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Historic haunted places in Princeton, NJ. 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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Like many playhouses, the 1930 McCarter leaves a ghost light burning on its dark stage, a custom said to keep departed performers from taking over the empty theater. Local ghost-to…
This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.
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Campus tradition holds that Aaron Burr Sr., the college's second president, still haunts his old office, keeping an eye on how his school is doing. An 1892 student story even has h…
This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.
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Witnesses at Princeton's historic inn describe a woman in period dress walking down the main staircase who vanishes before she reaches the bottom. A figure in a Revolutionary War u…
This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.
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Investigators who have toured the cemetery after hours focus on its famous graves, especially the Burr family plot, where they report cold spots and odd meter readings. Teams also …
This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.
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General Hugh Mercer spent nine days dying of bayonet wounds in an upstairs bedroom here after the 1777 Battle of Princeton. Visitors and caretakers say that entering that room can …
This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.