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0Ramada Inn
Paintsville, Kentucky
16.4 miles from Martin County, KYThis 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.
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Motel 80
Emmalena, Kentucky
40.9 miles from Martin County, KYRumor 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 ...
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Z. D. Ramsdell House
Kenova, West Virginia
41.2 miles from Martin County, KYBusinessman 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 ...
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Colonial Lanes
Huntington, West Virginia
42.4 miles from Martin County, KYThe 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 ...
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Keith-Albee Theatre
Huntington, West Virginia
42.9 miles from Martin County, KYThis 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 ...
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Bluegrass Inn
Ashland, Kentucky
47.2 miles from Martin County, KYIts 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 ...
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Paramount Joe - Paramount Arts Center
Ashland, Kentucky
47.4 miles from Martin County, KYOriginally 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, ...
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Woodland Cemetery
Coal Grove, Ohio
49.3 miles from Martin County, KYAlong 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 ...
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0X Cave - Carter Caves State Resort Park
Olive Hill, Kentucky
51.6 miles from Martin County, KYCave 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 ...
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Hurricane Creek Rd
Hurricane, West Virginia
55.7 miles from Martin County, KYA woman and a small child in out of style clothes have been seen, before vanishing. Not much is known about them. (Submitted by Chris Berglund)
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Jenkins Plantation Museum
Glenwood, West Virginia
56.1 miles from Martin County, KYThe 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.
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The Inn at Wise
Wise, Virginia
57.1 miles from Martin County, KYThe 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 ...
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The University of Virginia's College at Wise - Bowers-Sturgill
Wise, Virginia
57.5 miles from Martin County, KYThe 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.
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Campbell Cemetery
Busy, Kentucky
58.1 miles from Martin County, KYTher 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 ...
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Laurel Grove Cemetery
Norton, Virginia
59.4 miles from Martin County, KYLaurel 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.
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Capitol Plaza Theatre
Charleston, West Virginia
60.9 miles from Martin County, KYThe ghost of John Welch and his daughter Molly are said to haunt the theater. Welch was the owner of a mansion that stood on the property in the 1830s to 1860s, before it was torn down to build the theater. Molly died of pneumonia at age 8, and her ...
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West Virginia State Capitol
Charleston, West Virginia
61.4 miles from Martin County, KYThe 1930s Capitol building is said to be haunted by the ghost of a woman as well as the spirit of a maintenance man who perished of a heart attack on the job. Some believe the 2 ghosts actually died in a 1921 fire; others dispute that claim.
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Empty Glass Cafe
Charleston, West Virginia
61.4 miles from Martin County, KYThe café and bar is haunted by a former bartender who died in a car crash. He has been known to change the jukebox music and has been seen walking through the bar area by patrons before vanishing. Staff have also encountered another entity on the second floor who slams ...
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The Empty Glass
Charleston, West Virginia
61.4 miles from Martin County, KYThe haunt at this bar is rumored to be a former bartender who was killed in a car accident. Witnesses say the ghost plays pranks on both employees and bar patrons, such as playing his favorite songs on the jukebox. One report says that when the jukebox came on by ...
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0Benham School House Inn
Cumberland, Kentucky
62.7 miles from Martin County, KYThe 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 ...
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June Tolliver House
Big Stone Gap, Virginia
66.1 miles from Martin County, KYThis 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 ...
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Our House Museum
Gallipolis, Ohio
71.5 miles from Martin County, KYOur House Museum is housed in a former 1819 tavern, rumored to be haunted. Footsteps have been heard in the front hall, and a woman has been heard singing in the second-floor ballroom.
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The Historic Lowe Hotel
Point Pleasant, West Virginia
74.7 miles from Martin County, KYOpened in the early 1900s, the historic hotel is believed to be haunted by many ghosts. The most well known may be the apparition of a beautiful and disheveled young woman seen dancing on the mezzanine between floors 1 and 2. There are also rumored to be many other ghosts ...
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Red Dog Road
Harlan, Kentucky
79 miles from Martin County, KYThis 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 ...
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Mount Unger Cemetery
Otway, Ohio
79.8 miles from Martin County, KYLocal legends say Mount Unger Cemetery is visited by the spirit of a man who hanged himself here after having murdered his wife.
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Emory and Henry College
Meadowview, Virginia
80.4 miles from Martin County, KYFounded in 1836, the historic Emory and Henry College is believed to be haunted. A hanging lamp outside the Music Hall is said to swing by itself, stemming from a heated debate in which a man was pushed out the third story window. He grabbed the lamp and hung from ...
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Barter Theatre
Abingdon, Virginia
81 miles from Martin County, KYBuilt in 1831 as Sinking Springs Presbyterian Church, the building has also been used as a town hall and a fire hall, which meant that even when it became Barter Theatre, the fire alarm remained on the building, and when the sirens went off during a performance, the actors had ...
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The Tavern
Abingdon, Virginia
81 miles from Martin County, KYThe Tavern restaurant was originally built in 1779. Is is said to be the a hot spot for the spirit set, including a ghost nicknamed "The Tavern Tart," reported to be a prostitute who was murdered a client. Witnesses say she is known to pinch or grab men on the ...
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0Martha Washington Inn
Abingdon, Virginia
81 miles from Martin County, KYAt this 1832 inn built by War of 1812 hero General Francis Preston as a home for his family of nine children, a ghostly young woman roams the place. She is reportedly looking for her lover. Also, witnesses say that no matter how many times the carpets are replaced, blood ...
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0Nickerson Snead Haunted Mansion
Glade Spring, Virginia
81.9 miles from Martin County, KYWelcome to The Haunted Mansion VA. We are a seasonal haunted house attraction presented by The Nickerson Snead House Museum in Glade Spring, VA. This haunted house attraction is unique because it is set up in an authentic haunted house. There are over 200 years of spirits haunting the the ...
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Aspenvale Cemetery
Marion, Virginia
83.4 miles from Martin County, KYAspenvale Cemetery is the burial site of several Revolutionary War heroes such as Gen. William Campbell, famous for the Battle of King's Mountain, and his wife Elizabeth, sister of Patrick Henry. Witnesses say the strange anomalies happen here along with an odd feeling that there is something unseen around. Orbs ...
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Abijah Thomas House - Octagon House
Marion, Virginia
87.9 miles from Martin County, KYThe Abijah Thomas House, aka the Octagon House, is a historic octagon house and private residence originally built in 1856. Its outer walls are bricks made by slaves on the property. Witnesses say the house is haunted, especially in the "dark room" or storage room. Apparitions of shackled, abused slaves ...
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The Precinct Office Center
West Union, Ohio
88.6 miles from Martin County, KYThis historic former jailhouse is now the county office, but has a haunting dating back to the turn of the nineteenth century. Prisoners were reportedly frightened by a apparition robed in white, who repeatedly floated past their cells without making a sound before vanishing. This manifestation has made various ...
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