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0Springer Opera House
Columbus, Georgia
21.3 miles from Hamilton, GA
Springer Opera House's stage has seen the likes of Oscar Wilde, Lillie Langtrey, John Philip Sousa, Ethel Barrymore, Will Rogers, William Jennings Bryan and Franklin D. Roosevelt. But that's not all. Edwin Booth, brother of Lincoln assassin John Wilkes Booth, is rumored to haunt the place. Other ghosts are thought ...
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Double Hill Road
Opelika, Alabama
26.7 miles from Hamilton, GA
Reportedly haunted by a ghostly horse drawn carriage.
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0Spring Villa
Opelika, Alabama
28 miles from Hamilton, GA
Allegedly haunted by a former master of the house and slave owner who was killed by one of his slaves. Although this origin story is unlikely since the purported master died after slavery was abolished and also apparently of natural causes, many people are convinced the house is haunted, ...
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0Salem-Shotwell Covered Bridge
Opelika, Alabama
30.2 miles from Hamilton, GA
The original bridge was the site of a tragedy when a woman and her two children were crossing it in a car and the bridge collapsed. All three were killed. Urban legend has it that if you put candy on the bridge's edge at night, by the light of your ...
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Bonnie Castle
Grantville, Georgia
33.1 miles from Hamilton, GA
Bonnie Castle, now reported to be closed, was once a bed-and-breakfast inn. Ghosts reported here include a woman named Mary who dislikes electricity, a spectral cat, and a man who is said to be the original owner. Strange sounds have been reported coming from the building at all hours of ...
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0Old Train Depot
Auburn, Alabama
36.7 miles from Hamilton, GA
Many ghost websites make this ludicrous claim about the Train Depot: "It is said that if you go in there, no matter where you go, you always come back to the spot where you came in. " What does that even mean? How is that evidence of a ...
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0University Chapel - Auburn University
Auburn, Alabama
36.8 miles from Hamilton, GA
Originally haunted by a ghost dubbed "Sydney", the spirit of a Confederate soldier who died there. Sydney reportedly manifested in the 20's when an acting troupe took over the chapel and he began bedeviling them. Overactive theater students imaginations or evidence of an actual haunting, who knows, but reportedly ...
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Holt Cemetery
Auburn, Alabama
39.1 miles from Hamilton, GA
It is said that photos taken here have turned up strange things after being developed, and those who leave tape recorders here will pick up the sound of someone singing.
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Hanging Grounds in Senoia
Senoia, Georgia
44.1 miles from Hamilton, GA
This site, off of Padgett Road, near Starr's Mill, once belonged to Old Man Padgett. Stories say that long ago, as an execution was taking place, the man broke loose and hanged Old Man Padgett from the railroad bridge nearby. Although the tracks are no longer used, phantom trains have ...
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0Lovelady Bridge
Camp Hill, Alabama
45.3 miles from Hamilton, GA
Reportedly the site of a suicide or car accident in which a pregnant woman died. Apparently you can hear her crying at night on the bridge. (Photo courtesy of Steve Osborne)
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0Tuskegee National Forest
Notasulga, Alabama
46.6 miles from Hamilton, GA
The area is said to be haunted and cursed by devil worshippers who first used the area in the 1990s.
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Camp Watts - Confederate Graveyard
Notasulga, Alabama
50.4 miles from Hamilton, GA
You may see the ghostly apparitions of soldiers here or in the surrounding woods. Their voices and sounds also have been heard.
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Holliday-Dorsey-Fife House
Fayetteville, Georgia
53.5 miles from Hamilton, GA
The ghost who calls this place home is believed to be John Manson Dorsey, a.k.a. “Manse” or “Manny,” flag bearer for the first company that left Fayette County during the Civil War.
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Tuskegee Army Airfield - Sharpe Airfield
Tuskegee, Alabama
55.5 miles from Hamilton, GA
There is no trespassing allowed on this site, as it is owned by a hunting club. Signs posted here reportedly say "Anyone found here at night will be found here in the morning." It is said that the sound of a phantom explosion can be heard as well as the ...
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0Harper Hill Cemetery
Dadeville, Alabama
56.3 miles from Hamilton, GA
This former church and cemetery site is said to be haunted. Legend has it that the church's pastor went mad one day and murdered his entire family and it is their ghosts that are said to haunt the grounds.
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Plains Historic Inn and Antique Mall
Plains, Georgia
57.4 miles from Hamilton, GA
This quiet southern town was the birthplace of Jimmy Carter, and also boasts a supposedly haunted inn. The historic hotel formerly featured a funeral parlour on premises, but now houses delightful guest accommodation and a quaint antiques store with a variety of interesting displays, including local memorabilia. Apparently a ...
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Sturdivant Mansion
Jacksons' Gap, Alabama
57.6 miles from Hamilton, GA
Nothing but a few walls remain of Sturdivant mansion except rumors of the ghosts that resided there. The ruin in the woods is reportedly haunted, though reports as to the exact nature of the haunting differ. There is a legend that a madman once slaughtered every person inside ...
