Note: (ill.) indicates photos and illustrations.
A
Aaliyah, 59
Ackergill Tower (Caithness, Scotland), 230
Adams, Abigail, 92
Adams, John, 92
Addiscombe Railway Station (England), 131
Adkins, Avril, 241
Air Force One, 242
airplane crashes, haunted, 275–77, 354–55. See also airports, haunted
airplanes, haunted, 129
airports, haunted, 277–81. See also airplane crashes, haunted
Alabama
haunted cemeteries, 173
haunted universities and universities, 268, 269 (ill.)
sports ghosts, 196
Alaska, paranormal hot spots, 323 (ill.), 323–24
Alaska Triangle, 323 (ill.), 323–24
Alberta, haunted mines, 155–57, 156 (ill.)
Albright, Jesse, 258
Alcatraz (San Francisco, CA), 238 (ill.), 238–40
Alexander, Jane, 44
Alexandria Hotel (Los Angeles, CA), 71–72
Allen, Jack, 85
Alley, Daniel, 223
Alley, Lucy, 223
Altadena Haunted Gravity Hill (Rubio Wash Debris Basin, CA), 149–50
Alton Mental Health Hospital (Alton, IL), 250–51
Alton Mine (Drumheller, AB, Canada), 155–57, 156 (ill.)
Amargosa Opera House and Hotel (Death Valley, CA), 209, 209 (ill.)
American Flight 191 crash (Chicago, IL), 275–76, 276 (ill.)
Amherst poltergeist (Amherst, NS, Canada), 313 (ill.), 313–14
The Amityville Horror (1979; 2005), 180
The Amityville Horror (2005), 55–56
Amityville Horror House (Amityville, NY), 301–4, 304 (ill.)
amphitheaters, haunted, 345–46
amusement parks, haunted, 173
Anaheim Cemetery (Orange County, CA), 170
ancient Indian burial grounds, 180
Andersonville Civil War Prison (Andersonville, GA), 242
Andrews, James J., 353
Antietam Battlefield (MD), 160
Aokigahara Forest (Japan), 145–46
Apache, 328
apparitions, 7
Aquia Episcopal Church (Stafford, VA), 177
Arbuckle, Roscoe “Fatty,” 81
Archer Avenue (Chicago, IL), 143–44
Archerfield Airport (Brisbane, Queensland, Australia), 279–80
Arizona
haunted caves, 152
haunted high schools, 271
haunted landmarks, 190–94, 191 (ill.), 194 (ill.)
haunted railroad tracks, 132
haunted roads, 145
sports ghosts, 197
Arkansas
haunted hotels and motels, 203
Arkansas Tuberculosis Sanatorium (Booneville, AR), 251–52
Arnall, Roland, 84
Arnaz, Desi, 67
Arthur, Prince, 18
Arundel Castle (West Sussex, England), 228–29, 229 (ill.)
Aspect, Alain, 14
asylums, haunted, 252–54, 256–58
Athens Mental Hospital (Athens, OH), 250, 250 (ill.)
Atherton, Frances, 266
Atherton, George, 266
Austin, Laurence, 74
Australia, haunted airports, 279–80
Austria, haunted castles, 229, 232
automobiles, haunted, 130
Avalon Theater (Hollywood, CA), 73–74
Aylesford, Philip, 9
B
Babcock, Elisha, 206
Bachelor’s Grove (Midlothian, IL), 170
Baird, Spencer, 184
Baker, Norman, 203
Bakers Island Light (Salem Harbor, MA), 122
Baldwin, Alec, 54
Ballyseede Castle (County Kerry, Ireland), 230–31
Bannerman’s Castle (New York, NY), 226–27
Bannockburn, SS (ship), 117–18
Bardsley Road (Tulare, CA), 144
Barker, Arthur “Doc,” 238
Barker Ranch (Death Valley National Park, CA), 149
Barkulus, George, 49
Barnegut, New Jersey, lighthouse, 122–23, 123 (ill.)
Barney’s Beanery (Los Angeles, CA), 87
Barnsley, Godfrey, 102
Barnsley, Julia, 102
Barnsley Gardens (Adairsville, GA), 102
Baron, Rhonda, 40
Baron Falkenberg (ship), 119
Baronet Theater (Asbury Park, NJ), 349–50
barracks, haunted, 169
Barris, George, 49
Bash Bish Falls (Mount Washington, MA), 146 (ill.), 146–47
Baskerville Hall (Powys, Wales), 225
Battery Carriage House Inn (Charleston, SC), 211 (ill.), 211–12
Battery Point lighthouse (Crescent City, CA), 123
battlefields, haunted, 159–67, 338–39, 354, 362 (ill.), 362–63, 367
Batts, Kate, 294
Baumeister, Herb, 51
Baychimo (ship), 120
Beck, Julian, 61
Beck, Renate, 318
Beetlejuice, 54
Begunkodor Railway Station (West Bengal, India), 131
Belgium, haunted battlefields, 165–66
Bell, Betsy, 294–95, 295 (ill.)
Bell family, 286
Bell Nursing Home (Kimbolton, OH), 367–68
Bell Witch urban legend (Adams, TN), 294–95
Beluche, Renato, 350
Berkley Square monster urban legend (London, England), 297–98
Bermingham, Thomas, 59
Bern, Paul, 30
Berry, Halle, 58
Berry, William Jan, 78
Bessels, Emil, 184
Bettis, Gerald, 298
Beverly Glen (CA), 86
Beverly Hills Bermuda Triangle, 77–78
Beverly Hills Hotel (Beverly Hills, CA), 71
Bierce, Ambrose, 290 (ill.), 292
Big Bay Point Lighthouse (Big Bay, MI), 123
Big Bopper (J. P. Richardson), 39–40
Big Bull Tunnel (VA), 134
Big Thunder Mine (Keystone, SD), 154
Bigelow, Robert, 335
Bigfoot, 329
Bird Island lighthouse (Sippican Harbor, MA), 123
Bisbee Courthouse (AZ), 193
Bishop, Bridget, 208
Bishop, Leonard, 113
Bishop, Raymond, 307
Black Angels, 175
Black-eyed girl urban legend (Chase, England), 297
Black Monk House poltergeist (Pontefract, Yorkshire, England), 315–16
Black Star Canyon (Orange County, CA), 320 (ill.), 320–21
Black Volga, 130
Blair, Linda, 59
Blatty, William Peter, 59, 306–7, 307 (ill.)
Block Island Southeast Lighthouse (RI), 123
Bloody Mary, 186
Bloody Mary Haunted Museum (New Orleans, LA), 186
Bloody Mary urban legends, 294
Blue Ghost Tunnel (Thorold, ON, Canada), 133
Bluff Mountain Appalachian Trail (VA), 147
Blumenthal, David, 318
Blymire, John H., 295
Bobbie Prince Charlie, 165
Bobby Mackey’s Music World (Wilder, KY), 197, 199–200
Bogart, Humphrey, 80
Boggs, Hale, 323
Bonaventure Cemetery (Savannah, GA), 170–71, 171 (ill.)
Booth, John Wilkes, 90 (ill.), 90–91, 211
Borderlands (CO-NM), 328–29, 329 (ill.)
Borley Rectory poltergeist (Essex County, England), 315, 315 (ill.)
Borman, Frank, 277
Boston, Massachusetts, lighthouse, 124
Boston Strangler, 265
Boston University (Boston, MA), 264–65
Bourbon Orleans Hotel (New Orleans, LA), 203–4
Bowaker, Elijah, 155
Bowdern, William, 307
Boy Scout Lane (Stevens Point, WI), 144
Boyer, Christina, 313
Bozoniere-Marmillion, Edmond, 101–2
Bradley, Mickey, 195
Brazil, poltergeists, 310
bridges
Bridgewater Triangle (MA), 324–25
British Columbia
haunted railroad tracks, 132
British Museum (London, England), 190
Brody, Sam, 84
Brougham, Allen Ross, 113
Broughton, Richard S., 15
Brown, Molly, 344
Brown Lady of Raynham Hall, 19, 19 (ill.)
Brown Palace Hotel (Denver, CO), 340, 340 (ill.)
Brunvand, Jan Harold, 283, 284 (ill.)
