There are lots of reasons for ghosts to stick around Baltimore. There are the historic battles (the War of 1812), the famous people from here who made their name in the macabre (Edgar Allan Poe), the notable cemeteries (like Green Mount), and just the simple fact that it’s old (1729)!

Charm City has never shied away from its ghost stories—just look at the number of people on ghost tours and haunted pub walks. But it’s one thing to know a ghost roams your favorite bar, and quite another to share a bedroom with one.

We talked to five people willing to tell us about their true encounters with ghosts, demons, and everything in between. A word of warning: Some of these stories are not for the faint of heart.

UNEARTHLY UPPERCO

Rachael Avara Child grew up with a ghost. It first made itself known by playing the piano in the middle of the night—waking her parents from a deep sleep. When they went to investigate, there was, of course, no one there. That was just the beginning.

Over the next 16 years, her childhood home in Upperco would be the site of the much unexplained activity. In 1994, when her family first moved to the single-family home in northern Baltimore County, Child was four and her brother, Josh, was two. The structure, already 81 years old at that point, was big and sturdy, with three levels, a small porch, and that piano which came with the home.  Over the years, an addition was put on, but the unusual noises were always limited to the original part of the home. “The piano was the intro to everything,” says Child, 34, who now lives in Ft. Lauderdale.

More things started to happen that left her unsettled, but she never felt unsafe being home alone. “It wasn’t something that was trying to hurt us. We think it was a spirit child. Very child-like in nature. Televisions would turn on, the washing machine turned on by itself.” Her brother, maybe because he was the youngest in the house, seemed the most susceptible to activity. “His bedroom had such a weird vibe in there,” says Child, who shared the room with Josh for a few years.

Once, Child woke up from a deep sleep feeling someone touch her back. When she turned, she saw two eyes looking at her. “I was probably six or seven—there were glowing eyes at the foot of my bed.”  Even her dad, who was a skeptic about the whole thing, admitted that Josh’s room “didn’t sit well with him.” Her mother, sick in bed one day, woke up to the feeling of someone jumping on the bed. She yelled out, “Please stop. I don’t feel well.” And it did.

During her parents’ divorce, when she was in her early 20s, Child said the activity picked up. Josh heard someone humming a lullaby. The attic door would open when no one was around. Child remembers straightening her hair and out of the corner of her eye seeing a long-skirted figure going by her bed. The cat spun around and stared. “You know something is going on when an animal acts weird,” she says.

Another time, someone pulled one of Josh’s dreadlocks. He whipped around, only to see an empty room. That felt cruel, not playful, and they decided it was time to chat with their ghost. They headed up to the attic—it had been a bedroom and now was used for storage. Dumped on the bed was a bucket of green Army men that hadn’t been seen or played with in years.

“Okay, Mr. Ghost—listen up,” Child announced to the room. “I’m sure you are wondering what’s going on. Our mom and dad are getting a divorce—that’s why Dad isn’t here. And you scared Josh. We don’t want you to touch us. Don’t try and scare us. Give us a sign you understand.” Nothing happened. No flickering light or shadowy figure. They quietly closed the attic door and left.

The next day over breakfast at Porkey’s, Child told her dad what had transpired. “Let’s go see what’s going on,” he prodded. They drove to the house and headed to the top floor. The attic door was open and there, precariously propped on the top of the door header, was a green Army man. “That freaked my dad,” laughs Child, whose father sold the house in 2017. “He got holy water from church and sprayed it all over the house.”

But for her, it was just one more piece of a puzzle she had been putting together since childhood.  “I grew up with it. It almost became normal to me.”

SUPERNATURAL REISTERSTOWN

Renee Feiges Goldschmidt’s demon(s) lived in her Reisterstown townhouse. The home, built in the early ’90s, was calm (well, as calm as it could be with three kids in two years, including a set of twins born at 26 weeks) until about eight years in, when all of a sudden it started. “The very first thing I noticed—and my husband, Jason, kept telling me I was crazy—was the linen closet started feeling creepy to me. Like someone was standing there watching me. I couldn’t see anyone, I just had this feeling.”  Soon the basement also felt extremely unnerving.

One day Goldschmidt was sitting on the sofa in the family room and a photograph of her and Jason that was hanging on the wall flew across the room. Next came the black mist—around the size of a microwave oven—that would float around the house. (Her daughter, was who six at the time, said she also saw the mist in her room.) Even at that point, Goldschmidt didn’t reach out to anyone. “I still thought I was losing my mind.”

