America’s Most Haunted Houses And Scariest Places: Survey Ranks Spookiest States

Who doesn’t love a very haunted home or a scary ghost story—particularly throughout spooky season. A terror-iffic new study by the moving company moveBuddha ranks the scariest states in America. “With Halloween proper across the nook, we wished to search out out which American states have the best potential for spooky and spine-chilling encounters,” says Joe Robinson, a knowledge reporter for moveBuddha.com. The outcomes are slightly completely different from a 2020 report that exposed the most haunted states in the U.S., with Texas coming in on the high of the listing.

For its 2021 take a look at the spookiest states in America, moveBuddha used three separate scores to rank all 50 U.S. states from 1 (most haunted) to 50 (least haunted). The elements embody the “Spook Rating,” which ranks every state’s haunting potential primarily based on the variety of haunted locations, variety of cemeteries, oldest cities and oldest cemetery. The “Creep Rating” appears to be like on the variety of unsolved murders and deserted buildings. The “Boo Rating” analyzes the variety of ghost cities and reported ghost sightings.

Coming in on the high of the general listing of the spookiest states in America is New Mexico, which moveBuddha calls “the perfect location to commune with spirits of the distant previous.” Propelling it to the highest of the listing: deserted adobe cities and loads of ghost tales. Subsequent up on the listing is Michigan, with 19,323 unsolved murders, 2,682 ghost sightings as reported to GhostsOfAmerica.com, 529 haunted locations and 134 ghost cities. Boo! Third on the listing is West Virginia, which has over 18,534 graveyards, the oldest of which dates to 1734. West Virginia can be dwelling to one of many nation’s most legendary monsters: the Mothman, which is understood for its purple eyes and was first spotted near abandoned WWII bunkers in 1967. The city of its authentic sighting—Level Nice—now has a whole museum devoted to this creepy creature.

Drilling down on the classes, moveBuddha studies that New York has the best “Creep Rating” of any state, as a consequence of its excessive charge of unsolved murders and notable deserted locations. Illinois is the second creepiest state within the U.S., whereas California got here in third. The state with the best Boo Rating (ghost cities and reported ghost sightings) is South Dakota, adopted by North Dakota and Oklahoma. And the state with the best “Spook Rating” (haunted locations, cemeteries, oldest cities) is Texas, adopted by Florida and Virginia.

Love a superb haunted home? In line with moveBuddha, the state with probably the most haunted locations is California (1,070 to be precise), adopted by Texas and Pennsylvania.

Scared but? See the place your state falls within the general rating of the scariest locations in America in 2021.

Ranked: The Scariest Locations in America in 2021

1. New Mexico
2. Michigan
3. West Virginia
4. Florida
5. Pennsylvania
6. Alaska
7. Oklahoma
8. Indiana
9. Texas
10. Missouri
11. Illinois
12. Alabama
13. Maryland
14. South Dakota
15. New York
16. Vermont
17. Massachusetts
18. Maine
19. Kentucky
20. Louisiana
21. North Dakota
22. Connecticut
23. Ohio
24. Rhode Island
25. Mississippi
26. Kansas
27. Virginia
28. California
29. Arkansas
30. Georgia
31. New Hampshire
32. Wyoming
33. Tennessee
34. South Carolina
35. Wisconsin
36. Delaware
37. Oregon
38. New Jersey
39. Montana
40. Washington
41. Nebraska
42. Utah
43. North Carolina
44. Washington, D.C.
45. Iowa
46. Arizona
47. Colorado
48. Nevada
49. Hawaii
50. Minneota
51. Idaho

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