Buard, Julia, 100
Buckhorn Exchange (Denver, CO), 340–41
Buffalo Child Long Lance, Chief, 81–82
Bulloch Hall (Roswell, GA), 102
Bundy, Ted, 50
Bunker, Edward, 226
Burke, T. C., 223
Burkhart, J., 196
Burns, Ken, 363
Burnside, Ambrose, 160
Burr, Aaron, 93, 94 (ill.), 95
Burr, Eliza Jumel, 95
Burr, Theodosia, 94
buses, haunted, 130
Bush, Barbara, 208
Bush, George H. W., 208
Byberry Mental Hospital (Philadelphia, PA), 251
Byers, William, 341
Byers-Evans House Museum (Denver, CO), 341
C
C. E. Byrd High School (Shreveport, LA), 272
Cable, George Washington, 350
California
haunted airports, 278
haunted barracks, 169
haunted bridges, 137, 137 (ill.)
haunted castles, 226
haunted cemeteries, 80–81, 170, 172
haunted elementary schools, 273–74
haunted high schools, 271
haunted hiking trails, 147
haunted hospitals, 247–48, 248 (ill.)
haunted hotels and motels, 70 (ill.), 70–72, 79 (ill.), 79–80, 202, 202 (ill.), 204, 206–7, 207 (ill.), 209, 209 (ill.)
haunted houses, 212–14, 213 (ill.), 214–16, 215 (ill.)
haunted landmarks, 69–70, 76–88, 79 (ill.), 82 (ill.)
haunted lighthouses, 123, 124–25, 126
haunted missions, 178–81, 181 (ill.)
haunted museums, 277
haunted roads, 139–40, 144, 148, 149–50
haunted sanatoriums, 254
haunted theaters, 72 (ill.), 72–76, 75 (ill.)
paranormal hot spots, 320 (ill.), 320–22, 325–27
Calueche (ship), 121
Campbell, John, 120
Campbell family, 317
Canary Islands, haunted airports, 281
Canyon Diablo, CA, 152–53, 153 (ill.)
Caobao Road Subway (China), 131
Captain Tony’s Saloon (Key West, FL), 200
Caray, Harry (baseball announcer), 195
Carey, Harry (actor), 33
Carnegie, Andrew, 340
Carpenter, Jennifer, 57
Carpenter, Karen, 64
Carpenter, Liz, 91
Carroll A. Deering (ship), 118–19
cars, haunted, 130
Carter, Jack, 34
Carter, June, 41
Cash, Johnny, 41
Cashtown Inn (Gettysburg, PA), 164
Casper the Friendly Ghost, 53
Cassady, Neal, 226
Castel Reszel (Poland), 234
Castle, William, 62
Castle Air Museum (Atwater, CA), 277
Castle Leslie (County Monaghan, Ireland), 231
Castle Mont Rouge (Rougemont, NC), 226
Castle of Frankenstein (Darmstadt, Germany), 232 (ill.), 232–33
Cat & Fiddle, 87
Cathedral High School (Los Angeles, CA), 271
Catherine the Great, 97
Caviezel, Jim, 60
Celebrity Worship Syndrome (CWS), 24–25
cemeteries, haunted, 80–81, 169–76, 178, 205–6, 338–39, 346–47, 355
Chaleur Bay fireship, 121
Chandler, Harry, 69
Chapel of the Cross (MS), 178
Chaplin, Charlie, 35, 64, 65, 66, 67, 80
Chapman, Mark David, 37
Char-Man urban legend (Ojai Valley, CA), 287
Charles II, King, 97
Charlie Chaplin Studios, 64
Charlie No-Face urban legend (Piney Fork, PA), 290
Chase, Philander, 264
Chasen, Ronni, 78
Chateau Marmont, 70 (ill.), 71
Cheesman, Walter, 342
Cheesman Park (Denver, CO), 342
Chicago Cubs, 195
Chickamauga Battlefield (GA), 160–61, 161 (ill.)
Chilnualna Falls Trail (Yosemite National Park, CA), 148
China, haunted railroad tracks, 131
Chloe (slave), 99
A Christmas Carol, 53
Christoffer, Count of Oldenburg, 234
churches, haunted, 176–78. See also missions, haunted
Churchill, Winston, 71, 91, 111
Ciro’s/Comedy Store, 83
Clan O’Bannon, 231
Clanton, Billy, 191
Clanton, Terry Ike, 19
Clark, Blake, 83
Cleveland Museum of Art (Cleveland, OH), 187
Clinton, Hillary, 45, 45 (ill.)
Clinton Road (West Milford, NJ), 142, 142 (ill.)
Clown Motel (Tonopah, NV), 205–6, 206 (ill.)
Cluskey, Charles, 128
Cobb, Al, 311
Cobb, Charles, 149
Cobb, Jason, 311
Cobb Estate trail (Altadena, CA), 149–50
Cohen, Larry, 78
Cold Harbor Battlefield (Mechanicsville, VA), 161–62
Coleman, Loren, 324
colleges and universities, haunted, 261–70. See also elementary schools, haunted; high schools, haunted
Collins, Floyd, 151
Colorado
haunted cemeteries, 173
haunted hotels and motels, 201–2, 340, 340 (ill.), 344–45
haunted houses, 341, 342–43, 344
haunted museums, 341, 343 (ill.), 343–44
haunted parks, 342
paranormal hot spots, 328–29, 329 (ill.)
Colorado Street Bridge (Pasadena, CA), 137, 137 (ill.)
Columbus poltergeist (Columbus, OH), 312–13
Colville Covered Bridge (Bourbon County, KY), 138
Combermere, Lord, 19
Connecticut
haunted castles, 227, 227 (ill.), 228
haunted cemeteries, 176
haunted hospitals, 254–55, 255 (ill.)
haunted houses, 305
haunted lighthouses, 124
Connolly Station (Dublin, Ireland), 131
Conrad, Barry, 315
Constellation, USS (ship), 113
Conyngham, John, 267
Coolidge, Grace, 91
Corbin, Anna, 226
Corden, James, 44
Corey, Giles, 172
Coronado Bridge (San Diego, CA), 137
Corwin, George “The Strangler,” 222–23
Corwin, Jonathan, 223
Cotent, Don, 270
Cotton, John, 172
County Road 675
bridge (Anderson, IN), 139
Cox, Peter, 314
Crawford, Christina, 31
Crescent Hotel (Eureka Springs, AR), 203
Croke, Thomas, 342
Croke-Patterson Mansion (Denver, CO), 342–43
Cronkite, Walter, 208
Crookes, William, 18
Cropsey, the Child Hunter urban legend (Staten Island, NY), 291
The Crow (1994), 57
Crown, Henry, 85
Crystal Cave (KY), 151
Culloden Moor Battlefield (Scotland), 165
Cuniff, Tom, 316
Cunningham, James, 169
Curless, Dick, 144
Cyrus, Miley, 43
Cyrus, Noah, 43
Czech Republic, haunted castles, 233–34
D
Dagg, Dinah, 310
Dagg, George, 310
Dagg haunted farm (Clarendon, QC, Canada), 309–10
Dahmer, Jeffrey, 51–52, 52 (ill.), 53
Daltrey, Roger, 47
Dandridge, Dorothy, 58, 58 (ill.)
Dannemann, Monika, 42
Danvers Lunatic Asylum (Danvers, MA), 252
Darby, Christine, 297
The Dark Knight, 56
David Stewart Farm (Gettysburg, PA), 367
Davidson, Elizabeth, 230
Davis, Ann, 126
Davis, Bette, 208
Davis, Geena, 54
De Niro, Robert, 208
Deacon Richard Hale House (Coventry, CT), 186
”dead body under the bed” urban legends, 298
Dead Children’s Playground (Huntsville, AL), 173
Decken, Hendrik van der, 116
DeFeo, Ronald, Jr., 55, 301, 302, 304
del Toro, Guillermo, 37
Delaware, urban legends, 298
Delaware and Hudson Company mines (Taylor, PA), 155
Denmark, haunted castles, 234–35
Denver Firefighters Museum (Denver, CO), 343 (ill.), 343–44
Denver International Airport (Denver, CO), 277–78
Depot Theater (Dodge City, KS), 198–99
DeSalvo, Albert, 265
Devil’s Bridge (San Antonio, TX), 136
Devil’s Den (Gettysburg, PA), 162–63
Devil’s Highway (Four Corners region), 145
Devil’s Hopyard State Park urban legend (East Haddam, CT), 289–90
Dighton Rock (MA), 325
Dillard, James, 276
Ding Dong School (1953), 64
Dodge, Grenville M., 175
dog boy urban legend (Quitman, AR), 298
dogmen urban legend (Norton, OH), 292
Doheny, Ned, Sr., 84
Donkey Lake Bridge (San Antonio, TX), 136
Donner, Richard, 60
Dragna, Jack, 77
Dragsholm Castle (Denmark), 234–35
Drayton Hall Plantation (Charleston, SC), 104–5
Drish, John, 102
Drish House (Tuscaloosa, AL), 102–3
Drum, Richard, 169
Drum Barracks (CA), 169
Duchess of Windsor, 35
Dudley, Edmund, 296, 297 (ill.)
