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.

• 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.
• LaLaurie Mansion
  Louisiana, New Orleans · Scare 5/5
  The 1834 fire revealed enslaved people tortured in the attic — owner Delphine LaLaurie fled to France.
• West Virginia Penitentiary
  West Virginia, Moundsville · Scare 5/5
  Byggt på en indiansk gravhög — 94 avrättningar och den ökände "Shadow Man".
• Villisca Axe Murder House
  Iowa, Villisca · Scare 5/5
  Åtta människor — sex av dem barn — yxmördades i sömnen 1912. Mordet är ännu olöst.
• 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".
• 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.
• Bobby Mackey's Music World
  Kentucky, Wilder · Scare 4/5
  Marketed as 'America's most haunted nightclub' — demolished in December 2024.
• Pennhurst State School
  Pennsylvania, Spring City · Scare 4/5
  En institution med ökänd vanvård — "The King" sägs strypa besökare i pannrummet.
• Carnton Mansion
  Tennessee, Franklin · Scare 4/5
  The largest field hospital of the Civil War in 1864 — four dead generals were laid out on the back porch.
• Old South Pittsburg Hospital
  Tennessee, South Pittsburg · Scare 4/5
  Tennessees mest hemsökta plats — barnskrik, skuggmänniskor och utrustning som slår på av sig själv.
• 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.
• The Witch House (Jonathan Corwin House)
  Massachusetts, Salem · Scare 4/5
  Judge Jonathan Corwin's house from 1675 — the only building still standing in Salem with a direct connection to the witch trials.

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