In
Vermont
Bennington - Bennington College - Jennings Hall - Jennings Hall is now a facility for music students
and was even the inspiration for the Shirley Jackson novel, The
Haunting of Hill House. Students have reported hearing footsteps and
voices late at night.
Bennington - Glastenberry
Mountain - Native Americans called this place
"cursed" and used it strictly for burying their dead. Over the
years there as been between 30-40 unexplained disappearances on this
mountain. The trails stop partially up the mountain, suggesting
that no one goes up there. When you walk into the forest of the
mountain you don't hear anything living, it's as though even the
animals don't dare.
Bennington - Southern
Vermont College - Located on Mount Anthony.
There are great photos of supernatural images, like the statues, you
can see in the photo. The seminary closed and turned into a co-ed
college (southern Vermont college). According to years of
students/staff doing night security, this is what haunts the house: the
second wife (common), Everett himself (rarely though), and a person in
a black hooded robe (most seen). Common occurrence: smoke filled
hallways, lights turn on in room that are locked, door/windows unlocked
after being locked on the previous security round, footsteps all around
the college when no one else is in the building. The 2 main haunts in
this mansion is the 3rd floor: Abbey room is burning with energy. Now a
classroom, was the sleeping quarters for house staff (maid hung
herself.
Bennington - Southern
Vermont College - The old carriage house
is now one of the computer labs. Doors lock and computers shut off by
themselves. It is said that you can see a man in period dress roaming
around the main building.
Bomoseen - Lake
Bomoseen - The town of West Castleton now
sits abandoned, but it was once home to Irish immigrant slate workers
who were fond of crossing Lake Bomoseen to a tavern on the east shore.
One night, three men set out for a night of carousing. They never
returned. The next morning, their boat was found floating empty. Their
bodies were never found. Today, lakeside residents claim that sometimes
during a full moon, an unfamiliar ghostly rowboat can be seen moving
silently across the lake toward the West Castleton Bay. No oars disturb
the otherwise glassy surface. Are these three men still trying to get
home?
Brattleboro - Austine
school for the deaf - a security guard at
this school from [1998-2000] reports they heard their name when there
was positively no one else around was the most convincing. Other staff
members also said that they heard their name in that same spot, all on
different occasions. Also, lots of strange noises, lots of "things"
passing out of the corner of your eye only to have nothing there when
looked at further, lights turning on by themselves, a sense that you
are being followed, and reflections in, say, a T.V. screen and when you
turn around, nothing is there. Nothing malevolent, just eerie, perhaps
curious about the goings on at the school.
Brattleboro - The Country
Club - Workers describe hearing voices above the
dinning area of the country club. None of the waitresses like to close
alone. Reports of footsteps walking overhead and other various sounds.
To date, do not believe any paranormal studies have been done. No one
claims to know who the ghost or ghosts are.
Brunswick - Brunswick
springs - Strange burning smells, screaming
heard and the feeling of being pushed.
Burlington - Carburs
Restaurant - A man who once worked there killed
himself in the basement. The bullet went through his head and into the
wall. You can still see the bullet hole in the basement. Most
encounters happen in the basement, which houses the kitchen and tapped
kegs under the bar. Waitresses reported their skirts being lifted up
from a cold wind. Doors always slam closed, trapping waitresses in the
basement's walk-in. Waitresses were told not to even go down in the
basement anymore. The basement is also connected to other old buildings
in downtown Burlington by various tunnels from the prohibition era.
There are a lot of reports of hearing people talking throughout the
restaurant when no one is there. The ghost seems to mess mostly with
women. A lot of breaking glasses, plates flying off of counters and
sudden increased oven temps too. Bartender (female) reported a pyramid
of water glasses appearing on the bar, right after she had put the
glasses away and turned her back for a second.
Burlington - Champlain
College - Aiken Hall(Dorm) - Throughout
the whole dorm an uneasy feeling is common. In an upstairs bedroom
noises have been heard and the television randomly turns off on it's
own. People have been touched by the spirit, one girl felt her hair
being played with, while another girl felt hands on her shoulders. Cold
spots are common. Noises throughout the room have kept people awake at
night. Hauntings are still occurring today, in 2003.
Burlington - University of
Vermont - has another ghost residing in the
Farm on Spear Street.
