The charming archipelago of Isles of Shoals off New Hampshire's eastern shore is the perfect destination for a seaside picnic... or you know, a series of brutal murders. Two young women were horrifically butchered via the particularly creepy maniac-with-an-axe method in the late 1870s, and apparently you can still hear them screaming, often late at night, which is just objectively unsettling. This specific Island, Smuttynose, is said to be haunted by these ghosts, the axe murderer himself, pirates, and a gang of other poltergeists. And c'mon, have you ever seen an abandoned old lighthouse in the fog? The islands have a history longer than the country they are in. Blackbeard himself was rumored to use the islands as a honeymoon destination and gold depository in the early 18th century -- and naturally he killed some people there along the way. By the time Louis Wagner murdered the women living on Smuttynose, there were already ghost stories about the haunting chain of islands. With history, pirates, and of course, axe murders, come creepy tales. And again, the abandoned lighthouses don't help.
