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Published by FrightFind On April 25, 2024

Taking a trip to Italy is already special, but what if you could find the most haunted places there? This list features some of the most haunted places in Italy and where you can find them. These haunted locations will excite you to into exploring more of what this beautiful country offers.

Each of these locations has a very special tale to tell. From creepy witches to haunted hospitals, all of the spots will have your adrenaline pumping and heart racing. If you are looking for a creepy, good time in Italy, all of these spots will keep you on the edge of your seat.

Haunted Places in Italy Not To Miss

Poveglia Island- Venice

Poveglia Island- Venice

Poveglia Island is known as one of the most haunted places in the world. For years, it has been off-limits to visitors; however, there is a way that you can see it. If you are taking a boat ride in Venice, you will be able to catch glimpses of the haunted island. This island is incredibly terrifying, but there is also some controversy that comes along with it.

What makes this island so haunted? It is known as an island of death. There were over 160,000 plague victims who lost their lives here. More than half of the soil on the island contains human remains. On some parts of the island, you can see human skeletons out in the open. This island was filled with death, pain, and punishment. Not only that, but there was an asylum on the island as well. The amount of ghosts and spirits on this island is not for the faint of heart.

Castello Di Montebello

The Haunted Castello Di Montebello

One of the creepiest stories to come out of Italy is about this haunted castle. The mystery of a little girl who was murdered still haunts this castle. It happened on June 21, 1375. A child, who was five years old named Guendalina was outside the castle playing. Her father was the Lord Ugolinuccio da Montebello. The child generally had two guards by her no matter what. The child also needed to be protected because she was albino and couldn’t be out in the sun. She was known in the village as Azzurrina, the little blue one, because of her bright blue eyes.

When her father came out to see where his child was, he and the guards could not find her. It turns out that she was running after a cloth ball and ended up downstairs. She went to the dungeon, and this is where she supposedly was murdered. There is still no real answer as to what happened to the child, but when people come to visit the castle they think that they see her ghost. Visitors can hear her cries; some have seen her piercing blue eyes. The rumor is that she cries on the summer solstice every five years.

Evil Tower: Castello Di Poppi

Evil Tower: Castello Di Poppi

For those who love a haunted experience, the Evil Tower is one that you just can’t miss. There is a spirit that many visitors have seen here named Matelda. She was a beautiful Italian woman who was arrested for the murder of her lover. She was given the death sentence, and her ghost just couldn’t stay away from the tower.

Matilda haunts the castle and plenty of visitors have seen and heard her walking the castle. She was a maid there, so she spent most of her time trying to find laundry or cleaning the rooms of the castle. Visitors have felt her presence all over the castle and some have mentioned that her ghost does seem heartbroken.

Catacombs of Rome

Catacombs of Rome

For ghost hunters who enjoy going to underground haunts, the Catacombs of Rome are just the place for you. These are ancient burial grounds, meaning many spirits just lingering about. Rome had some strict laws about burials inside of the city, and these underground passages were a place for those who wanted to bury their loved ones.

There have been at least 40 different catacombs discovered in Rome, but not all of them have public access. These catacombs are narrow tunnels of darkness where ghost hunters and paranormal seekers can tap into a whole world of the terrifying. The catacombs house thousands of mummified bodies and skeletons sure to creep you out.

The House of Souls: Genoa

The House of Souls: Genoa

For those in search of some haunted thrills, The House of Souls in Genoa is the place to be. Many haven’t dared to spend one whole night here, but if you do, you are in for it. The house is uninhabited, but there have been plenty of ghost sightings and sounds of moaning coming from inside. These sinister sounds will keep anyone away, but if you are seeking some creepiness, this is the place to go.

Some legends have stemmed from this house. It was an inn in the past and one legend states that the owners were murdered here. When the house was an inn, they used lowered ceilings, and in one of the rooms, the killer lowered the ceiling and it ended up crushing the owners in their sleep. The killer then used the help of a gang to get rid of the bodies. These could be the real reason that visitors hear the terrifying sounds of them at night.

Abandoned Hospital: Colorno

Abandoned Hospital: Colorno

Ghost hunters from all over the world have been known to seek out abandoned hospitals. The hospital in Colorno is located in the province of Parma. In 1873, it was used as a shelter when cholera broke out. Not only did the sick seek shelter here, but soon, it led to a place for vagrants, sex workers, and abandoned children. The conditions here were anything but hygienic, and there was a lot of death here.

After the hospital got a facelift, it became a psychiatric hospital. While it was a hospital, the methods that were used here varied from straightjackets and electroshock therapy. The windows all had bars on them, and those who lived here were not treated well. With all of the souls who passed away here, those who come to visit the abandoned hospital have heard moans and screams and even seen people walking around crying. This is where plenty of souls were lost.

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The haunted places in Italy are the perfect spot for thrill seekers. If you have explored any of these spots, feel free to share your experiences and pictures with us. We are ready to hear about your haunted adventures.

Published by FrightFind On May 5, 2022

Are prisons and jails really haunted? For most people, the aforementioned places are among the least likely that they would associate with ghostly hauntings and mysterious supernatural occurrences. These penitentiary systems are designed to formally correct and house convicted offenders, but instead many more paranormal investigators today are discovering that they all are actively haunted locations. Here’s a list of six sinister jails and prisons where they serve sentences…..afterlife sentences.

Alcatraz Prison

San Francisco Bay

Haunted Alcatraz Island

Built on a supremely small island in San Francisco Bay, Alcatraz Prison was designed to hold some of the worst federal prison offenders at the time of its opening in 1934. Surrounded by raging bay waters that sharks were partial to swimming, “The Rock” as it was known, housed such reputed gangsters as Al Capone and Machine Gun Kelly. However, it wasn’t until the prison closed in 1963 that adventurers and tourists made their way to Alcatraz and discovered that it most certainly wasn’t abandoned….at least by the living.

If you are looking to get right to the action, Cell 14 of D-Block is perhaps the most haunted. This area was notoriously referred to as “The Hole”, containing small rooms with no light and minimal human contact. During its operation, a prisoner was said to have been screaming all night about a grey creature with red eyes that was staring at him, only to be found the next morning mysteriously strangled to death.

Groups, ghost tours, and historical outings to Alcatraz occur with regularity and in 2014 a pair of British tourists found something shocking. During a routine snapshot of a cell, they found on the photograph the ghost of a woman staring back at them. As if the creep-out factor wasn’t high enough, strange gusts of wind, banging noises, cold spots, and eerie banjo music said to be played by none other than Al Capone’s ghost are still heard today!

Pottawattamie County Jail 

Council Bluffs, Iowa

Haunted Pottawattamie County Jail

Constructed in 1885, this three-story Victorian-styled county jail is the most unique in the Midwest, for among other things it contains rotating “squirrel’s cage” jail cells. However it is not so much the haunts inside these cages that are cause for paranormal concern, but those on the outside instead.

During its eighty-four-year operation, it served as the main jail for those awaiting trial and also those serving misdemeanant sentences. That’s why when the jail was decommissioned and closed, the first spirit paranormal group discovered was a little girl in a tan dress. Historically children weren’t inmates there, but the prevailing theory is that she was buried under the spot where the historic jail was built. She is best known to peek out behind jail cell corners and also tug at the shirttails of touring visitors.

Four inmates have been known to have died in the jail, and they’re not the only active spirits in the place. Inside the old guard quarters, the cabinets have been known to be thrust open and then mysteriously banged shut by an unseen force. Inmates on furlough from the cells? Or guards who still feel committed to watching the place in the afterlife? Regular tours are still held today, so grab your EMF reader and you make the call.

West Virginia Penitentiary

Moundsville, West Virginia

West Virginia Penitentiary

You just know that prison has to be haunted when it’s the oldest one to be found in a state. Built from 1863 to 1875 when West Virginia had just seceded from the state of Virginia, the West Virginia Penitentiary is one haunted place. During its fantastic one hundred and twenty-year run as a prison, it has racked up a chilling amount of haunted tales to keep people awake at night. Violence in the prison was so rampant it was labeled as one of “the ten most violent prisons in America” by the Federal Government. Just who is at the top of the paranormal list in this one?

An entity known as the “Shadow Man” is said to reign supernatural supreme there. Thought to be the spirit of former inmate R.D. Wall, this intimidatingly large and shadowy figure was convicted of the sexual assault of women. As it would turn out, female ghost hunters and tourists to the prison have reported a feeling of being watched as well as having an unseen hand grab them by the shoulder.

