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Angola - Camp Arrowhead -
 Camp Arrowhead is a de-centralized, residential summer camp affiliated with the Episcopal Diocese of Delaware, but there are lots of spooky campfire stories about various areas around camp. The most interesting story surrounds the Recreation Hall, which is where all the camping gear and recreational items used throughout the summer are stored. The building was once a dance hall in Lewes, Delaware - and it was floated across the Rehoboth Bay to its current location. Camp staffers have reported seeing every light on in the Hall, long after everyone has gone to bed. The
sounds of music and laughter can be heard, even though the building is empty.
Bethany Beach - Addy-Sea Inn -
 This is currently a bed & breakfast but rooms 1, 6 11 are supposedly haunted by different ghosts which date back to the John Addy family - the family that built the house.
Room 1 reportedly has a large copper bathtub that shakes violently. There's been no investigation into the plumbing and no reports of whether the shaking occurs when water is turned on or off.
In Room 6 organ music can be heard.
Room 11 is said to be haunted by Paul Dulaney, a famous swimmer and former handyman for the Addy family.
Also, footsteps reportedly can be heard on the roof and second floor hallway. It's possible they belong to the Addy's son, Kurtz, who fell from the roof and died.
Bethany Beach -
 The ghost of a naval war hero, Eddie Rickenbaker, is supposed to haunt the beach in Bethany. No one is really sure why he haunts this area, or why his ghost seems so disheveled.
Bowers Beach -
 Three ghosts are supposed to haunt Bowers Beach. A
depressed looking man is said to walk through the downtown late at night wearing high-fashion clothing - his stiff white collar glows in the dark. Another is supposed to haunt a "lover's lane" just outside of town. And a third ghost is that of a man who drowned himself at the beach.
Delaware City - Fort Delaware -
 The fort was used a prison for Confederate soldiers during the Civil War. Now it's part of the Delaware State Park system and is located on Pea Patch Island. The only way to get there is by ferry. Many workers and tourists have seen ghostly images, felt cold spots and heard voices.
During a "ghost tour" visitors actually saw the image of a Confederate soldier watching them from the upper ramparts. A female apparition was captured on camera walking through a wall in the Officer's Kitchen. It is believed it is the same woman who has been known to address people by name, angrily telling them to "get out!" There is also a cemetery on the island - for soldiers who died of typhus and malaria - which is said to be haunted as well. Other paranormal occurrences reported here include cold spots, the
sound of cannon explosions and disembodied voices.
 Fort Delaware has been featured on the TV show "Ghost Hunters." TAPS researchers captured shocking activity when they filmed their Ghost Hunters Halloween Special. It is impossible to go to Fort Delaware and not feel as if some serious stuff happened there or maybe is about to happen. It is definitely a place worth visiting for its historical significance as well as for the potential to get the scare of a lifetime!
Click here for more on the Ghost Tours at Fort Delaware
Delaware Seashore State Park -
 An apparition of a young woman wearing an old fashioned bathing suit has been reported to ask for help from people in the area of the sand dunes on the beach near the Indian River Bay. No one knows who the woman is - and there are no records of drownings in the area.
Dover - Blue Coat Inn -
 The Blue Coat Inn is haunted by at least two ghosts that seem to be from the Revolutionary War Era. One is an elderly gentleman. The other is a young drummer boy.
Dover - The Governor's Cafe -
 The building that houses the Governor’s Cafe dates back to 1857 and is said to be haunted. You don’t have to stay up all night or wait until after closing time to witness a ghost here. Reports say that if you look closely at the paintings of the historic Dover buildings on the cafe walls, you’ll see that the artist has included a ghost peeking out of a window in each painting.
Dover - Woodburn -
 The Governor's Mansion which was built in 1790, is said to be quite haunted. Residents have reported an 18th century gentleman wearing a white wig, the apparition of former owner Dr. M. W. Bates’ father, a "tippling ghost" that will empty wineglasses left in a certain place; a chain-rattling ghost in the basement (supposedly the place was a stop on the underground railroad - and it's said that some slaves were sold out and recaptured). Some have seen a floating specter who wears a Revolutionary War outfit and a little girl in a red gingham dress who plays in the gardens.
Dover - The Green At Dover -
 The apparition of an angry judge is said to walk among the
tombstones nearby and out onto the Green. The historic park near the courthouse
and the State House. Laid out in 1717, it's the site where Delaware voted to
ratify the U.S. Constitution.