Burlington - University of
Vermont - Agriculture Department AKA Bittersweet House - has a female ghost in period dress (c. late 19th
century) that appears from time to time.
Burlington - University of
Vermont - Center for Counseling and Testing - The former director saw the ghost of Captain Jacobs, a
retired seaman who died there in the early part of the 20th century.
Also, mild poltergeist activity has been reported there as recently as
1992
Burlington - University of
Vermont - Center for Cultural Pluralism AKA Allen House - has a ghost on the top floor. Though it doesn't
manifest visually, a cold presence can follow one around from time to
time.
Burlington - University of
Vermont - Converse Hall - is haunted by
a former student who committed suicide there. Though never seen, he
turns radios on and off and interacts with electrical equipment. The
student electrocuted himself in 1998.
Burlington - University of
Vermont - Coolidge Hall (dormitory) - has
a few ghosts throughout, including a male presence that likes to wake
up the residents by staring at them.
Burlington - University of
Vermont - Grasse Mount House - has a
history of voices and doors locking and slamming on the second floor
when no one is up there.
Burlington - University of
Vermont - Living and Learning Center - Section C - - At UVM, in the Living and Learning Dorms (Section C)
there - are always strange noises coming from
under the stair cases that lead into Section B., as if the dead had
been lurking amongst us.
Burlington - University of
Vermont - Millis Hall (dormitory) - had
a female ghost on the 2nd floor during the 97-98 year.
Burlington - University of
Vermont - Redstone Hall (dormitory) - has
an intermittent ghost that appears in the back staircase and has been
seen to run through walls. He's not fond of female students for some
reason (pertaining to the circumstances of his death) and has chased
people out of the area on occasion.
Burlington - University of
Vermont - Simpson Hall - a spirit of a
man who stalked a girl, followed her to her dorm one year. He now
resides in Simpson. Late at night students wake up with a sense they
are being watched, usually the room becomes icy cold when it happens.
Very rarely some wake up freezing at night with the feeling that there
is someone else in there bed.
Castleton - Castleton
State College - Two hundred yards off of off of
Castleton State College lies an abandoned building. The inside is
filled untouched museum pieces that appear to have been left behind.
Although there is no way to enter the building -- the objects inside
seemed to get tossed around.
Castleton - Castleton
State College - Dorm - Apparition of
student wearing orange t-shirt and jeans waking people up in middle of
night, who hung himself.
Castleton - Castleton
State College - Ellis Hall - Ellis Hall
has been part of Castleton State College for years. On the second floor
in this building a girl student killed herself and now students here
her flushing toilets running showers and the sink in the bathroom.
Almost every building at Castleton State is Haunted.
Cavendish - Deacon
Jonathon Wheelock's farmhouse - The house was a
farmhouse in Cavendish, VT built by Deacon Jonathon Wheelock in 1789,
when he founded the first Episcopalian church there. he was victim of a
violent accident that took his life. Every so often encounters of
classic poltergeist activity (things not where they were left,
including being moved from room to room when no-one else was in the
house, things falling off shelves, etc.), which eventually culminated
in sightings. On rare occasions, witnesses would wake up and see a
bluish form, vaguely human-shaped, either looking at them or out the
window of the rooms (depending on who was encountering the ghost at the
time.
Colchester - St. Michael's
College - There are a couple of places on campus
that seem to have ghostly visitors. 1) The theater supposedly is
haunted by a nun who assists actors. There have also been incidents
reported during performances of props disappearing with no explanation.
2) The men's' first year dormitory also an evil presence. in the 60s or
70s, young men were holding some sort of occult meetings One of the men
insisted that he needed to close the "portal" before they left, but by
that time security was there and they tossed them off campus. the door
to the attic is padlocked shut. However, lights go on in the attic and
footsteps are heard in the middle of the night by the residents on the
top floor. The image of the pentagram still exists on the floor despite
attempts to replace the wood.
Cuttingsville - Bowman
House - haunted by an unidentified woman.
East Burke - The Burke
Hollow Cemetery - When you drive by it at night
or walk past it seems as though there is something watching you from
the tree lines and movement through out the cemetery at night.
