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0Lake Linganore
New Market, Maryland
5.5 miles from Linganore, MD
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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Duncan Hallow
Frederick, Maryland
6 miles from Linganore, MD
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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Landon House
Frederick, Maryland
10.8 miles from Linganore, MD
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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National Museum of Civil War Medicine
Frederick, Maryland
10.9 miles from Linganore, MD
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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Barbara Fritchie House
Frederick, Maryland
11.2 miles from Linganore, MD
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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Schifferstadt
Frederick, Maryland
11.7 miles from Linganore, MD
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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Cockey's Tavern
Westminster, Maryland
14.6 miles from Linganore, MD
This 1830's tavern is haunted by the apparition of a soldier, who has been heard marching up a flight of stairs to the second floor. The ghost has also been known to slam doors. (Submitted by Callum Swift)
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National Emergency Training Center - St. Joseph's College
Emmitsburg, Maryland
18.6 miles from Linganore, MD
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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0Old South Mountain Inn
Boonsboro, Maryland
22.2 miles from Linganore, MD
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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Spook Hill
Burkittsville, Maryland
23 miles from Linganore, MD
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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Brunswick Heritage Museum
Brunswick, Maryland
24.1 miles from Linganore, MD
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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Inn Boonsboro
Boonsboro, Maryland
24.1 miles from Linganore, MD
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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Wayside Inn
Ellicott City, Maryland
24.2 miles from Linganore, MD
A female ghost is said to haunt the inn; another account tells of a witness who heard a door open and then the sound of approaching footsteps, but no one was there.
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0The Lightner Farmhouse
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
24.3 miles from Linganore, MD
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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0Devil's Den
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
24.3 miles from Linganore, MD
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
24.4 miles from Linganore, MD
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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Triangular Field
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
24.4 miles from Linganore, MD
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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0Little Round Top
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
24.4 miles from Linganore, MD
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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Beall-Dawson House
Rockville, Maryland
24.7 miles from Linganore, MD
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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The Judges Bench
Ellicott City, Maryland
24.8 miles from Linganore, MD
Once Berger's Grocery, the bar is known for the ghost of daughter Mary Berger. She hanged herself in 1962 when her parents refused to let her date a local boy. Her apparition has been seen ever since.
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0Sachs Covered Bridge
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
24.9 miles from Linganore, MD
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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The Diamondback Tavern
Ellicott City, Maryland
24.9 miles from Linganore, MD
This laid-back tavern used to be known as the Tiber River Tavern. Unknown spirits are said to occasionally move things around in the bar area, and visitors have heard unexplained voices there as well.
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Mt. Ida
Ellicott City, Maryland
25 miles from Linganore, MD
Mt. Ida is a historic 1800s mansion that is said to be the residence of a ghost. In the 1850s Judge John Snowden Tyson purchased the home. His daughter, "Miss Ida" Tyson, was the last of the family to live here, and folks say it is her ghost who still ...
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0Fairfield Inn - The Mansion House
Fairfield, Pennsylvania
25.4 miles from Linganore, MD
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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0Soldiers National Museum
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
26.4 miles from Linganore, MD
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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0Jennie Wade House
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
26.5 miles from Linganore, MD
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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0Farnsworth House Inn
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
26.6 miles from Linganore, MD
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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0Tillie Pierce House Inn
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
26.7 miles from Linganore, MD
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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0The Gettysburg Hotel
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
27 miles from Linganore, MD
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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Dead Mans Curve
Hagerstown, Maryland
27.2 miles from Linganore, MD
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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0Ball's Bluff Battlefield
Leesburg, Virginia
27.3 miles from Linganore, MD
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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0Gettysburg College
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
27.4 miles from Linganore, MD
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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Antietam National Battlefield
Sharpsburg, Maryland
28.7 miles from Linganore, MD
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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Marwood Mansion
Potomac, Maryland
28.8 miles from Linganore, MD
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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Leakin Park
Baltimore, Maryland
29 miles from Linganore, MD
Around 70 bodies have been dumped at this site. Not too many people know that though it is a very beautiful, and local place. People go on hikes there not knowing what goes on there. No specific information on hauntings, though it is peculiar that so many murderers seem ...
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St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church
Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
29.1 miles from Linganore, MD
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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Historic Hilltop House
Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
29.3 miles from Linganore, MD
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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Miller's Church
Hagerstown, Maryland
29.3 miles from Linganore, MD
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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Harpers Ferry
Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
29.4 miles from Linganore, MD
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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Harpers Ferry Guest House
Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
29.5 miles from Linganore, MD
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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Maryland Theatre
Hagerstown, Maryland
30.7 miles from Linganore, MD
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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Haunted Cottage - Booth House
Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
30.8 miles from Linganore, MD
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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Cost Plus World Market
Linganore, Virginia
31 miles from Linganore, MD
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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Johnathan Hager House Museum
Hagerstown, Maryland
31 miles from Linganore, MD
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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0Cashtown Inn
Orrtanna, Pennsylvania
31.8 miles from Linganore, MD
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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Edgar Allan Poe Residence
Baltimore, Maryland
32.4 miles from Linganore, MD
This historic house was formerly the residence of the poet and writer, and is rumoured to be haunted by him and a heavyset woman in grey, believed to be his wife. (Submitted by Callum Swift)
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Club Charles
Baltimore, Maryland
32.8 miles from Linganore, MD
This urban bar is rumoured to be haunted by an allied double agent known as 'Frenchie', who lived in an apartment above the club. Staff and diners have reportedly seen him dressed in a waiters uniform, but when approached, he vanishes. (Submitted by Callum Swift)
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Improved Order of Heptasophs - Baltimore Theatre Project
Baltimore, Maryland
32.9 miles from Linganore, MD
Built in the 1880s by the Improved Order of Heptasophs (Greek for “seven wise men”), the structure was later used as a dance hall. The ghost who resides here is believed to be from that period. He has been seen wearing a suit and playing the piano.
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Clara Barton National Historic Site
Glen Echo, Maryland
32.9 miles from Linganore, MD
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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Westminster Hall
Baltimore, Maryland
32.9 miles from Linganore, MD
The Westminster Presbyterian Western Burial Ground and Presbyterian Church yard are said to be haunted by many spirits. The 1786 burial ground and 1852 church are said to be visited often by the ghost of author Edgar Allan Poe as well as many other spirits. Muffled screams are heard and ...
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