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hen the Question "what places are haunted in America: the most constant response is the Trans-Allegheny

ST. AUGUSTINE LIGHTHOUSE

mongst the murky shadows, where boats sail to the shores, stands a Lighthouse that shines at the very

TRANS-ALLEGHENY LUNATIC ASYLUM

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peak of S.T Augustine. It used to be a home to a lighthouse keeper. Many People In Florida believe it to be haunted In America. Reports consist of apparitions, dark shadowy figures, and Disembodied voiced and unexplained sounds. It's noted to say that there have been reports of a young girl running up the lighthouse steps, and laughing and giggling have also been heard. Previous lighthouse keepers have reported hearing strange sounds, seeing lights switch on and off, and witnessing an apparition of a man in the basement. It is believed that the daughters of the man in charge of the lighthouse's construction died nearby, and these two girls have continued to haunt the lighthouse ever since.

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Lunatic Asylum! Known as the Weston state hospital from its Former mental hospital. The Former Mental Asylum in West Virginia is where a lot of emotional trauma and pain was experienced. Built in 1858 that housed 250 patients, the largest hand-cut stone building in North America became severely overcrowded, and by the peak in the 1950s, over 2000 patients were called in the place of home. Due to severe mistreatment, which unfortunately involved people in cages, Chained to walls, Electroshock therapy and lobotomies. The grounds served as a military base and resulted in many apparitions' sights in Civil war Uniforms. However, those vast majority of hauntings are caused by the patients that used to live and died there.