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Plattsburgh Air Force Base
Peru, New York
6 miles from Peru, NY
Witnesses have described several strange occurrences at Plattsburgh Air Force Base, including cold spots, unexplained flashing lights, ghost children, and the loud sound of soldiers on horseback marching. At the entrance between two pillars, a Revolutionary War soldier's ghost has been seen marching back and forth or standing guard. Ghostly ...
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SUNY Plattsburgh - Macdonough Hall
Plattsburgh, New York
8.6 miles from Peru, NY
Macdonough Hall at SUNY Plattsburgh is reportedly very haunted, say witnesses who have heard toilets flush and radios and fire alarms turn on, seen strange apparitions and bathroom lights that come on and off, and found locked doors unlocked. The hauntings are believed to stem from before the hall was ...
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160 Bank Street
Burlington, Vermont
16.9 miles from Peru, NY
The building is now "The Farmhouse Tap N Grill" but back in the 80's it was a McDonald's. While working night maintenance with another employee, we were just starting cleaning after closing (circa 11 p.m.). He went down to the basement to begin cleaning there. He immediately came RUNNING back ...
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American Flatbread - Carburs Restaurant
Burlington, Vermont
16.9 miles from Peru, NY
At American Flatbread, once the Carburs Restaurant, a deceased former employee occasionally makes an appearance. The former worker shot himself in the head in the basement; the bullet is still embedded in the wall, according to reports. While most ghostly encounters occur in the basement, folks in the bar have ...
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Aiken Hall - Champlain College
Burlington, Vermont
17.5 miles from Peru, NY
Witnesses say in this dorm, they feel an uneasy feeling and are sometimes touched by unseen hands. Strange noises and TVs that turn on by themselves have been reported, as well as cold spots.
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University of Vermont
Burlington, Vermont
17.7 miles from Peru, NY
Many ghosts are said to reside here, including one in the farm on Spear Street and another, a female in period dress, whose apparition has been seen in the Agriculture Department's Bittersweet House. In the Center for Counseling and Testing, the ghost of retired seaman Captain Jacobs has been seen ...
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The University of Vermont
Burlington, Vermont
17.7 miles from Peru, NY
Many ghosts haunt this university, from a sea captain named Jacobs to a 1992 student who died of electrocution and now tinkers with the electricity. Several houses have their own ghosts: the Allen House's lives on the top floor, and the Bittersweet House's wears 1800s garb. From various buildings and ...
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Saint Michael's College
Colchester, Vermont
18.6 miles from Peru, NY
Saint Michael's College's theater is reported to be haunted by a nun who helps the actors during performances and causes props to disappear. And in the first-year men's dorm, an evil presence is said to stem from occult meetings held here in the 1960s or '70s. Witnesses say lights go ...
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Wellscroft Lodge
Peru, New York
20.2 miles from Peru, NY
Reported here have been phantom music and a Lady in Red who appears on the stairs. She may also appear in the front windows. The location is not currently in operation as a lodge; reports say it is for sale.
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Shelburne Museum
Shelburne, Vermont
20.3 miles from Peru, NY
The museum consists of several historic buildings that contain relics from the past. One of the buildings here, the Dutton House, is said to have more to it than meets the eye. Built in 1872 in Cavendish and relocated to the museum grounds in 1950, the red colonial house's ghosts ...
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St. Albans Bay State Park
St. Albans, Vermont
24.8 miles from Peru, NY
A phantom ship is said to float in St. Albans Bay, with ghost pirates who call out to fishermen. According to legend, the phantom pirates are trying to capture Champ, a creature who was once believed to live in the bay.
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Catamount Bed and Breakfast
Williston, Vermont
25.2 miles from Peru, NY
Originally the home of Vermont's first governor, the 1796 inn is now home to friendly ghosts who show up from time to time. The voices of phantom children also have been heard on the second floor. A Halloween Haunted Forest has been known to take place here, including theatrical shows, ...
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Old Barlowe Street School
St. Albans, Vermont
27 miles from Peru, NY
The pre-1900 Old Barlowe Street School was more recently used for the St. Albans Haunted House Halloween Event from 1979 to 1989. But the Halloween event may have had some real haunts. Legend has it that in the 1920s, a school janitor died from a heart attack in the ...
