The Most Haunted Places in the USA

The Most Haunted Places in the USA: 12 hand-picked locations, ranked by how haunted they are. Each includes its story, a 1–5 scare rating and GPS coordinates.

• Amityville Horror House (112 Ocean Avenue)
  New York, Amityville · Scare 5/5
  In 1974 Ronald DeFeo Jr. murdered six family members — the following year the Lutz family fled after 28 days.
• Bell Witch Cave
  Tennessee, Adams · Scare 5/5
  The cave where the 'Bell Witch' is said to have fled in 1821 after haunting the Bell family for four years.
• Eastern State Penitentiary
  Pennsylvania · Scare 5/5
  In the abandoned prison shadow figures flit along the cellblocks — a locksmith told of a force that seized him.
• LaLaurie Mansion
  Louisiana, New Orleans · Scare 5/5
  The 1834 fire revealed enslaved people tortured in the attic — owner Delphine LaLaurie fled to France.
• Pennhurst State School and Hospital
  Pennsylvania, Spring City · Scare 5/5
  Ökänd institution där övergrepp avslöjades i tv 1968. Patienternas lidande sägs dröja kvar.
• The Conjuring House
  Rhode Island, Burrillville · Scare 5/5
  Gården som inspirerade filmen The Conjuring. Familjen Perron flydde under åren kring 1970.
• Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum
  West Virginia, Weston · Scare 5/5
  Mental hospital operating 1864-1994 — today a museum offering tours, the location of "Paranormal Lockdown".
• Villisca Axe Murder House
  Iowa, Villisca · Scare 5/5
  Åtta människor — sex av dem barn — yxmördades i sömnen 1912. Mordet är ännu olöst.
• Waverly Hills Sanatorium
  Kentucky · Scare 5/5
  Through the "death tunnel" thousands of bodies were lowered in secret — and in Room 502 a voice is said to scream "Get out!".
• West Virginia Penitentiary
  West Virginia, Moundsville · Scare 5/5
  Gotiskt fängelse där 94 män avrättades. Cellerna var så trånga att de dömdes som grym bestraffning.
• West Virginia Penitentiary
  West Virginia, Moundsville · Scare 5/5
  Byggt på en indiansk gravhög — 94 avrättningar och den ökände "Shadow Man".
• Alcatraz
  Kalifornien, San Francisco · Scare 4/5
  Cell 14D är tio grader kallare än resten — och kalla fläckar rör sig genom blocket i mänsklig form.

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