Further down near the infamous “Sugar Shack” area of cellblocks is that which formerly belong to an inmate named Red Snyder. Serving time for arson and murder, Snyder was savagely stabbed to death in his cell. Today ghost hunters have picked up an astonishing amount of profanity-laden EVPs believed to be from Snyder himself, who screams that people are invading his personal cell space and are to leave at once. The penitentiary does host a bevy of historical, photographic and of course paranormal tours here. In fact, it has recently been the site of Para-Con, one of the hottest upcoming paranormal conventions around.

Wyoming Territory Prison

Rawlins, Wyoming

The Wyoming Frontier Prison

Gold hit the Wyoming Territory hard in the late1800s, and with all the ruthless prospectors, daredevil gamblers, and cutthroat outlaws, a prison was most needed. Opened in 1901, it wasn’t long before the prison accepted the death penalty via hanging until 1916 when the gas chamber was officially put in.

Child murderer Andrew Pixley was on record as being the person who took the longest to die in the gas chamber, as he laughed for over two minutes until he was finally dead. It should come as no surprise that ghost hunting groups and visitors to the prison hear an eerie laugh coming from near the execution chamber! Even creepier is the fact that on the day of his death, a black cat was said to have somehow found its way near the execution. Fast forward to today, and people have reported seeing a black cat slink around in Pixley’s former cell. Informal seances involving a candle placed in Pixley’s cell have reportedly been blown out, only to mysteriously relight itself moments later.

Perhaps even more terrifying is the spirit of former inmate Frank Wigfall, who killed a beloved prison employee in the outside world. When arrested and convicted of his crime, once back at the prison he was viciously hung with a rope by inmates off an upper floor cellblock railing. There has been a couple of reports of the ghostly image of a man being pushed off and hung with a spectral rope in full view of the living. Over the decades, the prison took on many different names and stately owners before being closed in 1981.

A piece of Wyoming history, in 1988, a local joint power board for preservation helped to establish the site as a prison museum that remains in operations today, where tours are given with regularity. Being a highly rated, historically thrilling tour, it’s one of the more popular tourist experiences in the state and can almost guarantee that for some, they will be scared straight!

Ohio State Reformatory

Mansfield, Ohio

The Haunted Ohio State Reformatory

Over three stories tall, and designed with a German-influenced Romanesque castle-like appearance, the Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield, Ohio is an intimidating presence. Thought to have housed over 155,000 men in its one hundred and four-year operation, the prison has been unaffectionately known to locals as “Dracula’s Castle”. Surely with that many inmates, lots of them would be theorized to haunt the place, however, this is found to be incorrect. It is not an inmate that is the most active ghost here but in fact a former warden’s wife.

Former warden Arthur Glattke’s late wife Helen is reputed to be haunting places all around the prison as her spectral image shows up in the most unlikely of places. Accompanying her spirit is the scent of sweet roses, which were said to be a particular favorite of hers and ghost hunters usually encounter one sensory experience before the other surfaces. Former prison guard Frank Hanger is another non-inmate said to be haunting the reformatory. Brutally murdered by an inmate, Hanger is said to linger around tour groups and if someone is dawdling too long or forever taking their time going upstairs, Hanger’s ghost is said to give them a supernatural shove!

Today the Ohio State Reformatory has been taken over by a group that has cleaned up the prison and regularly runs and hosts paranormal tours and events on-site. And as with most people who visit, this was indeed the same prison used for the filming of the Academy Award Nominated film from Stephen King’s book, The Shawshank Redemption.

Missouri State Penitentiary

Jefferson City, Missouri

Missouri State Prison

You just know that prison has the potential for paranormal and supernatural activity when Time Magazine once referred to this prison as, “the bloodiest 47 acres in America!” Built way back in 1836, the Missouri State Penitentiary was no stranger to the death penalty. With the addition of a gas chamber, over forty inmates were put to death in it, including a pair of child murderers turned lovers named Bonnie Heady and Carl Austin. Decades later after their 1953 executions there, EVPs there are at an all-time high including such soundbites from beyond as, “stay”, “love”, and “kill”.

Prison deaths at Missouri State were exceptionally violent. One inmate named John McBroom had run afoul of some inmates he was sharing a cellblock with who believed him to be an informer for the prison guards. During breakfast call early one morning a pair of inmates charged into his cell, using a pair of broken scissors as a weapon. They stabbed him repeatedly in the eyes and skull and he ended up bleeding to death before he was ever found. Years later, visitors to the prison have reported seeing a pale white apparition of what appears to be a man, bleeding profusely out of his eye sockets, wandering around the cell walkways.

This formidable and chilling prison is still standing today. A collection of paranormal, historical, and photography tours of Missouri State are available in both public and private capacities for those looking to get a glimpse inside the infamous walls. These highly affordable and guided tours are some of the best that are offered for a haunted location such as this.

Published by FrightFind On August 7, 2020

No other city in the United States has more haunted cemeteries within a city limit radius than New Orleans. Plots of land, some carved out centuries ago, were fashioned with beautifully haunting architecture that remains standing to this very day. Here’s a list of the top five haunted graveyards in New Orleans and why you should visit them.

St. Louis No. 1 Cemetery

St. Louis Cemetery No. 1

Right in the heart of New Orleans, St. Louis No. 1 Cemetery is the most visited and most popular cemetery in all of New Orleans, let alone in the United States. Named after the nearby St. Louis Catholic Church inside the famous French Quarter, this beautifully gothic graveyard dates back all the way to 1789 when the first groups of locals were to be buried there. One of the most prevailing theories is that the activity in the St. Louis No. 1 is high because of its most famous posthumous resident. The Voodoo Queen herself, Madame Marie Laveau is buried inside the cemetery gates.

Another popular grave and spirit inside the St. Louis No. 1 is that of 19th Century sailor Henry Vignes who is said to haunt his family’s tomb. For decades visitors have talked about a tall, pale-looking man with intense eyes who appears from out of nowhere and asks if anyone has seen his papers before disappearing behind a headstone. Restrictions in the cemetery are tight and anyone wishing to visit is better served with signing up for one of the local daylight tour groups.

St. Roch Cemetery

St. Roch Cemetery, New Orleans

The little known St. Roch Cemetery in the middle of the city has earned a reputation of being one of the more haunted places to visit. The history behind the origin of the St. Roch neighborhood goes back to the mid-1800s. The cemetery itself holds one of the rare paranormal distinctions of having a ghost dog on the premises which itself is ironic considering St. Roch is a patron saint for dogs. Over the years many visitors have seen a big black dog with shadow-esque features strolling throughout the rows of headstones. Another ghostly specter resident to the cemetery is simply known locally as “the Hooded Ghost.” There’s no known origin to this spirit that is described as wearing a dark-colored robe with a hood. The Hooded Ghost’s face has yet to ever fully be revealed which certainly notches up the scare factor on this cemetery.

Lafayette No. 1 Cemetery

Lafayette Cemetery No. 1, New Orleans

No numerical relation to St. Louis Cemetery No 1. and situated within the famous Garden District of New Orleans. This very haunted cemetery is dated all the way back to 1832 and holds one of the larger amounts of Irish graves anywhere to be found. People who fell victim to the Saffron Scourge yellow fever epidemic of the 1800s were buried here and it is believed to contain over 7,000 graves, but also contains an untold number of ghosts and spirits as well.

The most fascinating aspect about the Lafayette No. 1 Cemetery is that it’s not haunted by a spate of famous ghosts from historical tombs on the property so much as the haunted reputation is based on the visitor experiences with the paranormal here. Strange sounds run the gamut in the permanently haunted grounds as walking tour visitors have been known to hear sobbing within close earshot. Tears in such a place are to be expected, but not when nobody else is standing around you at all! EVPs (electronic voice phenomena) have been captured in all areas of the cemetery grounds to include the words: “hospital”, “fever”, and “help me”. A burial plot here is rumored to cost upwards of $200,000 for a family, which combined with the paranormal factor makes this an absolute must-see!

Metairie Cemetery

Metairie Cemetery in New Orleans

The Metairie Cemetery sits in the lower easter portion of the Metairie area which of course is just a couple miles north of downtown New Orleans proper. One of the more popular haunted areas of this cemetery is the grave of a former New Orleans madam named Josie Arlington who helped run the red-light district areas of the city which flowed from her own prestigious brothel. Josie’s mausoleum at the Metairie stands nearly twelve feet tall and is built entirely out of granite. Most impressive is the granite statue of a woman whose hand is lovingly placed against the doors as if she were in mourning.

