Haunted Places in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula Old City Orphanage in Marquetteįormerly known as the Holy Cross Orphanage, the Old City Orphanage stands against the Marquette hills as a menacing reminder of the city’s past. With Halloween approaching, Michiganders are searching for places to scare themselves silly, so here is our list of the most haunted places in Michigan – perfect for a haunted Michigan road trip. Tours are available year-round.A dirt path leads to a cemetery, covered with fallen branches and hung with cobwebs a strange fog closes in while bats screech overhead the howls of a black cat echo through the night as the sun sets on the spooky setting. Today you can tour the lockup areas and prison yard. It’s no wonder, as the prison was the setting for riots, fires and nearly 100 executions during its time in operation. Opened in 1875, the West Virginia Penitentiary in Moundsville is said to be one of the most haunted prisons in the United States. At the Mothman Museum, you can study Mothman artifacts and other exhibits. Today, Mothman has become a pop culture icon in Point Pleasant, where a 12-foot-tall metallic statue bears his likeness. It was believed that this creature– dubbed Mothman– was an extraterrestrial being. In 1966, residents of Point Pleasant first reported seeing a tall, winged creature with glowing red eyes. Peter’s Catholic Church, which served as a hospital during the Civil War, visitors have spotted the ghost of a wounded soldier and an old priest.Ĥ. Learn the stories of a woman clad in 18th century fashion, peering from the window of Harper House. Ghost Tours of Harpers Ferry guides visitors on an evening walking tour of some of the town’s most haunted sites. Home to Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, the Eastern Panhandle town of Harpers Ferry is said to house a number of restless spirits dating back hundreds of years.
The asylum offers ghost tours and history tours until mid-November, closed for the winter season. The hospital closed permanently to patients in 1994 but eventually was reopened as a tourist destination. Originally built to house 250 patients, and at one time known as Weston State Hospital, the facility reached its peak in the 1950s with 2,400 patients. The Gothic sandstone structure of the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum looks eerie, so it’s no surprise there are ghost stories associated with this Civil War-era hospital in Weston.Ĭonstruction began on the asylum in 1858 but was disrupted when the grounds were used as a camp for Union soldiers. Lake Shawnee Amusement Park is open for private paranormal tours by appointment only. Visitors have reported seeing the ghosts of a man and a little girl in a pink dress near the rusted-out remains of the Ferris wheel and swings. Over the next few decades, several fatal incidents occurred at the park, which was finally abandoned in 1966. In the 1920s a local businessman purchased the land and turned it into an amusement park. In the late 1700s, a bloody skirmish between settler Mitchell Clay and the local Shawnee Native American tribe ended in the deaths of three of Clay’s children and several Shawnee warriors. Here are the five most haunted sites you can visit in the Mountain State. With as much history as West Virginia has, it is no surprise that there is no shortage of hauntings.
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