Search Results for "Poughkeepsie, New York"
Searching near: City of Poughkeepsie, New York, United States of America within 50 miles
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Christ Episcopal Church
The ghost of former Rector, Dr. Alexander Griswold Cummings has been reported here many times since his death in the late 1940s or early 50s. While he was still living, he did not like using...
Marist College
As the story goes; Shelly was killed by a jealous boyfriend in the school's cafeteria. Since then, she has been a presence in Sheahan Hall, where she lived. Most of her activity involves folding...
Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery
Countless spirits roam the grounds, and have done so for years! Some can-and-want to be seen, or otherwise noticed, some just "observe" those of us still here.
Dutchess Community College
Bowne Hall - The college is built on the site of an old TB hospital. The main administration building, Bowne Hall, was one of the main hospital buildings. The basement of this building contained...
Mid-Hudson Psychiatric Center
Mid Hudson psychiatric center is now closed. After dark loud noises and screams can be heard, sometimes-lost spirits are seen wandering the grounds. Reports of a large orb that chases people.
Roosevelt Mansion
Walking into the dining room and Mrs. Roosevelt's bedroom there is a very cold feeling and a feeling of sadness by those who are sensitive.
North Chodikee Lake Road
Washington Cemetery - there is a old cemetery near a farm the cemetery is hard to find because it is very old it is from the 1800's there are many people who have seen a family walk around in...
Bowdoin Park/ old Haunted Mansion site
Believed to be haunted by Sigfried who was a prisoner of war in a war camp that was on that spot. He was put to work in the kitchen and killed himself by putting himself in the oven. There is also...
Old Air Port
At night you could hear howling and people talking in the office building. Update: The story of the ghosts ended about a few months ago. The airport was destroyed to make way for new apartments.
Fiddlers Bridge
It is said that back in the early 1900's that a fiddler playing at a local Halloween party was on his way home when he was killed beneath the bridge. Now on Mischief Night and Halloween if you...
Hudson Valey Correctional
Only two or so of the original approximately fifty patient, personnel, and factory buildings are still in use, now housing juvenile offenders and their guards. Beneath this compound is a virtual...
Millbrook
Benett College - An old abandon all girls college. Haunted by the girls who used to attend the school. Many girls committed suicide there and are still roaming the dorms.
Wallkill Correctional Facility
It's a medium security state prison built in 1932. Both Corrections Officers and Inmates have reported seeing an inmate from years back appear and disappear. He is dressed in an old-style tan...
Plum Point Condos
The story goes... There is a rather large building, in which is now know Plum Point condo's, in Newburgh NY that used to be a all boys Christian school. One of the nun's molested the boy & killed...
Shawangunk Mountain Range
These mountains are full of Haunted Energy. There are Indian Spirits through out that range.
Downing Park
A boy who drowned in the lake in the park is said to sit by the lake at night crying, he is also said to make bubbles in the water, as if trying to breathe, and he is said to scream whenever a...
Montrepose Cemetery
Activity and energy surrounding that graveyard.
Wildey Farm
A women can be heard humming. Raps on the walls and feelings of a presence. This ghost has lived peacefully with every new family that has moved in. In fact, when the property is sold, they state...
Wiltwick Cemetery
Ghostly activity and energy inside that cemetery.
Wal-Mart
little girl buried under haunts at 1:00 am.
Ruins of a replica of Scottish castle
built by a wealthy Arms dealer that was destroyed in a fire caused by a lightning strike. You can hear bells, horses and strange lights. - August 2005 Additional Information: the castle was a...
Bird and Bottle Inn
Reports of it being haunted by a young woman.
Pine Bush
Montgomery - Hill Avenue Cemetery - when we were children and visited this cemetery, there was always a man who wondered where his glowing balls were. to this day it still seems like it was just a...
Sedgewood club
The Sedgewood club was an old resort for wealthy NYC families in the late 1800's. It is said to be haunted by the ghost of a caretaker morning the loss of his family who starved to death in this...
Bard College
Blithewood Mansion - Students and faculty have long reported noises and poltergeist activity at the mansion. Sightings of a ghostly young girl between the ages of 8-12 have also been mentioned in...
Carmel
Smalleys Inn Restaurant - building has been there since 1852, several incidents have happened, ghostly images have appeared, phone calling each other, sightings of a little girl, things falling...
