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- 2. Believed to be murdered by their daughter in their Fall River home, this unfortunate couple - whose murder was never officially solved - are two of Massachusetts' most famous ghosts.
- 4. This spirit is said to haunt Bennington College in Bennington, Vermont, where she was a sophomore in 1946. One evening, this spirit decided to go for a walk on The Long Trail, a hiking trail that runs the length of Vermont, but never returned to her dorm. The college was closed down as a search was conducted for weeks but nothing of substance was ever found, and there is still no clear theory as to what happened to her. In the wake of, and in response to her disappearance, the Vermont Legislature created the Vermont State Police.
- 7. The nickname given to a football player said to have died mid-game in 1935 and haunted the Lambertville High School in Lambertville, New Jersey for years until its eventual demolition in 2012. Legend has it that teenagers who trespassed on the school grounds and challenged the ghost football player would either go missing or the ghost would snap their necks like his was snapped when he was tackled all those years ago.
- 12. Better known by his pen name, Mark Twain, this spirit is still said to inhabit his home in Hartford, Connecticut.
- 13. Said to haunt Gadby's Tavern Museum in Alexandria, Virginia, this mysterious spirit traveled by ship to Virginia, contracting a serious disease along the way. She was brought to the inn for rest and relaxation but her health quickly took a turn for the worse. On her deathbed, she made all the attendants who helped her sweat to never real her true identity, and they never did. She was buried in St. Paul's Cemetery with this curious inscription on her gravestone.
- 14. A simple nickname given to the spirit of the Milton Theater in Milton, Delaware. This spirit was named for the color of the dress they are often seen wearing.
- 15. Arguably Maryland's most famous spirit, this gothic author is said to haunt the Westminster Burying Grounds and his home in Baltimore.
- 16. Just two of many of the famous said to haunt the Chelsea Hotel in New York City, one is known for his musical contributions to the punk music and the other is unfortunately most well known for her murder within the Chelsea Hotel.
- 17. Yet another author who had refused to leave his home in the afterlife, this spirit prefers to spend his time in the Florida Keys with his six-toed cats.
- 18. When numerous members of this spirit's family died of consumption within a few years of each other, this spirit's body was exhumed from her grave and declared not decomposed enough. With blood still in her heart, she was considered to be a vampire and the cause of the deaths within her family. Her heart and liver were burned, the ashes being served to her little brother in a futile attempt to save him from consumption. The hysteria around her death lead to Exeter, Rhode Island being dubbed the "Vampire Capital of America" in the late 1800s.
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- 1. A housewife to a policeman in 1932, the body of this spirit was found near the top of Trace Mountain in Holden, West Virginia, stabbed and shot to death and discarded in a ditch. Though someone was eventually charges and booked for her murder, many believe the man who actually committed the crime was her well-to-do neighbor with whom she was having an affair. At any rate, her spirit continues to roam 22 Mine Road in search of justice.
- 3. It is said that this spirit was born on a ship crossing the Atlantic in 1720. A pirate ship attacked the ship she was born on but the pirate captain halted the attack when he found the newborn onboard. He made this spirit's mother promise to name her after his own mother and even provided the baby with a green brocade silk to worn on her eventual wedding day. Her spirit is said to haunt a historic home in Henniker, New Hampshire.
- 5. Believed to haunt his old cell at the Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, this infamous gangster was known by the nickname "Scarface" and made his riches in bootlegging among other nefarious activities.
- 6. Said to haunt her boarding house bearing her name in Washington, D.C. this spirit was convicted of conspiracy to assassinate president Abraham Lincoln and was sentenced to death. Maintaining her innocence until she was hanged in 1865, she became the first woman in U.S history to be executed by the federal government.
- 8. This famous heartbroken spirit of Pawleys Island, South Carolina is said to have died of a broken heart when she was forbidden by family to be with the man she loved. A plantation princess, she was expected to marry into money and prestige but fell for a common lumberman who worked on her plantation. When she was sent away to a boarding school to be separated from her love, she fell extremely ill and had to be taken back home. The long and arduous journey only made her sickness worse and when she finally arrived home, she had slipped into a coma. Her brother, believing her true love was the cause of her illness, took an engagement ring she had strung around her neck and tossed it in a creek. When she woke to find her ring was missing, she lapsed back into a coma and passed away. It is said that she still roams the cemetery searching for her ring and her true love to this day.
- 9. The founder of the girl scouts, this spirit found her home in Savannah, Georgia too cozy to say goodbye to.
- 10. A forever resident of the Captain Fairfield Inn in Kennebunkport, Maine. She happens to share a name with the last completed poem of Edgar Allen Poe.
- 11. The infamous pirate is said to haunt a channel named Teach's Hole, near Ocracoke Island, North Carolina, where he met his demise.