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0McGlohon Theatre
Charlotte, North Carolina
0.3 miles from the center of Charlotte, NC
McGlohon Theatre was a church in its original incarnation, but was made into a theater later. The ghosts folks say reside here are from its church days, and can be heard walking or singing.
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Dixie's Tavern
Charlotte, North Carolina
0.3 miles from the center of Charlotte, NC
Long said to be one of the most haunted spots in Charlotte but no one seems to know who haunts it or why. In 2013 it was announced that Dixie's would be closing and the land would be made into a park, so it seems it is slated for ...
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Alexander Michael’s
Charlotte, North Carolina
0.5 miles from the center of Charlotte, NC
Alexander Michael’s restaurant, open since 1983, is said to be haunted, although reports are unclear as to the exact nature of the hauntings.
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Cajun Queen
Charlotte, North Carolina
1.5 miles from the center of Charlotte, NC
Cajun Queen is a Cajun restaurant situated in one of the oldest houses in the area. Its ghost is said to have been a former owner who is annoyed that in her old bedroom now stands a bar. However, others say she shows up because she just wants a drink.
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Kennedy's Premium Bar and Grill
Charlotte, North Carolina
1.7 miles from the center of Charlotte, NC
Kennedy's Premium Bar and Grill is housed in a former farmhouse that's reported to be haunted by ghosts who open and close doors, tinker with the radio, or even show up in the restrooms after the bar is closed.
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Queens University of Charlotte
Charlotte, North Carolina
2.8 miles from the center of Charlotte, NC
At Albright, student lore says the ghost of a girl who committed suicide here makes knocking sounds and opens and closes doors. She was said to be distraught over the fact that her parents found out about her relationship with another woman. In the Courtyard area, some say you can ...
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Latta Plantation
Huntersville, North Carolina
10.1 miles from the center of Charlotte, NC
The Latta family, the former owners of the plantation, are said to still live here in their afterlife. The historic site is the setting for strange occurrences, like the sound of ghostly children playing in the empty attic or slamming doors. A shadowy figure is seen from time to time. ...
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Pharr Mansion
Lowell, North Carolina
16.1 miles from the center of Charlotte, NC
One afternoon I took my nephew by the mansion as he loved haunted things. I pulled in to the driveway at the end of the street and he got out and walked around the house (I remained in the car). When he got back he stated that he wanted ...
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Piney Grove Church
Concord, North Carolina
17.9 miles from the center of Charlotte, NC
Piney Grove Church was established around the turn of the twentieth century and has four ghosts, according to reports. Witnesses have described strange lights, mists, shadows, and photographic anomalies.
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Old Courthouse Theatre
Concord, North Carolina
19.3 miles from the center of Charlotte, NC
Old Courthouse Theatre, built in 1922, was originally a Baptist church and is rumored to be haunted. One of the ghosts has been nicknamed The Deacon, an apparition of a man in a dark suit who doesn't care for musicals. Footsteps, moving objects, lights going on and off and moving ...
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Reed Gold Mine
Midland, North Carolina
21.6 miles from the center of Charlotte, NC
It all started in 1799 when Mr. Reed's son struck gold in Meadow Creek on the family homestead, and Reed Gold Mine was born. It is said to be haunted by Eleanor Mills, a neighbor od the Reeds in the 1800s. Eleanor and her husband Eugene were quarreling when she ...
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Winthrop University
Rock Hill, South Carolina
22.5 miles from the center of Charlotte, NC
Tillman Hall at Winthrop University has a bell tower, intricate woodwork, and, some say, a haunted fourth floor. Some suppose the spirits may be linked to the old stocks, still housed in the building, that held the prisoners who built the hall centuries ago.
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Blakeney House
Monroe, North Carolina
24.1 miles from the center of Charlotte, NC
The 1903 Blakeney House has been a private home, several restaurants and now is used for bible and mission training for the company Youth With a Mission. Although the company maintains that the house is not haunted, it is in fact said to be haunted by three ghosts: William Blakeney ...
