| ELOISE ASYLUM Westland Originally built as a poorhouse for the mentally ill in 1839, Eloise was one of the largest mental hospitals in the country. As with most former mental asylums, Eloise is very well documented as being haunted and still very active. As the history of this place has been recorded, by the 1950s, many many reports of patients being mistreated surfaced including terrible beatings, medication misuse/overdose and electroshock therapy. Apparitions are seen roaming the site, disembodied voices are heard. Growls and moans are heard around what was once the playground that was built for employee's children. |
| HURON HIGH SCHOOL THEATRE Ann Arbor This is one of the creepiest Michigan haunting stories I have run across. It involves a young girl named Mary who apparently was walking along the cat walk above the stage when she fell to her death. This happened in the 70s but she has been seen since up in the catwalk wearing a pink dress. It is a school tradition that seniors in drama, after their final play, spray paint their names on the wall in the prop room. Shortly after Mary died, her name was found on the wall as well, only it was 17 feet up the wall and upside down! |
| OLIVET COLLEGE Olivet Most of the strange phenomena occur in the Liberal Arts College where things have been reported to be seemingly coming out of the walls. Objects move around by themselves and mysterious music has been noted by security guards to come from dorm rooms which are empty. |
| CRESTWOOD HIGH SCHOOL Dearborn Heights Kind of an odd occurrence here as the computer lab seems to be haunted by an older senior student who could not pass computers and, therefore, could not graduate. It is said that anyone that sits at his old computer, computer #25, the computer acts up, all the student's work is already done and anyone using that computer gets an A in the class! Slightly more sinister and scary, ghosts are said to walk the halls at night, empty classrooms have auditory activity that cannot be explained, things move by themselves and voices are heard to be so clear and close to students in the daytime that they are thought to be real until the students discover the voices came from nowhere! |
| CALUMET THEATER Calumet Quite a few ghosts are said to reside here, chiefly of actress Helena Modjeska who has been spotted throughout the theater. Also, a murder took place in 1903 of a man who is sighted and heard screaming in the night. A little girl named Elanda Rowe also died on the site and she is heard screaming to this day. |
| BOWER'S HARBOR INN Traverse City This is one of northern Michigan's most famous haunts. There are multiple stories of the property. The first being that this was a home that was built in the 1880s by Captain Bower for his wife, who happened to be very ill. Capt Bower hired a nurse to help his sick wife, but then ended up having an affair with the nurse. His despondent wife then hung herself in the elevator shaft. The other story connected to this award-winning restaurant was that it was willed to a woman named Genevieve by her late husband, but it was all he left her. The rest of his assets were left to his mistress. Genevieve eventually died in the house and it is said she still hasnt left. It is believed that she still walks up and down the stairs, blows out candles and her image has been seen in an antique mirror that hangs in the ladies second floor restroom. |
| DONUT HOLE Roscommon Growing up in the area, Ive heard these stories for years. This small restaurant has been rumored to be haunted by the ghost of a little girl, who appears in the doorway to the back door as well as near the bathrooms. No one knows who she could be. Also, in the woods behind the business, supposedly there have been many suicides over the years. |
| RAYBURN LODGE Grayling This lodge was actually moved from the original property to a different part of town, but it had been abandoned for years at that point. When it was along the Ausable River, story has it that four kids (three girls and one boy)snuck into the abandoned building and held a seance because of all the haunting stories they had heard. During the course of the seance, an apparition was spotted across the river that looked like a lumberjack, who then pointed at the one boy in the group and started across the river towards a boy. When the ghost got about halfway across the river, he suddenly disappeared. Immediately, the boy began to vomit violently. He freaked out and ran toward his car. When he got there, he was surrounded by three barking dogs. He jumped in the car and the dogs disappeared. All of the kids left the area but every time the boy goes anywhere near where the lodge was, he gets violently ill. |
| REGENT THEATER Allegan Well documented haunt, investigators were physically touched in the lobby, shadow people spotted in the projection room by several investigators, three positive photos, numerous temperature drops and one EMF spike were documented. |