Soon there was the sound of footsteps around her bed as she slept and a paralysis that kept her from moving or sitting up. The presence would hold her down, and sometimes it felt like it was grabbing around her neck. Then she saw them. They were ominous child-size aliens. “Sometimes I would wake up with bruises, scratches. Even a few times the five of us are eating dinner and all of a sudden, my arm or leg would start burning and a scratch was forming on my arm.”

Goldschmidt, now 45, started racking her brain for what could cause this disturbance in her home. “I never did a Ouija board or visited a graveyard or anything,” she says. She and her husband did visit West Virginia’s Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum—but that was in late 2009. “Maybe something attached to me.”

There’s a photograph in front of her townhouse taken for The Jewish Times (about her micro preemies) that has a face—almost Friday the 13th-esque or a goblin (or maybe it’s just a rock) reflected in the window behind her beautiful family.

Desperate, she reached out to the leader of her synagogue and explained her plight. “He probably thought I was crazy—but he came over and put up mezuzahs on all our doorways and he did a blessing on the house. But that didn’t do anything. That didn’t help.”

Finally, Goldschmidt took to Facebook and outed herself—revealing everything from the figures to the whispering and growling she’d often hear—and pleaded for help. A friend recommended a shaman to Goldschmidt and he came over free of charge and walked around her house. “There’s something here—it’s in the corner of the basement,” he told her. There was a lot of sage and prayers, and Goldschmidt’s body shook as she released something.

“And I was like, this is confirmation for me that I wasn’t crazy. And I told my husband, ‘I told you so.’ Because he didn’t believe me the whole time. So, it’s confirmation that I wasn’t crazy.”

Since the shaman, Goldschmidt hasn’t had any more experiences. “I think whatever it was, he got rid of it.”

HAUNTED HAMILTON

Whatever haunted Sean Paul Murphy’s childhood home in Hamilton has become a bit of an obsession for him. He’s written 20-plus blog posts called “The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue”—which was the house’s original address before the city’s boundary moved and the name of the street was changed—and a book of fiction called Chapel Street, loosely based on his family’s history. “The Conjuring meets Hereditary” the book jacket reads.

Murphy grew up as one of six kids—and moved into the St. Helen’s house when he was 14. The foursquare structure had three levels including an attic. The entity—whatever it was—mimicked voices. It would trick people in the house into thinking they were communicating with someone they knew. That included his mother having a whole conversation with his brother’s friend and hearing his footsteps come up to the attic where she was sewing—only for there to be no one there. His mother used holy water and put salt in the corners. But the hauntings continued.

Murphy, 62, lived in the attic in his mid- 20s. He would hear scurrying on the roof—which could easily be explained as squirrels or mice. But as soon as he opened his eyes it would stop. Then the scurrying became human footsteps.

“I could hear it moving across the length of the room,” says Murphy. “Whatever it was, it’s on the roof, but it can see me. It knew when I was opening my eyes.” His bed would also shake, then it was his mattress. “It felt like a huge 30-foot boa constrictor moving in the mattress. That’s what it felt like. I would look under the mattress to see if there were any holes in it. But even as I was doing that, I was like, this is so illogical, because how would it even get in there?”

“When you go through this, you’re constantly asking yourself if you’re crazy. You wonder whether it’s all in your mind. I want people to know these things happen.”

Then three nights in a row, around 3 a.m., Murphy woke up to find himself attempting to climb out of his rear window, like some deadly form of sleepwalking.

“When you go through this, you’re constantly asking yourself if you’re crazy,” says Murphy, who describes the spirit as a shadow person. “You wonder whether it’s all in your mind. I want people to know these things happen.”

The Murphy family eventually moved out and a new family moved in.

FRIGHTENING FELLS POINT

Laura Kerris shares her Bond Street home in Fells Point with a “little girl ghost.”

Kerris moved into the rowhouse—which dates back to around 1880—in 2005, and threw herself a housewarming/birthday party. “You know you have a ghost here,” one of her friends casually told her nodding towards a corner of the room. “Did you ever wonder why the cat won’t go in this room with you.”

