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0Octagon Hall
Franklin, Kentucky
20.6 miles from Allen County, KYThe 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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Western Kentucky University
Bowling Green, Kentucky
21.8 miles from Allen County, KYWestern 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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Thomas House
Red Boiling Springs, Tennessee
24.8 miles from Allen County, KYBuilt 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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Cragfont
Castalian Springs, Tennessee
25.4 miles from Allen County, KYBrothers 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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Coral Hill Road
Glasgow, Kentucky
28.3 miles from Allen County, KYA 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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Oliver's Restaurant - Grayfeather Grill
Gallatin, Tennessee
28.8 miles from Allen County, KYIt 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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Mammoth Cave National Park
Mammoth Cave, Kentucky
30.5 miles from Allen County, KYAround 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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0Fairvue - Isaac Franklin Plantation
Gallatin, Tennessee
32.7 miles from Allen County, KYThe 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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The Haintin' Holler
Burkesville, Kentucky
37 miles from Allen County, KYAs 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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The Hermitage
Nashville, Tennessee
43.9 miles from Allen County, KYSettled 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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0Gaylord Opryland Resort
Nashville, Tennessee
46.6 miles from Allen County, KYThis 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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Two Rivers Mansion and Golf Course
Nashville, Tennessee
47.3 miles from Allen County, KYPeople 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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Congress Inn
Nashville, Tennessee
48.5 miles from Allen County, KYIn 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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0Bell Witch Cave
Adams, Tennessee
49.4 miles from Allen County, KYThe 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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Greensburg Court House
Greensburg, Kentucky
51.8 miles from Allen County, KYThe historic Greensburg Courthouse, built 1802-06, was used until 1931. With a history that long, of course it's bound to have some ghosts. Folks say that in the courtrooms you can hear ghostly activity such as footsteps and murmured talking.
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Tennessee State Capitol
Nashville, Tennessee
52.2 miles from Allen County, KYLegend 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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0Ryman Auditorium - Grand Ole Opry House
Nashville, Tennessee
52.3 miles from Allen County, KYOriginally 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
52.7 miles from Allen County, KYThere 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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0Tennessee State Prison
Nashville, Tennessee
54.7 miles from Allen County, KYThis 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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Lindsey Wilson College
Columbia, Kentucky
54.8 miles from Allen County, KYAt 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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Sam Davis Home
Smyrna, Tennessee
55.4 miles from Allen County, KYThe 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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Resthaven Memorial Gardens
Clarksville, Tennessee
60.9 miles from Allen County, KYBehind 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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Hiestand House
Campbellsville, Kentucky
61.1 miles from Allen County, KYThis historic stone cottage is now a museum, but was formerly built in the early nineteenth century by a family of emigrants. After being abandoned for a period of time, a middle class family moved in, but fled after reporting apparitions, disembodied footsteps and strange fires. (Submitted by Callum Swift)
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Campbellsville University
Campbellsville, Kentucky
61.8 miles from Allen County, KYAt Campbellsville University's Fine Arts Building, which was originally a Catholic Hospital, ghostly babies have been known to cry at night. Footsteps can sometimes be heard, cold spots felt, and pottery wheels have been spotted turning all by themselves.
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Stones River National Battlefield
Murfreesboro, Tennessee
62.2 miles from Allen County, KYThe 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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107-1/2 East Main Cross
Greenville, Kentucky
62.8 miles from Allen County, KYThe location is believed to have been a hospital in the 1800's. Currently it is a restaurant with apartments above. Before that it was a law office. Family just moved there and have seen a man on many occasions walking through the apartment. Strange noises, etc. ...
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Free Union Separate Baptist Church
Columbia, Kentucky
63.9 miles from Allen County, KYThe cemetery is reportedly haunted by the ghost of a man holding an infant. People claim the ghosts are waiting for the man's wife to die so that they can be reunited as a family.
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Pegram Family Cemetery Location
Pegram, Tennessee
65.8 miles from Allen County, KYAt 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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Bethlehem Academy
Elizabethtown, Kentucky
66.5 miles from Allen County, KYThe old Bethlehem Academy, once a convent and then a hotel, is now a restaurant. Rumor has it that it's haunted by the ghosts of nuns and other folks who were murdered on the premises long ago. The spirits manifest by turning lights on and off and moving chairs and ...
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Hardin County Historical Museum
Elizabethtown, Kentucky
67.6 miles from Allen County, KYThis historical museum houses many civil war and pioneer artefacts from the county history; and perhaps even a few ghosts. A spectral male apparition in a brown suit has been seen wandering the halls of the museum after closing hours. (Submitted by Callum Swift)
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Morrison Masonic Lodge
Elizabethtown, Kentucky
67.7 miles from Allen County, KYThe ghosts of Civil War soldiers have been spotted at this Lodge building, and witnesses also have reported unexplained footsteps and knocking and objects that move by themselves. The alarm goes off when no one is in the building, and ghosts have shown up in photos and have been heard ...
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Gates of Hell - Grandview Cemetery - Kasey's Cemetery
Custer, Kentucky
68.8 miles from Allen County, KYGrandview Cemetery, aka Kasey's Cemetery or the Gates of Hell, contains the graves of people from the 1700s and 1800s as well as the ruins of an iron and stone gate. Some say one time an enormous green orb appeared here, hovered a short time, then shot straight up and ...
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Carter House
Franklin, Tennessee
69.1 miles from Allen County, KYBuilt 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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0Carnton Mansion
Franklin, Tennessee
69.4 miles from Allen County, KYAt 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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0Falcon Rest Mansion and Gardens
McMinnville, Tennessee
75.3 miles from Allen County, KYAt 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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Saint Ivos Cemetery
Lebanon, Kentucky
82.3 miles from Allen County, KYAt St. Ivos Cemetery, witnesses have reported video camera malfunctions and unexplained noises and voices.
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0Old Talbott Tavern
Bardstown, Kentucky
83.2 miles from Allen County, KYAt this 1779 stagecoach stop, now an inn, many famous figures have stayed including Abraham Lincoln, Daniel Boone and Jesse James. Ghostly presences are said to make themselves known in many ways, including orbs, mists and apparitions. Mrs. Talbott may appear as an apparition to guests, or you may see ...
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0Jailer's Inn Bed and Breakfast
Bardstown, Kentucky
83.2 miles from Allen County, KYThis bed-and-breakfast inn used to be an actual jail, housing prisoners from 1797 until 1987. It was Kentucky's oldest operating jail complex, listed on the National Registry of Historic Places. But some of the spirits of the incarcerated folks may never have left when the building changed purposes. Witnesses, including ...
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0Maple Hill Manor Bed and Breakfast
Springfield, Kentucky
84.1 miles from Allen County, KYBuilt in 1851 by slaves, this inn is said to be haunted either by the original owners or by soldiers who fought in the Battle of Perryville in 1962. Witnesses have reported knocks on doors when there was nobody there, footsteps from empty rooms, cold spots, phantom perfume scents, strange ...
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