The most haunting aspect of this tomb is that visitors and sextons employed at the cemetery have claimed that the statue has disappeared completely at times and reappeared in other parts of the cemetery! The bizarre paranormal activity doesn’t stop there with this particular grave, as on Valentines Day every year (the anniversary of Josie’s death) the granite flames atop her former tomb are said to briefly turn into fire and burn before physically manifesting back into granite!

Big Woods Cemetery

Big Woods Cemetery

Alright, this one is admitted located outside of New Orleans in Edgerley, but for those who just love a ghost-filled cemetery to visit, then this one is surely a must-do on any ghost tour. Consecrated back in 1827, the grounds are officially haunted by a mysterious entity dubbed, “The Gatekeeper”. Oral legends from area locals claim that the stories began with people witnessing a brightly lit mist that would float about the cemetery in the dead of night. Nobody has ever been known to approach it as those (un)fortunate enough to see it have explained that there is a sense of dread and uneasiness. Visitors to Big Woods have claimed that upon coming across the shadow of the Gatekeeper, they immediately look to leave the cemetery only to find that their car engines fail to start preventing a hasty escape! This cemetery is well worth the visit for any paranormal enthusiast.

Published by FrightFind On March 30, 2020

Among some of the oldest buildings out there in America today are our universities. The age of these college campuses even surpasses that of some statehoods being founded. Think you’re really alone in the library on a quiet evening studying? Was your dormitory part of an unholy campus ritual? Check out this list for some of the most haunted universities in the entire United States.

The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Among the many secondary battle sites of the Civil War is the city of Chattanooga, Tennessee. In a supernatural twist, it is not the Civil War battle sites around the city that are reputed to be haunted, instead, it is the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga that is said to hold all the ghosts. Hooper Hall has doors opening or slamming with nobody there and heavy fast footsteps on the antiquated tile floor.

Students report feeling watched by an unseen presence that seems to bring a chill with it. Despite being an on-campus church, the Patten Chapel is haunted by the spirit of a woman dressed in white. She has been seen in both the daytime as well as nighttime, drifting for an instant by stunned students and agog faculty members. Disembodied Civil War soldier spirits in the former medical college building? This university definitely has a 4.0 in Ghosts 101!

Marquette University

Haunted Marquette University

Marquette University was founded all the way back in 1881 and stands as a private Roman Catholic school that was initially built by the Jesuits to help with the influx of the German immigrant population at the time. But being built by such holy men and means, is it safe from the supernatural?

One of the most haunted places on campus is within the Schroeder Hall dormitory, particularly on the ninth floor is where most activity is said to have taken place. One student in a room is reported to reach for his Rosary and have his ankle snap! Disembodied sounds and shadows got so bad at one point in time that a priest was brought in to bless the room to quiet down any activity. Another student claimed that ectoplasm had even begun leaking down a wall at one point in their room. And even at Mashuda Hall, objects that levitated and moved caused such a disturbance that there is a long-standing rumor around campus that an actual exorcism was performed in the hall so as to end the paranormal activity.

Penn State University

Haunted Penn State University

Long considered to be one of the premier universities in the northeast area, Penn State University has been a cornerstone for academia to all those seeking higher knowledge. But your friends at FrightFind are here to tell you, they’ve got ghosts! A campus library is said to hold the spirit of a murdered student who to this very day still tries to break through to the living to reveal her murderer. Atherton Hall is one of the oldest on campus, and it should come as no surprise to anyone that it has a ghost, the spirit of Frances Atherton, the late wife of the school’s former president. Doors slamming and odd noises sure, but at other times her spirit has been spotted as if checking in on the students.

Schwab Auditorium is another campus haunt that many believe contains the spirit of a former janitor who still makes their presence known. Scratching sounds about the floor, doors opening and closing, heavy footsteps in empty areas, and objects being mysteriously relocated are just a few of the reported phenomena. Extra Credit: In 2006, former student Ryan Buell founded the Paranormal Research Society (PRS) at Penn State. It was a homegrown club on campus that met up to investigate paranormal cases in the surrounding tri-state area. Their paranormal adventures were later chronicled in the smash-hit television show, Paranormal State.

Iowa State University

Haunted Iowa State University

Iowa State may have been founded back in 1858, but it’s very possible that the spirits haunting this campus were there a long time before that. Farm House on campus is said to be haunted by the spirits of two different women who once lived there. While the Farm House is a museum today, the curtains have been spotted by students and visitors mysteriously swaying with nobody in the room. On more than one occasion a female spirit has been seen to manifest and one frightened woman was said to have approached and greeted the spirit before it disappeared into thin air.

Fisher Theatre is still haunted by the spirit of a long-time acting professor who once directed some of the finest plays from her wheelchair. In a chilling turn of events, her wheelchair was donated to the program and still used by the students in plays. And guess what? That very wheelchair has been seen moving and turning….with nobody in it!

The University of Georgia

University of Georgia

Like in any good horror film, the most haunted place on a university campus is the sorority. Prior to serving as a sorority house, the Alpha Gamma Delta mansion was actually home to a wealthy Athens family. However, the happy home turned into tragedy when the eldest daughter hung herself after being stood up at the wedding altar.

The spirit named Isabel haunts in a variety of ways. The most innocuous is her turning the lights on and off at odd times, along with the occasional door opening or closing to its residents. However the most terrifying of these paranormal acts is that some young women who are getting themselves dressed in front of a mirror have seen the reflection of Isabel in the mirror staring back at them! Demosthenian Hall is yet another one of the university’s many haunted buildings where an ashen grey spirit has manifested to scare some students out of the building completely.

Yale University

The Haunted Yale University

Found in 1701, Yale is the third oldest university in the United States so you just know there are a few ghosts there. On campus is the chilling Wrexham Tower which has its share of dark history. . According to campus lore, three different students at one time or another committed suicide in a third-floor suite there. Intermittently, over the years various students have reported paranormal activity in this particular suite to involve freezing temperatures, voices, and doors opening, and closing, all associated with classic poltergeist behavior. As a result of the complaints, Yale has had the room completely sealed to prevent any further dark manifestations from happening.

Outside beneath the New Haven Green walkways used to be an actual burial ground during the Revolutionary War, but bodies were relocated at some point in the 19th Century to the Grove Street Cemetery. Bodies mismatched with headstones have given further credence to the belief that the spiritual grounds of Yale are quite restless and thus the abundance of ghostly hauntings here.

Gettysburg College

Gettysburg College

Gettysburg College was founded in 1832, some thirty years before the Civil War and its bloody exploits charged through. Penn Hall is said to be the most haunted place on campus because, after its early construction, the building was used as a temporary field hospital during the Battle of Gettysburg. Reports of the paranormal activity here start innocent enough with lights mysteriously flickering on and off without any provocation or explanation. There are sudden thudding sounds and whispering voices that can be heard in the halls from time to time.

However, it is the basement area of Penn Hall that is the most frightening. Students and campus workers have taken the elevator to the basement and once the doors open, a fully-fledged and manifest Civil War ghost hospital scene is taking place before their very eyes! Virtually all of the other campus haunts here involve Civil War soldier spirits in some varying capacity, making it one of the only college campuses in the United States to be haunted exclusively by spirits from this era in American history.

Ohio University

Haunted Ohio University

First constructed all the way back in 1804, Ohio University in the sleepy town of Athens is totally unsuspecting on the surface. However, looking closer this quiet campus has more than its share of noisy spirits. Wilson Hall is the most haunted building on campus and Room 428 is often thought of as the epicenter.

Disembodied voices are said to be heard emanating from the room as well along with on and off again pockets of freezing cold air. The activity has been surprisingly real as objects have been seen both levitating and being thrown across the room by an unseen force! In fact, students have claimed to see very demonic-looking faces in the door and threshold of the room. Oral campus legends have propagated that a former female student practiced astral projection among many other things in the room and quite possibly opened up a doorway. Odds are whatever came through didn’t adhere to the admissions policy exactly.

