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Haunted Bridge
Gadsden, Alabama
3.4 miles from Anderson, AL
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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Mount Pisgah Cemetery
Gadsden, Alabama
3.7 miles from Anderson, AL
You may see orbs and streaks of light from the active spirits at this cemetery across from Mount Pisgah Church.
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Coat's Bend Plantation House
Gadsden, Alabama
3.9 miles from Anderson, AL
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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Mountain View Hospital
Gadsden, Alabama
5.6 miles from Anderson, AL
Strange noises and shadowy masses have been reported by numerous visitors to the hospital.
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Lucy's Afterlife Night Club
Gadsden, Alabama
6.2 miles from Anderson, AL
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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Crestwood Cemetery
Gadsden, Alabama
6.3 miles from Anderson, AL
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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Hinds Road
Gadsden, Alabama
6.8 miles from Anderson, AL
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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Dwight Mill Village
Gadsden, Alabama
7.8 miles from Anderson, AL
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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Coosa River Sea Serpent
Gadsden, Alabama
7.9 miles from Anderson, AL
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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McFall Road Tunnel
Jacksonville, Alabama
17.1 miles from Anderson, AL
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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Piedmont Jacksonville Rd
Piedmont, Alabama
18.4 miles from Anderson, AL
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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Gallant Children's Cemetery
Gallant, Alabama
19.2 miles from Anderson, AL
Visitors here may see ghostly children coming out to play.
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Memory Hill Cemetery
Albertville, Alabama
20.3 miles from Anderson, AL
Just another haunted cemetery.
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Albertville Public Library
Albertville, Alabama
20.9 miles from Anderson, AL
An elevator that runs by itself. Water faucets that turn on and off. Are the former owners of this home-turned-library angry at the intrusion into their afterlives or just trying to say hello?
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Dump Road - Old Chief Ladiga Trail
Jacksonville, Alabama
21.1 miles from Anderson, AL
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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Main Street Strip
Albertville, Alabama
21.3 miles from Anderson, AL
Apparently the entire length of Main Street is haunted by the ghosts of tornado victims. Residents hear screaming and footsteps and other ghostly sounds.
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Camp Cottaquilla
Anniston, Alabama
24.3 miles from Anderson, AL
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
25.4 miles from Anderson, AL
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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Flatwoods
Steele, Alabama
26.9 miles from Anderson, AL
The woods along here is reportedly the site where a group of freed black slaves set up a settlement following the Civil War that was burned out and destroyed by the KKK. It is said to be haunted by the men and women who died during the raid.
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Stringfellow Memorial Hospital
Anniston, Alabama
28.4 miles from Anderson, AL
Reportedly haunted by a ghostly organ player who plays the chapel organ in the wee hours of the morning.
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Parker Memorial Baptist Church
Anniston, Alabama
28.9 miles from Anderson, AL
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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Whole Backstage Theater
Guntersville, Alabama
29.1 miles from Anderson, AL
A pyromaniac ghost? That might be a first. Rumored to be haunted by an old man ghost with a fondness for flammables as well as a young boy who is often heard laughing.
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Abbie's House
Guntersville, Alabama
31.8 miles from Anderson, AL
This home dates back to 1909 and is registered by the local historical society. All the locals know it as "Abbie's House," as it was built and lived in by Abbie Smith, who founded the United Methodist church in nearby Warrenton, AL. Many subsequent owners of the home ...
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Cooley Cemetery
Guntersville, Alabama
33.9 miles from Anderson, AL
It is said that a mysterious fog covers this area day or night, and it surrounds the gravestones.
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Desoto Falls
Mentone, Alabama
38 miles from Anderson, AL
The ghost of an old woman and her dog is said to wander the area around Desoto Falls. Allegedly the ghost of the old woman was angered at not having a properly marked grave after thieves stole her burial money so she wandered the hills. The legend has it that ...
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Bethlehem United Methodist Church
Munford, Alabama
39.4 miles from Anderson, AL
People claim to see orbs rising over the cemetery attached to the church.
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CEPA Building
Pell City, Alabama
39.9 miles from Anderson, AL
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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Gravity Hill
Munford, Alabama
40.2 miles from Anderson, AL
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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Berry College
Rome, Georgia
44.5 miles from Anderson, AL
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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Union Cemetery
Woodville, Alabama
44.6 miles from Anderson, AL
It is alleged that you can hear the screams of soldiers who died in the Civil War at this cemetery.