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0Windsor Hotel
Americus, Georgia
60.4 miles from Hamilton, GA
This 1892 hotel once boasted 100 rooms and a 3-story atrium, but it closed in the 1970s. It has since reopened and now has 53 guest rooms. It was once the site of a 1928 speech given by Franklin D. Roosevelt, prior to his becoming governor of New York. The ...
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0Warren House
Jonesboro, Georgia
61.5 miles from Hamilton, GA
The plaster has been stripped down in certain sections of this house to reveal the signatures of men who convalesced here during the Civil War when the house was used as a hospital. People believe that the ghost of a soldier still remains inside the Warren House and claim that ...
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Kendall Manor Inn
Eufaula, Alabama
61.9 miles from Hamilton, GA
This 1872 inn was said to be haunted by Annie, a dedicated nursemaid who took care of a former owner's children, and stayed on even after her death. Also believed to reside here are the ghosts of a Victorian lady and little girl who hang out in the downstairs area ...
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0The McDonough Square
McDonough, Georgia
63.6 miles from Hamilton, GA
A train wreck in 1900 is said to be the source of the haunts here. Several of the injured were brought here for medical treatment, and some died. Locals have seen apparitions in the old nearby buildings and the sounds of phantom trains have been heard.
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1880's Josephine Hotel
Union Springs, Alabama
64.8 miles from Hamilton, GA
Although the historic hotel is no longer in service, it now is an art museum and a café. Ghostly voices and strange lights have been seen in the building after it has closed down for the night. (Submitted by Callum Swift)
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Liberty Cemetery
Alexander City, Alabama
64.9 miles from Hamilton, GA
You may hear the cries of a baby who died during the Civil War, and feel an eerie presence.
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0Oakachoy Covered Bridge
Alexander City, Alabama
68.3 miles from Hamilton, GA
Vandals burned the bridge down a few years ago, but it was reported that it was haunted by a slave who was hanged nearby.
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Rock Building
Bremen, Georgia
68.5 miles from Hamilton, GA
This clubhouse for the local tennis courts is believed to be haunted. Staff and members claim to have seen the apparition of a young man wandering the building after hours, who is believed to have drowned in the city swimming pool. (Submitted by Callum Swift)
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1842 Inn
Macon, Georgia
72.1 miles from Hamilton, GA
A ghost, thought to be original owner John Gresham, has been seen in the Dogwood Room, and the ghost of a little girl has been seen in some of the other rooms. A third apparition, one of a tall blonde woman, has been seen in several places throughout the inn.
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Johnston-Felton-Hay House
Macon, Georgia
72.3 miles from Hamilton, GA
Built in 1859, the house was converted into a museum in 1962 and donated to the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation in 1977. The museum is said to be haunted; the apparition of an elderly woman in a mid-1800s dress has been seen in the hallways. Witnesses also describe cold ...
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Six Flags Over Georgia
Austell, Georgia
72.4 miles from Hamilton, GA
There are many ghost stories surrounding Six Flags Over Georgia. Some say a blonde girl about 9 years old was hit and killed by a car in the 1970s, and she may appear and ask guests for help, only to disappear shortly thereafter. And at the Crystal Pistol Music Hall, ...
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Douglass Theatre
Macon, Georgia
72.7 miles from Hamilton, GA
After the theater underwent restoration, staff members noticed that occasionally the lights would grow dim for no apparent reason. The phenomenon is attributed to the theater's ghosts.
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Ellis Hotel
Atlanta, Georgia
74.6 miles from Hamilton, GA
In 1946, a fire broke out in what was formerly the Winecoff Hotel, resulting in the deaths of 119 people. While the tragedy led to a reform in fire code safety, some of the victims are said to be here still. Apparitions of frenzied people appear in the halls, screams ...
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New American Shakespeare Tavern
Atlanta, Georgia
75.3 miles from Hamilton, GA
The Shakespeare Tavern is said to be visited by spirits. Witnesses have reported disembodied voices, shadow figures and strange lights. Apparitions seen here include a young boy in an 1800s blue velvet suit, an old man in period clothing, and a woman who moves items around in the women’s dressing ...
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0The Masquerade
Atlanta, Georgia
76 miles from Hamilton, GA
This night club is said to be visited by the spirits who died in fire and tuberculosis outbreaks long ago, both of which killed several members of the building's former staff. Apparitions have been seen and unexplained footsteps have been reported.
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Rhodes Hall
Atlanta, Georgia
77 miles from Hamilton, GA
Rhodes Hall, built in 1904 by founder of Rhodes Furniture Amos Rhodes, is rumored to be haunted by Mrs. Rhodes, who passed away in the home. Ghostly children have been seen and heard laughing here as well. But the scariest ghost here is the Shadow Man, said to reside in ...