Fordham University

Haunted Fordham University

Constructed by the labor and means of the Catholic Church via the Jesuits, Fordham University in Manhattan is one of the oldest in New York City. Is it haunted? With the supremely gothic architecture and design on the outside and the stories that have leaked out, we sure think so! Martyr’s Court is a cross-section area of campus that holds two antiquated residence halls. Students in the dormitory there have for decades seen the spirit of a little girl with blonde hair who peeps from around corners in the bathrooms only to disappear when approached.

Keating Hall (in 1973 Keating Hall was used as a filming location for the legendary horror film The Exorcist) had a campus security officer doing a routine safety check for the building only for him to flee in terror as chairs in one commons area were wildly being thrown about the room by an unseen entity! Across campus at Queen’s Court, things were so active one night that a resident Jesuit priest who stayed on campus actually had to perform a ritual blessing to ward off the spirits that caused him and the students in the hall not to get any sleep.

Flagler College

Flagler College

St. Augustine is the oldest city in the United States and it should come as no surprise that its very own Flagler College is quite haunted! Said to be haunting Flagler College is none other than the spirit of its namesake, Henry Flagler himself. His death may have been in 1913, but that hasn’t stopped his spirit from being seen for several decades afterward. A popular hotel before it became a college, Flagler actually kept a bevy of mistresses all over town including one at the hotel itself. Haunting the fourth floor, this Flagler mistress entity is known as “The Woman In Black”, and her presence is especially chilling. Adjacent to her former room there, students over the years have claimed to hear high-pitched screams as well as see objects flying off shelves. Strange light anomalies have been reported to permeate this area of the hotel that reaches into the college grounds.

Reportedly, a few brave students have breached the closed-off area to the room and a campus rumor claims that some of them entered the room and saw a shadowy figure dangling from the ceiling by their neck. Thinking about taking an official college visit to Flagler? Special attention should be paid to those prospective students who have taken pictures and left there noticed mysterious shadow figures in their photographs!

Published by FrightFind On October 29, 2019

People either believe in ghosts, or they don’t. Everyday videos are uploaded to Youtube arguing for or against the evidence of life after death. Are these ghosts or something else that perhaps science can explain?

Here are 13 of the scariest ghost videos online today.

Ed Warren Ghost Provocation *Bonus Footage*

An excerpt from an early 1990s VHS tape that was a documentary on Ed and Lorraine Warren, the ghost hunters from the real Conjuring House haunting. This is actual footage from a real haunting the Warrens investigated. Ed Warren uses religious provocation to challenge the spirit and what happens next will leave you speechless!

Ghost Chair


Can wheelchairs move with nobody in them? Outside a hospital emergency room in India, a stationary wheelchair mysteriously rolls forward on a level path, constantly changing direction unassisted for what appears to be a distance of seventy feet! Even more impressive is the security guard who observes it with a shocked expression.

Haunted Ventriloquist Dummy


Everyone agrees that ventriloquist dummies are creepy enough on their own, but to see a decapitated one move? At a private collection in Liverpool, England a WWII era dummy called Mr. Fritz was caught on the overnight security camera blinking his eyes, moving his mouth, and even opening and closing the locked glass case. Pay special attention during the up-close shots and spot the white orbs!

Schoolhouse Ghost


At a primary school in Cork City, Ireland an overnight security camera was recording footage of a school hallway. In the dead of night with nobody in the school whatsoever, a very active poltergeist makes their presence known on camera. Turns out that ghosts don’t like having homework to do either.

Shadow Man Airplane


Everyone has heard of snakes on a plane, but how about shadow figures? A security guard at Mexico City International Airport responded to a bizarre noise complaint on an empty jetliner. Responding in the dead of night, what he sees next has him running for the nearest exit. Guaranteed goosebumps on this one for sure.

Paranormal Bedroom


With nearly 5 million views on Youtube, the woman in the short video is unknown. What has been found is that she believed paranormal activity was occurring in her bedroom and she set up an overnight camera to capture it. What she experienced and was documented has been unexplained to this very day. Pay special attention after the activity to spot all the whizzing orb activity.

Ghost Baby In the Crib


It is natural for every parent to check on their baby, and keep a video monitor on them to make sure they’re sleeping soundly. But what do you do if you spot a shadowy specter looming over your newborn in the crib? A mother in Thailand caught on film what appears to be the presence of a ghost child or perhaps something more sinister floating right up to her sleeping baby!

Ghost Pub Glass Attack


It’s a busy night at a crowded pub in Belford, Northumberland. The patrons are naturally jam-packed around the bar, as many pints of ale are served. Overhead surveillance camera footage was able to capture what happened to one man’s ale pint glass. Students of paranormal activity have not been able to spot anything that would signify the glass being tampered with. Setup in the real-life haunted Salmon Inn, this rambunctious ghost behavior is nothing new.

Ghost Stretcher


Security camera footage from a hospital courtyard in Rosario, Argentina shows an unattended stretcher begin to move around and for the briefest of moments seem to actually levitate. While the paranormal activity it displays is eerie enough, what happens at the end of the video is really scary and shows that whatever is pushing the stretcher isn’t nice.

Haunted Pub

Owners at Tyler’s Kiln located in Canterbury, England have recently experienced an uptick in paranormal activity. This haunted bar has doors opening and closing, mysterious shadows flying by, and security alarms going off in the dead of night. To try and capture who might be setting off the security alarms overnight, they set up a surveillance camera. What they captured next was completely unexpected.

Black Shape Bridge


Two men out for an evening drive near the Haunted Governor’s Road Bridge in Davidson, Maryland. One of the most haunted places in all of Maryland, the pair capture a sinister black shape on camera that scares them so badly, they speed away in a panic.

Ghost Apartment

Joseph Chansuolme lives in an apartment near Southaven, Mississippi. Living alone, he began experiencing and seeing things in his apartment that were paranormal in origin. He set up a camera to run while he is in and out and what he found next was truly shocking.

Villisca Axe Murder Ghost

Inside the home of the real-life shocking Villisca Axe Murders of 1912, the current owners were experiencing some paranormal activity in one of the children’s bedrooms. A camera was set up along with one of the owners confronting the ghost child themselves.

 

Published by FrightFind On September 13, 2019

Cemeteries are much more than areas mapped out for the eternal rests granted to those who shuffled off the mortal coil either too early or too late. Over time, these sacred grounds have come to both paranormally and supernaturally reveal to the world that they are anything but restful dwellings. Ghostly figures, shadow men, mysterious laughter, burning headstones, and unexplained phenomena of all types are to be found in cemeteries and graveyards all across the United States.

Here are the top seventeen most haunted cemeteries in the country.

Smith Anderson Cemetery

Windham, Maine

The Haunted Smith Anderson Cemetery

Twelve miles outside of Portland, Maine is what many consider to be the most haunted cemetery in the entire state of Maine. Set at the end of a long dirt road, this cemetery may be on the small side with 528 graves, but it is definitely big on the haunts. Namesake to the cemetery, the Anderson family’s personal crypt on the property has elicited many mysterious bangs coming from inside the walls to visitors passing by. Most peculiar to this location is the activity involved with people’s cars. Many have gone to visit the grave of a loved one only to find their car has mysteriously moved ten feet in another direction without any assistance. Some have found engines running and all four car doors open…..with no keys in the ignition at all.

Concordia Cemetery

 El Paso, Texas

The Haunted Concordia Cemetery

A formidable cemetery with over 53 acres and an estimated 60,000 graves, the Concordia definitely has the space for a few supernatural events. In serial killer lore, “The Nightstalker” Richard Ramirez made this the central location for many of his dead of night Satanic rituals. Ironically the most haunted area of the cemetery is the infant section. A melancholy area for anyone, some women who have visited this particular area of the cemetery have spoken that passing over the infant graves they inexplicably feel their c-section wounds actually tingling. Special tours are held here during the Halloween/Dia de Los Muertos holiday.

Stull Cemetery

 Stull, Kansas

Haunted Stull Cemetery

One of the most frightening to make the list, the Stull Cemetery in Douglas County, Kansas had been rumored to cause His Holiness Pope John Paul II to actually give Vatican pilots instructions to fly around it when he visited the United States in 1993. There is the broken down Stull Cemetery Church, which is said to have been the site of many late-night Satanic rituals that not only made the Prince of Darkness appear but also created a portal to Hell on the very property. The ruins of the church left a bizarre staircase that was buried into the ground where many paranormal enthusiasts felt was a stairwell straight to Hell.

