Montana Ranked 3rd Most Haunted State. Here’s Why.

When I was a teenager and could drive, one of the best things was going and checking out old haunted sites.

The Thrill of Haunted Adventures

You would get together with your friends to explore a place and maybe you had the nerve to go through with it, maybe you didn't. Of course, the best time to do that was on Halloween night.

Montana: A Haunted Paradise

Here in Montana, we have plenty of places that are "haunted", in fact, according to one course, there are over 400 ghost towns across Big Sky Country, but that's not the only thing that's spooky about the Treasure State.

Understanding What Makes a State Haunted

What makes Montana so haunted?

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According to the folks over at Answer Socrates, there are few different factors to use when figuring out just how haunted a state is.

• Most Ghostly
• Most Mysterious
• Most Ghost Obsessed

Montana: The Third Most Haunted State

When you factor all of that together, Montana ranks as the 3rd most haunted state in the country. In fact, the only states more haunted than Montana according to the data is West Virginia and Wyoming.

There are some other factors that are included such as:

• UFO Sightings = ranked 3rd
• Bigfoot Sightings = ranked 6th
• Ghost Sightings = ranked 8th

Most Haunted Locations in Montana

So, the question is, where is the most haunted place in Montana? Well, there are several places that make the list. There's Butte and the Dumas Brothel, there's Bannack, Virginia City, and many more.

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