Carter's Grove Plantation

: "Ghosts of 17th century colonists killed in an Indian massacre roam the grounds. Fresh flowers wilt overnight in the ''refusal room'', Pirates seen playing cards in the mansion at night."

Colonial Grounds

: "While visiting Williamsburg i heard a story of a ghost of a slave named Jim. He was a slave to the Governor and he went to his shack one day and his family had disappeared. He is said to roam the halls of nearby hotels and knock on doors searching for his lost family."

Governors Mansion

: "The maze behind the building is said to be haunted by soldiers from the civil war and revolutionary war. The wall in front of the mansion is said to be haunted by the ghost of a criminally insane escapee of Eastern State Mental Institution, who in the 1920s slit a woman''s throat."

Governor's Palace Green

: "A young women haunts the Governor''s Palace and another house near the palace. She is the ghost of a girl named Elizabeth that was attending one of the governor''s balls. It is said that during the night Elizabeth became very upset and ran away from the ball. On her way back to the house that Elizabeth was staying at, she lost one of her shoes on the Governor''s Palace''s Green. When she finally got home legend has it that she threw herself off the top step. But the truth is that Elizabeth died away from Williamsburg giving birth. Even so, Elizabeth still haunts the Governor''s Palace Green. Some people still see her. Others hear the sound of someone running who is missing a shoe. - March 2008 Additional information: This is actually believed to be the ghost of Lady Anne Skipwith, a guest at the George Wythe house (also haunted)."

Ironbound Road 's Rec Center

: "the blinds go up and down in the second floors nurses office, a ghost is seen to play baseball late at night and a shadowy figure has been seen walking around the woods late at night"

Kings Arms Tavern

: "A woman named Irma haunts this place. She lived in the 1700s. People don''t yet know how she died. Some people believe she died because of a candle. Others think she died because of another thing. Irma isn''t seen very often, but she is heard speaking to staff and people have felt her presence. Irma blows out candles and helps the staff. She is not a poltergeist. She is very friendly."

Magazine building

: "A soldier seems to still walk up the stairs to put his guns away."

Matthew Whaley Elementary School (301 Scotland Street)

: "Haunted by the ghosts of two young African American boys killed in the 1960''s by an unknown anti-desegregation assailant.- March 2008 Additional information: Believed to actually be haunted by Matthew Whaley, the son of Headmistress Mary Page Whaley. He died at the age of 9, but before dying had frequently played with a young black slave boy. The haunting of the school is that of Matthew Whaley. He and the little slave boy can also be seen playing together in front of the Governor''s Palace in Market Square, where the school used to be."

Peyton Randolph House

: "Many ghost sightings over 20 stories associated with this old mansion."

The Mill

: "Williamsburg''s first serial killer stashed his young victim''s bodies here, and it is said to be haunted by them."

William and Mary

: "Quarterly House/Brafferton Building - Haunted by Indians kept in the house. You can hear beating of drums, crying, screaming, footsteps and you can see a boy run across the soccer field late at night.March 2008 Additional information: Haunted by Indians kept in the house. You can hear beating of drums, crying, screaming, footsteps and you can see a boy run across the soccer field late at night. *This actually is the Brafferton Building, a building used to house Indians after the massacre of the colonists in the 1700''s. The 10 year old Indian boys were taken from their families, and forced to become like all the other colonists. When the Indians started to run away, they were locked in at night. One boy lowered a rope from his window, leaving the school every night to run across the greens like he had as a child. He was found dead of unknown causes under his window."

William and Mary

: "Tucker Hall - In 1980, a girl committed suicide in this academic building, and her ghost is rumored to appear throughout the semesters."

The Williamsburg Theatre

: "the ghost of a Union soldier in blue haunts this theatre. During the Civil War, the theatre belonged to the Wade family, a friendly and well-known family who open their home to poverty-stricken families in search of a home. One day a severely-wounded Confederate soldier was taken into the home in the attempt to heal him from his wounds and save his life. Unfgrtunately, the soldier later died. The next day, Union soldier entered the Wade home in search of Confederates taken refuge in Williamsburg. When the Confederate soldier was revealed to the soldiers, it turned the Confederate soldier was brother to one of the Union soldiers who had entered the Wade Home. Grief-stricken, the Union soldier sobbed uncontrollably. The soldier later died on the battle fields in Richmond. His ghost is said to be wandering the halls of the theatre, desperately searching for his fallen brother in order to make amends with him."

The Presidents House / Wren Building

: "Haunted by a French Soldier of the revolutionary war-he died in this building when it was a makeshift hospital for the wounded. Also, it was haunted by some unknown force, and one of the inhabitants discovered the body of a 13 year old girl buried in the walls.March 2008 Additional information: Haunted by a French Soldier of the revolutionary war-he died in this building when it was a makeshift hospital for the wounded. Also, it was haunted by some unknown force, and one of the inhabitants discovered the body of a 13 year old girl buried in the walls. *This is actually the President''s House (where William and Mary current president''s live during their term). We do not know the gender of the person entombed in the wall as only bone fragments were found and no testing was completed. Also, on a third floor window, scratched into the glass are the words, O Fatal Day, but no explanation as to why they are there or where they came from."