Lubbock Cemetery

 Lubbock, Texas

The Haunted Lubbock Cemetery

Conservatively estimated to hold a minimum of sixty thousand graves, the Lubbock Cemetery is a very chilling place to be. Standing to the background of the cemetery is a towering, an abandoned railway trestle. Unexplained sounds have emanated from there so often it has been coined to be “The Gate of Hell”. Late rock and roll icon Buddy Holly is buried here, and many visitors claim that not only is the angel statue near his grave possessed and threatens your escape from there, but also that you can hear his music softly being played from somewhere down in the ground.

Resurrection Cemetery

Chicago, Illinois

The Haunted Resurrection Cemetery

This is the only cemetery known to have the ghost actually haunting it, hitchhike and ask for a ride miles before you get there. Resurrection Cemetery is the home to Resurrection Mary, a seemingly lovelorn spirit and urban legend icon that desires nothing more than a ride to her final destination of the evening, which just so happens to be the local cemetery. Many terrified drivers have seen her escape from their cars and run off amongst the tombstones in the dead of night. Other times drivers have reported that she simply disappears in front of their very eyes. In fact, the burned handprints on the front cemetery gate are said to belong to none other than Resurrection Mary herself.

Old Gray Cemetery

Knoxville, Tennessee

The Haunted Old Gray Cemetery

Near to the downtown heart of Knoxville, the Old Gray Cemetery is actually one of distinction holding many fine Southern dignitaries, politicians, and even celebrities among its 5,700 plus graves. During the daytime, it’s quite a sedate, and dignified environment. However when night falls, sometimes total hell breaks loose. The chief entity haunting the Old Gray is locally referred to as “Dark Aggie.” A shadow man that appears in the form of a black mist, he’s been known to not only sneak up on late-night visitors but also mysteriously be able to whisper their name to them without any provocation whatsoever.

Manoa Chinese Cemetery

Oahu, Hawaii

The Haunted Manoa Chinese Cemetery

The oldest and largest Chinese cemetery in all the Hawaiian islands, the Manoa is one creepy place to be. Aesthetically designed to employ the use of feng shui to keep certain energies at bay, however, this particular subset of geomancy is proving to only go so far. The frequent laughter of children at all hours in all locations of the cemetery is an especially perplexing and paranormally troubling activity. Nighttime plays hosts to many orange flying orbs which many of the locals say leads to a deadly curse. Stories of vanishing bodies and manifestations even have some hardened police officers on the island slightly afraid to go and check out the cemetery alone.

Pere Cheney Cemetery

Pere Cheney, Michigan

Pere Cheney Cemetery

The cemetery in this location also serves as having the double distinction of not only being haunted but also being located inside a modern-day ghost town. Central among the eerie atmosphere in this antiquated graveyard is that of the Pere Cheney Witch. Local lore has many believing the witch was having a child born out of wedlock and cursed the town before being hung there in the cemetery. Glimmering, soft glowing orbs have reportedly been a supernatural mainstay at the cemetery over the years. Also, brave visitors have reported hearing the sounds of what is said to be children laughing and some visitors have even dashed to their parked car in fright only to find children’s handprints mysteriously covering their cars.

Stepney Cemetery

Stepney, Connecticut

The Haunted Stepney Cemetery

The Stepney Cemetery is currently going down in paranormal enthusiast lore thanks in part to its now most famous dwellers, international paranormal investigator power couple, Ed and Lorraine Warren. Think the Warrens would finally be getting any rest after a long life of investigating American’s most violently haunted homes? Think again! The cemetery has a penchant for both Civil and Revolutionary War spirits. In fact, the first and oldest known grave belongs to a soldier named Nathaniel Knapp who still is said to be seen today. Lately, visitors also report if you say a prayer at Ed Warren’s grave and then touch the tombstone, the cross is extremely warm to the touch even in the middle of winter.

Lafayette Pioneer Cemetery

Lafayette, Oregon

The Haunted Lafayette Pioneer Cemetery

The sleepy town of Lafayette lies half an hour southwest of Portland and is home to the haunted and wholly eerie Lafayette Pioneer Cemetery. The top spirit in the cemetery is said to belong to that of a witch who was brutally murdered there on the property sometime in the 1850s. One of the most bizarre and incredible reports of activity associated with the witch at the cemetery is a change in the weather. Not just rain to sun or hail to snow. It’s almost as if the entire season changes. A hot summer day suddenly has a mid-winter gust to it. Winter winds suddenly give way to a spike in temperatures. Feelings of being watched along with some choice EVPs have this cemetery being high on the scare factor scale for sure.

Grandview Cemetery

Elizabethtown, Kentucky

The Haunted Grandview Cemetery-cemetery

Graves inside the Grandview Cemetery date all the way back to the 1700s, making it one of the oldest cemeteries in the entire state of Kentucky. However, it has been known to some locals and visitors, not as the Grandview, but instead “The Gates of Hell.” Spirits here are said to be the supernatural manifestation of Satanic occult practices carried out in the cemetery and woods surrounding it over the course of two hundred years. The atmosphere they create is one of invisible fear as few people have reported feeling quite an unease stepping foot onto the cemetery property. Animal sacrifices here have happened on the property so often over the years that some locals have referred to it as “the Killing Field.” Such sacrifices are said to call upon a witch that lives in the wooded area. People have reported hearing blood-curdling screams in the middle of the day as well as at night with nobody around at all.

Cedar Grove Cemetery

New Bern, North Carolina

A picturesque and sleepy coastal North Carolina is one of the most unlikely places to have a haunted cemetery, but it no doubt does. The single most disturbing fact about this location is the staggered coquina shell triple arch that stands at the front of the cemetery. It is called the “Weeping Arch” by many locals and certainly for good and quite deadly reasons. Mysteriously enough, when a funeral party is said to pass underneath, red-rust colored like tears have been known to drop down from the arch as if it were weeping for the dearly departed. Worse yet there is an urban legend attached to it saying that anyone passing under who gets hit with a droplet will be marked for death next!

Union Cemetery

Easton, Connecticut

The Haunted Union Cemetery

This is the cemetery that had hardened demonologist Ed Warren running for his life in the middle of the night. Situated in Easton, Connecticut, the Union Cemetery is home to the famous “White Lady” spirit. She has been described as having a long face with cascading black hair on either side of her head and wearing a long flowing, period piece white dress. The White Lady has been known to walk along Highway 59 and many times drivers have encountered her ghostly visage up close and personal when some have even said to have driven their cars straight through her. Not only have drivers driven through her, but some report that they have felt her very “ghostforce” as her spirit passes through the car. Ed Warren did come close and discovered a rather bizarre connection between her spirit and those of floating orbs in the graveyard, however, he could never truly investigate it because a black phantom ghost dog would prevent it!

Westminster Burial Ground

Baltimore, Maryland

The Westminster Hall Burial Ground

The Westminster Hall and Burial Ground is a very antiquated cemetery located in the heart of the city of Baltimore and the most frequented grave in the entire cemetery is of melancholic poet and author, Edgar Allen Poe. One of the more terrifying entities in the cemetery is the “Screaming Skull of Cambridge.” According to various oral legends, the skull belonged to that of a minister in the area who was brutally murdered and shrieked his head off as it occurred. Today people have reported hearing an incredibly high-pitched, piercing scream that comes from the area where the screaming skull is said to be buried.

Bodie Cemetery

Bodie, California

The Haunted Bodie Cemetery

The Bodie Cemetery itself lies inside of a real-life ghost town from the mid-1800s and is supremely haunted. The most remarkable thing about the Bodie Cemetery is that there is a particular supernatural activity that involves children and dwelling within the cemetery is the spirit of the “Bodie Angel”, a young girl tragically killed by her own father. Men who have toured the cemetery have also reported that they have heard a young female voice speaking out and saying the word, “daddy.” Lost spirits of Asian railroad workers who were buried without the customs of their religious faiths are said to pace endlessly here, awaiting an eternal rest that never seems to come for them. There is also the Bodie Curse that is associated with the cemetery and that any visitor who takes even the tiniest souvenir from the ghost town will be subjected to incredibly and even supposedly fatal bad luck.

