SUMMARY: Ash Lawn-Highland was the home of James Monroe, the fifth president of the United States. James Monroe called his farm Highland, and it is thought to be haunted.

SUMMARY: Back during the early 1800's a couple was living near the Gunpowder river. The couple had six girls and one boy. The husband left his wife and ran off with another woman. The wife was left alone to raise the children. The woman worried about money to raise five children. She resented the youngest child who was the son. She disliked the boy because he looked like his father, and she was sure that he would grow up to be like his father. People who visit the area have heard a little boy screaming. Some people have said that they saw a little boy running across the road. Someone has placed a sign on the road that says "listen." People have heard voices in the woods and the sound of screams.

SUMMARY: Three-year-old Billy Vernon lived in a house on Paca Street in Baltimore. The house was large and roomy a good place for a boy to place with plenty of room to explore, he knew every corner, every room, and even the attic.

SUMMARY: The city of Laurel purchased the National Guard Armory in 1971 to house the Department of Parks and Recreation. The building was renamed the "Laurel Armory Anderson and Murphy Community Center". The staff and patrons there have witnessed paranormal activities that cannot be explained.

SUMMARY: The castle was built by wealthy Maryland businessman Samuel Taylor Suit for his young bride, Rosa, in 1885. Rosa spent the family silver on throwing lavish parties and died in poverty. It is thought her spirit still lurks in the castle, a faded shell of its former grandeur. http://www.dupontcastle.com/castles/berkeley.htm http://www.berkeleysprings.com/yuleteacastle.htm …

SUMMARY: This private girls' school is located on Bradley Blvd. in Potomac, Maryland's equivalent of "Orange County, California," and possibly the most expensive area of the entire region. The original school building is a very old and it is reportedly haunted. People have experienced the lights turning on and off by themselves. Those alone in the building sometimes report hearing the sounds of doors opening and closing. The sounds of furniture being moved around are also reported. A feeling of "being watched" permeates some parts at some times. Haunting is unknown.

SUMMARY: The old jail was built in 1892 and housed prisoners for over 70 years. The upstairs contains the original iron-bar cells. The jail is now a museum that exhibits antique toys, woodcarvings, Victorian clothing, photographs and historical information. The museum is a replica of the County's colonial courthouse of 1749. The museum also contains artifacts from the Appomattucks and Monacan Indians. Information on Sir Thomas Dale's English settlement of 1611 and the 18th century French Huguenot settlers can be found here. Items from the Revolutionary War are on display.

SUMMARY: David Ross built the Ross house in 1749. Ross was a soldier during the French and Indian War.

SUMMARY: An 875-pound boulder sits in front of the Historical Society in Leonardtown. Molly Dyer, the accused witch, was found with her hand frozen to this rock after she was driven from her home on one of the coldest nights of the year --the townsfolk had burned down her cabin. Molly froze to death that night, and she was found with her hand frozen onto the rock. When they removed her body, the impressions of her knees and hands were left at the scene, firmly etched in the rock. This happened more than three hundred years ago and you can still see her hand-print on the rock. Molly's cabin was located in an area that is now known as Molly Dyer's Run. Her ghostly apparition has been seen floating over the land near where she had lived. The large boulder was moved in 1975 to the front of the Historical Society Jail Museum. People report feeling uncomfortable around the rock, sometimes complaining about aches and pains. Camera malfunctions are often reported around the rock. The Jail Museum is located at Business Route 5 at 41625 Old Courthouse Drive in Leonardtown. FMI 301-475-2467 or see www.smchsonline.org.

SUMMARY: The Old School Building was used as a Civil War hospital, and you know what that means.

SUMMARY: This building is known to be haunted. Ghostly apparitions have heard walking up the steps during the late night yelling a horrible chant. Historic reason or source is not known, however, reports have persisted for years.

SUMMARY: There is a pond located away from the road, down a steep hill. There are two trees located at the pond who branches are intertwined with each other. People say that you will get very strange feelings if you walk under those twisted limbs. Some people claim that they feel a sense of pressure around arms and shoulders.

SUMMARY: The sorrow of a broken heart.

SUMMARY: This is the location of a gold-gilded bust of Guglielmo Marchese Marconi.

SUMMARY: The benevolent spirit of Evelyn Byrd makes appearances at the James River plantation in Westover.

SUMMARY: One night a teacher was reading in the west parlor. The teacher was sitting in a large green velvet chair. Electricity had been recently installed in the house. The large overhead chandelier was not turned on. The teacher was using a floor lamp. The chandelier lights started going on and off, over and over. The teacher said, "Daisy please stops playing with the lights!" The lights stopped turning off and on, and he thanked Daisy.

SUMMARY: The Worcester State Hospital had been closed for many years with the buildings boarded up. Then the reports of persistent bloodstains on some walls began. And the screaming.