Ellendale - Ellendale State Forest -
 Little is known about the specter that haunts this stretch of Route 113 that runs through Ellendale State Forest - also called the Haunted Highway. This headless phantom causes an unusual amount of car accidents. The state forest is in Redden, Delaware, three miles north of Georgetown on Route 113.
(Editor's Note: I drove this area daily and nightly for a year and a half and never saw anything - but there are, indeed, a lot of crashes in that stretch of the highway)
Ellendale/Georgetown -
Redden State Forest -
 The Ranger's house in a barren section of the forest is
haunted by the ghost of a woman who died there. Also electrical equipment is
frequently disturbed by the ghost and eerie voices can be heard in the hallways
as well as sounds coming from empty rooms upstairs. The ghost is thought to be a
woman who died under mysterious circumstances in the house in the early 1900's.
The forest is east of Redden between Routes 113 and 30.
Frankford - Long Cemetery - Catman's Grave Yard -
 Local legend has it that a Catman creature. In life a graveyard caretaker who had catlike features who now watches over the cemetery from beyond the grave. He is said to scare away teens who come to the graveyard to party. Some say he’s buried in an above-ground tomb in the center of the cemetery, and that if you knock 3 times on the brick wall behind the cemetery, the Catman will tinker with your car so that it won’t start when you try to leave.
Frederica - Felton -
 Route 12 west (Midstate Rd) - A ghost dog with glowing red eyes, called the Fence-Rail Dog, is said to walk this stretch, according to local legend. So the story goes, an angry tenant murdered his landlord, ground up the body and fed it to his dog. The ghost dog has been seen at the roadside by nighttime drivers.
Frederica - Mordington -
 The mansion is haunted by a slave girl known only as Tom's daughter. She supposedly was confined to the attic when she resisted her owner's lust and jumped to her death from the attic window. Reports have been made of hearing her scream. The house is a private residence on McColley Pond outside
Frederica.
Gumboro - Old Homestead -
The small township of Gumboro is renowned for it’s haunted homestead. The sound of heavy breathing and disembodied footsteps have been reported in the old house, as well as spectral figures moving across the yard. A harmonica can also heard be played in the early hours of morning or late at night. The ghosts appear to be of a younger friendly child and an older solitary spirit, whose voices can sometimes be heard around the house. The current owners of the house are not upset about their presence, as they are seen as guardians of the homestead.
Lewes - Cannonball House -
 This home dates back to 1765 and is one of the most
well-known buildings in Lewes. It survived the April 5, 1813 shelling of the
town by the British during the War of 1812, and still has a cannonball lodged in
its side to this day (hence the name of the home). It is considered one of the
most haunted locations in all of Delaware. Screams and footsteps have been heard
– possibly related to the death of an early female inhabitant of the home whose
dress caught fire when she got too close to the fireplace.
Lewes - Cape Henlopen State Park -
Here a ghostly light comes from the beach, and has sometimes been mistaken for a lighthouse. Legend says that it is due to an Indian curse that was put on the English to make their ships crash on the shore. At least a few ships, including the British sloop, the HMS DeBraak, have crashed because of this ghost light. Also, the phantom of the DeBraak has been reported to re-enact the disaster from time to time.
Lewes - Fiddler's Hill -
 The ghost of a young man is supposed to haunt this hill at Rabbit's Ferry, which is located in a deep curve on Robinsonville Road west of Lewes. The legend says a young fiddler decided to scare a rival away from his woman by climbing a tree and making frightening noises with his fiddle. His plan worked, but the man fell from the tree and broke his neck. Sometimes the frightening sounds of the fiddle can still be heard on this hill which is near a gravel path that crosses through Love Creek near Goslee Mill Pond.
Lewes - The Neighborhood of Bay Oaks -
 In this newly built neighborhood off Camp Arrowhead Road, sightings of orbs and streaks of light have been reported. This bay-side area is believed to be a historical location where a massacre occurred between Indians and Dutch settlers. During this massacre, the Indians slaughtered the newly settled Dutch leaving behind artifacts like Dutch pottery and arrowheads that have been found by new homeowners. It's said that only residents of Dutch ancestry sense the ghosts' presence or experience the symptoms that usually accompany the presence of ghosts who may still be in search of eternal rest. Those symptoms include cold spots you walk in and out of, but are not near an air vent or window, a feeling of being watched or that someone is in the room with you, globes of light, the disappearing and reappearing of ghost-related books about hauntings in the area and one teenage resident has reported waking up choking with the sensation of a hand around their neck - then seeing the ghostly hand pull away.