Dudley family urban legend (Cornwall, CT), 296–97
Duke of Gloucester, 97
Duke of Windsor, 35
Dunbar, George, 169
Dunn, Dominique, 61
Durante, Jimmy, 30
Dusseault, Sheri, 24
Dwarka Sector 9
Metro Station (Delhi, India), 131
E
Earl of Kildare, 231
Earnhardt, Dale, Jr., 46
Earp, Wyatt, 191
Eastern Air Lines Flight 401
crash (Everglades, FL), 276–77
Edbrooke, Frank E., 344
Edgar Allan Poe House (Baltimore, MD), 186
Edgewood Plantation (Charles
City, VA), 104
Edinburgh Castle (Scotland), 230
Edward I, 229
Edward V, Prince, 97
Edward VIII, King, 71
Egg Hill Church (Potter Township, PA), 177
Egypt Road Bridge (OH), 139
Eisenhower, Mamie, 93
El Campo Santo Cemetery (San Diego, CA), 172
El Paso High School (El Paso, TX), 270–71, 271 (ill.)
electronic voice phenomena (EVP), 17
elementals, 6
elementary schools, haunted, 272–74. See also colleges and universities, haunted; high schools, haunted
Elfman, Danny, 37
Elizabeth V. Edwards School (Barnegat, NJ), 272
Ellis Hotel (Atlanta, GA), 208
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 211
Empire Mine Road (Antioch, CA), 148
Empson, Richard, 297 (ill.) energy, 12
Enfield poltergeist (Brimsdown, Enfield, England), 311–12
England
haunted airports, 278–79, 279 (ill.)
haunted battlefields, 167
haunted castles, 228–29, 229 (ill.), 230, 231 (ill.)
haunted railroad tracks, 131
Entity House, 79
environmental conditions, 12
Essex Mountain Sanatorium (Essex County, NJ), 255–56
Estep, Sarah, 17
Evans, William, 341
Ewell, Isaac, 163
The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005), 57
The Exorcist (1973), 58–59, 306–7
F
Fairbanks, Douglas, 35, 66, 80
Fairmont Empress Hotel (Victoria, BC, Canada), 208, 210
Fallsvale Elementary School (Forest Falls, CA), 273–74
Farnam, Stephen Head, 218
Farnam Mansion (Oneida, NY), 218–19
Feldevert family, 175
Fenton, Roger, 18
feral children urban legend (Holland, MI), 289
Ferreira, Maria Jose, 310
Ferry Plantation (Virginia Beach, VA), 103 (ill.), 103–4
Fidler, Peter, 156
Figueroa Hotel, 71
Fisher, Lavinia, 246
Fisher, Maggie, 314
Fitzgerald, F. Scott, 35
Flagler College (St. Augustine, FL), 267–68
Fleming, John, 178
Florida
haunted airplane crashes, 276–77
haunted churches, 178
haunted hospitals, 249
haunted houses, 214
haunted jails, 241
haunted landmarks, 200
poltergeists, 319
Floyd, Charles “Pretty Boy,” 245
Flying Dutchman (ship), 116–17, 117 (ill.)
Flynn, Emma, 284
Flynn, Errol, 80
Fokke, Bernard, 116
Fonda, Henry, 48
Fonda, Jane, 48
Ford, Arthur, 35
Ford, Harrison, 66
Fort Concho (San Angelo, TX), 168–69
Fort Fisher (Wilmington, NC), 167–68
Fort Meigs (Toledo, OH), 167
Fort Warren (Boston, MA), 167
Fort William Henry (Lake George, NY), 169
Fort Worth Museum of Science and History (Fort Worth, TX), 189
Forum Theater (Wichita, KS), 364–66
Foster, Gloria, 59
Four Oaks Restaurant, 85
Fox, Katie, 286 (ill.), 286–87
Fox, Leah, 286 (ill.)
Fox, Maggie, 286 (ill.), 286–87
Fox Hollow Farm, 51
Foxx, Redd, 36
Foyster, Lionel, 315
Foyster, Marianne, 315
Francis, John, 95
Frankenstein, Knight, 233
Fred Harvey Hotel (Dodge City, KS), 198–99
Freeman, Morgan, 56
Friedan, Betty, 261
Friedkin, William, 59
friendly ghosts, 23
Friske, Elias, 138
Frontier Baseball Field (Rochester, NY), 196
Fulkerson, Dan, 144
Furnace Creek Inn and Ranch Resort (Death Valley, CA), 209
G
Gabor, Zsa Zsa, 34
Gage, Joan, 92
Gage, Mary Jones, 166
Gaineswood (Demopolis, AL), 103
Gallagher, Liam, 38
Galloway, Stephen, 37
Garbo, Greta, 71
Gardiner Bay phantom fighters, 122
Garthright House (Mechanicsville, VA), 162
Garton, Ray, 305
Garwell, Bob, 38
Gates to Hell (Antioch, CA), 148
Gaynor, Kerry, 308
Gehman, Anne, 93
Gemmecke, Linda, 318
Genna Brothers, 246
George IV, King, 225
George V, King, 116
George House (Gettysburg, PA), 164
Georgia
haunted airplane crashes, 354–55
haunted battlefields, 160–61, 161 (ill.), 354
haunted cemeteries, 170–71, 171 (ill.), 355
haunted hotels, 208
haunted houses, 217 (ill.), 217–18, 352–54, 353 (ill.)
haunted landmarks, 212
haunted mountains, 354
haunted museums, 353 (ill.), 353–54
haunted plantations, 102
haunted prisons, 242
poltergeists, 311
Germany, haunted castles, 232 (ill.), 232–33
Gettysburg Battlefield (Gettysburg, PA), 162–64, 163 (ill.), 338–39, 362 (ill.), 362–63, 367
Gettysburg College (Gettysburg, PA), 262–63
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken (1966), 54
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947), 53
Ghost House Trail (Big Ridge State Park, TN), 147
ghost hunting, 2
Ghost Lake (Warren County, NJ), 143
Ghost Road urban legend (Scotland), 288–89
Ghostbusters, 53
ghosts
apparitions, 7
electronic voice phenomena (EVP), 17
elementals, 6
friendly, 23
haunted houses and objects, 9–11, 10 (ill.)
historical, 6
imprints/residual, 4
living, 3
malevolent, 23
neutral, 23
poltergeists, 7
preference for sad places, 5–6
reticular activating system (RAS), 16–17
sentient/intelligent, 4
Ghosts of Christmases Past, Present, and Future, 53
Gibraltar Point (Toronto Island, ON, Canada), 124
Gibson, Brian, 61
Gibson, Mel, 60
Gillette, William Hooker, 228
Gillette Castle (East Haddam, CT), 228
Gipp, George, 262
Glattke, Helen, 243
Glenn, Margaret, 104
Glenn, Paul, 240
Goat Man urban legend (Bowie, MD), 287
Goddard, Victor, 19
Godfrey, Linda, 292
Gold Brook Bridge (VT), 137–38
Golden Gate Bridge (San Francisco, CA), 137
Golden Lamb Inn (Lebanon, OH), 210
Good, James, 185
Goodman, Steve, 195
Gordon, Dan, 195
Gorey, Richard, 346
Gorin, Frank, 151
Grace Episcopal Church (Alexandria, VA), 177
Graham, Steam Train Maury, 189
Grand Canyon Caverns (AZ), 152
Grant, Cary, 77
Grauman, Sid, 75
Graves, Rob and Vicky, 51
Green Man urban legend (Piney Fork, PA), 290
Gregg, James M., 321
Grenier, Volney, 280
Grey, Orrin, 213
Gribble, Eliza, 217
Gribble House (Savannah, GA), 217, 217 (ill.)