Goddard College - In the
manner house there is a ghost. Last semester a perspective student
walked into the manner where a man was playing the piano. The student
asked the man for directions and he just continued to play she walked
out frustrated and was heading into the upper garden when she turned
around and the piano player was demonically laughing at her and
vanished into the air the same sort of thing has happened to many
students. the whole campus has spooks left and right.
Hartford - The Haunted
Railroad Bridge - During the late 1800's, a fire
occurred on the original railroad trestle. A train with passenger cars
was involved and eight people died, including a boy and his father. The
old wooden bridge was replaced with a steel structure on the original
concrete footings. The bridge spans the White River and Route 14 in
West Hartford. There have been numerous sightings of a little boy ghost
playing in the river. Many people have even reported smelling fire in
the area of the old bridge.
Hartland - Sumner Falls - For nearly a century there have been reports of
logger ghosts as they float down the Connecticut River near Sumner
Falls. A tall phantom dressed in black, accompanied by a black hat, has
also been spotted on the nearby trails.
Johnson - Johnson
Elementary School - Sightings of people have
been witnessed in the school. In the windows you can see people
watching you. The old tower is known to be the most haunted area of the
building. The bell in the tower has been heard by many people, ringing.
Janitors have heard footsteps traveling through the halls, faint laughs
of children, doors shutting, and the temp dropping.
Manchester - Equninox
Hotel - a man haunts room 346, and he will stack
up all your things.
Manchester Center - Bromley
Brooke School - a man was building a nursing
home for his sick mother and before it was finished she passed away. He
sold it to aspen and it is now a boarding school. the girls have
reported strange occurrences including a little boy running up and down
the hallways turning lights on and off, a pregnant woman seen in the
dorms and strange occurrences with the air-conditioning....some reports
of possession have also arisen.
Marlboro College - Dalrymple
hall & Howland Dormitory - Students have
reported seeing a female figure wandering the campus at night, and many
have felt uneasy when alone in Howland or Dalrymple at night. Cold
spots are often encountered around the campus, but this is usually
attributed the fact that the school is located in Vermont.
Montgomery - Black Lantern
Inn – Room # 3 - The shower in room #3
In the Burdette House turns on and off by its self. Unknown what causes
it or who it might be.
Montpelier - Green
Mountain Cemetery - Rumor has it that the grave
marked by a green statue of a weeping lady is haunted.
Montpelier - Vermont
College - College Hall Chapel - was
built in the 1830's. In the late 1800's, a girl died in one of the
towers. A security guard was taking a group of students up to the tower
and one of the girls left side of her body went numb. They found out
later that the autopsy of the girl whom was murdered, her left side of
her body went numb because of getting shot behind her left ear. When
you walk through the building, you can feel someone blowing behind your
head. the pipe organ played three chords on its own when it was turned
off.
Northfield - Norwich
University - Alumni Hall - one of the
dorms, a cadet hung himself a few years back. A couple years later, his
brother went to Norwich, got the same room, and hung himself too. Now
the room is boarded off.
Northfield - Norwich
University - Chaplin Hall -Chaplin Hall
is haunted by an unknown spirit visible at night by the front door.
When the building was used as a library, books regularly floated off
shelves and strange voices were heard when no one was there.
Northfield - Norwich
University - Hawkins Hall & Ransom Hall - Cadets have reported that during the night they wake
out a sound sleep unable to move, scream and find it very difficult to
breathe.
Northfield - Norwich
University - Sabine Field - The gate to
the football field is often guarded by an unseen cadet. People have
heard her haunting footsteps.
Norwich - Norwich Inn - There are stories of room twenty being haunted by the
ghost of a woman who died in the room. She is also known for her
occasional appearances in the dining room. She walks through the room
wearing a dark formal dress, without disturbing any customers.
Pittsford - Vermont Police
Academy - Years ago, the Vermont Police Academy
was a state hospital for Tuberculosis patients. The academy, to
this day, is haunted by a nurse who worked at the hospital and while
there, contracted the disease herself. All of the old call
buttons are still in the recruits' rooms, and it is said that if
pushed, the friendly ghost of the nurse, Mary, will pay a visit during
the night.
Rutland - Rutland High
School - When Rutland High School was first
getting built there was a man who operated the cement mixer. He was
called Smokey because he smoked like 6 packs a day. Well one day he
disappeared. The foreman thought he just took off and didn't give it a
second thought. Once the school opened girls started smelling smoke in
the girls locker room. At first everyone thought that some one was
smoking before gym class. The female gym teacher then stood guard to
catch anyone smoking. She never caught anyone but the smoke smell is
always there.
