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Washington, Washington DC
Photo: Kas Hayes, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Lafayette Square, the public park across from the White House, was the scene of a killing in daylight on February 27, 1859, when Representative Daniel Sickles shot Philip Barton Key, an incident the White House Historical Association retells in its piece on the square's hauntings. Legend says Key still searches the park for Sickles, whose limping footsteps are said to be heard, and Edgar Allan Poe is another figure told in tour lore. Ghost tours dramatize the story.
Public park near the White House open daily; the surroundings include Decatur House and St. John's Church, and evening ghost tours often begin here.
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