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0Old SSA Convent
Covington, Louisiana
22.6 miles from Franklinton, LA
Claims of screaming, eerie noises and other ghostly events. Considering the amount of graffiti and evidence of teen partying littered about the place, there might be a more mundane explanation for the noises coming from the place, but take a walk in the woods and decide for yourself.
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China Grove Church
Tylertown, Mississippi
25.9 miles from Franklinton, LA
The general and oft-repeated haunting story claims the church has a picture of Jesus that cries blood (right) and there's a man who haunts the fields who was allegedly killed by his own tractor.
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Maple Street Bakery
Abita Springs, Louisiana
26.3 miles from Franklinton, LA
Maple Street Bakery is housed in a building that's over 100 years old and has been a convalescent home, a private house, an art gallery and an insurance office. And, it's said to be haunted, as evidenced by footsteps on the porch, electrical anomalies, doors that open or close by ...
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0Palestine Graveyard
Picayune, Mississippi
33.2 miles from Franklinton, LA
There are allegedly sightings of the ghost of a woman who killed herself in the cemetery after being jilted at the altar.
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0Myrtle Grove Cemetery
Lumberton, Mississippi
35.4 miles from Franklinton, LA
Ghostly shadows, full body apparitions and feelings of dread (could that be because you are in a cemetery and confronting your own mortality) are the meat that makeup this haunting report.
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0Sauls Valley Cemetery
Jayess, Mississippi
36.7 miles from Franklinton, LA
People claim to have seen dancing lights around the graves.
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0Sycamore Church Cemetery
Carriere, Mississippi
37.2 miles from Franklinton, LA
Supposedly if you sit on a bench that's in the cemetery you will feel a cold spot (probably not seeping up from the concrete bench) and someone breathing behind you.
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0Springfield Cemetery
Springfield, Louisiana
37.2 miles from Franklinton, LA
In the cemetery there is a marble headstone marking the grave of a boy named Michael Brown. Michael was allegedly killed by a hit and run driver who was rumored to be caught when details of the crash somehow came to be carved on the back of the headstone ...
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Manchac Swamp
Ponchatoula, Louisiana
43.4 miles from Franklinton, LA
Known to locals as the Ghost Swamp, it is said to be haunted by Julie Brown, a Creole voodoo priestess. In 1915, reports say she cursed the town of Frenier, singing odd songs about taking the town with her when she died. On the day she did die, a hurricane ...
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Myers Creek
Bogue Chitto, Mississippi
44 miles from Franklinton, LA
There have been reports of a strange and unexplained animal that haunts Myers Creek.
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0Northshore Regional Medical Center
Slidell, Louisiana
45.8 miles from Franklinton, LA
Reportedly haunted by two ghosts. The employees refer to one of them as Reggie. The other is just a black mist.
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Burnt Bridge
Purvis, Mississippi
49.6 miles from Franklinton, LA
Although the old bridge has been replaced, legend has it that it used to be haunted by a girl in a prom dress who was killed there.
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0Fort Pike
New Orleans, Louisiana
53.2 miles from Franklinton, LA
-Built in 1816, Fort Pike was named after Zebulon Pike of Pike's Peak fame. The site was abandoned in 1890--by the living, anyway. Some say the ghost of a sergeant has been seen about the place, and witnesses have described a feeling of being watched as well as the sound ...
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Los Catrachos - Odin's Inn
Metairie, Louisiana
57.9 miles from Franklinton, LA
Ghost sightings in mirrors, cold spots and eerie footsteps are all reported at the hotel.
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Mona Lisa Lane
New Orleans, Louisiana
58.9 miles from Franklinton, LA
Mona Lisa Lane is near Popp's Fountain, in the southwest corner of City Park. Local legend has it that in the early 1900s, a wealthy philanthropist provided the city with a large collection of statues, with the condition that one of them in particular be given preferential treatment and must ...
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0Brooklyn Cemetery
Brooklyn, Mississippi
59.1 miles from Franklinton, LA
Reportedly haunted by the ghost of a young boy who is often seen walking through the cemetery.
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Holt Cemetery
New Orleans, Louisiana
59.7 miles from Franklinton, LA
This 1879, predominately in-ground cemetery was used to buried the poorest folk, many of whom passed away in violent circumstances. It is said that visitors can feel the sad souls who linger here.
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Metairie Cemetery
New Orleans, Louisiana
59.7 miles from Franklinton, LA
Founded in 1872, this well-known cemetery is the final resting place of 9 Lousiana governors, 7 mayors of New Orleans, and 3 Confederate generals. Singer Louis Prima also is buried here. Some of the gravesites here are said to house restless haunts. In addition to living sightseers, the cemetery is ...
