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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.
Kennebunk, Maine · Hotel
www.bangordailynews.com recounts this local lore: An inn employee recounted a diner seeing an old-fashioned man in a double-breasted suit at an upstairs window. Other inn stories preserve the sense that former occupants have stayed behind.
Skowhegan, Maine · Natural landmark
MaineHauntedHouses.com recounts this local lore: Camp lore describes furniture apparently rearranging between successive glimpses through a cabin window. Other stories say objects on prepared tables shift as soon as the person arranging them turns away. Use west park identity; source header says Canaan but narrative says Skowhegan. No exact address or pin adopted.
Rockland, Maine · Hotel
MaineHauntedHouses.com recounts this local lore: Ghost stories identify figures in the parlor as former patients of Dr. Lawry, who once practiced here. Other presences reportedly watch from upstairs windows, with the staircase a recurring focus of encounters.
Wiscasset, Maine · Other
HauntBound recounts this local lore: Wiscasset ghost stories describe an elderly woman drifting through courthouse halls. A second account concerns a translucent figure allegedly captured on a hallway security camera in 2011. Camera claim is a reported account, not independently inspected footage. Active courthouse.
Dedham, Maine · Hotel
hauntpedia.com recounts this local lore: The inn’s legend links Rooms 8 and 5 with a jealous husband who killed a couple and then himself. The tale is retold as the explanation for the inn’s haunted reputation. No corroborating crime record is identified by the source; keep the story explicitly legendary.
Warren, Maine · Prison
MaineHauntedHouses.com recounts this local lore: Guards report feeling watched in empty areas and seeing figures interpreted as former prisoners. Some accounts suggest the activity followed equipment transferred from the old Thomaston prison.
Portland, Maine · Other
HauntBound recounts this local lore: Portland lore links the house with Captain Asa Clapp’s apparition and a woman sometimes identified as Margaret Jane Sweat. Visitors describe footsteps without a visible walker, cold spots and old-fashioned music.
Bangor, Maine · Cemetery
www.watchmojo.com recounts this local lore: Ghost accounts describe shadow figures and whispered voices among the cemetery’s monuments. One popular telling identifies a wandering figure with gangster Al Brady.
Bowdoin, Maine · Cemetery
HauntBound recounts this local lore: A bare patch encircled by cedars is said to mark a witch’s cursed grave. Local tellers warn that disturbing the ground brings disaster, sometimes recounting fatal accidents after attempted digging. Execution and curse are folklore, not established history. Alias Cemetery in the Pit consolidated.
Ogunquit, Maine · Hotel
MaineHauntedHouses.com recounts this local lore: Rooms 2 and 6 are associated with lights switching on and off. Staff also describe cold patches and a sensed presence in the basement.
York, Maine · Cemetery
HauntBound recounts this local lore: The slab over Mary Nasson’s grave inspired a legend that it restrains a witch. Visitors describe a presence beside the marker and warmth from the stone. The grave remains a focus of York’s ghost walks. The witch label and restraint story are folklore; the slab is a conventional grave form.
York, Maine · Other
HauntBound recounts this local lore: York museum lore describes a gentle woman in white. Doors reportedly open without assistance, objects change position and cold breezes pass through rooms.
Owls Head, Maine · Other
HauntBound recounts this local lore: Lighthouse lore describes a Little Lady whose presence accompanies rattling silverware and slamming doors. Another unseen keeper supposedly leaves one-way bootprints toward the tower and freshly polished fittings. Residents have also reported being tucked into bed by unseen hands.
Parsonsfield, Maine · Other
MaineHauntedHouses.com recounts this local lore: Reports describe children’s voices, footsteps, doors moving and alleged voices on recordings. Visitors also tell of hair being touched and an unseen push on the stairs toward the third floor.
Poland, Maine · Hotel
HauntBound recounts this local lore: Employees tell of Hiram Ricker walking through the resort’s older buildings before dawn. His voice and footsteps reportedly emerge from empty rooms; keys and paperwork are said to move between shifts. Guests also describe a woman in white and cold patches.
Readfield, Maine · Other
MaineHauntedHouses.com recounts this local lore: A schoolgirl’s ghost and a more hostile presence feature in museum lore. Accounts describe whispering, cries, footsteps, electrical devices switching unexpectedly and classroom furniture changing position.
Gorham, Maine · Other
MaineHauntedHouses.com recounts this local lore: Student lore describes a female apparition on the fourth floor and footsteps overhead when the attic is empty. Objects and electronics reportedly move or operate unexpectedly, with several presences attributed to the dormitory.
Poland, Maine · Road or bridge
MaineHauntedHouses.com recounts this local lore: The roadside legend describes a young woman in formal dress asking for a lift, then vanishing from the car before reaching home. Versions disagree whether she is a bride or a prom-goer.
Georgetown, Maine · Other
HauntBound recounts this local lore: Seguin’s famous legend tells of a keeper driven mad by his wife’s repeated piano tune. More recent accounts describe faint piano music, footsteps on empty tower stairs, pipe smoke and a child’s apparition. The murder-suicide piano story lacks corroborating records. Boat access is weather dependent.
Tremont, Maine · Natural landmark
MaineHauntedHouses.com recounts this local lore: Local legend connects eerie cries and groans along Ship Harbor with shipwreck victims. The story says survivors who reached shore disappeared into the woods, leaving restless voices behind. Within Acadia; listing uses Bar Harbor as regional locator. Shipwreck details in folklore need independent historical review.
Skowhegan, Maine · Theater
MaineHauntedHouses.com recounts this local lore: The cinema’s tales describe handprints appearing on the screen, papers sweeping off desks and power tools working while unplugged. A shadowy figure is blamed for damaged scenery and paint smeared on walls.
Portland, Maine · Other
MaineHauntedHouses.com recounts this local lore: An unidentified woman reportedly walks through offices and vanishes around corners. She is also blamed for elevators travelling between floors without passengers.
Durham, Maine · Other
MaineHauntedHouses.com recounts this local lore: Church stories describe visitors finding themselves unexpectedly locked inside, an event attributed by tellers to an unseen presence.
Eliot, Maine · Other
MaineHauntedHouses.com recounts this local lore: A local story claims a newspaper photograph revealed a translucent skull over the staircase. Other reports describe windows breaking without an obvious cause.