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- There are many reportedly haunted sites around the US, dating back to before the country's founding.
- The historic Ledge Lighthouse in New London, Connecticut, for example, is allegedly haunted by former lighthouse keepers.
- Former inmates are said to haunt the Old Idaho Penitentiary in Boise.
The fall season leading up to Halloween is a popular time for attractions like pumpkin patches and haunted houses, though more serious thrill-seekers tend to opt for real-life ghost hunting.
From hotels to defunct hospitals to old prisons, there are many allegedly haunted places all over the country. Whether or not you believe in ghosts, there's definitely something spooky about these places.
Keep scrolling for the most paranormal place in every state.
ALABAMA: Sloss Furnaces, Birmingham
Now a National Historic Landmark in Birmingham, the Sloss Furnaces were a key part of the iron producing industry for 90 years.
Today, the site is reportedly haunted by people who have died while working at the furnaces. Every fall, the site hosts the Sloss Fright Furnace, a haunted house attraction, and offers ghost tours.
ALASKA: Anchorage Hotel, Anchorage
This hotel in downtown Anchorage is allegedly haunted by the former city police chief, Jack Sturgus, who died mysteriously near the hotel in 1921.
According to Haunted Hotels, guests have also reported other possibly supernatural activity, including faucets and televisions turning on and off by themselves.
ARIZONA: Hotel San Carlos, Phoenix
Guests at the Hotel San Carlos have reported seeing a figure of a woman in an evening gown on the roof of the building, which may be the ghost of Leona Jensen, who leapt from the roof to hear death in 1928, according to AZ Central.
Guests of the hotel, which sits on the site of Phoenix's first school, have also reported hearing children's laughter and seeing children's ghosts in the hallways.
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