If you want to see a ghost in Maryland, head to Baltimore. Between Baltimore proper, and the Brooklyn Park area on the cityâs outskirts there have been 69 ghost sightings recorded at the Ghosts of America website.
BetMaryland.com took a break from our main job of covering Maryland sports betting to venture into some paranormal activity. We are striving to find the Maryland cities where the most ghost sightings have occurred.
Using GhostsofAmerica.com, a website that collects and shares usersâ eyewitness accounts of hauntings, we compiled a list of the 10 cities where the most ghost sightings have been reported.
Rank | City | No. of Sightings |
1 | Brooklyn Park, MD | 35 |
2 | Baltimore, MD | 34 |
3 | Hagerstown, MD | 32 |
4 | Elkton, MD | 25 |
5 | Glen Burnie, MD | 22 |
6 | Ocean City, MD | 21 |
7 | Fort Howard, MD | 19 |
8 | Washington, D.C. | 18 |
9 | Cumberland, MD | 16 |
T10 | Salisbury, MD | 14 |
T10 | Dundalk, MD | 14 |
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One must-see spot for prospective ghost hunters is Westminster Hall in downtown Baltimore. The building itself was constructed in the mid-1800s, but the burial grounds by this Presbyterian church date back to 1787. Paranormal investigators have carried out a number of operations here â in large part because Westminster Hall is the final resting place of the American trailblazer of gothic horror, Edgar Allen Poe.
Poe began his writing career in Baltimore in the 1830s and went on to write some of his most significant works of literature in the city â including âThe Tell Tale Heartâ and âThe Fall of the House of Usher.â Supernatural encounters also have been reported at the unassuming row house on North Amity Street where Poe lived â which since has been converted into a museum dedicated to the writer.
You will find another alleged hot spot for paranormal activity in Baltimore docked in the cityâs Inner Harbor. The USS Constellation was launched in 1854 and was the last remaining sail-only warship built by the US Navy. According to legend, the ship is haunted by the many sailors who died aboard the USS Constellation during its storied naval history. And good news for haunt hunters: The ship is still open to the public.
Baltimore isnât the only place in Maryland to spot a ghost, or so says GhostsofAmerica.com. If youâre in the Hagerstown area, you can visit the city park to check out a 300-year-old haunted house. Known as Hagerâs House, this limestone home was the former abode of Hagerstownâs founder Jonathan Hager. After three centuries of continued occupation, locals believe it to be infested with ghouls.
Paranormal thrill-seekers in the vicinity of Elkton might want to check out the Turnquist area near the Delaware border. In 1963, 81 passengers aboard Flight 214 crash landed in the area, and ever since residents have reported unexplained phenomena.
About half an hour south of Baltimore, Glen Burnie is another area known for its ghost sightings. Some believe this might be the result of the nearby Wishing Rock, a large quartzite outcropping that served as an important gathering sport for First Nations tribes thousands of years ago. To this day, supernaturalists believe the rock holds an uncanny power over the surrounding area.
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Author
Jeff Parker is an entertainment writer for BetMaryland.com. A writer for film, television and the internet, Jeff is a life long movie buff, with an actual Masters Degree in Popular Culture. He lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia, where he works full time as documentary filmmaker and producer.
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