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0Bonnie and Clyde Ambush Site
Gibsland, Louisiana
15 miles from Athens, LA
They say that on the night of the full moon, you can hear the sounds of gunfire. Which doesn't make a whole lot of sense since Bonnie and Clyde died in the bright morning sunshine, but regardless, it's an interesting spot to visit, just a little pull out on the ...
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0Biomedical Engineering Building
Ruston, Louisiana
23.6 miles from Athens, LA
A former hospital this site is said to be haunted by the ghosts of patients who died.
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0Howard Auditorium
Ruston, Louisiana
23.7 miles from Athens, LA
Supposedly this place is haunted by a ghost and you can tell because sometimes the seats, which are spring loaded will be down, as if someone is sitting in it when there is no one there. And this is not at all due to faulty springs or mechanisms. ...
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0Stow's Bar
Ruston, Louisiana
24 miles from Athens, LA
Although the bar is now closed, it's still open to the ghosts who are reported to haunt this former hospital site.
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Potter Road
Doyline, Louisiana
28.4 miles from Athens, LA
Although the exact location of the accident site is not known, it is reported that four teenagers died in a drunken accident on this road decades ago and every year on the anniversary of their deaths blood runs from the tree they hit.
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0Taylortown Tower
Elm Grove, Louisiana
37.8 miles from Athens, LA
It's an eerie looking tower standing all alone in a field. Of course people will say it's haunted. It pretty much has to be. Rumor has it that it is haunted by yet another jilted bride, who either died of a broken heart, hanged herself in grief, ...
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0Old Ellerbe School
Shreveport, Louisiana
41.3 miles from Athens, LA
Rumored to be haunted by the ghosts of children who died in a fire at the school.
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Railroad Tracks
Bossier City, Louisiana
41.7 miles from Athens, LA
Supposedly the cries of a family who was killed on the tracks can be heard late at night.
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Spring Street Historical Museum
Shreveport, Louisiana
43 miles from Athens, LA
The Spring Street Historical Museum, housed inside the late-1800s Tally’s Bank Building, has a resident ghost thought to be Edward, a former bank manager who worked in the building. One story about Edward says that an employee was about to climb a ladder when he saw the heavy front door ...
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Shreveport Municipal Memorial Auditorium
Shreveport, Louisiana
43.5 miles from Athens, LA
The 1920s art deco auditorium is known for its musical program, the Louisiana Hayride, on which Elvis Presley performed in 1954. Other greats who performed here include Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, and Johnny Horton. It is said to be haunted by an apparition of a young man who sits in ...
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0Rialto Theatre Music Hall
El Dorado, Arkansas
44.1 miles from Athens, LA
The 1929 theater closed in 1980, then was restored and opened again in 1987 to show movies. It closed again in the early 2000s and now has been opened again, and presents musical performances. The historic building has its share of haunts. Employees say they've heard footsteps, seen apparitions, and ...
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0Cameo Trio Theatre
Magnolia, Arkansas
44.4 miles from Athens, LA
Theater number 3 is reportedly haunted. No real information on how it's haunted. But people say it's haunted, so that should be good enough.
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Southern Arkansas University
Magnolia, Arkansas
45.8 miles from Athens, LA
In Bussey Hall, the ghost of a female student who hanged herself in one of the rooms in the 1950s is said to appear. And in the Horton Theater, the ghost of a student actress who was killed by a train on her way to her starring performance has been ...
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Conway Cemetery
Bradley, Arkansas
49.3 miles from Athens, LA
Conway Cemetery Historic State Park, named after the first governor of Arkansas James S. Conway, is an 11.5-acre park that includes a half-acre family cemetery where Conway is buried. Witnesses say you can hear disembodied voices here around midnight at the full moon, perhaps stemming from a nearby tree where ...
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0Buena Vista Plantation
Athens, Louisiana
53.2 miles from Athens, LA
It's a plantation. In the south. It was used for a Civil War hospital. Of course it's haunted. The usual - civil war soldiers have been spotted. Currently a private home and not open to the public.
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Old Jail - Pea Farm
Shreveport, Louisiana
53.3 miles from Athens, LA
The old jail is reported to be haunted by former inmates, especially in the women's section of the jail. Those wishing to view it for themselves should be aware that the jail is owned by the GE plant next door and they do call the cops and prosecute anyone ...
