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Vermont Ghost Stories and Hauntings
Many Vermont schools and universities are reputed to be haunted. Visit the educated ghosts of Vermont section to find the best schools, where the best ghosts might be attending class! You can find plenty of ghosts haunting the Green Mountains of Vermont. If you're really bold, spend a night at a haunted Vermont inn or hotel. If you're spending the night alone, maybe you'll appreciate the company (or perhaps not).
Enosburg Falls, VT. Opera House, where "Willy," the son of a laborer fell while working in the attic, broke his leg and died there forgotten by everyone. This good humored ghost likes to steal playbooks and move props. He hasn't been seen, but many have reported hearing ghostly footsteps in the attic.
"Good Evening" - People who enjoy a nightly stroll beside an old graveyard in Cabot, VT have reported being accompanied by a Mr. Anders. Sometimes their stroll is silent, while at other times Mr. Anders tips his hat and bids them a friendly "good evening." According to historical documents, Mr. Anders was the caretaker of the cemetery until his death.
The Moonlight Ghosts of Lake Morey, Fairlee, VT - We are taught in school that the steam engine was invented by Robert Fulton, however, it was actually invented by Samuel Morey, and stolen by Fulton due to a technicality in the patent registration. Captain Morey was so angered, that he sunk his boat, the Aunt Sally to the bottom of Lake Morey in Fairlee, and on a still, moon lit night, the Aunt Sally rises to the lake's surface and floats without sound or ripple, as the ghost of Captain Morey watches from shore.
Shelburne Museum's Resident Ghosts – The Dutton House was built in Cavendish, Vermont, in 1782, was unoccupied for forty years, donated and moved to the Shelburne Museum in 1950. It was disassembled, moved to Shelburne, where it was put back together piece by piece. It also came along with at least one ghost. Many museum employees and volunteers will not work in the building alone. They report slamming doors, footsteps and ghostly voices when they know that no one else is in the building. Some dare not step foot into the house at all. One employee reports that on her first day on the job as a tour guide she went upstairs and noticed an older man with a white shirt and scruffy face hunkering down under the slope of the roof. Another museum tour guide mentioned that she has heard the sound of a little girl crying.
Stowe - Emily's bridge - In the 19th century a girl was going to elope with the man of her dreams. (Even though her parents disliked the man entirely) He told her to meet him at the covered bridge nearest to their homes the next day at noon. When she got there no one was there. she waited for hours and he never showed. She was so desperate for his love she committed suicide. Read more about Emily's Bridge and decide for yourself if this ghost story is true or just a well spun, local legend.
The Haunted Railroad Bridge of Hartford, VT - During a bitterly frigid winter night in the late 1800's, a fire occurred on the original railroad trestle in Hartford, VT. A train, the Montreal Express, with passenger cars carrying 78 people, derailed and burned. Tragically, thirty-six people had either been crushed, drowned or burned alive , including a boy and his father. Vermont’s worst railroad disaster.
The Ghosts of Lake Bomoseen - The town of West Castleton now sits abandoned, but it was once home to Irish immigrant slate workers who were fond of crossing Lake Bomoseen to visit a tavern on the east shore. One night, three men set out for a night of carousing. They never returned. The next morning, their boat was found floating empty. Their bodies were never found. Today, lakeside residents claim that sometimes during a full moon, a dark, unoccupied and ghostly rowboat can be seen moving silently across the lake toward the West Castleton Bay. No oars disturb the otherwise glassy, still surface.
The Bowman Monument of Cuttingsville, VT - Made wealthy from his tanning business, Mr. John P. Bowman built a mausoleum to hold the remains of his wife and children, including a life-size statue of him, flowers in hand, walking up the steps in grief.
Ghostly Rattlings in Brattleboro - Austine School for the Deaf - Security guards at this school report that they have heard their names called when there was positively no one else around. Other staff members also have also heard their names called in the same spot, all on different occasions. Other reports include many strange noises, "things" passing by out of the corner of your, lights turning on by themselves, a sense that you are being followed, and reflections in a TV screen. When one turns around, nothing is there. Although no malevolent activity has ever been reported. Perhaps the ghostly residents are simply curious about the goings on at the school.
At the nearby Brattleboro Country Club on Dummerston Road, workers describe hearing garbled voices above the dining area of the country club. None of the waitresses like to close the dining area alone. Footsteps have been heard walking overhead, along with other various sounds. No one claims to know who the ghost or ghosts area.
The “Bennington Triangle” - The term "Bennington Triangle" was coined by New England author Joseph A. Citro during a public radio broadcast in 1992 to denote an area of southwestern Vermont within which a number of persons went missing between 1920 and 1950.
Wilmington - Averill Stand - Averill Stand Historic Site was built in 1787, and was for many years the stagecoach stop between Bennington and Brattleboro on what is now Route 9. The Averill family managed the stagecoach stand on the site, hence the name Averill Stand, as well as the tavern and Inn. The family cemetery is on a small plot of land adjacent to the old pasture, and contains the bodies of many of the house's former occupants. One of those, Lavina Field Averill, is believed to have died in childbirth in the home, and it' is thought that she may be the spirit who has, several time, placed missing items on the kitchen counter. One visitor reports having seen a young woman in old clothing in the dining room. At night, always between 10:30 and 11:40, the current occupant's dogs run to the back door, barking, and watch someone or something, cross the back yard and walk to the old driveway. Some unseen being repeatedly rings the doorbell on snowy nights, leaving no trace of human footsteps. Perhaps it is Lavina, or perhaps it's Mrs. Brown, the wife of former lumber baron Martin Brown, who lived in the home for many years in the early 1900's, and died there. Mrs. Brown is known to visit at least one of the adjoining houses, in which she also resided. The house is noted for the repeated observations of spirit-sensitive folks for the warmth and friendliness and welcoming feel of the place, which many attribute to the spirits of the house.
St. Albans - Welden Theatre - The movie theater which used to be a jail has experienced several strange and unexplained encounters. Occasionally, the projection booths have been a spot of mystery. Movies have started by themselves and voices can be heard in the old booths. The basement, which still has the remains of old jail cells, gives one the feeling of being watched. An old man with a white sweater has been seen walking around the basement. He is said to be an old homeless person who years ago moved into the basement and took up residence there. The basement door also has been known to fly open even when latched. Overall the theater has a very uneasy feeling to it.
