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0Stones River National Battlefield
Murfreesboro, Tennessee
19.5 miles from Auburntown, TN
The Civil War Battle of Stones River was fought from late December 1862 until January 2, 1863. The Stones River National Battlefield includes the Stones River National Cemetery and Stop No. 4, the “Slaughter Pen,” where Union General Phil Sheridan did his best to hold back the Confederates in a ...
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Sam Davis Home
Smyrna, Tennessee
22.6 miles from Auburntown, TN
The Sam Davis Home, now a house museum, was built around 1810 but was restored completely in 1850. Sam Davis himself lived here until 1860 and in 1863 he was hanged by the Union Army as a spy. Apparitions of a young man, believed to be Sam Davis' brother Oscar, ...
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0Falcon Rest Mansion and Gardens
McMinnville, Tennessee
24.6 miles from Auburntown, TN
At this bed-and-breakfast and spot for historic tours, folks have witnessed footsteps and whistling on the stairs, objects that have been moved, phantom cigar smoke, electronic oddities, and a mirror that fell off the wall for no apparent reason. Legend has it that one ghost here is Clay Faulkner, original ...
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0Walking Horse Hotel
Wartrace, Tennessee
31.9 miles from Auburntown, TN
At this very spot, the Union soldiers released many Confederate prisoners at the end of the Civil War, many of whom were very sick and malnourished and died in the hotel. To make matters worse, in the 1970s a Vietnam vet had a flashback and shot 4 hotel guests to ...
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Historic Tower House Inn
Manchester, Tennessee
32 miles from Auburntown, TN
The spirits that live here are said to be former owner John P. Adams, his wife May and his son, Marion. John's apparition has been seen in the parlor and Civil War museum area, and Marion is seen in the children's room upstairs. The hauntings have been mentioned in several ...
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The Hermitage
Nashville, Tennessee
34.2 miles from Auburntown, TN
Settled by Nathaniel Hays in 1780, Hays sold the farm to Andrew Jackson in 1804 for $3,400. Jackson built the Federal-style, two-story brick home around 1820. He came back here after his U.S. presidency term ended in 1837, and died here June 8, 1845. The property fell into disrepair until ...
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Cragfont
Castalian Springs, Tennessee
34.4 miles from Auburntown, TN
Brothers James and George Winchester built the first Cragfont, a log cabin, in 1785. George was killed by Indians in 1794, and James and his wife Susan went on to build the upscale manor house Cragfont, finished in 1802. The historic mansion has been restored and is open to the ...
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0Fairvue - Isaac Franklin Plantation
Gallatin, Tennessee
35.2 miles from Auburntown, TN
The historic Isaac Franklin Plantation, also called Fairvue, was built in 1832. Isaac Franklin was a successful slave trader who sold approximately 1,200 enslaved people into the Southwest region, earning almost $1,000,000 in his lifetime. After changing hands several times over the years, the site was designated a National Historic ...
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Oliver's Restaurant - Grayfeather Grill
Gallatin, Tennessee
36.2 miles from Auburntown, TN
It has had many names, including Loco Lupe's, Oliver's Restaurant, Grecian's and Grayfeather Grill. The 1800s building that houses the eatery was once the county jail, and it is rumored to be haunted. Witnesses have heard voices, knocking, footsteps on the stairs and slamming doors late at night, and toilets ...
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Two Rivers Mansion and Golf Course
Nashville, Tennessee
36.5 miles from Auburntown, TN
People have reported seeing apparitions in the mansion and having items moved around the building. The lights turn on and off at night. People report seeing strange lights from across the golf course moving around the house. Disembodied footsteps and strange laughter are heard on the fairways of the golf ...
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0Gaylord Opryland Resort
Nashville, Tennessee
37.9 miles from Auburntown, TN
This famed resort is said to be haunted by The Black Lady, who has been seen all over the hotel. As her nickname suggests, the appparition is dressed all in black. She is a young woman in antebellum-style clothing, and wears a long black veil over her face. She is ...
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0Ryman Auditorium - Grand Ole Opry House
Nashville, Tennessee
40.8 miles from Auburntown, TN
Originally built in 1892 as the Union Gospel Tabernacle, this well-known home of country music is said to be haunted by the ghost of Hank Williams, Sr. His voice has been heard singing his songs. The apparition of a Confederate soldier also has been reported here, as well as footsteps ...
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0Union Station Hotel
Nashville, Tennessee
41 miles from Auburntown, TN
There are many rumors regarding the hauntings of the Union Station. Some claim that a train derailment and the subsequent deaths have caused ghosts to linger at what was their last boarding stop. Others tell of a spooky woman seen jumping from the building to her death, and ...
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Tennessee State Capitol
Nashville, Tennessee
41.2 miles from Auburntown, TN
Legend has it that at State Capitol, you may still hear the phantom arguing of two rivals who were both buried in a vault here. Architect William Strickland and Samuel Morgan, head of the Capitol Commission, although they were both respected men, did not get along. Their ghostly arguing continues ...