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Jones Cemetery
Camden, Arkansas
56 miles from Athens, LA
The late-1800s house across the street from the cemetery, according to local folklore, was long ago the home of a young girl who was beaten and starved to death by her parents. **The house is private property; please respect the current owners' privacy.** The girl is said to have been ...
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Old Greenwood Cemetery
Greenwood, Louisiana
56.8 miles from Athens, LA
It's a cemetery. Of course it's haunted.
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0Keachi Women's College
Keachi, Louisiana
60.6 miles from Athens, LA
Cold spots and ghostly moans are reported to happen on the second floor.
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0Front Street
Natchitoches, Louisiana
61.5 miles from Athens, LA
The street is reported to be haunted by the ghost of a confederate soldier.
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St. Maurice Plantation
Natchitoches, Louisiana
61.8 miles from Athens, LA
It is said that the ghost of a child comes from the cemetery and visits the manor home, making sudden noises or rushing past. He also likes to change the pages on the calendar. He is believed to have started the fire that burned the mansion down in 1980.
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0Northwestern State University Campus
Natchitoches, Louisiana
62.2 miles from Athens, LA
A ghostly woman that students call Isabella is reported to haunt the campus.
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Ouachita River Factory
Camden, Arkansas
64.6 miles from Athens, LA
Little is known about the operation of this factory, but various paranormal events have been reported there. Various orbs have been reported, as well as apparitions that vanish when approached, doors opening and closing by themselves, and lights going on and off of their own accord. Voices and an old-fashioned ...
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Crossett Railroad Tracks
Crossett, Arkansas
70.7 miles from Athens, LA
A ghostly swinging light appears to be walking up and down the tracks here. Locals say it is the spirit of a man who was hit by the train and was decapitated. His ghost is searching for his head. It is said that folks who are standing on the tracks ...
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Magnolia Plantation
Cloutierville, Louisiana
76.1 miles from Athens, LA
The 1830 Magnolia Plantation has a main plantation house, slaves' quarters, store, blacksmith shop and slave hospital. The site, built by Ambrose Lecomte II and his wife Julia Buard, is now owned by the National Park Service and is believed to be haunted by mistreated slaves. Reports say that the ...
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0The Jefferson Hotel
Jefferson, Texas
77 miles from Athens, LA
Those who stay here should be warned: Room 19 is said to be haunted. A hotel employee reported hearing voices from the room when it was vacant, and guests staying there have claimed to feel they were being watched by an unseen presence.
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0The Excelsior House
Jefferson, Texas
77.1 miles from Athens, LA
This old hotel is said to be haunted by a headless ghost who roams the second floor. Another ghost lives here as well: a woman who wears black and carries a baby. It is said that the woman's apparition has frightened many guests, including film director Steven Spielberg.
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White Oak Manor Bed and Breakfast
Jefferson, Texas
77.3 miles from Athens, LA
A ghost named Ida Sue, a young blonde girl, is said to haunt this inn. Witnesses have reported seeing apparitions, quilts that move by themselves, and more strange sounds. Folks say sneezing and coughing can be heard day and night, thought to be a residual haunting from someone who once ...
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0The Grove
Jefferson, Texas
77.4 miles from Athens, LA
Also known as the Stilley-Young House, The Grove is an 1861 house, reportedly very much a hotspot for paranormal activity, that has been featured on many TV shows and in many magazines over the years. Owners have described phantom odors, shadowy figures, moving objects, apparitions, and lights that turn on ...
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Claiborne House Bed and Breakfast
Jefferson, Texas
77.4 miles from Athens, LA
The apparition of well-dressed man has appeared to both residents and guests. His identity is a mystery, but he is the subject of many ghostly local legends.
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Alley-McKay House Bed and Breakfast Inn
Jefferson, Texas
77.5 miles from Athens, LA
You may want to hang on to your drawers if you visit this pretty inn. The ghosts of two house slaves of long ago, Mr. Alfred and Patricia or Aunt Patty, are known for stealing folks' underwear.
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0Cavalier House
Jefferson, Texas
77.6 miles from Athens, LA
This 1950s tavern building was eventually turned into a bed-and-breakfast inn. Witnesses at the inn say there have been residual hauntings from the tavern times. Folks have heard music, voices and footsteps. Reports say the building is either for sale or has been recently purchased.
