Haunted Places in Ephesus, Georgia



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    Rock Building

    Bremen, Georgia

    22.8 miles from Ephesus, 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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    Bonnie Castle

    Grantville, Georgia

    26.9 miles from Ephesus, 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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    Camp Cottaquilla

    Anniston, Alabama

    36.2 miles from Ephesus, 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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    Fort McClellan

    Anniston, Alabama

    37.3 miles from Ephesus, 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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    Parker Memorial Baptist Church

    Anniston, Alabama

    37.3 miles from Ephesus, 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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    Stringfellow Memorial Hospital

    Anniston, Alabama

    37.4 miles from Ephesus, GA

    Reportedly haunted by a ghostly organ player who plays the chapel organ in the wee hours of the morning.


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    The Victoria Inn

    Anniston, Alabama

    37.5 miles from Ephesus, GA


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    Dump Road - Old Chief Ladiga Trail

    Jacksonville, Alabama

    39 miles from Ephesus, GA

    Many people claim to have seen many different ghostly things, primarily people in old-fashioned clothes walking the road, a possible former slave being hanged from atop an embankment. It is rumored that somewhere along the road is the site of a former slave quarter, from which horrible screams can ...


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    Gravity Hill

    Munford, Alabama

    40.7 miles from Ephesus, 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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    Bethlehem United Methodist Church

    Munford, Alabama

    41.1 miles from Ephesus, GA

    People claim to see orbs rising over the cemetery attached to the church.


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    Cemetery Mountain

    Talladega, Alabama

    41.4 miles from Ephesus, 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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    Piedmont Jacksonville Rd

    Piedmont, Alabama

    41.6 miles from Ephesus, GA

    This is the Legend of The Ghost Bride Of Piedmont Jacksonville Rd. Legend has it that many years ago on Halloween, a young bride to be was getting ready for her wedding. When she went outside of her house she was attacked and dragged off to the other side ...


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    Hanging Grounds in Senoia

    Senoia, Georgia

    43.3 miles from Ephesus, 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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    McFall Road Tunnel

    Jacksonville, Alabama

    43.4 miles from Ephesus, GA

    A narrow tunnel on McFall Road in Jacksonville Alabama where you can park your car and turn the headlights off. It is rumored that there are black figures that fade in and out of the shadows as your eyes adjust. (Submitted by Braden B.)


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    Holliday-Dorsey-Fife House

    Fayetteville, Georgia

    46.1 miles from Ephesus, 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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    Six Flags Over Georgia

    Austell, Georgia

    47.7 miles from Ephesus, 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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    Lovelady Bridge

    Camp Hill, Alabama

    47.7 miles from Ephesus, 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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    Sturdivant Mansion

    Jacksons' Gap, Alabama

    48.7 miles from Ephesus, 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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    Double Hill Road

    Opelika, Alabama

    51.3 miles from Ephesus, GA

    Reportedly haunted by a ghostly horse drawn carriage.


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    Salem-Shotwell Covered Bridge

    Opelika, Alabama

    52.2 miles from Ephesus, 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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    Warren House

    Jonesboro, Georgia

    52.6 miles from Ephesus, 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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    Johnny Mitchell's Smokehouse

    Euharlee, Georgia

    54.2 miles from Ephesus, GA

    Set in the 1800's settlement of Euharlee, this local smokehouse and barbecue restaurant is rumoured to be haunted by a male settler, who crosses the road at night from a nearby cemetery. He has been seen by staff and diners on several occasions. (Submitted by Callum Swift)


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    Kennesaw House

    Marietta, Georgia

    55.3 miles from Ephesus, 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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    Ellis Hotel

    Atlanta, Georgia

    55.5 miles from Ephesus, 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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    Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park

    Kennesaw, Georgia

    55.6 miles from Ephesus, 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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    New American Shakespeare Tavern

    Atlanta, Georgia

    55.9 miles from Ephesus, 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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    Coat's Bend Plantation House

    Gadsden, Alabama

    56.3 miles from Ephesus, GA

    This historic mansion is haunted by a former slave at the plantation house. Residents claim to have seen her standing in the courtyard of the mansion, staring up at them. A male resident was apparently attacked by a flying ghostly light that materialised in the private cemetery adjacent ...


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    Old Train Depot

    Auburn, Alabama

    56.6 miles from Ephesus, 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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    Rhodes Hall

    Atlanta, Georgia

    56.6 miles from Ephesus, 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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    Spring Villa

    Opelika, Alabama

    56.7 miles from Ephesus, 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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    Coosa River Sea Serpent

    Gadsden, Alabama

    56.8 miles from Ephesus, GA

    The Coosa River is a hotspot for sea serpent sightings and reports of something odd inhabiting the river have been made for over a hundred years.


