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0Collings-Knight House
Oaklyn, New Jersey
2.6 miles from Merchantville, NJ
The 19th-century Collings-Knight House, built by Edward Zane Collings, is said to be haunted. Witnesses have been spooked by shadow figures, unexplained footsteps and disembodied voices.
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0Oaklyn Manor Bar
Oaklyn, New Jersey
3.2 miles from Merchantville, NJ
Incorporated in 1933, there are ghosts that haunt the Manor. From bottles clinking to beer kegs rolling on their own. ghosts have roamed the three bar rooms and two apartments. Recently a beer tray flew off the shelf without any wind. Hearing bottles clinking, the bartender checked out ...
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Ritz Theatre
Haddon township, New Jersey
3.3 miles from Merchantville, NJ
The 1927 Ritz Theatre is said to be haunted by spirits from its past. Witnesses say eerie ghost lights appear backstage, objects move on their own, and unexplained voices can be heard.
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0USS Olympia
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
3.9 miles from Merchantville, NJ
The USS Olympia was a Navy cruiser from 1895 until 1922, and, now restored, she is stationed as a part of the Independence Seaport Museum. Her violent past as a warship may have led to her various hauntings: shadowy forms, unexplained voices, and spooky apparitions.
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0City Tavern
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
4.1 miles from Merchantville, NJ
Here's a two-fer for spirit searchers: Two ghosts are said to haunt the City Tavern. One is the spirit of a deceased waiter; the other is a young bride.
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0Betsy Ross House
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
4.1 miles from Merchantville, NJ
The Betsy Ross House is rumored to be haunted by -- you guessed it -- the famed seamstress herself. The site has been featured on TV's Ghost Hunters.
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0First Bank of the United States
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
4.2 miles from Merchantville, NJ
The historic First Bank of the United States, a National Historic Landmark, is reported to be haunted by United States founding father Alexander Hamilton.
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0Powel House
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
4.2 miles from Merchantville, NJ
The historic and grand brick mansion built in 1756, now a house museum, is reportedly haunted by several Continental soldiers as well as the Marquis de La Fayette and Benedict Arnold and his wife, Peggy.
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0Bishop White House
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
4.2 miles from Merchantville, NJ
There are said to be three ghosts here, all of whom have been spotted by visitors. On the first floor, the apparition of an elderly housekeeper has been seen. On the third floor, the ghost of a thin man has appeared. Also reported in the house is a spectral meowing ...
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0St. Peter's Church Cemetery
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
4.3 miles from Merchantville, NJ
The ghost who haunts here may own an alarm clock. Reports say that the apparition is seen at 9 p.m. standing over 5 unmarked graves, each of a Native American chief.
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0Hill-Physick-Keith House
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
4.3 miles from Merchantville, NJ
This historic home is now a museum. Once the home of "Father of American Surgery" Philip Syng Physick, it was built originally in 1786 by wine importer Henry Hill. Rumor has it that Physick's wife haunts the yard near the spot where a beloved tree, which was chopped down shortly ...
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0Christ Church Burial Ground
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
4.3 miles from Merchantville, NJ
Some who visit like to leave pennies on Benjamin Franklin's grave because, as he once said, "A penny saved is twopence dear." Strangely, the pennies are sometimes flung back at unususpecting visitors. It's unknown whether Mr. Franklin is displeased with the offering or another unseen force is using Ben's pennies ...
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0Library Hall
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
4.4 miles from Merchantville, NJ
Founding Father Benjamin Franklin is said to haunt this historic hall. Folks say his statue comes to life and dances in the streets, and his apparition has been seen in the building carrying an armful of books. Also, a woman claims that the ghost once pinched her rear end.
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0Independence Hall
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
4.4 miles from Merchantville, NJ
At this historic building where the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution were debated, witnesses have claimed to see ghostly mists and apparitions. Some of the spirits seen here include Benjamin Franklin and Benedict Arnold.
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0Washington Square
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
4.5 miles from Merchantville, NJ
This park contains an 18th-century burial site for the African-American community, and its ghost, a Quaker woman named Leah, is said to protect the site's thousands of graves.
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Hag of Pine Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
4.6 miles from Merchantville, NJ
As urban legend has it, the Hag of Pine Street was an elderly lady who died at her home, located between 6th and 7th streets. Her ghost is said to appear in the area to glare out her former home's window or to yell and brandish her cane at those ...
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0Pennsylvania Hospital
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
4.7 miles from Merchantville, NJ
Locals that live around these parts say that there is a statue of William Penn on the premises that behaves quite mysteriously. During nights gifted by a full moon, he descends from his pedestal and walks about the grounds.
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0Eastern State Penitentiary
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
5.8 miles from Merchantville, NJ
Hundreds of spirits are said to call this state pen home. Al Capone was an inmate here, and he reportedly was visited by the apparition of James Clark, who was killed in the St. Valentine's Day Massacre under Capone's orders. Cell Block 12 is reportedly the most fearsome place here ...