Grierson, Edith, 169
Griffith, Griffith J., 80
Grimes, Charlie, 195
Grosse, Maurice, 312
Grouse Lake (CA), 326
Guinness, Alec, 49
Guinness, Belle, 50
Guttenberg, Steve, 63
H
Hagerty, James, 91
Haggard, Merle, 226
Hale, Deacon, 186
Hale, Nathan, 186
Hall, Carl Austin, 245
Halloween decorations/hanged woman urban legend (Frederica, DE), 298
Hamilton, Alexander, 93, 94 (ill.), 95
Hamilton-Parker, Craig, 47
Hamilton-Parker, Jane, 47
Hamlet, 53
Hampton, John, 74
Hannigan, Alyson, 45
Harbin, Joseph, 104
Harden, Mike, 312
Harding, Warren G., 84
Harlow, Jean, 30
Harris, Emmylou, 41
Harrison, George, 37
Harrison, Rex, 53
Harrison, Ronnie, 84
Harrison, William Henry, 167
Harrow, Joey, 38
Harvey, Robert, 293
haunted bed poltergeist (Savannah, GA), 311
Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 222
Hawthorne Hotel (Salem, MA), 208
headless ghost urban legend (Blue River, IN), 287
Heady, Bonnie, 245
Hearst, William Randolph, 65, 66, 81
Hearthstone Castle (Danbury, CT), 227, 227 (ill.)
Heathrow Airport (London, England), 278–79, 279 (ill.)
Heceta Head (Yachats, OR), 124
Hell’s Bridge (Algoma Township, MI), 138
Hendrix, Jimi, 42 (ill.), 42–43
Henry, Joseph, 184
Henry, William, 105
Henry Greene Cole House (Marietta, GA), 352–53
Henry II, 229
Henry VIII, 95
Herrin, David, 313
Hickman, Edward, 304
Hicks, Steven, 52
High Bridge (Chicago, IL), 136–37
high schools, haunted, 270–72. See also colleges and universities, haunted; elementary schools, haunted
Highway 87 (Great Falls, MT), 142–43
hiking trails, haunted, 146–50
Hilchey, Eugene, 66
Hill, Faith, 39
Hill, Louise Crawford, 340
Hillview Manor (New Castle, PA), 366–67
Hilton, Conrad, Jr., 34
Hinton, Eddie, 42
Hockey Hall of Fame (Toronto, ON, Canada), 197
Hoia Baciu Forest urban legend (Romania), 289
Holly, Buddy, 39 (ill.), 39–40
Hollywood, CA, theaters, 72 (ill.), 72–76, 75 (ill.)
Hollywood, CA, tourist spots, 76–88, 79 (ill.), 82 (ill.)
Hollywood Forever Cemetery (Hollywood, CA), 80–81
Hollywood hotels, 70 (ill.), 70–72, 79 (ill.), 79–80
Hollywood Pacific Theater (Hollywood, CA), 74
Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel (Hollywood, CA), 70
Hollywood sign (Hollywood, CA), 69–70
Hollywood Tower Hotel (Hollywood, CA), 79 (ill.), 79–80
Hollywood Wax Museum (Hollywood, CA), 76
Holmes, James Eagen, 56
Holmes, John, 76
Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Sr., 211
Holy Terror Mine (Keystone, SD), 154
Hooper, Tobe, 60
Hoosac Tunnel (MA), 134
Hoover, Herbert, 91
Hopkins, Patrick, 224
Horton, Hank, 221
Horton, Johnny, 41
Horton Grand Hotel (San Diego, CA), 207
Horton Mine (Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest, NV), 154–55
hospitals, haunted, 247–51, 254–55, 256, 258–59
Hotel Del Coronado (San Diego
County, CA), 206–7, 207 (ill.)
hotels and motels, haunted, 70 (ill.), 70–72, 79 (ill.), 79–80, 198–99, 201–12, 340, 340 (ill.), 344–45
Hottel, Guy, 329 (ill.)
Houdini, Bess, 35
Houdini, Harry, 34 (ill.), 34–35, 41, 82–83
Houran, James, 24
House of Seven Gables (Salem, MA), 222
houses, haunted, 9–11, 10 (ill.), 212–25, 295, 301–4, 304 (ill.), 305–6, 341, 342–43, 344, 350–54, 358 (ill.), 358–59, 366–67
Houska Castle (Blatce, Czech
Republic), 233–34, 288 (ill.), 289
Houston, Jean, 45
Howard Street Cemetery (Salem, MA), 172
Hubbell, Walter, 314
Hughes, Howard, 72–73, 77, 78 (ill.)
Humperdinck, Engelbert, 83, 84
Hunt, Kenneth Dean, 63
Hunter, J. C., 217
Hunter, Maggie, 217
Huntingdon College (Montgomery, AL), 268, 269 (ill.)
Hure, Mary, 333
Hyams, Joe, 31
I
Idaho, haunted high schools, 270
Identity (2003), 180
Illingworth, Hallie, 148
Illinois
haunted airplane crashes, 275–76, 276 (ill.)
haunted elementary schools, 273
haunted high schools, 272
haunted universities, 269
sports ghosts, 195
imprints, 4
India, haunted railroad tracks, 131
Indian burial grounds, haunted, 180
Indiana
haunted bridges, 139
haunted landmarks, 51
haunted universities, 262
sports ghosts, 197
urban legends, 287
Indianapolis poltergeist (Indianapolis, IN), 318–19
Ingersoll, Samuel, 222
Ingersoll, Susan, 222
The Innkeepers (2011), 58
The Innocents (1961), 53
Introducing Dorothy Dandridge (1999), 58
Iowa
haunted cemeteries, 175
haunted houses, 220–22, 221 (ill.)
Ireland
haunted railroad tracks, 131
Iron Goat Trail (Stevens Pass, WA), 147
J
Jackie (Queen Mary ghost), 109, 112
Jackson, Andrew, 92
Jackson, Freddie, 19
Jackson, Michael, 47, 47 (ill.)
Jackson, Oren, 222
Jackson, Peter, 36 (ill.), 36–37
Jackson, Scott, 199
Jackson Five, 73
Jacobson, Laurie, 72, 83, 85, 86
jails, haunted. See prisons, penitentiaries, and jails, haunted
James, Jesse, 153
James, William, 13
James I, King, 96
Jeddo Mine (Lancaster, PA), 155
Jennie Wade House (Gettysburg, PA), 358 (ill.), 358–59
Jenny Jump State Forest (Warren County, NJ), 143
Jesus Christ, 150
Jim Henson Studio, 64
Jiminez, Luis, 278
John Lawson House (New Hamburg, NY), 218
Johnson, John, 114
Johnson, Lady Bird, 91
Johnson, Lynda Bird, 92
Johnson, Lyndon, 92
Johnson, Robert, 141
Johnston, Warden, 239
Johnstone, Helen, 178
Jolie, Angelica, 66
Jones, Frank, 222
Jones, John Treasure, 111
Jones, Myra, 63
Jones, Robert H., 210
Joplin, Janis, 38
Joseph, James, 344
Josephson, Brian, 14, 15 (ill.)
Joshua Ward House (Salem, MA), 222–23
K
Kaiser, Mr., urban legend (Miltonsburg, OH), 290–91
Kalthenpacher, Paul, 232
Kane, Don, 68
Kansas
haunted cemeteries, 174
haunted high schools, 271
haunted hotels and motels, 198–99
haunted theaters, 198–99, 364–66
sports ghosts, 197
Karloff, Boris, 79
Karsavina, Jean, 95
Kaufman, Phil, 41
Keaton, Buster, 30
Keaton, Michael, 54
Keel, John, 332
Kelly, George, Reverend, 221
Kelly, George “Machine Gun,” 238
Kennesaw House (Marietta, GA), 353 (ill.), 353–54
Kennison, USS (ship), 116
Kentucky
haunted bridges, 138
haunted hotels and motels, 204 (ill.), 204–5
haunted landmarks, 197, 199–200
haunted sanatoriums, 366
Kenyon College (Gambier, OH), 264, 264 (ill.)
Kerr, Deborah, 53
Kevorkian, Jack, 188
Kidd, Captain, 172
Kidman, Nicole, 53
Kilgore, Merle, 41
Killian, Victor, 75
King, Edmund, 268
King, Joey, 57
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 245
King, Richard, 205
King, Stephen, 53, 64, 180, 201–2, 211, 243, 249
King, Tabitha, 201
King’s Chapel Burying Ground (Boston, MA), 172, 172 (ill.)
