SUMMARY: The ghost of Matthew Whaley and his young friend are still heard laughing and sometimes seen running thought the streets of Colonial Williamsburg only to disappear at the gate to the cemetary located behind the Burton Parish Church.

SUMMARY: Legend and locals claim that a young boy who took his horse and buggy on a shortcut over the railroad track in the 1880's met his fate in a train collision. The boy's head, it's said, was severed and carried some distance from the impact.

SUMMARY: The Elmwood cemetery is located in Shepherdstown, West Virginia. The cemetery has two hundred and fifty two Confederate soldiers buried there. These soldiers were killed in battle during Lee's Maryland Campaign in the battle of Shepherdstown. Soldiers wounded in battle were brought to Shepherdstown for treatment and many died. The soldiers who died in the hospitals were buried in the local cemeteries.

SUMMARY: Seneca School was built in 1865. The school served the children in the local farming community for more than 45 years. Students attending the school were from the age of six to sixteen years. Girls sat on one side of the one-room schoolhouse and boys sat on the other side. The school was heated by an old potbelly stove. The school has been restored and now serves as a museum.

SUMMARY: The founder's young daughter died suddenly at the College when she was only 16. Her ghostly spirit has been seen in the attic of the dormitory. The girl's mother has been seen in the quad on the grounds near the old plantation house. The ghostly apparition of Indiana Fletcher Jones haunts the campus. She has been seen in her old home, Mount San Angelo. She has been seen standing near the upstairs fireplaces and walking in the dining room. The college is located two miles south of Amherst. For more information call 804-381-6142.

SUMMARY: West Virginia Society of Ghost Hunters investigated the Dam 4 Towpath on 12-17-05. A picture was taken of an entity that was neither a Paranormal Investigator nor a "drifter" on the Towpath!

SUMMARY: Chief Twenty Bones was a brave and fearless Indian leader. He died in the early 18th century and he was buried on a ridge just outside of modern Lineboro. He was buried with the treasures he had accumulated during his life. His tribe gave him a big ceremony. The tribe's shaman wanted to ensure the chief safe passage to the spirit world and so placed a curse on the burial site to keep outsiders away. The curse was used to protect the chief's treasure and his burial site. The curse would bring the wrath of the spirit world to whomsoever disturbed the chief's resting place.

SUMMARY: The Loy's Station covered bridge was built around 1860 by the Loy family. The family owned the feed mill and post office at Loy's Station, which was a small community with a railroad station. The original bridge was modified in 1929. New steel beams were installed to replace the original wooden beams and the lateral bracing under the wooden floor. The bridge was destroyed by arson in 1991. Volunteers restored the bridge using timbers salvaged from the old bridge. During the Civil War the Union and Confederate Armies marched through Frederick and Thurmont on their way to Gettysburg and Antietam. Many small skirmishes took place around Frederick and Thurmont. The soldiers often camped near covered bridges for protective cover and usually water for their horses. The covered bridges are reportedly haunted by the soldiers who died there and by people that drowned in the water below. The bridge is located on Old Frederick Road, in Creagerstown.

SUMMARY: The Old Naval Observatory once almost became a Prime Meridian of the United States, to be used as a foundational basis point for surveyed measurements. Home of master optician Alvan Clark's first large, 26-inch refratory telescope, it was also, in 1877, the discovery point, by Asaph Hall, of Mars' satellites.

SUMMARY: The grounds directly beneath the Diamond Center Mall were sacred native burial grounds dating back thousands of years. While digging and building the mall, workers came across a few graves, but due to their old age and small size they pressed on.

SUMMARY: At the time it was built in 1792, Bloomingdale was one of the largest and most refined houses in the county, and it survives today in nearly pristine condition. Constructed by Thomas Johnings Seth, it was later owned by Sallie Harris, a prominent member of Baltimore and Queen Anne’s County society. In 1880 it passed to Severn Teackle Wallis, a leading figure in Baltimore legal circles, a founding member of the Maryland Historical Society in 1844, and a charter member of the Peabody Institute. It is said to be haunted by the ghost of William Sterret.

SUMMARY: The Tides Inn was built in 1899 for original owner Emma Foss. At one time the inn was known as the New Belvidere and hosted such famous individuals as Theodore Rosevelt and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The Inn is haunted by the ghost of her original owner, Emma Foss. Emma's ghost is known to get upset when things are rearranged in the inn, any changes can cause her to make herself known by noises and movement of objects and furniture.

SUMMARY: There is an old abandoned Penitentiary in West Virginia that has a history of being haunted. The prison has been featured on MTV's "Fear". The prison sits on 20 acres just outside of Moundsville. Surrounded by tall stone walls, the prison resembles a ghotic fortress and evokes foreboding feelings. Having been built in 1866 by convicts three years after the Virginia joined the Union on known Native American burial grounds, it was haunted before it opened its gates. There are tales --whispers now in time-- dating from during construction.

SUMMARY: Built on the donated property of Thomas Hillary. In 1692, a log structure acted as the first church. It was replaced with a brick structure in 1774. Work took until 1777.

SUMMARY: Annapolis played a big part of Maryland war efforts during the Revolutionary War. The American Revolutionary war ocurred between the years of 1775 and 1778. Annapolis had a Barracks that was rented for the soldiers' housing by the Union. The soldiers suffered hard times while staying in Annapolis, however. There was a shortage of food, the Barracks had no fuel for heat, and they had little furniture and few blankets: The soldiers sometimes burned the furniture for heat. The Barracks had two main rooms on the first floor and two rooms on the second floor. The basement had a kitchen, and the remains of an old oven are in the wall.

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: There is a house located on Pinewood Road in Baltimore that is reportedly haunted. The house is around 175 years old. Diane MacKeneth is the owner and she has lived there since she was a child.

SUMMARY: A man named Louie was killed just outside the front steps of the Harmony Inn. His ghost reportedly haunts the area and is trying "to link the past present and future."

SUMMARY: The house is haunted by the spirit of Barbara Fritchie.

SUMMARY: Favor rooms 235 and 301. Staying there for more than a day will either kindle or rekindle your belief in ghosts.