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0The Lodge on Lake Lure
Lake Lure, North Carolina
19.5 miles from McDowell County, NCThe 1937 lodge began as a retreat for highway patrolmen and their families and a memorial to highway patrolman George Penn, who was shot and killed on the job. It was opened to the public in 1990. Rumor has it that the ghost who resides here is none other than ...
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The 1927 Lake Lure Inn and Spa
Lake Lure, North Carolina
20.1 miles from McDowell County, NCThe historic inn has been visited by such celebrities as novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald and presidents Calvin Coolidge and Franklin Roosevelt. In the 1940s it was used as a convalescent home for wounded soldiers. It is now rumored to be the home of many haunts. Staff members report hearing a ...
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Warren Wilson College
Swannanoa, North Carolina
22.5 miles from McDowell County, NCWarren Wilson College, a private liberal arts college, is part of the Work Colleges Consortium. Students must work for the college as part of their schooling, in order to graduate. Buildings rumored to be haunted here include Jensen Lecture Hall, where vacuum cleaners turn off, lights flicker, unexplained clanking is ...
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Brown Mountain Lights
Lenoir, North Carolina
24.2 miles from McDowell County, NCIt is said that the ghostly orbs that come out of the mountains are the spirits of Cherokee Indian maidens searching for their lost loves. The ghost lights are reported to date back to the 1200, when a big battle claimed the lives of many Indian warriors. The area also ...
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Vance Birthplace
Weaverville, North Carolina
25.2 miles from McDowell County, NCThe birthplace of Zebulon Baird Vance (1830–1894), a Confederate Civil War officer, governor, senator, and writer, is a five-room log house. Vance was a passionate speaker and leader, and a prominent figure in his time. Perhaps spirits of the deceased are still drawn to the charismatic Vance: Ghostly men and ...
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Lewis Memorial Park
Asheville, North Carolina
27.4 miles from McDowell County, NCLewis Memorial Park is a cemetery where eerie apparitions are said to roam. A ghost horse and rider and a phantom dog are seen here; the rider is thought to be a funeral director, Robert J. Lewis, who donated the land for the cemetery in 1927.
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Cairn Brae - Crooked Oak Mountain Inn
Asheville, North Carolina
27.4 miles from McDowell County, NC"Cairn Brae" was listed in Sheila Turnage's "Haunted Inns of the Southeast", but it appears that a new B&B is on the premises now called "Crooked Oak Mountain Inn". We don't currently have any details on the nature of the haunt here, but if you know anything please share ...
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0Grove Park Inn
Asheville, North Carolina
28 miles from McDowell County, NCAt this 1913 inn, you may come across a ghostly lady in pink. She is the wife of renowned writer Fitzgerals, and is known to tickle guests' toes at night. She has been spotted by both guests and employees. Room 545 is said to be particularly haunted with slamming doors, ...
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Helen's Bridge - Zealandia Bridge
Asheville, North Carolina
28.1 miles from McDowell County, NCZealandia Bridge, aka Helen’s Bridge, was built in 1909 as a carriageway for the Zealandia Estate. It was mentioned in a passage of Thomas Wolf's "Look Homeward, Angel," as the novelist used to frequently walk under the bridge. Its ghost, Helen, is believed to have been a woman who lived ...
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South Asheville Colored Cemetery
Asheville, North Carolina
28.3 miles from McDowell County, NCSouth Asheville Colored Cemetery is where African Americans were buried for about a century, beginning in the 1840s. As few records were kept, it is uncertain how many people were buried here, but estimates guess from 1,500 to as many as 5,000. Witnesses here have reported dark, shadowy figures along ...
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Northside Grill and Bar
Asheville, North Carolina
28.5 miles from McDowell County, NCNorthside Grill and Bar, which reports say now operates as Appalachian Tavern, used to have apartments on the second floor where a tenant committed suicide. Now, folks say, patrons have reported uneasy vibes and at times have spotted a shadowy figure that walks across the room.
