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Explore 50 haunted places in Maine. Read ghost stories, local history, source notes, and visiting information in the PHASM Haunted Atlas.
Fryeburg, Maine · Hotel
MaineHauntedHouses.com recounts this local lore: Inn lore describes a little girl’s apparition, called Annabelle after a visiting psychic supplied that name. She is said to remain in the house. Name and identity are psychic claims, not verified biographical information.
Auburn, Maine · Other
MaineHauntedHouses.com recounts this local lore: A continually smiling man reportedly peers down from inside the library. People who go inside to look for him are said to find nobody there.
Orono, Maine · Other
MaineHauntedHouses.com recounts this local lore: Mill folklore associates the former textile works with two spirits: a worker said to have died in an accident and a young girl from a separate tragic story.
Cape Elizabeth, Maine · Historic house
MaineHauntedHouses.com recounts this local lore: The former owner Sylvester Beckett is said to return as a blue glow. House stories also describe sudden cold and bedcovers pulled away without anyone touching them.
Rockland, Maine · Hotel
MaineHauntedHouses.com recounts this local lore: Three women in Victorian dress reportedly stand together at a downstairs window. Their figures are said to have been seen from the street as well as inside.
Durham, Maine · Hotel
MaineHauntedHouses.com recounts this local lore: A female voice and unexplained touches are attributed to a maid who supposedly was forbidden to leave the house. The story says she remains at the inn.
Boothbay Harbor, Maine · Theater
HauntBound recounts this local lore: A broken player piano reportedly produces music upstairs. Staff call the suspected pianist Fingers and sometimes identify him with Earl Cliff. Other accounts describe ushers hearing their names in empty corridors and a shadowy figure in the foyer.
Bucksport, Maine · Cemetery
A leg-shaped stain interrupts the granite of Jonathan Buck’s memorial. In Bucksport’s best-known curse story, it is the promised mark of a woman determined that the town founder should not be forgotten.
Cape Elizabeth, Maine · Other
HauntBound recounts this local lore: The keeper legend centers on Joseph Upton, who died after a fall in the tower. Accounts describe a uniformed man near the staircase and motion alarms triggering when nobody is present.
York, Maine · Other
HauntBound recounts this local lore: Maritime folklore describes the wrecked Isadore returning under full sail off Cape Neddick. Fishermen and shore observers supposedly see the brig, then lose it when they approach or look again.
Kennebunkport, Maine · Hotel
www.truehauntingsofamerica.com recounts this local lore: During renovations, an apparition identified as Captain James Fairfield reportedly appeared in a basement corner. Later visitors describe a quiet, welcoming presence watching over the former captain’s home.
Kennebunkport, Maine · Hotel
usghostadventures.com recounts this local lore: The ghost-tour operator tells of a grieving widow in a long gown. She reportedly climbs the spiral stair toward the cupola and passes through walls late at night.
Searsport, Maine · Hotel
MaineHauntedHouses.com recounts this local lore: A guest reportedly awoke as if someone sat on the bed, while another saw a long-haired woman combing her hair. Other accounts mention knocking, music and cigar smoke without a smoker.
Portland, Maine · Historic house
MaineHauntedHouses.com recounts this local lore: An apparition identified as Captain Asa Clapp is said to haunt this house. Reports also describe footsteps without a visible walker and unexpectedly cold areas.
Windham, Maine · Cemetery
HauntBound recounts this local lore: Windham lore describes two sisters in old-fashioned dresses playing among the stones at dawn. Witnesses report giggling and games of hide-and-seek; the legend says the children disappeared and their bodies were never found. Names and supposed disappearance are unverified folklore.
Biddeford, Maine · Theater
HauntBound recounts this local lore: The theater’s ghost is commonly identified as soprano Eva Gray, who collapsed during a 1904 performance. Staff and audiences describe backstage whispers, unexplained applause and lights moving without anyone nearby.
Bar Harbor, Maine · Hotel
MaineHauntedHouses.com recounts this local lore: The presence nicknamed Abbe is associated with the Abbe Room. Guests report children’s voices, flickering lights, objects changing position and doors becoming locked after being left open.
Portland, Maine · Cemetery
HauntBound recounts this local lore: Portland ghost guides describe shadowy shapes between the slate gravestones and an unsettling sense of being watched along the cemetery wall. The reputation is atmospheric, without a consistently named ghost.
Prospect, Maine · Other
Maine’s granite Fort Knox overlooks the Penobscot River, with mysterious footsteps and recorded voices among its modern ghost-hunting traditions.
Greenville, Maine · Hotel
MaineHauntedHouses.com recounts this local lore: Visitors describe a friendly young woman’s apparition at the inn. A separate story attributes rhythmic tap-dancing sounds in Room 302 to another unseen guest.
Haynesville, Maine · Road or bridge
MaineHauntedHouses.com recounts this local lore: Drivers tell of a woman appearing suddenly in the road and a younger figure walking beside it. In the hitchhiker version, a girl accepts a ride and then disappears. Entire woods road legend consolidated; no unsourced exact apparition pin.
Brunswick, Maine · Other
MaineHauntedHouses.com recounts this local lore: Museum lore describes Joshua Chamberlain and his wife walking through the halls hand in hand, then passing through walls. Some visitors also report a fleeting pain associated in the story with his wartime injury.
South Thomaston, Maine · Other
MaineHauntedHouses.com recounts this local lore: Customers and staff report a male presence, sometimes identified as a former proprietor. A shadow-like form is also said to linger upstairs.
Augusta, Maine · Other
MaineHauntedHouses.com recounts this local lore: The former military and hospital buildings have a reputation for apparitions and unexplained sounds. Paranormal accounts describe figures in the old complex long after its institutional use ended. Do not equate psychiatric illness with violence or treat broad mistreatment claims as verified history.