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Welden Theatre
St. Albans, Vermont
27.2 miles from Peru, NY
This 1940s theater is believed to be haunted by an apparition of a man in a white sweater who has been seen in the basement. Folks have heard unexplained voices, doors open and close on their own, and a movie projector once started by itself. Some witnesses say they have ...
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Vergennes Opera House
Vergennes, Vermont
31.4 miles from Peru, NY
Numerous reports over the years of shadow figures roaming back stage and lights turning off on their own during events. Electronic equipment failing for unknown reasons during events and then working normally after the show/event ended. Reports of chairs moving in their own and banging noises from the balcony when building is ...
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The Old Stagecoach Inn
Waterbury, Vermont
41.4 miles from Peru, NY
The historic inn is said to be haunted by a former resident. Rocking chairs and other furniture have moved by themselves, beds are stripped and the linens neatly folded when the housekeeper looks away, and apparitions have been seen. Room 2 is said to be the most haunted.
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Green Mountain Inn
Stowe, Vermont
42.1 miles from Peru, NY
Former inn horseman Boots Berry is believed to haunt the inn. He was born in 1840 in Room 302, son of a chambermaid and an inn horseman. When he became inn horseman himself, he was awarded a medal for saving some stagecoach passengers when the horses ran away. Taverns all ...
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Opera House At Enosburg Falls
Enosburg, Vermont
42.3 miles from Peru, NY
Constructed in 1892, the Opera House is said to be home to a ghost named Willy, who was the son of a workman and died alone after breaking his leg in the attic. Willy is blamed for moving props and stealing scripts as well as the footsteps that come from ...
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Brass Lantern Inn
Stowe, Vermont
42.6 miles from Peru, NY
Many guests who've stayed here have reported hearing people in an adjacent coming in late at night and laughing and talking as if just returning from a night on the town. However, it is determined the next morning that no guests were registered to the rooms from which the voices ...
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Gold Brook Covered Bridge - Emily's Bridge
Stowe, Vermont
42.8 miles from Peru, NY
The small wooden covered bridge is said to be the residence of a haunt. Some stories say Emily was disappointed after her fiance didn't show up for their elopement, and she hanged herself on a rafter. Others say she was run over by runaway horses and knocked to the rocky ...
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The Black Lantern Inn
Montgomery Center, Vermont
48.9 miles from Peru, NY
The showering ghost is a mystery at this inn. In Room 3 of the Burdette House, the shower is known to turn on and off by itself. No one has a clue why this happens. Formerly known as the Montgomery House Bed and Breakfast.
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Green Mount Cemetery
Montpelier, Vermont
50.9 miles from Peru, NY
Reports say there is a grave here marked by a green statue of a crying lady nicknamed Black Agnes. The grave she marks is of a man, John Hubbard. Local legend says those who sit in the statue's lap are cursed and will die.
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Fort Ticonderoga
Ticonderoga, New York
51.4 miles from Peru, NY
Originally the French military Fort Carillon 1755-1759 during the Seven Years War, Fort Ticonderoga was active during the American Revolution. It was the site where Ethan Allen, Benedict Arnold and the Green Mountain Boys gained their first victory. The fort became the property of the state of New York in ...
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Vermont College - College Hall
Montpelier, Vermont
52.4 miles from Peru, NY
At Vermont College in the College Hall Chapel, built in the 1830s, the ghost of a girl who died in one of the towers is said to reside. The pipe organ has been known to play chords when it was turned off.
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Norwich University
Northfield, Vermont
52.4 miles from Peru, NY
Four halls are involved in haunting legends at Norwich University. At Alumni Hall, legend has it that there is a haunted, boarded-up dorm room in which a student hanged himself, and a few years later, his brother was given the same room and hanged himself as well. The legend surrounding ...