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Lakeview Memorial Park
Cinnaminson, New Jersey
6 miles from Merchantville, NJ
There is an area in this cemetery especially for the graves of children, and it is here that folks have seen ghostly boys and girls that may even leave footprints in the ground. The tower is also said to be visited by something supernatural.
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0Cornerstone Bed and Breakfast
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
6.6 miles from Merchantville, NJ
A female apparition appears at this 1865 inn, bringing with her the scent of her perfume. She is known to softly caress people's foreheads.
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Holmesburg Prison
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
6.7 miles from Merchantville, NJ
Prisoners here were described as lab rats for unusual experiments that could prove fatal. Of the dead, some people have reported seeing figures resembling former prisoners. Sounds of panic, doors slamming, and riots (as if history is repeating itself) have been heard. Electronic devices malfunction so be sure to ...
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0Philadelphia Zoo
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
7.1 miles from Merchantville, NJ
There are three locations here that are said to be homes to haunts: the Treehouse Building, the Pennrose Building, and the John Penn House. Full-body apparitions have been reported, along with various poltergeist activity. Particularly noted is a female apparition in a long white dress who stands at the top ...
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Gabreil Daveis Tavern
Gloucester Township, New Jersey
7.6 miles from Merchantville, NJ
Gabreil Daveis Tavern was built in 1756 and the attic was turned into a hospital by George Washington during the Revolutionary War. Reports say the attic still retains its original bloodstained furniture, and spirits can be heard walking and suffering there at night. Also, former owner William Schock is said ...
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0Grumblethorpe
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
8 miles from Merchantville, NJ
Allegedly haunted by General James Agnew who was shot and died in the front hall of Grumblethorpe during the Revolutionary war. Also allegedly haunted by victims of yellow fever who died there, including one young woman who had been taken in by the family who lived there and who makes ...
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James and Ann Whitall House
National Park, New Jersey
8.5 miles from Merchantville, NJ
The 1770s house was home to Quakers James and Ann Whitall, and was temporarily used as a field hospital during the Revolutionary War. It is said to be haunted by ghostly soldiers; witnesses have heard moans, breathing, and voices in the rooms that were used for first aid. Cold spots ...
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Philadelphia Watch Case Company Building
Riverside, New Jersey
8.5 miles from Merchantville, NJ
The 1908 Philadelphia Watch Case Company Building has an 8-story clock tower and a great many sculptured friezes--but that's not all. The place is rumored to be haunted by apparitions and spirit orbs.
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Gloucester County Jail
Woodbury, New Jersey
8.6 miles from Merchantville, NJ
Many deaths occured at the recently closed jail, including drug overdoses, accidental asphyxiation and at least 12 suicides. Witnesses say the jail is haunted; paranormal investigators have described unexplained crashes and banging along with clicking sounds heard in an EVP session.
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0Fort Mifflin
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
9.2 miles from Merchantville, NJ
A soldier named Amos and other Colonial soldiers are said to linger at this historic site. Amos may be seen cleaning his gun near the artillery shed. A lamplighter's ghost has been seen near the barracks, and the ghost of blacksmith Jacob Sauer is said to keep plying his trade ...
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0Cliveden - Benjamin Chew House
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
9.2 miles from Merchantville, NJ
Lurking about this historic house are said to be several ghostly Continental soldiers and a headless elderly woman, whose head was severed by one of the soldiers. The headless woman has been seen apparently searching for her lost head.
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Sketch Club Players Theatre
Woodbury, New Jersey
9.3 miles from Merchantville, NJ
Sketch Club Players Theatre is housed in the former West End School, built in 1889, and is home to something spooky. Witnesses describe uneasy feelings in the basement, shadowy figures, and the sound of a ghostly party happening in the member's club room.
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Nellie's Pond
Delanco, New Jersey
9.8 miles from Merchantville, NJ
Legend has it that Nellie's Pond was named after the horse of a Revolutionary War messenger who drowned here long ago. The pond is pretty much dried up today, but folks say you can still hear the ghostly sounds of the horse's drowning cries.
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0Pen Ryn Mansion
Bensalem, Pennsylvania
10.1 miles from Merchantville, NJ
The historic mansion and its grounds are the haunting place for the ghosts of Robert Bickley and a female entity believed to be that of his girlfriend. The haunting is said to occur every December 24th. The woman appears on a black horse and holding a whip, and whips anyone ...
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Allen's Lane
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
10.2 miles from Merchantville, NJ
It's a headless horseman's ghost that rides here, a Revolutionary War soldier who lost his head in battle. On foggy, dreary nights, he is said to ride by on horseback carrying his severed noggin. Reports say although the story dates from the Revolutionary War period of the 1700s, the horseman ...
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0General Wayne Inn
Merion Station, Pennsylvania
10.8 miles from Merchantville, NJ
This onetime inn and tavern on the National Register of Historic Places is said to be haunted by several entities. In the 1704 building, named for General "Mad" Anthony Wayne who once stayed here, folks have seen the spirits of a Hessian soldier, a British officer looking for a locket, ...
