Random Notorious Ghosts And Their Intensely Horrific Origin Stories (17 items)

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  (#16) The Screams Of Elizabeth Pratt Can Still Be Heard In Fort Mifflin

  In the early 1800s, a woman by the name of Elizabeth Pratt lived at Fort Mifflin, PA with her husband, an officer. Elizabeth's daughter fell in love with an enlisted man, much to her parent's chagrin. The daughter ran off with the enlisted man, at which point Elizabeth disowned her.

  Not long after that, the daughter contracted dysentery and passed. Not having reconciled with her daughter, Elizabeth went mad. She would run around the fort screaming and wailing at the top of her lungs. Eventually, she took her own life.

  Every now and again, her screams can supposedly still be heard at the fort. She is one of many spirits said to reside there.
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  (#4) The Moore Family Haunts The Villisca Ax Murder House

  On June 11, 1912, a brutal deed occurred in rural Villisca, IA. The Moore family was sleeping quietly when an unknown person raised an ax and killed Josiah Moore with one blow from the flat end of the blade. The same fate met Joe's wife, Sarah, all four of their children, and two visiting neighbor children.

  The culprit then covered the heads of the bodies with clothes, covered every mirror and piece of glass in a similar way, and washed the blood from their hands. After that, they took out a two-pound slab of uncooked bacon from the icebox, wrapped it in a towel, and laid it on the floor next to a short piece of key chain that did not belong to the Moores.

  The case has never been solved, but one theory links this case to several other ax-related occurrences that took place across the country during this period. The location is believed to still be haunted by the victims of that tragic night. Several ghost investigations have occurred at the house, all gathering compelling evidence that this haunting is real.
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  (#12) Grace Brown's Ghost Appears At Big Moose Lake

  Grace Brown was 19 when she worked at the Gillette skirt factory in 1905. There, she met the handsome nephew of the owner, Chester Gillette. The two dated, but Gillette would not commit, often being seen with other young women. When Brown became pregnant, Gillette's time had run out and he took Brown on a trip to upstate New York.

  Brown assumed the trip to Big Moose Lake in the Adirondack Mountains was a wedding trip. The two rented a rowboat from a man named Robert Morrison and went out alone onto the lake. When the two did not return, Morrison organized a search party. They found the rowboat capsized, and nearby, Brown's remains. Two days later, police found Gillette in a nearby hotel.

  Gillette claimed that Brown had drowned herself after he told her that he didn't love her. The jury did not believe the story and convicted Gillette. In 1908, he met his end via the electric chair. As for Brown, her ghost can allegedly still be seen from time to time on the shores of Big Moose Lake.
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  (#6) Young Christine Darby Returns From The Grave As A Black-Eyed Child

  In 1967, now convicted child predator Raymond Morris targeted 7-year-old Christine Darby of Walsall, England. After assaulting her, Morris took her life and buried her in a ditch. Authorities later discovered her remains in Cannock Chase, which led to Morris's conviction. He was also believed to be connected with the disappearances of two more young girls whose bodies were found in the area.

  But that was not the end of Christine Darby. Since then, there have been reports of a black-eyed girl appearing in the Cannock Chase Countryside. It is believed that this spirit is the ghost of Christine, her eyes black from the blindfold she was wearing when her life ended.
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  (#7) Ghostly Children Watch Over Train Tracks In San Antonio

  Sometime in the 1930s, tragedy struck San Antonio, TX. One day just like any other, a bus driver was taking his load of 10 children home. Unfortunately, his bus was having some difficulty. It stalled out - right on the tracks of a railroad crossing. Before the driver was able to get the bus started again, he saw a train approaching. The conductor slammed on the brakes, but it was too late: all 10 children and the driver died in the crash.

  Today, you can still go by this crossing near the San Juanita Mission. If you stop in front of the tracks and turn off your engine, supposedly a mysterious force will still push the car uphill and over the tracks to safety. If you spread some flour or baby powder on your bumper, you might notice something truly chilling: several sets of small handprints.
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  (#17) The Greenbrier Ghost Testified Against Her Assailant

  In the fall of 1896, Elva Zona Heaster met blacksmith Trout Shue in Greenbrier County, WV, and fell fast in love. Even though Heaster already had a child out of wedlock at 22, the two were married in short order. Not too long after that, the body of Heaster was found at the bottom of the stairs by a young boy who had been hired to help the Shues with chores and errands.

  By the time the coroner arrived, Shue had already taken the body upstairs and dressed it for the funeral in a high-necked dress. With Shue clearly agitated and bereft, the coroner only gave a cursory examination of the corpse before declaring it first "everlasting feint" and then "childbirth," although Heaster was not known to be pregnant at the time.

  Heaster's mother, Mary Jane Heaster, had been against the marriage from the start and immediately suspected foul play. According to legend, she was validated when the ghost of Heaster returned to tell Mary Jane that in a fit of rage, Shue had broken her neck.

  Mary Jane was able to convince the local prosecutor to exhume the corpse for further examination. It was discovered that Heaster's neck had been broken. During Shue's trial, Mary Jane testified that her daughter's ghost had returned to her, informing her of the gruesome circumstances. Shue was convicted and passed while in prison three years later. Heaster's ghost was never seen again.

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