There are many places around the world that have different areas that they say is haunted. Read below for a few famous haunts from around the United States.
Philadelphia was the first settlement in the colony of Pennsylvania, which William Penn founded in 1682. The city was the birthplace of the American Revolution, where great statesmen such as George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Benjamin Franklin once walked the streets. By the mid-1700s, Philadelphia was the largest city in the American colonies. On July 4, 1776, members from each of the thirteen colonies gathered in the Pennsylvania Statehouse – now known as Independence Hall – to sign a document called the Declaration of Independence. Many say that the ghosts of our nation's Founding fathers are still hanging around Independence Hall . . .
Dancing Ben
Benjamin Franklin was an extraordinary writer, publisher, and inventor, and he helped draft the Declaration of Independence. In later years, his influence and intelligence helped our country establish the Senate and Congress and adopt the Constitution. This remarkable man spent much of his life in Philadelphia and he may be there still, long after his death. Eyewitnesses have seen Franklin's restless spirit at various locations throughout the city. His favorite spot, some say, is the Library Hall of the American Philosophical Society, which he helped found in 1743.
Many claim that Franklin's energetic spirit even lives on in the streets of Philadelphia, coming to life out of an old statue. Legend has it that the wise old statesman is sometimes seen dancing through the City of Brotherly Love!
Modern-Day Mysteries
To this day, tales of supernatural encounters at the White house persist. It's said that, at night, a long-dead usher is still turning off lights in the Executive mansion and that the ghost of a White House doorman occasionally appears, ready to work!
Recent White House residents have also reported feeling the presence of something strange and unexplained. In a 1996 interview with Rosie O' Donnell, former First Lady and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said, "There is something about the White House at night that makes you just feel like you are summoning up the spirits of al the people who have lived there, and worked there, and walked through the halls there." The former First Lady added, "It's neat. It can be a little creepy."
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