Haunted Lighthouses
28 haunted locations across America
Coastal beacons with keepers who never abandoned their posts
All Haunted Lighthouses
Absecon Lighthouse
A keeper at Absecon Lighthouse grabbed his shotgun in 1905 and fired at something perched on the iron lantern room 171…
Barnegat Lighthouse ("Old Barney")
On clear winter days at Barnegat Lighthouse, young parents pushing strollers have been approached by a couple in…
Big Bay Point Lighthouse
Keeper Harry William Prior's last logbook entry at Big Bay Point Lighthouse, on June 27, 1901, reads simply…
Bodie Island Lighthouse
At exactly 4 p.m., something behind the fireplace in the old keeper's cottage at Bodie Island knocks once…
Cape Hatteras Lighthouse
On the morning of January 31, 1921, a five-masted commercial schooner called the Carroll A.
Cape May Lighthouse
The Cape May Lighthouse is the third tower they've built at this spot. The first two are underwater.
Chambers Island Lighthouse
Joel Blahnik heard the footsteps on his first night. They came down the spiral staircase…
Concord Point Lighthouse
The lighthouse keeper in 1889 walked into the lantern room and found himself face to face with a pair of eyes "as big…
Currituck Beach Lighthouse
The lighthouse keeper's wife died of tuberculosis in the North Room of the keeper's quarters at Currituck Beach.
Georgetown Lighthouse
Sailors in Winyah Bay used to say that if you saw a little girl on your boat before a storm, you'd make it home.
Heceta Head Lighthouse
In 1975, a workman named Jim Anderson was cleaning an attic window in the assistant keeper's house at Heceta Head…
Marquette Harbor Lighthouse
Marquette Harbor Lighthouse has a ghost problem that its own records can't explain.
Ocracoke Lighthouse
Blackbeard's head came off on November 22, 1718, in a knife-and-pistol brawl aboard Lieutenant Robert Maynard's sloop…
Pensacola Lighthouse
The Pensacola Lighthouse has cast its beam over the entrance to Pensacola Bay since 1859…
Point Lookout Lighthouse
Laura Berg lived alone in Point Lookout Lighthouse from December 1979 to October 1981.
Point Sur Lighthouse
Catherine Ingersoll told her daughter Pokey to go to bed. This happened a hundred and twenty years after Catherine's…
Portsmouth Harbor Lighthouse
At Portsmouth Harbor Lighthouse, a man's voice asks "what are you doing?" in an empty watchroom.
Pottawatomie Lighthouse
"I am glad to get away from here for I am as tired of this business as I can be." Keeper William Betts wrote that in…
Seul Choix Point Lighthouse
Keeper Joseph Willie Townshend died in this lighthouse in 1910, and because it was deep winter on the Upper Peninsula…
Sheffield Island Lighthouse
In 1991, archaeologist Karen Orawsky was heading to Sheffield Island by boat when she heard music coming from the…
Sherwood Point Lighthouse
A young Coast Guardsman and his wife arrived at Sherwood Point for a vacation, left dirty dishes after dinner…
St. Augustine Lighthouse
The St. Augustine Lighthouse stands 165 feet tall at the edge of Anastasia Island…
St. Simons Lighthouse
The Svendsen family dog knew something was wrong. Jinx, a terrier who lived at the St.
Tillamook Rock Lighthouse
The first man assigned to Tillamook Rock died there before construction began.
Tybee Island Lighthouse
Five workers died of cholera while rebuilding this lighthouse after the Civil War. The foreman was among them.
Waugoshance Lighthouse
Keepers at Waugoshance Lighthouse kept quitting. The station, a 76-foot brick tower perched on a submerged shoal in…
White Island Lighthouse
Joshua Card lit the White Island Lighthouse every night for thirty-five years.
Yaquina Bay Lighthouse
The ghost of the Yaquina Bay Lighthouse is named Muriel Trevenard, and she has never existed.