A curated directory of ghost story sites, paranormal research groups, and folklore archives from across the United States. Know of a resource we should add? Get in touch and we’ll take a look.
National & Multi-Region
- American Folklore — Retold folktales and ghost stories from all 50 states.
- Legends of America – Ghost Stories — Hauntings, mysteries, and ghost legends from across America.
- Haunted America — User-submitted haunting reports indexed by state.
- List of Reportedly Haunted Locations — Wikipedia’s comprehensive haunted-location reference.
- Atlas Obscura – Folklore — Curated folklore destinations across the U.S.
- Paranormal Societies — State-by-state directory of paranormal groups and investigators.
- TAPS Family — Directory of TAPS-affiliated investigation teams nationwide.
- The Moonlit Road — Narrated Southern ghost stories and Appalachian/Gullah folklore.
Mid-Atlantic
- New Jersey
- NJ Ghosts — Norm Vogel’s New Jersey & Florida ghost-hunting site.
- New Jersey – American Folklore — New Jersey folktales and ghost lore from the American Folklore archive.
- New York
- Gotham Paranormal Research Society — NYC-based TAPS Family investigation group [web:1].
- Empirical Paranormal — Endicott, NY investigation team founded in 2004 [web:6].
- Pennsylvania
- Susquehanna Investigators of Paranormal Activity (SIPA) — Red Lion, PA team founded in 2011 [web:46].
- Pennsylvania Paranormal Association (SPIRT/PPA) — Essington-area professional research and investigative group [web:50].
Mid-West
- Illinois — The Illinois Paranormalists (TIP), a Chicago-area ghost-hunting club covering Illinois and the wider Midwest [web:16].
- Indiana — T.R.I.P.S. – Three Rivers Investigative Paranormal Society (Fort Wayne), a TAPS Family non-profit team [web:21].
- Iowa — Listings welcome; submit a group.
- Kansas — Wichita Paranormal Research Society, host of public investigations at the Kansas Aviation Museum [web:12].
- Michigan — Scientific Paranormal Investigations of Michigan (SPI), a volunteer, evidence-based team out of Detroit [web:22].
- Minnesota — Twin Cities Paranormal Society (Minneapolis) [web:13]; Midwest Paranormal Files (Detroit Lakes) [web:23].
- Missouri — The Ozarks Paranormal Society (Eldridge) [web:14].
- Nebraska — Listings welcome; submit a group.
- North Dakota — Listings welcome; submit a group.
- Ohio — Ohio Exploration Society – Paranormal, indexing hauntings across all 88 counties [web:51]; ParaVizionz Paranormal (Trenton/Cincinnati area) [web:24].
- South Dakota — Listings welcome; submit a group.
- Wisconsin — Wausau Paranormal Research Society (WPRS) [web:25]; Paranormal Investigators of Milwaukee (PIM), a scientific-method group founded in 2007 [web:26].
New England
- Connecticut — Listings welcome; submit a group.
- Maine — Listings welcome; submit a group.
- Massachusetts — Quabbin Valley Paranormal (Orange, MA), investigating cases across New England [web:28].
- New Hampshire — New England Supernatural Support (Manchester), a TAPS Family team active since 2009 [web:29].
- Rhode Island — The Atlantic Paranormal Society (TAPS) (Warwick).
- Vermont — Listings welcome; submit a group.
Pacific Coast
- California — American Paranormal Investigations (API), a TAPS Family team out of Sacramento [web:33]; Pacific Paranormal Investigations (El Cajon / San Diego) [web:36]; Porterville Ghost Society, founded in 2008 [web:37]; TAPS West Coast (Los Angeles).
- Oregon — Listings welcome; submit a group.
- Washington — AGHOST – Advanced Ghost Hunters of Seattle Tacoma, Washington’s longest-running paranormal research group [web:38]; Big River Paranormal (La Center / Vancouver, WA) [web:73].
Rocky Mountain
- Colorado — Listings welcome; submit a group.
- Idaho — Listings welcome; submit a group.
- Montana — Billings Paranormal Investigation Society (BPIS), serving all of Montana since 2007 [web:40].
- Nevada — Listings welcome; submit a group.
- Utah — Ghost Investigators Society (Ghostpix), a Utah-based scientific paranormal research group [web:41].
- Wyoming — Listings welcome; submit a group.
South-Western
- Arizona — Sonoran Paranormal Investigations (SPI), a statewide TAPS Family team based in Phoenix and active since 2006 [web:42].
- New Mexico — Black Creek Paranormal, an Albuquerque-area investigation and house-cleansing team [web:82].
- Oklahoma — INsight Paranormal Investigations (Oklahoma City), a TAPS Family non-profit serving Oklahoma and surrounding states [web:83].
- Texas — ASUP, Inc. (Association for the Study of Unexplained Phenomenon), a Carrollton-based 501(c)(3) covering North Texas within a 150-mile radius [web:64]; Paso Del Norte Paranormal Society (El Paso) [web:65].
Southern
- Alabama — Tuscaloosa Paranormal Research Group (Northport), free, scientific-method investigations [web:9].
- Arkansas — Listings welcome; submit a group.
- Delaware — Delaware Paranormal Research Group (Felton) [web:10].
- Florida — Kissimmee Paranormal Investigations [web:53]; Panhandle Paranormal Investigations (PPI), a Panama City TAPS Family team covering the Florida panhandle [web:70].
- Georgia — Listings welcome; submit a group.
- Kentucky — Listings welcome; submit a group.
- Louisiana — The Old Number 7 Society (O7S), a Lake Charles TAPS Family team researching Louisiana hauntings [web:84].
- Maryland — Maryland Ghost Trackers (Baltimore) [web:11].
- Mississippi — Shadowz Paranormal Investigations (Biloxi), offering free help with paranormal cases [web:55].
- North Carolina — Great State Paranormal, founded in 2019 in the haunted hills of Western NC [web:56].
- South Carolina — South Carolina Paranormal Research and Investigations (SCPRAI), a 501(c)(3) non-profit founded in 2007 [web:57].
- Tennessee — Historical Haunts (Memphis) [web:58]; Investigators Collective of the Unseen Paranormal (Nashville), case investigations across Middle Tennessee [web:71].
- Virginia — Center for Paranormal Research and Investigation (CPRI), Virginia’s oldest research society, founded in Richmond in 2000 [web:66]; Tri-City Paranormal, serving Central Virginia since 2004 [web:79]; Virginia Paranormal Society, a New River Valley team offering free investigations [web:68]; GhostStop (Lynchburg), the long-running ghost-hunting equipment maker and host of Lynchburg Ghost Tours [web:75][web:76].
- West Virginia — Listings welcome; submit a group.