Discover five haunted lighthouses in Michigan and the ghost stories surrounding them, from mysterious keepers to unexplained activity and legends rooted in history.
Haunted Lighthouses in Michigan: Ghost Stories, Legends & History
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Haunted Places in Michigan
Haunted Hotels in Michigan: 12 Historic Places You Can Stay Overnight
From Mackinac Island to Detroit, these historic Michigan hotels have earned eerie reputations for ghost sightings, mysterious sounds, and unexplained encounters. Would you stay the night?
The Ghost Stories of Detroit’s Haunted Belle Isle
The Ghost Stories of Detroit's Haunted Belle Isle Written by Amberrose Hammond First Published - 2007 Last Updated - July 30, 2026 Is Belle Isle haunted? Detroit's Belle Isle is home to some of Michigan's most enduring ghost stories and urban legends. The best-known...
The Haunted Felt Mansion
Haunted Felt Mansion: History, Ghost Stories, and the Legend of Agnes Felt Written by Amberrose Hammond First Published - 2005 Last Updated - July 22, 2026 The Felt Mansion is a historic 17,000-square-foot estate near Saugatuck, Michigan, completed in 1928 by inventor...
The Urban Legend of Hell’s Bridge
The Urban Legend of Hell's Bridge Written by Amberrose Hammond First Published - 2007 Last Updated - July 13, 2026 Hell's Bridge is just a boring pedestrian bridge in Algoma Township near Rockford, Michigan, but is one of West Michigan’s best-known urban legends....
Is Mouth Cemetery Really Haunted? History, Legends, and Paranormal Stories
Is Mouth Cemetery Really Haunted? History, Legends, and Paranormal Stories Written by Amberrose Hammond First Published - 2005 Last Updated - July 8, 2026 Mouth Cemetery is a historic cemetery near Montague in White River Township, Michigan, and is believed to be the...
Reynolds Cemetery and the Unsolved Crouch Murders
The 1883 Crouch murders remain one of Michigan’s most haunting unsolved crimes. Explore the tragic story and the legends surrounding Reynolds Cemetery near Jackson.
Monsters Outside – Shadow People Encounters
“I had an encounter with two shadow people that lived in my bedroom growing up in Robinson Township, Michigan. This encounter ended with a photo of both of them together. I’ve been looking for answers to it for years…”
River Raisin Massacre – A Bloody Disaster
This series of battles fought around Monroe, Michigan, were some of the bloodiest during the entire War of 1812 and afterward, inspired the battle cry, “Remember the Raisin,” for the remainder of the war. Some even think that the spirits of this event are still wandering the place they took their last breath.
Grand Rapids Home For Veterans and the Ghost Soldiers
While waiting for her husband, a woman has a shocking sighting at the old Grand Rapids Veterans Hospital. It’s not surprising this place has a few ghosts, given the 2016 shocking conditions reported about the place.
The Haunted Kalamazoo Civic Theatre: The Ghost of Thelma
No one really knows when Thelma began her supernatural wanderings, but reports of her ghost have been made since at least the 1950s. Thelma’s true identity is a mystery, as is her real name.
The Haunting of Mary Mayo Hall
Mary Mayo Hall is located on Michigan State University’s northern end of campus known as “West Circle” alongside other historical buildings. It is the oldest residential hall on campus, built in 1931 as a standalone women’s dormitory in honor of its namesake, Mary Anne Mayo.
Haunted Central Michigan University
Warriner Hall on the Central Michigan University campus is said to be haunted by an actress who died during a performance. The story says she was downstairs and tried to call upstairs to a friend using an out of commission dumbwaiter shaft. When she stuck her head inside the shaft, the dumbwaiter came crashing down and she was beheaded…or so that’s how the story has been told.
The Old Hillcrest Sanatorium
Tuberculosis, also commonly called “consumption” and the “white plague” was a major and devastating illness at one time and still is in parts of the world.
The Ghosts of Old Fort Wayne
The history of Fort Wayne is monumental. Everything you can think of happening during war and peace took place there. Lives were lived, lost, found, broken and made there. Death occurred, atrocities happened, just as there were also heroes and happiness at the fort. Military personnel, along with civilians worked and fell in love there. Prisoners were even kept there and many stayed on after being released. Fort Wayne lived — and then Fort Wayne started to die.
The Rise and Fall of the Paranormal Orb
Orbs. You know, those things that appear in everyone’s “paranormal” photos? I can’t count how many times someone has heard that I study the paranormal and then with excitement, asked me to look at a picture of their “orb.”
Haunts of Aquinas College
Haunted Schools. They seem to be common and why not? Think about how much energy is expended on a daily basis in a school. All of those kids, the drama, the hormones, the friendships, the breakups! It’s all in one building all the time. If we are to believe places that carry a lot of energy generally cater to the spirit world, then what better place than a school.
Haunted Nunica Cemetery
Established in 1883, Nunica Cemetery in tiny Nunica, Michigan has gained the reputation of being one of the “most haunted cemeteries in west Michigan”, maybe even the entire state. A dirt road will bring you past old and new tombstones sprinkled among large, gnarly trees that add to the spooky atmosphere.
The Legend of Morrow Road
The legend of Morrow Road says a ghost is forever looking for her lost child and haunts the road to this day.
Ghosts of the Kirby Grill
For years, rumors have been going around that the place is haunted, especially the second floor. One employee and friend I spoke with claimed he had seen a little kid running on the second floor after hours and heard his name spoken behind him, only to find no one there. Other employees have witnessed the same thing.
Haunted Traverse City State Hospital
When asylums were “all the rage,” in mental health, Traverse City was home to one of Michigan’s finest.
The Fenton Hotel
Haunted? Definitely. First, I want to recommend any desert on the menu from the Fenton Hotel restaurant. Second, while you’re eating your desert, you might feel like you are being envied by a presence you can’t see. That’s because the Fenton Hotel is most definitely haunted and Michigan’s Otherside has experienced it first hand.