Kerris was shocked. Her cat, Nemoy, an affectionate snuggler, would sit just outside the room when Kerris watched television, and refuse to enter. But she hadn’t mentioned this to anyone. “I was a little bit freaked out,” she says. “I didn’t watch TV for a week.”

Later that week, while working in her home office on the third floor (a newer addition), she heard a thump thump from downstairs and figured a picture had fallen off her plaster wall. But upon inspection she couldn’t figure out what had made that noise. The cats were both on high alert. “Animals are a great judge,” says Kerris.

The noises went on all week. “Maybe they were trying to get my attention,” she says. The sounds got louder and more frequent and then by the end of the week they started to dissipate.

The ghost had made herself known. And they both found peace with each other.

EERIE LAKE EVESHAM

Jennifer Keith Ciattei’s first spirit interaction didn’t happen until she was an adult, though she was “definitely a believer in the unseen.” Her mom had died in March 2012, and she was getting ready to spend her favorite holiday without her for the first time.

“She and I always loved getting ready for Christmas—my birthday is December 24—and she made that and Christmas a big deal.” She pauses. “I was really missing her.” It was mid-December and Ciattei, her husband, and niece were all sound asleep when they were suddenly awakened around 3 a.m. by the sound of music.

Years earlier, a friend, knowing Ciattei was such a “Christmas freak,” had given her a “big, kind of corny, snow-globe nativity music box.” It was displayed in her North Baltimore home, but she hadn’t played it that season—hadn’t even wound it once. But now it was playing, “Silent Night,” very, very fast. And it was loud enough for Ciattei and her husband to hear it 15 feet away in their bedroom.

“It was eerie and really cool,” she remembers. Her brain was trying to come up with a plausible explanation to calm her beating heart. They all went back to bed after discussing “it was weird, and it was probably my mother.” A half hour later the music box suddenly started up again at the same volume and pace before falling silent. “It definitely wanted our attention.”

As Ciattei, now 63, lay in bed, she remembers a feeling of wonder, not fear, coming over her. Then on Christmas Eve, Ciattei and her husband were on a walk talking about the music box. She turned to her husband and said, “I would just love to believe that music box was her reaching out to me.”

Almost on cue, it started snowing.

It was—she believes—a sign from her mom saying it was her.

“I’m a big fan of ghost stories at Yule. But this one is true.”

BOO-ZY BASHES

10/26: Federal Hill-O-Ween
Creep and crawl around Federal Hill for the neighborhood’s biggest event of the season. Tickets to the 11th- annual event get you no-cover access to 14 top Federal Hill bars. Roll through and take advantage of the epic night of brews and boos featuring spooky drink specials, a costume contest, and complimentary koozies and beads.

10/26-27: Fright Night: A Weekend on Zombie Island
Get dropped into the dark world of Zombie Island, a two-night dance experience at South Point in Port Covington. Creepy zombie characters and state-of-the-art lighting backdrop two music stages, which feature a lineup of 30 DJs and performers. Off the dance-floor, visit the food stands, full bars, and merch vendors. $79-$89. 101 W Cromwell St.

10/27-31: Harry Potter Halloween at Johnny’s
Calling all witches and wizards! Harry Potter Halloween returns to Johnny’s by popular demand. For the entire week leading up to October 31, the dining rooms of the seafood joint will be decked out as different Hogwarts houses with plenty of butterbeer, spooky treats, and witchy adult drinks. Whether you’re a Hufflepuff or Slytherin, don’t miss this family-friendly tradition. 4800 Roland Ave, (410)-773-0777

10/27: Halloween Moonlight Cruise
Out on the water, the annual boo-ze cruise from Spirit of Baltimore will keep the party going. Come dressed up and ready for the costume contest, dance to live DJs, and eat and drink from a moonlight menu and cash bar. With the cruise leaving at midnight, see Baltimore at its spookiest hour, and revel in the lit up skyline along the shore. $44.90. 561 Light Street, (410)-347-5552

10/31: Boos on the Beach Halloween Party at Sandlot
This is the only haunted pirate ship you’ll want to find yourself aboard. Transformed into a spooky ship navigating treacherous waters, Sandlot will serve up a night of spooktacular activities. A $10 cover includes a welcome cocktail, entertainment by DJ Janko & friends, and drink specials all evening long. $10, 1000 Wills Street

10/31: Halloween at Nepenthe Brewing Co.

