HauntBound Press Fact Sheet · Updated September 2026
The Most Haunted Places in Vermont
Vermont has 34 documented haunted locations in the HauntBound index.
Top 10 identified after source-level analysis of the 15 strongest Vermont candidates.
By the numbers
- Total documented
- 34
- Cemetery / Burial Ground
- 7
- Haunted Hotel / Inn
- 7
- Outdoor / Natural Site
- 4
- Family-friendly
- 33
- Bookable
- 14
- Oldest documented site
- Bennington Centre Cemetery (Old First Church Burying Ground) (1762)
- Most-reported phenomenon
- apparitions
Ranked
- 1. The Hartness House Inn Built in 1904 for inventor and Vermont governor James Hartness, the house included an underground office and observatory connected by a 240-foot tunnel, with the Hartness-Porter Turret Telescope at its far end; aviator Charles Lindbergh stayed there in 1927. 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. Glastenbury Mountain 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
- 3. Bowman Cemetery (Laurel Glen Mausoleum) 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. Shanty on the Shore 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
- 5. Wilson Castle 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
- 6. Emily's Bridge (Gold Brook Covered Bridge) 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
- 7. Follett House (Pomerleau Real Estate Building) 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. West Hartford Railroad Bridge 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
- 9. College Hall (Vermont College of Fine Arts) College Hall, built between 1868 and 1872 on a hill used as a Civil War hospital, stands near where Mildred Brewster shot and killed 17-year-old Anna Wheeler on May 29, 1897 before turning the gun on herself and surviving; Brewster was tried in an internationally reported case and acquitted by reason of insanity, then spent years at the Vermont State Asylum in Waterbury. The building anchored Vermont Seminary and its successor institutions, and has been home since 2008 to the Vermont College of Fine Arts. 2 original accounts · documented across 4 decades, 1897-2026 · retold in 3 later publications
- 10. Green Mountain Inn 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
By city
- Burlington: 7 documented sites
- Bennington: 4 documented sites
- Montpelier: 3 documented sites
- Stowe: 2 documented sites
- Waterbury: 2 documented sites
- Montgomery Center: 1 documented site
- Cuttingsville: 1 documented site
- Brattleboro: 1 documented site
- Thetford: 1 documented site
- Woodstock: 1 documented site
- 11 more across the rest of Vermont
Press images
- The Hartness House Inn Tyler Goodrich, CC BY-SA 3.0, via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hartness_House,_Front.JPG hauntbound.com/images/locations/vermont/hartness-house/hero.jpg
- Glastenbury Mountain TheTurducken, CC BY 2.0, via https://www.flickr.com/photos/turducken/28742116116/ hauntbound.com/images/locations/vermont/glastenberry-mountain/hero.jpg
- Bowman Cemetery (Laurel Glen Mausoleum) Sfoskett, CC BY-SA 3.0, via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Laurel_Glen_Mausoleum,_Shrewsbury,_Vermont.jpg hauntbound.com/images/locations/vermont/bowman-cemetery/hero.jpg
- Wilson Castle Daderot, CC BY-SA 3.0, via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wilson_Castle_(Proctor,_VT).JPG hauntbound.com/images/locations/vermont/wilson-castle/hero.jpg
- Emily's Bridge (Gold Brook Covered Bridge) Ahale, CC BY-SA 4.0, via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Emilys_Bridge.jpg hauntbound.com/images/locations/vermont/emilys-bridge/hero.jpg
- Follett House (Pomerleau Real Estate Building) Beyond My Ken, CC BY-SA 4.0, via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Follett_House_Burlington_Vermont_from_side.jpg hauntbound.com/images/locations/vermont/follett-house/hero.jpg
- College Hall (Vermont College of Fine Arts) Kenneth C. Zirkel, CC BY 4.0, via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:College_Hall,_Vermont_College_of_Fine_Arts,_Montpelier.jpg hauntbound.com/images/locations/vermont/college-hall-montpelier/hero.jpg
- Green Mountain Inn Seasider53, CC BY-SA 4.0, via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Green_Mountain_Inn_2022.jpg hauntbound.com/images/locations/vermont/green-mountain-inn/hero.jpg
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Superlatives
- Oldest documented site: Bennington Centre Cemetery (Old First Church Burying Ground) Documented since 1762.
- Most documented: The Hartness House Inn 4 distinct published accounts.
- Top haunted stay: The Equinox Golf Resort & Spa Overnight stays bookable.
- Most family-friendly: Bowman Cemetery (Laurel Glen Mausoleum) 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.
This is a documentation ranking, not a visitation guide; sites not open to visitors are marked on their entries.