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0Elizabeth Town Hall
Elizabeth, Louisiana
28 miles from Fort Polk South, LA
Probably the only thing to beware at this town hall are the very sketchy rumors of it being haunted. Very little anecdotal evidence exists to support the claims, but we'll include it for the sake of completeness.
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0Magnolia Plantation
Cloutierville, Louisiana
38.1 miles from Fort Polk South, LA
The 1830 Magnolia Plantation has a main plantation house, slaves' quarters, store, blacksmith shop and slave hospital. The site, built by Ambrose Lecomte II and his wife Julia Buard, is now owned by the National Park Service and is believed to be haunted by mistreated slaves. Reports say that the ...
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Grady Hill
Many, Louisiana
42.8 miles from Fort Polk South, LA
One of the numerous La Llorona or "weeping woman" haunting claims.
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Historical Jail
Colfax, Louisiana
43.9 miles from Fort Polk South, LA
We are a local Paranormal Research Team filming and investigating places for the brand-new TV series, called True Ghost Stories. Upon our scouting and places to film and investigate for the show, we ran across the well known and documented place in Colfax Louisiana called " The Colfax Riot Of ...
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Alexandria Zoological Park
Alexandria, Louisiana
47.7 miles from Fort Polk South, LA
Featured on TV's Ghost Hunters, the zoo is said to be haunted by the spirit of deceased director Les Whitt, who passed away in 2008. He is said to play pranks and practical jokes from beyond the grave, just as he loved to do in life.
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Finnegan's Wake Pub
Alexandria, Louisiana
48.9 miles from Fort Polk South, LA
This friendly Louisiana pub seems to boast its own not-so-friendly ghost. As featured on "Ghost Hunters" in 2011, the owners claim to have had glasses thrown violently across the bar by unseen hands, and an in-house violinist swears that his instrument was "strangely altered" after being left unguarded in ...
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Diamond Grill
Alexandria, Louisiana
49 miles from Fort Polk South, LA
This award-winning restaurant was featured in an episode of "Ghost Hunters" in 2011, during which time a door was videotaped moving on its own, black masses were spotted, and EVPs were captured. The hosts of the show believed this evidence pointed to an intelligent haunting. The building itself dates back ...
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Bentley Hotel
Alexandria, Louisiana
49 miles from Fort Polk South, LA
Reports say the Bentley Hotel was set to reopen in 2013. It was rumored to be haunted by several ghosts: a young girl who fell to her death down an elevator shaft, a man who fell over the grand staircase railing in 1985, some ghosts who peered over the mezzanine ...
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0Northwestern State University Campus
Natchitoches, Louisiana
49 miles from Fort Polk South, LA
A ghostly woman that students call Isabella is reported to haunt the campus.
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0Front Street
Natchitoches, Louisiana
49.7 miles from Fort Polk South, LA
The street is reported to be haunted by the ghost of a confederate soldier.
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0Central Louisiana State Hospital
Pineville, Louisiana
49.8 miles from Fort Polk South, LA
Reportedly haunted by former patients who died there, it is reported to be extremely active. Almost three thousand patients of this former hospital for the mentally ill are buried on its grounds. Numerous claims of ghost activity.
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St. Maurice Plantation
Natchitoches, Louisiana
51 miles from Fort Polk South, LA
It is said that the ghost of a child comes from the cemetery and visits the manor home, making sudden noises or rushing past. He also likes to change the pages on the calendar. He is believed to have started the fire that burned the mansion down in 1980.
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0Loyd Hall Plantation
Cheneyville, Louisiana
51 miles from Fort Polk South, LA
Like any plantation in the south, Loyd hall has had its share of tragedy and death. The main stories are of the original owner who was hanged as a traitor during the Civil War, a Union soldier shot to death in an upstairs attic (the bloodstains are still visible) and ...
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0Big Woods Cemetery
Vinton, Louisiana
56.6 miles from Fort Polk South, LA
Shadows and electrical interference are the two big ticket items to look for when visiting Big Woods cemetery.
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Big Creek Cemetery
Pollock, Louisiana
56.8 miles from Fort Polk South, LA
This cemetery is said to be very active by local paranormal groups who claim to have captured numerous photographic anomalies and EVPs here.
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Calcasieu Courthouse
Lake Charles, Louisiana
57 miles from Fort Polk South, LA
Calcasieu Courthouse is said to be haunted by Toni Jo McQuiston (born Annie Beatrice McQuiston), a murderess and the only female to die in Louisiana’s electric chair. Toni was a beauty but a tough girl, into drugs and prostitution. But after she fell in love with Claude Henry (nicknamed Cowboy)at ...
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Miller Cemetery - Headless Cemetery
Eunice, Louisiana
59.4 miles from Fort Polk South, LA
The ghost of a headless man is often seen and people claim that if you drive there at night, you'll experience car trouble.
