In
Virginia
Abingdon - Martha Washington Inn - The
ghost of a young woman haunts the inn believed looking for her lover.
Sightings are so common/reliable that they at one time charged extra
for her "favorite" room. The workers are very helpful and acknowledged
the sightings. no matter how many times they put down new carpet, blood
stains reappear from old soldiers who were wounded during the war.
Alta Vista - Alta Vista
middle school - a ghost name "George'' haunts
the classrooms. doors open by there selves and closed. wind blinds go
up with no one doing it.
Alexandria - Brown House -
Revolutionary War soldiers have been seen here.
Alexandria - Gadsby's
Tavern - Known to be haunted by a young women
in period clothing.
Alexandria - Hospital
woods - Alexandria INOVA hospital is built on
the site of the Vauxcleus mansion, an ante-bellum plantation
mansion. During the Civil War a Confederate soldier was seen and
shot dead by a Union picket while sneaking up the ravine to visit a
girl friend in the Vauxcleus mansion. Since, it is said you can
see his ghost moving through the woods on moonlit nights.
Alexandria - Ramsey House
- The first house in the city (King and N.
Fairfax) has had people see figures in period costume in the basement.
Alexandria - Woodlawn
Plantation - On Woodlawn Plantation, which was
once land of Mount Vernon (George Washington's personal home. When his
step-daughter Nellie got married he gave her some land that is on a
hill that was on his land. He was able to stand in part of him house
and use a telescope to see her house so that he could keep an eye on
her). The students of Woodlawn Elementary took a field trip to Woodlawn
Plantation. Some reported the feeling of pushing from behind or that
they where going to fall down the stairs.
Amelia - Amelia Wildlife
Reserve - There is a "charred lady" apparently
seen in Amelia Wildlife Reserve, as well as other apparitions. There
have been at least two murders/bodies found in there. In the early 90s,
the middle aged female victim of a brutal joy-ride rape-murder was
found dumped near the entrance of the reserve (note: the case was
hushed by local officials, inexplicably, couldn’t find out even the
victims name...the case has never been solved). 4 years ago, another
female corpse was found near the lake/dam area, within a small cove,
also a nighttime lovers lane - party spot for teen urchins. The dam
nearby is the same one where a woman has been seen (dragging a body) in
the past.
Amelia - Haw Branch
Plantation - There is a picture of a young lady
that is said to blush at times when you look at her, also the smell of
oranges sometimes in the parlor. Frequently you can hear people talking
and laughing in the parlor, and it stops when you enter the room.
Footsteps on the stairway are heard. There is also a screaming woman
outside on a certain nights.
Amherst - Winton Country
Club - People have reported seeing things,
hearing strange noises. And a few people have reported coming down the
steps and seeing a woman's reflection in the window.
Annandale - Annandale High
School – Boy’s Restroom - Believed to be haunted
by a student that committed Suicide. Reports of seeing the dead boy in
a mirror in the bathroom.
Annandale - Round Tree
Park - Known to many residents in Annandale and
Arlington. Many sightings of a lady holding her baby who torments many
people who happen to wonder in the park at night. It is said that when
the fog rises then that is when she is most seen.
Arlington - Wakefield High
School - theatre- Haunting in this location will
occur if you sit in the balcony seats alone. If no one else is in
the theatre, you may hear the sound of someone playing the piano, even
if the piano is in sight and no one can be seen near it. You may
also see twin spotlights shining on the stage. If you continue to
watch them, they will swing out and begin to scan the theatre, pointing
in directions that wouldn't be possible from the lighting booth, and,
eventually, resting on your location in the balcony. There have also
been reports of the figure of a young man walking back and forth along
the catwalk over the stage. If you go up to the catwalk, you will
find no one there. It is rumored that a member of the theatre
crew died during a performance by falling from the catwalk sometime
during the early sixties.
Ashland - Randolph-Macon
College - Mary Branch girl's dormitory
has had doors opening and closing by themselves, items
disappearing/reappearing, etc. Washington-Franklin Hall has at least
two ghosts that have appeared to teachers on several occasions.
Ashland - Randolph-Macon
College - SAE Fraternity House - Strange
noises are also present, noises other than those normally found in a
frat house. Some of the soldiers are only visible from the midsection
up, presumably walking on the old house floor.
Ashland - Randolph-Macon
College - Wash Frank Hall -two ghosts
were seen by a student in Wash Frank Hall. Wash Frank Hall had recently
been renovated and was kept locked after classes. The history
department was housed in that building. A guy named Buzzy found the
door unlocked, went in and played the piano (he has just lost a
football player friend that evening who died in the library). He looked
up sensing a presence in the room and there was a man dressed in turn
of the century clothes sitting across the room. The man gestured for
him to continue playing but Buzzy got freaked out and ran out of the
place.
Barhamsville - Makemie
Woods - This place is haunted by the ghost of a
Civil War nurse who can be heard playing the piano at night. She has
also been spotted walking the fields at night, still looking for
wounded soldiers to help.
Bassett - Junkyard - At night when you are riding down the road you can see
headlights flashing on and off in the field. If you go out there at
night you hear doors shut all by themselves and you hear radios
playing. At the very bottom of the field you can hear motors from the
cars like they are being drove around. They say this happens from the
ghost that were killed in car wrecks and come back to haunt the
junkyard.
Bedford - Avenel House - Reports of seeing “The White Lady walking around the
property, sometimes accompanied with a gentleman (also in white). An
apparition of a black man has been reported to be looking out an
upstairs window.
Bethel Manor - Langley
Air force Base - Bethel Reservoir - What is
now covered by Bethel reservoir was once a Revolutionary War and Civil
War battlefield with many casualties buried there. Supposedly before
the Revolutionary War it was sacred ground to the PaMounkie Indians.
Several drownings have occurred there over the years, along with some
alleged kidnappings and rapes. One of the more famous drownings
happened the summer of '88. The aptly named Dewy Banks fell out of a
canoe and drown. No one actually witnessed the event but his body was
found several weeks later. Strange occurrences have been reported there
for years including hearing your voice called; strange fogs, ball
lightening, etc.
Blacksburg - A women walks
through the walls of the tunnel and then vanishes during the day.
Blacksburg - Holiday Inn -
The hotel sits on land that used to be a
plantation known as "Jacob's Lantern". There is a nightclub
called "Attitudes" in the hotel, and the manager has told me of being
asked by the front desk to turn the music down, even though there was
no music playing. He also told me of hearing laughter &
voices in the club after hours, only to discover no one there.
Blacksburg - Lyric Theater
- The Lyric has been around for more than 75
years, and is one of the few theaters left with an upper
balcony. Yjere have been numerous accounts from workers there of
hearing things, and feeling someone brush behind them. It is
believed that a worker died in the theater years ago.
Boissevain - Boissevain
road - Reports of hearing footsteps following
along side in the fields.
Bowling Green - Civil war
soldiers can be heard calling out commands and then firing, also
confederate soldiers have been seen walking through the graveyard
behind the church. The church has also been said to be haunted.
Bowling Green - Old
Mansion Inn - the ghost of Colonel John Waller
Hoomes haunts his home.
Bridgewater - Bridgewater
College Campus - Is a very beautiful campus, but
it has many secrets. Founded in 1880, it is built on Native American
hunting grounds. is said to be haunted by the ghost of it's namesake,
Mr. Cole. His ghost has been sighted many times by members of the drama
club, musicians, and audience members. Usually seated on the balcony,
the ghost appears when he is particularly pleased with a performance.
Once, at the end of a play, the lights overhead began to flicker
rapidly, and a cold spot was felt near a particular seat on the
balcony. Once again, Mr. Cole was pleased.
Bristol - Virginia
Intermont College - Every time the room has been
remodeled, it has suffered an electrical fire and a ghostly presences
felt
Buena Vista - Midtown Cafe
- Cold spots, the sound of children crying, and
shadow people have all been reported.
Buena Vista - Southern
Virginia College - This college is supposedly
haunted by the ghost of a young boy who died here. He is said to haunt
the fourth floor, which is one of the women’s dormitories. The ghost
can sometimes be heard riding his bicycle up and down the hallway.
There has also been an unusual death every year since the college was
built. - October 2007 Update: The little boy
that haunts the fourth floor also carries a red balloon as he's riding
his tricycle, His Mother haunts the 3rd floor searching for him. She's
in the 3rd floor bathroom a lot crying out for him.