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Historical Jail
Colfax, Louisiana
80.3 miles from Athens, LA
We are a local Paranormal Research Team filming and investigating places for the brand-new TV series, called True Ghost Stories. Upon our scouting and places to film and investigate for the show, we ran across the well known and documented place in Colfax Louisiana called " The Colfax Riot Of ...
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Grady Hill
Many, Louisiana
82.2 miles from Athens, LA
One of the numerous La Llorona or "weeping woman" haunting claims.
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Holly Ridge Railroad Tracks
Rayville, Louisiana
82.6 miles from Athens, LA
Nothing of any repute can be found regarding the alleged haunting of the Holly Ridge railroad tracks. Just a bunch of barely literate nonsense on other ghost sites. But supposedly it is haunted by " red light" that appears along the tracks.
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Big Creek Cemetery
Pollock, Louisiana
83.2 miles from Athens, LA
This cemetery is said to be very active by local paranormal groups who claim to have captured numerous photographic anomalies and EVPs here.
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Gurdon Light
Gurdon, Arkansas
90.4 miles from Athens, LA
The Gurdon Spook Light is a yellowish glowing orb that appears intermittently at night along the railroad tracks. Some say it is the ghost of a railroad worker who was struck by a train and decapitated; others maintain it is the ghost of a railroad foreman who was beaten to ...
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0Central Louisiana State Hospital
Pineville, Louisiana
98 miles from Athens, LA
Reportedly haunted by former patients who died there, it is reported to be extremely active. Almost three thousand patients of this former hospital for the mentally ill are buried on its grounds. Numerous claims of ghost activity.
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Bentley Hotel
Alexandria, Louisiana
98.5 miles from Athens, LA
Reports say the Bentley Hotel was set to reopen in 2013. It was rumored to be haunted by several ghosts: a young girl who fell to her death down an elevator shaft, a man who fell over the grand staircase railing in 1985, some ghosts who peered over the mezzanine ...
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Finnegan's Wake Pub
Alexandria, Louisiana
98.5 miles from Athens, LA
This friendly Louisiana pub seems to boast its own not-so-friendly ghost. As featured on "Ghost Hunters" in 2011, the owners claim to have had glasses thrown violently across the bar by unseen hands, and an in-house violinist swears that his instrument was "strangely altered" after being left unguarded in ...
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Diamond Grill
Alexandria, Louisiana
98.6 miles from Athens, LA
This award-winning restaurant was featured in an episode of "Ghost Hunters" in 2011, during which time a door was videotaped moving on its own, black masses were spotted, and EVPs were captured. The hosts of the show believed this evidence pointed to an intelligent haunting. The building itself dates back ...
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The Allen House
Monticello, Arkansas
98.6 miles from Athens, LA
This Gothic mansion in Monticello was built in 1900 at the turn of the century, and has many recorded instances of hauntings reported. The main ghost, however, is that of a young woman who haunts the upper and lower floors of the mansion. The ghost roams around the house, often ...
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Alexandria Zoological Park
Alexandria, Louisiana
99.9 miles from Athens, LA
Featured on TV's Ghost Hunters, the zoo is said to be haunted by the spirit of deceased director Les Whitt, who passed away in 2008. He is said to play pranks and practical jokes from beyond the grave, just as he loved to do in life.
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Ouachita Baptist University
Arkadelphia, Arkansas
101.9 miles from Athens, LA
Many unexplained events have been reported here, including orbs that show up in the basement, phantom eyes in the room corners, blood on dorm walls, and dorm windows that break for no apparent reason.
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Henderson State University
Arkadelphia, Arkansas
102 miles from Athens, LA
Henderson State University is said to be haunted by the ghost of a student who fell in love with a girl from a rival college. His friends made fun of him, and under pressure from them, he broke it off with her. The girl was heartbroken and committed suicide. As ...
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Avon Cemetery
De Queen, Arkansas
124.3 miles from Athens, LA
A ghostly baby and mother are said to haunt the cemetery. Local legend has it that if you drop a rock into the well in the center of the cemetery at night, you will hear the baby crying. The baby's mother has been seen running through the cemetery. According to ...
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