West Point USMA
Being that West Point is the oldest military post in the United States the area has it's fair share of "history". All you have to do is ask a Military Police officer or a cadet and you should get...
Ulster County Greenfield
Greenfield Rd - In mid 1980s Greenfield Rd, near what appears to be a small pond at the T intersection where a paved road leads toward Route 52 two ghosts were sighted. Both dressed in 1800s era...
Diner
Basement is said to be haunted. On a couple occasions Busboy's/waiters were locked in overnight because they had no where else to go. When owner arrived in morning employee was scared and shaking...
Bank Street Coffee House
Footsteps coming up the stairs from the basement, items moving on their own in the kitchen, shadowy figures and unexplained footsteps.
Federal Hill Rd.
There are several, seemingly, unrelated stories about this road which starts as Federal Hill Road in Brewster, New York and ends as Joe's Hill Road in Danbury, Connecticut. The most pronounced...
Heritage Trail
Cemetery of unknown background, or history. Balls of light, black figures sighted on the trail at night. Reports of black figure chasing walkers on the trail. Orbs found on pictures of the...
old historic track
It was often reported by several local hobos who lived and drank around the lake in the old historic track, that the specter of a jockey and horse who drown in the lake in the early 1900's would...
The McGarrah Stagecoach Tavern Inn
The McGarrah Stagecoach Tavern Inn (Monroe, NY) was on Ghost Hunter (SCI-FI) program, and in Ghost Investigator Volume 6 (Dark Shadows) book by Linda Zimmermann and has had many ghosts sighting....
Yorktown Heights
Nutley Circle - In this fairly new (30 year old) development of houses, one in particular has been documented by several witnesses of being occupied by spirits. During the early morning hours,...
Dudley Town
A deserted town that is said to have gone mad and died off, located in Cornwall, CT. After a long walk through the woods the path opens up to reveal old foundations and cellar holes from a...
Bridgewater Congregational Church
Reports of what seems to be a female ghosts. people have said that they see her out of the corner of their eye and when they look she has disappeared. Some people have seen her walking on the...
Western Connecticut State University
Berkshire Theatre - There is a ghost known by the name "Daphne" that haunts the large theatre of Berkshire Hall. Students working late at night will see her image in the light/sound booth or on...
Tarrywile Park & Hearthstone Castle
Several hauntings are known to exist on the grounds - mainly around the area of the abandoned Hearthstone Castle. There have been reports of shadowy figures, glowing orbs or mists in the castle's...
Old Mount Tom
On the trail of Mount Tom, there is a strangely old foundation that is boarded with creaky old stair wells and when you get to the top, you can hear moaning from the floors below. Some people gave...
Lechworth
Various amount of paranormal activity including cold spots, ghost orbs, little girl screaming from sealed off room on top level.
Lechworth Insane Asylum
in the central upstairs hallway, clear your mind. this entire buildings ghosts feed off your fear. when you try to leave they appear behind you. But if you stare at them directly , they don't...
Wooster St.
In a boarding house on the Danbury end of the street, there is a room where one man committed suicide and another overdosed on heroin. Former residents of the room report hearing screams in the...
Wickham Rail Road Tracks
A white ball of light, similar to the front of a train engine, has appeared out of nowhere and rides the rails. Many people in the Wickham area have seen this phenomenon. It comes at you so...
Bethel Volunteer Fire Dept.
"fire house ghost" - Sounds of someone or something falling, with nothing out of place.
Johnson Elementary School
There has been blood on the mirrors in the gym bathrooms. There have been sightings of orbs and you could see orbs in pictures that they took in the gym of the kids. the toilets flush themselves...
Bethel High School
There have been sightings of apparitions on the second floor and in the basement. Cold Spots have been experienced in the basement also. There have been numerous suicides associated with the...
Camp Columbia
This old camp of stone buildings was built in the 60's or 70's with a big stone tower. There is a very strange feeling from this place
The Old Aqueduct
In The woods along the aqueduct trail there is a very old tree struck by lighting around 20 years ago. If you go there late a night men in White robes roam the area. There is no explanation why...
The Litchfield Inn
The kitchen and dining room of the Inn are said to be haunted by an old Native American woman. Orbs can be seen in photographs. And an image of a semi-transparent Indian woman in the background of...
