Haunted Places in Cleburne County, Alabama

Camp Cottaquilla

Anniston, Alabama

This haunted story falls firmly into the category of "urban legend". No doubt a bunch of girl scouts sitting around camp invented this one, because it doesn't even make the slightest bit of sense. The legend is this: every year during the week of Halloween a one-armed girl ...

Dump Road - Old Chief Ladiga Trail

Jacksonville, Alabama

Many people claim to have seen many different ghostly things, primarily people in old-fashioned clothes walking the road, a possible former slave being hanged from atop an embankment. It is rumored that somewhere along the road is the site of a former slave quarter, from which horrible screams can ...

Fort McClellan

Anniston, Alabama

Supposed to be haunted. Your guess is as good as ours as to how or the particulars as we have not been able to uncover much, or any, info, however we will keep looking. If you find any actual documentation on this haunting, let us know.

Stringfellow Memorial Hospital

Anniston, Alabama

Reportedly haunted by a ghostly organ player who plays the chapel organ in the wee hours of the morning.

Parker Memorial Baptist Church

Anniston, Alabama

In researching the Parker Memorial Baptist church, I found what is quite possibly the most hilarious entry of ghostly hauntings ever. On a "ghost website" it is proclaimed that the Parker Memorial *BAPTIST* church is haunted by, and I quote, "a nun who killed herself in the main hallway". ...

The Victoria Inn

Anniston, Alabama

Piedmont Jacksonville Rd

Piedmont, Alabama

This is the Legend of The Ghost Bride Of Piedmont Jacksonville Rd. Legend has it that many years ago on Halloween, a young bride to be was getting ready for her wedding. When she went outside of her house she was attacked and dragged off to the other side ...

McFall Road Tunnel

Jacksonville, Alabama

A narrow tunnel on McFall Road in Jacksonville Alabama where you can park your car and turn the headlights off. It is rumored that there are black figures that fade in and out of the shadows as your eyes adjust. (Submitted by Braden B.)

Rock Building

Bremen, Georgia

This clubhouse for the local tennis courts is believed to be haunted. Staff and members claim to have seen the apparition of a young man wandering the building after hours, who is believed to have drowned in the city swimming pool. (Submitted by Callum Swift)

Bethlehem United Methodist Church

Munford, Alabama

People claim to see orbs rising over the cemetery attached to the church.

Gravity Hill

Munford, Alabama

This gravity hill can be found on Cheaha Road. In case you aren't familiar with the phenomena of Gravity Hills these occur when an optical illusion makes it appear that your car is rolling upward on a hill, when in fact, you are rolling down. The phenomena can ...

Coat's Bend Plantation House

Gadsden, Alabama

This historic mansion is haunted by a former slave at the plantation house. Residents claim to have seen her standing in the courtyard of the mansion, staring up at them. A male resident was apparently attacked by a flying ghostly light that materialised in the private cemetery adjacent ...

Cemetery Mountain

Talladega, Alabama

If it's called Cemetery Mountain, well it just has to be haunted. You can't have a place called Cemetery Mountain and it not be haunted, that would be un-American. It's called Cemetery Mountain, and it's spooky and there are a lot of cemeteries there. So it's haunted. ...

Coosa River Sea Serpent

Gadsden, Alabama

The Coosa River is a hotspot for sea serpent sightings and reports of something odd inhabiting the river have been made for over a hundred years.

Crestwood Cemetery

Gadsden, Alabama

Rumored to be located on a former slave plantation, people claim that it is haunted by slaves who died there. The specific claim that is most often repeated is that of a hanged slave that appears in the trees.

Lucy's Afterlife Night Club

Gadsden, Alabama

This night club housed in a 1903 historic building has a ghost named (you guessed it) Lucy. She is occasionally seen by staff and patrons wandering through the building, and is believed to be responsible for a variety of other paranormal activity reported. (Submitted by Callum Swift)

Haunted Bridge

Gadsden, Alabama

Alabama has a lot of haunted bridges. A LOT. And when you are a state who apparently decides a bridge needs to be replaced with a new one, and then moves the old one to a brand new location you can kind of understand how lots of bridge wrecks and ...

Dwight Mill Village

Gadsden, Alabama

Dwight Mill Village is a housing development built by the Dwight Manufacturing Company to house workers for its cotton mill. An historical marker with a bronze bell mounted atop it is located at the intersection of Marston Avenue and Coolidge Circle. Numerous houses in this historical district have been ...

Hinds Road

Gadsden, Alabama

Ah no backwoods town is complete without the story of the Witch in the Woods who sold her soul to the devil, lived in a shack (because if you sold your soul to the devil, all you'd want out of it was a shack in the middle of some hillbilly ...

Mount Pisgah Cemetery

Gadsden, Alabama

You may see orbs and streaks of light from the active spirits at this cemetery across from Mount Pisgah Church.