Rutland - Shut Down Paper
Company - haunted by an executive that went to
the third floor, and Shot himself in the head, now he Haunts the
Building. Lights will come off and On during the Night on the Third
floor and there is no way to get in there unless you had a ladder and a
Crowbar.
Salsbury - Shard Villa - The house was owned by this man and his family. The
family ended up dieing. The house is now used as a old folks home.
People who live their clam they have heard glass breaking but when they
look nothing is broken. They have seen a young girl who wears a red
dress and walks about and is friendly with the residents.
Saxton's River - Saxton's
River Cemetery - Negative energy reported to
follow people.
Shaftsbury - Tunic Road - This Road is known by many to be haunted. Some have
claimed to see ghost soldiers. Pictures of orbs on this road.
Shelburne - Wake Robin - Wake Robin is a nursing home, and in room 229 there is
a ghost there. There was a lady who used to stay in that room. Before
she died, she told the nurses that she would come back to haunt them.
She said that she would ring the bell and haunt them. There are also
two more down stairs. They are a couple who occasionally hit the bell
to the elevator and run up and down the hallways.
Springfield - Hartness
House - In 1903 construction of the Hartness
mansion began, by 1904 it was complete. There are a series of rooms
under the front lawn that James Hartness had built to escape the noise
every day life. In the main house the electricity randomly goes out for
no obvious technical reason, it usually lasts an hour or two. Objects
go missing to be placed some where else, in the basement (especially
the housekeeping quarters) you can feel a presence watching you,
nothing negative or malevolent, simply there to observe.
St. Albans - Old Barlowe
Street School - This old schoolhouse was built
before the turn of the century. It was even used as the St. Albans
Haunted House Halloween Event from 1979 to 1989. During the 1920's, a
janitor died from a heart attack in a girl's restroom, located in the
cellar. Cold spots and odd sensations have occurred here, as well as an
apparition appearing in a window in the south wing upstairs. That
particular window refuses to remain closed after attempts to nail it
shut. Sounds of footsteps have also been heard in that location as well
as lights going off and on. People have even reported hearing eerie
voices.
St. Albans - Rublee St.- its a poltergeist it captures people and can harm you
and they have heard eerie voices footsteps and cold spots.
St. Albans - Welden
Theatre - What is now a movie theater had had
several encounters. The movie theater which used to be a jail has had
several strange and unexplained encounters. Several times the
projection booths have been a spot of mystery. Movies have started by
them selves and voices can be heard in the old booths. The basement,
which still has the remains of old jail cells, has the feeling of being
watched. An old man with a white sweater has been seen walking around
the basement. He is said to be an old homeless person who years ago
moved into the basement and lived there. The basement door also has
been know to fly open even when latched. Doors that say alarm will
sound when opened have opened with out the alarm going off. Overall the
theater has a very uneasy feeling to it.
St. Albans Bay - St.
Albans Bay Park - There have been sightings of a
ghost ship floating about in this bay. Witnesses have even claimed that
ghostly pirates on the ship will yell out to the fishermen. Legend
states that they are trying to capture a creature once believed to
inhabit the bay, known as Champ.
St. Albans City - Bellows
Free Academy - St. Albans - Reports of being
tapped and apparitions seen.
Stowe - Emily's bridge - In the 19th century a girl was going to elope with the
man of her dreams. (Even though her parents disliked the man entirely)
He told her to meet him at the covered bridge nearest to their homes
the next day at noon. When she got there no one was there. she waited
for hours and he never showed. She was so desperate for his love she
committed suicide. Now if you go there at night and drive your car she
will sometimes call out for "help" and scratch your vehicle or do
something to it as you go through. Also you can see a whitish glowing
figure walk up and down the bridge.Another
version is: a woman died (probably by her own
hands) and haunts "her" bridge. She died in the 1800's and people
(and cars and horses) have from time to time gotten scratches on them
from unseen nails. Also lights and noises can be heard.
