SUMMARY: Little is as eerie as the baleful stare of a piece of graveyard statuary, especially the ominous monolith "Grief" in DC's Rock Creek cemetery, whose illegitimate but infamous doppleganger, "Black Aggie," was once in Pikesville's Druid Ridge Cemetery near Baltimore but now haunts the Dolly Madison house near the Federal Court in DC. (Dolly Madison house was used by president James Madison & wife Dolly after White House was burned.)

SUMMARY: In the northwest corner of the District of Columbia, sandwiched between the Potomac River and the Maryland state line, is an affluent enclave of elegant homes and tree-lined streets known as Spring Valley. This neighborhood is home to some 13,000 people, including members of Washington's political and financial elite. The 660-acre community includes approximately 1,200 houses valued at between $600,000 and $1 million, along with the campus of American University, schools, churches, a hospital, foreign embassies, and a theological seminary. Beyond its reputation as a quiet, upscale neighborhood, Spring Valley has a less desirable attribute: It is the only residential area in the United States where a major chemical weapons cleanup operation is under way.

SUMMARY: The Smallwood House was built in 1760 by General William Smallwood. William Smallwood was born in 1732, he was born into a wealthy family who were active in Maryland politics. His father, Bayne Smallwood, was a Charles County delegate to the Maryland Assembly. He was also a justice of the Charles County Court.

SUMMARY: A runaway girl was taken into the woods by an evil man and killed back in the 1970's. That man was never caught.

SUMMARY: In 1946 a student fell from a catwalk to his death. He haunts the theatre to this day, with crying and other noise, he is visible from the stage if you look up.

SUMMARY: Back in the early 1980's, during construction of what is now a quite popular restaurant, 3 steamfitters were involved in a movie-like, fiery explosion. The restaurant features natural gas lamps inside. The men were working on installing the lamps, and apparently an electrical spark inadvertently ignited what became a small, intensely hot fireball.

SUMMARY: Two ghosts haunt this firehouse. One ghost has been seen in the engineer's room. This ghost appears to be evil. He appears as a shadow in the doorway. He has been seen in the hallway going to the engineer's room.

SUMMARY: Several exhibits reportedly often reveal orbs when photographed.

SUMMARY: Allegedly, a former janitor's footsteps can be heard going down to the boiler room. The sounds of a young student who died on school grounds can be heard laughing and running down hallways.

SUMMARY: The Potomac Valley Lodge is located on Willard Road in Poolesville. This club has had some very strange things happen there. The former bartender hung himself in a closet years ago. A lady dropped dead in the ballroom on Halloween. A child drowned in the pool. See.

SUMMARY: The hotel dates back to the Revolutionary War days. The Hotel is reportedly haunted by figure from it passed. People have heard strange noises and voices, and have seen ghostly apparition wearing period clothing.

SUMMARY: Apparition of dark female figure seen moving across dining room into wall on east side.

SUMMARY: The ranger's cabin in Redden State Forest is located in a barren section of the forest, and the area is haunted by the ghost of a woman who died there many years ago. The cabin was built at the turn of the century, and the house was taken over by the state when the land became a park in the 1930s.

SUMMARY: Employees report an uncommon warm third floor and varied instances of moving objects. Mentions of a "Gray Lady" have been found in yearbooks dating back to 1909.

SUMMARY: People say that the old Glen Echo Trolley Park is haunted, right along with its nearby neighbor, the famous Clara Barton House.

SUMMARY: The General Assembly of Maryland in 1742 passed an act for erecting a town on the South Side of the Eastern Branch of the Potowmack River. The town that they started was called Blandensburg, named after Thomas Bladen. He was the provincial governor in 1742.

SUMMARY: Bay Oak, the new housing development in Lewes, is at the same location where American Indians massacred members of a then-newly settled Dutch community. The neighborhood appears to be haunted. People have seen orbs floating in the air; streaks of light flash through the sky and inside their homes. Not one, not a few, but over one dozen.