About Haunted Maps

Haunted Maps is an independent project with a simple aim: to be the place you check before you believe a ghost story, or before you drive three hours to see where it happened.

Most haunted-place websites repeat each other. The same few lines get copied from list to list until nobody remembers where they came from. We trace each story as far back as the available sources allow, and tell you what the records show, what people claim, and where the two part ways.

What you will find here

• 296 full stories in 17 countries, most with a legend, and all with their history, what remains today, how to visit and cited sources.
• A world map of those places and about 3,800 others, nearly all of them ghost towns, that passed our automated check.
• Photographs with credits, using images that are free to reuse.

Do we believe in ghosts?

We do not take a side. We report what witnesses, owners and traditions say, and we write “said to” and “reported” because that is all a legend can honestly claim. When a famous story turns out to have no basis, or to have been invented for a tour or a television show, we say that too. Those are often the most interesting parts.

Be respectful when you visit

Many of these places are private homes, working hotels, cemeteries or fragile ruins. Some are the sites of real deaths. Check access before you go, stay out where entry is not allowed, and leave everything as you found it.

Keep reading

You can read how we research and write each page, including how we use AI, or send us a correction.