Hi, I've been a long time lurker, some of you might remember me from my one and only topic talking about my dads cologne but seriously. I consider myself a fierce believer in ghosts and spirits and things of that sort. I haven't had many experiences, and those that I have had have been so miniscule that they were probably my imagination. I really admire the community around this forum, it's my number one hit forum, even though I haven't posted much. So here's a question for you all, If I want to find a real haunted area around where I live, how would I go about doing it? and if any of you know a good spot could you please post it? I live about 2 minutes from Greenbelt Maryland. Any help would be really appreciated

is that civil war area?

The only place I can think of really is. "Glen Dale Hospital" in PG County but you have to be extremely careful. Since the police partols the area for unwanted guests. =3 Old tuberculosis hospital, they say the old patients still live their lives there. There is a story about a guy who went insane & placed in the old building. He overdose himself with meds because he was hidding when his family was killed. ;D Also be careful they say there are a pack of shadows dogs that walk along the grounds. =3

There's also "Crybaby Bridges" & what used to be "St. Mary's College." But that place got destoryed...you can use "Shadowlands" site for help.

Here are some (mostly NASA it seems) in Greenbelt found at Shadowlands.com. They have an index that you can look up by state and find different hauntings. Now some of them are probably not true since they are mostly personal accounts or legends. It's worth a look at, though.

Greenbelt - Greenbelt Nursing & Rehabilitation Center - This used to be an old folks home. Now it is abandoned. Every night there are new lights either turned on or off. This place is said to be haunted by the head doctor in charge. He was said to have beaten and tourtured patients. People have said they heard voices and ghosts of people still laying in their beds.

Greenbelt - Prince Georges county - NASA Building 26 - In the early days of NASA being built in Greenbelt the need for many buildings was certain. Building 26 was planed not to shortly after many others. During the construction of building 26 many human bones were found almost in a line but also in a circle. No one is sure what came of these bones but it is said to this day that that building 26 was built over an Indian burial ground. To this day guard officers and employees late at night swear to hear the sound of drums beating and lights have been known to go off and on.

Greenbelt - Prince Georges county - NASA/GSFC - B & W Parkway Gate - A man jogging early in the morning in a grey sweat suit slowly disappearing in front of you....also he has been seen on the perimeter road!(bldg #26 is the closest bldg to this gate)

Greenbelt - Prince Georges county - NASA/GSFC - Bldg #05 - A strong sense of dread in the whole bldg! especially in the rear of the bldg. strange sounds throughout the bldg...especially on the upper floors!

Greenbelt - Prince Georges county - NASA/GSFC - Bldg #07/10/15/29 complex - late one night, there was a guard that had duty in this complex of buildings. She was watching TV in the area where her desk was! she heard some one coming up the stairs. she got up to look and no one was there. as she was watching and looking she heard the footsteps go down the stairs...she shook it off and figured it was her imagination...until it happened again...only this time when the step went down she saw the door open and a small trash can lid flip over several times and the outer most door opened...this guard refused to ever step foot in this bldg again. another guard was walking up the stairs when he passed through what appeared to be a dark spot/ or shadow...this spot was the shadow of a man he saw the shadow proceeded down the stairs past him! yet another guard was looking down into the clean room and saw what appeared to be a shadow of a man glide across the floor! This complex was the sight of a death, while the High bay was being built, a worker fell from the scaffolding and fell to his death! the rest of the building shares various sightings! And strange feelings and occurrences!

Greenbelt - Prince Georges county - NASA/GSFC - Bldg #08 Admin - statue of Robert Goddard follows you with his eyes. most issues! always feel strong dreadful feeling! always feel like someone is watching you! Basement strong feelings of sadness and dread! sixth floor directors office, and hallway outside of pictures of all the directors! they always follow your every move!

Greenbelt - Prince Georges county - NASA/GSFC - Bldg #1 - feel as if someone is following you or watching you late at night!

Greenbelt - Prince Georges county - NASA/GSFC - Bldg #11 - feel as if someone is watching you...or will pop up right around the corner if no one is around! Late one night a guard was doing his rounds, when he was waiting for an elevator. he heard voices and laughter coming from the approaching elevator when it opened no one was there...he refused to ever go in the building again! Also a extreme feel of dread falls over you if you are alone!

