List of haunted locations

From The Book of THoTH (Leaves of Wisdom)

The following places are alleged to be haunted by ghosts:

Australia

• Port Arthur, Tasmania a famous prison said to be haunted by several ghosts, The Rev George Eastman, The Lady In Blue and the ghost of Charles O'Hara Booth an early commandant of the prison.
• Fremantle Prison in Western Australia visited by both recordings and spirits of the past, the face of Martha Rendell The only woman to be hanged at Fremantle appears in the window of the church regularly. The face seems to be caused by ripples in the glass that reflect light in an unusual way, but the resemblance is uncanny.
• The Richmond Bridge, Richmond, Tasmania, Australia. The oldest bridge in Australia. Supposedly a ghostly, headless figure is seen walking across the bridge late at night. Some locals believe that the ghost may be that of a convict labourer who was decapitated during an accident that occurred during the bridges construction, but this incident is often put down to rumour.

Canada

• Mackenzie House in Toronto, Ontario, Canada is supposedly haunted by William Lyon Mackenzie working his printing press.

• Fort George, Niagara-on-the-Lake - Many ghosts inhabit this place. Fort George was burnt to the ground during the War of 1812.

• Nicholas street hostel, Ottawa, Ontario - Said to be haunted by the ghost of a man wrongly accused of murder and executed. Building is now a youth hostel, but the top floor is as it was one hundred years ago.

France

• Versailles Palace, outside Paris. In 1889 two school teachers on a visit to the Palace grounds walked through a set of Palace gardens, saw a physically deformed man on a swing in eighteenth century clothes, and entered the Chapel Royal where a Mass was being sung on the High Altar. When they returned the next day they found the gardens completely changed and the door they supposedly entered the Chapel Royal through locked with a rusted lock. Staff at the Palace insisted that the grounds they claimed to have walked through didn't exist and the door in question had not been opened since 1789. Both women were sacked from their teaching posts and called liars. Years later, a file was discovered which showed that the grounds at Versailles had once looked as the women described and the man they described seeing matched the description of Queen Marie Antoinette's brother. But the part of the grounds the women had walked through had been remodelled during Napoleon I's reign and details of the grounds up to that point forgotten except in long unread state files. How the two women could have seen the gardens as they had existed in 1789 (one hundred years prior to their visit) when no-one in their lifetime knew what the grounds had been like, and when the only file describing the layout was locked up unread in the French national archive, remains a mystery.

Himalayas

• Mount Everest - the ghost of a climber has allegedly been seen by other climbers, two of whom in 1975 claimed to have shared a snow hole with the ghost during their climb.

Ireland

• Áras an Uachtaráin - Irish president's palace, reputedly haunted by the ghost of a young Winston Churchill, who lived there as a child with his grandfather, the Duke of Marlborough, then Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. Churchill called it his "favourite childhood home".

• Dublin Castle - in the mid-nineteenth century a member of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland's staff reported seeing two file clerks walk through his office carrying papers and chatting before exiting through a long sealed up door. The same two 'visitors' have supposedly been witnessed by people working in the Castle. On one occasion they were heard talking about Theobald Wolfe Tone, an Irish rebel executed after a failed rebellion in 1798.

• Leap Castle in County Offaly has been described as the most haunted castle in Ireland.Completely gutted by fire, locals have described seeing the windows at the top of the castle "light up for a few seconds as if many candles were brought into the room" late at night.

Sweden

• The Palace of Scheffler is the most famous haunted house in Stockholm and actually simply known by its nickname, the Haunted Mansion, (Spökslottet).
• The Royal Palace in Stockholm is supposedly haunted by several ghosts, including the so called White Lady (vita frun) and the Grey Man (grå mannen). The White Lady is said to appear when someone in the royal family is about to die, and old King Oscar II even writes about her in his memoars. Some believe that the Grey Man is the ghost of Birger Jarl, the founder of Stockholm.
• The Stockholm Metro is reputed to be haunted by the ghost train Silverpilen.
• Borgvattnet is a very small village in northen Sweden, but it has been made famous for its old haunted vicarage.
• Gripsholm Castle in Mariefred is said to have a couple of ghosts, including the Blue Maid (blå jungfrun) and the Grey Lady (grå frun) who is believed to be Queen Christina of Holstein-Gottorp who was the wife of King Karl IX.
• The midevil castle Glimmingehus in Scania is reputed to be haunted by many ghosts, including animal specters like horses, black rats, and a werewolf-like hound.
• The Ålleberg-mountain is, according to and old legend, haunted by the The Knights of Ålleberg.

United Kingdom

• Chillingham Castle in Northumberland is reputed to be one of the most haunted locations in the world. This remote, eerie castle is regularly featured on paranormal TV and radio programs. It is believed that every room in the castle is haunted by at least one spirit. Famous ghosts include the Blue Boy - the ghost of a young boy whose body was found bricked-up in a wall between two parts of the castle.

• Cranborne Chase in Dorset in the United Kingdom. A ghost riding a horse bareback and wielding an axe, is supposedly seen. Witnesses described him as looking like stone age warrior.

• Upton Court in Upton, Slough, is said to be haunted by a girl (aged around 18) in a blood-stained nightdress on some Friday evenings, seen walking towards the main door of this late-mediaeval manor house. It is now owned by the Slough Observer newspaper. Similar sights have been reported at the immediately adjacent St Laurence's Church.