Kingston, Kenny, 81
Kinison, Sam, 83
Knickerbocker Hotel (Hollywood, CA), 71
Knight, Curtis, 43
Kollerin, Barbara, 232
Komeda, Krzysztof, 62
Ku Klux Klan, 273
Kubrick, Stanley, 53
L
La Llorona legend (NM), 195
Lady Gaga, 44
Lady in Black, 167
Lady in White, 139–40, 161, 170, 293–94
Lady Lovibond (ship), 119
Lady of the Lake (Dallas, TX), 360–62
Lafitte, Jean, 350
Lake County Jail (Lake County, IN), 244–45
Lake Morena Campground (San Diego, CA), 147
Lake Shawnee Amusement Park (Rock, WV), 173
Lakehurst Naval Air Station (Lakehurst, NJ), 280–81
LaLaurie, Delphine, 216
LaLaurie House (New Orleans, LA), 216–17
Landis, John, 63
landmarks, haunted, 76–88, 79 (ill.), 82 (ill.), 190–95, 197, 199–200, 224–25, 340–41, 360–62
Lang, William, 344
Lanier, Melanie, 167
Large, Isaac, 344
Laurel and Hardy, 30
Lawler Ford Road (Glencoe, MO), 140–41
Lawrence, Jennifer, 208
Leap Castle (Ireland), 231
Lecomte, Ambrose II, 100
Lee, Brandon, 57
Lee, Robert E., 162
Lee, Samuel F., 249
Lee, Walter, 276
Lee Williams High School (Kingman, AZ), 197, 271
Leigh, Janet, 64
Lenin, Vladimir, 97
Lennon, Cynthia, 38
Leonardi, Lillie, 275
Leslie, Lady Marjory, 231
Leslie, Normal, 231
Letchworth Village (Thiells, NY), 148–49
Leyden, John, 116
lighthouses, haunted, 122–28, 165
Lincoln, Abraham, 90 (ill.), 90–92, 93, 129, 211
Lincoln, Willie, 92
Lincoln High School (Sioux
Falls, SD), 271
Lincoln phantom train, 129
Linda Vista Community Hospital (East Los Angeles, CA), 247–48, 248 (ill.)
Lindbergh, Charles, 35
Linn, Darwin, 222
Linn, Martha, 222
Linney, Laura, 44
Liszt, Franz, 47
live burial urban legends, 298–99
living ghosts, 3
Lizzie Borden House (Fall River, MA), 219 (ill.), 219–20
Lockwood, Bob, 41
Lombard, Carole, 29
Lone Sentinel, 263
Long Beach Bar Lighthouse (Orient, NY), 124
Long Path (Thiells, NY), 148–49
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 211
Lorre, Peter, 80
Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanical Gardens, 81–82, 82 (ill.)
Los Reyes, Alvina de, 170
Louisiana
haunted high schools, 272
haunted hotels and motels, 203–4
haunted houses, 216–17, 304–5, 350–52
haunted museums, 186
haunted plantations, 99–102, 101 (ill.)
Lovato, Demi, 43
Lovecraft, H. P., 151
Ludwig, Gregory (Ghost), 189
Lugosi, Bela, 79
Lumley, Lily, 230
Lumley Castle (County Durham, England), 230
Lutz, Daniel, 303
Lyric Theater (Asbury Park, NJ), 349–50
M
MacDonald, John, 116
Machen, Karen, 277
MacKenzie, Ranald, 169
Mackey, Bobby, 200
Macomb poltergeist (Macomb, IL), 316–17
Mad River and NKP Railroad Society Museum (Bellevue, OH), 189
Madame John’s Legacy (New Orleans, LA), 350–52
Madison, Dolley, 92
Madison, James, 92
Magnolia Plantation (Natchitoches, LA), 100–101
Maine
haunted lighthouses, 125–26, 127
haunted roads, 144
Major, Union, 100
malevolent ghosts, 23
Malone, Nancy, 72
Man in Gray urban legend (Pawley Island, SC), 289
Manassas National Battlefield (Prince William County, VA), 164
manifestations and perceptions, 12
Mansfield, William, 222
Manson, Charles, 30, 62, 76, 149, 257
Maple Hills Cemetery (Huntsville, AL), 173
Marietta Museum of History (Marietta, GA), 353 (ill.), 353–54
Mariposa Elementary School (Redlands, CA), 273
Markle family, 267
Marmillion, Charles, 102
M·rquez, James, 209
Martin, Alexander, 35
Marx, Harpo, 71
Mary Celeste (ship), 115, 119, 119 (ill.)
Mary Queen of Scots, 234
Maryland
haunted battlefields, 160
haunted lighthouses, 126
haunted museums, 186
urban legends, 287
Massachusetts
haunted asylums, 252
haunted caves, 151
haunted cemeteries, 172, 172 (ill.)
haunted forts, 167
haunted hiking trails, 146 (ill.), 146–47
haunted hotels and motels, 208, 211
haunted houses, 219 (ill.), 219–20, 222–23
haunted lighthouses, 122, 123, 124, 126
haunted tunnels, 134
haunted universities and colleges, 261–62, 264–65
Matheny, Sarah, 267
Matilda, Empress, 229
The Matrix, 59
Matthew Whaley Elementary School (Williamsburg, VA), 272
Maurice, Father, 149
Max the Security Guard, 263
Maxwell Street Police Station and Jail (Chicago, IL), 246–47
Mayer, Louis B., 77
Mayfair Theater (Asbury Park, NJ), 349–50
Mayo, Edward, 104
McClaughry, M. W., 222
McClellan, Georgia, 358
McGraw, Gracie, 39
McGraw, Tim, 39
McLean, Don, 40
McMaugh, James, 117
McNeal, Eliza, 314
McQueen, Steve, 85
Meek, Fielding, 184
Meinert, Marion, 355
Meisner, Brett, 40
melatonin, 21
Memorial Stadium (Indiana University), 197
Menger Hotel (San Antonio, TX), 205
Merritton Tunnel (Thorold, ON, Canada), 133
Mexico, haunted railroad tracks, 131–32
Michel, Anneliese, 57
Michelini, Jan, 60
Michigan
haunted bridges, 138
haunted lighthouses, 123, 125, 125 (ill.), 126–27, 128
haunted railroad tracks, 132
urban legends, 289
Midway, USS (ship), 120
Mignola, Mike, 37
Mihaly, Robert, 226
Miller, Frank, 150
Miller, Jim, 189
Milliken, William Mathewson, 187
Minardos, Deborah Ann Montgomery, 81
Miranda, Carmen, 80
missing farmer urban legend (Selma, AL), 291–92
Mission San Buenaventura (CA), 180–81, 181 (ill.)
Mission San Diego de Alcala (CA), 178–79
Mission San Gabriel (CA), 179–80
Mission San Miguel (San Luis Obispo, CA), 179
missions, haunted, 178–81. See also churches, haunted
Mississippi
haunted churches, 178
haunted plantations, 104
Missouri
haunted penitentiaries, 244 (ill.), 245
urban legends, 292
Missouri State Penitentiary (Jefferson City, MO), 244 (ill.), 245
Mist Trail (Yosemite National Park, CA), 148
Mitchell, Lisa, 72
Mitchell, Sarah, 138
Moaning Cavern (Vallecito, CA), 152
Molly Brown House Museum (Denver, CO), 344
Monet, Claude, 187
Monroe, Marilyn, 29, 39, 70, 71, 207
Montague, Florence, 345
Montalbán, Ricardo, 81
Montana, haunted roads, 142–43
Montgomery Biscuits stadium (Montgomery, AL), 196
Montz, Larry, 75
Moon, Keith, 47
Moon River Brewery (Savannah, GA), 212
Moonville Tunnel (Vinton County, OH), 132–33
Moore, Demi, 53
Moore, Henry Lee, 221
Moore, John, 60
Moore, Liz, 60
Moore, Mary Katherine, 220, 221
Moore, Sarah, 123
Moore, William, 123
Moores, Amanda, 38
Moosham Castle (Unternberg, Austria), 229, 232
Morgan, Jeffrey Dean, 62
Morgan, Kate, 207
Morris, Raymond, 297
Morrison, Jim, 40
Morro Castle, SS (ship) (Asbury Park, NJ), 347–48, 348 (ill.)
Moses, William Stainton, 18
Moss, Thelma, 31
Most Holy Trinity Church (Brooklyn, NY), 176
motels, haunted. See hotels and motels, haunted
Mount Prospect Cemetery (Neptune, NJ), 346–47
Mount Rubidoux (CA), 150, 150 (ill.)
mountains, haunted, 354
Mulholland Drive (Hollywood, CA), 86
Muller, J. P. Radan, 124
Munov, Martin, 332
murdered peddler urban legend (Hydesville, NY), 286 (ill.), 286–87
Museum of Shadows (Plattsmouth, NE), 185
museums, haunted, 183–90, 277, 341, 343 (ill.), 343–44, 353 (ill.), 353–54
Myrtles Plantation (St. Francisville, LA), 99–100
N
Nash, Eddie, 76
Nash Road (Columbus, MO), 141–42
Nathan Hall Homestead (Coventry, CT), 186
National Battlefield Park (Marietta, GA), 354
National Cathedral (Washington, DC), 177, 177 (ill.)