Slaughter Beach - Fort Saulsbury -
 Delaware's Forgotten Fort was built in 1917 as a coastal defense fortification for the US Army - to protect against enemy invasion during WWI. It was named for Willard Saulsbury, who was a US Senator from DE from 1859 - 1871. It was also used as a POW camp in WWII where up to 300 prisoners were housed. They provided labor for local
agriculture. The fort was deactivated in 1946 and sold as surplus in 1948. There have been reports of ghostly activity - the ghosts of former prisoners can be felt in the old cell blocks. The ruins of the fort are located on private property in Slaughter Beach, near the end of Route 36.
Milford - Milford Neck Wildlife Area
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The spirits of angry Indian ghosts whose graves have been
disturbed are said to haunt this site, which has 100 exposed graves. The site is
located in Milford Neck, north of Milford, between Route 113 and Big Stone
Beach.
Seaford - Airport Road -
Two ghosts are rumored to appear walking along this road.
One is a Confederate soldier’s apparition. The other, which is said to show up
on Valentine’s Day, is the ghost of a weeping bride.
Seaford - Maggie's Bridge -
Local legend tells of a pregnant woman named Maggie who
was killed in an auto accident on the bridge. The legend says those who get out
of their cars and call out “Maggie, I have your baby” are supposed to cause
paranormal activity of some sort.
Seaford/Reliance -
 Patty Cannon is a notorious figure in Delaware history and
folklore. She and her gang kidnapped individuals, and re-sold them into slavery.
She was known to escape law enforcement by hopping back and forth across state
lines. She was bold, brazen, cruel and one very nasty broad. Patty Cannon was
eventually indicted for four murders in 1829 and supposedly committed suicide by
ingesting poison while in prison. An industrious official beheaded her for
posterity's sake and her skull resides in the Dover Public Library to this day.
It is kept in a hatbox.
Patty Cannon - Dover Public Library -
 Although the library publicly denies any paranormal activity, there have been a few reports of strange events that center around the skull kept in a hatbox. The skull belongs to the famous Patty Cannon. She was a
ruthless killer and notorious outlaw who took a dose of poison before she was to be hanged.
Selbyville - The Witches Tree -
 The legend says that the Witches Tree was used to hang those persecuted during witch hunts in the early years of American history. This gnarled, bizarre-looking cypress tree is often said to be in Selbyville but it is actually on Swamp Road just over the Maryland state line in Whaleyville. Almost everyone who has ever walked up to the tree has experienced something strange – chills down their spine, strange lights and orbs, sounds, etc. No one knows exactly what causes it, but some attribute the occurrences to a witch that once lived nearby.
Some have also heard sounds of a truck starting and seen a man in an old truck reading a newspaper, but it is impossible to get a truck back where you see him because next to the tree in an 8 foot ditch and the rest is surrounded by thick woods. Some have also heard a woman crying, a man mumbling or dogs barking,
Slaughter Neck -
The very name is enough to bring you chills, but there are said to be several entities that haunt the area. The malevolent ghost of a man who killed himself in a ditch haunts this area. Several hikers have been unlucky enough to meet his spirit. Another ghost is said to wander the Boardwalk trail between Slaughter Neck and Broadkill Beach. It is thought that this is the ghost of Jonathan Morris, whose farmhouse once stood near the trail. His
presence is most strongly felt near his grave in the old Morris Family Graveyard. Slaughter Neck is part of the
Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge.
Selbyville/Gumboro - Cypress Swamp - aka The Burnt Swamp -
 The area was plagued by a severe drought in 1930 when the swamp caught fire. Some say it began when a
moon shiner's still exploded in the extreme heat that July - the blaze was so big that it raged for 8 months. The road alone leading to the swamp is creepy but it also has been said that late at night you can hear voices coming from the woods.
While the swamp has always been considered a home to
mysteries and ghosts, the most famous story about it is of the "swamp creature."
The swamp monster was said to be a shingle maker who died in the fire and haunts
the edges of the
 swamp.
A hairy, apelike animal has been reported by a few eyewitnesses, and it is
believed that the half-eaten carcasses of dogs found in the swamp are the work
of this creature.
In 2008 the swamp creature was exposed as the creation of a local newspaper editor and Fred Stevens, who dressed up as the 'creature.' The swamp is located between Gumboro and Selbyville, along the south Delaware-Maryland border. Route 54 goes through the middle of the swamp.
Woodland Beach -
 In the early 1900's, Woodland had a bustling boardwalk and other attractions. All that
remains today are some of the wooden supports. On a well lit night of the full moon, some say you can see people walking over the water where the boardwalk used to be, maybe waiting to get on the ferry that no longer travels from there.
There are mostly homes in the Woodland Beach area now.
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