The 10 Most Haunted Places in the United States

Hollywood horror movies are frightening, but the town’s real-life ghost stories are perhaps even scarier. The spirits of departed actors and actresses have been sighted inside Hollywood studios, near abandoned homes and lots, and roaming near iconic monuments. We’ve dug up the spine-tingling details of some of Tinseltown’s most notorious haunted places.

Chicago is a fine destination for architecture buffs, deep-dish pizza lovers, Magnificent Mile shoppers and Cubs fans, but ghostly presences also blow through the Windy City. As Halloween approaches, we showcase a few of Chicago’s most haunted places and the ghosts that haunt them, including a mysterious hit and run victim, notorious mobsters, a bar with a past and a graveyard where things aren’t always what they seem.

New Orleans is a haven for fun-loving revelers, but beneath the surface of this colorful coastal city lay ghosts and spirits—perhaps more than in any other city in the United States. We’ve narrowed down New Orleans’ plethora of scary places to six, including a hauntingly beautiful cemetery, an alleyway with a past and a bar beloved by Tennessee Williams.

Savannah has a graceful elegance replete with historic charm, friendly denizens, succulent southern comfort food and warm Georgia weather. But peer behind the curtains of Spanish moss dripping from any stately live oak and you’ll find a veritable ghost town, whether on the slanted sidewalks framing the Gothic Revival architecture, the hallways of a haunted bed-and-breakfast, or in Savannah’s spirited cemetery. Below, we present several of Savannah’s scariest sites.

Hundreds of the famous and the infamous have lived in New York City, and it’s not so hard to believe that some of them might have left some trace of themselves behind, even after they’ve left this world. FindingDulcinea offers a tour of some of the Big Apple’s most haunted landmarks.

If you’re planning an autumn visit to Boston for steaming bowls of chowder and cool October air, don’t neglect the city’s haunted highlights. Boston is a haven for ghosts and spirits, too, and they’re lurking almost everywhere. We’ve selected the city’s creepiest locales, from Boston Common to Boston Harbor. And if that’s not spooky enough, there’s always Salem.