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Cousin Martha's Bed and Breakfast
Beaufort, North Carolina
7 miles from Gloucester, NC
According to "Haunted Inns of the Southeast," guests and staff regularly hear "giggling and footsteps" in the upper floor of the house, when no one else is around. (Seems only to be expected at an inn that sells a trademarked line of spice products called "Satan's Breath"!)
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Elizabeth Inn - Sabiston House
Beaufort, North Carolina
7.1 miles from Gloucester, NC
Built by Capt. Sabiston in the 1850s, it is believed he still haunts the place to this day. The Elizabeth Inn is unfortunately now closed.
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Harvey Mansion Historic Inn
New Bern, North Carolina
38.4 miles from Gloucester, NC
Established in the early part of the 1800's it is one of the last remaining original buildings in the town. People claim that a woman in period dress glides through the dining room and through walls of the restaurant located in this Inn. Some people also say that ...
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Attmore-Oliver House
New Bern, North Carolina
38.8 miles from Gloucester, NC
Originally built in 1790, the Attmore-Oliver House is reported to be haunted by poltergeists, possibly stemming from the last private owner or from deaths during a long-ago smallpox epidemic. The large historic home, normally used for Society functions, is open for tours by appointment.
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New Berne House Inn
New Bern, North Carolina
38.9 miles from Gloucester, NC
Though no longer currently operating as an inn, this old brick home was said to have had two haunted rooms. The owners received multiple reports from guests of various "odd occurrences" that happened during different stays.
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Foscue Plantation House
Pollocksville, North Carolina
43.6 miles from Gloucester, NC
Foscue Plantation House was constructed in 1824 and is said to be haunted by the ghosts of slaves from the 1800s. According to reports, slaves were chained in the attic and their cries and moans are said to ring out at night. A legend about the staircase says that slaves' ...
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Cape Hatteras Lighthouse
Buxton, North Carolina
67.8 miles from Gloucester, NC
The Cape Hatteras Lighthouse is said to be haunted by a ghost cat, a ship's vanished crew, and a man named Bob. The large black-and-white cat has come around for the past 100 years, rubbing on people and then vanishing. It is thought to have been a past light keeper's ...
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Somerset Place
Creswell, North Carolina
73.8 miles from Gloucester, NC
The Somerset Plantation house and its grounds are believed to be haunted by the former lady of the house, who screams and cries. Folks in the know say she is mourning the death of her son, who drowned in an irrigation canal.
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Bellamy Mansion
Wilmington, North Carolina
86.7 miles from Gloucester, NC
Bellamy Mansion is believed to be haunted by members of the Bellamy family and their servants. Investigators have recorded several EVPs and witnessed slamming doors.
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USS North Carolina
Wilmington, North Carolina
87.3 miles from Gloucester, NC
The World War II battleship is believed to be haunted by a blond sailor who shows up in passageways and another sailor who peeks out from portholes. Witnesses say hatch doors slam, cold spots are felt and footsteps are heard.
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Fort Fisher
Kure Beach, North Carolina
94.3 miles from Gloucester, NC
At Fort Fisher, Civil War ghosts and Fort Fisher hermit Robert E. Harrill, who died under suspicious circumstances, are believed to reside. Civil War General William Whitting, who was injured in the final battle at Fort Fisher and died as a prisoner in 1865 at Fort Columbus, New York Harbor, ...
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Fort Raleigh
Manteo, North Carolina
95.8 miles from Gloucester, NC
Fort Raleigh National Historic Site is known for its Roanoke Colony, the first English settlement in what is now the U.S., established in the 1580s. Roanoke is thought to have run out of supplies and failed sometime around 1590, and by the time ships arrived with supplies, the colony had ...
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Tar River
Tarboro, North Carolina
98 miles from Gloucester, NC
In a Revolutionary War tale, a miller and patriot was drowned in the river by a group of British soldiers. Before he died, he threatened that if they killed him, they would be haunted by a banshee. According to the tale, the banshee appeared, killed the soldiers, and avenged the ...
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Brunswick Inn
Southport, North Carolina
100.9 miles from Gloucester, NC
A ghost named Tony haunts the Brunswick Inn. He was a riverboat harpist who drowned in 1882 while on a visit here, and he likes to wander through the inn's halls and play tricks on the owners.
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Live Oak Cafe
Southport, North Carolina
101 miles from Gloucester, NC
There are alleged to be two resident ghosts here that constantly mess around with the staff and owners. (Submitted by Margo RS)
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Lois Jane's Riverview Inn
Southport, North Carolina
101.2 miles from Gloucester, NC
The 1892 bed and breakfast inn is haunted by the daughter of a sea captain who once owned the place during the twentieth-century. Known as 'Lois Jane', the spirit has been heard laughing and singing on the upper floor of the mansion, and on one occasion shook the bed of ...
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Theodosia's
Bald Head Island, North Carolina
101.8 miles from Gloucester, NC
Although reports say it is no longer open, this b&b was said to be haunted by the ghost of Theodosia Burr Alston. Thoedosia was the daughter of Aaron Burr and the wife of South Carolina governor Joseph Alston. Mysteriously, the ship she was on disappeared in 1812. She had been ...
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