Most Haunted Places in Vermont

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    EHP Rating: 92.3

    Eddy House - High Life Ski Club Lodge

    Chittenden, Vermont
    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 a...
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    EHP Rating: 90.9

    Green Mountain Inn

    Stowe, Vermont
    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 over gave Boots free...
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    EHP Rating: 90.9

    Norwich University

    Northfield, Vermont
    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 Chaplin...
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    EHP Rating: 88.2

    The Quechee Inn at Marshland Farm

    Hartford, Vermont
    Built as a private home by Joseph Marsh IV in 1793, the historic inn and farm was purchased by John Porter in 1845. He and his wife Jane lived there until they passed, John in 1886 and Jane in 1900. Jane Porter's ghost is said to reside in the inn. In Rooms 1-6, which used to be Jane's parlor and...
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    EHP Rating: 87.0

    Vermont Police Academy

    Pittsford, Vermont
    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 dorms, amd...
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    EHP Rating: 85.0

    Comfort Inn - White River Junction

    Hartford, Vermont
    Local legend has it that Room 112 is haunted by a woman who committed suicide there. Her ghost tampers with the electronic key entry system, and guests who stay here report an eerie feeling of being...
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    EHP Rating: 84.6

    The Norwich Inn

    Norwich, Vermont
    The 1890 Victorian inn near Dartmouth College is said to be the place that inspired the setting of TV show “Newhart.” Another inn, built in 1797, stood here before the Norwich. Room 20 is home to the apparition of a woman who also has been seen in the dining room. She wears a dark formal dress....
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    EHP Rating: 84.2

    Ellis Hall - Castleton State College

    Castleton, Vermont
    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...
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    EHP Rating: 83.3

    Long Trail

    Glastenbury, Vermont
    Built from 1912 to 1930, this 272-mile-long hiking trail is famous for its disappearances. Between 1945 and 1950, four people disappeared, and only one of their bodies was ever found. One of those who disappeared without a trace was Bennington College sophomore Paula Jean Welden, who set out on...
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    EHP Rating: 82.4

    Southern Vermont College

    Bennington, Vermont
    Here at Bennington, many ghosts are said to roam and photographic images show mysterious figures. One of the many apparitions seen here is a person in a black hooded robe, and phantom smoke sometimes fills the halls. Witnesses have reported lights that turn on locked rooms, door and windows that...
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    EHP Rating: 82.4

    Glastenbury Mountain

    Glastenbury, Vermont
    Legends say that the Native Americans believed this place to be cursed and used it as a burial ground. There have been several unsolved disappearances on the mountain, and all the trails stop partway up the mountain as if forbidding hikers to go any further. The mountain is said to be eerily...
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    EHP Rating: 82.4

    Green Mount Cemetery

    Montpelier, Vermont
    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...
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    EHP Rating: 81.8

    Haunted Railroad Bridge

    Hartford, Vermont
    An 1887 railroad disaster occurred here when the Montreal Express fell over the old wooden bridge, killing over 30 people. The ghost of a victim, 13-year-old Joe McCabe, is said to appear here. Some say Joe didn't actually die in the wreck but suffered tragically when he watched his father die, and...
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    EHP Rating: 81.8

    Burke Green Cemetery

    Burke, Vermont
    Burke Green or Burke Hollow Cemetery is believed to be haunted by something that watches passersby at night, whether they are passing on foot or in a car. Strange movement has been reported here as...
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    EHP Rating: 81.3

    Bowman House - Laurel Hall

    Shrewsbury, Vermont
    The apparition of a women, believed to be Mrs. Bowman, has been seen here. Also, legend has it that those who stand in a dark stain at the top of the stairs develop and intense feeling of foreboding. Please note: The spirits here don't stand for misbehaving. It is said that a visiting child who...
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    EHP Rating: 81.3

    University of Vermont

    Burlington, Vermont
    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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    EHP Rating: 80.0

    The Black Lantern Inn

    Montgomery Center, Vermont
    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...
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    EHP Rating: 79.0

    Gold Brook Covered Bridge - Emily's Bridge

    Stowe, Vermont
    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 banks below. There are...
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    EHP Rating: 78.8

    Welden Theatre

    St. Albans, Vermont
    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 had the uneasy feeling of...
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    EHP Rating: 78.6

    Inwood Manor

    Barnet, Vermont
    Reported to be closed, the Manor was known to be haunted by the ghosts of a woman and her child who drowned in the nearby Connecticut River. Renovations are said to awaken the woman's ghost, who appears as a smiling lady in a candy-striped dress. She is apparently happy when improvements are made...
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    EHP Rating: 77.8

    Old Barlowe Street School

    St. Albans, Vermont
    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 girls' restroom and his spirit...
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    EHP Rating: 77.8

    Brass Lantern Inn

    Stowe, Vermont
    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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    EHP Rating: 77.3

    Jennings Hall - Bennington College

    Bennington, Vermont
    Jennings Hall is reported to be the inspration for horror author Shirley Jackson's 1959 novel "The Haunting of Hill House" and its 1963 movie adaptation. Jennings Hall is a gray stone mansion reportedly used by the college's music...
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    EHP Rating: 77.3

    Shelburne Museum

    Shelburne, Vermont
    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 must have traveled...
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    EHP Rating: 76.9

    Saint Michael's College

    Colchester, Vermont
    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 on in the...
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    EHP Rating: 76.9

    Green Mountain Lodge

    Brighton, Vermont
    The 1860's Green Mountain Lodge, formerly the Clyde River Hotel, is rumoured to be haunted. The third floor appears to be the main source of paranormal activity, due to the fact that many unusual accidents and deaths have occurred up there. The most common apparition is that of a scowling man in a...
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    EHP Rating: 76.5