Buena Vista - Southern
Virginia College - The Tower Room - it
has a closet door in the room that when you open it it's like another
room! It's a huge closet. Strange noises have been heard from this
locked room.
Bullrun Manasses - Cobblestone
Bridge - Civil War soldiers have been seen
crossing the bridge at night.
Chantilly - Walney Road - It is said that many years ago before the windy road
was paved a man was killed while hitchhiking. On Wednesday or Thursday
nights at 11:30 if you drive down Walney and you see a hitchhiker, it
is recommended that you stop. He appears up to three times to give you
the chance to pick him up. If you still don't pick him up by the third
time, a car will come out of nowhere and kill you.
Charlottesville - Castle
Hill Manor - Castle Hill Manor was built before
the Revolutionary War in 1765, by a Dr. Thomas Walker. Many guests who
have stayed at the manor have been aroused and really frightened in the
middle of the night by uncanny noises or footsteps. Some guests over
the years have seen a female and described her as a young pretty woman
who is sometimes playful and whose main goal is to disturb the people
that she doesn't like sleeping in her room. However other guests who
she does like have slept in peace in her room. In the early 1800's a
prince and princes lived in the house and had many festive parties.
Guest are also woken by sounds of chairs moving across the floor,
glasses clinking, and footsteps walking swiftly across the floor.
Possibly the ghosts are reliving the parties they had hundreds of years
ago.
Charlottesville - Monticello
- home Thomas Jefferson - Monticello employees
have often heard him whistling on the grounds, as he was know to do
during his living days. Apparitions of a 10 year old boy wearing a
uniform and a tri-cornered hat peering out a 2nd floor window. During
the house tour the tour guide said that no one was allowed upstairs
because of the fire codes. They knew nothing of the boy.
Charlottesville - Tandem
Friends School - The "Old Building" of the
school was supposed to be a civil war hospital. It is located about 2
miles from Monticello. There have been numerous reports of a
confederate soldier that walks in the upstairs hall.
Chester - Parker's Battery
- Civil war bunkers are still occupied by
spirits, some of which seem to be very sad and confused.
Chilhowie - Aspenvale
Cemetery - Aspenvale Cemetery is a Civil War
Cemetery There are reports of strange feelings of "company" present,
anomalies, and orbs present in photographs.
Chilhowie - CHS Hauntings
- This school is buried on an Indian burial
ground from Many years ago!!! There are Indians that appear and walk
the halls mostly late at night! There is one that likes to appear in
the gym very often!
Clinchco - Low Gap (Baby's
Grave) - Located in a hollow in rural southwest
Virginia. Locals claim that when the lone grave is visited at night,
you can hear the faint sound of a baby's cry.
Christiansburg - Christiansburg
Middle School - Reports of lights coming on at
night and go off before the light switch is touched, witnesses see
shadows of 3 women, and in the cellar baby’s cries are heard.
Clifford Winton Country
Club - This is a haunting concerning the periodic
return of Sarah Henry (Patrick Henrys Mother) to Winton, the home they
once lived in. Sarah Henry died on Christmas Day 1784. Her footsteps
& the swish of her petticoat heard, & her presence felt.
Clifton - Bunnyman bridge
- a man who escaped from a mental institution
hid in a tunnel under a bridge where he hung people. It is called
Bunnyman because when searchers looked for the man they found the
carcass of rabbits. His ghost still haunts the bridge and sightings of
people seen hanging from the bridge are common.
Covington - Panther Rock -
Back in the 1960's there was a woman riding along
on her horse. A slick black panther came out of the woods with the
taste for blood. The panther startled the horse. The horse throw the
woman off and she hit her head on a jaggit rock and was sreaming for
help. If you go up there at night when it is raining and get out of
your car. You can hear the woman screaming for help and the panthers
bone chilling cries. The rain on the rock will turn red from where the
panther slatured her and all goes quiet.
Crockett - Crockett Post
office - There was a woman checking her mail
late one night, and was killed by a murder on the loose. She is said to
be standing at the mail box at which she had owned with her back toward
the entrance and when she turns around you can see the knife marks
where the guy slit her throat. And on the anniversary of that night it
is said that when you go near the building you can hear the woman
calling for help and screaming.
Cumberland - Small
Abandoned Graveyard - There are four or five
graves that are abandoned in the woods. It is said that slaves were
buried here in the 1800's. It is also said that they cross the street
at night looking for a way to the north.
Danville - The Danville
Museum - Danville Museum, aka. The Sutherlin
Mansion. This was the last capitol of the confederacy. Jefferson Davis
spent hours staring out the window of the parlor, after he heard the
news of the surrender of the confederacy. To this day, you can take
tours through the mansion, but the real tour is at night. You can hear
foot steps, hear a young girl moan, see a young woman in mirrors, and
smell cigar smoke.
Danville - Lanier House - Owned by the first mayor of Danville who then sold it
to the seventh mayor. It is the oldest building in Danville. At one
point, during or close to the Civil War it served as a children’s
clinic. Footsteps can be heard as well as voices. Several people have
actually seen apparitions. It now serves as a Law Office and is at 770
Main Street.
Danville - Oak Hill
cemetery - A report of a headless man walking
around the cemetery at night. He might me looking for his head
Dumfries - Weems/Bots
Museum - Books have been heard thrown across the
room with no one in the room. Lights have gone off/on many times with
no one controlling. A ghost haunts it, and almost everyone working
there has had some type of interaction with it.
Eastern Henrico - Pocahontas
Parkway Rt. 895 - Pocahontas Parkway was built
where Indians once lived, hunted, and fished. Now there is a huge road
there instead and they aren’t happy. Nightly you can hear them,
drumming, chanting, whooping, and talking in foreign tongue. And
occasionally you can see them.
Emory - Emory & Henry
College - Music Hall was at one time a
debate/courtroom building. It is said that a heated discussion became
too much for one of the men, therefore he left the room to get some
air. As he was leaning on the windowsill, his opponent pushed him out.
The man caught the hanging lamp outside, but fell to his death from a
third story window. To this day, that hanging lamp will constantly
swing even when the weather is not windy. Also, some nights, mysterious
walking and piano playing can be heard when no one is at the piano. The
third floor of "MaWa" Hall is also haunted! It is said that a young
woman who lived there was stood up for the fall formal dance. She
hanged herself from the middle shower stall in the community bathroom.
Sometimes that showerhead will squirt water out of control from the
hardware connected to the wall. And also the sound of high heels has
been heard going up and down the hall late in the evening hours.
Fairfax - George Mason
University - Gazebo - A small gazebo
bordering the campus lake is said to be frequented by the spirit of a
young man. He apparently drowned in the lake one evening. His body was
found sitting in the gazebo by two females the next morning. Since that
time, the man’s figure has been seen standing at the edge of the lake,
or sitting in the gazebo. He has been known to beckon young women to
come sit with him, and quickly disappearing when accommodated.
Falls Church - Haycock
Elementary - Reported to be haunted by an
ex-Vice Principal. The following year, on the same day of her firing,
strange events occurred. People were shoved against walls; papers were
thrown around, doors slamming, desks being toppled over, but all when
no one else was around. That week, the head custodian reported that he
saw a strange figures beckoning him to come closer, after school hours,
when everyone had left.
Falls Church - Longfellow
Middle School - Back in the 1960's, the
principal of Longfellow suffered a massive heart attack and died in his
office at the school. After hours, custodians and other faculty report
seeing him walk around the halls, apparently looking for troublemakers
- as he would do normally as principal. They also have reported doors
shutting, lights turning off, voices, and other noises, all of which
have no explanations. This school, reportedly, is one of the most
haunted in all of northern Virginia. In 1995, a teacher even reported
hearing a moaning and screaming down the hallways, with no one else
around.
Farmville - Longwood
College - Curry Hall - A three-year-old
boy rode his bicycle into the elevator shaft and died, falling to his
death. It is reported that if one rides the elevator to the tenth floor
and then to the basement, the boy's ghost will be seen when the doors
open.
Fishersville - Woodrow
Wilson Rehab Center - Reports of dorm rooms
opening by themselves as one was entering, feelings of being watched,
radios changed stations, footsteps, and feeling a presence.
Fort Belvior - Abandoned
Sewage Plant - Went there a few times as a
kid...abandoned in a hurry, books, TV, cloths etc were left in the
watchman's house. Underground Tunnels. A lot of dead animals and
skeletons around it and inside of it. Located in Jadwin Village, down
the road that says do not enter, if you go along the sides you can get
under the fence in a few areas...the MPs sometimes go down there if
someone calls them....Strange feeling when you look at the tunnel...or
get close to it.