Mountain View Hospital

Gadsden, Alabama

Strange noises and shadowy masses have been reported by numerous visitors to the hospital.

CEPA Building

Pell City, Alabama

People in the performing arts claim to her crying of a little girl, and gets the reaction of a man who accidentally got hung when a play or any other event messes up. (Submitted by Amie)

Berry College

Rome, Georgia

The hauntings at Berry College have earned it the nickname Scary Berry. The ghost of a female student is supposed to haunt Ford Hall. She hanged herself upon receiving news that her boyfriend was killed in World War II. Blackstone Hall has several ghosts, the most well known perhaps being ...

Johnny Mitchell's Smokehouse

Euharlee, Georgia

Set in the 1800's settlement of Euharlee, this local smokehouse and barbecue restaurant is rumoured to be haunted by a male settler, who crosses the road at night from a nearby cemetery. He has been seen by staff and diners on several occasions. (Submitted by Callum Swift)

Gallant Children's Cemetery

Gallant, Alabama

Visitors here may see ghostly children coming out to play.

Flatwoods

Steele, Alabama

The woods along here is reportedly the site where a group of freed black slaves set up a settlement following the Civil War that was burned out and destroyed by the KKK. It is said to be haunted by the men and women who died during the raid.

Hardin Bridge

Kingston, Georgia

The old Hardin Bridge is still there, though a new one was built around 2010-2011 crossing the Etowah River just next to it. It is said that a couple accidentally drove off the old bridge many decades ago, and their spirits still haunt the area. Voices and screams ...

Bonnie Castle

Grantville, Georgia

Bonnie Castle, now reported to be closed, was once a bed-and-breakfast inn. Ghosts reported here include a woman named Mary who dislikes electricity, a spectral cat, and a man who is said to be the original owner. Strange sounds have been reported coming from the building at all hours of ...

Barnsley Gardens Resort

Adairsville, Georgia

Built by Godfrey Barnsley in 1844, the ruins of the mansion are said to be haunted by Godfrey himself, his wife Julia, and a Confederate soldier who may be Colonel Robert Earle, killed on these grounds during the Civil War.

Gravity Hill

Sylacauga, Alabama

One of those interesting phenomena, this Gravity Hill can be found just west of Fulton Gap Rd on Gravity Hill Lane/U.S. 280.

Memory Hill Cemetery

Albertville, Alabama

Just another haunted cemetery.

Six Flags Over Georgia

Austell, Georgia

There are many ghost stories surrounding Six Flags Over Georgia. Some say a blonde girl about 9 years old was hit and killed by a car in the 1970s, and she may appear and ask guests for help, only to disappear shortly thereafter. And at the Crystal Pistol Music Hall, ...

Sturdivant Mansion

Jacksons' Gap, Alabama

Nothing but a few walls remain of Sturdivant mansion except rumors of the ghosts that resided there. The ruin in the woods is reportedly haunted, though reports as to the exact nature of the haunting differ. There is a legend that a madman once slaughtered every person inside ...

Albertville Public Library

Albertville, Alabama

An elevator that runs by itself. Water faucets that turn on and off. Are the former owners of this home-turned-library angry at the intrusion into their afterlives or just trying to say hello?

Main Street Strip

Albertville, Alabama

Apparently the entire length of Main Street is haunted by the ghosts of tornado victims. Residents hear screaming and footsteps and other ghostly sounds.

Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park

Kennesaw, Georgia

The Battle of Kennesaw Mountain, fought June 18 to July 2, 1864, is the source of the battlefield's hauntings. Ghostly soldiers walk the grounds; gunshots and cannons are heard. Also reported here are ghost deer who run at the witness and then disappear when they get close. The smell of ...

Kennesaw House

Marietta, Georgia

Originally built in the 1840s as a cotton warehouse, the place was a makeshift hospital and morgue during the war. Many TV shows have featured this site, where visitors who descended to the basement in the elevator saw an active wartime hospital room. Another ghost reported to reside here is ...

Desoto Falls

Mentone, Alabama

The ghost of an old woman and her dog is said to wander the area around Desoto Falls. Allegedly the ghost of the old woman was angered at not having a properly marked grave after thieves stole her burial money so she wandered the hills. The legend has it that ...

Lovelady Bridge

Camp Hill, Alabama

Reportedly the site of a suicide or car accident in which a pregnant woman died. Apparently you can hear her crying at night on the bridge. (Photo courtesy of Steve Osborne)

Hanging Grounds in Senoia

Senoia, Georgia

This site, off of Padgett Road, near Starr's Mill, once belonged to Old Man Padgett. Stories say that long ago, as an execution was taking place, the man broke loose and hanged Old Man Padgett from the railroad bridge nearby. Although the tracks are no longer used, phantom trains have ...