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Cemetery Mountain
Talladega, Alabama
47.1 miles from Anderson, AL
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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Hell's Gates
Huntsville, Alabama
47.9 miles from Anderson, AL
Alabama is fond of getting into Hell it seems. Not only is there a Hell's Gates bridge, but there's also this place in Huntsville, which is also called Hell's Gates, which in reality, appears to be nothing more than a set of gates blocking a private driveway to some rich ...
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Pinson Cemetery
Pinson, Alabama
50.6 miles from Anderson, AL
There's legend here of a ghost who does housework! That's right, allegedly there are sightings of a ghost... sweeping. Because after an entire life of drudgery and cleaning, that's how every woman wants to spend her afterlife.
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Rock Building
Bremen, Georgia
50.6 miles from Anderson, AL
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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Moody Brick House
Fackler, Alabama
50.6 miles from Anderson, AL
The current owners of the Moody Brick claim that the old plantation is definitely not haunted. However, that doesn't stop the tales from being told and retold. In the absence of documented fact, people are free to claim their own version of history and never is that more ...
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Woodland Hospital
Cullman, Alabama
53.2 miles from Anderson, AL
Although this hospital is now closed and operates a geriatric-psych ward, employees tell tales of "Homer" a ghost who roamsthe halls. He is known to flush toilets, independently operate ice machines and brush past people leaving them with chills. Both staff and patients of this former hospital have ...
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Birmingham Racecourse
Birmingham, Alabama
54.5 miles from Anderson, AL
The racecourse was built over the top of an ancient American Indian burial ground. Staff working late hours have reported seeing shadowy figures standing out on the racecourse. Maniacal laughter and voices have been heard in the stables, and phantom hoof beats and winning has been heard on various parts ...
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Bass Cemetery
Birmingham, Alabama
55.1 miles from Anderson, AL
Screams are heard and a heavy presence is felt.
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Kent Robertson Park
Huntsville, Alabama
55.2 miles from Anderson, AL
The ghost of a boy who died there is said to haunt the park.
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Frat House - Heritage Bible College
Huntsville, Alabama
55.8 miles from Anderson, AL
At the WHBC frat house, they say former Youth Minister Anthony Stephens' spirit walks through the house later at night. He may flush the toilet as well. The spirits of his brethren Robert Ekisbus and Adam Cooper are said to follow Stephens' spirit around, mysteriously making a noise reported to ...
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Johnny Mitchell's Smokehouse
Euharlee, Georgia
56.7 miles from Anderson, AL
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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Barnsley Gardens Resort
Adairsville, Georgia
57.1 miles from Anderson, AL
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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Cedarhurst Mansion
Huntsville, Alabama
57.3 miles from Anderson, AL
The Cedarhurst Mansion Estate was originally built in 1823 by Stephen Ewing. While visiting the house, a relative, Sally Carter, died of a short illness at the mansion in 1837. The first reports of a haunting was around 1919 after a teenage boy who slept at the house had a ...
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Hardin Bridge
Kingston, Georgia
57.5 miles from Anderson, AL
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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Moncrief Cemetery
Gardendale, Alabama
58.1 miles from Anderson, AL
Eerie screams have been heard and ghostly apparitions have been seen haunting the Moncrief cemetery.
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Dead Children's Playground - Maple Hill Cemetery
Huntsville, Alabama
58.5 miles from Anderson, AL
At this playground set up near the cemetery, the ghosts of children play and swing on the swingsets. Apparitions have been seen, and captured on film by paranormal society investigations; orbs have been reported as well. The swings sometimes can be seen swinging by themselves, and the sounds of laughter ...
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Maple Hill Cemetery
Huntsville, Alabama
59 miles from Anderson, AL
It is said that in one of the crypts stands an antique rocking chair, a favorite possession of a lady who was buried in her family crypt. Folks say that when you stand outside the crypt, you can hear the rocking chair rocking.
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Old Dallas Mill Site
Huntsville, Alabama
59.9 miles from Anderson, AL
Although the spot where the Dallas Mill was is now open field, legend has it was once haunted by a man who died while working there.
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