Ben Goldman

After 8 years of exploring Michigan’s darkest corners and most mysterious locations, we’ve narrowed down our hundreds of our paranormal investigations to bring you our definitive list of the 31 most haunted places in Michigan. From abandoned asylums and ghostly cemeteries to long-forgotten towns with stories that refuse to die, these are the sites that left the deepest impressions on us. It wasn’t easy narrowing it down, but here they are: our top 31 haunted places in Michigan.

Unfortunately, skepticism has too often been replaced by sensationalism. Many creators now frame ordinary events as supernatural to meet audience expectations and keep up with the demands of weekly content.

Often referred to as the “Ouija board demon,” Zozo is a name that frequently appears during spirit board sessions, where participants report the planchette rapidly spelling out Z-O-Z-O. In recent years, the entity has gone viral on social media, with #zozo even trending on Twitter in 2014. Whether Zozo is a real entity or not, there are very real potential implications to a "demon" going viral.