This Hampden hangout is celebrating its first-ever Halloween in style with a costume contest, photo booth, themed cocktails, spooky tunes, candy for all, and, of course, plenty of brews to go around. The price of admission includes your first two beers and a special-edition pint glass. 3626 Falls Rd. 7 p.m. $25

PHANTASMIC PERFORMANCES

OCT 18-20: Rocky Horror Picture Show! Interactive Movie Night

Looking to vary your typical Halloween plans with something a bit…alien? Look no further than Creative Alliance’s interactive performance of the 1970s cult classic, complete with pre-show cocktails, a costume contest, and plenty of naughty musical numbers featuring local guest performers. Check out the ‘lite’ show on Thursday if the raunchy version isn’t your thing, or stay for a later show to get the unfiltered experience. 3134 Eastern Ave.

OCT 24: Stoop Storytelling: Twilight Zone

It’s ghost story season. Get strange at this night of storytelling with Stoop at the Senator Theater. Performers will divulge their experiences with everything from the supernatural to the super weird. Get there early for cocktails and live music by local heartthrobs Super City. 5904 York Rd

OCT 26: Casey Cares’ 17th Annual Rock ‘N’ Roll Halloween Bash

Halloween meets rock and roll at this annual night of electric guitars and pyrotechnics at Rams Head Live. Rock out to performances from AC/DC tribute band High Voltage and beehive queen Christine Ohlman while making the most of the open bar, food, auction, and raffles. The show kicks off with a Battle of the Bands competition, so come early to cheer on the kids from Baltimore, Columbia, and Silver Spring Schools of Rock. 20 Market Place

OCT 26: Halloween 2019: Maryland Science Center

Every year, costumed attendees pack into the halls of the Maryland Science Center for a night of eclectic musical acts. Baltimore acts from Ed Schrader’s Music Beat to Soul Cannon to DDm will perform at the seven different music stages throughout the museum. If you manage to snag a ticket, don’t forget to register for the costume contest, but move quickly, they go scary fast. 601 Light Street

OCT 31: A Stranger Halloween with Kotic Couture and Eze Jackson

Pull together your best Eleven costume at this Stranger Things-themed dance party at North Avenue Market. Try your hand at the free arcade games, sip strange cocktails, and check out the huge Mind Flayer installation. Of course, you can also dance like it’s the ’80s to musical performances by Amsies, Kotic Couture, DDm, and Eze Jackson. 30 W North Ave.

FAMILY-FRIENDLY FRIGHTS

OCT. 18-31: Monsters, Mystery & Magic

Monsters and ghouls will take over downtown’s Port Discovery Children’s Museum through Halloween with fangtastic family entertainment like monster costume parades, a mystery fun house, and performances from the museum’s Trick and Treat Theater. Plus, kids and parents can make their own Halloween fun with wearable monster hats or friendly monster puppets at Dr. Frankenstein’s Monster Factory. 35 Market Place.

OCT. 19-20: Halloween Tricks, Treats, and Trees

Trick or treat with Mother Nature on a self-guided tour through the trees at Columbia’s Robinson Nature Center, which will also host potion-making with a witch, puppet shows, crafting and tot-friendly games at it’s annual celebration. Come out for the seasonal festivities, but stay for the adorable animals and tasty treats from MOM’s Organic and David’s Natural markets. 6692 Cedar Lane, Columbia 21044.

OCT. 24: Toddler Time Halloween & Costume Parade

What’s cuter—a bunch of toddlers on a train, or a train of toddlers chugging their way around the B&O Railroad Museum? Come see for yourself at the downtown museum’s Halloween event, which includes a reading of Alice Shertle’s Little Blue Truck’s Halloween, monster grab-bags, and, of course, trick or treating during the costume parade. 901 W. Pratt Street.

OCT. 25: Ar-Boo-Retum

Thrill the whole family with a spooky evening at the haunting Cylburn Arboretum. A trick or treat trail, craft stations, and educational workshops surround the mansion. Come in costume for the full Halloween treatment. Cylburn Mansion and Mansion Circle, 4915 Greenspring Ave. 5-8PM. Free-$10

OCT. 25-27: ZooBOOO! 2019

Grab your costumers and trick-or-treat bags and have a spooktacular time at the Maryland Zoo’s 36th annual festival, featuring a packed lineup of games, two costume contests, and live performances from child entertainers Silly Goose & Val and the Kapow Show featuring Evan Young. 1 Safari Place.

