| Delaware and Maryland, two of the Mid-Atlantic's | | | | As recently as 1980, The USS Poet came too close |
| smallest states are also home to two of our most | | | | and disappeared without a trace. |
| haunted lighthouses. | | | | Point Lookout Lighthouse |
| The "Corpse" | | | | Maryland |
| Corpse Light-Delaware | | | | Situated between Chesapeake Bay and the mouth of |
| Lighthouses, built to stand high above the ocean | | | | the Potomac River, Point Lookout Light is reputed to |
| waves, were supposed to warn mariners of impending | | | | be one of America's most haunted lighthouses. Many |
| danger of crashing into nearby rocks and reefs. Many | | | | reported hearing haunting voices, and seeing men in |
| lives were saved when sailors saw the light in time to | | | | Civil War uniforms and a woman who refuses to |
| avoid disaster, while many were lost in horrible ocean | | | | leave "home." The woman, believed to be former |
| storms. Rarely do we hear stories of lighthouses luring | | | | keeper Ann Davis roams the lighthouse refusing to |
| men to their deaths; however, such is the legend of | | | | leave what she considered her home for many years. |
| the phantom light at Cape Henlopen State Park in | | | | Many Civil War soldiers, once Confederate prisoners |
| Delaware, known as "The Corpse or Bad Weather | | | | or hospital patients have appeared at the light and |
| Witch." | | | | been seen walking the grounds. |
| The Corpse is not an actual lighthouse, but a phantom | | | | According to legend, both the hospital and prison were |
| beam on a ghostly rock rising out of the sea mist for | | | | incredibly overcrowded and understaffed. Given the |
| mariners to see. Many blame the Corpse for tragic | | | | substandard sanitary and medical practices of the |
| shipwrecks and loss of life in this area. | | | | time, this place bred unspeakable horror, disease and |
| According to legend, British soldiers attacked the fort, | | | | death. Many believe the ghosts of dead prisoners and |
| murdering a gathering of Indians celebrating a marriage | | | | patients roam the grounds searching for graves |
| ceremony. The Indians exacted their revenge by | | | | moved to another site more than one hundred years |
| cursing all white men who approached the shore. A | | | | ago. |
| phantom ship regularly returns to replay the ghastly | | | | Visiting paranormal experts recorded several |
| scene. Around 1800, an Indian ghost appeared atop the | | | | disembodied voices throughout the lighthouse as well |
| rock just before an excursion ship filled with | | | | as snoring coming from one of the rooms! |
| passengers smashed into it killing hundreds of people. | | | | |