Haunted Schools is a guide to reportedly haunted college campuses, high schools and schoolhouses across the United States. Each page covers one school and the ghost stories attached to it, from a dormitory or a theater to a hallway or a grandfather clock.
Documented history is kept separate from legend, and the stories are presented as local folklore, not as proven fact. Most of these places are working schools and are not open to the public.
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Wren Building, William & Mary, Virginia: Ghost Stories, Fires and the Crypt
William & Mary’s Wren Building is called the campus’s most haunted. Its fires, wartime hospital use and crypt are documented; the soldiers,…
Washington Hall, University of Notre Dame, Indiana: The Gipp Ghost Story vs. the Record
Notre Dame’s Washington Hall is said to be haunted by football star George Gipp. The university’s own records say the story began…
Minnesota Campus Legends: Moorhead State, St. Cloud State and Mankato
Three Minnesota campus legends without their own post: Weld Hall at Moorhead State, the St. Cloud State library built over a pioneer…
Illinois Campus Legends: Western Illinois, Morton College, Maryknoll
A roundup of Illinois campus legends without their own post: the Harold stories at Western Illinois University’s Simpkins Hall, the Morton College…
Concordia College – Moorhead, MN: Dolly Larson and the Theatre’s Al Gersbach
Concordia College has a short list of campus ghosts that its own archive and news office have written down: Dolly Larson in…
Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota – Winona, MN: The Heffron Hall Ghost and the Real 1915 Shooting
The Heffron Hall ghost at Saint Mary’s in Winona is one of Minnesota’s best known campus legends, and the university says it…
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Every school report is filed under the part of the country where the campus actually is.
How we research
Documented history is kept separate from legend. The ghost stories are told as local folklore and campus tradition, not as proven fact. Where no record backs a story up, it is described as a legend or a rumor, and many of these tales have changed over the years. Most of the places covered are working schools, so please enjoy the stories from a distance and never trespass. About this site
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