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Explore 50 haunted places in Delaware. Read ghost stories, local history, source notes, and visiting information in the PHASM Haunted Atlas.
Newark, Delaware · Other
Ed Okonowicz’s UDaily account describes a Revolutionary-era student who left school to fight, then was forcibly returned by his father. In the legend, the humiliated young man died in the building’s cupola. Later passersby reportedly glimpsed a figure there at night, giving the old academy its particular ghost story. Historical death not independently established; cupola access restricted.
Bethany Beach, Delaware · Hotel
The Delaware Public Archives collects room-by-room stories at the Addy-Sea: a violently shaking bathtub and unexplained organ music in Rooms 1 and 6, and a former employee, Paul Dulaney, appearing beside or on beds in Room 11. Footsteps on the upper floor and roof are linked in the legend to Kurtz Addy, said to have fallen from the building.
Seaford, Delaware · Road or bridge
Delaware Haunted Houses describes two roadside figures: a Confederate soldier and a grieving bride said to appear each Valentine’s Day. A March 2022 contributor who said they lived on the road added a family account of a woman in white outside at night, helping give this stretch a continuing local ghost reputation.
New Castle, Delaware · Other
A ghost said to belong to the Finney family wanders the upper rooms of Amstel House and the separately located David Finney house, according to Delaware Haunted Houses. Windows and doors reportedly move without anyone touching them. An April 2023 visitor added an account of a woman passing from the dining-room doorway toward the parlor. Do not repeat directory’s erroneous seventeenth-century construction date. Tunnel claim unverified.
Wilmington, Delaware · Other
School lore gives Mr. Bancroft a continuing supervisory role after death. The Delaware Public Archives records stories of red eyes appearing in a second-floor bathroom mirror when the lights go out. A further Friday-the-thirteenth tale describes answering knocks from within the wall, as though the school’s namesake still has unfinished business with its students.
New Castle, Delaware · Prison
GhostQuest’s Delaware collection describes two ghostly children riding bicycles through the corridors of the women’s prison. The same account includes a woman’s disembodied crying. The reports are attributed to people inside the institution, attaching a strangely domestic set of sounds and figures to an otherwise closely controlled correctional setting.
Wilmington, Delaware · Historic house
Bellevue’s upper floors are said to remain occupied by several invisible residents. Haunted Places collects staff stories of chairs changing position, electrical disturbances, laughter and screams from rooms otherwise empty. One visitor described upper-floor lights flashing; another reported a rocking chair suddenly moving in a guardhouse, adding personal accounts to the mansion’s reputation.
Smyrna, Delaware · Historic house
Belmont Hall’s legend centers on a Revolutionary-era guard stationed on the Captain’s Walk. Delaware Haunted Houses says the guard was shot and died inside on the second floor. The haunting is attached to his lingering presence and a bloodstain that the story insists never entirely disappeared from the place where he collapsed. Shooting and permanent bloodstain are folklore claims, not verified historical findings.
Smyrna area, Delaware · Road or bridge
Unexplained points of light and bright shapes in photographs give Black Diamond Road its published haunting reputation. Delaware Haunted Houses links these reports to a local belief that homes were built over a Native American burial ground. The lights, rather than a named apparition, are the recurring phenomena described by the directory.
Smyrna, Delaware · Historic house
The account collected by Delaware Haunted Houses describes lights moving through the house and garden, footsteps with no visible walker, and a dog heard barking after death. Other figures include a neighbor who disappears when approached and a faceless man looking through a window. A headless apparition is associated in the story with a fatal tree accident.
Georgetown, Delaware · Hotel
Doors allegedly unlock and swing open on their own at the Brick Hotel, while pictures shift overnight and unexplained lights appear in photographs. Delaware Haunted Houses places these accounts in the former public house. A December 2020 visitor also described a bathroom door moving, belongings falling and an unexplained shape beneath the bedcovers. Historic hotel identity verified; current lodging availability not established.
Woodland, Delaware · Historic house
The Delaware Public Archives links two named figures with Cannon Hall: Julia Ann, sister of the house’s builder Jacob Cannon, and her daughter Luraney. Both are said to walk its halls after death. The archive’s account also records occupants feeling their presence, making this a family-centered haunting rather than the better-known tales of Patty Cannon.