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1889 WhiteGate Inn and Cottage
Asheville, North Carolina
28.7 miles from McDowell County, NC1889 WhiteGate Inn and Cottage is said to be haunted by Marion Bridgette, or Miss B., the nurse who bought the house in 1928. Her room was what is now the Robert Frost Room. Floating orbs have been photographed, footsteps have been heard on the stairs, lights click off and ...
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Asheville City Hall
Asheville, North Carolina
28.7 miles from McDowell County, NCOne of the many men who committed suicide after the stock market crashed is said to still remain in the Asheville City Hall. The man's apparition wears old-fashioned clothes and has been spotted waiting in line at the snack bar. He isn't really noticed until he vanishes, frightening the employees ...
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Inn on Main Street
Weaverville, North Carolina
28.7 miles from McDowell County, NCThe Inn on Main Street is rumored to be haunted. Doors have been heard opening and closing on their own, pictures have been heard falling off walls, although the fallen pictures were never found.
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Reed House - Biltmore Village Inn
Asheville, North Carolina
28.7 miles from McDowell County, NCThe inn was originally built as the Reed House in 1892. There have been many spooky occurrences here, such as one night in thw 1970s when heavy footsteps were heard climbing the back stairs late at night, but no one was there. Another time, after folks were laughing and scoffing ...
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Chicken Alley
Asheville, North Carolina
28.7 miles from McDowell County, NCChicken Alley is a narrow lane named for the fact that chickens used to hang out there in the city's much younger days. It even has a chicken mural, painted by local artist Molly Must. Legend has it the alley is haunted by the ghost of Dr. Jamie Smith, in ...
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Thomas Wolfe Memorial
Asheville, North Carolina
28.8 miles from McDowell County, NCOld Kentucky Home, the Thomas Wolfe Memorial, was the home of the renowned writer and featured in his autobiographical novel "Look Homeward, Angel." The place has a couple of spirits in residence: those of a woman and a man. The woman's apparition has been spotted in the dining room; the ...
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Jackson Building
Asheville, North Carolina
28.8 miles from McDowell County, NCThe 15-story Jackson Building is a tourist attraction and the first skyscraper in western North Carolina. It's ghostly inhabitant is said to be a man who committed suicide during the Depression. The man's face appears in one of the upper windows, and reports say there is a bulls-eye on the ...
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Biltmore-Oteen Bank Building
Asheville, North Carolina
28.8 miles from McDowell County, NCBiltmore-Oteen Bank Building, most recently used for The Melting Pot restaurant, stood abandoned since the flood of 2004. But a ghost from the early part of the 20th century is said to still linger here. The apparition of a man, witnesses say, seems to be looking for something that has ...
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Barley's Taproom and Pizzeria
Asheville, North Carolina
28.9 miles from McDowell County, NCIn the area where Barley's now stands, a massacre took place in 1906 when Will Harris shot and killed five people, including two policemen, and then killed himself. To add to the eerieness, the town gallows once stood nearby as well. Folks say the taproom is home to several spirits ...
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Merrimon and Broadway
Asheville, North Carolina
28.9 miles from McDowell County, NCJames Sneed and James Henry were convicted of stealing a horse and hanged at this crossing in 1835, although they claimed to be innocent. Now, the phantom sounds of horse hooves, a wagon, and a gallows trap-door are heard here.
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Midnite Rodeo Club
Asheville, North Carolina
28.9 miles from McDowell County, NCThe building that used to house nightclubs Coolworld and the Midnite Rodeo Club (now closed) is a century-old warehouse complex that is said to have a ghost in residence. A blurry gray form has been spotted in a hallway on security cameras or walking across the dance floor toward a ...
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First Presbyterian Church
Asheville, North Carolina
28.9 miles from McDowell County, NCFirst Presbyterian Church was built in 1841 but was burned in 1865, during the Civil War. The churce was rebuilt in its present Gothic style in 1884. Although author Thomas Wolfe's funeral was held here, it is not his spirit who walks the halls. She is called Black Abbey, an ...
