Haunted Places in Breathitt County, Kentucky



    We're sorry, but there are currently no haunted listings available within the boundaries of Breathitt County, Kentucky. If you know of one that should be listed here, please let us know via our submission form. Alternatively, you may want to expand your search to the state of Kentucky.


    In the meantime, here's a list of all haunted places within 100 miles of Breathitt County, Kentucky.



  • 0

    Campbell Cemetery

    Busy, Kentucky

    17.8 miles from Breathitt County, KY

    Ther is a site at Campbell Cemetery called Coffin Rock, where locals say a man was shot and killed long ago. Now, when it rains, there appears to be blood running down the rock. Several ghosts are said to call this area home as well: an old man who flags ...

  • 0

    Motel 80

    Emmalena, Kentucky

    20.7 miles from Breathitt County, KY

    Rumor has it that at this site, a man once committed a double murder. It's said that he found his wife together with another man in a hotel room, and shot and killed them both. Witnesses say the spirit of the man who was shot still remains behind, turning the ...

  • 0

    Ramada Inn

    Paintsville, Kentucky

    34.5 miles from Breathitt County, KY

    This Ramada Inn is said to have a ghost of a woman who walks in high heels through the atrium as well as unexplained voices, levitating objects, and a man's apparition. A woman is heard laughing in Room 216.

  • 0

    Carrington Rock

    Salt Lick, Kentucky

    38.3 miles from Breathitt County, KY

    Apparitions of Confederate soldiers and a pacing woman have been seen at Carrington Rock. The woman, witnesses say, eventually throws herself off the edge, screaming as she falls. Witnesses also have heard the sounds of officers calling orders to soldiers and moans and cries of pain on the battlefield.

  • 0

    Benham School House Inn

    Cumberland, Kentucky

    43.7 miles from Breathitt County, KY

    The building that houses the inn was an old high school, and some say the ghostly students return to their old stomping grounds. According to reports, the inn still houses the student lockers and class photos in the hallways, and in these hallways witnesses have heard unexplained runnning footsteps, laughter ...

  • 0

    Red Dog Road

    Harlan, Kentucky

    46.5 miles from Breathitt County, KY

    This road has been haunted by mysterious lights which flicker from tree to tree. If one is quiet at a certain fork in the road you can hear someone or something walking in the woods above the road. A huge shadowed specter has been seen several times standing in ...

  • 0

    Boone Tavern

    Berea, Kentucky

    52.9 miles from Breathitt County, KY

    At this historic guesthouse for Berea College, many strange events have been reported. Some say the site was once part of the Underground Railroad, and the apparition of at an African-American boy has been spotted here; others say this information is inaccurate, and that the hotel was not built until ...

  • 0

    June Tolliver House

    Big Stone Gap, Virginia

    54.5 miles from Breathitt County, KY

    This 1890's residence featured in the local newspaper several years ago, when a visitor to the house photographed a ghostly woman in white. Other phenomena reported here includes apparitions rushing past the bay windows at the front of the building and paintings being moved around by unseen hands. (Submitted by Callum ...

  • 0

    Union College

    Barbourville, Kentucky

    54.7 miles from Breathitt County, KY

    Union College seems to have a haunted Financial Aid office: Witnesses say the doors open and close, and even lock and unlock, on their own. The spirit is believed to be a woman who lived and died under mysterious circumstances here when the building was a private residence. Also haunting ...

  • 0

    The Inn at Wise

    Wise, Virginia

    55.6 miles from Breathitt County, KY

    The 1910 historic inn was in a dilapidated condition for many years prior to being refurbished, and now encapsulates its colourful past through delightful guest rooms, fine dining and a whole trove of ghost stories. Reports range from ghostly voices and screams from empty rooms to curtains opening and ...

  • 0

    Warfield Cemetery

    Barbourville, Kentucky

    56.5 miles from Breathitt County, KY

    Some claim that at the Warfield Cemetery, something unseen will follow you, moving as you do, terrorizing you as you walk through the graveyard, never stopping until you step outside the gate.

  • 0

    Laurel Grove Cemetery

    Norton, Virginia

    56.7 miles from Breathitt County, KY

    Laurel Grove Cemetery, often referred to as Ramsey Cemetery or the Ramsey Family Cemetery, is said to be haunted by something that makes the temperature inside very cold after midnight. Shadowy figures, leaves that move without a breeze, and footsteps also have been reported.

  • 0

    The University of Virginia's College at Wise - Bowers-Sturgill

    Wise, Virginia

    56.8 miles from Breathitt County, KY

    The University of Virginia's College at Wise is believed to be home to a ghost. According to legend, she is the spirit of a young girl whose apparition appears hanging from the pipes in Bowers-Sturgill Hall, where she committed suicide.

  • 0

    X Cave - Carter Caves State Resort Park

    Olive Hill, Kentucky

    59.9 miles from Breathitt County, KY

    Cave X is called this because it has 4 entrances that meet in the center, like an X. This cave is said to be haunted by two Cherokee lovers. It is said that warrior Huraken found this cave and its hidden vein of silver, but kept it a secret so ...

