iamtheone

OK Folks. Lets list some haunted places in your area that you have experienced or know someone who has. This way, if we all post we might discover a new place to visit close to home....

I have been to several haunted places in the OH, KY and IN area. I have lots of pics to share, I will post them soon. I usually make it a ritial to research a good place to stay for Halloween each year. We have been doing this for almost 6 years now. It is a blast.

Have I ever seen a ghost? Nah.... I caught some intresting stuff on film that I have not yet figured out, but I don't think I have seen a ghost.

Louisville -
Waverly Hills TB Hospital
Seelbach Hotel
Talbot Inn

Kentucky -
Bobby Mackeys

I will post pics of these locations with details on each soon.

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rocclimb28

If you're looking for haunted sites, or places with reported "paranormal activity," I'd recommend Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. I had the pleasure of going to college in Gettysburg and I can guarantee you that you'd need a week there to take all the ghost tours, hear all the stories and visit all the haunted places.

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00111000

I grew up in NJ, lots of wacky and spooky places there. Greystone is one hell of a scary place, we used to take trips out there all the time. Lots of other places like that in the good ole garden state. Check out Weird NJ for more information.

cherriesue

A restaurant called Landmark 78 in Ventura, CA and upstairs at the Elite Theatre in the Heritage Square in Oxnard, CA (I've seen the "ghost" of a woman there)

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nogoodreason

St. Louis.

Lemp Mansion
Lemp Brewery

It's the ghost of our pre-homgenized beer history coming back to get us. Schlafly, you are our only hope.

Seriously though these places are, if any place is, haunted. The mansion in particular.

I've also heard that the old City Hospital building is haunted. But given the surrounding area I don't think many people have explored that one.

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The most famous ghost in Manhattan, Kansas is that of Nick-- a football player that died in the 50's at k-state. The legend is that his neck was broken during a game, and he was taken to what was then the cafeteria so they could lay him out on one of the tables. His parents died in a car crash on the way there, and Nick's ghost continues to haunt the cafeteria (which is currently the Purple Masque Theater) where he died, waiting for his parents to arrive. A quick google search turned up a few articles on Nick as well as a few other fraternity ghosts at K-state, the best of which seems to be: http://www.kstatecollegian.com/ISSUE...host-nate.html

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Waverly Hills TB Hospital



The Body Chute! A tunnel which many people have heard about that exists on Waverly Hill. Actually, "body chute" is an incorrect term because usually when we think of a "chute", we visualize a type of sliding board. Therefore, many people think that bodies were thrown on some type of sliding board inside of a murky tunnel where they slid to the bottom of the hill. Well, such was not the case. The steam tunnel, as it was actually called had steps on one side and a slab on the right side that used to have rails mounted...sort of like in a coal mine. Patients who died were placed on gurney tables and rolled down to the bottom exit end of the tunnel where hearses would be waiting to pick them up.



Taken on Halloween night.

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iamtheone

http://www.ohiotrespassers.com/waverly/wavG02.html

Here is a site that offers some more photographs.

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cherriesue

ok...that body chute thing is friggin scary! where is this?

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iamtheone

Louisville KY. Wavery Hill TB Hospital. It was a blast, they run tours there around Halloween. I make it a point to go travel some during this time of year.

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StickODynomite

Wow. I would spend the night there if someone paid me... errr or.. if lots of other ppl were with me

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Stull Cemetary and church just outside of Lawrence, Kansas. Supposedly one of the gateways to hell but as a lifelong resident I've never seen anything bizarre....

Phant84

Laredo, TX
Old Mercy Hospital

History:
Mercy Hospital received funds to build a new hospital. Built their new hospital, moved everything, and never cleaned up their old building. They in fact left most of the beds, fixtures, etc.

After the hospital moved out, Old Mercy Hospital became a haven for ghost hunters, pot heads, satanists, and people just looking around. For many years, the city morgue was in the basement of Old Mercy hospital.

I have been there many times, day and night. The times I've been in the basement, have always been the most scary. The body slabs are still there, and some even have blood all over them.