OCT. 26: The 20th Annual Great Halloween Lantern Parade & Festival

Creative Alliance’s premiere Halloween celebration hits 20 luminous years with a parade through Patterson Park, this time around featuring an artist-commissioned finale and post-parade dance party. Head down in the afternoon to enjoy lantern workshops, a kids costume contest, hayrides, and local craft and food vendors. Then, join stilt walkers, dance teams, and other performers alongside thousands of fellow Baltimoreans in a light-filled procession. Patterson Park.

OCT. 26: SOBO Halloween Bash

For a celebration that’s more friendly than goulish, join your neighbors at Riverside Park for the eighth-annual South Baltimore Halloween Bash. The gazebo and surrounding fields will be packed with food trucks, lawn games, and straw bales marking a special toddler play area. Everyone can take home a pumpkin or other prize, like a book from the Maryland Book Bank, but be sure to enter the costume contest if you’re feeling festive. Riverside Park.

OCT. 27: Trick or Treat at the Square
This year, Belvedere Square is going all-out for its eighth-annual Halloween extravaganza, with a kids costume contest, pumpkin decorating, and a “Monster Mash” dance lesson and performance from White Marsh Ballet Academy. Bring the whole family down to trick or treat with the market’s merchants and local organizations including the Belvedere Veterinary Center. 540 E. Belvedere Ave.

OCT. 27: AVAM’s Free Fall Halloween Celebration

Get freaky at this free fall celebration at Federal Hill’s American Visionary Art Museum. With free museum admission, a “Lumin-Eeries” lantern workshop, and a Young Frankenstein screening from Flicks on the Hill, there’s plenty to love for Charm City’s little monsters and their mummies (and dads, too). 800 Key Highway.

DEADLY DANCE PARTIES

OCT 12: Dungeons and Drag Halloween Edition!

Head to the Ottobar for this pre-Halloween bash that starts with an all-out dance party. The fun will continue with a drag show and costume contest by host Cher Rub and performers Elizabeth Wayne Gaycee, Bellatrix Foxx, Kelsey Kadaver, and Peggy Uranus Alastor. 2549 N. Howard St., 8 p.m.

OCT 24: Halloween Rally: Glow Edition

Kick off Halloweekend on the dancefloor for a night of glow sticks, inflatables, confetti, and beats. Tickets include free cover and five drink tickets good at nine bars around Power Plant. Power Plant Live! 34 Market Pl. 10-1AM $35-$45

OCT 26: Halloween 19: Zombie World

Power Plant Live is also getting in the spirit with this apocalyptic rager, in which each of its bars will take inspiration from a different zombie movie. Come dressed in your spookiest garb for a chance to win cash prizes, and dance the night away with live DJ entertainment spun from the district’s centerpiece stage.34 Market Place. 8 p.m. $5

OCT 31: Halloween Silent Disco at Horseshoe Casino

Accessorize your costume with a pair of wireless headphones for this silent disco celebration at Horseshoe Casino. The event will feature two different channels of live DJ music, as well as drink specials and a costume contest. Winners will receive a free dinner for two at the casino’s restaurant GDL Italian. 1525 Russell St. 8-11 p.m. $10

OCT. 31: Halloween at Ottobar

Get ready to shake your bones to all of the horrifying Halloween hits at this upstairs dance party. DJs Candy Corn and Badlife will be taking requests, playing spooky sound effects, and even spinning classics from old-school horror movie soundtracks throughout the night. There will also be plenty of candy, fall-themed drinks, and ghoulish decor. 2549 N. Howard St. 9 p.m. Free

HAIR-RAISING HAUNTINGS

ONGOING: The Original Fell’s Point Ghostwalk
Spooky season is the perfect time to embark on this eerie tour of historic Fells Point. Learn about the beginnings of the waterfront locale—which was once a rowdy seaport town full of stumbling sailors and immigrants anxious to start anew—and attempt to spot spirits lingering around Broadway Square. If you’re in the mood for something even more spirited, opt for the haunted pub crawl. 731 S. Broadway. 8 p.m. $14-15

ONGOING: The Nevermore Haunt

Billed as one of the state’s scariest haunted houses, this chilling attraction takes inspiration from Baltimore’s own dark past. Set in the late 19th-century, the interactive performance highlights drowned sailors, tortured factory workers, unlicensed physicians, and other kooky characters. Work up your courage with the local craft beers on site before embarking on the terrifying tour. 450 Mott St. Times vary. $22-56

