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Origin: Cherokee
A powerful horned serpent or dragon-like creature with crystal scales and a bright blazing crest, said to possess great supernatural powers and knowledge.
Origin: Cherokee
A terrifying witch with stone-like skin and a long, sharp finger made of stone on her right hand. She would use her shapeshifting powers to lure victims, particularly children, before stabbing them to remove and consume their livers. This legend reflects the Cherokee belief in three distinct worlds and the dangerous beings that could move between them.
Origin: American Folklore
A fearsome creature that stalks people in forests, always staying just behind them and never being seen. Like some other legendary creatures, it hunts humans for their livers, but uniquely, it has a peculiar weakness - beer, which makes it too drunk to effectively hunt.
Origin: Gullah Culture - South Carolina Lowcountry and North Carolina Coast
A vampiric creature that removes its skin at night and rides sleeping victims until dawn, draining their energy. Most commonly reported in the South Carolina Lowcountry (particularly around Charleston, Beaufort, and the Sea Islands) and along the North Carolina coast near Wilmington and the Outer Banks. To protect against a Boo Hag, people would spread salt or rice around their beds, as the creature would be compelled to count every grain before continuing its attack. Travelers are warned to be especially cautious in remote areas of both Carolinas after dark, particularly in areas where Gullah-Geechee culture has deep roots.
Origin: Cajun French Louisiana
A legendary werewolf-like creature that prowls the swamps and bayous of South Louisiana, particularly in the parishes around New Orleans and the Atchafalaya Basin. According to Cajun folklore, the Rougarou was often a cursed person who would transform under a full moon and hunt the guilty and misbehaving. Some say breaking the curse requires keeping the secret of seeing a Rougarou for 101 days.
Origin: Cherokee
A powerful supernatural being associated with thunder and lightning, who maintains order in the world and protects people from evil spirits.
Origin: 1950s America
A couple in a parked car hears news of an escaped killer with a hook for a hand.
Origin: Internet (2009)
A tall, faceless figure in a suit who stalks children in the woods.
Origin: Virginia
An escaped asylum patient in a bunny costume who attacks people with an axe.
Origin: Staten Island, NY
An escaped mental patient who supposedly kidnapped children in the 1970s.
Origin: 1996
Children with completely black eyes who ask to be invited into homes or cars.
Origin: Point Pleasant, WV
A winged creature spotted before the Silver Bridge collapse in 1967.
Chicago, IL - 1893
A hotel built specifically for murdering guests during the World's Fair.
Villisca, IA - 1912
Site of the unsolved murder of an entire family and two guests.
Los Angeles, CA - 1947
The infamous unsolved murder of Elizabeth Short.
Amityville, NY - 1974
Site of the DeFeo family murders that inspired the horror franchise.
New Orleans, LA - 1918-1919
Serial killer who targeted people who didn't play jazz music.
Sloss Furnaces
Former steel mill with reports of pushed workers
Kennecott Mine
Abandoned copper mine with ghostly miners
Jerome Grand Hotel
Former hospital with wandering spirits
Crescent Hotel
Known as America's most haunted hotel
Winchester Mystery House
Bizarre mansion built to confuse spirits
Stanley Hotel
Inspired Stephen King's The Shining
Dudleytown
Cursed abandoned village
Fort Delaware
Civil War prison with soldier spirits
St. Augustine Lighthouse
Home to multiple spirits
Sorrel Weed House
Site of tragic deaths in Savannah
Iolani Palace
Royal spirits still guard the throne
Old Idaho Penitentiary
Prison with paranormal activity
Bachelor's Grove Cemetery
Most haunted cemetery in the country
French Lick Springs Hotel
Haunted by former owner
Edinburgh Manor
Former mental asylum
Stull Cemetery
Rumored gateway to Hell
Waverly Hills Sanatorium
Former tuberculosis hospital
Myrtles Plantation
Site of multiple murders
Wood Island Lighthouse
Scene of murder-suicide
Point Lookout Lighthouse
Civil War hospital site
Lizzie Borden House
Scene of infamous axe murders
Mackinac Island
Multiple haunted locations
Wabasha Street Caves
Gangster hideout with spirits
McRaven House
Most haunted in the state
Lemp Mansion
Site of multiple suicides
Little Bighorn Battlefield
Haunted by fallen soldiers
Nebraska State Capitol
Political spirits remain
Goldfield Hotel
Ghost mining town hauntings
Mount Washington Hotel
Haunted by original owner's wife
Pine Barrens
Home of the Jersey Devil
St. James Hotel
Cowboys still roam halls
Rolling Hills Asylum
Former poor house with spirits
Devil's Tramping Ground
Nothing grows in circle
San Haven Sanatorium
Abandoned hospital spirits
Ohio State Reformatory
Prison with active hauntings
Skirvin Hotel
Haunted by jumping woman
Hot Lake Hotel
Former sanatorium hauntings
Eastern State Penitentiary
America's most haunted prison
Belcourt Castle
Haunted Newport mansion
Old City Jail
Charleston's most haunted
Bullock Hotel
Deadwood's first hotel
Bell Witch Cave
Site of famous haunting
The Driskill Hotel
Austin's historic haunted hotel
Union Station
Haunted train station
Green Mount Cemetery
Active spirit sightings
Bacon's Castle
Oldest haunted house
Northern State Hospital
Former asylum hauntings
Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum
Spirits of former patients
Summerwind Mansion
Haunted by former residents
Old Faithful Inn
Yellowstone's haunted hotel
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