Lewes, Delaware · Other
The Delaware Public Archives preserves a story of a former woman resident lingering at Cannonball House. In the account, her dress caught fire when she stood too close to the hearth, and she died from the burns. Her unidentified spirit is said to remain in the house, whose better-known physical relic is a cannonball embedded during the War of 1812. Fire death treated as legend; do not invent a confirmed victim identity.
Lewes, Delaware · Other
The published account places a phantom soldier near a dune-covered bunker by the campground bicycle trail and Spotting Tower 12. Delaware Haunted Houses says a face appeared while visitors recorded inside; others reportedly heard growling outside without finding animal tracks. The story ties the park’s military remains to an apparently still-occupied wartime post.
Lewes, Delaware · Other
Jim Duffy’s account of the Lewes terminal describes doors slamming in empty rooms and hand dryers starting unexpectedly. A long-haired man in a cape has reportedly appeared in the women’s restroom. Duffy also recounts a manager’s story of a new overnight employee quitting after encountering what she believed were ghosts inside the terminal. Terminal, not all ferry vessels or the New Jersey terminal. Historical burial claim not treated as verified.
Milford, Delaware · Hotel
In an account of their private investigation, Rob Gutro and Tom described two friendly spirits at Causey Mansion, whom they called Charlie and Margaret. Gutro said sketches of the pair resembled people in an old tennis-party photograph shown afterward. Their report portrays the presences as peaceful former inhabitants who still enjoy the property rather than threatening guests.
Christiana / Newark, Delaware · Other
The Delaware Public Archives describes two competing presences at the firehouse. A hostile shadow waits near the engineer’s room, while a protective spirit is said to restrain it. The ghosts rarely appear outright; much of the story concerns the uneasy feeling of their conflict in the hallway, where firefighters supposedly sense both of them.
Newark, Delaware · Other
On moonless, foggy nights, a figure in a red coat reportedly walks near Cooch’s Bridge without a head. The Delaware Public Archives retells the story as that of a British soldier decapitated during the Revolutionary battle. In this version, he wanders the battlefield area still looking for what he lost in the fighting. British redcoat variant distinct from Welsh Tract Church’s Charlie Miller legend; do not merge their identities. Battle-site access should be checked separately from road access.
New Castle, Delaware · Hotel
Local lore joins this former inn to Amstel House through a family ghost and an alleged underground passage. Delaware Haunted Houses says the spirit particularly favors the third floor, where windows and doors open or close and objects are moved. The two houses remain separate physical sites even though the same ghost is said to visit both. Former accommodation; current operation unverified. Tunnel and construction-date claims not independently established.
Wilmington, Delaware · Other
Closing-time laughter, objects moving by themselves and sudden cold patches recur in the tavern’s published ghost stories. Delaware Haunted Houses attributes the disturbance to a onetime patron said to have died after slipping and breaking his neck inside. People also describe an oppressive feeling, as though an unseen customer has remained after everyone else leaves.
Newark, Delaware · Other
The tavern’s folklore begins with Edgar Allan Poe supposedly cursing the earlier St. Patrick’s Inn after a muddy fall outside. Delaware Haunted Houses connects that story with later reports of unexplained noises and doors opening or closing without a person beside them. The reputation belongs to the site and its succession of drinking establishments. Poe story is legend; do not claim he wrote The Raven here or took his final drink here.
Ellendale, Delaware · Natural landmark
A headless figure is said to move among the trees beside the highway through Ellendale’s forest. The Delaware Public Archives retells the legend as a warning passed among travelers, with the mysterious walker blamed for trouble on the road. The source gives him no name and no known history explaining the loss of his head.
Dover, Delaware · Hotel
An elderly man, a drummer boy and women in dark or gray clothing appear in Blue Coat Inn stories. Great American Ghost Tour also records organ music, names called in the attic and doors slamming. An August 2026 community discussion recalls silverware moving and chairs being knocked from tables after closing. These accounts concern the demolished inn, not necessarily its replacement.
Dover, Delaware · Other
The Governor’s Café has an unusual pictorial ghost story: the pictures on its walls supposedly contain more inhabitants than first meet the eye. Delaware Haunted Houses says the paintings depict historic Dover buildings, with ghostly faces peering from their windows. That published tale gives the former café its place in Dover’s local haunting lore. Weak artwork-centered legend, not proof of an apparition. Former café identity retained; current business needs verification.