Holy Hauntings: 10 Creepy Churches That Will Scare the Hell Out of You
A church is a place of worship, peace, and prayers — ideally. But what would you do if the church you go to every Sunday had a dark past that involved hauntings and supernatural phenomena? Do you stay? Or do you hightail it out of there? People that attend the following churches have to make that choice.
From bloody handprints of a murdered parish clerk to the restless ghost of Woodrow Wilson, here are the most haunted churches in America.
1. Most Holy Trinity Church, Brooklyn, New York
This 1880s building that now sits on a former cemetery has a history of paranormal activity, including reports of footsteps, flickering lights and sightings of spirits lurking. One of the most noted kindred spirits to roam is that of a former parish clerk named George Stelz, who was brutally murdered in 1897. They say that his blood and the murderer’s bloody handprint are still in one of the walls of the bell tower stairway. There’s also the spirits of two former pastors who are buried under the church in a crypt.
2. Church of St. Andrews, Staten Island, New York
Once used as a revolutionary war hospital, the church of St. Andrews is highly haunted with apparitions of those dead soldiers who lost their lives, unexplained knocking, footsteps, wailing sounds, candles flickering and elevating. Even the guys from the TV show “Ghost Hunters” found some activity when they filmed one their episodes here.
3.Washington National Cathedral, Washington D.C.
Several parishioners have reported sightings of ghostly president Woodrow Wilson in the nation’s cathedral with the sounds of his cane echoing against the walls. There was also a tragic fire that broke out in 1946, claiming the lives of several people; now some witnesses claim to have seen some charred specters walking around the lower levels of the building.
4. St. Louis Cathedral New Orleans, Louisiana