• Hampton Court Palace - home of King Henry VIII of England, whose fifth wife, Katherine Howard, is supposed to be heard screaming in the Haunted Gallery. In October 2003 CCTV footage showed someone in 16th century clothes and no face closing a firedoor that though locked, was constantly been opened without anyone near it. BBC News story with image of the 'ghost'

• Temple Newsam is reported to be the most haunted house in Yorkshire,with the most famous ghost being that of Mary Ingram commonly known as the Blue lady,who in her life became deranged after an attack by highway men. Ghosts linked with the more famous residents of Temple Newsam includ that of the White lady, this is said to be the ghost of a Lady Jane Dudley née Grey (not the same as Queen Jane) who worked at the house for Lord Darnley, husband of Mary, Queen of Scots. She fell in love with Lord Darnley and committed suicide when she heard of his marriage to the Queen of Scots.

• Minsden Chapel in Hertfordshire, in the United Kingdom is reputed to be haunted by a single monk climbing stairs which no longer exist.

• The Old Bailey, London's main criminal court. A person of unclear gender supposedly appears in the building during major trials. These appearances have been allegedly witnessed by judges, barristers and policemen.

• Towneley Hall near Burnley in Lancashire: a spectral White Lady.

• Windsor Castle - home of English and British royalty for 1000 years. Numerous ghosts are supposed to have been seen, including Anne Boleyn, who supposedly runs down a corridor screaming. Among those who claimed to have seen the ghost, who sometimes is said to be carrying her head, are King George VI, William Ewart Gladstone and Andrew, Duke of York.

• Worcester Royal Grammar School, Worcester: a spectral White Lady, probably a nun.

United States

• Alcatraz - an American prison, no longer used, where visitors and tour guides have made claims of hearing screams, slamming jail doors, and footsteps.

• Chickamauga Battlefield in Northwest Georgia. Site of one of the bloodiest battles of the American Civil War. According to some, Chickamauga is haunted by the ghosts of killed soldiers and a frightening entity known as "Green Eyes"

• Driskill Hotel in Austin, Texas - One of the most famous hotels in the state of Texas, and long a gathering place for the state's political players, it is said to be haunted by at least half a dozen ghosts, including the spirit of a young girl heard bouncing a ball down the main stairs; the ghost of founder Jesse Driskill himself; and a "suicide bride" who killed herself in room 427 in 1989.

• Franklin Castle - Mansion in Cleveland, Ohio. This one is commonly thought to be a favorite of wine-os, as those are the most likely ghosts in there.

• New Orleans - Numerous sites in this city, especially in the French Quarter, claim multiple hauntings. Arnaud's and Brennan's restaurants, the Hotel Monteleone, the park and cathedral at Jackson Square, and most of Royal Street are among the French Quarter's most famous haunted sites. Since Hurricane Katrina, many residents report higher paranormal activity than usual.

• Ohio State Reformatory - nineteenth century prison reputedly haunted by a Mrs Glattle, who was killed in 1950 when a gun accidentally fell, went off and killed her.

• The 'Old Town' section of Spring, Texas hosts many ghosts, including spirits from Spring's days as an American Old West town, and a bank robbery credited to Bonnie and Clyde.

• The Lemp Mansion Restaurant and Inn in St. Louis, Missouri is said to be haunted by ghosts of the members of the Lemp family. Four of the Lemp family members committed suicide. Glasses have suddenly flown off the bar, feeling of being watched, apparitions, etc.

• The White House - its kitchens are reputedly haunted by Mamie Eisenhower, wife of President Dwight D. Eisenhower. Mrs. Eisenhower had a difficult relationship with household staff who worked in the kitchens. After her husband left the presidency, kitchen staff during the Kennedy and Johnson presidencies reported finding the kitchen reorganised overnight back to the way Mamie had demanded. After the death 'Mamie reorganisations' were reported by a number of staff in the kitchen who could find no explanation for the changes and none of the security staff on duty saw anyone entering or existing the kitchens at night. Some staff claimed to have seen Mamie on occasion in the kitchen rummaging through cupboards.

• The Winchester Mystery House in San Jose, California, USA is supposedly haunted by the ghost of its eccentric builder, Sarah Winchester. Ironically, she built the rambling mansion to protect her from the spirits of all those killed with her late husband's famous line of rifles.

• The Whaley House in the "Old Town" section of San Diego, California, is a reportedly haunted house. The house was one of the regions first court houses as well as hanging grounds before being converted to a residence. [1]

• The Lizzie Borden House in Fall River, Ma, which is now a Bed and Breakfast, may possibly be the most haunted house in America. The sight of a double murder, one of the most famous in US history, has produced sightings, noises and the feeling of a cat walking across them have all been reported.

• The Old jail house of St. Augustine, Florida, which is haunted by the prisoners there.

• A field just to the northwest of Chicago's O'Hare International Airport was the site of the crash of American Airlines Flight 191, and residents of a nearby trailer park have reported specters of the passengers approaching their homes or walking up to them, as well as knocking sounds and strange lights.

--Angel 08:52, 16 May 2006 (CDT)