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Baleroy Mansion
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
10.8 miles from Merchantville, NJ
Thomas Jefferson is among the ghosts said to haunt here; at least seven spirits are reported. Some manifest as apparitions, some ectoplasm, and some as poltergeist pranks. U.S. Founding Father Jefferson, witnesses say, likes to appear in the dining room, near a tall clock. There is also a cursed chair ...
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Camden County College - Jefferson Hall
Gloucester Township, New Jersey
11.3 miles from Merchantville, NJ
Jefferson Hall at Camden County College (founded in 1967 as a Roman Catholic seminary) is the center of a ghostly legend. A monk allegedly hanged himself on the third floor and now manifests as a shadowy figure in the night. Witnesses say doors slam by themselves, lights flicker, and weird ...
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Abington Presbyterian Church
Abington, Pennsylvania
11.9 miles from Merchantville, NJ
Abington Presbyterian Church, some say, is home to a ghostly child who has been seen throught the windows. The spirit is said to linger here because the cemetery that was once on the site where the church now stands was moved across the road.
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0Black Horse Inn
Flourtown, Pennsylvania
13.3 miles from Merchantville, NJ
At this mid-1700s inn building, said to have been used as a rest stop by George Washington and his men en route to Valley Forge, folks say the spirit set is hopping. Sudden cold temperatures, footsteps, and unexplained voices abound, and photographs taken of the inside have picked up orbs, ...
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Eglington Cemetery
Clarksboro, New Jersey
13.3 miles from Merchantville, NJ
Eglington Cemetery is said to be haunted. Witnesses and paranormalists have heard unexplained noises and detected several electronic voice phenomena here.
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General Lafayette Inn - Barren Hill Tavern
Lafayette Hill, Pennsylvania
13.6 miles from Merchantville, NJ
Reports say this inn will reopen in 2013/2014 as Barren Hill Tavern. Once known as the "Three Tuns," the inn dates back to the 18th century when General Lafayette used the building during the American Revolution. There is a ghost of an elderly woman who appears in the upstairs dining room; ...
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Bryn Mawr College - Merion Hall
Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania
14.2 miles from Merchantville, NJ
Bryn Mawr College's Merion Hall is rumored to be haunted by Lillian Vickers, who died in 1901. Lillian, according to campus legend, was happy and popular before she died, distraught over the fact that she had leprosy. In some versions, she jumped out a window of the third floor to ...
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American Legion Post 308
Willow Grove, Pennsylvania
15.1 miles from Merchantville, NJ
It was once a 1700s farmhouse before it was turned into apartment buildings. Now, this American Legion post seems to be haunted by a spirit from its past. An apparition of a lady in black near the fireplace and another of a man standing behind the bar have been known ...
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0King George II Inn
Bristol, Pennsylvania
15.1 miles from Merchantville, NJ
This circa 1681 inn is said to be the oldest continually operating inn in the U.S. And with a title like that, it's bound to have a few ghosts around. Folks here have seen the apparition of a man wearing a top hat and tails. They've also witnessed chairs and ...
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0Burlington County Prison
Mount Holly, New Jersey
15.1 miles from Merchantville, NJ
Haunts at this 1811 prison building, now a museum, include a legless floating spirit that floats from the entrance out to the yard and a tall man in the basement. The third floor is also said to be rich with eerie occurrences.
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0Growden Mansion
Bensalem, Pennsylvania
15.5 miles from Merchantville, NJ
Allegedly haunted by the ghost of Benjamin Franklin who is said to be seen flying his kite in a thunderstorm. Some people also claim to hear battle sounds from the Revolutionary War.
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Villanova University
Villanova, Pennsylvania
16 miles from Merchantville, NJ
Villanova University's 1963 gothic-style St. Mary's Hall is rumored to be haunted. A ghostly light has been seen (and heard) playing the organ, electrical anomalies have occurred in many rooms, and splashes have come from the empty pool. Campus legend says the ghost is a pregnant nun who had had ...
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Rowan University
Glassboro, New Jersey
16.8 miles from Merchantville, NJ
Ghost stories told at Rowan University include apparitions, a face in a mirror and objects that move by themselves in Bunce Hall, and spirits of former residents and professors who are said to roam the campus.
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0Radnor Hotel
Wayne, Pennsylvania
17.1 miles from Merchantville, NJ
Previously called the St. David's Inn, the Radnor Hotel has a haunt in Suite 309. Witnesses say she appears near the ceiling over the master bed, crawls down the wall, and vanishes through the door to the hall. Folks in the hallway also have seen and heard her in the ...
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Kirk House
Media, Pennsylvania
17.5 miles from Merchantville, NJ
We grew up in this pre-Revolutionary Farmhouse outside of Media, PA. My mother and three brothers all mentioned seeing an attractive woman in a white nightgown on several occasions. I personally never saw her, but I could sense her presence and pinpoint her location even when other's couldn't see ...
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Valley Forge Military Academy and College
Wayne, Pennsylvania
18.2 miles from Merchantville, NJ
There have been many suicides on campus in the academy and the college, allegedly the historic Wheeler Hall is where most of the paranormal activity happens but there are also reports of paranormal things in Young Husband Hall (College). Wheeler Hall has been closed for almost 15 years but ...
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