Holliday-Dorsey-Fife House

Fayetteville, Georgia

The ghost who calls this place home is believed to be John Manson Dorsey, a.k.a. “Manse” or “Manny,” flag bearer for the first company that left Fayette County during the Civil War.

Hot Dog Heaven

Woodstock, Georgia

The prankish ghost at this Hot Dog Heaven location is blamed for turning off the hot dog cooker and hurling buns out of locked bins in the middle of the lunch rush.

Oakachoy Covered Bridge

Alexander City, Alabama

Vandals burned the bridge down a few years ago, but it was reported that it was haunted by a slave who was hanged nearby.

Whole Backstage Theater

Guntersville, Alabama

A pyromaniac ghost? That might be a first. Rumored to be haunted by an old man ghost with a fondness for flammables as well as a young boy who is often heard laughing.

El Rayos Authentic Mexican

Calhoun, Georgia

The building that houses El Rayos Authentic Mexican Restaurant, formerly Place on Peidmont restaurant, was once a private home. Legend has it that it was inhabited by a woman and a little girl, who was run over by a car here. The woman lived here until her death of natural ...

Liberty Cemetery

Alexander City, Alabama

You may hear the cries of a baby who died during the Civil War, and feel an eerie presence.

Abbie's House

Guntersville, Alabama

This home dates back to 1909 and is registered by the local historical society. All the locals know it as "Abbie's House," as it was built and lived in by Abbie Smith, who founded the United Methodist church in nearby Warrenton, AL. Many subsequent owners of the home ...

Cooley Cemetery

Guntersville, Alabama

It is said that a mysterious fog covers this area day or night, and it surrounds the gravestones.

Double Hill Road

Opelika, Alabama

Reportedly haunted by a ghostly horse drawn carriage.

Salem-Shotwell Covered Bridge

Opelika, Alabama

The original bridge was the site of a tragedy when a woman and her two children were crossing it in a car and the bridge collapsed. All three were killed. Urban legend has it that if you put candy on the bridge's edge at night, by the light of your ...

Old Courthouse

Columbiana, Alabama

The ghost that occupies the upper floor of the apparently likes sunlight as it has a tendency to open closed blinds. People claim to hear knocking and other unexplainable noises and one person claims the ghost operated a typewriter and corrected a typing error she had made(??).

Harper Hill Cemetery

Dadeville, Alabama

This former church and cemetery site is said to be haunted. Legend has it that the church's pastor went mad one day and murdered his entire family and it is their ghosts that are said to haunt the grounds.

Old Train Depot

Auburn, Alabama

Many ghost websites make this ludicrous claim about the Train Depot: "It is said that if you go in there, no matter where you go, you always come back to the spot where you came in. " What does that even mean? How is that evidence of a ...

University Chapel - Auburn University

Auburn, Alabama

Originally haunted by a ghost dubbed "Sydney", the spirit of a Confederate soldier who died there. Sydney reportedly manifested in the 20's when an acting troupe took over the chapel and he began bedeviling them. Overactive theater students imaginations or evidence of an actual haunting, who knows, but reportedly ...

Spring Villa

Opelika, Alabama

Allegedly haunted by a former master of the house and slave owner who was killed by one of his slaves. Although this origin story is unlikely since the purported master died after slavery was abolished and also apparently of natural causes, many people are convinced the house is haunted, ...

Union Cemetery

Woodville, Alabama

It is alleged that you can hear the screams of soldiers who died in the Civil War at this cemetery.

Refuge Bridge

Clanton, Alabama

Every bridge in Alabama is haunted. Every. Single. Bridge. This one however you'd best be careful on, because it's not your standard "scorned woman walks the bridge" story. This one contains a malevolent and evil presence prone to chasing people and vehicular violence.

Wink Theater

Dalton, Georgia

Wink Theater was built in 1941 by J.C.H. Wink, who in fact may be the ghost who is believed to haunt the building. Wink was buried on the premises when he passed away during the theater's construction. Witnesses have reported footsteps and strange banging noises.

Hell's Gates

Huntsville, Alabama

Alabama is fond of getting into Hell it seems. Not only is there a Hell's Gates bridge, but there's also this place in Huntsville, which is also called Hell's Gates, which in reality, appears to be nothing more than a set of gates blocking a private driveway to some rich ...

Kent Robertson Park

Huntsville, Alabama

The ghost of a boy who died there is said to haunt the park.

Frat House - Heritage Bible College

Huntsville, Alabama

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 ...

Cedarhurst Mansion

Huntsville, Alabama

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 ...

Dead Children's Playground - Maple Hill Cemetery

Huntsville, Alabama

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 ...

Maple Hill Cemetery

Huntsville, Alabama

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.

Old Dallas Mill Site

Huntsville, Alabama

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.