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918 Solomon Place
New Orleans, Louisiana
59.8 miles from Franklinton, LA
This unassuming little home is featured in Victor C. Klein's book "New Orleans Ghosts." It is said that for a time in the late 1970s the home was riddled with paranormal activity. Voices, footsteps and menacing presences were constant in the home, to the point that the new homeowners ...
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0Odd Fellows Rest
New Orleans, Louisiana
59.8 miles from Franklinton, LA
Even if it weren't haunted this cemetery would be worth seeing due to the ambiance of an old gothic style cemetery falling into ruin.
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The Haunted Mortuary
New Orleans, Louisiana
60 miles from Franklinton, LA
The Haunted Mortuary is a haunted attraction that began its life as a Victorian mansion, built in 1872 by Mary Slattery. In 1928, PJ McMahon purchased the property to turn it into a giant funeral business, which performed some 20,000 funerals occurred here over the years. So the story goes, ...
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St. Roch Cemetery
New Orleans, Louisiana
60.5 miles from Franklinton, LA
This cemetery, which honors Saint Roch, patron saint of dogs and invalids, is said to be haunted by a large black ghost dog. According to reports, the dog has shown up both on photographs and videotape. Guided cemetery tours are available.
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Ernie K-Doe’s Mother-In-Law Lounge
New Orleans, Louisiana
60.8 miles from Franklinton, LA
This bar is said to be haunted by former owner Ernie K-Doe and his wife. K-Doe was an R&B singer who once had a hit record called “Mother-in-Law.” He passed away in 2001, and his widow Antoinette ran the place until her death in 2009--but as reports say, they never ...
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Dauphine House Bed and Breakfast
New Orleans, Louisiana
61.2 miles from Franklinton, LA
A paranormal investigator owns this 1900s bed-and-breakfast that is reportedly haunted by many spirits. They have been known to open and close the doors.
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Morro Castle
New Orleans, Louisiana
61.2 miles from Franklinton, LA
This building has a number of stories connected to it - but alas, all of them have been proved false. One said the house was built to quarter the Spanish troops of King Carlos IV of Spain, and hence it is sometimes known as the old Spanish barracks. ...
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New Orleans Courtyard Hotel
New Orleans, Louisiana
61.2 miles from Franklinton, LA
At this historic hotel, guests have reported hearing parties going on in rooms that are vacant.
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La Maison Marigny Bed and Breakfast
New Orleans, Louisiana
61.2 miles from Franklinton, LA
At this bed-and-breakfast, you may share your lodgings with something kindly, but supernatural. Witnesses say an apparition appears at the top of the stairs, guests sometimes feel a kiss on their cheek as they go to sleep (or even get a pat on the rear), and the smell of frying ...
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San Francisco Plantation House
Reserve, Louisiana
61.3 miles from Franklinton, LA
This 1856 house is said to be haunted by some of its former residents: a small boy who cries in the night, an older man seen on the upper floor and roof, and a young girl seen near the staircase (she is thought to have died by falling down the ...
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Madame Mineurcanal's House
New Orleans, Louisiana
61.3 miles from Franklinton, LA
According to the scary tales told about this place, Madame Mineurcanal, a former owner, hanged herself from an overhead beam on the third floor after killing her beloved dog. Her apparition has been seen here with her little white dog. Cold spots, moaning sounds and a dog's barking also have ...
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0Lamothe Hotel
New Orleans, Louisiana
61.3 miles from Franklinton, LA
A ghostly woman in red is apparently sighted frequently as well as the sounds of ghostly children at play.
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Lanaux Mansion
New Orleans, Louisiana
61.3 miles from Franklinton, LA
This 1876 bed-and-breakfast inn boasts the ghost of original owner Charles Johnson. His apparition has been seen walking through the house, all dressed in black.
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St. Pierre Hotel
New Orleans, Louisiana
61.4 miles from Franklinton, LA
Ghosts who roam here include a Civil War Confederate soldier who hangs out in the slave quarters, and a middle-aged civilian man. Witnesses have reported such strange happenings as objects that move by themselves and TVs that change channels on their own.
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The Sausage Man - Hans Muller House
New Orleans, Louisiana
61.4 miles from Franklinton, LA
A legendary ghost butcher stars in this unusual ghost story not unlike that of Sweeney Todd. The tale of a ghost who walked a sausage factory has been told for decades, and was printed in the 1930s "Gumbo Ya-Ya," a collection of Louisiana's oldest oral tales. The story begins with ...
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0Lalaurie House
New Orleans, Louisiana
61.4 miles from Franklinton, LA
A mansion in New Orleans that was once owned by the vicious Madame Lalaurie. Neighbors reported that slave turnover at her house was unusually high and one neighbor reported a young slave girl who leapt to her death rather than face the punishment Madame Lalaurie had in store for her. ...
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0Le Richelieu Hotel
New Orleans, Louisiana
61.4 miles from Franklinton, LA
Reported to have been built on the site of an old execution site for the Spanish army, it is claimed that the soldiers who died on the spot continue to haunt the hotel to this day.
