The Most Haunted Places in Vermont

Ranked

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   1. The Hartness House Inn Springfield · Haunted Hotel / Inn · Family Comfort: High

   Built in 1904 for inventor and Vermont governor James Hartness, the house included an underground office and observatory connected by a 240-foot tunnel; aviator Charles Lindbergh stayed there in 1927. Guests in the corner room where Lindbergh slept report a benign child presence known as Charlie, staff in the basement describe a sense of being watched, and the tunnel is associated with electricity cutting out and objects going missing and turning up elsewhere.

   4 original accounts · documented across 7 decades, 1927-2020 · retold in 4 later publications

2. 2. Glastenbury Mountain Bennington · Outdoor / Natural Site · Family Comfort: Not Recommended

   HauntBound identified four distinct published accounts at this outdoor site, across five kinds of published source. Six later publications retell those accounts. Reported phenomena include shadow figures.

   4 original accounts · documented across 4 decades, 1800-1951 · retold in 6 later publications

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   3. Bowman Cemetery (Laurel Glen Mausoleum) Cuttingsville · Cemetery / Burial Ground · Family Comfort: High

   John Porter Bowman commissioned the Laurel Glen Mausoleum in 1881 after losing his wife Jennie and both daughters within six years; sculptor Giovanni Turini carved a marble figure of Bowman ascending the tomb steps in mourning dress. Local tradition holds Bowman left instructions for staff at his mansion nearby to set the family table each evening as though they might return. Visitors describe a sense of being watched by the marble figure, and photographic anomalies.

   3 original accounts · documented across 7 decades, 1852-2021 · retold in 2 later publications

4. 4. Shanty on the Shore Burlington · Haunted Dining / Bar · Family Comfort: High

   The Shanty on the Shore occupies an 1833 building on Burlington's waterfront, originally the general store of Isaac Nye, who abruptly closed it in 1840 and lived as a recluse in a back room until his death in 1871. Owner Kim Gobeille has described watching bar glasses rattle at closing time with no cause, and staff have found tables and chairs pushed against the walls, footsteps overhead, and lights switching back on after closing.

   3 original accounts · documented across 5 decades, 1833-2004 · retold in 1 later publication

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   5. Wilson Castle Proctor · Haunted House / Historic Home · Family Comfort: Moderate

   HauntBound identified four distinct published accounts at this historic home. Seven later publications retell those accounts. Reported phenomena include apparitions and disembodied voices.

   4 original accounts · documented across 7 decades, 1939-2024 · retold in 7 later publications

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   6. Emily's Bridge (Gold Brook Covered Bridge) Stowe · Outdoor / Natural Site · Family Comfort: Moderate

   HauntBound identified two distinct published accounts at this outdoor site, across five kinds of published source. Nine later publications retell those accounts. Reported phenomena include a sensed presence and disembodied voices.

   2 original accounts · documented across 4 decades, 1920-1970 · retold in 9 later publications

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   7. Follett House (Pomerleau Real Estate Building) Burlington · Haunted House / Historic Home · Family Comfort: High Private, not open to visitors

   Timothy Follett, a Burlington railroad executive, built the Greek Revival mansion in 1840, but lost his fortune when the Rutland Railroad went bankrupt in the 1850s and died soon after; gutted by fire in 1979, the house was saved from demolition and restored as offices. Visitors and employees describe flickering lights, shapes passing the upper windows, and figures glimpsed on the front lawn at twilight, attributed to the family's lingering grief after Follett's ruin.

   2 original accounts · documented across 6 decades, 1800-1978 · retold in 4 later publications

8. 8. West Hartford Railroad Bridge Hartford · Outdoor / Natural Site · Family Comfort: Moderate

   HauntBound identified three distinct published accounts at this outdoor site, across three kinds of published source. Three later publications retell those accounts. Reported phenomena include apparitions and disembodied voices.

   3 original accounts · documented in 1887 · retold in 3 later publications

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   9. College Hall (Vermont College of Fine Arts) Montpelier · Other Dark Tourism Site · Family Comfort: Moderate

   College Hall, built between 1868 and 1872 on a hill used as a Civil War hospital, stands near where Mildred Brewster shot and killed Anna Wheeler on May 29, 1897 before turning the gun on herself and surviving; she was acquitted by reason of insanity. Campus tradition holds Anna's spirit lingers in the tower, blamed for breaking glass, doors closing on their own, pictures falling, and an organ sounding when no one plays it.

   2 original accounts · documented across 4 decades, 1897-2026 · retold in 3 later publications

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    10. Green Mountain Inn Stowe · Haunted Hotel / Inn · Family Comfort: High

    Peter Lovejoy built the inn in 1833; it changed names until Mark Lovejoy bought it in 1893 and renamed it the Green Mountain Inn. Legend holds that Boots Berry, born in 1840 in what became Room 302, learned to tap dance in a New Orleans jail and, in 1902, died falling from the roof after rescuing a stranded girl during a snowstorm. Guests say his footsteps are heard tap-dancing on the roof when it snows.

    1 original account · documented across 4 decades, 1902-2023 · retold in 9 later publications

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