Michigan has some fascinating history and along with that history comes some eerie ghost stories, I am not an expert in ghosts but I do like an interesting story at a historical place. Here are some of the places I have seen in the past year that have some tales of being haunted.
Seul Choix Point Lighthouse, Gulliver MI
In 1910,lighthouse keeper Joseph Willie Townsend passed away while in the bedroom that is located upstairs. he was known for smoking Cigars and his wife despised it, rumor has it you can still smell cigar smoke over a 100 years later. you can read more HERE
Blood Road, Metemora
There is a ghost story about a man that murdered his wife on this road and the body was dumped into the swamp, and at night, the swamp turns red. You can read about it HERE
Grousehaven Cellar Lupton
This cellar at the Rifle River Recreation Area is about all the remains of Grousehaven Lodge, I am not sure if it is haunted, but it sure is spooky, and there are rumors that the Purple Gang used the lodge too. you can read more HERE
Hoyt Library Saginaw
Hoyt Library was built atop the grounds of the original Saginaw jail, known for its violent and ruthless inmates during the lumbering era. A documentary film about the Library ” A Haunting at the Hoyt Library” will be shown at the Temple Theater, info can be found HERE
Indian Boarding School Mount Pleasant
An old Native American cemetery is on or near the property and 174 undocumented children died at the school. To go along with its history as a mental institution, it is rumored to be haunted, you can read more about it HERE
Sheldrake Ghost Town
Near Paridise is the old Ghost Town of Sheldrake, there are stories of the area being haunted by an old sea captain who stands on the dock. He has a pipe and a cape and he is usually seen from the lake, as boats approach the shore, he fades away and disappears. you can read more HERE
Page House St Louis
after posting a photo of this house people told me it was haunted and a woman who grew up in the house told me she felt and head the presence of a spirit in the house which she believed it was Narcissa Page the woman who had the house built. you can read about it HERE
Richard C Burtis House Watrouseville
this photo of the Richard C Burtis house was one of my first pics I posted when I started this website. the owner contacted me about the house and have started a facebook page about their efforts restoring it and have said there have been strange noises and lights and have had a paranormal team investigate it. you can follow their facebook page HERE
Charles Lee House Saginaw
I am not sure this house is haunted but it is spooky. This red brick queen Ann house in Saginaw was built by Lee in the 1870’s. His house was the only lumber barons house built along the Saginaw River. He was married 3 times (his first two wives died) and had eight children seven of which were present when he died in the house in 1899. you can read more about it HERE
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