  • 0

    White Hall

    Richmond, Kentucky

    60.2 miles from Breathitt County, KY

    Cassius Clay's historic home, built in 1798 by his father, is said to be haunted by Clay himself, his wife, and his son. Witnesses to the hauntings have described moving candle lights, footsteps and other unexplained sounds and even smells, and violin and piano music. Apparitions of the three ghosts ...

  • 0

    Grant Lee Hall

    Harrogate, Tennessee

    67.7 miles from Breathitt County, KY

    The historic Grant Lee Hall dormitory building at Lincoln Memorial University was once part of a hotel, which caught fire in 1904, killing a woman and her child on the fourth floor. Her ghost has been seen in a red dress, including one day in the 1950s when the building ...

  • 0

    Cumberland Falls State Resort Park

    Williamsburg, Kentucky

    73.4 miles from Breathitt County, KY

    Stories about the Cumberland Falls State Park tell of a 1950s bride and groom on their honeymoon. The bride lost her balance and fell from the cliff now called Lover's Leap. Reports say drivers have hit a woman in a wedding dress in the area, although when they got out ...

  • 0

    Z. D. Ramsdell House

    Kenova, West Virginia

    73.6 miles from Breathitt County, KY

    Businessman Z.D. Ramsdell's home was completed in 1858, and rumor has it it was built on the site of an Adena Indian burial mound. It was said to have contained a hidden basement used in the Underground Railroad. Ramsdell died of tuberculosis in 1886, and although the restored house is ...

  • 0

    Paramount Joe - Paramount Arts Center

    Ashland, Kentucky

    75.9 miles from Breathitt County, KY

    Originally called the Paramount Theatre and opened in 1931, the Paramount Arts Center is said to be haunted by a ghost locals call Paramount Joe. According to Joe's legend, as the theater was being built, four workmen were in the auditorium. Three went to lunch, and when they came back, ...

  • 0

    Bluegrass Inn

    Ashland, Kentucky

    75.9 miles from Breathitt County, KY

    Its room 129 and 127. Very light blue orbs about the size of a softball feeling of dread and hair stay raised up whole time in the rooms and I was scratched 3 finger nail scratches down my back that were not deep but very bright red and burned a ...

  • 0

    Woodland Cemetery

    Coal Grove, Ohio

    77.3 miles from Breathitt County, KY

    Along the banks of the Ohio River in Ironton, Ohio is Woodland Cemetery, also known as the City of the Dead. Founded in 1871, it presently contains more than 8,000 graves. The cemetery entrance is beautifully gated and the cemetery itself is beautifully landscaped. Its departed residents include veterans from ...

  • 0

    Colonial Lanes

    Huntington, West Virginia

    77.5 miles from Breathitt County, KY

    The 1959 bowling alley, in particular its tavern, is rumored to be haunted by Mr. Frankel, a former owner. Witnesses describe a smell of cherry pipe tobacco, heavy footsteps coming from the stockroom, their names being whispered or called out, the kitchen door opening and then slamming shut, and other ...

  • 0

    Rotherwood Mansion

    Kingsport, Tennessee

    77.8 miles from Breathitt County, KY

    This mansion built in 1818 by the Reverend Frederick A. Ross is said to be the home of a ghostly Lady in White. So the legend says, she is Ross's daughter Rowena, and she is looking for her love who was drowned in nearby Holston River. It is said that ...

  • 0

    United States Post Office

    Jellico, Tennessee

    78.1 miles from Breathitt County, KY

    The old post office building is haunted by several spirits. Disembodied footsteps and loud voices are heard when no one is around. Mail is thrown around the post office, and objects go missing, only to turn up in different places to where they were left. The apparition of a tall ...

  • 0

    Keith-Albee Theatre

    Huntington, West Virginia

    78.5 miles from Breathitt County, KY

    This 1920s rococo theater building is said to be one of the area's most haunted places. Deaths that have occurred here include two electricians electrocuted in the basement, a maintenance man who died in the projection room, and a homeless man who froze to death below the stage area. Witnesses ...

  • 0

    Rohs Opera House

    Cynthiana, Kentucky

    80 miles from Breathitt County, KY

    The current Rohs Opera House (pronounced ROSS) opened in 1941 with a showing of Down Argentine Way. Ticket price was $.05 for adults. It was originally built in 1871 as Aeolian Hall, a live production theatre located on the second floor. A silent movie projector was eventually added to bring ...

  • 0

    Jenkins Plantation Museum

    Glenwood, West Virginia

    94 miles from Breathitt County, KY

    The plantation, now a museum, was originally built in 1835 and was named after Gen. Albert Gallatin Jenkins of the Confederacy. The general is believed to haunt the house. Witnesses have seen his apparition and heard the sound of his boots walking in the building.