Ghostly Happenings in New Hampshire

Paranormal Activity

Situated in Alton, AltonTown Hall is being haunted by ghostly spirits. Among the paranormal activity here are heavy footsteps heard when no one is around, doors like to open and close by themselves, furniture moves about, and disembodied voices are heard.

Haunted by Eleven Ghosts

Located in Fitzwilliam, the Amos J. Blake House is known to be haunted by eleven ghosts. Built in 1837, this house has been featured in some popular paranormal TV shows.

Museum staff say they feel as if they are not alone; unexplained sounds have been heard, and ectoplasm has been seen.

Spooky Spirit of a Young Girl

Situated in Portsmouth, the Chase House was built as an orphanage and in time appointed as a children's home by the court.

Once a young girl living in the home hanged herself in her bedroom. Now here a ghostly apparition has been seen in the hallway. To make it even scarier, the spirit has been heard screaming from inside her room where she died and is known to unlock doors and turn the electricity off and on.

The Lady in White, a Haunted Lighthouse, and a Ghost Ship

In Portsmouth the Isles of Shoals are a group of islands off the coast and one of the most haunted areas in the state.

The Boon Island Lighthouse is haunted by an unknown spirit who likes to open and close doors and turn up and down stairs.

The sad ghostly apparition of a lady in white wanders about Boon Island.

Visitors have seen the Isodore, a ghost shop that was wrecked among the islands in 1843.

The Ghostly Apparition Who Wants to Be Left Alone

Located in Gilford, the ruins of Kimball Castle are among the most haunted places in New Hampshire. Once you get into the castle, loud unexplained noises are heard, lights turn on and off by themselves, and antique clocks that have not worked in a long time begin working again. However this ghostly presence in the castle wants to be left alone.

The Ghostly Apparition of Mary

Situated in Henniker, the Ocean-Born Mary House is haunted by the ghostly spirit of a woman named Mary with fiery red hair and green eyes. She has appeared at one of the upstairs windows and been seen on the main staircase as people enter the house.

She was a lady who lived in the house and widowed at an early age. Mary found the body of her murdered husband and buried him under the hearthstone in her kitchen.

The Haunting of a Cemetery

Located in Hollis, the Pine Hill Cemetery is also known as Blood Cemetery. There are more than 300 gravestones dating back to the 1700s. It is also haunted, and both ghostly apparitions and floating orbs of light have been seen.

The reason for the cemetery's gruesome nickname is a devout Christian man named Abel Blood who was laid to rest beside his wife Betsy Blood in 1867. The Blood family was murdered, but this face was never proven. Whatever the reason, Abel Blood has become a malevolent entity that haunts the cemetery. He scares visitors.

A legend is linked to Abel Blood's headstone. It bears a carving of a hand with the index finger pointing up towards heaven. If anyone dares to visit the cemetery at night supposedly his grave marker changes color and the finger points downward.

The Lady Ghost of the University

Located in Durham, the University of New Hampshire is haunted by a ghostly lady spirit who roams the halls during the night. Most often she can be seen in Smith and T-Halls, where her apparition manifests as a lady in white visiting students as they sleep.

Students have heard phantom footsteps and had a feeling that they were not alone. She has materialized quite a few times. However, no one is sure who she once was in life.