| GRAND RAPIDS HOME FOR VETERANS Grand Rapids This home first opened in 1886, intended to house Civil War veterans. To this day, these ghostly men are seen wandering the grounds still in uniform. |
| RIVERSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL Dearborn Heights In 2002, a girl with long blonde hair and blue eyes apparently dove into a closed pool and cracked her head open and died. People since have reported seeing her roaming the halls and in the pool area. Students have reported hearing her say their names but when they turn, she isnt there. |
| BAKER COLLEGE Owosso Before Baker was established, the property was home to a small Christian college. Some of the original dorm rooms were left and added to when Baker was built. It is in these original rooms that there have been many reports of cold spots, especially one room on the first floor where reportedly a girl hung herself years ago. Were you to visit Baker, you would probably see dark shadows darting just out of the corner of your eye as well as hearing noises that appear to be coming from inside the walls. |
| BATH HIGH SCHOOL Bath Andrew Kehoe, unable to afford to pay his taxes, lost his farm to foreclosure. On May 18, 1927, he dynamited the local high school, killing 45 people, mostly school children, furious that his taxes had been increased to pay for the new high school. He then went home, shot and killed his wife, then killed himself. The site was then turned into a little park in tribute to all who were killed there. It is no surprise that this location is reported to be so active. Many cold spots as well as EMF fluctuations and strange EVPs are common here. |
| THE WHITNEY Detroit This popular and well-known restaurant was once the home of David Whitney and is said to be haunted by him to this day. There are many reports of phenomena including doors mysteriously opening and closing when no one is there, the elevator operating on its own, cold spots as well as table settings being moved by unseen hands. The apparition of a man is also seen, widely believed to be David Whitney himself. |
| STATE HOSPITAL Traverse City There have been many stories of hauntings at this site that have been told and retold over the years. The hospital itself is undergoing construction now to be made into apartments and I believe a restaurant, but the site itself still has the power to be daunting. There are many buildings to this complex, some were demolished years ago, some are still used by Munson Hospital and yet others are hidden back in the trees surrounding the site. Various ghosts have been seen wandering the grounds of the hospital and are heard echoing from the psychiatric wards. Small children and elderly people have been reported to appear and disappear on different floors, there is even said to be a disfigured creature that appears from the tunnels and the basement area. Before the construction began, lights would be seen on different floors even though the building hadn't had power to it for years. Several legends have been told by generations of trespassing youth over the years including if you try to take religious materials into the hospital, they will be destroyed before you can enter; the only place this was said not to happen was in the chapel. |
| FORREST ROBERTS THEATRE - NMU Marquette \ Ive actually seen this ghost myself coming out of the elevator, carrying a mop, smiling. He looks very real and is a friendly older man who worked as a janitor for the college. He died from a heart attack in the elevator on his way from the basement. He has been seen numerous times throughout the theater building. |
| THE OLD SCHOOL HOUSE Borculo This one room schoolhouse is now a well-known restaurant. It is said to be haunted by Ms. VanMoss, a teacher that taught years ago who was said to be extremely cruel to the children. One day, she struck a child in the head so hard that the child died immediately. Now there are present-day sightings of a lonely little child sitting alone at a booth in the corner who then suddenly is no longer there. There have also been some odd reports of silverware being thrown by unseen hands. |
| THE BRASS LANTERN Houghton Lake This restaurant no longer exists, the location is now a Walgreen's Pharmacy, but when it was still a restaurant/bar, supposedly at the end of the bar on the #2 stool, a man could be seen to appear and disappear and there was a very eerie feeling in the bar So far, this appitirion has not yet been seen in the current building. |
| BORGESS HOSPITAL Kalamazoo Many, many reports of activity here, especially in the section of the hospital known as 1 North where children staying there have reported feeling like they are being watched. A pair of glowing red eyes are seen in the room across the hall from the nurse's station. Other reports include seeing apparitions of the nuns who used to run the hospital years ago along with random red lights appearing and disappearing. |
