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Gettysburg Battlefield
Source: Stephen Wagner, Image: pixabay.com
The site of almost 8,000 deaths and 30,000 injuries, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, is a prime spot for strange paranormal occurrences. The sounds of cannons and screaming soldiers can be heard from time to time in not just the battlefield but in surrounding areas such as Gettysburg College.
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Eastern State Penitentiary
Source: Stephen Wagner, Image: Wikipedia
Though this jail in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was supposed to hold 250 inmates, the Eastern State Penitentiary was stuffed with up to 1,700 prisoners at some points. Nowadays open to tours, listen near cell block 12 for a vile cackling or look for the ghost who stands guard occasionally in the guard tower.
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Moundsville Penitentiary
Source: Travel Channel, Image: Wikipedia
The Moundsville Penitentiary in Moundsville, West Virginia, was one of the most violent jails in American history. The electric chair was frequently used and many prisoners were hung within its walls. The spirits of the tortured and abused prisoners are said to still remain in their cells.
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Sallie House
Source: Stephen Wagner, Image: pixabay.com (House in picture is not Sallie house and is only used for representation)
The small Sallie House in Atchison, Kansas, may look normal from the outside, but it faces a haunting past. The Pickmans lived in the house in the early 90’s and reported burnt finger marks, upturned pictures, and burn marks on Tony Pickman’s wrist after he dreamt a girl pulled him forcefully out of his bed.
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Cape May
Source: capemaytimes.com, Image: Wikipedia
The United States’s oldest seaside resort is also its most haunted one. Higbee Beach is rumoured to be haunted by a phantom dog and his owner (among other spirits).
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Jerome
Source: Travel Channel, Image: Wikipedia
This old copper-mining town in Arizona, Jerome is now home to less than 3% of its peak population. Dangerous mining conditions and the outlaw spirit of the Wild West are said to have left behind many ghosts including that of Sammie Dean, a prostitute strangled by a client. She now roams the area looking for her unidentified killer.
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Ohio State Reformatory
Source: Stephen Wagner, Image: pixabay.com
Mansfield, Ohio, has what looks like a royal castle but was home to one of the roughest boys reform schools in the country: the Ohio State Reformatory, even partly filmed in The Shawshank Redemption. Many ghosts of tortured boys haunt the site; even while it was open, prisoners reported being tucked into bed by a ghostly hand
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Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum
Source: Travel Channel, Image: Wikipedia
Thousands of people with mental illnesses passed through the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum in Weston, West Virginia, which is said to host the spirits of the dead (or killed) all the way back to the Civil War. If you’re feeling bold, take the eight-hour, overnight paranormal investigation and try to catch a glimpse of some of the ghosts.
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The Sultan's Palace
Source: Travel Channel, Image: Wikimedia
Seen by many tourists visiting New Orleans, the Sultan’s Palace in the old French Quarter was home to a wealthy Turkish man, his harem of women, and a host of young men. His neighbors reviled his presence, saying he frequently indulged in opium and torture. In a still-unsolved murder mystery, the Sultan’s harem were hacked to death and the Turkish man was buried alive in the courtyard. He’s said to still grope some passing female visitors.
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Villisca Axe Murder House
Source: Travel Channel, Image: Wikipedia
The small town of Villisca just southwest of Des Moines, Iowa, was host to the gruesome, unsolved murders of Josiah B. Moore’s family of six and two other young girls almost 100 years ago. Residents have claimed to hear children crying and see a man with an axe roaming the grounds.
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