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Parkhurt House - Nye Manor
Fort Covington, New York
55.3 miles from Peru, NY
Parkhurt House - Nye Manor is a circa-1820 stone house constructed for Army major Jabez Parkhurst, one of the six confirmed folks to pass away inside the home. Witnesses claim the place is haunted by some of the spirits who linger here, as evidenced by multiple flashlights going dead at ...
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Parkhurt House - Nye Manor
Fort Covington, New York
55.3 miles from Peru, NY
Parkhurt House - Nye Manor is a circa-1820 stone house constructed for Army major Jabez Parkhurst, one of the six confirmed folks to pass away inside the home. Witnesses claim the place is haunted by some of the spirits who linger here, as evidenced by multiple flashlights going dead at ...
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Goddard College
Plainfield, Vermont
57.6 miles from Peru, NY
The manor house is believed to be haunted. A tale is told about a prospective student who walked in and asked a man who was playing a piano for directions, but the man just kept on playing as if he hadn't heard her. The student left in a huff, then ...
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Ghost of Mary Gallagher
Montréal, Québec
63.3 miles from Peru, NY
Mary Gallagher is a headless ghost who appears in the same spot every seven years, according to her legend. She shows up at the corner of William and Murray streets in Griffintown, where a murder took place on June 27, 1879. Mary Gallagher was a prostitute, age 38, who had ...
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Club 1234
Montréal, Québec
63.5 miles from Peru, NY
Built in 1859 as a private residence and later use as a funeral home, the building that houses Club 1234 is said to be haunted. Witnesses have felt unseen presences, heard sighs just behind them, and seen objects move by themselves.
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Dorchester Square
Montréal, Québec
63.7 miles from Peru, NY
Dorchester Square (originally called Dominion Square) in downtown Montreal is a park area that was once a cemetery. It has crosses embedded in the walkways to show respect for those buried here long ago. Despite that, it's said that some of those once buried here still appear in ghostly form.
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Queen Elizabeth Hotel
Montréal, Québec
63.7 miles from Peru, NY
Queen Elizabeth Hotel has a ghostly Lady in White who wanders the halls and staircases and, once in a while, guest rooms. Guests have reported being touched or pushed, voices, knocks, footsteps, bangs, cold spots and a feeling of being watched.
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455 Rue Saint Pierre
Montréal, Québec
63.8 miles from Peru, NY
455 Rue Saint Pierre, built in 1865, once belonged to American sympathizer Pierre du Calvert during the American Revolution. It has been visited by Benjamin Franklin as well as other famous folk, and is said to be haunted by the ghost of Pierre's wife Mary-Louise. The building was made over ...
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Auberge Le Saint-Gabriel
Montréal, Québec
64.1 miles from Peru, NY
The 1754 Auberge Le Saint-Gabriel, the oldest inn in North America, is rumored to be haunted by the ghost of a little girl who perished in a fire during the 19th century.
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Rue Saint Paul
Montréal, Québec
64.3 miles from Peru, NY
Rue St. Paul (or Rue Saint Paul) is a street in Montreal street with 2 legends, those of Vallier and Marie-Joseph Angélique. According to the story, Vallier was framed and arrested in 1732. After being tortured for answers about a crime he new nothing about, Vallier hanged himself with his ...
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Royal Victoria Hospital
Montréal, Québec
64.3 miles from Peru, NY
The Royal Victoria Hospital, nicknamed "Royal Vic" or "The Vic," is home to the apparitions of deceased patients, disembodied footsteps, voices, strange lights and nurse-calling buzzers that sound from empty rooms.
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Ramezay Castle
Montréal, Québec
64.3 miles from Peru, NY
Ramezay Castle, aka the Château Ramezay, is a historic structure built in 1705 as the home of then-governor of Montreal, Claude de Ramezay. In 1775 it served as a war headquarters for the Continental Army, and was visited by Benjamin Franklin in 1776 as he tried to recruit aid for ...
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Mount Royal Cemetery
Montréal, Québec
64.5 miles from Peru, NY
At Mount Royal Cemetery, visitors have seen apparitions walking through the graves or standing on the edge of the high rock cliffs. One of the ghosts seen most often is an Algonquin Native Canadian warrior.
