These are the 5 most haunted and scary schools in America.

In the entire history of the world, ghost stories and tales of hauntings have become part of the cultural fabric of any civilization from one continent to the next. We have vampires in Europe and flying, dismembered ghouls in Asia. Wherever we are, there is sure to be a story about something that will scare - or, at least bring unease - the heck out of you. If there is one thing that ties ghost stories together is that many - if not all - of them happen in places that have been built for over a long period. Buildings from earlier centuries or homes from bygone days are the usual suspects when it comes to stories about a woman in white peeking through the windows or the clinking sound of chains that wake up its tenants in the middle of the night. If it's an old place, you can bet it to have a few spooky spirits roaming around. So, in this list, we are exploring a different set of buildings and moving away from the usual haunted houses. Instead, we are walking through the doors of places that you would least expect to be home to hauntings. Today we are going back to the halls of academia and countdown to the 10 most haunted schools in the United States.

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CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY CHANNEL ISLANDS (CAMARILLO, CA) CSUCI is one of the most unique entries in this list because it was only established in 2002, hardly enough time to call it ancient and riddled with ghosts. However, it is the university's unique location that lands it on this list. It was built on the same grounds where the Camarillo State Hospital used to stand. To say the least, the hospital was known as one of the most notorious and sinister mental health facilities in the country. Between 1936 and 1997, it was reported that over 1000 patients died in the hospital due to neglect, disease, and abuse at the hands of employees. With methods such as electro-shock therapy being done on patients on an almost daily basis, patients can only wish for their lives to end to escape their daily ordeal. According to paranormal investigators, the school grounds are an active hub of supernatural occurrences and students themselves have shared stories of doors being shut and locked by an unseen entity roaming around the halls.

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SAINT MARY'S UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA (WINONA, MN) If you have a legend named after one of your Halls, then you definitely should have a place on this list. Known as The Legend of the Ghost of Heffron Hall, the stories originate from the founder of the school itself, Bishop Patrick Heffron who created the institution in the 1900s. The legend comes in two different narrations. One is about the failed killing of the Bishop by a man named Father Lesches, a young subordinate of his, in 1915. The second story involves a different priest named Edward Lynch in 1931. According to this story, Lynch died in his room at Heffron Hall after being electrocuted. Students would report sightings of phantoms and apparitions in their dorms and the halls. They would also report strange noises in the middle of the night; as well as a chilly draft in a hallway where every window and door is tightly shut.

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C.E. BYRD HIGH SCHOOL (SHREVEPORT, LA) Believed to be haunted by the ghost of a young girl who accidentally drowned in a swimming pool back in the 1930s and an ROTC sergeant who took his own life in the 1960s, it turns out that the latter was the story that hit close to the legend of ghosts - or, in this case, ghost - roaming around the school's halls. The story was uncovered by Shreveport's local news team. Debunking the story of the drowned girl, the story about Master Sgt Will Stubblefield was unearthed. After some thorough digging through records, Stubblefield did die on school grounds, apparently by accident despite being ruled as a suicide, on October 17, 1967. It is now believed by students and staff that Stubblefield's specter occasionally walks around the halls and rooms whenever they feel a spooky presence.

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CATHEDRAL HIGH SCHOOL (LOS ANGELES, CA) Students and staff at Cathedral High School take their school pride to a much different level. The high school was built on The Old Calvary Cemetery. When the school was being built, several gravestones were dug up and are now prominently displayed at the school's football field as a strange nod to what the land it is standing on once was. Even more, the school's mascot is the Phantom. As a point of spirit and pride to the institution, teachers and students poke fun at the notion of the school actually being haunted and sometimes dismiss the idea completely. However, maintenance workers and night-shift custodians tell a different story saying that they have seen spectres haunting rooms and hallways and that they could feel their cold, icy presence once the sun goes down and the school becomes quiet.

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OHIO UNIVERSITY (ATHENS, OH) One of the creepiest and spookiest Universities in the US, Ohio University was once an asylum where gruesome treatments took place. One room in particular, Room 428 in the campus' Wilson Hall, has since become off-limits to both staff and students because of its supposedly dark history. Allegedly, the room is haunted by the ghost of a woman who jumped to her death but before she did so, witnesses said that she was seen acting strangely in the room and was speaking in an unknown language. Even though Room 428 has been permanently locked, students swear to have heard things being tossed and thrown around inside the room as well as mumbling voices on the other side of the door. Other students also claim that, in another residence hall, they have spotted the specter of a student who was, apparently, a fan of Bob Marley and could be heard on occasion getting upset over the song called "Laura". In a different dorm building, students say that it is being haunted by a basketball team from the university's early decades.