I've never seen a ghost there, but there are many ghost stories.

All in all, one freaky ass place

theburner

I have heard that Savannah, GA is a HUGE Paranormal hot spot. I caught a Discovery special about a Cemetary there that used to give tours. They would end the tour in a specific crypt, that some dead psycho was buried in.
While the camera crew was walking into the crypt with the tour group, the Tour Leader informed them that the ghost had been active that day and to stay together. While they were in the crypt one of the tourists started SCREAMING, like having your leg cut off with a chainsaw screaming. The husband of the hysterical lady grabbed her and started running/pushing her out of the crypt.
When they got outside she had a HUGE purple bruise the size of a hand on her arm, and her husband had bite marks.
The crypt was then closed to all tours, and I am not even sure if it has been reopened.

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hunnychile

Lots of people who work at the old Hatt Building in old downtown Napa California - which is now a lovely exclusive Inn after a year of remodeling - they all have seen ghosts there. Funny, but several people who work there have seen the same ghost; that of "Captian Hatt" upstairs in the hall & they knew it was him because of his old archival photo (which hangs in the same hall). He had been long dead. It's been in televised specials about haunted places in the US. & the stories have been published in The Napa Register & also in The San Franscisco Chronicle. A lady I know, said he tipped his "old looking captains hat" at her as she unlocked her door one night... so she stopped and turned around to follow him to ask him if he was related or attending a masquerade there and he just wasn't there only 2 seconds later.

Beware of owning Crystal Balls, too. I've owned two by accident and they are like doorways to the undead. Truly weird stuff!!

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kurtisj

I'd love to take the slant on a skateboard!

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h2ogo69

Miami:

Biltmore Hotel - Construction worker were fearful during the renovation of The Biltmore Hotel a historic landmark building in Miami. It was once a veteran’s hospital and had other previous uses. Stories of things moving inexplicably and the sort. A receptionist who works there and lives nearby told of how once she got into the elevator and didn't press a selection and that the elevator went to one of the floors that at the time was not being used. It is known as the Bridal floor as a death occurred in a honeymooners stay. People report of seeing the bride's ghost at that floor. The fact is that the elevator was disabled to stop at that floor. Another account was of a fellow traveler whom stayed often at the hotel stayed with a colleague for 4 nights on business. The colleague said she saw people, which the fellow traveler didn't observe. The two concluded that the place was hunted. This was on a trip from Miami to NYC. This traveler was a fairly centered successful business woman who finally said that one should be more afraid of the living than the dead- which she told her colleague to subside her fears

Biltmore Hotel - 13th Floor - IT has been recorded that the 13th floor of this world- renowned hotel is haunted by the ghosts of soldiers that were treated there during the WWII era. Unexplained noises and lights are seen here. Here is a history on that Biltmore hotel. It was served at a hotel in the early twenties and then they used it as a hospital during WWII and many people died in that place. In 1968 they chose to turn it back into a hotel and in 1983 they spent over 55 million to restore the hotel. * i just stayed here for foruth of july... i saw something on the 7th floor

Hialeah High School - The bathroom near the auditorium: A couple of years ago, a freshmen had gone to the bathroom during her 3rd period class. A couple of boys raped her and banged her up so bad that she bled to death in the bath room and no one found out until after school hours when a janitor was went to clean the bathroom. Now, she haunts that bathroom and can not leave until the five boys who raped her die. Students have seen her sitting in the corner of the bathroom, on top of her own blood, rocking front and back chanting "when will they die...". *my best friend went to school there never saw anyhting
Hialeah-Miami Lakes High School - In Hialeah Miami lakes High school's little theater (place were drama students have class) their has been sightings of a ghost nick named Fred, some times music can be heard, and light tend to turn on and off. *my cousin went to school there... she said she said she was skipping class ther eonce and the ligths turned on and off

