Historic haunted places in Staunton, VA. Each page gives the ghost story, whether visitors can go, and a link to the site the story came from. The stories are folklore, not documented fact.
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Haunted place
125 South Augusta Street, Staunton, VA 24401
Exterior viewable; interior access via local ghost tours.
This hotel served as a Civil War hospital and morgue. Investigators featured by local TV in 2020 reported voices, footsteps and shadowy figures in the basement, as well as children…
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This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.
Haunted place
301 Greenville Ave, Staunton, VA 24401
Open to the public (hotel; overnight stays and dining).
This hotel occupies the main building of the former Western State Hospital, whose grounds hold the graves of more than 3,000 patients. Guests report showers that turn on in empty b…
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This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.
Haunted place
27 West Beverly Street, Staunton, VA 24401
Open to the public (restaurant and bar).
Three people died in this 1890 downtown building: one of a heart attack, one in a coal-chute accident while the YMCA was a tenant, and one in a suspected third-floor suicide. Local…
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This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.
Haunted place
318 Prospect Street, Staunton, VA 24401
Campus grounds open to the public; buildings subject to university access policies.
Campus lore names several presences, including a uniformed soldier called Richard who taps students on the shoulder in the Main Building and Collins Theatre. A small child-sized ha…
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This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.
Haunted place
22 South Coalter Street, Staunton, VA 24401
Open for ticketed ghost events and house tours.
Local oral history links a string of deaths in this 260-year-old house to Charlotte Coffman, known as 'the Black Widow.' The house now hosts Victorian-themed ghost evenings built a…
Source: hauntbound.com
This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.