Forest Park Cemetery

Troy, New York

Largely abandoned with well over an estimated one thousand graves, the Forest Park Cemetery in Troy, New York has become a chilling memorial to the dead. Right away the atmosphere is moody and dark, and backdropped against the granite tombstones and aged mausoleums is an angel statue that has been decapitated. Today, some visitors claim that this blood from the statue still drips from the neck where it lost its head, but this has never been confirmed. For those brave enough to make it past the headless angel, people have reported being scratched by an unseen force in the cemetery across the back of the neck and down their arms. Flurrying red orbs and spectral lights are sometimes spotted floating and streaking past some of the caved-in graves. Whether or not the Forest Park Cemetery is haunted by a possibly demonic spirit given the signs, the paranormal speculation on this chilling graveyard continues.

Bachelor’s Grove Cemetery

Bremen Township, Illinois

The Haunted Bachelor’s Grove Cemetery

Located just minutes from downtown Chicago in the outlying area Bremen Township is the Rubio Woods Forest Preserve. However, deep within the heart of this heavily wooded preserve is an isolated, one-acre cemetery that many locals say is the most haunted location in the entire Chicago area. Burials in Bachelor’s Grove are said to go back as far as 1834 when a portion of German immigrants settling to the area were buried here as well as workers who perished on the nearby Illinois and Michigan Canal. A local rumor is that Chicago mobsters from the 1920s and 1930s used to come here and bury bodies of those they killed. This may be a paranormal first, but an actual phantom ghost house has been physically known to manifest and then disappear. Today the Bachelor’s Grove Cemetery is still accessible through the Rubio Woods Forest Preserve. Many who visit here claim that anyone who enters here must not come with bad intentions as it is a respected graveyard and doing anything sinister is likely to cause a most unwanted manifestation. Guarded by Cook County Forest Officers, Bachelor’s Grove is only accessible during daylight hours.

Published by FrightFind On October 8, 2018

Ed and Lorraine Warren are the most popular and well documented paranormal investigators in the entire world. With a case catalog that spans back to 1952, they have investigated thousands of paranormal claims that have covered many decades. The public today has undoubtedly heard of their most famous cases such as the Amityville Horror House, the Annabelle doll, Enfield Haunting, and the house from The Conjuring. Here are some of their other lesser-known investigations of The Conjuring ghost hunters, Ed and Lorraine Warren.

The Smurl Family Haunting

The Smurl Family Haunting

In 1974, Jack and Janet Smurl moved into an older home in West Pittston, Pennsylvania. Not long into their move, the Smurls began to notice extremely foul smells permeating inside the home. Loud and constant bangs on the walls and ceiling kept them awake at night, and even their family dog was picked up and thrown violently against a wall by an unseen force. The most traumatizing event was when Jack was a victim of many sexual assaults by the unseen force in the home.

The events lasted on and off nearly a decade before Ed and Lorraine were called in to investigate the haunted Smurl House. After listening to the complaints from the family, combined with religious provocation, Ed determined that a powerful demon was inhabiting the home. Again utilizing religious provocation, Ed tape recorded the sessions and took them to the local Catholic diocese to procure an exorcism for the family.

At first, several priests came in waves to bless the home formally, and one priest even went so far as to spend a weekend at the home observing the family. However, this priest never found anything sinister. Upon leaving though, the unseen force manifested into an actual dark mass that floated around the home! Eventually, two exorcisms were performed in addition to a Catholic Mass. After nearly a decade of torment, the Smurl family sold the house in 1988, and have reported that nothing has followed them to date.

Demon Murder Trial

Demon Murder Trial

Arne Cheyenne Johnson

The Demon Murder Trial is actually the first court case of its kind to employ the legal defense phrase of “the devil made me do it.” In 1981, Arne Cheyenne Johnson was convicted of first-degree manslaughter for killing his landlord Alan Bono. Arne at the time was dating a single mother named Debbie Glatzel who had an eleven-year-old son named Daniel. He had procured a rental property that needed cleaning up and took Debbie and Daniel with him. While on-site at the property David reported having an encounter with an old man who told them to stay away from the property. David began having visions where the old man transformed into a demonic creature who threatened to capture his soul. Arne and Debbie were disturbed by the boy’s constant visions and dreams that they sought out help from the local Catholic Church.

A priest came to bless the boy, but this proved ineffective as the visions worsened. Ed and Lorraine were called in to investigate. Lorraine, a well-respected clairvoyant, picked up on a powerful black mist that continuously surrounded the child. As the Warrens investigated, the visions got worse, and young David began to exhibit growls, superhuman strength, and even levitation. Worse of all was that in a demonic voice he foretold of Arne committing murder.

Demon Murder Trial

Mary Johnson talks with Lorraine Warren while waiting outside the Arne Johnson murder trial.

During an exorcism facilitated by Ed and Lorraine with up to six priests, Arne mocked and challenged the demon who seemed to have left David’s body and transferred to his. Over the next few days, Arne exhibited the same symptoms as David and on that fateful evening got into a fistfight with Alan Bono over a misunderstanding involving Debbie. Arne fatally stabbed Alan Bono nearly a dozen times. At the trial, Arne attempted to plead not guilty by reason of possession, but a judge was unconvinced. He ended up pleading to manslaughter and serving five years in prison. As for the demonic presence the cause so much havoc? It mysteriously disappeared once the actual murder had been committed.

The White Lady of Union Cemetery

The White Lady of Union Cemetery

Union Cemetery

Sitting beside the Easton Baptist Church in Easton Connecticut is the Union Cemetery. The cemetery is believed to be centuries old and is home to the ghostly apparition of a lady dressed all in white. This ghostly woman has been seen since the late nineteenth century. Curious about such paranormal activity in his own backyard, Ed Warren took it upon himself to try and videotape the apparition himself.

On a cold night in late 1990, Ed had arranged a video recorder on a tripod to capture anything moving in the cemetery. Sometime after midnight, roughly six seconds worth of videotape captured a lady in white clothes, floating through the cemetery. Ed was so fascinated by the apparition that he published an entire book dedicated to the ghostly phenomenon, simply titled, Graveyard.

The most popular theory is that the woman died during childbirth and was driven to the graveyard and buried, which partly explains eerie reports of the apparition making crying sounds and sometimes floating through the cemetery gates and out into the middle of Route 59. The ghostly sight has caused many a late night drives to run right through her spirit with a car only to stop and look back to find nobody there. While this particular case does not contain demonic hallmarks, it is one of Ed Warren’s most cherished cases, particularly due to the film footage that he took and kept.

Mr. Entity: The Moffitt Family Poltergeist

California housewife Deborah Moffitt was stunned the first time she witnessed the various apports going on in her home. The mysterious and unseen force would paranormally transport many household objects, in particular, razor-sharp kitchen knives, to rooms all over her house. Before long, Deborah and her husband were receiving mysterious messages written on their mirrors in soap. Surmising that all of this was the work of a ghost, Debbie cheerfully named it, “Mr. Entity.”

Mr. Entity

One of Mr. Entity’s messages

As the months went by, Mr. Entity became more and more aggressive, even going so far as to stab butcher knives straight up into the seats of chairs. Frightened by the upfront attempted violence, Debbie reached to various mediums who were chased off by the threat of death by Mr. Entity. She employed the help of the infamous witch, Dr. Evenlyn Paglini whom Mr. Entity mocked in many mirror writings and discounted her reputed occult skills. Even a Native American medicine man was brought in to assist.

Finally in the early 90s, after five years, Deborah got a visit from Ed and Lorraine Warren. She instructed them that the attic was the area of the house that Mr. Entity dwelled. Lorraine took it upon herself to use her clairvoyant skills to put together a picture of what it was she was dealing with. Moments after attempting a rather informal seance, Lorraine reappeared disheveled and exclaimed aloud, “Oh Ed! This is ancient! It’s very old and very ancient!”.

Mr. Entity’s calling card on the mirror was an iblis, which is a crude triangle drawn with a tail hanging out of it. It was found to be related to the djinn, a very old Middle Eastern demonic entity. Given the time, circumstances, and foreign nature, the Warrens were not able to clear the home but were able to help facilitate Debbie and her family in finally ridding themselves of what haunted them to no end.

The Southend Werewolf

The Southend Werewolf

Not all of the Warren’s classic case files dealt strictly with demonic entities and possessions. Beginning in 1952, a young man from Essex, England named Bill Ramsey experienced a most unexplained phenomenon. While playing outside one autumn day, he mysteriously was “attacked” by a very cold rush of air. The event was sudden in its appearance and brutal in temperature. Moments after being attacked, he ran and vomited after feeling inundated with a foul stench. As days passed for young Bill, he found himself having incredibly short bursts of anger and rage, as well as periodic bouts of superhuman strength. Nightmares began taking hold of his sleep and he experienced dreams of deep, heavy growls from an unseen creature. The nightmares and fits of rage subsided over the years and he went over fifteen years without an episode. Then one evening he went out with friends to a pub and had to excuse himself to the washroom where he rinsed his face and stared in the mirror, and the reflection of a werewolf looked back at him.