Navajo County Courthouse (AZ), 194, 194 (ill.)
Nebraska
haunted caves, 153
haunted museums, 185
Neff, Wallace, 35
Nelson, David, 85 (ill.)
Nelson, Harriett, 85 (ill.), 86
Nelson, Ricky, 85 (ill.)
Neshannock Township, PA, coal mines, 155
Neufeld, Mace, 60
neutral ghosts, 23
Nevada
haunted hotels and motels, 205–6, 206 (ill.)
haunted museums, 187, 188, 188 (ill.), 189
New Jersey
haunted high schools, 272
haunted lighthouses, 122–23, 123 (ill.)
haunted roads, 142, 142 (ill.), 143
New London Ledge Lighthouse (CT), 124
New Mexico
haunted landmarks, 195
haunted roads, 145
paranormal hot spots, 328–29, 329 (ill.)
New River George Bridge (WV), 137
New York
haunted colleges, 263
haunted forts, 169
haunted hotels and motels, 210–11
haunted houses, 218–19, 301–4, 304 (ill.)
haunted lighthouses, 124
sports ghosts, 196
Newley, Anthony, 32
Nichols Canyon (Hollywood, CA), 79
Nickle, Bob, 314
Nickle, Jane, 314
Night Stalker, 322
nightcrawlers, 326
nightcrawlers urban legend (Fresno, CA), 295–96
Nimoy, Leonard, 63
Noftsger Hill Inn Bed and Breakfast (Globe, AZ), 192–93
Norman, Michael, 92
North Carolina
haunted castles, 226
haunted roads, 148
Northumberland ghost ship, 121
Norton Creek Trail (Great Smoky Mountains, NC), 148
Norwich State Hospital (Preston, CT), 254–55, 255 (ill.)
Nova Scotia, poltergeists, 313 (ill.), 313–14
Nurmi, Maila, 50
nursing homes, haunted, 367–68
Nyberg, Leo, 251
O
Oak Alley Plantation (Vacherie, LA), 100, 101 (ill.)
Oakland Cemetery (Iowa City, IA), 175
objects, haunted, 9–11, 10 (ill.)
O’Carroll, Charlotte, 231
O’Carroll, Emily, 231
O’Connor, Donald, 32
Oglethorpe, James, 128
Ohio
haunted bridges, 139
haunted colleges, 264
haunted elementary schools, 274
haunted forts, 167
haunted hospitals, 250, 250 (ill.)
haunted hotels and motels, 210
haunted prisons, penitentiaries, and jails, 242–43, 356–57
haunted universities, 261
Ohio State Penitentiary (Columbus, OH), 243–44
Ohio State Reformatory (Mansfield, OH), 242–43
Ohio University (Athens, OH), 261
Ohlander, Carrie, 217
O.K. Corral (Tombstone, AZ), 190–91, 191 (ill.)
Oklahoma, urban legends, 292
Old Charleston Jail (Charleston, SC), 246
Old Green Eyes, 161
Old Jail (St. Augustine, FL), 241
Old Lady’s Field (Garnerville, NY), 285
Old Milton School (Alton, IL), 273
Old Paulding Jail (Paulding, OH), 356–57
Old Point Loma Lighthouse (San Diego, CA), 124–25
Old Presque Isle lighthouse (Presque Isle, MI), 125, 125 (ill.)
Old Tooele Hospital (Tooele, UT), 248–49
Olympia, USS (ship), 114 (ill.), 114–15
The Omen, 60
Omni Parker House (Boston, MA), 211
O’Neill, Eugene, 265
Ono, Yoko, 38
Ontario
haunted battlefields, 166
haunted lighthouses, 124
haunted tunnels, 133, 133 (ill.)
sports ghosts, 197
Oregon, haunted lighthouses, 124
O’Rourke, Heather, 57, 61–62, 67
Osborne, Frederick, 128
Osment, Hayley Joel, 53
The Others (2001), 53
Ourang Medan (ship), 118
Owen, A. R. G., 9
Owls Head Light State Park (ME), 125–26
Oxford Hotel (Denver, CO), 344–45
Ozark howler urban legend (Ozark Mountains), 292
P
Pahuk Bluff (Lincoln, NE), 153
The Palace (New Orleans, LA), 304–5
Pantages, Alexander, 72
Pantages Theater, 72 (ill.), 72–73
Panteones Metro Station (Mexico), 131–32
Paramount Pictures Studios, 66–67
Paramount Theater (Asbury Park, NJ), 349–50
Parc des Buttes-Chaumont bridge (Paris, France), 137
Parker, Marion, 304
Parker, Perry, 304
parks, haunted, 342
Parks, Lillian Rogers, 91
Parris, George, 125
Parsons, Gram, 41
Parsons, Louella, 65
Pascal, Jean, 351
Passchendaele Battlefield (Belgium), 165–66
The Passion of the Christ, 60
Patterson, Kate, 343
Patterson Inn (Denver, CO), 342
Peabody, Charles, 210
Pearl Jam, 57
Peck, Gregory, 60
Peck, Walter, 152
Pecos Bill, 168
Peel, Simon, 119
penitentiaries, haunted. See prisons, penitentiaries, and jails, haunted
Pennhurst Asylum (Spring City, PA), 252–54, 253 (ill.)
Pennsylvania
haunted airplane crashes, 275
haunted asylums, 252–54, 253 (ill.)
haunted battlefields, 162–64, 163 (ill.), 339, 362 (ill.), 362–63, 367
haunted bridges, 137
haunted cemeteries, 339
haunted churches, 177
haunted hospitals, 251
haunted houses, 295, 358 (ill.), 358–59, 366–67
haunted mines, 155
haunted penitentiaries, 241, 241 (ill.)
haunted universities and colleges, 262–63, 265–67, 266 (ill.)
sports ghosts, 196, 196 (ill.)
Pennsylvania State University (PA), 265–67, 266 (ill.)
Perron, Andrea, 306
Perron, Caroline, 56
Perron, Roger and Carolyn, 306
Perron house (Burrillville, RI), 306
Perry, Rebecca, 105
Pet Sematary, 180
Peterson, Roger, 40
Philadelphia Eastern State Penitentiary (Philadelphia, PA), 241, 241 (ill.)
Philippines, haunted airports, 280
Pickett, George, 363
Pickford, Mary, 35
Pigeon Hill (Kennesaw Mountain, GA), 354
Pima Indians, 327
Pink Lady, 170
Pink Palace, 83
Pippo, 129
Pirate’s House (Savannah, GA), 217–18
Plath, Sylvia, 261
Playfair, Guy Lyon, 312
Plume, Michael, 197
Plunkett, Hugh, 84
Plymouth Lighthouse (Plymouth, MA), 126
Po-Ho-No, 326
Poasttown Elementary School (Cincinnati, OH), 274
Pocatello High School (Pocatello, ID), 270
Poe, Elizabeth, 186
Poe Museum (Richmond, VA), 185 (ill.), 185–86
Poinsett Bridge (Greenville County, SC), 138
Point Lookout (Scotland, MD), 126
Point Sur Lighthouse (CA), 126
Poland, haunted castles, 234
Polanski, Roman, 62
Poltergeist (1982), 60–62, 180
Poor Bear, Thomas, 296
Port Boca Grande lighthouse (Gasparilla, FL), 126
Porter, David, 168
The Possession (2012), 62
Potter Street station (Saginaw, MI), 132
Powell, Colin, 208
Powell, Ottie Cline, 147
Power, Tyrone, Jr., 81
Presley, Elvis, 28 (ill.), 28–29, 66
Presley, Gladys, 29
Preston, Stuart, 264
Preston Castle (Ione, CA), 226
Price, Harry, 315
Price, Vincent, 85
Princess Augusta (ship), 120
Prior, William, 123
prisons, penitentiaries, and jails, haunted, 237–47, 356–57
Pritchard family, 316
Priteca, B. Marcus, 72
psi phenomena, 15
Purgatory Road (Texas Hill Country, TX), 144 (ill.), 145
Purple Masque Theater (Kansas State University, KS), 197
Q
Queen Anne Hotel (San Francisco, CA), 202, 202 (ill.)
Queen Elizabeth, RMS (ship), 110, 111
Queen Mary, RMS (ship), 109–12, 110 (ill.)
