Where you grew up, was there a haunted place?

[Reverend Conehead]

In the small Texas town where I grew up, there was this old, abandoned house right next to the post office. So you would always see it if you had to go mail a letter. If I had to guess, I would say it was built somewhere around 1900. None of my friends ever went in there, but there was a rumor that some 15 years before then some teenager girl went in there on a dare and then they heard her shriek in terror and she came running out. The story goes, after that, she was catatonic and just stared forward and would never speak. I don't know if that story was true or not, but that's what they said.

Then later on when I was living in Hawaii, there was this cemetery with a white statue of a woman. It was supposedly haunted. Word was if you stared at it long enough at night, it would move. So my friends and I went there and parked. The cemetery was closed at night, of course, but you could see the statue from where we were parked. So we stared at it. Eventually, it did appear to move. It was freaky. Today I'm guessing it was some kind of optical illusion.

 

[Runwildboys]

I'm sure it was an optical illusion.

The town I grew up in, in Northern Jersey was featured in a TV show called The 10 Most Haunted Towns In America. One of the things it's famous for is Clinton Road, a road that's about 7 miles long, IIRC and ran through a mostly unpopulated region of forest and reservoir. Many people have claimed to have been driving down that road at night, when suddenly a pickup truck appeared behind them, went around and tried to run them off the road, then disappeared.

That's one of several repeated incidents of hauntings in West Milford, NJ., where incidentally, they used to find the bodies of mob hits that were dumped.

 

[MWH1967]

we have a house very similar to this one in our town. It has been worked on several time by different people but, for some reason no one has ever stayed for an extended period of time. Two of the bands in the area have taken pictures in front of it. Its a very sinister looking house.

As people talk it up it gets a little worse each time. I'm not sure about haunted but, it sure has local lore.

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[SlammedZero]

There are a couple around the Boise area. A few of which I have been to, though, I have never personally experienced any paranormal activity at any of the ones I visited.

Old Idaho State Penitentiary:

This was a functional prison from 1872 to 1973. This prison has actually gained some national notoriety. Several ghost hunter shows have visited this site and have featured it on their shows. I have actually never toured this place, though, the old grounds of the prison were turned into a small concert venue. I have been there, and, it was actually a pretty cool spot to watch a concert.

Idaho City Cemetery:

Idaho City is an old gold rush town in the mountains NW of Boise. It was founded during the Civil War and was, at one time, the biggest city in the Pacific Northwest during the Gold Rush. It is a very historically rich area. The cemetery is situated on a hill just above the city. It has over 3000 gravesites. I have been here before. It's neat to walk, but does have a very eerie feeling to it. Anyway, as you can imagine, there are haunted stories galore for this cemetery.

Fort Boise Military Cemetery:

Well, to no surprise, we have another old cemetery. Built in 1906, IIRC. This one is just in the foothills above Boise and really isn't in any kind of ominous setting, however, there are plenty of stories of people seeing ghosts in and around the gravesites. When I was a young man, a friend and I were hanging out with a couple girls. One weekend night they brought it up for us to go visit it. Of course, trying to be cool for them, we went. When we got there the girls snuck in and my buddy and I sat in the car. He watched behind us and I watched forward, with the car on, ready to burn the tires out of there if necessary! haha! We never saw anything that night.

 

[csirl]

The building my high school was in is supposed to be haunted. Built in 1800s the building once housed a notorious boys home, where many kids were abused or killed. Prior to that there was a castle on the site where there had been some unsavory busiiness including a Bishop being kidnapped and murdered. To.top it all, Bram Stoker's family lived in a house built on the old estate/campus.

Loads of resident ghosts including:
- a cloaked figure who hung himself from the roof.
- a couple of ghosts who hung around one of the old stair cases.
- a walking statue.
- a haunred tree!

A few others I cant remember.

I dont believe in ghosts and never saw any paranormal activity.

 

[BigStar]

There are a couple around the Boise area. A few of which I have been to, though, I have never personally experienced any paranormal activity at any of the ones I visited.

Old Idaho State Penitentiary:

This was a functional prison from 1872 to 1973. This prison has actually gained some national notoriety. Several ghost hunter shows have visited this site and have featured it on their shows. I have actually never toured this place, though, the old grounds of the prison were turned into a small concert venue. I have been there, and, it was actually a pretty cool spot to watch a concert.

Idaho City Cemetery:

Idaho City is an old gold rush town in the mountains NW of Boise. It was founded during the Civil War and was, at one time, the biggest city in the Pacific Northwest during the Gold Rush. It is a very historically rich area. The cemetery is situated on a hill just above the city. It has over 3000 gravesites. I have been here before. It's neat to walk, but does have a very eerie feeling to it. Anyway, as you can imagine, there are haunted stories galore for this cemetery.