Into the late 1980s, Bill periodically attacked personal friends as well as strangers. Upon fearing an imminent heart attack, Bill was rushed to the hospital only to discover that his werewolf side was emerging. Unknown numbers of responding police officers couldn’t restrain him as he growled, made claw scratches and was animalistic in behavior. Tranquilizer injections could only settle him. Ten days of relentless physical, mental, and emotional tests could not find anything at all wrong with Ramsey’s unexplained werewolf manifestations. As luck would have it, the Warrens were in London on an unrelated case and heard of his lycanthropic possession and immediately began to investigate.

The Warrens were convinced Bill was possessed by a demon that manifested werewolf tendencies in him. Bishop Robert McKenna was a close personal friend of the Warrens and had helped performed many exorcisms upon their recommendations. At once, Ramsey agreed to fly to Connecticut with them to meet McKenna and be freed from his werewolf demon. The night before his exorcism was to be carried out, he attempted to claw and strangle his wife in their hotel room. The next day at his exorcism, he had to be restrained just moments after the ceremony began. He immediately began to growl, foam at the mouth, and become aggressive.

The ceremony was said to have lasted hours with the final portion having to be conducted all in Latin. According to Ed Warren, near the end of the ceremony, Ramsey heaved his body up against the restraints with all his might before slumping over. The werewolf demon fled, and his nightmare was over. Warren is said to have filmed the entire exorcism and had it kept under tight lock and key. As of 1992, Ramsey reported he no longer had any werewolf tendencies or rages, but as of 2018, his whereabouts and status are completely unknown.

Ed and Lorraine practiced their paranormal research for 60 years together. They had many tales which will make you question your own beliefs. To hear a little more about some of their most famous endeavors, take a look at some of the articles below.

Published by FrightFind On September 21, 2018

Paranormal ghost hunter and television show creator Zak Bagans is a man who is on almost a never-ending quest to search for the truth.  This quest is popularized by his own television show, Ghost Adventures.  In creating the show, he hoped to find answers to questions and has said of his paranormal missions, “There are things in this world that we will never fully understand. We want answers. We have worked years to build our credibility; our reputation. Working alongside the most renowned professionals in the field; capturing ground-breaking proof of the paranormal.  This is our evidence”.

Having such a firm grasp on the pulse of the supernatural, it came as no surprise that when Bagans learned of the Ammons House haunting and exorcism of Gary, Indiana, he wanted to step up and investigate how genuine and terrifying it was. Taking his mission to new heights, he did something that was a paranormal first for him.  He bought the actual Ammons House himself and chronicled it in a disturbing paranormal documentary, Demon House.

What happens in the Demon House?

Ammons Demon House

Latoya Ammons, along with her mother and three children, were horribly tormented by demons living in the new home in 2012. After months of battling the demons, as well as the authorities, the family ended up fleeing the home sometime in late 2013. This wasn’t before contacting local Catholic priest, Fr. Michael Maginot, who performed a spate of exorcisms.  While the exorcisms were proven effective, Latoya has refused to acknowledge or speak about what has gone on out of genuine fear of the demons in the house following her and her family.

Upon hearing this, Bagans purchased the house over the phone with a realtor in Gary, and a week later stepped foot on the premises for the first time ever with his crew.  Minutes into his tour of the home, Bagans was contacted by a psychic medium he knew over the phone who warns of a twelve-foot tall demon guardian that resides in the house and tells him to stay far away and leave.  Bagans remains committed and refused to leave.

To get more perspective on what truly happened in the house, Bagans does his best to pursue the whereabouts of Latoya and her family to interview them and inform them that he purchased the house.  Learning of a family apartment that Latoya resides in, he pursued the lead to discover she refuses to meet or speak with him about the house out of further fear that the demons there will terrorize them.

Latoya’s brother Kevin does, however, agree to speak with Bagans and tells him that children seemed to receive the brunt of the demon’s anger while in the house.  Bizarre ritualistic chanting, growling, and domestic violence was rampant.  After meeting with Bagans informally, Latoya kicked her own brother out of her new apartment over fears that after meeting with Bagans, the demons will find them and once again invade their lives.

Zac Bagans' Demon House

With more and more individuals refusing to speak with him, Bagans resorted to accessing police footage of the home after the Ammons initially fled.  He sought out a local police detective who had been in the home previously and agreed to go on camera with Bagans.  He alerts Bagans to an un-searched area of the home, under the basement steps to discover a patch of dirt flooring amidst a mostly concreted room.  Further discovery finds half melted and used candles that were likely associated with demonic rituals of some kind.   Short on more people willing to talk, as an instance of pure coincidence, a woman pulls up in a car by Bagans and tells him she was a former renter of the home before the Ammons family.

Bagans agrees to give the woman and her three teens a tour of the home to get a deeper perspective.  Giving her name as “Mica” she tells of strange noises and a sense of dread while living there.  She flat out refuses on camera to go down into the basement stating her brother used to live there with her and his room was in the basement and she had constant nightmares of his death.  Mica’s brother was shot and killed only months later after having the dreams.

Midway through the documentary, Bagans is able to locate DCS Investigator Valerie Washington who personally witnessed the demonic possession of the children. This included one of them walking backward up a hospital wall unassisted to a height of over twenty feet, before flipping straight off the ceiling.  She refuses to go near the house or meet Zak in person but agrees to a Skype session in which she informs him she no longer is in the area and had to leave due to the psychological trauma that she suffered and still has to receive therapeutic counseling for.

The Ammons Demon House

State of Indiana Intake Officer’s Report

Things soon began to unravel for Bagans in his documentary.  A crew member quits midway after being unable to handle the situation anymore.  To quell any skeptics, Bagans arranges for Dr. Barry Taff to check the geothermal activity around the house to prove there is nothing scientifically causing any hallucinations or unexplained activity in the house.   Using magnetic readings Dr. Taff discovers alarmingly high levels in the home.  Personally evaluating Bagans own body, Dr. Taff informs him that he’s giving off a magnetic reading of eight to twelve million times that of a normal human being.

Throughout the investigation, Taff experiences periods of dizziness and swaying.  After his visit, he’s hospitalized into intensive care after his major internal organs all simultaneously shut down.  Mica’s daughter, who visited Bagans earlier in the home attempts suicide.  To help Mica and her family, Bagans arranges for them to meet with Fr. Maginot and an on-camera exorcism is performed on her to free her soul from torment.

What happened to the Demon House?

To get to the bottom of everything once and for all, Bagans does something not recommended by his own crew, he accelerates the situation by literally boarding himself up within the house overnight.  Cameras placed in the home document his constant pacing and informal seances to manifest whatever is in the home.  Odd growls and wrappings instill a paranoia in Bagans who soon witnesses a black mass coming out of the wall from his own perspective and a painful stabbing sensation behind his eye sockets.  Dawn comes and Bagans rushes to a doctor to find out his eyes are crossed with double vision and he’s afflicted with a condition knows as diplopia.  Surgery is ruled out as it could cause permanent blindness, and instead, Bagans is forced to wear prism glasses as he’s informed that his eye condition is indeed permanent.

Ammons Demon House

In a final battle, Bagans hires a crew that totally demolishes the home as he cites to the camera that the home is cursed and he wants nobody else to become afflicted by it.  True to his love for the paranormal, Bagans keeps the basement stairs and buckets of dirt from the flooring as keepsakes to remind him just how real his mission truly was.

Published by FrightFind On August 21, 2018

The state of Ohio is home to many things: Buckeye trees, the first professional baseball team, and the Rock and Roll Hall of fame, but what about supernatural beings? Well, it turns out the Buckeye State has its fair share of creepy locales, some of which may be home to a paranormal entity or two. Here are a few notable haunted places in Ohio that will send chills up your spine.