ONGOING: Annapolis Ghost Tours
Navigate your way around the dark and narrow streets of downtown Annapolis with expert guides who recount stories of some of the city’s spookiest spots. Don’t be surprised if you get goosebumps while walking through Hogshead on Pinkney Street—the house which once served as barracks for military recruits during the Revolutionary War—or the old St. Anne’s cemetery. 25 Market Space., Annapolis. $13-23

Haunted hotel rooms, spirits lurking through ballrooms, and elevators that operate without pressing a button sound like scenes straight out of Ghostbusters, but accounts like these have been documented at the historic Lord Baltimore Hotel. Instead of guests running for the hills or vowing to never book another night, the hotel has seen an influx of guests staying in hopes of experiencing supernatural incidents.

On September 29, the public will have a chance to kick off the Halloween season by participating in the world’s largest ghost hunt at the hotel along with more than 100 other haunted landmarks in 13 countries.

Haunted Journeys, an Ohio-based organization run by husband and wife duo Maria and Bob Schmidt, will be hosting the third annual National Ghost Hunt Day. This year will be the first time that they’ve expanded the event globally.

“We thought what should we do to bring attention to National Ghost Hunting Day,” said Maria, who registered the day on the national calendar in 2016. “It’s a method to increase awareness about historical properties for the purposes of raising funds for preservation.”

The criteria for participation required the property to be historic, of course, but to also have documented accounts of previously investigated paranormal activity. The location must also donate all proceeds to either the historical preservation of the site or, if it’s a lucrative business such as the Lord Baltimore Hotel, donate the proceeds to a charity of their choosing.

The historic high-rise downtown checked off all the boxes and will be donating 100 percent of the funds collected from ticket sales to Back On My Feet, an organization that helps to combat homelessness. The hotel is even offering discounted rates for any participants wanting to stay to experience the full effect.

Built in 1928 in downtown Baltimore, the Lord Baltimore Hotel was one of the tallest structures in Baltimore during the Great Depression, which contributed to more than 20 documented jumps off the top of the building from 1929-1932. Hence, all the ghost sightings throughout the years.

“I have been here for five-and-half years and I have personally never experienced anything,” said Lee Johnson-Lowe, spokesman for Lord Baltimore Hotel. “But I know a lot of the stories and have encountered employees, as well as guests, that indicate that they have experienced such things.”

Johnson-Lowe, who admittedly says he’s not a believer, details one story of a small girl, Molly, who haunts the 19th floor of the hotel with a red ball looking for her parents. He says that she and her parents supposedly all jumped from the top of the hotel decades ago, but her spirit remains. The Schmidts say that stories like these are the reason they’ve become so enthralled with the practice of ghost hunting, also having had similar experiences running their Victorian inn down in Florida.

“It happens more frequently than people think,” Bob said. “When you finally experience the supernatural and metaphysical, you open yourself up to the possibility that connection with the spirits is possible.”

Participants at Lord Baltimore will have the option to learn more about strengthening those intuitions and heightening their consciousness through a workshop with local psychic medium Amanda Jackiewicz of Spirit Flows Studios. She will also be conducting a limited number of individual mediumship sessions before the ghost hunt.

At 8 p.m., the real fun begins, attendees will be split into groups to investigate four known places of paranormal activity in the hotel: the basement, ballroom, 19th floor, and the penthouse. This four-hour long portion of the event will be hosted by Pennsylvania-based R.E.A.P Investigations, a group that researches and educates the public on paranormal activity.

“I will tell you that people who are open to this, when they walk in the doors, they always say that the hotel is very crowded,” Johnson-Lowe said. “There are a lot of spirits here.”

If ghost hunting isn’t your thing, there are ways for you to participate from the safety and comfort of your home. The Lord Baltimore Hotel’s hunt will go live on Facebook at 10 p.m. with more than 100 other locations as each conduct a ghost hunt at the same time.

The ultimate goal for the Schmidts’ event is to encourage unity within the community of ghost hunters while promoting preservation of historical landmarks.

“The Lord Baltimore is an ideal candidate because of its storied history,” Maria said. “The enthusiasm for this event has just been incredible.”