Fort Myer - Old Post
Chapel - This is a military chapel used for
funeral services since the 1930's at Arlington National Cemetery.
Soldiers have reported hearing voices, footsteps and also previously
locked doors opening and closing by themselves. Also there have
been reports of soldiers finding all the cabinets and drawers in
certain rooms being found open to perfect ninety-degree angels, when it
was impossible for anyone to have been in those rooms. Finally,
there have been sightings of a figure sitting in the bridal room,
previously used as a mourning room for grieving families.
Fort Monroe - The
Chamberlain - George Washington has been seen
here, among others. It is said that the top floor of the hotel is
haunted by several apparitions and was closed for this reason.- February 2005 Update: Has been sold and is reopening
as a veterans hospital.
Fort Story - Coast
Artillery Rd. - On the coldest, wettest nights
There has been at least two sightings by soldiers who regularly patrol
the base of a mysterious ghostly being who allegedly disappears into
the wetlands of this area. It has been said that this may be the ghost
of a soldier who was stationed here who committed suicide by hanging
himself about 5 years ago.
Fredericksburg - Aquia
Church - the ghost of a woman killed there has
been seen in the belfry.
Fredericksburg - Chatham
Manor - The apparition of a white lady walks a
path on these grounds that has become known as Ghost Walk. Chatham was
built in 1771 by William Fitzhugh. He named it after a close friend,
William Pitt, the Earl of Chatham. Another English friend of Fitzhugh
brought his daughter to live at Chatham in an effort to break up her
romance with a commoner. But the man followed her to America, and the
two planned to elope from Chatham Manor. He gave her a rope ladder and
waited in a small boat in a nearby river. Unfortunately, none other
than George Washington, another close friend of Fitzhugh, was staying
there at the same time. He learned of their plans from a maid and had
his men arrest the suitor. The girl returned to England with her father
and later married. But she vowed to return to Chatham Manor to look for
her lover. Her ghost was first sighted there on the day she died, June
21, 1790, and returns every seven years on the anniversary of her death
to wander along the path to the river, looking for her lost love.
Fredericksburg - Fall Hill
Plantation - Reports of electrical problems,
cabinets opening and closing, ghostly figures circling one’s bed, cold
spots, strange odors, and disembodied voices.
Fredericksburg - There is
a ghost of a small black child, perhaps three or four years old. He
sleeps curled in the fetal position about two feet off of the ground in
one of the Civil War battlefields.
Front Royal - Frederick
Avenue - There have been many sightings
of a child walking in the graveyard behind Frederick Avenue. Also, some
of the people in these houses on the avenue have sighted ghosts within
their own premises such as children crying out to them.
George Washington National Forest - Braley's Pond area - go
to the picnic area. from time to time a spirit hovers over the small
run that flows next to the campsites. also if you hike around the pond
and stay on the rugged trail that leads up the mountain, about a half
mile or so up the trail i heard the sound of a horse walking and
neighing also children's voices were heard.
Gloucester - Rosewell
Plantation - The Page Family Mansion
built in the early 1600's. Several generations lived in the mansion
before it burned down. Several walls are still standing from the
4-story building. The graveyard for the family is off to the side of
the house, as part of the extensive grounds. Many occurrences have been
reported; the drop in air temperature by a good 15 degrees or more,
apparitions, strange noises, the sound of slaves coming from the
fields, reportedly a young woman walks down the front steps every
night.
Grahm's Forge - Major Grahm's Mansion - Owned
by a slave owner, he tortured and killed many of his slaves. He burned
down a slave house with over 100 men, women, and children inside.
Coming close to the house, you get the sensation of pain and anger.
Lights turn on and off, even though there are no electrical cables.
Curtains move. You can here someone going up and down the stairs.
Bloody handprints sometimes stain the basement, which is where cages
are and where slaves were kept and tortured. There is a guillotine
there also. If you stay too long, you will start to here voices,
screaming, babies crying, and lots of yelling. Be careful. Many who
enter this house say they always bring out something with them. If you
drive by the place late at night, there are lights on, and there is no
electricity to the house, and a figure that walks by the attic window,
and the gates are rusted shut, and there are no cars. There is one
specific light that shines at you, then the light turns into two
lights, then three, then one again, and then all of a sudden the lights
go out, and then back on again. - September
Correction: formerly listed as being in Foster Falls. There is
electricity run to the house. There are "No Trespassing" signs on every
other tree. - November 2005 Correction:
Graham was a slaveholder, but he never tortured or murdered over 100
slaves. That would have indeed brought the authorities, even in the
South. 100 slaves would represent a vast fortune. A local slave owner
named McGavock never mentioned the stories formerly submitted in his
extensive diaries and they were close neighbors and friends. The house
is indeed supposed to be haunted.
- June 2008 Update: A research team from
Virginia Tech recently did an investigation on the mansion and picked
up several EVPs, among other sounds and images. There are No
Trespassing signs all over the grounds and a section of the 3rd
floor has collapsed in on itself, making the 3rd floor a very dangerous
place as it is already a very small floor. J.C Weaver of Max Meadows
recently bought the property and is now attempting to hold a nationally
recognized bluegrass music festival. Check it out at grahamsfestusa.com
Grundy - Vansant
Elementary School - Along the old hall
ways, lights flicker without electricity, foot steps are heard by
people living around it, and a friendly ghost walks the girls bathroom
at night.
Hampton - Blackbeard
Point - Blackbeard Point was named after
the famous pirate Blackbeard. His head was cut off and stuck on a pole
to warn off other pirates. It is said to this day that the decapitated
pirate searches for his head in the Chesapeake Bay. People have seen
him many times and say you would be stupid to go looking for this
hideous pirate.
Hampton - Chamberland
Hotel - This hotel is on Fort Monroe.
Apparently, when the original hotel burnt down, a young teenage girl
went with it by accident. She was looking for her father (who evacuated
already). Employees on the seventh floor on where she died claim that
they can still hear her banging on the walls, or catch her looking out
the window.
Hampton - Fort
Monroe - Reports of apparitions of young
soldiers walking the top of the fort and around the many rusting
offices. Witnesses have felt a cold breeze on a warm sunny day around
the turrets and heard voices just out of understanding around these
areas.
Hampton - South
Hampton - A woman walking in the hallway
and then goes away. Lights come on by themselves.
Hampton - Virginia
beach - Dam Neck Naval Base - December of
1999, on the Dam Neck Naval Base in the "finger barracks" off of the
galley. On the bottom floor of the women’s wing in the open bay showers
at around 5 am. There was a sighting of a transparent naked slender
woman with dark black straight hair who appeared to have come from a
wall and exited through the hallway door. She walked right past the
shower stall where an unsuspecting sailor was showering to go on leave.
Harrisonburg - Deer Run - Building A - They have even been herd walking up the steps late at
night yelling there death chant.
Harrisonburg - Kiester School - behind
the school is a wooded area that is haunted by at least two ghosts the
spirits seem to be evil if you go into the woods you get the sensation
that you are being watched and at times being followed there is a
nature trail built in to the woods and there are two parts where there
the trail was being made but never finished. There is a rumor that in
the 1960's a man went into the woods (before the nature trail was
erected) and was never seen again and no body was ever found!
Harrisonburg - Port Republic Road - Just
off Port Republic Road sets General Turner Ashby's grave across the
road from Deer Run Apartments, a misty foggy after 12am has been
reported.
Haymarket - Haymarket
(Beverly) Mill - It is said that a farmer
believed his daughter was responsible for giving her mother spoiled
meat that killed her so he hung his daughter from a meat hook on the
fourth floor of their mill. Her image on the meat hook has been seen
frequently. The mill was more recently burnt down and I haven't heard
what happens since that.
Haymarket - Logmill
- A lil. White church off Logmill road
has said to be haunted. There have been white *blobs* floating are
there at night.
Haywood - Angus
Mountain - It is said that late at night
you can see shadows carrying lamps walking through the woods. It is
believed that it is the spirits of Indians from years gone by.
Henry County - Martinsville - Leatherwood - On a particular rd, Barrow's mill rd, in Henry co.
there was a house called the "pink house". This house was a
rental property some time or another where many families grew up and
moved on. The house however has been demolished and there was an
incident of a child being hit and run in a blind curve at this
site. the child appears in the middle of the curve with no
warning and has been seen by numerous people
Hiawassee - Blue
Ridge Scout Reservation - Old Civil War
Generals, and soldiers have been seen and heard on the southern side of
the reservation. Also the sprits and voices of George Washington and
his men have been seen walking through one camp, where in the 1700's a
old railroad route used to be.
