27 sourced records. Reports are attributed claims, not proof of supernatural activity.
Delaware Public Archives preserves accounts of unexplained organ music, a moving bathtub, and footsteps at this coastal inn. One reported figure is identified in the tradition as former employee Paul Dulaney. The exhibit records guest stories without authenticating their paranormal interpretation.
The Amstel House is included in Delaware tourism’s Hauntings in History walking-tour coverage as a house with a resident-spirit tradition. That published association supports a record of reported haunting, not a conclusion that an entity is present. Approach the story through the historical society’s interpretation of the house and identify which details come from records and which come from testimony. Check current tour arrangements before planning an interior visit.
Delaware Public Archives preserves students’ reports of a figure identified as Mr. Bancroft at the school. Mirror appearances and knocking sounds form part of the school’s ghost tradition. These student stories are not authenticated by the archives and do not make the school a visitor attraction.
An article from Delaware’s natural-resources agency records claims of electrical disturbances, shrieks, and moving furniture at Bellevue Hall in Bellevue State Park. It presents these as local haunting reports, without identifying a verified cause or a particular deceased individual.
A WHYY roundup recounts the legend of a Revolutionary-era guard whose spirit supposedly remains at Belmont Hall. Its account includes a story about a lingering bloodstain. The entry is preserved as published local lore, rather than a verified reconstruction of a death or haunting.
Delaware Public Archives identifies Cannon Hall as a house built by Jacob Cannon in 1812. Its exhibit records residents’ claims of sensing presences attributed to Julia Ann and her daughter Luraney. The family associations and the reported experiences should not be confused with proof of haunting.
The state archives’ account connects Cannonball House with an unidentified woman said to have died after her dress caught fire. Her reported presence is a later haunting tradition associated with this historic Lewes building. The exhibit does not independently verify the woman’s identity or death.
Delaware’s natural-resources agency describes a reported soldier apparition near Tower 12 at Cape Henlopen. The story includes claims that a face appears in photographs and video. Those images are described as part of the haunting account, not authenticated evidence.
The state archives’ haunting exhibit recounts two contrasting presences at the firehouse: a shadow near the engineer’s room and a supposedly protective spirit. These descriptions belong to the published local account; they are not established findings about the fire company or its personnel.
Cooch’s Bridge is associated with a Revolutionary War battle and a later headless-soldier story. Delaware’s natural-resources agency recounts the claim that a soldier killed by a cannonball haunts the location. The ghost account remains distinct from the documented battlefield history.
WHYY’s Delaware haunting roundup describes employee stories of flying dishes, unexplained cries and other disturbances at this Wilmington pub. The article attributes the activity to a legendary former patron. Those colorful claims are presented here as local storytelling, without treating the associated death tale as established history.
Historian Michael Kleen records staff stories of footsteps, voices, and doors moving at Deer Park Tavern. He notes that some colorful accounts cannot be substantiated. The University of Delaware also discusses the tavern’s Poe legend while correcting an impossible connection between Poe’s visit and the earlier publication of The Tell-Tale Heart.
Delaware’s Government Information Center recounts footsteps, displaced belongings, and reopened windows at the East End lighthouse. Local tradition associates these experiences with William Landrey, who died after a shipwreck. The article presents the haunting as lore; it does not verify the source of those disturbances.
Owner John Buchheit described a vivid chambermaid nightmare and a later sensation of being pushed on the hotel staircase. His published account also mentions uneasy feelings while alone. These personal reports do not establish the figure’s identity or prove a supernatural cause for his fall.
Delaware Public Archives records a story of a headless figure seen beside the highway through Ellendale’s forest. The exhibit connects the tale with travelers’ anxieties, but supplies no evidence that any apparition caused a traffic accident. The identity of the reported figure remains unknown.
Fort Delaware served as a Civil War prison on Pea Patch Island. Delaware’s environmental agency describes modern reports including a photographed blue figure and stories about children in the officers’ quarters, while framing them as haunting accounts. The military history and the interpretation of photographs are separate questions. Authorized park programs provide the appropriate access; review ferry arrangements and the exact tour type before making this an itinerary stop.
Delaware’s Government Information Center recounts reports of unexplained cries heard from boats near this isolated lighthouse. The account connects them with a keeper’s painful final illness, but explicitly treats the supernatural explanation as uncertain lore. The lighthouse is offshore and privately owned.
In interviews published by the venue’s executive director, custodian Chaka Hollis describes displaced equipment and an apparently floating bulb. Electrician Genevieve Fanelli recounts perceived figures. These named employees’ experiences document the opera house’s haunting claims without independently confirming their supernatural interpretation.
Delaware’s natural-resources agency recounts sightings attributed to John Lum, who operated a millhouse in the area. Another local tradition concerns a murdered runaway. The article reports these haunting stories without independently establishing the events behind the second account.
A state archives exhibit recounts sightings of a woman in dark clothing and a pale bonnet near Mordington and its pond. The story identifies her only as an enslaved man’s daughter. Its account of her mistreatment and death is presented as legend, not verified biography.
Building owner Esther Lovlie told Out & About that fragile objects appeared on the floor unbroken and lights behaved unexpectedly at Penn’s Place. She interpreted these incidents as a protective presence. The interview records her interpretation without establishing a supernatural cause for the reported events.
Deborah Cobb’s Ghostlandia article collects stories of writing sounds, unexplained movement and sightings attributed to John Dickinson at Poplar Hall. These are published paranormal accounts surrounding a real historic property. They should not be mistaken for findings endorsed by the state museum or proof of Dickinson’s presence.
Former Delaware Historical Society guide Dillon McLaughlin recounts hearing unexplained piano-like music during a school visit to the Read House. He says students and colleagues also noticed it. His first-person account leaves the source unresolved; its resemblance to historical music does not identify a ghost.
Visitors have reported figures identified as former residents and perfume without an apparent wearer at Rockwood. The preservation society describes the mansion's paranormal tours and confirms its appearance on Ghost Hunters. Scheduled investigations explore rooms across the house, adding a visitor programme to its historic museum function.
The state archives tells of Jacob, an enslaved fiddler who reportedly played from the old bridge and died after falling into the stream. Later accounts describe music heard at the replacement bridge. The published tale documents local remembrance without establishing a supernatural origin for the sounds.
Delaware Public Archives preserves coastal accounts of a figure seen in the marsh during storms and a presence associated with Jonathan Morris near an old family graveyard. These are attributed local traditions; the exhibit does not authenticate the identities or the tragic events used to explain them.
Woodburn, Delaware’s governor’s house, appears in a Delaware Public Archives announcement about the state’s ghost traditions. The archive specifically identifies it as a place associated with ghost stories. This is a documented cultural association rather than government confirmation of supernatural events. Because an official residence has different access requirements from an ordinary visitor attraction, research the building’s public history and confirm authorized visiting arrangements before including it in a travel plan.