Coconut Grove - Field adjacent to LaSalle High School & Mercy Hospital - LaSalle High School is located at 3601 So Miami Ave in Coconut Grove. LaSalle High School and Mercy Hospital are adjacent to one another, the grounds are on the water's edge and you can view Biscayne Bay from there. The story originates from the 70's or 80's when supposedly a young girl attending the school (which is an all female Catholic high school), either committed suicide over a broken heart or took an accidental drug overdose in this field. In the suicide version, she was a student athlete, which is why she haunts the field, and has been seen occasionally during daylight hours at sporting events and has been mistaken for a participant. However she is usually seen at night, and even police officers patrolling the grounds have seen her shape and mistaken her for a security guard when none are hired to work there. Upon further inspection, no one is there. Most students who have attended this school are familiar with the stories about this ghost*i went to school here... i saw it one night during a dance

Deer Run-"Curtis Mansion"- There are reports of lights going on and off, door opening, and sightings of ghosts of visitors, children, and a man. * iv seen that

Hammocks Middle School - It is said that the auditorium of Hammocks is haunted by 2 ghosts... It is said people have seen 2 shadows around and the curtains opening and closing and flickering lights.

Hirschfield Theater - footsteps and other unexplained events are common here.

The Jockey Club - People who work and live there complain about lights turning on and off, hearing footsteps when they know they are alone, hearing voices, doors locking by themselves. On one occasion security was called when people heard a fight going on in the garage. When security got there they could hear the yelling but could not find anyone there and then suddenly the voices stopped. It is not certain how many spirits are there but at times they do make themselves known.
Miami Beach - Colony Theater - Footsteps and ghost has been seen back stage and other unexplained events.

Miami River Inn - This is a beautiful hotel on the edge of Miami River in the oldest part of town. Henry Flagler and many U.S. Presidents stayed there during their visits to the city. It has been around since the early 1900's and has been restored a few times. In one of the cabins, there are many noises heard by the concierge and security guards. Many guests who check into the cabin complain about the noises and request a room change the next day. The noises that are heard are part of a series, almost like a night repeating itself at 11 PM every day. If you stay in the first front room, you can hear a door opening and shutting very loudly, feet wiping on the welcome matt and then a brief silence followed by running towards your room and a fierce shaking of the door knob, which you can even see move. The shaking gives up and is followed by the crashing and breaking of antique ornaments right outside of your room, then running up the front stairs followed by the opening of a door in the room above yours. The worst is what commences after a minute of silence in the room upstairs. For an hour, furniture can be heard moving, scraping and the room can be felt vibrating. Finally, the sound ceases and there is silence once again, try going to sleep after that.

Miami Springs - Curtis Mansion - When Miami was a growing city this man- Glenn H. Curtis build his mansion on Deer Run. He loved kids so much, he turned half of the mansion into a daycare, but when he found out his wife had an abortion he got mad and his wife -as for revenge- burned the house down with Glenn Curtis inside. There have been reports of lights going on and off also of ghosts playing tennis and some screaming at night. *seen and heard

Miami Senior High School - Miami Senior High School is a school made since the 1800's and many people have been killed by gangs or by other things, and now the spirits of that people are haunting the place. One time there was a girl of about 15 years old, she went to the girl's bathroom. When she entered she saw another girl with blood in his face and a knife between her right shoulder and her arm. She was so scared that she had to go to a doctor for attendance. Another day a security camera captured a men with a graduation dress walking on the auditorium at 10:43 PM, when the security went to see if there was somebody there he hear a scream and he found a black spot on the floor. There are too many things that makes this place haunted that I would take hours to explain.

Southwest Miami High School - Auditorium - Sometimes the TV’s turn on by themselves, music can be heard, a guy and a girl whispering. Supposedly a janitor died in there, and an old drama club president while fixing lights on the catwalk died also and were never found until the next day.

Southwest Miami High School - Library - According to the librarians many who have worked there for several years books are constantly rearranged after organized and lights flicker.

Haunted Florida

h2ogo69

and thatd be a face in the elevator of the biltmore that wasnt there when i took the pic