Hiawassee - Pulaski
County Virginia - Old Paint Factory -
One night a hunter was walking through the woods with his dogs near the
factory. Suddenly a man appeared in front of him. He knew if he let the
dogs go they would tear the man to pieces but they were hurting his
hand so he had to let them go. He caught up with the dogs after they
ran off to find them sniffing the ground as if no one was there. He
told a relative of the incident and described the man. He was wearing
an old paint factory uniform. There are many apparitions in the hills
of Hiwassee.
Honaker - Big
A Mountain - A helicopter crash left
large chunks of metal from the aircraft and bones in the trees on big a
mountain. Local people from the area were first on the scene and one
man found a dying victim moaning but he was too late to save the
person's life. He returned to the spot years later and said he could
still hear the person moaning and felt a cold chill and the smell of
death still fills the air around the area where the helicopter crashed
Honaker - Hoanker
High School - Old principal walking down
the stairs gym basement. People have smelt smoke, and report seeing
him.
Honaker - Honaker
Hollow - 1.Woman with washboard and tub.
The closer you get the more she fades away until she's gone.
2.When a certain old house is stayed in, you can hear something land on
the roof or somewhere close-by and without opening doors or windows
comes into the house. There can actually be communication with whatever
it is.
3.Also hear tales of when my great uncle rode out of the hollow on a
horse he felt someone get on behind him and when he tried to feel
behind him there was nothing there.
Hopewell - Appomatix
Manor - This old house on the river front
in Hopewell is known to have been a hold out for Confederate and
sometimes Union soldiers during the Civil War, especially the assault
on Petersburg nearby. One legend surrounding the house is where a nurse
hid a Union soldier in the wall of the basement when the Confederates
came to inspect the house. When they found Union paraphernalia in the
storage room they arrested the woman and took her away. The Union
soldier ,unable to help himself escape, died and today can be heard
scratching at the walls for someone to be let out. This is a story told
by the caretakers of the house. In 1953, when they were rebuilding the
basement of the house they found a body of a Union solder behind the
walls.
Horsepen - Old
Pocahontas Fuel Building - This building
is built almost directly over an old mine. The mine below was the site
of one of the largest water inundations(they broke through a rock wall
into an underground river) killing many by drowning. Their voices call
for help at night and sometimes during the day if someone is alone.
Independence - Lover’s Leap - It is
said that anyone who passes over this bridge will see the ghost figure
of a young girl crying, saying "I love you" or a strapping young man
jumping off the bridge. The story goes that the two were romantically
involved and their families were at odds. The two would rather die than
be kept apart so they jumped off the bridge holding hands and
whispering, "I love you".
Ivanhoe - Wilkins
Mansion Area - The Mansion itself burnt
down 30 some years ago, but it is said that if your in the area at
night you will hear the sounds of slaves chained together,
walking down the road. Not only that, but you will hear the slaves
singing songs of their era. A group of friends went to explore
this place in 1970,and heard these noises quite clearly. Be wary
though if you choose to explore this place, as it is very wooded
and the road to the place is very rough.
Jamestown - Amblers'
Colonial Mansion - a very angry ghost
named Lydia Ambler haunts her former home.
King George County - Lambs Creek Church - off
of U.S. route 3 on Lambs creek church road (R.R. 4) there is Lamb's
Creek church where two civil war soldiers can be seen resting on a
rainy night. This usually happens on rainy nights. Also the church's
windows glow from the inside around the 27th of October. There is also
a ghost of a young girl who died of pneumonia, a strange blue light and
an apparition of the girl running and playing.
Lancaster - Lancaster
Tavern - It was established in the
1700's, not sure exactly when, it says on the sign hanging above the
door, but there is a very friendly ghost there who every morning makes
breakfast. Very early in the morning you can smell bacon cooking when
no-one is awake or in the kitchen.
Leesburg - Balls
Bluff Battlefield - Around the time of
the battle at night, soldiers have been seen still trying to climb the
bluffs and get across the Potomac river.
Leesburg - Graydon
Manor - There is a mental hospital
called Graydon Manor. Back in the early 1900's a young woman was sent
there for various reasons by her parents. She was forced to leave her
lover. She would escape occasionally and meet up with her boyfriend at
this gazebo out in the woods. Soon it became too much, she escaped on
night in her prettiest dress, met up with her boyfriend and the two of
them hung themselves in the gazebo. The girl is said to haunt the
woods, the dirt road, and the gazebo occasionally. The gazebo can still
be seen off an old dirt road, although it recently got hit from a
falling tree.
Lexington - Poor
House Road Tunnel - The tunnel was part
of an old railroad system that ran from Lexington to Staunton in the
early 1900s. Inside the tunnel at night, voices of children are heard
whispering "Come on, come on." Misty dark fog gathers around you when
standing in the middle of the tunnel.
Lexington - Virginia
Military Institute - A painting over the
alter has been said to bleed, noises in VMI's catacombs, old cellars
under barracks, and sounds of cannon fire near the Jackson Memorial
Hall.
Louisa - Owens
Creek Rd. Mineral - Historical Red House - The
"Mistress of Red House" is said to roams the grounds of this
revolutionary war house. A woman in a tan dress, She sometimes stands
peering out the windows or up near the driveway entrance. Usually
appearing early in the dark morning around 4 am. The house still
standing which was redone in the 19th century. It is a small house will
a large yard and a forgotten unkept graveyard is nearby.
Lynchburg - Randolph
- Macon Woman's College- A girl was
murdered on campus 25 years ago and it is said that some nights you can
hear her running and screaming. Also, is said that the Smith Banquet
Hall is haunted by the headless ghost of a Washington and Lee U.
student who was on his way here for a dance and got decapitated in a
wreck.
Lynchburg - William
Bass Elementary School - voices and doors
opening and closing a some of the events here.
Manassas - Manassas
Battlefield - Unfinished Railroad - During
the Civil war, Robert E. Lee ordered the construction of a railroad
that he could use to more efficiently transport supplies to Bull Run
for his army. The workers were massacred and the railroad was never
finished. Strange noises including banshee yells and voices have been
heard in the woods bordering the paths. There are two intersecting
trails through the woods; take the one to the far right.
Manassas - Old
Town Inn - There is a ghost named miss
Lucy who hunts rooms 51 to 54 . She sometime holds people in the air
and is seen in the city tavern.
Manassas - Signal
Hill - Signal Hill Hospital - Once used
as a hospital for Confederate wounded during the Civil War, this
building has been the site of many strange occurrences; large floating
balls of light in the second building of the house, doors slamming
shut, and a feeling of presence in the basement. The Signal Hill
hospital is located opposite the fork in Signal Hill Rd.
Marion - Octagonal
House - Abijah Thomas built the Octagon house in 1850. Thomas built the house with 8 sides to protect it
from wind damage. He kept slaves to help him work the fields. It is
said that in an upstairs room you can still see fresh blood dripping
and seeping down one of the walls. You can also hear many strange
noises through out the entire premises.
Mathews - Old
House Woods - These stories have been
passed down for a good 200 years. These instances have been recognized
as the most bizarre psychic phenomena ever recorded. Anywhere from
swash buckling pirates burring stolen gold; A ghost ship hovering over
the woods; British soldiers hiding colonial treasure during the
revolutionary war; A full Spanish galleon which vanishes in thin air;
Skeletons in knight’s armor wielding threatening swords; Mysterious
groups of shovelers digging furiously late at night; to ghost horses
and cows appearing and disappearing before your eyes. All of these and
more have been seen at different times of the year. There has also been
a rumor going around of a witch that lets off a green light flying
through the trees. - February 2004
addition: 4 Eye-witnesses have vowed never to return to this area of
land. The woods got their name from an old house that was in the center
of them. The story behind the house is unknow at this time. The house
caught on fire and then put its self out. Then a few years later it
caught fire again and burned to the foundation. There is one spirit
that comes up out of the water and walks along the beach towards the
road. At first glance it is a rather grey glowing figure dressed in
worn pirate style clothing if you are able to catch the face it is that
of a skeleton. The Spanish Galleon that comes in from the water
hovering over the beach and then above the woods. If you are on the
beach and face the woods you can see the grove in the tree line as to
where the ship docks. You can watch the ship hover there above the
trees and watch as figures of men get off the ship. The whole wooded
area lights up and you can hear digging and clanking of shovels.. There
are 2 black headless dogs that will come out of the woods and chase
you. As well as jump onto your vehicle or in the bed of your truck. The
green light is truly astonishing. It is more like a ball of light. That
is so intense it lights up everything it flashes 3 times for brief
periods of time. but doesn't distort your night vision when it passes..
