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0Calcasieu Courthouse
Lake Charles, Louisiana
10.2 miles from Carlyss, LA
Calcasieu Courthouse is said to be haunted by Toni Jo McQuiston (born Annie Beatrice McQuiston), a murderess and the only female to die in Louisiana’s electric chair. Toni was a beauty but a tough girl, into drugs and prostitution. But after she fell in love with Claude Henry (nicknamed Cowboy)at ...
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0Big Woods Cemetery
Vinton, Louisiana
10.5 miles from Carlyss, LA
Shadows and electrical interference are the two big ticket items to look for when visiting Big Woods cemetery.
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Ghost Lady of West 7th St
Port Arthur, Texas
39.6 miles from Carlyss, LA
It is said that one night, a woman was decapitated here as she was trying to cross the train's path while it was stopped. Folks say her ghost can be seen walking down the tracks.
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Forest Lawn - Kissing Statue
Beaumont, Texas
43.2 miles from Carlyss, LA
Legend has it that at night at this cemetery, two statues awaken and kiss. So the story goes, if you shine car bright headlights on the man and woman statues from the driveway that runs behind them, they will come to life, turn around, and kiss. Another point of note ...
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Lamar University - Sigma Phi Epsilon
Beaumont, Texas
43.9 miles from Carlyss, LA
Local tales say this house, purchased by the university in the 1980s, was once a dream house built by a farmer. After the farmer passed, it fell into disrepute as a brothel. Now a frat house, a ghost named Chester is said to reside here, making himself known by knocking, ...
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Holiday Inn
Beaumont, Texas
45.4 miles from Carlyss, LA
Security Cameras picked up a creepy shadow on the wall of the 2nd floor. There are no windows down this hall, and the camera was only activated by motion. Ghost hunters came to check this out and what they found was astonishing. The hotel is currently closed, ...
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0Elizabeth Town Hall
Elizabeth, Louisiana
59.2 miles from Carlyss, LA
Probably the only thing to beware at this town hall are the very sketchy rumors of it being haunted. Very little anecdotal evidence exists to support the claims, but we'll include it for the sake of completeness.
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Rice Theatre
Crowley, Louisiana
60 miles from Carlyss, LA
At this 1920 theater, reportedly once used as a car dealership and a recording studio, a freight elevator is said to run on its own. Also, shadows and disembodied voices have been reported.
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Miller Cemetery - Headless Cemetery
Eunice, Louisiana
61.4 miles from Carlyss, LA
The ghost of a headless man is often seen and people claim that if you drive there at night, you'll experience car trouble.
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Eunice Public Library
Eunice, Louisiana
61.5 miles from Carlyss, LA
Eunice Public Library is believed to have a ghost who locks doors, turns on lights, and hides books by local children's author Mary Alice Fontenot.
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Charlene Richard - St. Edwards Church Cemetery
Church Point, Louisiana
65.7 miles from Carlyss, LA
More than 10,000 people a year visit the grave of "Saint" Charlene Richard for spiritual healing. Although she is not truly a saint, at a young age she expressed interest in becoming one. Her mother told her that she could pray for the world's sinners, and when Charlene was diagnosed ...
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Light of Saratoga - Bragg Road Ghost Lights
Saratoga, Texas
71.2 miles from Carlyss, LA
The Ghost Light is known to appear and disappear at night without a known cause. Some attribute the phenomena to swamp gas; others say it is the spirit of a railroad worker who was decapitated in a train accident and is searching for his head. The light is said to ...
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0Chretien Point Plantation
Sunset, Louisiana
77.5 miles from Carlyss, LA
Reportedly haunted by the ghost of its former mistress as well as an outlaw she killed when she discovered him creeping up the stairs one night.
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Marland's Bridge
Sunset, Louisiana
78.5 miles from Carlyss, LA
This bridge is the scene of 2 events. On Nov. 3, 1863. There was a union campground just east of it, then it was attacked by the Confederacy. This is called " The Battle of Bayou Bourbeau" The Confederates were victorious, and manage to capture an artillery piece. Young Corporal ...
