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Bone-Chilling Female Ghost Stories
A ghost is the soul or spirit of a dead person or non-human animal that is believed to be able to appear to the living. In ghostlore, descriptions of ghosts vary widely, from an invisible presence to translucent or barely visible wispy shapes to realistic, lifelike forms.
A ghost is the soul or spirit of a dead person or non-human animal that is believed to be able to appear to the living. In ghostlore, descriptions of ghosts vary widely, from an invisible presence to translucent or barely visible wispy shapes to realistic, lifelike forms.
Ghosts are believed to be seen in places that were once important to them in their lifetime. We believe some ghosts might be responsible for many strange occurrences in our lives.
Whether or not you believe in the paranormal, ghost stories can send shivers down your spine. Here’s a list of bone-chilling female ghost stories we have compiled below;
1. Resurrection Mary
Chicagoland has a lot of ghost stories, but none are as well-known as the infamous Resurrection Mary, the hitchhiking ghost who haunts the roadsides of Archer Avenue.
Mary has different origins, depending on who’s telling the story, but the most shared narratives put her untimely death sometime in the late 1920s to early 1930s, when she was either a victim of a fatal car crash on the way to a night of dancing or the unfortunate victim of a hit-and-run accident while she was walking home in the rain.
Since her death, there have been many sightings of her appearing in nightclubs and lounges and disappearing. Over the years, several researchers have tried to determine the exact identity of Mary, but no answer has proved conclusive.
2. Slag Pile Annie
Annie was an elderly woman who worked at a steel mill back in the 1900s in Pennsylvania. One day while doing her job, she fell into the slag accidentally and was killed. During a night shift, other workers found a woman working alongside them. They warned her to be careful while working, to which she had responded with, “I can’t die, and I’m already gone.” Then she disappeared.
It’s said that her ghost is reputed to haunting the former Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation mill in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
3. The Greenbrier Ghost
The Greenbrier Ghost is the name popularly given to the ghost of Elva Zona Heaster Shue, a young woman in Greenbrier County, West Virginia, United States, who was murdered on January 23, 1897.
Initially judged a death by natural causes, the court later declared that the woman had been murdered by her husband, following testimony by the victim’s mother, Mary Jane Heaster, in which she claimed that her daughter’s spirit revealed the true cause of death and also based on the autopsy carried which indicated that she was murdered.
4. Brown Lady of Raynham Hall
It became one of the most famous hauntings in England, The Brown Lady of Raynham Hall is a ghost that haunts Raynham Hall Norfolk, England. The ghost of the Brown Lady was captured on camera before, and it’s presented as actual photographic proof that ghosts exist. Photographers from Country Life magazine claimed to have captured its image. The “Brown Lady” is so named because of the brown brocade dress it is claimed she wears.
It was claimed that the ghost of the Brown Lady was a woman called Lady Dorothy. She fell in love with Charles Townshend, but their marriage was forbidden by her father. Eventually, after the death of Charle’s wife, Lady Dorothy and he got married. However, he found out about her infidelity with Lord Wharton whilst waiting to get married to Charles and locked her in a room until her death.
5. Red Lady of Huntingdon College
The Red Lady of Huntingdon College, allegedly called Martha, was a lonely girl who had trouble fitting in. People mistook her shyness for disdain due to her father’s wealth. Martha stayed in an all-girls dormitory. Her first roommate found it unbearable to stay with Martha in the same room and asked to move out to another room.
After the first roommate moved out, many girls moved in and also found it impossible to live in the same room as Martha. The president of the dormitory, who was known to be friendly and easygoing, decided to move in with Martha at last. After trying to be friends with her but all her efforts were futile, the president of the dormitory decided to move out. When Martha found out, she screamed at her that she thought she was really her friend, and that she would regret moving out for the rest of her life.
Days later, one of her former roommates found her dead body dressed in her red robe and draped in her red bedspread. Martha had committed suicide by slashing her wrists.
