3 spectral locations cataloged
Situated along the eastern shore of Lake Champlain in Burlington, Vermont, Burlington Bay is a historic maritime harbor rich in revolutionary history, 19th-century shipwrecks, and spooky lake folklore. Famous for tragic drownings, ghostly ghost-ship sightings like the 'Sarah Ellen', and sightings of 'Champ' the lake monster, the foggy waters off Waterfront Park remain a focal point for Vermont ghost stories.
Cave-in-Rock State Park sits atop dramatic 160-foot limestone bluffs overlooking the Ohio River in Hardin County, Illinois. Dominated by a massive 55-foot-wide natural cave carved into the limestone cliff face, the site possesses a bloody history as a 18th and early 19th-century stronghold for river pirates, highwaymen, counterfeiters, and outlaws who preyed upon frontier flatboat travelers. Today, visitors report ghostly apparitions, disembodied cries echoing from the cave interior, and eerie unseen presences.
Carved through the Green Mountains between Mount Mansfield and Sterling Mountain, Smuggler's Notch is a narrow, dramatic mountain pass steeped in over two centuries of illicit trade and dark mountain folklore. Known historically as a haven for 19th-century smugglers, runaway slaves, and Prohibition bootleggers, the steep 1,000-foot granite cliffs and cavernous boulder fields are famous for strange phantom voices, disembodied footsteps, and mysterious lights echoing down the pass.