Usually when you see that light it is time to go. You have worn out
your welcome on the beach. If you remain things will start to attack
your vehicle. There are also accounts of people vanishing in those
woods. They say that if you get too close to the treasure you never
return. Various people over the years have gone in searching and never
made it back.
Matoaca - Matoaca
High School - At the old high school it
is known to be haunted in the theater. Lights move and cut off, doors
shake and you hear many noises. There is also a cold chill when you
call upon the ghosts. Also, banging noises on the door.
Mechanicsville - Cold Harbor - Battlefield Park - In the front, battles are still going on. You can
usually see or hear them around 1am every night. Also, a path runs thru
the park for visitors and if you're lucky you can photo a ghost. Many
of these pictures have been published in the Richmond Times Dispatch
and Mechanicsville Local.
Mechanicsville - Cold Harbor - Cemetery - The
cemetery beside the park is also haunted by a little girl. Legend is
she fell out of the window of the keeper's house and you can either see
her in the window or waking around the cemetery. That whole area is
haunted.
Mechanicsville - Cold Harbor - Garthright House - The across from the cemetery is extremely haunted. You
can here people walking, talking and feel breath on your neck.
Middlesex - Hartfield
- This house has been here since the
1600's and its a three story there are carvings on the outside of the
house of people how live in the house in the 1600's and 1700's there is
a legend there was a solider hanged and shot on the stair way they
buried him out in the field now people who visit there see the ghost.
Middlesex - Stormont
Road - My Lady Bridge - Many years ago in
stormy night unknown lady who Going Home in stormy night Riding with
the horse buggy . suddenly the Bridge was flooding all of a lot water
when the lady was coming by the bridge she was fell off the bridge then
she drown . The morning the lady body is found at the Bridge at night
time when you coming the bridge you can heard the sound of the spirit
of lady banging under the Bridge.
Middletown - Belle
Grove Plantation - A women dressed in an
all black dress with a vial over her head is known for standing in the
window of the highest room. It is said that she's either the plantation
owners wife or mistress. Many people have seen her standing there
during the day yet nobody is in the room when they go look. She is
always wearing the same clothing. This plantation is located next to
Cedar Creek Battle Field. Many houses in this area are haunted.
Middletown - Wayside
Inn - Wayside is the oldest still running
in America. There is one specific room that is supposedly haunted and
that is room 14. Many guests comment on strange occurrences in that
room. There have been other sightings throughout the inn as well.
Middletown -The
Wayside Theatre - The ghost of a former
caretaker, who died in a fire, is said to roam this theatre. Paranormal
activity seems to take place on the back porch costume storage, the
basement, and the theatre balcony. On the balcony itself, seat CC1 is
often found lowered after being raised the previous evening.
Mount Vernon - Woodlawn Plantation - A
strong sweet odor when you walk near the English boxwoods. It is
believed to be Nelly Custis, George Washington's granddaughter taking a
walk. She seems to be a very welcoming spirit.
New Market - Some
people have seen Civil War soldiers on the battlefield near here. Some
say their are nights in the month of May that the cannons can still be
heard in the far distance, and many people have seen the charge of the
cadets replayed in front of them.
Newbern - Wilderness
Road Museum - In Newbern a section of
Dublin Va. in - . There is a Wilderness
Road Museum and just the wilderness road area, have often been said to
be Haunted. Lots of the original buildings are still there. But the
main Places that you see the ghost of this little town are in the
museum. There is a lady who has been seen in the top widows of the
building looking out and gazing. No one is sure to who she is but she
has been seen wondering around the grounds also. It s said that in the
middle of the night, the lights will flip on and then off with no one
in the place. It’s a rich little area around here. Deep in the
history of the wars and everything else that has happened around
here.
Norfolk - City
Jail - Many people have reported seeing a
man walk the halls on various floors of this jail. The sightings are
usually seen by the night shift, and are attributed to the natural
death of a previous inmate.
Norfolk - Gresham
Dorms - About 2 years ago a couple was
murdered in the parking lot between Gresham Main and East. The
killer(s) were never found and the couple's souls were never put to
rest. It is said the woman can be fould walking around bleeding from
gun shots, trying to find help for her dead husband. This usually
happens towards the end of the month, and many nights in November, the
month they were killed.
Norfolk - USS
Caron - In the forward 5" Gun Mount,
below the decks, a large man in a khaki uniform is seen by sailors out
of the corner of their eye or, in some instances, plain as day. The
story goes that he was a Gunner's Mate Chief and he went up in the
mount to perform maintenance one day without utilizing a safety
mechanism and was crushed to death inside the mount when the loader
activated. Now he is seen mainly at night inside the mount near the
control panels by sailors passing their duty days inside the mount.- February 2005 Update: It has been decommissioned and
sunk.
Norfolk - USS
Cole - In the Engineering space where the
ship was hit if you are working alone your tools will be moved on you
and you can feel a presence of someone watching you. In the Hall of
Heroes by the mess decks you can hear your name being called by an
unseen woman. The ghosts just want to let people know that they are
watching us
Norfolk - USS
George Washington - As strange as it
sounds for a U.S. Navy ship to be haunted with a little girl, that
appears to be what is happening. One of the few things on the GW.
Multiple people have said that they have seen her in the lower levels
of the Engineering spaces. One saw her in a pink and white dress.
Another saw her in a blue dress and when he tried to get closer she was
gone. Another sailor said that he had seen a guard dog on one of his
tours, but the dog disappeared as soon as he got closer to it. There
have been reports of strange noises, like the sound of someone jingling
their keys as they walk down the stairs but there is no one on the
stairs. One time a man walked halfway down the stairs but never made it
to the bottom. Two gentlemen standing near watched him start his
journey before he disappeared. Another group of men have seen a man
walking through equipment before going out of sight. Once they
investigated they found no one in the space. Other strange things
happen as well, shoulder tapping, strange sounds, shadows, tools moving
in the middle of the night. And most of all, the overwhelming sensation
of being watched from every nook and cranny of the space.
Norfolk - Weslyn
- A girl haunts the women’s residency.
She sits in a chair at night and follows anyone who comes in late or
who gets up and walks to the bathroom where she supposedly had died.
She is a mean ghost and has frightened many women at this college with
her wicked stare as she follows them.
Norton - Ramsey
Cemetery - In the cemetery late at night,
like midnight or later, no matter what the temperature, it gets cold as
soon as you walk through the gates. And you hear noises in the bushes
around you and the leaves are moving and there is no wind. It sounds
like people are talking and whispering to one another, but you really
can't understand what they are saying. Every once in a while, you see a
shadowy figure ahead of you, and if you get closer it disappears. The
whole time you are walking you can hear footsteps behind you. Some
times you hear a train approaching, and you would probably say "well
that's normal since it is right by an active rail road track", well let
me tell you this: my mom is a conductor on the trains that go through
there and she says they rarely ever go through there at that hour. Plus
you can stand and listen to that sound for almost 10 to 15 minutes and
the train never comes. Around dawn every thing seems to go back to
being normal, no noises, no footsteps from unseen followers, nothing.
Occoquan - The
Loft Gallery - In the early morning hours
in October 2006 one of the artist witnessed a mist with a glow float
thru the gallery. Many of the artists have heard doors closing,
footsteps and floors creaking as though someone was in the
gallery. During the 1990's one of the paintings came flying off
the wall while one of the artists told young visitors stories of a man
from centuries ago. The young visitors ran screaming from the
gallery leaving the artist to clean up the mess made by the spirit.
Orange - Wilderness
Battlefield - People have reported seeing
a woman calling out for her lost husband "Jacob" at the battlefield
site, soldiers charging and laying in the remaining trenches, and
people driving on the road beside the battlefield have reported seeing
flashes of light described as "the flash from a gun or cannon barrel"
appearing just above the battlefield grounds.
Orange - Willow
Grove Inn - Strange noises in vacant
rooms. Footsteps have been heard on many occasions that belong to an
unknown and invisible being. On occasion two confederate soldiers have
been seen sitting under the big tree out front talking.
Orange - Zachary
Taylor House - Strange noises coming from
upstairs while no one is up there. Music has been heard in the "main
room". Described as violins. On a few occasions witness have described
a man and a woman descending the staircase.
