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0Plank House
Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania
3.8 miles from Pedricktown, NJ
This house was the residence of one of Blackboard's mistresses, and was built sometime during the 1790's. People have reported seeing strange lights in the house late at night, and being touched by an unseen presence. (Submitted by Callum Swift)
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Bellevue Hall
Wilmington, Delaware
4.9 miles from Pedricktown, NJ
This home in the Bellevue State Park is reportedly home to several spirits. Staff says the second and third floors, which are closed to the public, are especially haunted. Here, spirits tinker with the electricity, move chairs, and can be heard laughing and screaming.
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Rockwood Mansion
Wilmington, Delaware
6.2 miles from Pedricktown, NJ
The mansion on this 150-year-old estate museum is said to be haunted. Reports have been made of disembodied footsteps, cold spots, and the apparition of a man. Also heard here have been the sounds of ghostly children playing. The site has been featured on TV's My Ghost Story; ghost tours ...
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Seven Stars Tavern
Pilesgrove, New Jersey
6.2 miles from Pedricktown, NJ
Seven Stars Tavern, now a private residence, is an 18th-century historic building rumored to have more than its share of spirits--the paranormal kind. One haunt here may be Bluebeard, a pirate whose body was found at Oldman's Creek nearby, with his head twisted around. Another is a Tory spy ...
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0Dead President's Tavern
Wilmington, Delaware
8.8 miles from Pedricktown, NJ
Employees claim to hear manic laughter late at night while closing up and swear they have seen objects moved by an unseen force, such as game pieces in the game room. they also claim that the temperature in the pub can drop suddenly and they feel a heavy "presence". ...
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Eglington Cemetery
Clarksboro, New Jersey
10.1 miles from Pedricktown, 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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Crier in the Country
Glen Mills, Pennsylvania
10.2 miles from Pedricktown, NJ
The restaurant called Crier in the Country was believed to be haunted by former owner Lydia Powell, who manifested as poltergeist activity. Residual hauntings featuring dinner parties also have been reported. The restaurant is now closed.
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Amstel House Museum
New Castle, Delaware
10.8 miles from Pedricktown, NJ
The 17th-century house was originally built by Dr. John Finney; his son David Finney built a home across the street. An underground tunnel connected the two. A ghost who is thought to be one of the family members haunts both residences. At the Amstel House Museum, the presence seems to ...
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David Finney Inn
New Castle, Delaware
10.8 miles from Pedricktown, NJ
David Finney Inn used to be a bed-and-breakfast, but reports say it is no longer in business. The 17th-century inn was built across the street from David's father's home, now the Amstel House Museum. An underground tunnel connected the two. A ghost who is thought to be one of the ...
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Jessop's Tavern
New Castle, Delaware
10.8 miles from Pedricktown, NJ
Reports say this tavern offers more than traditional English fare like shepherd's pie, pot roast, stew and fish and chips, it also is haunted. Tavern employees are said to be willing to share their stories about their resident ghost.
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Kirk House
Media, Pennsylvania
11.9 miles from Pedricktown, 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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0Brandywine River
West Chester, Pennsylvania
12.8 miles from Pedricktown, NJ
Site of the Revolutionary War's Battle of Brandywine, this area is said to be rich with wartime ghosts. Soldiers, and even horses, haunt the area, and you may even hear sounds of battle echoing from long ago.
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0Fort Mifflin
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
13 miles from Pedricktown, 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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James and Ann Whitall House
National Park, New Jersey
13.8 miles from Pedricktown, 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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Sketch Club Players Theatre
Woodbury, New Jersey
14 miles from Pedricktown, 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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Thornbury Farm
West Chester, Pennsylvania
14.2 miles from Pedricktown, NJ
The site where the final engagement of the Battle of Brandywine took place during the Revolution, Thornbury Farm is reportedly haunted by several ghosts. Although you would think the majority of the sightings would surround the tales of battle, the most famous ghost of Thornbury Farm is actually the ...
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0Fort Delaware
Delaware City, Delaware
14.5 miles from Pedricktown, NJ
Seen on the TV show Ghost Hunters, this fort, now a state park, is said to be haunted by Confederate soldiers who were imprisoned here during the Civil War. Apparitions of the soldiers have been seen watching tour groups pass by, and many have appeared in tourists' photographs. Other paranormal ...