Fort Boise Military Cemetery:

Well, to no surprise, we have another old cemetery. Built in 1906, IIRC. This one is just in the foothills above Boise and really isn't in any kind of ominous setting, however, there are plenty of stories of people seeing ghosts in and around the gravesites. When I was a young man, a friend and I were hanging out with a couple girls. One weekend night they brought it up for us to go visit it. Of course, trying to be cool for them, we went. When we got there the girls snuck in and my buddy and I sat in the car. He watched behind us and I watched forward, with the car on, ready to burn the tires out of there if necessary! haha! We never saw anything that night.

Damn you got skills Slammed...felt like I was watching/reading a professional documentary with the pictures to match. Roped me in...great pics too!

 

[Lutonio]

The area to the north and west of my hometown was founded as a mining and milling community with train tracks running through it. In 1855, a little boy was traveling alone on the train and became ill. He was taken in by the owners of the local hotel. He died a few days later, but nobody ever learned his name because he had been too weak communicate. The town collected donations to have him properly buried, and his headstone reads simply “The Little Boy.”

Over the years, this has combined nicely with the local story of the witch of the cemetery, who roams the grounds at night leaving toys and flowers on the graves of children.

 

[lukin2006]

The Baldoon Mystery


https://hauntedwalk.com/news/the-baldoon-mystery/

I grew up in Wallaceburg. Buddies and I used to go there at night, Friday 13th, Halloween…you name it. Nothing mysterious to report. However to this day, day or night I find it very peaceful area…

 

[NorthoftheRedRiver]

Out in Abilene, there's a phantom lady that prowls the local lake. Creepy stories.

 

[Hoofbite]

There are a couple around the Boise area. A few of which I have been to, though, I have never personally experienced any paranormal activity at any of the ones I visited.

Old Idaho State Penitentiary:

This was a functional prison from 1872 to 1973. This prison has actually gained some national notoriety. Several ghost hunter shows have visited this site and have featured it on their shows. I have actually never toured this place, though, the old grounds of the prison were turned into a small concert venue. I have been there, and, it was actually a pretty cool spot to watch a concert.

Idaho City Cemetery:

Idaho City is an old gold rush town in the mountains NW of Boise. It was founded during the Civil War and was, at one time, the biggest city in the Pacific Northwest during the Gold Rush. It is a very historically rich area. The cemetery is situated on a hill just above the city. It has over 3000 gravesites. I have been here before. It's neat to walk, but does have a very eerie feeling to it. Anyway, as you can imagine, there are haunted stories galore for this cemetery.

Fort Boise Military Cemetery:

Well, to no surprise, we have another old cemetery. Built in 1906, IIRC. This one is just in the foothills above Boise and really isn't in any kind of ominous setting, however, there are plenty of stories of people seeing ghosts in and around the gravesites. When I was a young man, a friend and I were hanging out with a couple girls. One weekend night they brought it up for us to go visit it. Of course, trying to be cool for them, we went. When we got there the girls snuck in and my buddy and I sat in the car. He watched behind us and I watched forward, with the car on, ready to burn the tires out of there if necessary! haha! We never saw anything that night.

Cool stuff. I grew up there as well, and really didn't know any of that.

The stories I was always told by my antagonizing uncles and cousins growing up were about a guy (Charlie Sprittles) who froze to death walking along a road between Rocky Bar and Featherville. There's a sign marking the location where he died, and they said if you stayed up late enough, you'd eventually see him walk by. Also, some lady named "Peg Leg Annie", who apparently walked the highway through Featherville at night crying out for her lost leg. Also told me stories of Menehune and took me Snipe hunting. If they weren't family, I'd call them evil.

All just to scare the piss out of me before going to sleep in the tent on the front yard about 100 yards from the highway. My grandfather had built a cabin there with his bare hands and we would go up there a couple times per year. Large family so the kids usually camped out in the front yard. Amazing place that's right off the South Fork of the Boise River. Grown quite a bit since I've been there but still one of those places you don't appreciate until you're older. I could walk to the river and fish for trout or hook (pretty sure, illegally) a salmon at any time as the river was so close. Go up-river a couple of miles and take an innertube back.

If you haven't been up that way, I'd recommend it. Rocky Bar is pretty cool, looking back. Being a child it seemed kind of lame as a ghost town, but the structures were still in-tact enough to venture in and snoop around. Being older now, it'd be pretty damn cool to go again. Road isn't paved, and the only way in during the winter is probably by snowmobile. Done that before, and it's pretty awesome. There might be a half-dozen structures left, but they have a cemetery that looks a lot like the Idaho City one you posted.

 

[SlammedZero]

Cool stuff. I grew up there as well, and really didn't know any of that.

