Haunted Lyndon

The age of Lyndonville and the surrounding area makes it rich in history… and some of the old residents still hang around to share it. The Northeast Kingdom, with its ancient buildings and old world stories, has long been a hotspot for supposed hauntings.
One of the several we found was the wife of Horace Fairbanks who supposedly haunts the upper floor of the Anthaneum of Saint Johnsbury. Speaking of the Fairbanks, the family has also been spotted at the family plot in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery. There have been no counts of mischievous activity, leading these reporters to believe that the Fairbanks are just checking in on things.
Another haunting hot-spot has been the old Train Station, which has since been turned into a Welcome center. Many say that the high amount of traffic the station received is the reason it may be haunted today. For Academy students, the Brentview Residence Hall has been rumored to be haunted by a woman who was married to the owner of the house Ask around, and you will no doubt hear accounts of voices and footsteps in the night.
The Courthouse in Saint Johnsbury was built on a graveyard. While we could not find information on whether or not the bodies laid to rest in the graveyard had been relocated, but nether the less it makes this building a prime spot for paranormal activity.
The old Summer St. School, after it was done being a school, was converted to a retirement home for the elderly. Many people who work the offices now believe that the old ghosts who spent their last moments in the building can be heard and sometimes seen wandering the building. In Lyndonville a bridge located on Center Street has been stated as a haunted hot spot by college students for years. Many students who have said to have seen things report a mysterious face in the night.
Now onto two of the most interesting of the hauntings on the map: The Emma Vail haunting of the Vail Museum and the Old Mill in Saint Johnsbury.
The Old Mill in Saint Johnsbury, which has sense been renovated into a fitness center, has had a long and morbid history before being shut down in the 1900’s, deaths of children had been reported due to the dangerous machinery and the dangerous jobs they had to do. Today people report seeing small children where there couldn’t be, hearing voices and footsteps. There have been no recent reports by adults, but some parents have said their children have seen something while attending practice for the various sports.
The last and closest to home is the ghost of Emma Vail. The story goes that she sometimes takes a ride in her old wheelchair around the Vail Museum (which is located in the Vail Building).
Short and sweet, this is our list of just some of the haunted places around the Northeast Kingdom. There are no doubt hundreds of haunted places to visit- you just got to look for them!


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