The Most Haunted Places in Delaware

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   1. Cape Henlopen State Park (Fort Miles) Lewes · Battlefield / Military Site · Family Comfort: Moderate

   HauntBound identified seven distinct published accounts at this military site, across three kinds of published source. Two later publications retell those accounts. Reported phenomena include apparitions and electrical anomalies.

   7 original accounts · documented across 20 decades, 1600-2024 · retold in 2 later publications

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   2. Rockwood Mansion Wilmington · Museum / Historical Site · Family Comfort: Moderate

   Rockwood Mansion was completed in 1854 as the retirement home of Wilmington banker Joseph Shipley, modeled on his English country estate, and now operates as a county-run park and museum on 72 acres. In 2020 it hosted the series finale of Ghost Hunters after eleven seasons. Staff and visitors report footsteps on the upper floors, knocking on closed doors, whistling, and conversation overheard in rooms with no one in them.

   3 original accounts · documented across 4 decades, 1800-2016 · retold in 1 later publication

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   3. Cannonball House (Lewes Historical Society) Lewes · Museum / Historical Site · Family Comfort: High

   The Cannonball House in Lewes dates to the mid-1700s and takes its name from a British cannonball, still lodged in its foundation, fired during the 1813 bombardment of the town. It now operates as the Lewes Historical Society's maritime museum. Staff describe the site's ghost as a woman named Susan, said to have died after her dress caught fire at the hearth, and a door that will not stay shut and tools found moved overnight.

   3 original accounts · documented across 2 decades, 1917-1960 · retold in 2 later publications

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   4. Lums Pond State Park Bear · Outdoor / Natural Site · Family Comfort: Moderate

   HauntBound identified two distinct published accounts at this outdoor site, across four kinds of published source. Two later publications retell those accounts. Reported phenomena include cold spots and disembodied voices.

   2 original accounts · documented across 4 decades, 1815-1970 · retold in 2 later publications

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   5. Fort Delaware Delaware City · Prison / Reformatory · Family Comfort: Moderate

   Fort Delaware, completed in 1859 on Pea Patch Island, was built for coastal defense and served as a Civil War prison camp holding roughly 33,000 Confederate soldiers, about 2,500 of whom died of disease and exposure, before it was decommissioned after World War II and became a state park in 1951. During a 2008 television investigation, visitors and investigators reported audible cannon fire with no living source, along with cold spots and unexplained conversation logged across the fort's rooms and upper ramparts.

   2 original accounts · documented across 5 decades, 1815-2018 · retold in 1 later publication

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