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Fort Magruder Hotel (Williamsburg)
• Located on the battlefield where the Battle of Williamsburg occurred.!
• Guests report waking up in the middle of the night and seeing a red-haired Confederate solider sitting on their bed.
Peyton Randolph House (Williamsburg)
• A 300 year-old house that’s seen no shortage of tragedy: the deaths of several children, one family member’s suicide and the untimely deaths of several boarders.!
• There are reports of mirrors shattering, thumping footsteps and an array of ghostly apparitions that include a young man, an older woman in a flowing gown, a little girl and a woman trying to warn of impending danger.
Ferry Plantation House (Virginia Beach)
• Has been inhabited as far back as 1642.!• Was the site of a courthouse where witch Grace Sherwood was tried and convicted
in 1706.!• Said to be home to at least 11 ghosts, including a cat, children, a grumpy slave, a
lady in white and a boy who broke his neck when he fell out of the second story.!• Also said to be home to an Indian burial ground.
St. Albans Sanatorium (Radford)
• Built on top of a hill that was once the site of massacres between Indians and white settlers, it later served as an artillery battery in the Civil War.!
• A boys school was built in 1892, which was converted into an insane asylum in 1916.!
• Reports have been made of floating objects and various ghosts, including schoolboys, patients and a former staff member at the asylum who really doesn’t like women.
Weems Botts Museum
(Dumfries)
• One of the oldest houses in Dumfries.!
• Served as a poorhouse for the town, and has been owned by an array of different families.!
• Spirits in the house include Civil War soldiers, previous residents and a mysterious older man.!
• Paranormal investigators claim the ghosts here are huge “hams” that love attention and publicity.
Jordan Springs (Stephenson)
• Served as a military hospital during the Civil War, but has reports of ghosts from various eras in history.!
• Ghosts sighted here include Indians, nurses and soldiers from the Civil War and many others.
Cold Harbor Battlefield (Mechanicsville)
• The site of one of the bloodiest, lopsided battles in American history, where thousands of Union soldiers were killed in pointless slaughter.!
• Spirits of dead soldiers are said to still haunt the battlefield.!
• Locals hear the sounds of men screaming and guns and cannons going off.!
• Strange apparitions and mists have been known to appear when people take photos of the battlefield.
Cavalier Hotel (Virginia Beach)
• Used to be a swanky hangout spot for various celebrities in the 1920s.!
• Adolph Coors, founder of Coors Brewery, committed suicide here by jumping out of the sixth floor of the hotel.!
• Was used by the US Navy in World War II, and according to one story housed dead bodies.!
• There are reports of a mysterious man in a military uniform warning guests that there are “dead bodies” nearby.
Boxwood Inn Bed and Breakfast (Newport News)
• Originally served as a hall of records, tax assessor’s office, general store, country post office and home.!
• Ghosts here include the daughter of the house’s first owner, a man with a cane, a salesman who died while staying here and a mysterious woman in a bonnet.!
• Silverware has been known to mysteriously disappear and reappear in the dining room.