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Albemarle Opera House
Albemarle, North Carolina
37.3 miles from the center of Charlotte, NC
The early-1900s opera house is rumored to be haunted by ghosts whose footsteps are heard around the theater. Shadow figures also have been seen, and a band has been playing ragtime and other music every fall for more than 80 years.
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Capt. John Blakeney Cemetery
Pageland, South Carolina
38.1 miles from the center of Charlotte, NC
At Capt. John Blakeney Cemetery, rumor has it that the ghosts of the Blakeney family will sometimes appear to visitors. The family emigrated here from Ireland, and some of its members fought in the Civil War.
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Chester Little Theatre
Chester, South Carolina
41.6 miles from the center of Charlotte, NC
Perhaps as early as 1913, Chester Little Theatre was known as the Dreamland Theatre. Sometime in its long history, something must have happened to render it a hot spot for supernatural activity: Witnesses here claim to have seen apparitions and heard strange noises.
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1859 Cafe
Hickory, North Carolina
44.8 miles from the center of Charlotte, NC
The 1859 Cafe was believed to be haunted by the friendly ghost of a blonde woman in a long white dress. Actually built in 1859 as a home and a general store, the house was the setting for apparitions that appeared in the bathroom mirror or in photographs, and flickering ...
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John D. Long Lake
Union, South Carolina
49 miles from the center of Charlotte, NC
John D. Long Lake is the spot where Susan Smith killed her children by strapping them into her vehicle and rolling it into the lake, claiming her kids were kidnapped by a carjacker. Folks who have visited the monument erected to them here claim to have heard children's laughter and ...
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Caroleen Broad River Bridge
Ellenboro, North Carolina
54.2 miles from the center of Charlotte, NC
Some locals say if you drive past the bridge on rainy nights, you may see the apparitions of two elderly ladies walking. They are believed to be the spirits of two sisters who were killed when they drove off the side of the bridge. Some say if you give them ...
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Juxa Plantation - Gregory Plantation
Union, South Carolina
55.2 miles from the center of Charlotte, NC
Juxa Plantation, formerly the Gregory Plantation, is no longer an inn but a private residence. Original owner Jehu Gregory was once said to haunt the place. His ghost was seen most often in the on-site family cemetery. But so the tale goes, after the repair of some tombstones, Jehu never made ...
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0Inn At Merridun
Union, South Carolina
56.6 miles from the center of Charlotte, NC
The Inn at Merridun is haunted by friendly ghosts, former residents T.C. and Fannie Duncan, who leave pennies as housewarming gifts. Their rose-scented perfume and cigar smoke can be detected when the ghosts are around. Another haunt in residence is Mary Anne Wallace, sister of a former owner, whose apparition ...
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Chain Gang Hill Road
Spartanburg, South Carolina
56.7 miles from the center of Charlotte, NC
Victims of the infamous local murderer the Gaffney Strangler are said to haunt Chain Gang Hill Road. The girls' voices can be heard moaning and screaming along this stretch.
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Clifton Mill No. 2
Spartanburg, South Carolina
57.5 miles from the center of Charlotte, NC
Clifton Mill No. 2 was a textile mill built in 1888 and demolished in 2013. When the abandoned buildings still stood here, folks claimed they were haunted. Reports came in of the sound of ghostly footsteps and doors that were suddenly flung open by something unseen.
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Fairfield County Courthouse
Winnsboro, South Carolina
60.1 miles from the center of Charlotte, NC
The Fairfield County Courthouse has a ghost, that of Mary Ingleman, aka the Witch of Winnsboro Courthouse. It all started in 1792, when folks were accusing each other of being witches. Mary, along with others, was accused, beaten and tortured by the townsfolk. When she reported the incident to authorities, ...
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Fairfield County Museum
Winnsboro, South Carolina
60.3 miles from the center of Charlotte, NC
Fairfield County Museum is housed in a former 1832 home. It is said to be haunted by two soldiers' ghosts, and an apparition of an elderly lady has been seen as well. Witnesses also have reported unexplained noises, footsteps, and extension cords that moved along the ground by themselves.
