SUMMARY: Local legend holds that sitting once on the stone couch causes "a scratch;" sitting twice causes light bleeding, and sitting three times results in the ultimate penalty. Regardless of one, two or three sits, bad luck reportedly continues to haunt those who have alighted on this couch.

SUMMARY: During the War of 1812, the British wanted to wreck the fledgling shipyard and the town, they were going to blast it their warships' cannons. The resident of St Michael residents learned of their plans and they hastily climbed up the highest trees and placed lighted lanterns at the tops of the trees to fool gunners into thinking they represented houses and thus overshoot their mark. Only one house was hit during the firing of the cannons and a lot of trees got blown away. The little house that got hit became famous and was then know as The Cannonball House. This house is believed to be haunted; people have heard footsteps and sounds of walking in the house.

SUMMARY: During the war a terrible accident happened during construction: a ship fell off its conveyer/support mechanism and crushed two men to death.

SUMMARY: Pinehurst residents have reported countless unexplained phenomena.

SUMMARY: The home was previously an orphanage. Elevators herein open and close, and spirits appear dressed in "clothes relating to the religion of the person most recently passwd". It is also said that the "Ghost of Mother Raker" haunts the hallways.

SUMMARY: The Berkeley Plantation dates all the way to 1619. Thirty-eight settlers from Berkeley Castle in England were the founders of the plantation and surrounding lands. Benjamin Harrison built the mansion house in 1726. George Washington and Abraham Lincoln were among its notable guests. General McCellan's Federal Troops took over Berkeley plantation during the Civil War during a retreat from Richmond. John Jamieson purchased the plantation after the war. Jamieson had served as a drummer boy for McCellan. His son Malcolm inherited the estate in 1927. The plantation is still owned by the Jamieson family.

SUMMARY: A visitor comments: "We were stunned." I personally owned a house on this grove and witnessed first hand the reaction of the spirit world to hanging a rope from a Poplar tree in the grove for a swing. People who visited felt extremely uncomfortable and ill at ease in the grove. A swing was fully moved from hanging straight down to way back, as if someone was there holding up the swing, about to push it mightily. This persisted for about 30 seconds. We were stunned! Immediately my friend assisted me in climbing up this huge tree and cutting down the rope swing. As soon as the rope was down peace and serenity returned to the grove. I have a picture that I took in the grove of what appears to be the slight image of a slave in overalls by the very tree that I had a rope swing.

SUMMARY: It is rumored that, sometime in the early 1900's, a nun broke her vows and became pregnant. Presumably, this was not the desired outcome. Before her situation became evident, she leapt from the fourth-floor balcony of the rotunda and met her death on the hard surface below. It was a spectacular statement of will-power and of defiance and of shame. People backed into hard corners will sometimes take catastrophic measures.

SUMMARY: There were once dozens, maybe hundreds, of ferries that crossed the Potomac River. This is the only one still operating.

SUMMARY: The street is haunted by young girl dressed in white. She has been seen floating through hallways in one of the houses along the road. Chairs have turned around backwards after her presence and objects have disappeared. Electrical appliances will turn on by themselves.

SUMMARY: The Waggener house was built between 1884-1885 by B.P. Waggener, a politician and lawyer in late 1800s Atchison, Kansas. Gargoyles were included in the structure of the house, some say as an item of decor, others claim that Waggener added the Gargoyles to honor a deal he made with the devil to become a man of wealth and power. Anyone who has tried to remove the Gargoyles has met a dark fate, one falling to his death on the staircase. The house is listed on the National Historical Register. The house has been investigated a number of times and confirmed actively haunted.

SUMMARY: Reportedly haunted, this mansion is available for weddings and parties. Visitors have heard ghostly footsteps.

SUMMARY: Maryland was a pivotal border between the two warring factions of the Civil War between 1861 through 1864. The citizens of Maryland were divided in their loyalties. As a result, Maryland was kept under martial law during most of the war by President Lincoln.

SUMMARY: In the earthquake of 1964, dozens of children died here. People have reported hearing the distant giggles and sounds of children playing in the area since the earthquake.

SUMMARY: This is a strange haunting that involves 'the sounds of cars being heard'. Reports of night-time traveler include flashing light in the nearby field; travelers who stop, it's said, can hear sounds of car doors closing and radios playing.

SUMMARY: The Catonsville area was first settled by Indians in the primordial time of this continent. Catonsville was not established as a permanent village until 1200 AD. The natives who lived here had established a tribal government system.

SUMMARY: An abandoned tuberculosis hospital. Unbelievably spooky. The Government now owns the hospital, and it is condemned property: Carcinogenic asbestos and probably a deadly biological hazard. A police trailer is parked on the land; numerous people have been arrested and/or ticketed. The original site had 22 buildings, most of which are still standing, including a preposterously huge, 700-room main hospital and a half-sized children's building. Reports of underground tunnels and cops with night vision goggles. There is a nice hiking trail located next to the hospital. Some people like to walk on the hiking trails and then cross over to the hospital. Glenn Dale has dark, underground tunnels that run between the buildings. The buildings are reportedly haunted. They are positively spooky.

SUMMARY: Haunting by a variety of paranormal strangeness.

SUMMARY: This building once housed the law office of James Monroe. It's said that the building is haunted by important people from our past. Thomas Jefferson and James Monroe have been seen in the building.

SUMMARY: Sightings have been reported of a "witch ghost" who, late at night, glides through the cemetery putting flowers on childrens' graves.

SUMMARY: Students and staff have reported a presence, strange noises and dark shadows.

SUMMARY: This Inn and Restaurant is reportedly haunted. Employees and customers have heard voices and have the feeling of being watched. Employees who work late have heard dishes rattling in the kitchen when no one was there. The lights will go off and on and the doors will open and close by themselves. Dark shadows are seen moving through the building.

SUMMARY: In the basement of the building is an elevator that leads to a sub-basement. The sub-basement goes down another four floors into the earth. People have nicknamed the sub-basement "the dungeon".