Greenbelt - Prince Georges county - NASA/GSFC - Bldg #12 - Extreme feeling of dread, or the feel like something will happen to you if you go into the penthouse or attic area! the third floor has a similar yet not as strong feeling! the same feeling gets worse the higher you go in the building!

Greenbelt - Prince Georges county - NASA/GSFC - Bldg #16 & 16w - Back side of w by water tower/ and mail room has the most issues! always feel strong dreadful feeling! always feel like someone is watching you!

Greenbelt - Prince Georges county - NASA/GSFC - Bldg #17 - second floor has cold spots, and feels like someone is watching you.

Greenbelt - Prince Georges county - NASA/GSFC - Bldg #18 - second floor computer room/office area - feels though some one is watching you(BLDG if 400 yards from Bldg 26)

Greenbelt - Prince Georges county - NASA/GSFC - Bldg #22 - feels like some one is playing games with you! Reports of a death in the early years of the center in this building!

Greenbelt - Prince Georges county - NASA/GSFC - Bldg #23 - cold spots on the loading dock, and in an office on the second floor!

Greenbelt - Prince Georges county - NASA/GSFC - Bldg #25 - strange occureances, and strange feelings throughout!

Greenbelt - Prince Georges county - NASA/GSFC - Bldg #26 - Many guards on nights and weekends have had a many strange experience at this bldg! Indian chiefs being seen in windows from the outside of the bldg. Bell being heard. Feelings as if someone was hung in a room under the loading dock of the bldg. a guard at NASA got a call one night on the radio to call the comm center, so they went in an office to do so! they heard some one typing on a computer keyboard....being there are people that work all hours of the night they figured nothing of it....when they was done they rounded the corner to find no one sitting there and only a key board no computer!

Greenbelt - Prince Georges county - NASA/GSFC - Bldg #27 Motor pool - strange feelings, feelings of people watching you from the bldg at night. Feelings of dread

Greenbelt - Prince Georges county - NASA/GSFC - Bldg #28 - always feels like someone is watching you in the atrium! A strange fire in a trailer just outside of the bldg!

Greenbelt - Prince Georges county - NASA/GSFC - Bldg #97 health center side - feels as if someone is still in the building after it closes....feels like someone is following you! alarms going off in the building when no one is there!(right next to bldg 26)

Greenbelt - Prince Georges county - NASA/GSFC - recreation center - feels as if someone is watching you, feeling of dread!

Greenbelt - Prince Georges county - NASA/GSFC - Visitors center - a feeling that the statue of Goddard is always watching you, seeing shadows!

According to eyewitnesses, Bloody Lane is haunted. Gunfire and the smell of gunpowder have been reported when no one is on the road or even nearby. One visitor to the battlefield saw several men in Confederate uniforms walking Bloody Lane. He thought they were reenactors until they vanished. The most convincing of the reports is the one of some Baltimore schoolboys who walked Bloody Lane and heard singing out in the fields. They said it sounded like a chant or the Christmas song Deck the Halls. They heard a chant similar to Fa-la-la-la-la sound repeatedly. The area was near the observation tower where the Irish Brigade charged the Confederates with a battle cry in Gaelic, which sounded like the Christmas carol.
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oh man, some of these are awesome, i havent heard about the civil war era place, but that nursing and rehabilitation center is right down the road from my house! I am definetely checking that out, I'll have to check out the goddard flight center again, but Ive been there several times and i havent noticed anything out of the ordinary...

wow, i live in md! i live on the eastern shore tho, i don't know where greenbelt is. we have a hanging tree in st. michaels, supposedly that area's haunted. anyway, i was just excited to here about someone else on the forum who lives in md! represent!

edit: oh, i almost forgot, and the bethany house is suposedly haunted too. that's where juvenile delinquents used to go, and some pretty bad stuff has happened there, but it's been shut down for years. there's a few other legends and hauntings over here, it's all country, so you can imagine. anyway, just thought i mention in case you decide to venture over to the east side!