Topstone Rd
a small field on the right of the train tracks before the overpass usually at night orbs of light and a lit tent vanishing.
Cyrenius H. Booth Library
The only public library in Newtown on Main Street is haunted by Mary Hawley, the daughter of Booth, whom the library was named after. The building used to be her home, and her room is on the top...
Episcopal Church
The cemetery behind the church harbors an unwanting spirit that doesn't want people to enter the cemetery. It chased several students doing research for a paper out on Halloween night. It is a...
Greenfield Hill Mental institution
in the small Connecticut town of Newtown lies an enormous field containing more than 100 large abandoned buildings that once housed more than 4000 crazy people. Featured as the location on what is...
Fairfield Hills Hospital
Fairfield Hills is a former mental institution that is not vacant. It is said to be haunted by former patients.
The Sparta cemetery
on the Scarborough / Ossining border is haunted by a number of spirits unknown as of this date. People have reported inexplicable mists and voices late at night in the fall at or around this old cemetery.
Blackberry River Inn
Reports of seeing "the White Lady" walking through the Main Inn 2nd floor and walking back to the empty house in the back of the property.
The Warner Theater
A ghost haunts this early 1900's theater in the town of Torrington, Connecticut. The ghost is said to be named Murph, and he was a homeless guy who was trying to break into the theater to spend...
Main Street Graveyard
On the corner of French and Main street in Watertown there's a graveyard that has been reported haunted. At night you can see small orbs of light, low to the ground floating around. If you record...
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
Made famous by Washington Irving's Headless Horseman. Burial place of Irving himself and other notable figures. Visitors report phantom horse sounds and headless apparitions.
Old Spook Rock Road
There have been many stories about this area, such as early witch burnings and ghosts. If you go to the bottom of the road and put your car in neutral, you will be pulled up the hill. Sometimes...
Little Peoples Village
Located in the woods, on the side of an abandoned road (possibly old Waterbury Road), is a village of sorts, a number of very complex and detailed small stone houses standing about three to five...
Ringwood Manor
Haunted by the last descendant of the former owners and two servants. Frequently investigated, the spirit of the woman owner is quite feisty and downright mean. Voices heard, footsteps, portraits...
Ringwood Manor Cemetery
Shadows are seen and voices are heard in the century old family cemetery. Above ground tombs have bricks that are continually missing or chipped away, but all evidence shows that this action is...
Botelle Elementary School
reports of hearing doors slam when they are the only ones on the floor.
Greenlady's Graveyard
This place has an old gravesite dated back to the 1800"s. This commentary isn't even located on any maps. It has a haunting of a woman whom was deserted during the war. She also was named the...
Stepney Cemetery
ghost photos have been taken there for quite some time.
Watertown High School
is Around 1988 to 1993 a High School football star named committed suicide by hanging himself from the bleachers of a playing field supposedly because he was drunk and depressed that his...
Marymount College of Fordham University
The ghosts of founders Father Gailhac and Mother Butler roam the halls of the dorms and protect the girls of this women's college. Evil spirits lurk in Sacky parking lot, left behind when the...
Leatherman's Cave
Mattituck Trail - Cave formerly inhabited by the Leatherman (thought to be Jules Borglay) who got his name from always being dressed in 60 pounds of leather. This mysterious vagabond would...
Hill Top Inn Restaurant
witnesses have Seen a little girl there many times, in the 1800's and to this day young children still see her!
Old Civil War Cemetery
In an old Civil War centenary found 3 miles in on a dirt road through dense forest off a main road, one can find a green lady haunting the site in the upper-right corner of the cemetery. She is...
Thomaston Opera House
Firehouse - Many years ago there was a fire which damaged the entire theatre, in recent years it was restored. There are rumors of ghosts of people, which perished in the flames. Many people...
St. Thomas Church
The school and the church basement is haunted. in the basement you can see an orb glowing in the hallways, footsteps downstairs yet no one else is there. Also people have seen chairs and tables...
Union Cemetery
Haunted by the ghost of a young woman known by locals as the "White Lady" no one knows of her past yet. Firemen and Police Officers have seen her on different occasions. It's one of the most...
Union Cemetery
There have been many sightings of different ghosts at different times. The most common sighting is of a lady in white with a white glow around her, who walks the cemetery around midnight. Many...
