It’s a grave new ranking for New York.

The Empire State is officially the most haunted state in America, a spine-chilling new study found. 

Researchers from Casino.ca pinpointed the most common spots for phantom sightings by analyzing more than 1.8 million Ghosts of America records — a series of books and related websites for paranormal stories — over the past century, plus reports from social media platforms like Facebook, TikTok, X and online forums. 

The spookiest spot in the state is Manhattan’s storied Morris-Jumel Mansion, which was built in 1765 and is famous for being the borough’s oldest house. Helayne Seidman

New York racked up a hair-raising 160,198 spirit encounters — or about 81 run-ins per 10,000 residents — over the last 100 years, researchers found. 

“New York seems to have the perfect mix of history and atmosphere to keep spirits lingering,” said data analyst Katt Rodrigues. “It’s not entirely surprising given the state’s deep history and countless older buildings with stories of their own.”

The spookiest spot in the state is Manhattan’s storied Morris-Jumel Mansion, which was built in 1765 and is famous for being the borough’s oldest house.

The Washington Heights property at 65 Jumel Terrace, which is now a museum, has hosted historic legends from first US president George Washington and third vice president Aaron Burr to jazz music icon Duke Ellington along with, apparently, a few guests who never left. 

Paranormal Investigations NYC founder and director Dom Villella didn’t see any spirits during an hours-long visit to the mansion in October 2009 — but he felt them, he told The Post.

“I felt very uneasy there. You know when you walk into a room and the room’s just got a really heavy feeling to it, and the energy feels weird? That’s the Morris-Jumel Mansion. You walk in there and you just feel very uncomfortable until you leave,” he said.

First US president George Washington was among the historic legends who once occupied the Morris-Jumel Mansion. IMAGO/piemags via Reuters Connec

The Washington Heights landmark has frequently been cited in paranormal cycles and is rumored by spirit seekers to house five distinct ghosts, researchers noted. AP

“In my opinion, what you feel at the mansion is residual energy — it’s not literally haunted, it’s just replaying energy of people who were there over time. Structures, especially old buildings, will absorb the energies of people who spend a lot of time there, and if the conditions are perfect, it will replay it,” explained Villella, who has investigated more than 1,000 buildings in Manhattan since 2003.

“I think that’s probably why people see images or hear voices there. And especially because of all the artifacts that [the mansion] contains, it’s more likely to have that residual energy replaying,” he continued, and noting his electromagnetic field detectors got “high readings” at the mansion.

The landmark has frequently been cited in paranormal cycles and is rumored by spirit seekers to house five distinct ghosts, researchers noted.

Texas ranked second for spirit sightings, with 77 encounters per 10,000 people, followed by Louisiana (74), California (72) and Utah (65).  casino.ca

Overall, nearly one in four Americans claim to have seen a ghost over the past century, with a bone-chilling 1.84 million encounters logged nationwide, or about 2,329 per 10,000 residents.

Texas ranked second for spirit spottings, with 77 encounters per 10,000 people, followed by Louisiana (74), California (72) and Utah (65). 

Ghost run-ins were hauntingly less common north of the border. 

Yukon led Canada with 39 sightings per 10,000 residents, followed by British Columbia (34), Ontario (33) and Alberta (32).