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Eunice Public Library
Eunice, Louisiana
61.2 miles from Fort Polk South, LA
Eunice Public Library is believed to have a ghost who locks doors, turns on lights, and hides books by local children's author Mary Alice Fontenot.
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Charlene Richard - St. Edwards Church Cemetery
Church Point, Louisiana
69.1 miles from Fort Polk South, LA
More than 10,000 people a year visit the grave of "Saint" Charlene Richard for spiritual healing. Although she is not truly a saint, at a young age she expressed interest in becoming one. Her mother told her that she could pray for the world's sinners, and when Charlene was diagnosed ...
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Charles Burr Ln Bridge
Opelousas, Louisiana
74.8 miles from Fort Polk South, LA
This is a very haunted bridge that all locals know about. Add night many people have seen A apparition of a old man holding a lantern at the bridge. Many people driving along the road and filled that something is in the backseat of the vehicle and look in the ...
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Nicholson Home
Washington, Louisiana
74.9 miles from Fort Polk South, LA
Thought to be over 250 years old, the building was once used as a Civil War hospital. It is haunted by a ghost called Hoppy or Peg-Leg, seen wearing soldier's clothing, a peg-leg, and a gold earring in his left ear. Legend has it that Hoppy was a pirate who ...
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Rice Theatre
Crowley, Louisiana
76.6 miles from Fort Polk South, LA
At this 1920 theater, reportedly once used as a car dealership and a recording studio, a freight elevator is said to run on its own. Also, shadows and disembodied voices have been reported.
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Ghostly Hitchhiker
Port Barre, Louisiana
77 miles from Fort Polk South, LA
In the town of Washington Louisiana, I was driving to my uncle's home and it was at night. I forget the time of night. I was driving and I remember the hard turn in the road... my windows were rolled down and the next thing I know, I noticed ...
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Marland's Bridge
Sunset, Louisiana
80.1 miles from Fort Polk South, LA
This bridge is the scene of 2 events. On Nov. 3, 1863. There was a union campground just east of it, then it was attacked by the Confederacy. This is called " The Battle of Bayou Bourbeau" The Confederates were victorious, and manage to capture an artillery piece. Young Corporal ...
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0Chretien Point Plantation
Sunset, Louisiana
80.4 miles from Fort Polk South, LA
Reportedly haunted by the ghost of its former mistress as well as an outlaw she killed when she discovered him creeping up the stairs one night.
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Saint Charles Borromeo - Retreat House
Arnaudville, Louisiana
82.1 miles from Fort Polk South, LA
Rumor has it that this house is haunted by an old Jesuit priest who used to live there.
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Forest Lawn - Kissing Statue
Beaumont, Texas
82.5 miles from Fort Polk South, LA
Legend has it that at night at this cemetery, two statues awaken and kiss. So the story goes, if you shine car bright headlights on the man and woman statues from the driveway that runs behind them, they will come to life, turn around, and kiss. Another point of note ...
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Holiday Inn
Beaumont, Texas
85.5 miles from Fort Polk South, LA
Security Cameras picked up a creepy shadow on the wall of the 2nd floor. There are no windows down this hall, and the camera was only activated by motion. Ghost hunters came to check this out and what they found was astonishing. The hotel is currently closed, ...
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Lamar University - Sigma Phi Epsilon
Beaumont, Texas
87.2 miles from Fort Polk South, LA
Local tales say this house, purchased by the university in the 1980s, was once a dream house built by a farmer. After the farmer passed, it fell into disrepute as a brothel. Now a frat house, a ghost named Chester is said to reside here, making himself known by knocking, ...
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0Keachi Women's College
Keachi, Louisiana
88.6 miles from Fort Polk South, LA
Cold spots and ghostly moans are reported to happen on the second floor.
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0Buena Vista Plantation
Fort Polk South, Louisiana
88.7 miles from Fort Polk South, LA
It's a plantation. In the south. It was used for a Civil War hospital. Of course it's haunted. The usual - civil war soldiers have been spotted. Currently a private home and not open to the public.
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0Old Ellerbe School
Shreveport, Louisiana
88.8 miles from Fort Polk South, LA
Rumored to be haunted by the ghosts of children who died in a fire at the school.
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Harris Hall - University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Lafayette, Louisiana
91.8 miles from Fort Polk South, LA
The girl's dorm is reported to be haunted by the ghost of a female student.
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Ghost Lady of West 7th St
Port Arthur, Texas
92.4 miles from Fort Polk South, LA
It is said that one night, a woman was decapitated here as she was trying to cross the train's path while it was stopped. Folks say her ghost can be seen walking down the tracks.