| CLARKSTON CINEMA Clarkston When this theater was running, there were numerous reports of shadow people running across the movie screen as well as a phantom girl who would sit on the stage by the screen. |
| FENTON HOTEL Fenton Many phenomena reported by staff at this restaurant, which was once a hotel years ago. Footsteps are heard in the upper levels when staff are downstairs closing for the night, glasses are mysteriously broken and shutters open and close on their own. Perhaps the creepiest occurrance reported here is that staff sometimes take drink orders in the bar for people who then seemed to have disappeared! |
| HIGHVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Dearborn Heights Very sad story of a little girl named Mary who was yelled at by a teacher and ran into the bathroom, then tried to crawl through the air vent in one of the stalls. Unbeknownst to her, it was actually an air conditioning unit that turned on automatically while she was crawling through it and the blades killed her as they cut through her body. The door to that particular stall was removed so as to render the stall unusable and there is said to be a stain beneath the vent where she was killed that is unable to be covered. |
| CAPITOL THEATRE Flint Singing is heard coming from the empty balcony, multiple equipment failures, screams, moans and tapping are all experienced here. |
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| MT PLEASANT CENTER Mt Pleasant This is said to have been one of the largest but poorest run State Hospitals for the criminally insane. Once someone was sent here, no matter what their crime, they were there forever...apparently no releases were granted. Other than one side of the building where the worst of the worst were chained, the patients were allowed to wander freely, no fences or electrical locking doors and, of course, many escaped. An orderly was tortured, raped then murdered when one of the patients broke into her house, which was provided by the hospital and was only a few hundred feet from the hospital. Police guards patrol the grounds because there are still buildings that are being used but the mental hospital has since been closed down. Still, shadowy apparitions are seen roaming the grounds and moans, screaming, crying and voices are commonly heard. |
| RAMSDELL THEATER Manistee It is said that founder TJ Ramsdell haunts this theater, closing doors and knocking light fixtures off the wall. In a promotional film for the theater taken a few years ago, supposedly the image of Ramsdell is seen floating near the balcony seats. |
| OTTAWA HILLS HIGH SCHOOL Grand Rapids The hauntings occur in the North House Lecture Hall, where students and teachers report the sound of water falling but no water being found, disembodied footsteps, appliances turning themselves on mysteriously as well as a report of one student's hair being pulled by unseen hands. |
| HOLMDENE AT AQUINAS COLLEGE Grand Rapids This property was once home to the Lowe family. One of their children drowned on the property and is said to have never left. Water faucets turn on and off on their own and lights turn on and off in secured buildings on the site. |
| FELT MANSION Holland The house was built in the 1920s by Dorr Felt, an inventor, for his wife Agnes. Agnes died shortly later of a stroke, she died in her room. Mr. Felt remarried but his new wife hated the house and it was eventually turned into a home for boys, a home for nuns and then was used as a state police post. Currently, the house is being restored to its original grandeur. It is said the Felts still reside here, especially Agnes. The ballroom is the most haunted as doors open and close on their own in Agnes' room and voices are heard. Ghost tours are now given in the house with the proceeds used for restoration. |
| HENRY FORD ESTATE Dearborn Many full apparitions seen at this beautiful estate. Witnesses claim to have seen the Ford's butler following them (identified from a picture) who died years earlier. An investigative team also got a picture during an investigation of a man sitting in one of Fords cars even though there was no one there. |
| BATTENFIELD HOUSE Fife Lake Legend has it that a mass murderer, famous from poisoning several family members to garner the social attention she thrived on, murdered two people in this house. A very odd manifestation of phenomena occurs in this house on the upstairs newel post, which is said to catch fire, yet when checked, there is no heat or burn mark on it. |
| BOND STREET MANSION Niles This famous ghost story has been told for years. It is said that a little boy lived with his parents in this mansion in the 1800s. One night, as the story goes, this little boy died of fright when his bedside candle was blown out by a draft in the night. The family cemetery is across the street from the mansion and this is where the little boy was buried. His mother was understandably devestated by his death and had an underground tunnel built from the mansion to the cemetery so she could visit his grave whenever she wanted to. Supposedly, the woman's ghost is seen to walk across the road and weep at her son's grave, then disappear; every night a light appears in the upstairs bedroom window then mysteriously goes out. |
| DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ART Detroit Several occurrences reported by night guards at this amazing museum. The first phenomena that has been reported by both afternoon and night guards involves a display called the Nail Figure. It is an African sculpture that appears to be impaled by several shards of wood referred to as nails. The guards report seeing this sculpture performing a tribal dance when the lights go out. Also, in the American Gallery there have been many reports of a loud crash that sounds like a painting falling off the wall, yet when the guards investigate, there appears to be no paintings out-of-order. In this room there just happens to be a painting called "Court of Death," which is believed to be what is causing all the noise. |
| NORTHVILLE TUNNELS Northville In the 40s and 50s, there were several mental asylums linked together by underground tunnels that are said to have been used by hospital personnel to punish the severely insane, out of control patients so that the more manageable patients werent aware of what was going on. The tunnels ran through the entire town, under roads, under buildings. There is now a subdivision going up for very expensive homes in this area and there is a high fine for anyone trying to break into the tunnels. There have been a few brave souls who have wandered into the tunnels and reported hearing screaming, moaning and voices, feeling like someone is behind you, crashes against walls when there is no one there. |
| JEFFERSON STREET Detroit Legend has it that a lttle girl was hit by a car on a stormy, rainy night, right where the tunnel to Canada is. She was apparently stuck under the car and was knocking but the driver never heard her and she eventually died. It is said now that when you drive by that specific area by the tunnel and it is a stormy night, you will hear four distinct knocks under your car from the little girl. |
| SHOE TREE Highland This tree has been talked about for years. There is a very old, gnarled tree that stands on the side of the road. As the legend goes, a little boy used to walk by this tree every day on his way to and from school. He was picked on by bullies who would take his shoes and hang them in the tree so that he couldnt get them. One day he was found dead behind the tree, laying in the swamp. To this day, the tree is covered with pairs of shoes and it is said that, at midnight, if you get out of your car and scream, the little boy will scream back for help. |
| DETROIT MASONIC TEMPLE Detroit The main story about this massive building, built in 1912 for the Masons, involves the builder, George Mason. He apparently went broke financing the construction and then his wife left him shortly after he filed for bankruptcy. He apparently then jumped off the roof of the building to his death. The night watchmen have reported many sightings during their shifts including seeing a transparent image of a man standing at the bottom of the stairs leading to the roof. The roof door wont stay closed and locked even after the watchmen have locked it. There were also cold spots, footsteps when no one is there, shadows moving in the halls, doors slamming when they were moments before locked and of course the feeling of being watched. Many night watchmen have left after only one night on duty and others refuse to even enter certain rooms. |
| MSU TUNNELS East Lansing These tunnels are about 90 years old and run underground all around north and south campus, about 10.5 miles of tunnels in all. All of the area steam lines are housed in these seven foot tunnels and, because of that, the tunnels are very hot. Bob Nestle, university engineer, states that not only could people be overcome with heat normally, if a pipe were to burst and expel all that steam into the tunnels, it would be as hot as an oven. Over the years, the tunnels have been broken into by campus kids and locals for a variety of reasons: thrill seekers, D&D players, ritualistic activity. Now they are locked down tight and campus police will arrest and charge anyone trying to enter them illegally with criminal trespassing. |
| CAPITOL BUILDING ROTUNDA Lansing Supposedly this location is haunted by the spirit of a painter who was killed accidentally while on the job. |
| MINNIE QUAY Lake Huron Forester At the age of 15, Minnie Quay fell in love with a sailor whom her parents disapproved of. When the sailor later died at sea, Minnie jumped to her death from the local pier, dressed all in white. It is said she still walks the beach where she fell, crying for her lost love. |
| JOHNSON CONTROLS Plymouth A woman who worked in the purchasing department was brutally murdered by her husband. She has been spotted here numerous times by the security guards, wandering the offices. |
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