Urban Legends
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Anecdotal hauntings at Washington National Cathedral
Washington National Cathedral has accumulated various anecdotal stories of odd noises, shadowy figures, and unexplained sensations reported by staff, clergy and visitors over the…
Arizona State Hospital legends
The Arizona State Hospital, a long-standing psychiatric hospital campus in Phoenix, is located at 2500 E Van Buren St and has been the focus of local urban legends and ghost-story…
Austin State Hospital legends
Austin State Hospital is the state psychiatric hospital in Austin with historic origins dating to the 19th century and a long institutional history in the city. Over decades, the…
Belle Isle legends and reported apparitions
Belle Isle Park (including structures like the Belle Isle Aquarium at 99 Pleasure Dr) is frequently mentioned in Detroit folklore and local ghost-tour narratives; visitors and wri…
Billy Penn 'gentlemen's agreement' and sports curse
An informal "gentlemen's agreement" in Philadelphia once discouraged building heights taller than the William Penn statue atop City Hall, a practice that ended in the 1980s when n…
Bolshoy Dom
Bolshoy Dom, located at 4 Liteyny Avenue in Saint Petersburg, is a significant administrative facility that serves as the headquarters for the local branches of the Federal Securi…
Book-Cadillac Hotel / The Westin Book Cadillac (haunting legends)
The Book-Cadillac Hotel opened in 1924 as one of Detroit's grand hotels, later closed for decades, and reopened after restoration as The Westin Book Cadillac in 2008. During its l…
Boston Athenaeum spectral stories
The Boston Athenaeum at 10 1/2 Beacon Street is one of the nation’s oldest independent libraries and is often featured in accounts of Boston urban legends involving mysterious foo…
Bugsy Siegel ghost legend at the Flamingo
The Flamingo Las Vegas was financed and developed in large part by mobster Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel and opened in 1946. Siegel was murdered in Los Angeles in 1947, and an enduring…
Bugsy Siegel ghost stories at the Flamingo
Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel financed and helped open the Flamingo Hotel in 1946 and was murdered in 1947; the property has long been associated with Siegel in Las Vegas lore. Guests a…
Casa Matusita
Casa Matusita is a historic building in Lima, Peru, located at the intersection of Garcilaso de la Vega and España avenues. Built in 1909, it has a rich history tied to the Lima P…
City Hall station 'ghost' and subway lore
The original IRT City Hall station, an architecturally ornate terminal opened in 1904 and closed to regular service in 1945, is frequently cited in stories of 'ghost stations' and…