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. The apparition of a soldier and other apparitions have been reported here, as well as cold spots, doorknobs turning, falling light fixtures, and something trying to push a witness down the stairs. The site has been featured on an episode of TV’s Ghost Hunters.
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Geographic Information
- Address:
- 291 Wood Road
Annapolis, MD
United States
Get Directions » - GPS:
- 38.9895533, -76.4920037
- County:
- Anne Arundel County, Maryland
- Nearest Towns:
- Naval Academy, MD (0.4 mi.)
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