Students at the university have alleged that on the date of Martha’s suicide each year rays of crimson light flash down from the transom of her room, and the Red Lady returns to haunt the corridors of Pratt Hall. Students have allegedly reported seeing Martha’s ghost on Pratt Hall’s fourth floor, claiming to have seen it pass through walls or closed doors
6. The ghost Of Anne Boleyn
The ghost of Anne Boleyn is one of the most famous ghosts in Britain. Anne Boleyn was the second wife of Henry VIII. He married her so she could birth a male heir. When the newborn heir turned out to be a girl, Henry VIII was disappointed and married another woman, Jane Seymour.
Anne got pregnant once more shortly after, but her child was stillborn. Wanting to get rid of Anne once and for all, Henry charged her with treason. She was beheaded at the Tower of London by a skilled executioner.
There were alleged sightings of the ghost of Anne Boleyn at the Tower of London where she was beheaded. She had also been seen walking throughout the church.
7. Agnes Sampson
Agnes Sampson (died 28 January 1591) was a Scottish healer and purported witch. She was also known as the “Wise Wife of Keith“, Sampson was involved in the North Berwick witch trials in the later part of the sixteenth century.
Witch hunt was a huge thing in the Scottish town of Humbie, back in the 1500s. Thousands of men and women were accused of witchcraft and ordered to be killed. One of them was Agnes Sampson.
Sampson was an old woman who was considered to have healing powers and acted as a midwife. She was accused of witchcraft and was held in an old chapel. Also, she was tortured by a device called a witch’s bridle before she confessed to her crimes. She was garroted and burned at the stake.
It was said that the naked ghost of Agnes Sampson is said to Roman Holyrood Palace.
8. The Headless Nun
In the 1800s in New Brunswick, a nun known by the name Sister Mary Inconnue was beheaded. There are many legends and tales about her death, and it’s not certain that it’s an older urban legend or a true story.
There are two main stories about who beheaded Sister Mary; one of which is by a madman who killed nuns on a rampage. He killed Sister Mary and hide her head in the woods. In another, two sailors cut off her head after she refused to divulge the location of a treasure. The story holds that Sister Marie’s head was never found, resulting in her spirit forever roaming the area in search of it.
Today, “Headless Nun” tours are among the tourist attraction offerings at French Fort Cove.
9. The Blue Lady
Legend says that back in the 1920s, a young beautiful woman crossed paths with the piano player at The Moss Beach Distillery. They fell in love with each other and hid the affair from the woman’s husband. One day while walking on the beach, they were caught together and confronted by the woman’s husband. A fight started between the piano player and the husband, and the piano player accidentally stabbed the woman which resulted in her death.
Many bizarre occurrences have been happening at the distillery such as receiving mysterious phone calls from no one, locked doors, and sightings of a lady dressed in blue.
10. La Planchada
“La Planchada” is Spanish for “the ironed lady”. Contrary to what people may assume because of the legend’s title, La Planchada was not a woman who was crushed, rather it is similar to La Llorona. Legend says it was a nurse who was attracted to a doctor and he rejected her, or a disgruntled nurse, or a nurse who killed her patient. Many variations of how she was created exist, but one consistent theme is that her ghost appears in many hospitals, though mainly in metropolitan areas, especially in Mexico City.
Many hospitals such as Hospital Juárez claim she appears there in her old 1930s/60s nurse uniform, which is perfectly ironed (hence the name “La Planchada”) and heals patients in the emergency sections. Just as there are claims about how she was turned into a ghost, there are many others in which eyewitnesses claim she appears. Some say she emits a sort of glow. Others say she looks like a normal nurse. Others say she floats, while others say she walks normally, but her steps are never heard.
This happens at night and the next morning patients feel better and are taken to another room for further recovery. When asked why they feel better, patients say that “a nurse came in and healed me”, but no one in the hospital was either guarding the room or no nurse came at the time the incident happened.