Haunted Places in Dutchess County, New York

EHP Rating: 91.7

Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery

Poughkeepsie, NY

Another cemetery with vague reports of hauntings, but very little in the way of detail is available.

EHP Rating: 86.5

Hudson River State Hospital was a psychiatric hospital complex from 1873 through the early 2000s. The historic High Victorian Gothic building was abandoned in 2003 and set afire by a lightning strike in 2007. It was purchased by a private owner in 2013. Rumor has it that former patients wander …

EHP Rating: 78.6

Miss Fanny's Victorian Party House

Wappingers Falls, NY

The Victorian Party House structure, filled with Gothic antiques and horror-film paraphernalia including a coffin, is nearing 150 years old, and is said to be haunted by a menacing presence. The place was featured on several paranormal TV programs including Haunted Collector and My Ghost Story.

EHP Rating: 77.8

Hoyt Mansion - The Point

Staatsburg, NY

Hoyt Mansion, also known as Hoyt House or The Point, was built in 1855. It was almost demolished to build a public swimming pool, but its historic status saved it. Despite that fact, no plans have materialized to use the building, and it is now abandoned. Reports say the belonged …

EHP Rating: 77.3

Bennett College Ruins

Millbrook, NY

Bennett College, founded in 1890, was a women's college that closed in 1978. Now an abandoned ruin, the spot is said to be haunted by students who committed suicide and are forever roaming the dorms in spirit.

EHP Rating: 76.5

Bowne Hall - Dutchess Community College

Poughkeepsie, NY

Bowne Hall at Dutchess Community College was built around 1913 as the Nettie Bowne TB Hospital. It is rumored to be haunted by what staff and students have called "strange presences."

EHP Rating: 75.0

Bard College - Blithewood Mansion

Red Hook, NY

Blithewood Mansion was built by National Guard captain and real estate mogul Andrew C. Zabriskie, who commissioned four statues for his garden. Each statue would depict one of his four daughters. When tragedy struck and one of his daughters was killed falling out of a window of a New York …

EHP Rating: 75.0

Christ Episcopal Church

Poughkeepsie, NY

Built in 1888, the Christ Episcopal Church is said to be haunted by apparitions and shadows that appear around the altar and elsewhere. One of the ghosts is an older female parishioner who appears in her Sunday clothes, sitting in a pew halfway back. Another is a happy man who …

EHP Rating: 73.1

Roosevelt Mansion

Hyde Park, NY

Roosevelt Mansion was the home of Franklin D. Roosevelt, 32nd U.S. president. It is a National Historic Site, designated as such in 1945. Witnesses say the haunting here is manifested by coldness and a sad feeling in the dining room and in Mrs. Roosevelt's bedroom.

EHP Rating: 61.5

Reformed Dutch Church of Poughkeepsie

Poughkeepsie, NY

The historic Reformed Dutch Church of Poughkeepsie, built in 1921, is said to be haunted by the ghost of a former caretaker. Witnesses have heard the jingle of his keys and the tap of his fingers on his old office desk; his whistling has been heard in the gym and …

EHP Rating: 50.0

Dutch's Spirits

Pine Plains, NY

Dutch’s Spirits was an underground complex that hid a distillery run by the mob during Prohibition. It was financed by gangster Dutch Schultz, and may be haunted by him, too. Visitors can book tours, and some have noticed an eerie feeling of being watched.

EHP Rating: 46.2

Wing's Castle

Millbrook, NY

Wing’s Castle was built by artists Peter and Toni Ann Wing and was featured on TV's Extreme Homes. The medieval-style castle is rumored to be haunted and is open for tours and overnight stays.

EHP Rating: 40.0

Clinton Community Library

Rhinebeck, NY

Those looking for a book to read at the Clinton Community Library may just find a ghost story. Ghosts are said to haunt the library day and night, whispering or knocking books down from the shelves. Their footsteps have been heard walking or climbing the stairs.

EHP Rating: 38.9

Bannerman Castle

Beacon, NY

Bannerman Castle was built by Francis Bannerman, who had a military surplus business. In 1901 he began to build an arsenal on Pollepel Island because his storerooms couldn't hold all of his stock. When Bannerman died in 1918, construction on his castle stopped. Then, in 1920, some of his stock …

EHP Rating: 30.0

Marist College - Sheahan Hall

Poughkeepsie, NY

Marist College's Sheahan Hall is said to be haunted by a student named Shelly Sperling, who was killed in 1975 by Louis Acedevo, her rejected suitor.