Haunted America: Portsmouth, New Hampshire

Portsmouth, New Hampshire is not only one of the most picturesque cities in the United States; it is also one of the most haunted. The beautifully designed Queen Ann Sise Inn has a lot more than authentic Victorian charm; it has visitors from the other side that frequent the establishment quite regularly.

With 34 elegantly designed guests rooms to choose from, it would seem hard to decide which one to choose from as no two are alike, but ghost chasers often single out room 204, located on the third floor as this is the favorite haunting grounds for a few friendly ghosts. Reports of invisible guests have been heard tinkering with the ice machine, and doors in this area that were locked are often found unlocked.

One male apparition finds pleasure in scaring the maids by placing his hands on their hips, and cold pockets of air in an otherwise heated room can be felt at various times and locations without any reasonable explanation. Female guests are quite often accompanied by an unseen guest that joins them in bed, and male guests have reported flying objects like potted plants that have just narrowly missed them.

The Sise Inn's elevator apparently has a mind of its own as well, as it will operate randomly at will with the door opening and closing, and going up and down at all hours of the day and night. The reservation desk is often visited by an unseen apparition that has a fixation with rocking at a rather fast pace in the child sized rocking chair, and objects quite often appear on the service desk without explanation.

The Sise Inn has many different rumors floating around as to why it may be haunted, but the most popular is that John Sise, a butler from days gone by, fell in love with one of the inn's maids, and that their relationship was over before it began so he murdered his love and then hung himself in the room now known as 204. http://www.siseinn.com/

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