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Vermont Police Academy
Pittsford, Vermont
64.8 miles from Peru, NY
The Vermont Police Academy was once a state hospital for tuberculosis patients, and is believed to be haunted by a nurse named Mary who worked here during that era. Legend has it that Mary contracted TB herself. Reports say that the patients' call buttons are still present in the recruit ...
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Fort de l'Île Sainte-Hélène
Montréal, Québec
64.8 miles from Peru, NY
Fort de l'Île Sainte-Hélène on Saint Helen's Island is haunted by some of the 800 soldiers who are buried nearby in a mass grave, victims of enemy sharpshooters. Apparitions, footsteps, mists, strange lights, voices and missing objects have been reported.
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Haunted Hudson Valley: Ghosts and Strange Phenomena of New York's Sleepy Hollow Country
Cheri Farnsworth
Ghosts of Manhattan (NY): Legendary Spirits and Notorious Haunts (Haunted America)
Dr. Philip Ernest Schoenberg
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Pied-du-Courant Prison
Montréal, Québec
65.3 miles from Peru, NY
The 1830s Pied-du-Courant Prison was a Montreal city prison in use 1836-1912. Many men, including those convicted of war crimes, were hanged on the premises. Investigations have turned up many examples of electronic voice phenomena thought to be the spirits of the hanged men.
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Cornwall Jail
Cornwall, Ontario
66.1 miles from Peru, NY
The Jail which was in operation until 2002 runs the gamut of haunted claims. People claim to have seen full body apparitions, usually of a woman and child, hear male voices and one that hums. People also say they often hear "operational sounds" of the jail, such as carts going ...
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Lake Bomoseen
Fair Haven, Vermont
66.4 miles from Peru, NY
Locals tell of three men who long ago set out to cross Lake Bomoseen to the tavern on its shore, and were never seen again. Only their boat was found floating empty on the water. Now, during full-moon nights, folks here say that a phantom rowboat can be seen moving ...
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Auberge Willow Place Inn
Hudson, Québec
66.5 miles from Peru, NY
The 1820s Auberge Willow Place Inn is believed to be haunted by the ghost of a young servant girl named Maude. She was killed and buried in the basement in the 1930s by some men who were plotting a military uprising. Maude's ghost is still here, singing in the hallways, ...
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Eddy House - High Life Ski Club Lodge
Chittenden, Vermont
67.8 miles from Peru, NY
Formerly the Eddy House, the building that houses the High Life Ski Club Lodge has a long history of being haunted--since at least 1874. Originally the home of Zepaniah Eddy, who had three children: William, Horatio and Mary, descended from a long line of psychics. The Eddys were mediums from ...
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Old Chapel - Castleton State College
Castleton, Vermont
69.1 miles from Peru, NY
The Old Chapel, built in 1821, is Castleton State College's oldest building. Formerly the college's medical academy, legend has it that the ghost of a partially dissected woman roams the chapel without her head. It seems that the medical academy rarely had enough cadavers to practice on, so the students ...
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Ellis Hall - Castleton State College
Castleton, Vermont
69.3 miles from Peru, NY
Rumor has it that a second-floor bathroom is haunted by a female student who committed suicide here. Witnesses say toilets flush and showers and faucets run on their own.
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Lake Memphremagog
Newport, Vermont
69.5 miles from Peru, NY
Memphremagog is the Abenaki word for “great expanse of water.” The area is said to be haunted by Revolutionary War General Mad Anthony Wayne. It is also home to a legendary sea serpent called Memphre, of which there have been more than 150 documented sightings.
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Sagamore Resort
Bolton, New York
70.8 miles from Peru, NY
This restored 1883 resort is believed to have been haunted at least since the 1950s. One of the spirits was a little boy who used to sell found golf balls to the pro shop for extra cash. He was killed after being hit by a car, and his spirit is ...
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Skene Manor
Whitehall, New York
70.9 miles from Peru, NY
Built circa 1874 by Colonel Skene and believed to be haunted by his wife, Skene Manor is a castle of a place, built of stone and open for guided tours. When the colonel's wife passed away, according to local lore, the colonel chose to keep her body nearby. Some say ...
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