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Creole House - Inn on St. Ann
New Orleans, Louisiana
61.4 miles from Franklinton, LA
A Creole House, part of the Inn on St. Ann, is an 1830s 30-room hotel said to be home to a ghost folks call Knobby, nicknamed so for his habit of removing doorknobs. He haunts the second floor, and doorknobs he tinkers with can't be made to stay on by ...
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0Lafitte Guest House
New Orleans, Louisiana
61.4 miles from Franklinton, LA
Room 21 is reportedly haunted by the ghost of a young girl, possibly Marie Gleises, who died of yellow fever in the 1850s. She apparently appears to young children and speaks to them. Also, it is claimed that the sounds of a woman sobbing can be heard, reportedly ...
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Site of the Laveau House
New Orleans, Louisiana
61.4 miles from Franklinton, LA
Famed Creole Voodoo practitioner Marie Laveau (1794–1881), multi-racial daughter of a white planter and a French Creole woman, lived on this site during part of her life. Her ghost is said to frequent the place, still performing her ritual ceremonies. The cottage that currently stands on the site is not ...
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Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop
New Orleans, Louisiana
61.5 miles from Franklinton, LA
Jean Lafitte himself is said to haunt this bar, once the famed privateer's actual blacksmith shop. The governor made every effort to shut down Lafitte's illegal smuggling business, perhaps because of the affair Lafitte was having with the governor's wife. When Lafitte moved his business to the high seas, pirate ...
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Old U.S. Mint
New Orleans, Louisiana
61.5 miles from Franklinton, LA
Built at the orders of Andrew Jackson, the mint began operation in 1838. During the Civil War, it was used to print Confederate currency and even served a short time as a military barracks. Money was printed here until the early 1900s. Perhaps the ghost who resides on the second ...
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0Beauregard-Keyes House
New Orleans, Louisiana
61.5 miles from Franklinton, LA
This is one of those places that everyone has the same haunted story to tell: The crazy chess champion Paul Munni who lived there and ran through the streets of New Orleans with an axe. A GREAT story. Except it's wrong in every detail from the name of ...
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Bay St. Louis City Hall Building
John C. Stennis Space Center, Mississippi
61.5 miles from Franklinton, LA
The Bay St. Louis City Hall, a 109-year-old municipal building that once housed the city jail, is rumored to be haunted. Witnesses say objects move on their own, doors open and close, bright lights appear, and footsteps can be heard on the steps. According to reports, in 1928 a man ...
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Hotel Villa Convento
New Orleans, Louisiana
61.5 miles from Franklinton, LA
The sound of a ghostly child's laughter has been heard in the halls here, even though children are not allowed, and a mysterious madame may knock on the guest room doors, said to be a remnant from when the hotel was allegedly a brothel.
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Old Ursuline Convent
New Orleans, Louisiana
61.5 miles from Franklinton, LA
This old convent and its "Casket Girls" star in a local vampire legend. Back in the 1700s, girls were sent here from French convents to find suitable men to marry. They carried coffin-shaped chests, which presumably held their belongings. When the local citizens disrespected the girls, forcing them into prostitution ...
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0Flanagan's Pub
New Orleans, Louisiana
61.5 miles from Franklinton, LA
The ghost of a woman who committed suicide on the premises is said to haunt the pub.
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Cornstalk Hotel
New Orleans, Louisiana
61.5 miles from Franklinton, LA
This Victorian hotel building is rich with history. For one thing, it was the 1800s home of Judge Francois Xavier-Martin, who was the first Chief Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court and the writer of the first history of Louisiana. It is also where Harriet Beecher Stowe became inspired to ...
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Biscuit Palace
New Orleans, Louisiana
61.5 miles from Franklinton, LA
This guest house that dates from the early 19th century takes its unusual name from a Uneeda Biscuits sign painted on the outside wall. It is said to be home to a small female ghost who has been known to go through the clothing in guestroom drawers.
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0Andrew Jackson Hotel
New Orleans, Louisiana
61.5 miles from Franklinton, LA
A former children's home, it is reportedly haunted by the ghosts of those who died during the Yellow Fever epidemic that ravaged New Orleans.
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The Morgue Bar
New Orleans, Louisiana
61.5 miles from Franklinton, LA
Although this bar is no longer open, the building still remains and it is the building, not the bar specifically that is said to be haunted by the ghosts of those who died and were tended to in the former morgue.
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0Hotel Provincial
New Orleans, Louisiana
61.5 miles from Franklinton, LA
Reported to be haunted by the ghosts of numerous soldiers who died here during the Civil War when the hotel was used as a hospital. Numerous reports of full-body apparitions as well as some people reporting that when they step out of the elevator in building 5, for ...
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