341 places in 48 states
Share your unexplained experiences.
Look up a reportedly haunted place: its history, whether you can visit, and what people found there. Then go, and post what you find.
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Read the record, place by place.
Find a place. Go. Add what you find.
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Find a place
Search a town or browse the map. Every place shows whether you can visit, and any legal warning.
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Go and record
Post a field report from the place: what happened, with photos, video and audio.
A field reportCreate an account- Photosup to 6
- Video2 clips · 30s
- Audio2 clips · 5 min
Who, when and where attach to every report.
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Join in
Comment on reports, ask the people who have been there, and follow the investigators you trust.
On every report and place- A candle for the posts that stay with you
- Comments and questions
- Follow people, save places
Before you go
Do I need an account?
No. Anyone can read Vigil. An account lets you post field reports, comment, ask and answer questions, save places, and follow people.
Is it free?
Yes. Reading Vigil and having an account are free.
What can I post?
A field report: what happened, when, and where at the place, with up to 6 photos, 2 video clips of 30 seconds each, and 2 audio clips of up to 5 minutes. Your name, the time and the place are attached to everything you post.
Where does the information come from?
Each location's history is researched from cited sources and checked by an editor before it's published. Field reports come from the people who were there, with who, when and where attached.
Can I visit these places?
Every location shows whether it's open to the public and any legal warning. Some are private or closed: don't enter without the owner's permission.
Where is Vigil available?
In your browser, on your phone or your computer. There's nothing to install.
Go see for yourself.
Read what people reported, then log what you find. Your account is where your field record lives.
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