Sprague Mansion

Cranston, Rhode Island

The Sprague family was powerful in Rhode Island society. Investing early in textile mills and printing the popular calico cloth of the late 1700s and 1800s in bulk brought them riches. But it also seems to have brought them a share of tragedy. Two of the Sprague brothers, William and Amasa, ran “Sprague Print Works” in Cranston in the 1860s. Business was booming and the Sprague family was growing tremendously wealthy thanks to the wonders of industrialization and the factory system. And then…

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The Governor’s Mansion

Dover, Delaware

The first ghost documented at Woodburn appeared only about 25 years after the house was constructed. The owners of the house at the time, Dr. and Mrs. Bates asked a visiting itinerant Methodist preacher to begin their shared morning meal with a prayer. The preacher suggested they wait for their other guest to join them. Puzzled, the couple stated there was no other guest in the house. The preacher then described in great detail the older gentleman he saw on the stairs. His description startled the…

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Mount Washington Hotel

Bretton Woods, New Hampshire

The hotel served many well-to-do guests, including the Vanderbilt family. And regardless of who attended dinner each night in the hotel’s grand dining room, Carolyn Stickney was always the finest dressed attendee. It is rumored that Mrs. Stickney would hide on the balcony and look at the hotel’s guests as they filed in—carefully contemplating what dress and jewels to wear in order to outshine them all. After playing the nightly “belle of the ball,” Carolyn and Joseph would dine privately…

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Forsyth Park Inn

Savannah, Georgia

But haunting this gorgeous eleven-room and its accompanying cottage is the spirit of a heart-broken young girl. Early in the house’s history, a young couple owned it. Aaron and Lois Churchill were married, very much in love with each other, and sadly—infertile. Dreaming of a child of their own, they brought an adorable little girl, Lottie, home to live with them. Details as to how or where they obtained the girl are now seemingly long-lost to history, but we do know the child lovingly referred…

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The Handprint in Cell 17

Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania

In the modern-day town of Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania there is a small jail cell with an apparently long memory. Cell 17 of the Carbon County Jail bears a testament to one man’s innocence in the form of a single handprint on the wall. On “The Day of the Rope” (June 21, 1877) ten men were hanged because they fought for better treatment and better working conditions for their people. One of them, a bold ringleader named Alexander Campbell placed his hand upon the wall and swore it’d stay there…

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