic hotel that welcomed the likes of George Washington. However, it has been renovated and is now a senior living facility. The top floor, according to rumor, is closed because of the many apparitions that freely roam there. One story about this building tells of ...
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St. John's Episcopal Church
Washington, District of Columbia
68.6 miles from Richmond County, VAThe 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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Decatur House
Washington, District of Columbia
68.6 miles from Richmond County, VAThe 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
68.6 miles from Richmond County, VAAllegedly 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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Gallaudet University - MSSD
Washington, District of Columbia
68.7 miles from Richmond County, VAMSSD 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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Renaissance Mayflower Hotel
Washington, District of Columbia
68.9 miles from Richmond County, VAThis 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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Olde Towne Inn
Manassas, Virginia
69.1 miles from Richmond County, VAA ghost called Miss Lucy is said to haunt rooms 51 through 54. She is rumored to levitate guests and frequent the tavern.
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M Street Bridge
Washington, District of Columbia
69.2 miles from Richmond County, VAVisitors 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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Old Stone House
Washington, District of Columbia
69.3 miles from Richmond County, VAThe 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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George Mason University
Fairfax, Virginia
69.4 miles from Richmond County, VAThe 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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Walsh Mansion - Embassy of Indonesia
Washington, District of Columbia
69.4 miles from Richmond County, VAFormerly 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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Halcyon House
Washington, District of Columbia
69.4 miles from Richmond County, VABuilt 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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Central Park Aquatics Center
Manassas, Virginia
69.5 miles from Richmond County, VAHaving worked at Central Park Aquatics for almost a year now, I and any of the other employees can tell you, hands down, this place is haunted. We hear voices when the building is empty, things move around, and we hear our diving blocks being adjusted. I've worked here ...
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Piero's Corner Italian - Carlos O'Kelley's
Fairfax, Virginia
69.6 miles from Richmond County, VAThis 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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Woodrow Wilson House
Washington, District of Columbia
69.7 miles from Richmond County, VAAt 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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Bladensburg Dueling Grounds
Colmar Manor, Maryland
69.9 miles from Richmond County, VAWhen 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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Kerby Hall - Trinity Washington University
Washington, District of Columbia
69.9 miles from Richmond County, VAThis hall is rumored to be haunted by a student who died in the late 1960s. She has been seen in both the staircase and the 5th-floor lounge, as well as in some dorm rooms.
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Omni Shoreham Hotel
Washington, District of Columbia
70.3 miles from Richmond County, VAThis 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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Caldwell Hall - Catholic University of America
Washington, District of Columbia
70.5 miles from Richmond County, VAA ghost story told at this historic university explains some mysterious lights and an apparition that appears in Caldwell Hall's attic window. The spirit is said to belong to a priest who took a fatal fall from the window after discovering a book on exorcism.
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Glenn Dale Hospital
Glenn Dale, Maryland
70.9 miles from Richmond County, VAGlenn 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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Witch's Grave - Truxton Park
Annapolis, Maryland
72.2 miles from Richmond County, VAThe 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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Fletchertown Road
Bowie, Maryland
72.8 miles from Richmond County, VAThe 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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Rams Head Tavern
Annapolis, Maryland
73 miles from Richmond County, VABuilt 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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Reynolds Tavern
Annapolis, Maryland
73.1 miles from Richmond County, VAMary 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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The Maryland Inn
Annapolis, Maryland
73.1 miles from Richmond County, VAThis 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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Middleton Tavern
Annapolis, Maryland
73.1 miles from Richmond County, VAThe 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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Governor Calvert House
Annapolis, Maryland
73.2 miles from Richmond County, VAThis 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
73.2 miles from Richmond County, VAAt 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
73.2 miles from Richmond County, VAThis 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
73.4 miles from Richmond County, VALocal 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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U.S. Naval Institute
Annapolis, Maryland
73.8 miles from Richmond County, VAThe 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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Kent Manor Inn
Stevensville, Maryland
74.4 miles from Richmond County, VAThe 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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Clara Barton National Historic Site
Glen Echo, Maryland
74.6 miles from Richmond County, VAClara 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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Manassas National Battlefield
Manassas, Virginia
74.9 miles from Richmond County, VAHistoric Manassas National Battlefield Park contains an unfinished railroad ordered by Robert E. Lee. The Civil War-era railroad site is said to be popular with the spirit set, as several accounts of paranormal activity surrounding the area have been reported.
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Black Horse Inn
Warrenton, Virginia
76.8 miles from Richmond County, VAA variety of ghost stories surround this former Civil War hospital. From a laughing nurse, to a ghostly tapping that people say sounds like dancing, to a possible humbug of a ghost who delights in toppling Christmas trees; the Black Horse Inn has more than it's share of ...
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Page House Inn
Norfolk, Virginia
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The Glencoe Inn
Portsmouth, Virginia
79.5 miles from Richmond County, VAThis 1890 Victorian inn, originally built as a home for a family of Scottish immigrants, is said to be haunted by one of its old residents. The apparition of an elderly lady is seen looking over her beloved roses in the establishment's Rose Garden.
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Gaffos House
Portsmouth, Virginia
79.5 miles from Richmond County, VAThis late eighteenth century house is now a private residence, but the house is believed to be home to a single apparition. Visitors to the house have reported various sightings of the apparition of a sea captain on the stairs and in the attic of the house. People have heard ...
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Adam Thoroughgood House
Virginia Beach, Virginia
79.6 miles from Richmond County, VAEmployees at this circa-1719 house museum have seen the apparition of a woman in Colonial-period clothing. The red-haired woman has been seen in various places on the premises wearing different Colonial dresses.
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Marwood Mansion
Potomac, Maryland
79.9 miles from Richmond County, VAWitnesses 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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Ferry Plantation House
Virginia Beach, Virginia
81.5 miles from Richmond County, VAThis colonial and plantation era house is said to be home to 11 ghosts, including Henry, a former slave; Sally Rebecca Walke, who mourns the loss of her soldier lover; former resident and painter Thomas Williamson; a Lady in White who is said to have fallen down the stairs in ...
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Hickory Grove Chapel
Haymarket, Virginia
82.4 miles from Richmond County, VAThere 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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Cost Plus World Market
Richmond County, Virginia
83.9 miles from Richmond County, VAI 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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The Cavalier Hotel
Virginia Beach, Virginia
84.4 miles from Richmond County, VAFamous folks such as Al Capone and Woodrow Wilson stayed at this 1927 swank establishment, and it is from one of its windows that Adolph Coors of brewery fame jumped to his death in the 1929. Also, the previous owner is said to have shot himself in the hotel. Reports ...
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The Grey Horse Inn
The Plains, Virginia
85.4 miles from Richmond County, VAThe 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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