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0Tallapoosa Entertainment Center
Montgomery, Alabama
77.1 miles from Hamilton, GA
This casino is said to be haunted. There are reports of machines playing by themselves (what happens if a ghost hits the jackpot we wonder?), whispering voices and some objects appear to move independently of human interaction.
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Cemetery Mountain
Talladega, Alabama
77.1 miles from Hamilton, GA
If it's called Cemetery Mountain, well it just has to be haunted. You can't have a place called Cemetery Mountain and it not be haunted, that would be un-American. It's called Cemetery Mountain, and it's spooky and there are a lot of cemeteries there. So it's haunted. ...
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Wetumpka Mortuary
Wetumpka, Alabama
78.9 miles from Hamilton, GA
This historic building is no longer a mortuary, and is currently believed to be unoccupied. A poltergeist has been known to turn the lights on and off, and passer-by's have reportedly heard screams coming out of the building. (Submitted by Callum Swift)
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Wetumpka Chamber of Commerce
Wetumpka, Alabama
78.9 miles from Hamilton, GA
The chambers are housed within a 1910 building, which was originally the town bank. Staff have reported hearing disembodied footsteps, ghostly voices and the sound of someone being dragged through an upstairs corridor. On the third floor, which hasn't been used for decades according to staff, furniture moves around ...
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0Gaither Plantation
Covington, Georgia
79.3 miles from Hamilton, GA
At this site, which was featured on an episode of TV's Ghost Hunters, folks have reported seeing many a Civil War soldier. There is also a female spirit in residence at the antebellum home, the ghost of Cecilia, the daughter of a former owner. Her bedroom is said to be ...
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Gravity Hill
Munford, Alabama
80.3 miles from Hamilton, GA
This gravity hill can be found on Cheaha Road. In case you aren't familiar with the phenomena of Gravity Hills these occur when an optical illusion makes it appear that your car is rolling upward on a hill, when in fact, you are rolling down. The phenomena can ...
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Pope-Walton House
Atlanta, Georgia
80.3 miles from Hamilton, GA
Although the site, once the Pope-Walton House and then Anthony's Fine Dining, is reported no longer to be in operation, it was rumored to be haunted by Annie Barnett, who was married here in 1882. The sound of ghostly children singing also has been reported.
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Bethlehem United Methodist Church
Munford, Alabama
81.1 miles from Hamilton, GA
People claim to see orbs rising over the cemetery attached to the church.
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Sycamore Grill Building
Stone Mountain, Georgia
83 miles from Hamilton, GA
The Sycamore Grill building, now empty, is a former Civil War hospital said to be haunted by its past patients. Witnesses have reported shadowy figures and apparitions in the dining area and heard strange shuffling sounds.
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0Village Inn Bed and Breakfast
Stone Mountain, Georgia
83.1 miles from Hamilton, GA
Once used as a Civil War hospital, the 1830s hotel is the site of many strange events. Folks have witnessed apparitions, including that of an African-American man singing and/or whistling, and heard the unexplained sounds of footsteps, slamming doors and Morse code.
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0Parker Memorial Baptist Church
Anniston, Alabama
83.1 miles from Hamilton, GA
In researching the Parker Memorial Baptist church, I found what is quite possibly the most hilarious entry of ghostly hauntings ever. On a "ghost website" it is proclaimed that the Parker Memorial *BAPTIST* church is haunted by, and I quote, "a nun who killed herself in the main hallway". ...
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0Stringfellow Memorial Hospital
Anniston, Alabama
83.4 miles from Hamilton, GA
Reportedly haunted by a ghostly organ player who plays the chapel organ in the wee hours of the morning.
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Kennesaw House
Marietta, Georgia
84.6 miles from Hamilton, GA
Originally built in the 1840s as a cotton warehouse, the place was a makeshift hospital and morgue during the war. Many TV shows have featured this site, where visitors who descended to the basement in the elevator saw an active wartime hospital room. Another ghost reported to reside here is ...
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0Fort McClellan
Anniston, Alabama
84.7 miles from Hamilton, GA
Supposed to be haunted. Your guess is as good as ours as to how or the particulars as we have not been able to uncover much, or any, info, however we will keep looking. If you find any actual documentation on this haunting, let us know.
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0Camp Cottaquilla
Anniston, Alabama
84.7 miles from Hamilton, GA
This haunted story falls firmly into the category of "urban legend". No doubt a bunch of girl scouts sitting around camp invented this one, because it doesn't even make the slightest bit of sense. The legend is this: every year during the week of Halloween a one-armed girl ...
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Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park
Kennesaw, Georgia
86.4 miles from Hamilton, GA
The Battle of Kennesaw Mountain, fought June 18 to July 2, 1864, is the source of the battlefield's hauntings. Ghostly soldiers walk the grounds; gunshots and cannons are heard. Also reported here are ghost deer who run at the witness and then disappear when they get close. The smell of ...
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