Burlington Greek Revival architecture · Lake Champlain 'Champy' folklore · Burlington railroad history
US Ghost Adventures, the multi-city ghost-tour network, operates its Burlington program under the local consumer brand 'Burlington Ghosts.' The nightly, roughly hour-long walking tour meets at the First Unitarian Universalist Society of Burlington, 152 Pearl St, and covers The Follett House, a Greek Revival mansion built by railroad executive Timothy Follett, along with American Flatbread and a Lakeside Avenue railroad crossing tied to a documented 1900 fatal accident.
The route also visits ECHO, Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, where the operator's narration covers the regional 'Champy' lake-monster legend. Independent corroboration includes a GetYourGuide listing for 'Hollow in the Hills: Buried in Burlington Ghost Tours' showing an active booking flow and visitor reviews for the operator's Burlington program.
Sources
- https://usghostadventures.com/burlington-ghost-tour/
- https://www.getyourguide.com/burlington-vermont-l32262/hollow-in-the-hills-buried-in-burlington-ghost-tours-t752340/
ApparitionsUnexplained SoundsCold Spots
According to US Ghost Adventures, The Follett House is haunted by former owner Timothy Follett, described by the operator as having lost his mind and fortune before dying penniless; the operator also describes reports of a self-winding clock and the spirits of women it says took shelter in the home. At American Flatbread, the operator's marketing references unspecified past suicides on the property as the source of reported cold spots; HauntBound does not repeat further detail on this claim beyond noting it is part of the operator's route narration.
At the Lakeside Avenue railroad crossing, the operator attributes reported screams and rattling train sounds to a woman it says died in a documented 1900 railroad accident, framed by the operator as leading to eventual safety reforms. The operator's ECHO center stop covers the Lake Champlain 'Champy' monster legend and an unspecified witch folklore tied to historic shipwrecks. All of this is the tour operator's own marketing and narrative material, describing what the tour covers rather than an independently verified account of any location's history.