Questhaven Road (San Diego County, CA), 139–40
R
Rabindra Sarobar Station (Kolkata, India), 131
Rachmaninoff, Sergei, 71
railroad tracks, haunted, 131–32
Ramirez, Richard, 322
Ramone, Johnny, 80
Ramsey, Elizabeth Pasch, 355
Ramsey, JonBenét, 355
Ramsey, Patsy, 355
Rand, Andre, 291
Randall, Monica, 88
Rappe, Virginia, 81
Rattenbury, Francis, 210
Ray, James Earl, 245
Raynham Hall (Norfolk, England), 224–25
Reagan, Nancy, 93
Red Castle Inn (Nevada City, CA), 204
Red Coach Inn (Niagara Falls, NY), 210–11
Red Garter Inn (Williams, AZ), 191, 194
Red Ladies, 268
Red Rocks Amphitheater (Morrison, CO), 345–46
Reed, William, 179
Reeves, George, 33
Rehmeyer, Nelson, 295
Rehmeyer’s Hollow urban legend (Stewartstown, PA), 295
Resch, Joan and John, 312
residual ghosts, 4
Resurrection Cemetery (Justice, IL), 173
Resurrection Mary, 173
reticular activating system (RAS), 16–17
Reynolds, Henry, 268
Reynolds, Ryan, 55
Rhode Island
haunted houses, 306
haunted lighthouses, 123
Richard, Duke of York, 97
Richard II, King, 316
Richardson, J. P. “Big Bopper,” 39–40
Richardson, John, 60
Ricks, Bernard, 41
Riklis, Meshulam, 36
Ringsby, Gary, 152
Riverdale Road (Thornton, CO), 141
Robertson, Raymond, 290
Robertson, Shelly Burk, 356, 357
Robins, Oliver, 61
Robinson, Bertram Fletcher, 190
Robinson, James W., 214
Robinson, James “Yankee Jim,” 213
Robinson, Sarah, 128
Robinson, William, 128
Robinson-Rose House (San Diego, CA), 214
Rockne, Knute, 262
Rodriguez, Christian, 74
Roelant, Peter, 85
Roenigk, Elise, 203
Roenigk, Marty, 203
Rogers, Buddy, 35
Rogers, Millicent, 33
Roll, William, 312–13, 318 (ill.), 318–19
Rolling Hills Asylum (East Bethany, NY), 256–57
Rolling Stones, 73
Romania
haunted forests, 289
urban legends, 289
Roosevelt, Eleanor, 45
Roosevelt, Franklin D., 35
Roosevelt, Martha Bulloch, 102
Roosevelt, Theodore, 70, 71, 91, 102, 205
Rosemary’s Baby (1968), 62
Route 491 (Four Corners region), 145
Route 2A (Haynesville, ME), 144
Rowland, Lizzie, 104
Roy High School (Roy, UT), 271–72
Rubenstein, Zelda, 61
Rubidoux, Louis, 150
Russ, Joseph, Jr., 214
Russ House (Marianna, FL), 214
Russell, Dan, 88
Russia, haunted battlefields, 166, 166 (ill.)
Ryan, John, 246
S
Sach’s Bridge (Gettysburg, PA), 137
Sacramento Airport (Sacramento, CA), 278
Saginaw River Rear Range lighthouse (Bay City, MI), 126–27
Saint Mary of the Woods College (Terre Haute, IN), 269–70
Salton Sea ghosts urban legend (CA), 287–88
Sampson, Will, 61
San Diego poltergeist (San Diego, CA), 317–18
San Francisco Plantation (Garyville, LA), 101–2
San Juan Mission railroad tracks (San Antonio, TX), 131
San Luis Valley (CO-NM), 328
San Pedro poltergeist (San Pedro, CA), 314–15
Sanford, E. Starr, 227
sanatoriums, haunted, 251–52, 254, 255–56, 366
Sasa Airport (Davao City, Philippines), 280
Sauchie poltergeist (Sauchie, Clackmannanshire, Scotland), 317
Savoy Theater (Asbury Park, NJ), 349–50
Schilling, Margaret, 250
Schnebly, Sedona Arabella Miller, 325
Schnebly, Theodore Carlton, 325
Schoellkopf, William, 210
Schweiger, Jennifer, 291
Scotland
haunted battlefields, 165
haunted castles, 230
poltergeists, 317
Scott, Beth, 92
Scott, Walter, 116
Screaming Tunnel (Niagara Falls, ON), 133, 133 (ill.)
Seaburn, Paul, 42
Seaman, Jonas, 210
Sebring, Jay, 30
Sedgwick, Kyra, 62
Sedona, AZ, 325
Seelbach, Louis, 204
Seelbach, Otto, 204
Seelbach Hilton Hotel (Louisville, KY), 204 (ill.), 204–5
Seguin Island Lighthouse (Bath, ME), 127
Selleck, Tom, 63
Seltzer, David, 60
Senkowski, Ernst, 17
Sensabaugh, Edward, 133
Sensabaugh Tunnel (TN), 133
sentient/intelligent ghosts, 4
serotonin, 21
Serra, Junipero, 150, 178, 179
Seul Choix lighthouse (Gulliver, MI), 127
Shades of Death Road (Warren County, NJ), 143
Shafter, William, 168
Shakespeare, William, 53
Shannon, Fred, 312
The Shawshank Redemption, 242–43
Shelley, Mary, 233
Sherman, Charles R., 210
Sherwood Point Lighthouse (Manistique, MI), 127
The Shining (1977), 53, 64, 180
Shiprock (Four Corners region), 144 (ill.), 145
ships, haunted, 107–22, 347–48, 348 (ill.)
Shotgun Annie, 285
Shumaker, John F., 24
Shutt, Tim, 264
Shyamalan, M. Night, 53
Sickles, Daniel, 339
Sierra Sky Ranch and Resort (Oakhurst, CA), 254
Silent Movie Theater, 74
Silver Cliff Cemetery (Silver Cliff, CO), 173
Silverpilen, 130
Singapore, haunted railroad tracks, 131
Singaporean MRT station (Bishan, Singapore), 131
The Sixth Sense (1999), 53
Skinwalker Ranch (Ballard, UT), 333–35
Slimer, 53
Smiley, George, 194
Smith, Carl, 189
Smith, Edward J., 113
Smith, Will, 24 (ill.)
Smith College (Northampton, MA), 261–62
Smithsonian Institution museum complex, 184–85
Snedeker, Allen and Carmen, 305
Snedeker house (Southington, CT), 305
Snidow, Conley T., 173
sound stages and studios, 64–68
South Carolina
haunted bridges, 138
haunted hotels and motels, 211 (ill.), 211–12
haunted jails, 246
urban legends, 289
South Dakota
haunted high schools, 271
haunted mines, 154
urban legends, 296
Southern Airways Flight 242
plane crash (New Hope, GA), 354–55
Spanish Military Hospital (St.
Augustine, FL), 249
Spearfinger, 148
Spelling, Aaron, 81
Spielberg, Steven, 60, 63, 66, 180
Spruce Railroad Trail (Olympic National Park, WA), 148
Spungen, Nancy, 41
St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church (Staten Island, NY), 176–77
St. Augustine, FL, children ghosts, 359–60
St. Augustine lighthouse (St. Augustine, FL), 127
St. George’s Episcopal Church (Fredericksburg, VA), 177
St. James Episcopal Cemetery (Marietta, GA), 355
St. James Theater (Asbury Park, NJ), 349–50
St. Louis Cemetery (New Orleans, LA), 173–74
St. Louis Light (AB, Canada), 130
St. Mary’s-in-Tuxedo Church (Tuxedo, NY), 176
St. Paul’s Cemetery (Key West, FL), 178
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church (Key West, FL), 178
St. Simons, GA, lighthouse, 127–28
Stalin, Joseph, 97
Stalingrad Battlefield (Volgograd, Russia), 166, 166 (ill.)
The Stand (King), 249
Stanley, Flora, 201
Stanley Hotel (Estes Park, CO), 201–2
Starkey, Zak, 45
Steinem, Gloria, 261
Stevens, John, 128
Stevens, R. Gregory, 32
Stewart, Mrs., 100
Stilley, Frank, 223
Stilley, Minerva, 223
Stilley-Young House (Jefferson, TX), 223–24, 224 (ill.)