Streamwood - St. John's
parking lot - lights, shadows, moans....of boy
killed in car accident
Thetford - Camp Farnsworth
- Keushk - In the theater/gathering hall
called the Keushk, people have reported cold spots and feelings of
unease when alone. People have also claimed that sounds from
outside sound muted when in the keushk and that the doors don't stay
open. There have been reported sightings of a woman holding
a kerosene lamp who walks slowly towards lone walkers between the
living units tree houses and windigo. She has been dubbed "the
lady of the lamp" and it is thought that she might be the camp's
matron- Madama Farnsworth, or a camper/counselor who died on camp at
some time during its history.
Waterbury - Old Stagecoach
Inn - Room 2 is haunted by Margaret Spencer who
died there.
Wells River - Green
Mountains - The White Lights - Numerous reports
of bright white orbs (a favorite story around the campfire) seen
bouncing/floating through the forest near locations where massive
Indian graves were located (many were massacred by new settlers who
were fighting with the local tribes over hunting and land rights). Also
goes hand in hand with a story about a killer bear in a "hunting lodge"
in the vicinity. Horses become extremely spooked whenever coming
anywhere near the well where the hasty dumping of the bodies took
place. Numerous cold spats exist between the woods and the adjacent
highway. Definitely what some people might call a "high-activity" area.
Lots of pent-up energy.
West Thompson - Roby
House - Various doors open and close, feeling of
cold spots, objects have moved before. Ghost of the man who used to own
the house, Otis Roby. Lately the sound of a cat meowing when there are
no cats in or around the house.
White River Junction - Comfort
Inn - Room 112 - seems to be haunted by
a woman who committed suicide there. The electronic key entry system
decides when it wants to work, sometimes will work one minute, and not
the next. Inside the room, you will be taken over by an extremely
creepy feeling like someone is watching you.
Williamsville - Cemetery -
On the road that leads back to Brattleboro there
is an old cemetery that spans both sides of the road. The story is a
husband & wife died a few years apart & were buried on separate
sides of the road. On their anniversary in either September or October
you can see the ghosts come out of the cemetery & meet in the
middle of the road.
Wilmington - Averill
Stand - Averill Stand Historic Site was
built in 1787, and was for many years the stagecoach stop between
Bennington and Brattleboro on what is now Route 9. The Averill family
managed the stagecoach stand on the site, hence the name Averill Stand,
as well as the tavern and Inn. The family cemetery is on a small plot
of land adjacent to the old pasture, and contains the bodies of many of
the house's former occupants. One of those, Lavina Field Averill, is
believed to have died in childbirth in the home, and it' is thought
that she may be the spirit who has, several time, placed missing items
on the kitchen counter. One visitor reports having seen a young woman
in old clothing in the dining room. At night, always between 10:30 and
11:40, the current occupant's dogs run to the back door, barking, and
watch someone or something, cross the back yard and walk to the old
driveway. Some unseen being repeatedly rings the doorbell on snowy
nights, leaving no trace of human footsteps. Perhaps it is Lavina, or
perhaps it's Mrs. Brown, the wife of former lumber baron Martin Brown,
who lived in the home for many years in the early 1900's, and died
there. Mrs. Brown is known to visit at least one of the adjoining
houses, in which she also resided. The house is noted for the repeated
observations of spirit-sensitive folks for the warmth and friendliness
and welcoming feel of the place, which many attribute to the spirits of
the house.
Wilmington - The
White House - The White House, a hotel,
is said to be haunted by quite a few spirits. One is that of an old
maid who used to work there. Also some say that there are hidden
passages that one can find if they look hard enough.
Winooski - Winooski
High School - In the 1960's, five
Winooski High School students were killed in a crash coming back from
Canada after a suspected night of drinking. The local
funeral home didn't have enough room in its parlors to hold all five
bodies, so the others were laid out in the school gym. A mass
wake was held later held there. Janitors have reported strange
sightings since then up to present day when cleaning late at night,
especially after sporting events. Ghostly happenings include
lights flicking on and off, lockers mysteriously opening and slamming
shut all down the hall, echoing voices in the gym...etc. But
perhaps most frightening, the sound of wheels rolling along the gym
floor, echoing the coffins being rolled into the gym for the wake.
Woodbridge - Road
Off RT 1 - if you are going north you
would make a right turn there is a narrow one lane under pass when you
get near and drive under you get a really cold uneasy chill feeling.
You feel nervous and want to lock all the car doors.
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