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Congress Inn
Nashville, Tennessee
41.7 miles from Auburntown, TN
In 1987, a guest awoke from sleeping on his stomach to find that someone was sitting on his backside, so he was unable to turn over. After asking around, he learned that the inn had been used as a Civil War hospital, and it is said that the death toll ...
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Thomas House
Red Boiling Springs, Tennessee
42.7 miles from Auburntown, TN
Built in 1890, the place is said to be haunted by a little girl ghost. Her favorite room appears to be Room 37. The Thomas House was featured on the TV show "Paranormal State."
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0Carnton Mansion
Franklin, Tennessee
42.7 miles from Auburntown, TN
At this 1800s mansion, once used as a hospital site for Confederate soldiers and now a plantation house and museum, folks say soldiers still walk. Their apparitions have been seen, as well as that of a ghostly woman in white who has been seen on the back porch. Allegedly ...
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Carter House
Franklin, Tennessee
43.5 miles from Auburntown, TN
Built in 1830 by Fountain Branch Carter, the Carter House, now a Civil War museum, lay in the middle of the Battle of Frnaklin, one of the worst Civil War battles. It was used by Union troops as a command post, while the Carter family hid in the basement amid ...
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0Tennessee State Prison
Nashville, Tennessee
45.7 miles from Auburntown, TN
This 1898 prison, which was closed in 1992, has been used for the setting of many films, including "The Green Mile" and "Ernest Goes to Jail." After its many fires, prison breaks and riots, the prison may well be a spot for paranormal activity. Folks have reported unexplained sounds, voices ...
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Pegram Family Cemetery Location
Pegram, Tennessee
53.3 miles from Auburntown, TN
At the end of Walkup Road in Pegram, Cheatham County, Tennessee is the bulldozed Pegram Family Cemetery. About 1970, ruthless developers bulldozed an area along the Harpeth River which included the Pegram Cemetery which was partly in Metro Nashville, Davidson County and partly in Pegram, Cheatham County. The developers also sold dirt ...
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Octagon Hall
Franklin, Kentucky
64.7 miles from Auburntown, TN
The historic Octagon Hall was completed in 1859, and is rumored to be haunted. In the 1860s it is said that a young girl burned to death in the basement kitchen, and local stories tell that during a 2003 Halloween ghost tour, the fireplace kettle, which hangs from a moveable ...
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The Haintin' Holler
Burkesville, Kentucky
67.8 miles from Auburntown, TN
As it's called by locals "The Haintin; Holler" is located on HWY 3115, about 1/4 mile past the Gray Gap Road you will enter this area. It runs from there to about 1/4 mile from the end of Turner Branch Road. Turner Branch Road comes to a dead end ...
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Old South Pittsburg Hospital
South Pittsburg, Tennessee
68.8 miles from Auburntown, TN
The Old South Pittsburg Hospital was built in 1959 and is located on the foothill of South Pittsburg Mountain, in South Pittsburg, TN. The hospital was built on a solid Limestone rock, as its foundation and a natural spring running directly under the hospital and into the most Northwest part ...
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0Bell Witch Cave
Adams, Tennessee
69.6 miles from Auburntown, TN
The famous legend of the Bell Witch has been written about for over a century. Many movies and stories have been based on this legend as well. Some say this story of the Bell family being haunted by a poltergeist or witch is unsubstantiated and a hoax. Other reports say ...
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Hales Bar Marina and Dam
Guild, Tennessee
69.8 miles from Auburntown, TN
Constructed in 1905 to tame the whirlpools along the Tennessee River, legend has it that the dam was cursed by Native Americans. Some say if visitors get too close, they'll be sucked in. Witnesses have seen eerie black figures and heard chanting, and some have seen apparitions of drowning Native ...
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Resthaven Memorial Gardens
Clarksville, Tennessee
74.4 miles from Auburntown, TN
Behind the cemetery, reports say, is a house that was once the home of a slave owner. Rumor has it that one of his slaves forced himself upon his daughter and got her pregnant, and the master killed the slave. The slave's ghost is said to roam the house looking ...
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Western Kentucky University
Bowling Green, Kentucky
74.5 miles from Auburntown, TN
Western Kentucky University is rumored to have many haunts in many different buildings: Academic Complex - Formerly a hospital and now classrooms, medical facilities and TV and radio stations, the complex workers have heard strange sounds, seen apparitions out of the corners of their eyes, and saw a CD player ...
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0Sheraton Road House Hotel
Chattanooga, Tennessee
76.4 miles from Auburntown, TN
Room 311 is alleged to be haunted by the ghost of Annalisa Netherly. Although not much is known about her, her legend claims she was living in the hotel and was killed when her husband caught her in a tryst with another man.