    The White House Inn

    Wilmington, Vermont
    Allegedly haunted by the former mistress of the house, Mrs. Brown. People have reported full body apparitions, cold spots, slamming doors and some claim that the ghost has actually appeared and spoken to them....
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    EHP Rating: 75.6

    American Flatbread - Carburs Restaurant

    Burlington, Vermont
    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...
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    EHP Rating: 75.0

    Inn at Clearwater Pond

    Hartford, Vermont
    Mr. Tewksbury committed suicide here in the early 1800's. He lurks in our hallways, family room, backyard and guest rooms. I have seen him many times, my housekeepers have seen him, my guests have seen him. He can be either male or female. He knocks on doors, he walks in the backyard and then...
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    EHP Rating: 75.0

    Vermont College - College Hall

    Montpelier, Vermont
    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...
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    EHP Rating: 75.0

    The Equinox Golf Resort and Spa

    Manchester, Vermont
    This 1769 resort is said to be haunted by Abraham Lincoln's wife, Mary Todd Lincoln. She visited the hotel in 1865 and has been seen as a quickly vanishing apparition, along with one of her children....
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    EHP Rating: 75.0

    Hartness House Inn

    Springfield, Vermont
    Builder James Hartness was an inventor who worked with machines and tools, and he built a system of underground tunnels in which to work uninterrupted. His underground rooms included a library, workshop, lavatory, study and lounge. Witnesses say something supernatural here causes objects to...
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    EHP Rating: 75.0

    Catamount Bed and Breakfast

    Williston, Vermont
    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, special...
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    EHP Rating: 75.0

    Averill Stand

    Wilmington, Vermont
    Allegedly haunted by the ghosts of former occupants, possibly a woman who died there in childbirth and another female ghost that is occasionally seen in the dining room. ...
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    EHP Rating: 73.7

    Old Chapel - Castleton State College

    Castleton, Vermont
    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...
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    EHP Rating: 72.7

    Goddard College

    Plainfield, Vermont
    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 turned to see the piano player looking at her. He...
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    EHP Rating: 72.7

    The University of Vermont

    Burlington, Vermont
    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...
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    EHP Rating: 71.4

    Lake Memphremagog

    Newport, Vermont
    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...
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    EHP Rating: 70.6

    The Old Stagecoach Inn

    Waterbury, Vermont
    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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    EHP Rating: 70.0

    Aiken Hall - Champlain College

    Burlington, Vermont
    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...
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    EHP Rating: 69.2

    Williamsville Cemetery

    Newfane, Vermont
    From this old cemetery comes a chilling-but-sweet local legend about a man and wife who were buried here. The road runs through the cemetery, with part of it lying on either sode. So the legend goes, the husband and wife were buried on opposite sides, their final resting places separated by the...
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    EHP Rating: 66.7

    Marlboro College

    Marlboro, Vermont
    Near the Dalrymple Hall and Howland Dormitory, a female apparition is said to wander, making students in these dorms feel uneasy. Cold spots have been reported as...
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    EHP Rating: 66.7

    Opera House At Enosburg Falls

    Enosburg, Vermont
    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 the...
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    EHP Rating: 64.7

    Lake Bomoseen

    Fair Haven, Vermont
    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 across the...
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    EHP Rating: 64.3

    Saxtons River Inn

    Rockingham, Vermont
    The inn, built in 1834, is believed to be haunted by an entity that has been noticed in the ballroom as well as in other places around the premises. In addition, a female ghost has been known to haunt Room 3....
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    EHP Rating: 62.5

    Vergennes Opera House

    Vergennes, Vermont
    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...
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    EHP Rating: 62.5

    St. Albans Bay State Park

    St. Albans, Vermont
    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...
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    EHP Rating: 62.5

    Readmore Inn

    Rockingham, Vermont
    Also known as the William A. Hall House or the Babbitt House, the inn, housed in a structure originally built in 1892, is said to be haunted by a ghost who resides in the Cook's...
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    EHP Rating: 61.5

    Sumner Falls - Hartland Rapids

    Plainfield, New Hampshire
    Apparitions of loggers have been spied floating down the Connecticut River near the Hartland Rapids and Sumner Falls, and on the nearby trails, a tall phantom in black clothing and a black hat has been...
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    EHP Rating: 61.1

    160 Bank Street

    Burlington, Vermont
    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 up...
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    EHP Rating: 60.0

    Tunic Road

    Shaftsbury, Vermont
    Ghost soldiers have been seen along Tunic Road, and some witnesses say phantom orbs have shown up in photographs taken...
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    EHP Rating: 57.1

    Camp Farnsworth

    Fairlee, Vermont
    In Keushk, the camp's theater and gathering hall, witnesses have reported cold spots and feelings of uneasiness. Also, the apparition of a woman has been seen holding a kerosene lamp and walking slowly between the living areas. Locals call her The Lady of the Lamp and accept her as the camp's...
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    EHP Rating: 53.9

    Golden Stage Inn Bed and Breakfast

    Cavendish, Vermont
    Erected in 1788 and originally a stagecoach stop, the historic inn was believed to have been a stop on the Underground Railroad. A male and a female ghost are said to reside here, and the female is said to be constantly brushing her...
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    EHP Rating: 46.7

    Saxtons River Cemetery

    Rockingham, Vermont
    Visitors to this cemetery have reported "negative vibes" and a feeling that they are being followed. When they turn around, no one is...