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0Sterne-Hoya House
Nacogdoches, Texas
92.8 miles from Fort Polk South, LA
An former housekeeper reported that she felt a happy presence in the house, and described a gentle pressure upon her body while in the attic. She encountered a negative feeling in the cellar.
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Light of Saratoga - Bragg Road Ghost Lights
Saratoga, Texas
92.9 miles from Fort Polk South, LA
The Ghost Light is known to appear and disappear at night without a known cause. Some attribute the phenomena to swamp gas; others say it is the spirit of a railroad worker who was decapitated in a train accident and is searching for his head. The light is said to ...
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Stephen F. Austin State University - Mays Hall 11
Nacogdoches, Texas
93.3 miles from Fort Polk South, LA
According to some reports, the building was once a hospital with a morgue in the basement. Other reports say the city hospital did not actually have a morgue in the basement. A 1940s-era ruined bomb shelter is said to be one one end. An eerie, negative feeling is said to ...
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Stephen F. Austin State University - Griffith Hall
Nacogdoches, Texas
93.3 miles from Fort Polk South, LA
On the third floor, rumor has it that a female student once jumped out the window after playing with a Ouija board. Her ghost causes the lights in the shower room to flicker at the same time every night, at the exact time she died. Her apparition has been seen ...
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Turner Auditorium
Nacogdoches, Texas
93.5 miles from Fort Polk South, LA
A ghost named Chester haunts the theater building, who is rumored to have been an architect of the building, but passed away before its completion. Legend has it that the building was erected backward and he killed himself in disgrace. His ghost has manifested as a face on a stage ...
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0T'Frere's House Bed and Breakfast
Lafayette, Louisiana
94 miles from Fort Polk South, LA
Reported to be haunted by the ghost of "Amelie" who died after falling into the well. Reportedly the Catholic church refused to bury her on church property as they ruled it a suicide. She is said to turn lights on and off, bang pots and pans and other mischievous ...
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0Taylortown Tower
Elm Grove, Louisiana
94.9 miles from Fort Polk South, LA
It's an eerie looking tower standing all alone in a field. Of course people will say it's haunted. It pretty much has to be. Rumor has it that it is haunted by yet another jilted bride, who either died of a broken heart, hanged herself in grief, ...
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0Bonnie and Clyde Ambush Site
Gibsland, Louisiana
96.3 miles from Fort Polk South, LA
They say that on the night of the full moon, you can hear the sounds of gunfire. Which doesn't make a whole lot of sense since Bonnie and Clyde died in the bright morning sunshine, but regardless, it's an interesting spot to visit, just a little pull out on the ...
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Potter Road
Doyline, Louisiana
97.4 miles from Fort Polk South, LA
Although the exact location of the accident site is not known, it is reported that four teenagers died in a drunken accident on this road decades ago and every year on the anniversary of their deaths blood runs from the tree they hit.
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Mary Jane's Bridge
Broussard, Louisiana
99.5 miles from Fort Polk South, LA
One of those stories that just generate in small towns, a cautionary tale if you will. This bridge is reportedly haunted by the ghost of a young woman who was raped and murdered and thrown off the bridge, her body never recovered. Although no evidence of such a ...
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Old Jail - Pea Farm
Shreveport, Louisiana
104.3 miles from Fort Polk South, LA
The old jail is reported to be haunted by former inmates, especially in the women's section of the jail. Those wishing to view it for themselves should be aware that the jail is owned by the GE plant next door and they do call the cops and prosecute anyone ...
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Bienvenue House Bed and Breakfast
Saint Martinville, Louisiana
104.3 miles from Fort Polk South, LA
Built in 1830, the inn is said to be the site of the murder of a former innkeeper, Isabel Robertson, and her invalid daughter Belle. At least one of them is said to haunt the place. Some say Belle's bell, which she used to call for help, can be heard ...
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0Joseph Jefferson Mansion
New Iberia, Louisiana
104.8 miles from Fort Polk South, LA
Strange lights, moving chairs and the sounds of footsteps have all be reported at the mansion.
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Shreveport Municipal Memorial Auditorium
Shreveport, Louisiana
105.5 miles from Fort Polk South, LA
The 1920s art deco auditorium is known for its musical program, the Louisiana Hayride, on which Elvis Presley performed in 1954. Other greats who performed here include Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, and Johnny Horton. It is said to be haunted by an apparition of a young man who sits in ...
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Spring Street Historical Museum
Shreveport, Louisiana
105.8 miles from Fort Polk South, LA
The Spring Street Historical Museum, housed inside the late-1800s Tally’s Bank Building, has a resident ghost thought to be Edward, a former bank manager who worked in the building. One story about Edward says that an employee was about to climb a ladder when he saw the heavy front door ...
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Railroad Tracks
Bossier City, Louisiana
106 miles from Fort Polk South, LA
Supposedly the cries of a family who was killed on the tracks can be heard late at night.
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