Haunted Places in Philadelphia, PA

Explore 9 haunted places in Philadelphia, PA — theaters, museums, haunted houses and more, each with its ghost story, address, and sources.

• Academy of MusicTheater · Philadelphia, PAOpened in 1857, the Academy of Music is the oldest opera house in the United States still used for its original purpose and a National Historic Landmark on the Avenue of the Arts.
• Betsy Ross HouseMuseum · Philadelphia, PAThis small Old City house, built around 1740, is celebrated as the home of upholsterer Betsy Ross, traditionally credited with sewing the first American flag, and now operates as a museum run by Historic Philadelphia.
• Bishop White HouseHouse · Philadelphia, PABuilt in 1787, this Old City rowhouse was home to William White, first Episcopal Bishop of Pennsylvania and chaplain to the Continental Congress, who lived here until his death in 1836 at age 85.
• Eastern State PenitentiaryLandmark · Philadelphia, PAOpened in 1829 as the world's first true penitentiary, Eastern State pioneered solitary confinement, isolating inmates in vaulted cells under a regime so severe that even Charles Dickens condemned it.
• Fort MifflinLandmark · Philadelphia, PAFort Mifflin, on the Delaware River, absorbed one of the heaviest bombardments of the Revolutionary War during the 1777 Siege of Fort Mifflin, its garrison holding before withdrawing.
• Hill-Physick HouseHouse · Philadelphia, PAThis freestanding 1786 Federal mansion in Society Hill was home to Dr. Philip Syng Physick, the "Father of American Surgery," who lived and practiced here until his death in 1837, conducting autopsies in the basement through the era's epidemics.
• Laurel Hill CemeteryCemetery · Philadelphia, PAFounded in 1836 above the Schuylkill River, Laurel Hill is a National Historic Landmark and one of America's first architecturally designed 'rural' cemeteries, holding tens of thousands of burials beneath thousands of monuments.
• Powel HouseHouse · Philadelphia, PABuilt in 1765 and bought in 1769 by Samuel Powel, Philadelphia's last colonial and first post-independence mayor, this Georgian Society Hill mansion hosted George Washington, John Adams, the Marquis de Lafayette and Benedict Arnold at the Powels' famous parties.
• Washington SquareSquare · Philadelphia, PAOne of William Penn's five original 1682 squares, this leafy park near Independence Hall sits atop a mass grave.