Stillinger, Lena, 221
Stoney Creek Battlefield (ON, Canada), 166
Stony Point Battlefield (Rockland County, NY), 164–65
Stony Point Lighthouse (Rockland County, NY), 165
Story, H. L., 206
Stovepipe Hat Bigfoot, 296
Stubbersfield, Joe, 284
Stull Cemetery (Stull, KS), 174
Styler, Trudie, 44
submarine, spectral, 122
Sullivan, Bridget, 219
Summit Elementary School (Amarillo, TX), 273
Sundher, Taj, 76
Superstition Mountains (Phoenix, AZ), 327–28
Sutton, “Slick Willie,” 241
Suvarnabhumi Airport (Thailand), 280
Swallow Cave (Nahant, MA), 151
Swanson, Gloria, 35
Swayze, Patrick, 53
Sweeney, John, 61
Switzer, Carl Dean, 81
Syme, Jennifer, 59
T
Taku-he, 296
Taunton State Hospital (Taunton, MA), 249–50, 325
Taylor, Elizabeth, 34
Taylor, Lily, 57
TCL Chinese Theater, 75 (ill.), 75–76
Tebb, William, 298
Tehrani, Jamie, 284
Tejada, Valerie, 69
Tenerife Airport (Canary Islands), 281
Tennessee
haunted high schools, 270
haunted hiking trails, 147
haunted tunnels, 133
Tennessee High School (Bristol, TN), 270
Texas
haunted elementary schools, 273
haunted high schools, 270–71, 271 (ill.)
haunted hotels and motels, 205
haunted houses, 223–24, 224 (ill.)
haunted museums, 189
haunted railroad tracks, 131
haunted roads, 145
haunted universities, 269
urban legends, 292
Texas State University (San Marcos, TX), 269
Thackray Medical Museum (Leeds, West Yorkshire, England), 190
Thailand, haunted airports, 280
theaters, haunted, 72–76, 72 (ill.), 75 (ill.), 198–99, 349–50, 364–66
Thomas, Dylan, 41
Thomas, Hannah, 126
Thomas, John, 126
Three Men and a Baby (1987), 62–63
Tibble, Derek, 278
Tierney, Jean, 53
Titanic, RMS (ship), 107–8, 108 (ill.), 112, 113
Todd, Dewey, Sr., 80
Tonopah Cemetery (Tonopah, NV), 205–6
Topeka High School (Topeka, KS), 271
Torquay Museum (Devon, England), 189–90
Torrence, Dean Ormsby, 78
Tower of London (London, England), 96 (ill.), 96–97
Townshend, Dorothy Walpole, 225
Towton Battlefield (Towton, England), 167
Trans-Allegheny Asylum (Weston, WV), 257 (ill.), 257–58
Travers, Jerome E., 64
Trimble, Marshall, 245
Truman, Margaret, 91
Trumbauer, William, 268
Trump, Donald, 45
Tucciardo, Fran, 88
Tulloch Castle (Ross-Shire, England), 230, 231 (ill.) tulpas, 8–9
tunnels, haunted, 132–34, 133 (ill.)
Tunnels One, Two, and Three (central CO), 133–34
Tuomi, Steven, 52
Turnbull Canyon (Puente Hills, CA), 321–22, 322 (ill.)
Turner, John, 222
Turner-Ingersoll Mansion (Salem, MA), 222
Turnupseed, Donald, 49
Turpin, Dick, 278–79, 279 (ill.)
Tutu, Desmond, 340
The Twilight Zone (1983), 63
Two Guns, CA, 152
U
ubasute, 146
Udovich, Alfred, 276
UFOs
Skinwalker Ranch (Ballard, UT), 334
Yosemite National Park, CA, 327
Union Cemetery (Easton, CT), 176
Union Station (Phoenix, AZ), 132
United Airlines Flight 93 crash (Shanksville, PA), 275
Universal Studios, Stage 28, 65, 65 (ill.)
universities, haunted. See colleges and universities, haunted
University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign, IL), 269
University of Montevallo (Montevallo, AL), 268
University of Notre Dame (Notre Dame, IN), 262
Unterweger, Jack, 54
Urbana High School (Urbana, IL), 272
U.S. Grant Hotel (San Diego, CA), 207
Utah
haunted roads, 145
V
Valencia, SS (ship), 118
Valens, Ritchie, 39
Valentino, Rudolph, 33–34, 67, 71, 80
Vallee, Rudy, 83
Van Sickle, James, 74
vanishing hitchhiker urban legends, 293
Vasquez, Julio, 319
Vermont, haunted bridges, 137–38
Vesey, Denmark, 246
Vicious, Sid, 41
Victoria, Queen, 18
Villisca Axe Murder House (Villisca, IA), 220–22, 221 (ill.)
Virginia
haunted battlefields, 161–62, 164
haunted churches, 177
haunted hiking trails, 147
haunted museums, 185 (ill.), 185–86
haunted tunnels, 134
Vogue Theater (Hollywood, CA), 75
W
Waldeck Mine (NV), 154
Wales, haunted landmarks, 225
Walke, Sally Rebecca, 104
Walker, Clifford, 217
Walking Sam urban legend (Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, SD), 296
Walling, Alonzo, 199
Walpole, Lady Dorothy, 19 (ill.)
Waltz, Jacob, 327
Walworth Castle (County Durham, England), 230
Walz, John, 171
Wan, James, 56
Warehouse of Tropication Arts poltergeist (Miami, FL), 319
Warm Springs Canyon Road (Death Valley National Park, CA), 149
Warner, Sam, 74
Warren, Lorraine, 57, 187, 303, 305, 305 (ill.)
Warrens’ Occult Museum (CT), 186–87
Washburn, Oscar, 135
Washington, D.C.
haunted churches, 177, 177 (ill.)
Washington (state), haunted roads, 147–48
Waterfront Station (Vancouver, BC), 132
Watson, Margaret Frances, 171
Watson, Wales, 171
Waverly Hills (Louisville, KY), 258–59
Waverly Hills Sanatorium (Louisville, KY), 366
Waverly Mansion and Gardens (West Point, MS), 104
Wayne, Anthony, 165
Webb, Clifton, 81
Weber, William, 303
Wells, Henry, 263
Wells College (Aurora, NY), 263
Wengert, Cyril S., 187
West, Ti, 58
West Virginia
haunted amusement parks, 173
haunted asylums, 257 (ill.), 257–58
haunted bridges, 137
haunted penitentiaries, 240–41
West Virginia Moundsville Penitentiary (Moundsville, WB), 240–41
Westminster Hall and Burying Grounds (Baltimore, MD), 174, 176
Whaley, Anna, 213
Whaley, Matthew, 272
Whaley, Violet, 213
Whaley House (San Diego, CA), 212–14, 213 (ill.)
White, Gaylord, 173
White, John, 96
White, Leslie T., 84
White River lighthouse (Whitehall, MI), 128
White River Monster urban legend (Newport, AR), 293
Whitehead, Mae, 30
Whittier, John Greenleaf, 120
Wiestling, George, 267
Wilde, Oscar, 48
Wilhelmina, Queen, 92
William Kehoe House (Savannah, GA), 217
Williams, Hank, 42
Williams, JoBeth, 61, 61 (ill.)
Williams, Robbie, 45
Williamson, Thomas, 104
Willin, Melvin, 91
Willis, Bruce, 53
Wilson, Ellen, 92
Wilson, Patricia, 204
Winchester, William Wirt, 215
Winchester Mystery House (San Jose, CA), 214–16, 215 (ill.)
Winfield Hall, 88
Winthrop, John, 172
Wirz, Henry, 242
Wisconsin, haunted roads, 144
Witch House (Salem, MA), 223
Witch Wonderful, 151
Wonderland Murders House (Hollywood, CA), 76
Wood, Rose, 93
Wood, William, 199
Woodstock, Percy, 310
Woodward, Bob, 45
Woolworth, Frank Winfield, 88
Wrigley Field (Chicago, IL), 195
Wutherich, Rolf, 49
Wyckoff, Clarence, 228
Wyckoff, William O., 228
Wyckoff Castle (Cape Vincent, NY), 228
Wyoming Coal Fields (Scranton, PA), 155
Y
Yanchitis, James, 332
Yorba Cemetery (Yorba Linda, CA), 170
Yosemite National Park (CA), 325–27, 326 (ill.)
Young, Charlie, 224
Young, George Hampton, 104
Young, Leslie, 223
Yuma Territorial Prison (Yuma, AZ), 245–46
Z
Zadora, Pia, 36
Zak Bagans’ Haunted Museum (Las Vegas, NV), 187, 188 (ill.), 188–89
Zdunk, Barbara, 234
Zevon, Warren, 40
Zombie Road (Glencoe, MO), 140–41
Zvikov Castle (Czech Republic), 233