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Gloucester County Jail
Woodbury, New Jersey
14.7 miles from Pedricktown, 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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Christiana Fire Company Station 12
Christiana, Delaware
15 miles from Pedricktown, NJ
Some say two ghosts, one evil and one kind, haunt the station, formerly known as Station 3. The evil spirit appears as a shadow in the engineer's room doorway. The kind ghost rarely is seen, but it is believed that he keeps the evil ghost from leaving the hallway where ...
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Rowan University
Glassboro, New Jersey
15.6 miles from Pedricktown, 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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Crabby Dick's - Sterling Hotel
Delaware City, Delaware
15.7 miles from Pedricktown, NJ
The 1830 building that now houses Crabby Dick's is believed to be home to something eerie. Witnesses can attest to the haunting, and a paranormal investigation is reported to have backed up the claim.
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West Chester University
West Chester, Pennsylvania
16.8 miles from Pedricktown, NJ
West Chester University's Ramsey Hall is believed to be haunted by namesake Dorothy Ramsey; Phillips Hall has several performing ghosts seen on the stage; and Hollinger Field House has a ghost called Drutz who hanged himself in the fourth-floor stairwell on homecoming weekend in the 1920s.
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Berry's Chapel
Salem, New Jersey
17 miles from Pedricktown, NJ
Berry's Chapel, according to a 1964 publication, lies in what was once a small African-American settlement in the pine woods, but now lies in ruins. Many ghost tales are told about it, including that Rev. Berry was lynched or murdered his family (there is no basis for either rumor). Some ...
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Polished Salon - Kennett Square
Kennett Square, Pennsylvania
17.3 miles from Pedricktown, NJ
The Kennett Square building (now Polished Salon) is said to be haunted. The owners describe apparitions that brush past them, unexplained smells, and cold spots. The ghost of a little girl with long black hair is reported to have followed the owners home from the salon.
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0Cornerstone Bed and Breakfast
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
18.1 miles from Pedricktown, 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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Salem Church Road
Newark, Delaware
18.2 miles from Pedricktown, NJ
Local stories say every night at around midnight, a ghostly family of six can be seen walking across the road. They were hanged for witchcraft nearby in the early 1900s. Rumor has it that a great number of car accidents occur here around this hour.
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0Pennsylvania Hospital
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
18.5 miles from Pedricktown, 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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Hag of Pine Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
18.6 miles from Pedricktown, 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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0Philadelphia Zoo
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
18.6 miles from Pedricktown, 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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0St. Peter's Church Cemetery
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
18.7 miles from Pedricktown, 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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0Washington Square
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
18.7 miles from Pedricktown, 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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0Hill-Physick-Keith House
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
18.7 miles from Pedricktown, 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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0Powel House
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
18.9 miles from Pedricktown, 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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0Independence Hall
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
18.9 miles from Pedricktown, 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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0Library Hall
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
18.9 miles from Pedricktown, 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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Cooch's Bridge
Newark, Delaware
18.9 miles from Pedricktown, NJ
This is the historic site of the first battle of the American Revolution at which the Stars and Stripes was flown. Legend has it that a British soldier whose head was shot off in the battle still appears here on foggy, moonless nights as a headless apparition.
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0Bishop White House
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
18.9 miles from Pedricktown, 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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0First Bank of the United States
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
19 miles from Pedricktown, 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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0City Tavern
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
19 miles from Pedricktown, 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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0Eastern State Penitentiary
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
19.1 miles from Pedricktown, 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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0General Wayne Inn
Merion Station, Pennsylvania
19.1 miles from Pedricktown, 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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Gabreil Daveis Tavern
Gloucester Township, New Jersey
19.1 miles from Pedricktown, 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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0Christ Church Burial Ground
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
19.1 miles from Pedricktown, 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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0USS Olympia
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
19.1 miles from Pedricktown, 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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Bryn Mawr College - Merion Hall
Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania
19.2 miles from Pedricktown, 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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0Betsy Ross House
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
19.3 miles from Pedricktown, 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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Deer Park Tavern
Newark, Delaware
19.3 miles from Pedricktown, NJ
The Deer Park Tavern is located on the former site of the St. Patrick's Inn, which burned down. George Washington and Edgar Allan Poe both are said to have stayed at St. Patrick's Inn. According to legend, Poe cursed the inn after slipping in the mud on the grounds. Ghostly ...
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Villanova University
Villanova, Pennsylvania
19.5 miles from Pedricktown, 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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Camden County College - Jefferson Hall
Gloucester Township, New Jersey
19.5 miles from Pedricktown, 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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0Radnor Hotel
Wayne, Pennsylvania
19.6 miles from Pedricktown, 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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