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Charles Burr Ln Bridge
Opelousas, Louisiana
79.5 miles from Carlyss, LA
This is a very haunted bridge that all locals know about. Add night many people have seen A apparition of a old man holding a lantern at the bridge. Many people driving along the road and filled that something is in the backseat of the vehicle and look in the ...
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0T'Frere's House Bed and Breakfast
Lafayette, Louisiana
80.9 miles from Carlyss, LA
Reported to be haunted by the ghost of "Amelie" who died after falling into the well. Reportedly the Catholic church refused to bury her on church property as they ruled it a suicide. She is said to turn lights on and off, bang pots and pans and other mischievous ...
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Harris Hall - University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Lafayette, Louisiana
81.3 miles from Carlyss, LA
The girl's dorm is reported to be haunted by the ghost of a female student.
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Saint Charles Borromeo - Retreat House
Arnaudville, Louisiana
81.4 miles from Carlyss, LA
Rumor has it that this house is haunted by an old Jesuit priest who used to live there.
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Chambersea
Anahuac, Texas
83 miles from Carlyss, LA
The 1845 plantation-style mansion was formerly owned by surveyor general Thomas Jefferson Chambers, who was shot dead through a ground floor window in 1863. Local folk say that a shadow has been seen pacing the downstairs room where he was assassinated, and screams have been heard coming from the ...
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Nicholson Home
Washington, Louisiana
84.3 miles from Carlyss, LA
Thought to be over 250 years old, the building was once used as a Civil War hospital. It is haunted by a ghost called Hoppy or Peg-Leg, seen wearing soldier's clothing, a peg-leg, and a gold earring in his left ear. Legend has it that Hoppy was a pirate who ...
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0Joseph Jefferson Mansion
New Iberia, Louisiana
84.9 miles from Carlyss, LA
Strange lights, moving chairs and the sounds of footsteps have all be reported at the mansion.
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0Loyd Hall Plantation
Cheneyville, Louisiana
85.2 miles from Carlyss, LA
Like any plantation in the south, Loyd hall has had its share of tragedy and death. The main stories are of the original owner who was hanged as a traitor during the Civil War, a Union soldier shot to death in an upstairs attic (the bloodstains are still visible) and ...
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0The Historic Ott Hotel
Liberty, Texas
85.3 miles from Carlyss, LA
This 1928 historic hotel is said to be haunted by several spirits. Two are thought to be Anna and Joshua, a couple who were killed under mysterious circumstances while Anna was having an affair in the hotel in 1930. Oddly enough, they were said to have been killed by the ...
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Ghostly Hitchhiker
Port Barre, Louisiana
87 miles from Carlyss, LA
In the town of Washington Louisiana, I was driving to my uncle's home and it was at night. I forget the time of night. I was driving and I remember the hard turn in the road... my windows were rolled down and the next thing I know, I noticed ...
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Mary Jane's Bridge
Broussard, Louisiana
87.8 miles from Carlyss, LA
One of those stories that just generate in small towns, a cautionary tale if you will. This bridge is reportedly haunted by the ghost of a young woman who was raped and murdered and thrown off the bridge, her body never recovered. Although no evidence of such a ...
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Alexandria Zoological Park
Alexandria, Louisiana
94.6 miles from Carlyss, 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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Diamond Grill
Alexandria, Louisiana
96.4 miles from Carlyss, 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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Finnegan's Wake Pub
Alexandria, Louisiana
96.4 miles from Carlyss, 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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Bentley Hotel
Alexandria, Louisiana
96.4 miles from Carlyss, 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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0Central Louisiana State Hospital
Pineville, Louisiana
97.4 miles from Carlyss, 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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Grady Hill
Many, Louisiana
97.8 miles from Carlyss, LA
One of the numerous La Llorona or "weeping woman" haunting claims.
