HauntBound Press Fact Sheet · Updated September 2026
The Most Haunted Places in New Hampshire
New Hampshire has 40 documented haunted locations in the HauntBound index.
Top 10 identified after source-level analysis of the 19 strongest New Hampshire candidates.
By the numbers
- Total documented
- 40
- Cemetery / Burial Ground
- 10
- Haunted Hotel / Inn
- 8
- Museum / Historical Site
- 7
- Family-friendly
- 40
- Bookable
- 16
- Oldest documented site
- Three Chimneys Inn (1649)
- Most-reported phenomenon
- apparitions
Ranked
- 1. Three Chimneys Inn Valentine Hill built the original homestead in 1649, and his son Nathaniel later expanded it into the three-story colonial that gives the inn its name. Local history holds that Hill's daughter Hannah drowned in the Oyster River behind the inn, though no record confirms her death. Staff attribute odd occurrences to her: drawers pulled out by one inch, deadbolts locking themselves, and a chef's sighting of a woman in vintage clothing behind the tavern bar. 4 original accounts · documented across 3 decades, 1909-1997 · retold in 4 later publications
- 2. Vale End Cemetery Vale End Cemetery in Wilton holds the grave of Mary Ritter Spaulding, first wife of Captain Isaac Spaulding, who died in 1808 at 35 and shares a headstone with his second wife, also named Mary. The cemetery closes after dark and is patrolled for its reputation among ghost hunters. Witnesses describe a column of blue light rising over her grave on hazy evenings, though Wilton's historical society traces the 'Blue Lady' legend to the 1970s. 3 original accounts · documented across 8 decades, 1808-2026 · retold in 3 later publications
- 3. Omni Mount Washington Resort Joseph Stickney opened the Mount Washington Hotel in 1902, and in July 1944 it hosted the Bretton Woods Conference, where delegates from forty-four nations created the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. Stickney's widow, Carolyn, later a princess by marriage, summered in Room 314 until her death in 1936. Guests and staff report a woman in period dress at the vanity brushing her hair, and lights that switch on and off unprompted. 6 original accounts · documented across 3 decades, 1936-2008 · retold in 4 later publications
- 4. Pine Hill Cemetery (Blood Cemetery) Pine Hill Cemetery in Hollis, donated to the town in 1769, takes its popular name, Blood Cemetery, from the plot of Abel Blood, a philanthropist buried there in 1867 whose headstone carried a carved hand. Vandals later destroyed the original marker. Legend says the carved hand once pointed up by day and down after dark, though no record confirms it; visitors have also reported camera and battery problems and cold spots near the Blood plot. 2 original accounts · documented across 6 decades, 1867-2012 · retold in 6 later publications
- 5. Tilton Inn HauntBound identified two distinct published accounts at this working hotel, across five kinds of published source. Two later publications retell those accounts. Reported phenomena include disembodied voices and objects moving. 2 original accounts · documented across 3 decades, 1875-2025 · retold in 2 later publications
- 6. The Hotel Portsmouth (Sise Inn) John E. Sise built this Queen Anne mansion in 1881; his daughter Mabel later lived there with her husband, minister Alfred Gooding. It served as offices, a salon, apartments, and a reported halfway house before reopening as the Sise Inn in 1986 and the Hotel Portsmouth. Guests report ice from the hallway machine scattered on the floor of Room 204, its door locking itself, cold spots, and a rocking chair that moves on its own. 2 original accounts · documented across 2 decades, 1950-1986 · retold in 4 later publications
- 7. Gilson Road Cemetery Gilson Road Cemetery in Nashua holds graves dating to the early 1800s, including that of Walter Gilson, who died in 1811 at age three and whose headstone has a round hole drilled through it. Paranormal researcher Fiona Broome has investigated the site since 2008. Visitors describe misty figures among the stones, a green glow over Joseph Gilson's grave, a woman in colonial dress, and legend says shouting a phrase from the road draws a response. 2 original accounts · documented across 4 decades, 1980-2025 · retold in 3 later publications
