Historic haunted places in Newport, RI. Each page gives the ghost story, whether visitors can go, and a link to the site the story came from. The stories are folklore, not documented fact.
Open to the public (state park; fort tours and seasonal haunted event ticketed).
This massive coastal fort was featured on Syfy's Ghost Hunters in 2010, when the team reported EVPs and EMF spikes in its underground casemates. Most reported activity centers on t…
This inn occupies Newport's former colonial county jail, later a police station. Guests most often describe a uniformed jailer near the front desk and a shadowy prisoner in the bas…
Open seasonally for Newport Historical Society tours and programs.
Built in 1741 as Rhode Island's statehouse, the building served as a hospital and barracks during the Revolutionary War. Newport ghost-tour guides tell of pale soldiers' faces seen…
Private; no public access (exterior view from Bellevue Avenue or the Cliff Walk).
During the decades Beechwood ran as a living-history museum, actors and staff reported doors that reopened after being shut and latched, cold spots in the ballroom where Caroline A…
Open to the public (hotel; reopened May 2026 after renovation).
Before its 2025-2026 renovation, staff and guests at this 1926 hotel described the noise of a lively party, with voices and movement, coming from a former event space then used for…