Pearisburg - Pearis
Cemetery - Apparitions in the dark near
the center of the cemetery, Strange sounds like someone having a
conversation, feeling of being followed.
Petersburg - Battery
9 station - It is said that late at night
you can hear loud voices and sounds of cannons going off. That is also
a ghostly figure that rides a black horse and can be seen on top of the
hill just behind the station.
Petersburg - Old
Central State Mental Hospital - If you
walk in there you get a feeling that someone’s there. You can some
times hear noises and maybe see something. The hospital has been closed
down for a number of years and there’s no telling how many people have
died in there. But some Spirits still remain there.
the plains - Grey
Horse Inn - Replay of a confederate
soldier being killed.
Poquoson - Old
town Poquoson (Messick) - A woman by the
name of Dolly "Mammy" Messick once went out right before a winter storm
to bring in the cows (with no help from her 3 children) and drown in a
sink hole, and was said to have haunted her two daughters until their
deaths.
Poquoson - Poquoson
Ave - The Road to the right near 'church
street' is haunted. This is located near the old morgue, ghost have
been seen walking up and down the road, lost and confused. A woman in a
nightgown will talk to you, she will ask to use the phone so she can
call her husband, as your walking up to your house, she vanishes. I've
had it happen, it was more then just 'unnerving' to say the least.
Portsmouth - Craney
Island Fuel Depot - Reports of a Civil
War soldier, the sound of a horse.
Portsmouth - Olde
Towne - Most of Olde Towne is haunted.
There are lots of stories and a book on the subject. Each Halloween,
there is a guaranteed, sold-out Ghost Walk where they tell you all of
the stories and show you the houses. One of the more famous
stories/hauntings is of The Lady in White of Court Street. Story goes,
a young woman's husband either drowned at sea, ran off, got killed or
something tragic...became so depressed herself, that to this day on
nights of the full moon, she can be seen running down the street to the
water and jumping in. Yes, drowning was her ultimate demise...but for
those who've seen her, the experience is so real, big, grown men have
been known to jump in the water to save the drowning woman...only to
find there's nothing there once they're in the water.
Portsmouth - the
old naval hospital - Bldg 1 - built in
1827. Some people who have worked in the old x-ray film archive
describe especially at night sounds of a baby crying usually between
the walls of the now fathers waiting room and the x-ray developer room.
The building is now closed awaiting renovation to change it back to its
former 827 design.
Powhatan - Powhatan
Correctional Center - Where the Chapel is
located in the prison today, at one time was the inmates infirmary.
There are windows surrounding 3 sides of the room, which are visible
from the security towers outside. Many times officers have reported
seeing a prisoner standing at the windows looking out. When
investigated by inside officers, the area is found to be empty and
secured, no way for anyone to get in or out! This occurs several times
a year at all hours of the day and night. One evening an officer from a
tower reported someone at the window. Again no one was found, yet the
officer reported she could still see the inmate at the window. The
inside officers searched the area with no inmate found. The Captain
went to the tower to see what the officer insisted she was seeing. When
he looked to the window she pointed to, he too could see the man.
Richmond - Church
Hill Tunnel - In 1925 The church Hill
Train tunnel was being reopened after being closed do to deaths in
1877. They needed more traffic area for trains the C&O train #231
and several cars was near the entrance of the tunnel when it collapsed
killing everyone they tried to dig them out but only reached the
conductor dead at the switch. Most nights around the first part of
October and some other nights you can hear the train real faintly
trying to get out the tunnel. Witnesses report seeing a man trying to
get in the tunnel to reach his train to save the trapped workers and
you can still hear them screaming.
Richmond - Governors
Mansion - a friendly ghost of a young
women haunts the Governors Mansion to this day.
Richmond - Henrico
County - Shirlydale Ave.(apartments) - At
the end of Shirlydale Ave after the cul-de-sac there was a house about
50 yards up that was used as a civil war hospital it was tore down in
the 80'S the house was gray 2 story with a basement and to the left was
a barn with a drop door into a lower level that opened to the back.
There is also an old square shaped pond or was a man made one; over to
the right several graves was found by the apartments when they cleared
the property. It was rumored that the spiteful union solders removed
the tombstones and killed the patients in the hospital as they rested
and the confederate soldiers still scream and moan. You can also see
soldiers walking up through the woods where the house was to get help
and sometimes you can here them talking in the woods and a harmonica
playing in the distance but don’t be alarmed when you see a campfire in
the background.
Richmond - Hollywood
Cemetery - Besides the fact that the
cemetery is very old with many local "celebrities" (mostly governors,
senators, and a president or two) there is one tomb, Poole's, that is
known as the Vampire Tomb. Supposedly the man enclosed in the building
was a vampire and has been known to stalk visitors, and even attack a
few, in the cemetery late at night.
Richmond - Old
Railway - There is a light seen down the
tracks that never seems to get any closer it seems to be the lantern
the man carried. There is also sightings of fireballs and orbs.
Richmond - Pocohantas
Parkway - The new road was constructed
over an old Indian Grave. Spirits come out around midnight near
the tollbooth. There have been several reports of the spirits to
the police. Toll booth workers say they hear strange noises at
night.
Richmond - Tuckahoe
Plantation - This was the childhood home
of Thomas Jefferson. An Unhappy bride is said to walk the grounds
sobbing. It seems she was forced to marry against her will, and died of
a broken heart.
Richmond - Varina
Road in Varina - Battlefield Cemetery - There
is a cemetery on the right that has a very strange ghost lurking around
the graves. He watches over the cemetery and rumor is, there was a
water fountain in the yard and if you drink from it he will make noises
and sometimes throw things at you. He is believed to be a confederate
solder.
Richmond - Virginia
Aviation Museum - The museum is located
on a Civil War battlefield; also the museum contains old planes and
artifacts from pilots beginning in WWII. There have been other
occurrences there such as footsteps to a particular plane, and a very
old stopwatch starting up and ticking.
Roanoke - Patrick
Henry Hotel - There are many ghosts here.
There are 3 men in the ballroom who stand and watch. An elderly woman
died here in one of the room and you can still feel her presence. There
is also a man sitting at one of the tables on the second floor, kicking
the tablecloth with his foot and smoking a pipe
Rockbridge - Natural Bridge Old Hotel - the original owner of the old hotel in natural bridge
supposedly went crazy and killed his wife and kids in the hotel and
some people have claimed to have seen them wandering the grounds at
night. But no one ever speaks of it because it will make tourism fall.
Rustburg - Ivanhoe
- The ghost in lavender, her remains lie
in an ivy covered grave in the old burying ground, is thought to be the
wife of the original owner. There is a story of a peddler murdered in
one of the upper rooms in the long ago. Guests occupying the room heard
alarming noises, had bedclothes removed in the night, or found them on
the floor when going to bed. Two young men saw a pillow fly across the
room. In this same room, there is a bloodstain on the floor. Attempts
to remove the stain were unavailing. Soon after re-staining the floor,
the spot would reappear. Some nights, near the house, you can hear the
sound of heavy strokes of an axe chopping a tree and the labored
breathing of the chopper.
Rye Cove - Nashville
Music Institute - building is located on
McMillian St off of Church St in Nashville, TN. This building is
supposedly the 2nd oldest in Nashville and operated as a prison ran by
Sam Houston years ago. In the early 2000's it operated as Nashville
Music Institute where many musicians had ghostly experiences.
Rye Cove - The
Moore Cemetery - located next to the Rye
Cove High School in Rye Cove, the Rye Cove Elementary School located up
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the old Carter home place (200+ year old white house with red roof down
the road from the High School) are all sites of ghostly hauntings.)
Smithfield - Smithfield
Station - Employees of the restaurant say
that there is a ghost of a man who sits at the bar sometimes late at
night when the restaurant is closed. He is believed to have drowned in
the river behind the restaurant after leaving the bar one night. He
just sits there drinking and staring off into space, if approached, he
will disappear.
Springfield - Bablat
Afif - In the 1880s a Palestinian
immigrated to the US and was brutally tortured and then murdered in
some woods which are now known as Lake Accotink Park. It is said that
on some nights he is heard moaning, "Arrrrrghh". On rare occasions he
is also have said to appear in the form of have human half beast with
an eye patch.
Stafford - Silverthorn
Creek - Many Believe a curse haunts this
creek for its furious common winds. Holds an urban legend of a man who
haunts the creek with his slaves often heard singing from local
children- many fear. Local Carlstrom/Mackey children have heard often
curse stories and many don’t believe in it.
