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Plains Historic Inn and Antique Mall
Plains, Georgia
23.4 miles from Marion County, GAThis quiet southern town was the birthplace of Jimmy Carter, and also boasts a supposedly haunted inn. The historic hotel formerly featured a funeral parlour on premises, but now houses delightful guest accommodation and a quaint antiques store with a variety of interesting displays, including local memorabilia. Apparently a ...
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Windsor Hotel
Americus, Georgia
25.8 miles from Marion County, GAThis 1892 hotel once boasted 100 rooms and a 3-story atrium, but it closed in the 1970s. It has since reopened and now has 53 guest rooms. It was once the site of a 1928 speech given by Franklin D. Roosevelt, prior to his becoming governor of New York. The ...
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Springer Opera House
Columbus, Georgia
28.3 miles from Marion County, GASpringer Opera House's stage has seen the likes of Oscar Wilde, Lillie Langtrey, John Philip Sousa, Ethel Barrymore, Will Rogers, William Jennings Bryan and Franklin D. Roosevelt. But that's not all. Edwin Booth, brother of Lincoln assassin John Wilkes Booth, is rumored to haunt the place. Other ghosts are thought ...
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Kendall Manor Inn
Eufaula, Alabama
48.6 miles from Marion County, GAThis 1872 inn was said to be haunted by Annie, a dedicated nursemaid who took care of a former owner's children, and stayed on even after her death. Also believed to reside here are the ghosts of a Victorian lady and little girl who hang out in the downstairs area ...
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Spring Villa
Opelika, Alabama
48.6 miles from Marion County, GAAllegedly 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, ...
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Double Hill Road
Opelika, Alabama
51.3 miles from Marion County, GAReportedly haunted by a ghostly horse drawn carriage.
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Salem-Shotwell Covered Bridge
Opelika, Alabama
54.2 miles from Marion County, GAThe 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 ...
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Holt Cemetery
Auburn, Alabama
54.5 miles from Marion County, GAIt is said that photos taken here have turned up strange things after being developed, and those who leave tape recorders here will pick up the sound of someone singing.
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University Chapel - Auburn University
Auburn, Alabama
58.4 miles from Marion County, GAOriginally 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 ...
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Old Train Depot
Auburn, Alabama
58.5 miles from Marion County, GAMany 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 ...
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1842 Inn
Macon, Georgia
61.6 miles from Marion County, GAA ghost, thought to be original owner John Gresham, has been seen in the Dogwood Room, and the ghost of a little girl has been seen in some of the other rooms. A third apparition, one of a tall blonde woman, has been seen in several places throughout the inn.
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Johnston-Felton-Hay House
Macon, Georgia
61.8 miles from Marion County, GABuilt in 1859, the house was converted into a museum in 1962 and donated to the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation in 1977. The museum is said to be haunted; the apparition of an elderly woman in a mid-1800s dress has been seen in the hallways. Witnesses also describe cold ...
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Hawkinsville Opera House
Hawkinsville, Georgia
61.9 miles from Marion County, GAConstruction on the Hawkinsville Opera House began in 1907, and the 576-seat theater has been used as a makeshift church and a temporary movie cinema when those respective buildings burned. Now it is a historic theater and possibly home to a ghost, who is said to dim the lights at ...
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Douglass Theatre
Macon, Georgia
62 miles from Marion County, GAAfter the theater underwent restoration, staff members noticed that occasionally the lights would grow dim for no apparent reason. The phenomenon is attributed to the theater's ghosts.
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Bonnie Castle
Grantville, Georgia
63.6 miles from Marion County, GABonnie 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 ...
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Tuskegee National Forest
Notasulga, Alabama
64.2 miles from Marion County, GAThe area is said to be haunted and cursed by devil worshippers who first used the area in the 1990s.
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Hanging Grounds in Senoia
Senoia, Georgia
66.7 miles from Marion County, GAThis 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 ...
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Baker County Courthouse
Newton, Georgia
72.6 miles from Marion County, GADating back to 1906, the historic courthouse no longer serves as a jail due to flooding from the nearby Flint River on several occasions. Disembodied footsteps and ghostly voices are often heard when there is no one around. (Submitted by Callum Swift)
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Holliday-Dorsey-Fife House
Fayetteville, Georgia
75.8 miles from Marion County, GAThe 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.
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The McDonough Square
McDonough, Georgia
78.7 miles from Marion County, GAA train wreck in 1900 is said to be the source of the haunts here. Several of the injured were brought here for medical treatment, and some died. Locals have seen apparitions in the old nearby buildings and the sounds of phantom trains have been heard.
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Bill Sketoe's Hole - Choctawhatchee Bridge
Newton, Alabama
94.5 miles from Marion County, GAThere are a couple of different accounts as to why Bill Sketoe was hanged. Some claim that he deserted his post to care for a sick wife, other's that he was assisting in local guerilla operations against the army, in any event, he ran afoul of the local confederate ...
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