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Foster's Tavern
Spartanburg, South Carolina
62.7 miles from the center of Charlotte, NC
Foster's Tavern is housed in a historic brick gabled building from the early 1800s. Strange sounds have led folks to believe that the tavern may be haunted. Witnesses have heard horses' hooves on the roof, footsteps on the stairs, and voices.
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Converse College
Spartanburg, South Carolina
63.6 miles from the center of Charlotte, NC
The late-1800s Converse College has a few haunted buildings, including the Williams Dorm, said to have a ghostly boy near its laundry room who will play catch with a ball, and Hazel B. Abbott Theatre, haunted by Miss Hazel herself. The Wilson Hall has a ghost with red eyes, and ...
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Evans Building
Spartanburg, South Carolina
64.2 miles from the center of Charlotte, NC
The Evans Building was Frank Evans High School in the 1920s but is now the Evans Academic Center of Spartanburg Community College. Not only can footsteps be heard in the hallways, but witnesses say late at night on the old basketball court, you can sometimes hear the dribbling and sneaker ...
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Prospect Church
Patrick, South Carolina
66.2 miles from the center of Charlotte, NC
According to local legend, on moonlit nights at Prospect Church, those who park in the last parking space on the right side of the church and peer at the last window on the second story will see a ghost who moves the curtains violently as if in a struggle inside.
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Spartanburg Methodist College
Spartanburg, South Carolina
66.6 miles from the center of Charlotte, NC
Spartanburg Methodist College is home to a ghost of a student who committed suicide by jumping out a window. Witnesses have seen his apparition in the halls or standing by the window from which he jumped.
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Salem College
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
68.4 miles from the center of Charlotte, NC
Salem College began in 1772 as a primary school, then a high school and now a college. It is the oldest women's college in the Southern U.S., and it has the abundance of haunts fitting to such an old institution. For example, the Clewell Dorm is haunted by a little ...
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0Brookstown Inn
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
68.4 miles from the center of Charlotte, NC
It is said that for the past two or three decades, guests in many of the rooms here have been awakened by the sound of a female voice calling their name repeatedly or saying "Mercy!" over and over again.
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High Point City Hall
High Point, North Carolina
69 miles from the center of Charlotte, NC
During "active hours" in city hall, there is not much activity that is reported. But at night, shift workers inside the building, which is secured, have experienced multiple occasions of paranormal activity. The various types of accounts have been listed below and further investigation is on going by ...
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Brown Mountain Lights
Lenoir, North Carolina
69.3 miles from the center of Charlotte, NC
It is said that the ghostly orbs that come out of the mountains are the spirits of Cherokee Indian maidens searching for their lost loves. The ghost lights are reported to date back to the 1200, when a big battle claimed the lives of many Indian warriors. The area also ...
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Molly's Rock Picnic Area
Newberry, South Carolina
70.3 miles from the center of Charlotte, NC
At Flag Lake (which is no longer a lake, by the way), Molly’s Rock is rumored to be a hot spot for the strange and unexpected. Reports say on a nearby hill stands a cemetery that has an entire row of grave markers for deceased who committed suicide. Witnesses visiting ...
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Coker College
Hartsville, South Carolina
73.3 miles from the center of Charlotte, NC
At Coker College, a private liberal arts school founded in 1908, a ghostly girl is said to roam in a dorm building. The ghost also is said to cause strange sounds, turn off radios and make alarm clocks ring in the middle of the night. According to campus legend, she ...
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Graves near Lincoln Village
Hartsville, South Carolina
73.7 miles from the center of Charlotte, NC
According to local tales, an overgrown and haunted graveyard stands adjacent to the abandoned Lincoln Village apartment complex, in the wooded area at the northwest corner of the complex. Caution: The graves are sunken and the ground is soft; graves here may be deep.
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Lydia's Bridge
Jamestown, North Carolina
74.1 miles from the center of Charlotte, NC
This bridge outside of Greensboro is said to be haunted by a phantom hitchhiker. Lydia was headed home from a dance in the early 1920s, and as her story goes, her date lost control of the car. He was kileld instantly, but she, badly injured, died on the roadside while ...