Stafford - Witches
Pond - A trail off Telegraph Road will
lead to a place called Witches Pond. There is a sacrifice table there
that was used in the 1700's. There have been numerous sightings of a
mysterious woman on the lake near the table. The sacrifice table has
letters written on it in Latin. - April
2008 Update: This is Private property. you will get arrested if you are
caught on this land.
Stanardsville - Bed and Breakfast - It
is said that there is a bloodstain in the foyer from a confederate
soldier who killed himself after learning of his wife being unfaithful
with a Yankee soldier during the battle of Stanardsville. Even though
it has been scrubbed away at night each morning it returns. It is also
said that he still wanders the halls with a pistol looking for the
Yankee soldier.
Staunton - Dejarnette
Center - Opened in 1825 and was named
Western Lunatic Asylum. Dr. Joseph Dejarnette took over in 1905 and
believed in eugenics. Many of the patients at the Asylum were unhappy
and tortured. The asylum was closed down in 1996 but many things still
go on at Western state. The grounds are off limit but people who sneak
in claim to hear footsteps, moans, whispers, screams, and doors opening
and closing.
Stewartsville
- Jeters chapel -
sightings of a man in a white robe hovering over the middle of the
cemetery.
Stratford - Stratford
Hall - This is the place where Robert E
Lee grew up and lived with his family. If you go in his wife's old room
and see the bed made and then walk out for five minutes the bed will
have a place where someone sat down. The places are different each time
but it is said to be his wife's ghost sitting on her bed to think.
Sometimes you can see a woman in a black dress come down the stairs. If
you go into the sitting room you can see a picture of the same woman.
Surry - Bacons
Castle - A mysterious fireball appears
from a nearby cemetery and circles the castle then enters through one
of the chimneys and disappears in the basement kitchen
Sweet Briar - Sweet
Biar College - Meta Glass Dormitory - The founder's young daughter who died a sudden and
sickly death at the age of 16 makes her presence known throughout the
attic of this dormitory. It has also been said that her mother can
often be seen in the quad near their old plantation house...
Swords Creek - Dye Family Cemetery - there has been a number of
sightings as orbs floating trough the cemetery. - WARNING: this may be a privately owned
cemetery. You enter at your own risk, police may be called, or you
could be shot. Make sure you get permission.
Swords Creek - Long
Branch - You can see Green eyes starring
in your window, see people with bloody faces, hear cabinate doors slam
in various homes. At the end of one of the roads there is a rock quary
and you can see men, men with bloody faces and things in their heads.
You see and hear cats all the time. There are reports of evil spirits
around. Some even say you can feel them.
Swords Creek - Railroad Tracks - Reports
of an apparition of a young girl with a bonnet on a little bit of hair
came down in her face. She had black circles under her eyes and she was
really pale.
USS Siapan - USS
Siapans V-decks - Witnesses report being
watched and felt very uncomfortable and scared. Flashes of light and
shadows as well.
Virginia Beach - Cavalier Hotel - A ritzy
hotel built in 1927 Many famous people stayed there. (Al Capone,
Woodrow Wilson...etc.) Adolph Coors owner of Coors brewery jumped to
his death from his hotel window in the 1929. The hotels previous owner
shot himself inside the hotel. An old black gentleman in an old hotel
uniform is said stand watch at the top of the sixth floor stairwell
warning people of ghosts reportedly saying "you don't want to go up
there, There's ghosts up there". There is also a cat, which roams the
halls promoting calls to the front desk from angry guests.
Virginia Beach - Chesapeake - Elbow Road - Elbow
Road is known to be haunted by a Mrs. Woble. She once lived on this
road and the story goes she was murdered and her body was never
recovered. To this day, people have seen strange occurrences at night,
including lights turning on and off in an imaginary house, believed to
be Mrs. Woble's. there is a certain curve on elbow road that if you go
there around midnight and sit on the hood of your car, and if your very
quiet you can start to see small, childlike footprints start to walk
toward your car. it is supposedly the ghost of a little girl who
drowned in the lake one day when her and her father were fishing.
Virginia Beach - Chick's Beach Vol. Fire Squad - The ghost of an ex-fireman has been spotted within the
station. In some situations sirens are turned on by themselves, doors
are slammed on vehicles, and fire alarms are raised for no reason.
Virginia Beach - The Princess Anne Country Club - (An Exclusive Private Golf and Tennis Club)Several
spirits are known to roam the 100 year old Clubhouse. There have been
reports of an evil man in a cape that sends guests and employees
running with fear as well as a bride that disappears who is seen in the
bar area. A former employee reports hearing old time type music coming
from one of the hotel rooms (exclusively used by members and their
guests) and the sound of the dining rooms being set for dinner. When
the place was closed for maintenance. There are also rumors that a
secret underground bunker is there similar to the one at The Greenbrier
Hotel.
West Point - Railroad
tracks - Legend has it that a conductor
was walking down the tracks holding a lantern when a train passed by. A
chain was hanging off of the train and t decapitated the man.
Supposedly you can see the lantern swinging back and forth going up and
down the tracks searching for his head. Also, if you look up in the
trees, you can see a white light hiding in the trees. I've seen a black
figure on the side of the tracks that comes toward the car from the
left and it will cross the tracks and you can see it go toward to the
other end of town. Sometimes the thing will follow you to Churchville
road and ten turn around. There has also been a sighting of the old day
train cars that took 2 people to move. The cars that look like they
have a seesaw, which moves the train car.
West Point/King William - Cohoke Railroad - Near
the small crossroads town of Cohoke in King William, a ghost train
appears to visitors more times than it doesn't. Looking down the tracks
towards the west, a light will come like a train, but with no noise. It
will get closer and closer and then just disappear. Also occasionally
this light will be preceded by the apparition of a confederate soldier
holding a lantern.
Williamsburg - Carter's Grove Plantation - Ghosts of 17th century colonists killed in an Indian
massacre roam the grounds. Fresh flowers wilt overnight in the 'refusal
room', Pirates seen playing cards in the mansion at night.
Williamsburg - Colonial Grounds - While
visiting Williamsburg i heard a story of a ghost of a slave named Jim.
He was a slave to the Governor and he went to his shack one day and his
family had disappeared. He is said to roam the halls of nearby hotels
and knock on doors searching for his lost family.
Williamsburg - Governors Mansion - The
maze behind the building is said to be haunted by soldiers from the
civil war and revolutionary war. The wall in front of the mansion is
said to be haunted by the ghost of a criminally insane escapee of
Eastern State Mental Institution, who in the 1920s slit a woman's
throat.
Williamsburg - Governor’s Palace Green - A
young women haunts the Governor’s Palace and another house near the
palace. She is the ghost of a girl named Elizabeth that was attending
one of the governor’s balls. It is said that during the night Elizabeth
became very upset and ran away from the ball. On her way back to the
house that Elizabeth was staying at, she lost one of her shoes on the
Governor’s Palace's Green. When she finally got home legend has it that
she threw herself off the top step. But the truth is that Elizabeth
died away from Williamsburg giving birth. Even so, Elizabeth still
haunts the Governor’s Palace Green. Some people still see her. Others
hear the sound of someone running who is missing a shoe. - March 2008 Additional information: This is actually
believed to be the ghost of Lady Anne Skipwith, a guest at the George
Wythe house (also haunted).
Williamsburg - Ironbound Road – Rec Center - the blinds go up and down in the second floors nurses
office, a ghost is seen to play baseball late at night and a shadowy
figure has been seen walking around the woods late at night
Williamsburg - Kings Arms Tavern - A
woman named Irma haunts this place. She lived in the 1700s. People
don't yet know how she died. Some people believe she died because of a
candle. Others think she died because of another thing. Irma isn't seen
very often, but she is heard speaking to staff and people have felt her
presence. Irma blows out candles and helps the staff. She is not a
poltergeist. She is very friendly.
Williamsburg - Magazine building - A
soldier seems to still walk up the stairs to put his guns away.
Williamsburg - Matthew Whaley Elementary School (301 Scotland Street)
- Haunted by the ghosts of two young
African American boys killed in the 1960's by an unknown
anti-desegregation assailant.- March 2008
Additional information: Believed to actually be haunted by Matthew
Whaley, the son of Headmistress Mary Page Whaley. He died at the age of
9, but before dying had frequently played with a young black slave boy.
The haunting of the school is that of Matthew Whaley. He and the little
slave boy can also be seen playing together in front of the Governor's
Palace in Market Square, where the school used to be.