The stories I was always told by my antagonizing uncles and cousins growing up were about a guy (Charlie Sprittles) who froze to death walking along a road between Rocky Bar and Featherville. There's a sign marking the location where he died, and they said if you stayed up late enough, you'd eventually see him walk by. Also, some lady named "Peg Leg Annie", who apparently walked the highway through Featherville at night crying out for her lost leg. Also told me stories of Menehune and took me Snipe hunting. If they weren't family, I'd call them evil.

All just to scare the piss out of me before going to sleep in the tent on the front yard about 100 yards from the highway. My grandfather had built a cabin there with his bare hands and we would go up there a couple times per year. Large family so the kids usually camped out in the front yard. Amazing place that's right off the South Fork of the Boise River. Grown quite a bit since I've been there but still one of those places you don't appreciate until you're older. I could walk to the river and fish for trout or hook (pretty sure, illegally) a salmon at any time as the river was so close. Go up-river a couple of miles and take an innertube back.

If you haven't been up that way, I'd recommend it. Rocky Bar is pretty cool, looking back. Being a child it seemed kind of lame as a ghost town, but the structures were still in-tact enough to venture in and snoop around. Being older now, it'd be pretty damn cool to go again. Road isn't paved, and the only way in during the winter is probably by snowmobile. Done that before, and it's pretty awesome. There might be a half-dozen structures left, but they have a cemetery that looks a lot like the Idaho City one you posted.

Hey, small world! It's actually funny you bring up Rocky Bar. This last summer, all of the guys at my work rented a giant cabin on the Boise River in Featherville for a company guy trip. It was fantastic. Anyway, one co-worker brought up his RZR and we cruised up to Rocky Bar. It was actually the first time I had ever been there. Interesting place for sure.

Here are some pictures I snapped:

 

[jsb357]

Back in the 80's there were rumors around this place was haunted...

https://www.google.com/maps/@31.550...zA-asn_gKUI5grQvp6mA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en

at the time it was a rental

 

[Fredbeard]

My elementary school was supposed to be haunted but I never experienced anything

 

[nobody]

I'm sure it was an optical illusion.

The town I grew up in, in Northern Jersey was featured in a TV show called The 10 Most Haunted Towns In America. One of the things it's famous for is Clinton Road, a road that's about 7 miles long, IIRC and ran through a mostly unpopulated region of forest and reservoir. Many people have claimed to have been driving down that road at night, when suddenly a pickup truck appeared behind them, went around and tried to run them off the road, then disappeared.

That's one of several repeated incidents of hauntings in West Milford, NJ., where incidentally, they used to find the bodies of mob hits that were dumped.

I heard of Clinton road! There are several Youtube videos about it.

 

[Runwildboys]

I heard of Clinton road! There are several Youtube videos about it.

I'm not surprised. It's a very eerie place.

 

[Runwildboys]

I heard of Clinton road! There are several Youtube videos about it.

I just saw something recently that claims it also has the longest red light in America: 5 full minutes. The ghosts don't bother me as much as that light would!

 

[BrAinPaiNt]

Sometimes we would go through the old cemetery as a shortcut.
On rare occasions it would be late at night. When it was we would stop by the Devil Baby's tomb stone.

http://theresashauntedhistoryofthetri-state.blogspot.com/2014/01/the-devils-baby-of-ravenswood.html

 

[nobody]

I just saw something recently that claims it also has the longest red light in America: 5 full minutes. The ghosts don't bother me as much as that light would!

Give me ALL of the ghosts over a 5 minute red.

 

[Cowpolk]

WHITE ROCK LAKE & FLAG POLE HILL, DALLAS
Anyone who has been to Dallas or who lives near there knows of one area that needs to be avoided at night if at all possible. Perhaps the most infamous ghost story in all DFW is the one about the lady of the lake!

Legend tells of a young woman who stopped a passer-by for a lift home in their car, only for the driver to arrive at the woman’s home to find nothing but a puddle of water on the back seat and the woman nowhere to be seen. Upon knocking on the door to check if she had already gone inside, an older gentleman answered, the driver described the girl to the gentleman only for him to say that yes that was his daughter but she had died many years prior, she had tragically drowned in White Rock Lake!

There have also been countless people who have heard or been witness to, rocks being thrown at cars on the road from Flag Pole Hill. If that is not strange enough, people have also stated, that ghosts have hit cars while on the road.

The cause of the haunting at Flag Pole Hill is debated, with some connecting it to a past slaughter of Native Americans on the land, with others insisting it’s the result of murder-suicides at the nearby White Rock Lake and Blackbird Lane. Have been there and even spent the night fishing there several times have never seen a ghost there though

 

[HeavyBarrel]

I grew up in Bedford…..Everything was new and chain restaurants were everywhere, if anywhere in Bedford is haunted, they probably built a Chili’s on top of it