- 8. John Paul Jones House Gregory Purcell built this Georgian house in 1758; after his death his widow ran it as a boarding house, where John Paul Jones lodged in 1777 and again in 1781-82 while overseeing shipbuilding. The Portsmouth Historical Society has run it as a museum since 1920. Visitors describe a figure in period dress stepping from the attic and vanishing into a room, faces in the windows, moving objects, and an unexplained smell of pipe tobacco. 2 original accounts · documented across 3 decades, 1920-2018 · retold in 1 later publication
- 9. Star Island / Oceanic Hotel The Oceanic Hotel was built on Star Island in 1876, and the Star Island Corporation has run the hotel since 1915. A stone monument there is tied by tradition to a woman abandoned by a pirate, though no record places a pirate at the Isles of Shoals. Ghost Hunters investigated there in 2009. 3 original accounts · documented across 2 decades, 2008-2022 · retold in 4 later publications
- 10. Portsmouth Harbor Light HauntBound identified two distinct published accounts at this museum site, across three kinds of published source. One later publication retells those accounts. Reported phenomena include apparitions and disembodied voices. 2 original accounts · documented across 2 decades, 1809-2008 · retold in 1 later publication
By city
- Concord: 4 documented sites
- Keene: 4 documented sites
- Portsmouth: 4 documented sites
- Manchester: 3 documented sites
- Hollis: 2 documented sites
- Dover: 2 documented sites
- Rye: 2 documented sites
- Laconia: 2 documented sites
- Strafford: 1 documented site
- Jackson: 1 documented site
- 14 more across the rest of New Hampshire
Press images
- Three Chimneys Inn AcrossTheAtlantic, CC BY-SA, via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Three_Chimneys_Inn,_Durham_NH_3.jpg hauntbound.com/images/locations/new-hampshire/the-three-chimneys-inn/hero.jpg
- Omni Mount Washington Resort w_lemay, CC BY-SA, via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mount_Washington_Hotel,_Bretton_Woods,_NH.jpg hauntbound.com/images/locations/new-hampshire/the-mount-washington-hotel/hero.jpg
- Tilton Inn SayCheeeeeese hauntbound.com/images/locations/new-hampshire/tilton-inn/hero.jpg
- The Hotel Portsmouth (Sise Inn) Superraptor123, CC BY-SA 4.0, via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Portsmouth,_New_Hampshire_(75680).jpg hauntbound.com/images/locations/new-hampshire/sise-inn/hero.jpg
- John Paul Jones House Daderot hauntbound.com/images/locations/new-hampshire/john-paul-jones-house/hero.jpg
- Star Island / Oceanic Hotel DavidWBrooks, CC BY-SA 4.0, via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Oceanic_Hotel_Star_Island_NH.jpg hauntbound.com/images/locations/new-hampshire/star-island-oceanic-hotel/hero.jpg
- Portsmouth Harbor Light Pretzel4, CC BY-SA 4.0, via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Portsmouth_Harbor_Light_(IMG_1818).JPG hauntbound.com/images/locations/new-hampshire/portsmouth-harbor-light/hero.jpg
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Superlatives
- Oldest documented site: Three Chimneys Inn Documented since 1649.
- Most documented: Omni Mount Washington Resort 6 distinct published accounts.
- Top haunted stay: Star Island / Oceanic Hotel Overnight stays bookable.
- Most family-friendly: R.G. Sullivan Cigar Factory Building (7-20-4 Building) Family Comfort rating: High.
Methodology
For purposes of the HauntBound Index, "most haunted" means the location with the strongest documented record of reported haunting phenomena. We evaluate the quantity, independence, persistence, and documentary quality of published reports. We do not attempt to determine whether paranormal phenomena are real, and we never count a source that only establishes a building's history as evidence of haunting claims. Repetitive coverage is subject to diminishing returns, so a story retold many times does not outrank a story independently documented. Rankings never consider commercial relationships.
The 2026 Index reflects sources identified and classified as of September 15, 2026.
Updated October 19, 2026: listings that could not be sourced, or that are private or have no public access, were withdrawn after an October review, so some of the state's town counts are lower. The documented total stays as published until the November update.
This is a documentation ranking, not a visitation guide; sites not open to visitors are marked on their entries.