14 sourced records. Reports are attributed claims, not proof of supernatural activity.
New England Legends examines the tower’s haunted reputation and challenges the story that patients repeatedly jumped from it. The hosts found no supporting record for that claim, while locating a 1923 newspaper report of a patient’s death at its base by a different means. The episode separates the site’s reported haunting from embellished explanations of its origin.
Since at least the 1980s, residents of this 1895 dormitory have reported flickering lights, falling objects and slamming doors. Campus folklore calls the presence Henry. University historical research found no campus or newspaper record supporting the alleged 1920s suicide often used to explain the haunting.
Gold Brook Covered Bridge is widely known as Emily’s Bridge because of its ghost tradition. The Vermont Historical Society explicitly describes the supernatural activity as supposed, making it a useful starting point for separating the surviving structure from the stories attached to it. Accounts about Emily should be treated as folklore unless supported by historical records. Visitors should respect traffic, nearby homes and any posted restrictions rather than staging an unsanctioned nighttime investigation.
The inn's own fact sheet records stories of two figures, including a woman brushing her hair. Former innkeepers described an odd feeling upstairs after rooms had stood empty. The owners acknowledged unexplained incidents while expressing skepticism, preserving a useful distinction between an experience and its proposed supernatural explanation.
The inn’s Boots Berry legend describes a former employee whose ghost allegedly tap-dances during winter storms. Vermont Tourism recounts the story that he died rescuing a child on the roof, while presenting it within the state’s ghost traditions.
James Hartness created underground workrooms and passageways linking his home with an unusual telescope installation. The inn's own history page acknowledges ghost rumors in these tunnels, now associated with the Hartness-Porter telescope museum. It offers a documented architectural setting with a lightly substantiated haunting tradition.
The former mansion and inn carries a longstanding haunted reputation. New England Legends discusses the layers of claims surrounding its physician-owner and later occupants, while admitting much remains uncertain. Sensational stories of experiments on children are not established facts and should not replace documented local history.
A local lake legend describes a vacant rowboat crossing after dark, associated with quarry workers who supposedly disappeared on a trip to a tavern. New England Legends examines the tale against the area’s slate industry and resort history.
Reports describe a woman in a long black gown moving through the dining room and parlor, as well as faucets, toilets and rocking chairs operating unexpectedly. Local accounts identify her with Mary 'Ma' Walker, whose family bought the inn in 1920. The identification remains part of the haunting tradition.
An unfamiliar couple reportedly told the innkeeper that an older woman had admitted them. The description resembled former owner Nettie Spencer, who had died in what is now room 2. Other accounts describe an elderly woman smoothing bed linen or standing at the foot of a bed.
Vermont’s tourism office places a Mary Todd Lincoln haunting tradition at the Equinox resort, with reports associated with upper floors of its south wing. The property is a real historic lodging destination; the identification of an apparition as Lincoln remains a claim. A stay can support research into the resort’s history and the development of its reputation, but should not be presented as a way to obtain a guaranteed paranormal encounter.
The academy occupies a former tuberculosis hospital. New England Legends recounts reports of a nurse in white appearing near old call buttons and a figure seen near the training grounds. Identifying that presence as a former nurse called Mary is part of the local haunting tradition.
A June 1938 newspaper report described a luminous apparition near the old quarry, drawing nighttime crowds. New England Legends traces that report and investigates a possible connection with quarry worker John Copt’s 1874 death, without establishing that identification.
The castle's own history acknowledges a longstanding haunted reputation and offers accounts from visiting paranormal investigators. Staff promote tours and overnight investigations alongside architectural preservation. Claims of portals and buried remains appear in the operator's narrative, but are not independently established and should not be treated as historical discoveries.