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    University Chapel - Auburn University

    Auburn, Alabama

    57 miles from Ephesus, 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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    The Masquerade

    Atlanta, Georgia

    57.1 miles from Ephesus, 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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    Hardin Bridge

    Kingston, Georgia

    57.2 miles from Ephesus, GA

    The old Hardin Bridge is still there, though a new one was built around 2010-2011 crossing the Etowah River just next to it. It is said that a couple accidentally drove off the old bridge many decades ago, and their spirits still haunt the area. Voices and screams ...


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    Crestwood Cemetery

    Gadsden, Alabama

    57.5 miles from Ephesus, GA

    Rumored to be located on a former slave plantation, people claim that it is haunted by slaves who died there. The specific claim that is most often repeated is that of a hanged slave that appears in the trees.


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    Pope-Walton House

    Atlanta, Georgia

    59.1 miles from Ephesus, 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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    Liberty Cemetery

    Alexander City, Alabama

    59.6 miles from Ephesus, GA

    You may hear the cries of a baby who died during the Civil War, and feel an eerie presence.


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    Oakachoy Covered Bridge

    Alexander City, Alabama

    59.9 miles from Ephesus, 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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    Lucy's Afterlife Night Club

    Gadsden, Alabama

    60 miles from Ephesus, GA

    This night club housed in a 1903 historic building has a ghost named (you guessed it) Lucy. She is occasionally seen by staff and patrons wandering through the building, and is believed to be responsible for a variety of other paranormal activity reported. (Submitted by Callum Swift)


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    Harper Hill Cemetery

    Dadeville, Alabama

    61.1 miles from Ephesus, 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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    Berry College

    Rome, Georgia

    61.1 miles from Ephesus, GA

    The hauntings at Berry College have earned it the nickname Scary Berry. The ghost of a female student is supposed to haunt Ford Hall. She hanged herself upon receiving news that her boyfriend was killed in World War II. Blackstone Hall has several ghosts, the most well known perhaps being ...


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    CEPA Building

    Pell City, Alabama

    61.2 miles from Ephesus, GA

    People in the performing arts claim to her crying of a little girl, and gets the reaction of a man who accidentally got hung when a play or any other event messes up. (Submitted by Amie)


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    Dwight Mill Village

    Gadsden, Alabama

    62.3 miles from Ephesus, GA

    Dwight Mill Village is a housing development built by the Dwight Manufacturing Company to house workers for its cotton mill. An historical marker with a bronze bell mounted atop it is located at the intersection of Marston Avenue and Coolidge Circle. Numerous houses in this historical district have been ...


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    Haunted Bridge

    Gadsden, Alabama

    62.4 miles from Ephesus, GA

    Alabama has a lot of haunted bridges. A LOT. And when you are a state who apparently decides a bridge needs to be replaced with a new one, and then moves the old one to a brand new location you can kind of understand how lots of bridge wrecks and ...


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    Gravity Hill

    Sylacauga, Alabama

    62.5 miles from Ephesus, GA

    One of those interesting phenomena, this Gravity Hill can be found just west of Fulton Gap Rd on Gravity Hill Lane/U.S. 280.


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    Hinds Road

    Gadsden, Alabama

    62.8 miles from Ephesus, GA

    Ah no backwoods town is complete without the story of the Witch in the Woods who sold her soul to the devil, lived in a shack (because if you sold your soul to the devil, all you'd want out of it was a shack in the middle of some hillbilly ...


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    Mount Pisgah Cemetery

    Gadsden, Alabama

    63.2 miles from Ephesus, GA

    You may see orbs and streaks of light from the active spirits at this cemetery across from Mount Pisgah Church.


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    Mountain View Hospital

    Gadsden, Alabama

    63.6 miles from Ephesus, GA

    Strange noises and shadowy masses have been reported by numerous visitors to the hospital.


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    Barnsley Gardens Resort

    Adairsville, Georgia

    63.6 miles from Ephesus, GA

    Built by Godfrey Barnsley in 1844, the ruins of the mansion are said to be haunted by Godfrey himself, his wife Julia, and a Confederate soldier who may be Colonel Robert Earle, killed on these grounds during the Civil War.


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    Hot Dog Heaven

    Woodstock, Georgia

    63.9 miles from Ephesus, GA

    The prankish ghost at this Hot Dog Heaven location is blamed for turning off the hot dog cooker and hurling buns out of locked bins in the middle of the lunch rush.


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