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Coral Hill Road
Glasgow, Kentucky
78 miles from Auburntown, TN
A harrowing tale has been told by a man who was walking along Coral Hill Road one night. He saw the transparent white form of a headless horseman, which then followed him home. The ghost was spotted by the man's family members, who awoke to find the ghost in the ...
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Greenwood Cemetery
Chattanooga, Tennessee
78.1 miles from Auburntown, TN
Greenwood Cemetery is said to be haunted by the wife who lived in a large house across the lake. She became wheelchair-bound after an illness, and her husband began to have an affair. To get rid of his wife, he pushed her wheelchair into the lake. She is said to ...
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0Moody Brick House
Fackler, Alabama
79.5 miles from Auburntown, TN
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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Austin Peay State University
Clarksville, Tennessee
80.9 miles from Auburntown, TN
Austin Peay State University's Trahern Theater is said to be haunted by Margaret, a ghost who haunts the third floor and the stage. Margaret is said to tinker with elevators and electricity, lock doors, bang on lockers and call the names of students.
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01880 Newbury House
Robbins, Tennessee
82.8 miles from Auburntown, TN
It is said that at the Newbury House, ghostly occurrences are not unknown. It seems that especially single female guests are known to awaken in the night with the ghost of a man standing over their bed. The ghost is thought to be Charles Oldfield, and the Charles Oldfield Room ...
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0Super 8 Chattanooga Ooltewah
Ooltewah, Tennessee
82.9 miles from Auburntown, TN
Witnesses reported experiencing a feeling of terror when they saw the ghost of a 20-something woman sitting at the edge of the bed. She appears to be in the process of undressing, leading speculators to believe she was a prostitute who was murdered while on the job.
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0Kingstone Lisle Inn
Robbins, Tennessee
82.9 miles from Auburntown, TN
Called the Snoring Ghost, the ghost in residence here is said to be Thomas Hughes, the town's founder. He originally built the place for his mother, but remains in spirit. He is known to pull blankets back on the bed and audibly snore. The inn can be accessed through tours.
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Chickamauga Battlefield
Chickamauga, Georgia
85.1 miles from Auburntown, TN
Apparitions of soldiers are said to be spotted here just about any evening. Sounds of gunshots and screams have been captured here, and flickering lantern lights have been seen as well. Some visitors reported hearing cries for help and feeling cold spots during the summer months. An apparition called Old ...
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Mammoth Cave National Park
Mammoth Cave, Kentucky
85.6 miles from Auburntown, TN
Around 4,000 years ago, it is believed that prehistoric Native Americans mined these cave walls for its minerals and buried their dead inside the cave. In the 1800s, Dr. Frank Gorin (or, some reports say, Dr. John Croghan) established a colony for tuberculosis patients in the cave, believing the cave ...
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Gordon Lee House
Chickamauga, Georgia
87 miles from Auburntown, TN
The 1840's antebellum mansion is said to be haunted by a man in a civil war uniform, along with the ghost of a German Shepard that belonged to a former owner. (Submitted by Callum Swift)
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Old Dallas Mill Site
Huntsville, Alabama
87.3 miles from Auburntown, TN
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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0Maple Hill Cemetery
Huntsville, Alabama
88.1 miles from Auburntown, TN
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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Dead Children's Playground - Maple Hill Cemetery
Huntsville, Alabama
88.1 miles from Auburntown, TN
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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Cedarhurst Mansion
Huntsville, Alabama
89.7 miles from Auburntown, TN
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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Whitman-Anderson House
Ringgold, Georgia
90.3 miles from Auburntown, TN
This 1918 residence is haunted by a soldier named Captain, who has been known to knock on the front door and materialise by the bedsides of resident's of the house, as if to wake them up in the morning. Legend has it that he is waiting for a letter ...
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0Union Cemetery
Woodville, Alabama
90.4 miles from Auburntown, TN
It is alleged that you can hear the screams of soldiers who died in the Civil War at this cemetery.
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Keith Mansion Bed and Breakfast
Athens, Tennessee
90.9 miles from Auburntown, TN
At this inn, built in 1858, you may come across the ghost of a Civil War soldier. The inn was taken over by the troops during the war, and it is believed that this soldier died on the premises. Voices have been reported, as well as objects that move on ...
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Lindsey Wilson College
Columbia, Kentucky
91.2 miles from Auburntown, TN
At Lindsey Wilson College's Horton Hall, rumors abound...especially about the dorm rooms on the second floor. Witnesses say dark ghosts float up and shake the ceiling tiles or creep down into the bedrooms. So the stories go, if you come across these mysterious beings, you should stay really still. If ...
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Frat House - Heritage Bible College
Huntsville, Alabama
91.8 miles from Auburntown, TN
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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Shelton Park
Madison, Alabama
92.3 miles from Auburntown, TN
Locals tell a tale of playground sounds that can be heard at night: children laughing, playing and having fun. However, they say eventually the happy noises turn to unhappy ones, as if the children are screaming for their lives.
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