Williamsburg - Peyton Randolph House - Many
ghost sightings over 20 stories associated with this old mansion.
Williamsburg - The Mill - Williamsburg's
first serial killer stashed his young victim's bodies here, and it is
said to be haunted by them.
Williamsburg - William and Mary - Quarterly
House/Brafferton Building - Haunted by
Indians kept in the house. You can hear beating of drums, crying,
screaming, footsteps and you can see a boy run across the soccer field
late at night.March 2008 Additional
information: Haunted by Indians kept in the house. You can hear beating
of drums, crying, screaming, footsteps and you can see a boy run across
the soccer field late at night. *This actually is the Brafferton
Building, a building used to house Indians after the massacre of the
colonists in the 1700's. The 10 year old Indian boys were taken from
their families, and forced to become like all the other colonists. When
the Indians started to run away, they were locked in at night. One boy
lowered a rope from his window, leaving the school every night to run
across the greens like he had as a child. He was found dead of unknown
causes under his window.
Williamsburg - William and Mary - Tucker Hall - In 1980, a girl committed suicide in this academic
building, and her ghost is rumored to appear throughout the semesters.
Williamsburg - The Williamsburg Theatre - the ghost of a Union soldier in blue haunts this
theatre. During the Civil War, the theatre belonged to the Wade family,
a friendly and well-known family who open their home to
poverty-stricken families in search of a home. One day a
severely-wounded Confederate soldier was taken into the home in the
attempt to heal him from his wounds and save his life. Unfgrtunately,
the soldier later died. The next day, Union soldier entered the Wade
home in search of Confederates taken refuge in Williamsburg. When the
Confederate soldier was revealed to the soldiers, it turned the
Confederate soldier was brother to one of the Union soldiers who had
entered the Wade Home. Grief-stricken, the Union soldier sobbed
uncontrollably. The soldier later died on the battle fields in
Richmond. His ghost is said to be wandering the halls of the theatre,
desperately searching for his fallen brother in order to make amends
with him.
Williamsburg - The Presidents House / Wren Building - Haunted by a French Soldier of the revolutionary
war-he died in this building when it was a makeshift hospital for the
wounded. Also, it was haunted by some unknown force, and one of the
inhabitants discovered the body of a 13 year old girl buried in the
walls.March 2008 Additional information:
Haunted by a French Soldier of the revolutionary war-he died in this
building when it was a makeshift hospital for the wounded. Also, it was
haunted by some unknown force, and one of the inhabitants discovered
the body of a 13 year old girl buried in the walls. *This is actually
the President's House (where William and Mary current president's live
during their term). We do not know the gender of the person entombed in
the wall as only bone fragments were found and no testing was
completed. Also, on a third floor window, scratched into the glass are
the words, O Fatal Day, but no explanation as to why they are there or
where they came from.
Winchester - Abram's
Delight - Several ghosts of the
Hollingsworth family (the family that built & owned the house for
several generations) haunt the home and grounds. Mary Hollingsworth is
the most frequent visitor.
Winchester - Cork
Street Tavern - The tavern has a ghost
that likes to trip its guests that walk through the door.
Winchester - Fort
Colier Battle Field - The cries and
ghostly figures of those wounded haunt the battle fields once every
year. When ghostly figures appear each year is unknown--it is always
different!
Winchester - Orchardcrest
Apartments - Late at night, or early
morning hours, odd things will occur, such as lights flickering on and
off, TV's coming on and off, doors slamming when everyone is asleep.
Rumor has it that around 100 years ago, there was a cemetery and that
when they built the apartments, they dug up most of the bodies, but
some were forgotten.
Wise - J.J.
Kelly High School - This submission has
been proved false - Many years ago, a
student at J J Kelly High hung himself in the auditorium. Before doing
so, he road the elevator up to the 2nd floor, walked down the long
hallway, got a drink of water from the water fountain then hung himself
on stage. Nobody knows why. To this day, the elevator opens and closes
uncontrollably. The water fountain sprays water without anyone touching
it.. And the auditorium, there's always wind that comes through there
and sounds from the back. - February 2007
Correction: the elevator was not put in until 1995.
Wise - University
of Virginia - Bowers-Sturgill - A
young girl that committed suicide in what is currently Bowers-Sturgill
Hall is said to be seen hanging from the pipes from which she hung
herself.
Wise - Wise
County Orphange - This place has
experieced many strange sightings threw the years. Many People have
said they can see a strange figure standing in a window lookin over the
field. It has also been said that children that have been terribly
murdered can be heard laughing and bouncing balls. Many peolpe have
been heard screaming from the house with sheer terror.
Woodbridge - Lazy
Susan Dinner Theatre - The ghost or
ghosts who haunt the Lazy Susan have been known to rearrange the chairs
& place settings in the dining room. Several people have
reported seeing unexplained lights moving around backstage, and many
people have reported feeling a "presence" when alone in the theatre.
Woodbridge - Old
haunted orphan houses - Many years ago
off of Route 1 in Woodbridge, Virginia were several houses that
belonged to old families who would adopt orphans as a way of life. The
problem is that big corporal companies came in to build over the houses
and so the families were evicted. Years later when the land had begin
to furnish again, contractors decided to build over the houses since
the plan to construct when they had been torn down had been shunned.
When construction began several appearances had been sighted of
children running around and giggling in the woods. Machinery started to
malfunction and people started to disappear in the woods when bodies of
the children had been found in unmarked stone graves around the houses.
The area of land is located across from the junkyard that sits across
the street from the original orphan house all the way to the forest
miles behind and next to Potomac library. The only people who were able
to survive in the area and camp there were homeless people. It is said
that the orphans take pity on their misfortune and spare them the life
they had previously lead. That goes to show even the dead show
sympathy.
Woodbridge - Skini
Fatz Bar/Restaurant - Skini Fatz theme
has been changed a lot over the years. They
have witnessed lights turning on after they've closed
for the night. An older man in what is used as the waitress
dressing area. also there have been reports from various
people stating they've seen a young man in the parking lot. This
gentleman was hit by a car about 10-15 years ago. Overall the
place is eclectic both in looks and in other fashions. It's an
overall neat place to go and check out one night. The manager there is
a really nice guy. And the best part of all is you can look around
pretty much the entire place.
Woodlawn Plantation - There are several ghosts that haunt Woodlawn
Plantation, which used to be the home of George Washington's daughter.
The gift shop has a well in the floor that is kept closed. Apparently
it is a doorway for ghosts.
Yorktown - Camp
Peary - A man killed his wife, and later
hung himself. The lights turn on when no one is around, also doors
unlock mysteriously.
Yorktown - Crawford
Road - A woman hung herself from an
overpass on her wedding day. Her spirit has been seen her spirit,
hanging in her wedding dress. Also, African Americans were hung down
the road. A lot of spirits dwell on this road. - February 2005 Correction - Formerly listed under -
Poquoson - Crawford Rd - There have been other stories about the part
of the road where the Tour Road crosses over Crawford Rd. There is a
story that on some nights that you can see a black lady in a white
dress walk up on the bridge onto the ledge, then she falls off and then
she stops in mid air and swings like she was hung. There have also been
stories of your car cutting out and not starting. If you drove down it
at night you could see someone hanging from the bridge where someone
was hung years ago and that cars have shut off underneath the bridge. -
December 2006 additional information:
Before you come to crybaby bridge that runs about halfway down from the
roads entrance on either side of the vast woods lies a fenced off road
that actually heads back into a clearing if you're daring enough to
cross the threshold. If you enter the clearing, you will find a
solitary building that is long since abandoned with no doors. If you
watch, there are red eyes that may appear in one of the open doorways
(most likely the very last door all the way to the right) 'watching'
you as you move around. Should you get close they may end up vanishing
before you can locate them. Going into the building itself, however,
yields the very eerie feeling of more than one 'being' watching your
every move. It has been seen on film of shadow people walking around
along the walls without actually anything being in front of the light
source (always in the shape of a tall male creeping along). There have
also been reports of people feeling like they have had their feet
stepped on, voices whispering, and even hands lain upon the middle of
their backs. This experience is random, but best done on a clear,
moonless night. But you never know what you might find if you actually
go to the radio station once the sun is down.
Yorktown - Yorktown
Battlefields - Plenty of Civil War Era
ghosts wandering around. And legend is if you sit on a hill on the
battle fields at midnight and stare at the moon for a few seconds, then
look at the battle fields the soldiers are still there fighting.
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