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Explore 64 haunted places in Michigan. Read ghost stories, local history, source notes, and visiting information in the PHASM Haunted Atlas.
Detroit, Michigan · Hotel
Michigan Haunted Houses recounts sightings of a man called Al in the hotel's corridors and lobby. The legend says he sheltered in the building during its vacant years and died there before its restoration.
Detroit, Michigan · Other
Michigan Haunted Houses attributes the fort's reputed haunting to lingering soldiers. Visitors describe unexplained footfalls and doors moving when no one appears to be operating them.
Vanderbilt, Michigan · Cemetery
Michigan Haunted Houses reports a noticeable chill at the cemetery gate, footsteps with no visible walker and occasional apparitions among the graves.
Frankenmuth, Michigan · Other
Michigan Haunted Houses records an unidentified apparition, most often reported near the front of the museum. The ghost's identity is not supplied by the account.
Muskegon, Michigan · Other
Michigan Haunted Houses describes a small, dark-clothed apparition that appears to follow people through the theatre.
Van Buren, Michigan · Cemetery
Michigan Haunted Houses describes a woman called Flora appearing in a pale dress, with chiming sounds said to announce her. Another reported phenomenon is a faint red glow beside the cemetery's middle driveway.
Holly, Michigan · Hotel
Michigan Haunted Houses reports the scent of a cigar with no smoker nearby. A girl's apparition is also said to play near the kitchen and the steps by the banquet room.
Marquette, Michigan · Other
Michigan Haunted Houses records people hearing children crying as they pass the former orphanage after dark. The sounds are associated in local ghost lore with children who once lived there.
Saginaw, Michigan · Other
Michigan Haunted Houses describes a spectral barmaid at this pub. Reports also include unexplained footfalls and objects changing position without anyone visibly moving them.
Kalamazoo, Michigan · Theater
Michigan Haunted Houses describes a ghost nicknamed Thelma who plays the piano, crosses the stage and interferes with lights or doors. The directory says a youth group's invented backstory became attached to the apparition; her actual identity remains unknown.
Kalamazoo, Michigan · Theater
Michigan Haunted Houses records footsteps, shifting objects and an unseen touch on a shoulder. Investigators have claimed recordings of singing, circus-like sounds and a voice saying a staff member's name. A statue above the stage is also rumored to alter its position.
Trout Creek, Michigan · Cemetery
Michigan Haunted Houses collects reports of screams and inexplicable chainsaw-like noise at Kitchie Cemetery. Visitors also describe luminous balls near their vehicles.
Newaygo, Michigan · Other
Michigan Haunted Houses reports unexplained music and noises from the basement after dark. Voices are also said to be heard in guest rooms where no speaker can be found.
Marquette, Michigan · Hotel
Michigan Haunted Houses recounts a tradition that Amelia Earhart's ghost revisits the inn. The story connects her to Room 502, where the source says she stayed in 1932.
Lansing, Michigan · Other
Michigan Haunted Houses describes a figure in painters' clothing, associated in the legend with a worker who died in the rotunda. Other reports concern sudden chills and unexplained drafts.
Ferndale, Michigan · Cemetery
Michigan Haunted Houses reports unexplained bells and screams associated with Machpelah Cemetery. The account places the apparent source of the sounds in the park behind the burial ground.
Marquette, Michigan · Other
Michigan Haunted Houses describes a girl's apparition on the lighthouse's upper level. She is said to watch Lake Superior through a window, particularly when the water is quiet.
Port Huron, Michigan · Other
Michigan Haunted Houses reports apparitions, strange eyes and luminous shapes around the theatre's balcony. Investigators claim to have recorded a woman's voice protesting that she did not belong there.
Memphis, Michigan · Cemetery
Michigan Haunted Houses recounts the cemetery's Witch's Ball legend. Faces and shadow-like shapes are said to appear within a dark stone sphere, while other visitors report voices or figures among the graves.
Ypsilanti, Michigan · Other
Michigan Haunted Houses attributes the building's reputed haunting to Chief Alonzo Miller. Stories include knocks, whispered speech, loud unexplained impacts and doors moving without visible assistance.
Jackson, Michigan · Theater
Michigan Haunted Houses reports that the theatre's basement leaves some visitors feeling watched. A few accounts describe a stronger sensation of being unable to move while in that space.
Mackinac Island, Michigan · Other
Michigan Haunted Houses collects accounts of a girl's ghost and other apparitions at Mission Point. Guests reportedly hear humming or a gunshot-like sound with no visible source, with several death legends attached to the property.
Saginaw, Michigan · Hotel
Michigan Haunted Houses describes an apparition at the distant end of the third-floor passage that vanishes as someone approaches. Another presence is associated with the innkeeper's quarters and is sometimes identified as a previous owner.
Clay Township, Michigan · Road or bridge
A rural Michigan road has a sorrowful legend of a woman who keeps returning, searching for the child she lost.