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Magnolia Plantation
Cloutierville, Louisiana
98.9 miles from Carlyss, 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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Point Bolivar Lighthouse
Bolivar Peninsula, Texas
100.1 miles from Carlyss, LA
According to legend, the keepers son killed his family now he haunts the grounds trying to find his dead parents. this 116 foot black lighthouse was built in 1872 but is no longer in use. (Submitted by Nathaniel)
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Historical Jail
Colfax, Louisiana
101.3 miles from Carlyss, 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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Bishop's Palace
Galveston, Texas
103.4 miles from Carlyss, LA
The Bishop's Palace was finished in 1893, and was survived the Great Hurricane of 1900. Rumour has it the protective former owner, Walter Gresham, still haunts the place, and has been known to appear during freak weather events. Witnesses say his spirit appears agitated, pacing back and forth across ...
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The Victorian Inn
Galveston, Texas
103.5 miles from Carlyss, LA
The third floor Zachary Suite - in king bedroom an unseen woman hums a happy tune. In the living room, a man whistling and being touched on the shoulder has been reported. In the queen room someone reports being touched on the back from shoulder to shoulder. On the ...
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0Hotel Galvez
Galveston, Texas
104 miles from Carlyss, LA
Said to be the oldest hotel on the island, Hotel Galvez has a haunted room 505. Reports say that very few people actually stay all night in that room, because there is an eerie presence that makes them feel uncomfortable. The mysterious scent of gardenias is said to be a ...
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Ashton Villa
Galveston, Texas
104 miles from Carlyss, LA
Miss Bettie, daughter of the historic Ashton Villa's first owner James Moreau Brown, is rumored to have haunted the house since its 1975 restoration. Her apparition has been seen in a long turquoise dress on the second-floor landing. Her pianist sister may be here too, some say, because the piano ...
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1895 Moody Mansion
Galveston, Texas
104.2 miles from Carlyss, LA
This 1895 mansion is open to the public for tours. Visitors have reported disembodied footsteps and apparitions which have shown up in photographs. (Submitted by Callum Swift)
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Van Alstyne House
Galveston, Texas
104.4 miles from Carlyss, LA
The 1891 'Gingerbread House' housed an antiques store for many years, until the owners left due to the overwhelming paranormal activity. Reports ranged from tables being flipped over by unseen hands to a foreign voice that told a visitor that he would die if he didn't leave right away. (Submitted ...
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Michael B. Menard House
Galveston, Texas
104.9 miles from Carlyss, LA
The 1838 historic mansion is the oldest house in town, and may be one of the most haunted. A former owner would hold séances in the house until his death, and supposedly encountered a number of spirits from a bygone era. However, most of the ghosts haunting this place ...
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Diboll House
Diboll, Texas
108.7 miles from Carlyss, LA
This small residential property is believed to be haunted. It was apparently a former sector of a nursing home, before conversion to a one story house. Former resident reported being attacked by an aggressive entity, and of seeing a shadowy apparition running through the hallways at night. (Submitted by Callum Swift)
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Big Creek Cemetery
Pollock, Louisiana
110 miles from Carlyss, 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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0Sterne-Hoya House
Nacogdoches, Texas
124.5 miles from Carlyss, LA
An former housekeeper reported that she felt a happy presence in the house, and described a gentle pressure upon her body while in the attic. She encountered a negative feeling in the cellar.
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Stephen F. Austin State University - Mays Hall 11
Nacogdoches, Texas
125.4 miles from Carlyss, LA
According to some reports, the building was once a hospital with a morgue in the basement. Other reports say the city hospital did not actually have a morgue in the basement. A 1940s-era ruined bomb shelter is said to be one one end. An eerie, negative feeling is said to ...
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Stephen F. Austin State University - Griffith Hall
Nacogdoches, Texas
125.5 miles from Carlyss, LA
On the third floor, rumor has it that a female student once jumped out the window after playing with a Ouija board. Her ghost causes the lights in the shower room to flicker at the same time every night, at the exact time she died. Her apparition has been seen ...
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Turner Auditorium
Nacogdoches, Texas
125.7 miles from Carlyss, LA
A ghost named Chester haunts the theater building, who is rumored to have been an architect of the building, but passed away before its completion. Legend has it that the building was erected backward and he killed himself in disgrace. His ghost has manifested as a face on a stage ...
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