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Colonel Kolb's Tomb
Bennettsville, South Carolina
74.8 miles from the center of Charlotte, NC
According to reports, Colonel Kolb, along with his family, was burned alive nearby during the Revolutionary War. According to local lore, those who visit Colonel Kolb's tomb at night will hear the sound of someone walking in the woods and may suddenly find the apparition of a man right next ...
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0Green Park Inn
Lenoir, North Carolina
76.8 miles from the center of Charlotte, NC
This 1880s inn is said to have a haunt on its third floor. Witnesses say the ghost of a woman who died here in recent years has been seen walking through the third-floor hallways.
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The Lodge on Lake Lure
Lake Lure, North Carolina
77.3 miles from the center of Charlotte, NC
The 1937 lodge began as a retreat for highway patrolmen and their families and a memorial to highway patrolman George Penn, who was shot and killed on the job. It was opened to the public in 1990. Rumor has it that the ghost who resides here is none other than ...
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Glidewells - Tijuana Flat's
Blowing Rock, North Carolina
78.1 miles from the center of Charlotte, NC
Glidewells was once a Tijuana Flat's. The Mexican eatery partially burned down, and a little girl perished in the blaze. Since the restaurant was rebuilt, the little girl's ghostly voice was occasionally heard in the building.
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Newberry College
Newberry, South Carolina
78.7 miles from the center of Charlotte, NC
At Newberry College's Keller Hall, a woman committed suicide by jumping from the bell tower during the Civil War era. She was distraught over the death of her boyfriend in the war. Witnesses have heard phantom screams coming from the tower and seen the woman's apparition up there as well. ...
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The 1927 Lake Lure Inn and Spa
Lake Lure, North Carolina
79.4 miles from the center of Charlotte, NC
The historic inn has been visited by such celebrities as novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald and presidents Calvin Coolidge and Franklin Roosevelt. In the 1940s it was used as a convalescent home for wounded soldiers. It is now rumored to be the home of many haunts. Staff members report hearing a ...
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West End Cemetery
Newberry, South Carolina
80 miles from the center of Charlotte, NC
The Bride Of West End is said to haunt West End Cemetery. She's an apparition of a melancholy bride who has been seen sitting in trees, standing near her grave, or walking in the nearby fields. Rumor has it she has been waiting long years for her lover to take ...
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Lydia Mill Ruins
Clinton, South Carolina
80.2 miles from the center of Charlotte, NC
Dating as far back as the early 1900s, Lydia Mill, now in ruins, had housing on-site for its employees. Now a headless female ghost roams the premises, seen around the railroad tracks or in the mill building.
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0Devil's Tramping Ground
Bennett, North Carolina
80.3 miles from the center of Charlotte, NC
According to local lore, this area near Bennett is a 40-foot circle in the middle of a forest in which nothing will grow. Legend has maintained, for over a century, that it is the site where the devil himself rises to the surface to wreak havoc on mankind. Reports say ...
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Guilford College
Greensboro, North Carolina
80.4 miles from the center of Charlotte, NC
Guilford College is said to have haunts in its 1961 Dana Auditorium. The building is said to stand on the site of a makeshift Civil War hospital where many soldiers died. The oldest ghost in residence is Lucas, a soldier who tends to appear at 2 a.m. in the Moon ...
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Appalachian State University - East Hall
Boone, North Carolina
82.7 miles from the center of Charlotte, NC
At Appalachian State University's East Hall dorm, students will tell of strange footsteps, whispers, lights that suddenly turn off, and a feeling of something unseen brushing against you. The third-floor girls' bathroom is haunted by a male ghost, and the apparition of a girl in white has been seen in ...
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0Carolina Theatre
Greensboro, North Carolina
82.9 miles from the center of Charlotte, NC
In 1981 a fire broke out in the Carolina Theatre while it was closed and killed a woman. As the woman was not supposed to have been there at the time, it is believed she deliberately set the fire that killed her. People now claim that her ghost ...
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