Haunted House of Wills in Cleveland

The Haunted House of Willis

If there’s any place on this list that would house a ghostly spirit, it’s this place. Once a massive funeral home – and before that, it was a German Opera house – the haunted House of Wills in Cleveland is now a derelict building filled with crumbling ceilings and relics from the past. In 2010, it was purchased by a High Priest of the New Church of Satan in the hopes of renovating the 34 room mansion. Tours are available on the Church’s website for anyone who wants to experience a walk around the ominous building. People have reportedly witnessed strange mists, and some have even claimed to have seen the ghost of J. Walter Wills, the previous owner who died in the mansion back in 1971.

Haunted Franklin Castle in Ohio City

Haunted Franklin Castle

Located in Ohio City, Franklin Castle appears as a beautifully designed Victorian home but is known as one of the most haunted locations in the Buckeye State. Franklin Castle was built in the 1880s by a banker named Hannes Tiedemann. The castle proved to be a curse for Tiedemann since many of his family members – including his mother and four of his children – died in the house. In the past few decades, there have been reports of people hearing sounds of babies crying and seeing a mysterious woman in black roam the hallways. Today, Franklin Castle is privately owned – which means no trespassing folks – but anyone curious about the building can view it from the sidewalk.

Fairport Harbor Haunted Lighthouse

The Haunted Fairport Harbor Lighthouse

What’s a list of haunted locations without a creepy lighthouse? The Fairport Harbor Lighthouse was first completed in 1825 and is referred to as “The Light that Shone for 100 Years.” Today it serves as a marine museum that houses a number of artifacts and maritime exhibits. It is also home to Sentinel the ghost cat. Legend has it that one of the previous headmaster’s of the lighthouse gave his bedridden wife numerous cats to keep her company. Unfortunately, she passed away soon after and many of her cats left – except for one gray cat. Some say the cat is still there – albeit in spectral form – with one curator claiming to have seen the cat skittering across the floor near the kitchen.

Ohio State Reformatory

The Haunted Ohio State Reformatory

If you’re a fan of the 1994 film The Shawshank Redemption, then this place will look very familiar to you. Also known as the Mansfield Reformatory, The Ohio State Reformatory is a massive prison complex located in Mansfield, Ohio. Construction on the foundation started on November 4, 1886, and was designed by Cleveland Architect Levi T. Scofield, who envisioned a building with gothic architecture so unnerving that it would encourage inmates to leave their criminal tendencies behind. Today, the prison is said to be quite haunted by the ghosts of the past. The haunted prison offers ghost tours and hosts a haunted attraction each Halloween for any brave customers who hope to capture a glimpse of spirits who are still imprisoned within the building’s walls.

The Haunted Grounds of Mudhouse Mansion

The Haunted Mudhouse Mansion

Haunted Mudhouse Mansion before being demolished in 2015.

This next haunted location is unfortunately not around anymore, but nevertheless, it has become a legend amongst locals for its ghostly stories. The Mudhouse, located in Fairfield County, Ohio, was a towering mansion that became a hotspot of spooky lore amongst locals. For decades, people would trespass on the property to wander the building’s crumbling walls and hope they’ll leave with a frightening story to tell – perhaps they’ll hear voices of small children or a figure roaming the hallways. Due to years of trespassing and the amount of money needed to renovate it, the owners of the Mudhouse decided to tear it down. Although gone, some Fairfield County locals keep the legend alive by passing down stories of the ominous building to future generations.

Lorain Palace Haunted Theater

The Haunted Lorain Palace Theater

The Lorain Palace Theater, located in Lorain County, Ohio, is one of the oldest movie theaters in the state. Opened in 1928 to much acclaim, the theater was one of the first in Ohio to play talking pictures. Due to its rich legacy dating back to the early 20th century, it’s no surprise that there have been a few instances of ghostly activities lurking about the theater. Paranormal investigators claimed to have spoken with the numerous spirits whose lives tragically ended at the establishment. One spirit, who said his name was Ed, worked at the shipyard – which was located behind the palace – until he was murdered when he was pushed down the stairs. Another spirit said they had died from a heroin overdose, while many others were killed when a tornado hit the county back in 1924. For those further interested in the Theater’s unexplained activity, a documentary was made about the Lorain Theater Palace by a group of local paranormal researchers.

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    • Published by FrightFind On May 21, 2018

    Dash cam captures a paranormal sighting in the wake of Typhoon Yolanda.

    5/8/2018 – While traveling from Eastern Samar to Tacloban, actress Myrtle Sarrosa spotted what appears to be the ghost of a child on the side of the road. Sarrosa, best known for her role in the Philippines initial screening of Pinoy Big Brother Teen Edition, was driving late at night when she saw something on the side of the road. It appeared brightly in her headlights as she cruised down the highway. It’s hard to tell what exactly she caught on camera, but in reviewing the film, it appears to be a small child. Here is the unedited footage that Sarrosa posted to her social media account.

    Myrtle Sarrosa Ghost Encounter Video 2018 in the Phillipines

    As you can see from the video, there is nothing around on either side of the road. There are no footprints, debris or mud. The apparition is simply floating in thin air and appears to be holding its head in its hands as if it was mourning or weeping. After reviewing the ghost sighting many times, we are sure of only one thing, it was CREEPY.

    Sarrosa goes on to comment on her original Facebook post:

    “Our volunteer driver Sir Long was telling us that it happens a lot to travellers where they see spirits that have passed away during the Bagyong Yolanda. Siguro it was a spirit of a child that passed away during the typhoon in the past, siguro.”

    Ghosts of Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda)?

    Known as Super Typhoon Yolanda in the Philippines, Typhoon Haiyan was one of the strongest tropical cyclones ever recorded.  This giant ocean-based storm breathed to life on November 3rd, 2013 and blew its last gust of wind on November 11th, 2013.  During its storm cycle, it caused an estimated $4.5 billion in damages, 4.1 million displaced persons, and a staggering 6,300 deaths. This storm is one of the most devastating natural disasters in modern Filipino history. Many people in the area where the Sarossa ghost encounter was recorded were personally affected by Yolanda’s storm path. The strongest part of Typhoon Yolanda crossed the very same area where Sarrosa spotted the supposed ghost. Could this have been a ghost of one of the souls lost to Super Typhoon Yolanda?

     

    Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda)

    Inflicting mass casualties, Typhoon Yolanda also caused tremendous emotional pain and suffering.  So much, that some say it crosses the boundaries of pseudoscience and could possibly be an out of body experience. Could a child, trapped and doomed to a painful lonely death, torn from his family in the eye of a hurricane, have transcended to an astral plane and somehow gotten trapped in the purgatory between living and dead?

    Could this be related to the Legend of the White Lady ghost in the Philippines?

    To the west of Samar lies the island of Negros Oriental.  The legend of the ‘white lady’ or female ghost who haunts the forests is prominent there. She will appear at random to strangers as a specter on the side of the road which is similar to Sarrosa’s encounter. Filipinos know this ghost as ‘Kaluluwa’.  The translation of Kaluluwa from Tagalog is ‘spirit’ or ‘soul,’ but can also be used for ‘ghost.’  This spirit attracts many visitors hoping to catch a glimpse, and many claimed to have done so.  They will see the white lady as they pass, but upon revisiting the area there is nothing there, only trees.  Some say she is a witch or a ghost. Balete Drive in Luzon is another place known for frequent sightings of the White Lady.

    Balete Drive - White Lady Ghost - Philippines

     

     

    Published by FrightFind On June 15, 2016

    This was posted last night (Jun 14, 2016) to YouTube and shows a cameraman walking through  Sanatorio Duran, an old Costa Rican sanitarium that cared for tuberculosis patients between 1910 and 1920. See below and tell us what you think. Did the cameraman catch a ghost stirring in the darkness or is this a hoax?

    The below animated gif captures the figure on a loop so you can see in slower motion.

     

    Ghost or Hoax?

    What do you think? It appears as if the figure moves with the camera for a split second so it may be a layered on image, in which case it may be a hoax, but it happens pretty quickly and could be a shadow from the camera’s light.

    The limited info from the poster makes us very skeptical. The title “fantasma REAL en el Sanatorio Duran” translates to “REAL ghost in the Sanatorium Duran.” While the very short desciption translates to “SEE 6:22 MIN much doubt upload the video but what we found we had to share it .” And so far no responses in the comments.

    Sanotorio Duran: The Most Haunted Building in Costa Rica

    Sanatorio Duran - Most Haunted Place in Costa Rica

    The Sanotorio Duran has been dubbed one of the most haunted buildings in all of Costa Rica. It definitely has the history to go along with it. However, the cameraman chickens out so fast it makes it hard to judge.