Suckerbrook dam
Voices can be heard late night and spectral images seen as well. The scariest incident was of a dam worker who drown some say pushed to his death.
Guntown Cemetery
WARNING - Has become a popular spot for kids to hang out. The cops will probably usher you out. - Residents and even the Warrens attest to the ghostly activity that occurs here. Witnesses have...
East Village Cemetery
While walking in, you will often hear a young girls voice, say hello, and then later, if you stay long enough you can see a dark shadow figure run and what seems to be hiding behind the grave...
Fieldstone Middle School
In the hallway at the principal's office just outside of the Exploratorium at around 11:30, you will see some ghostly white mist traveling down the hall, it has a sense of peace around it though.
Irvington
Former home of Washington Irving is reportedly haunted by his ghost and those of his nieces who used to take care of the place. He likes to pinch women, and the nieces have been known to tidy the...
Passaic County
Clinton Rd. - This road is a scary road. It has KKK sightings, Nazi meetings, Haunted dogs, and an old lady who walks on the same side as you re driving, and a creepy castle; A little boy was...
Buckhout Road
On the border of White Plains, NY and possibly New Castle, NY, there is a road tucked away in the woods. Buckhout road evidently dates way back to the early days of the country, 1600's. the local...
Hindsdale Elementary
People in the 3rd grade bathrooms can see the image of a scarred lady in the mirror when the lights are off, people say she is the Ghost of Mary P. Hindsdale, a founder of the school.
State University of New Yory
Purchase - There is a cemetery on campus. If you happen to be studying in one of the college halls near the cemetery site... especially at night...strange and uncanny occurrences happen from time...
Hookman's Cemetery
Believed that in the 1900's sometime the caretaker of the cemetery had a hook in place of his hand and would sometimes kill a person who stayed later than the others to speak words to the one laid...
Holy Land
In February, 1985, many witnesses observed a ghostly woman enter a phantom car about five feet above the front gate and drive away and disappear. This story could be backed up by a newspaper...
Great Hill Road
A few years back, a man was killed on his motorcycle while going around a sharp turn down Great Hill road. Its been reported that a man was driving down this road headed for this specific turn,...
Camp Kingsmont/Blueberry Hill
Campers and counselors have reported seeing apparitions walking across the large field late at night. Also, when camping on the top of blueberry hill, campers and counselors have reported seeing...
White Hill Cemetery
while walking through the cemetery you hear footsteps behind you but when you turn around there’s no one there. also if you stay long you can see a white figure running around in the back of the...
Ludlow Health Center
All that has been seen so far is a picture in the dining room that rocks back and forth at night.
Indian Wells State Park
Supposedly haunted by "white lady". Some say she was killed there on her wedding day, hence, the "white lady" title. Others insist she is one of several children/young people killed by a train...
Clinton Rd.
There is said to be the spirit of a little boy which haunts a small stream. If you toss a coin in at midnight he will throw it back. There is the story of the haunted coach that runs the road....
Church of Eternal Light
Formerly one of the three original churches built in Bristol by the Sessions family, church was built late 1889. It has been on national T.V. show , a ghost hunter filmed ghost balls or spirit...
Cemetery behind Mathews Mansion
While walking home, over the I-95 Yankee doodle bridge a witness saw a grayish white mist with a woman’s face travel across the highway off ramp through the woods in to the cemetery.
Greenfield Hill
there have been sightings of a young small figured woman dressed in white staring thru the windows of the condemned building with a glowing light behind her.
Roberge School
The ghost of a friendly janitor who died of a hart attack is heard sweeping hallway and bathroom floors. you also laugh out of no where when he is present.
Lampson Corner Cemetery
A very old Cemetery, with some occasional orbs and lights. Incorrect info passed on about the Smallpox, it is haunted though. Hikers from nearby trails have seen apparitions and orbs of light. One...
Green Lady Cemetery
Covey Road - Images of green mist and the "Green Lady" formerly Elisabeth who died next to the cemetery in swampland-she drown and supposedly her husband would not or could not save her. She is...
Port Chester High School -Tower
Late in the 1940's, senior students at the High School tortured and dragged a freshman to the clock tower as a freshman prank. Upon reaching the top of the old staircase, the young boy fell from...