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Church Street
Asheville, North Carolina
29 miles from McDowell County, NCChurch Street is said to have been built overtop old churchyard graves, causing a restless spirit or two to appear. One is a nun, and the other is a woman in old-fashioned garb who seems to be looking for something.
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The Historic S & W Building
Asheville, North Carolina
29 miles from McDowell County, NCThe Historic S & W Building used to house Shotzy's Bar, where employees said a couple of ghosts hung out. A spectral girl appeared on the balcony, and a phantom waiter walked down the hall toward the kitchen. Coolers were known to open and close on their own as well. ...
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The Biltmore Estate
Asheville, North Carolina
29 miles from McDowell County, NCThe famous Biltmore Estate was owned by George W. Vanderbilt, died from complications of appendicitis in 1914. Afterward, his wife would sit in front of the marble fireplace in the library and talk to George's spirit. Now, witnesses say you can still hear her voice talking, and both spirits are ...
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Miles Building
Asheville, North Carolina
29 miles from McDowell County, NCThe 1901 Miles Building was a gentlemen's club originally, and is now used as an office building. In an office for the Mountain X-Press, according to reports, a ghostly arm in a white long-sleeve shirt appears reaching toward a desk, then vanishes. The sound of a squeaky desk chair is ...
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Pritchard Park
Asheville, North Carolina
29 miles from McDowell County, NCPritchard Park is inside the triangle formed by Patton Avenue, College Street and lower Haywood Street. Ghostly Confederate soldiers are said to linger here, as this was a staging area during the Civil War. It also used to house the city's post office.
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Beaver Lake
Asheville, North Carolina
29 miles from McDowell County, NCBeaver Lake is home to the spirit of a young man who drowned here in the 1970s, according to local lore. His ghost is seen on the lakeshore. A female apparition also has been spotted standing on the dam and looking down into the water. She is thought to be ...
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Basilica of St. Lawrence
Asheville, North Carolina
29.1 miles from McDowell County, NCThe Basilica of St. Lawrence is said to be haunted by architect Rafael Guastavino, who was buried there in 1908, and his wife and daughter. A priest who died in the building is also thought to reside here in spirit. Witnesses report cold spots, apparitions, orbs and lights and ...
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Battery Park Hotel
Asheville, North Carolina
29.1 miles from McDowell County, NCAlthough it was a hotel from the early- to mid-1900s, this building now has been renovated into apartments. Apparitions have been reported here; it is said that a man was murdered on the hotel premises and liked to materialize for the hotel employees.
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Scandals Nightclub
Asheville, North Carolina
29.2 miles from McDowell County, NCScandals Nightclub, which began in 1982, is a dance club for the LGBT community. It is haunted by an apparition of a Native American woman who is also blamed for unexplained lighting issues.
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Smith-McDowell House
Asheville, North Carolina
29.4 miles from McDowell County, NCThe Smith-McDowell House, built in 1840, is said to be haunted by two little girls who died in the building, named Carrie and Sarah, as well as a specter called the Dark One, who is believed to be the spirit of a slave owner. Witnesses have captured photos of a ...
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Waneta Street
Asheville, North Carolina
29.6 miles from McDowell County, NCA 1920s unsolved murder along Waneta Street centered on two women who were beaten to death. The killer's apparition has been seen carrying the murder weapon, a sort of pipe or club.
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Highland Hospital Site
Asheville, North Carolina
29.6 miles from McDowell County, NCA mental asylum used to stand on these grounds, but in 1948, a fire destroyed the property; nine died including the former wife of F. Scott Fitzgerald, Zelda. It is believed that the casualties could have been zero, but the patients were drugged and locked in their rooms awaiting further ...
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0Asheville Seasons Bed and Breakfast
Asheville, North Carolina
29.7 miles from McDowell County, NCGrace is the ghost who haunts this early-20th-century establishment. She is the relative of a former resident here, and she is most active in her own room. Grace's dog has been seen here as well. Some guests have reported that Grace climbed into bed with them and hugged them.
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Fletcher School of Dance
Woodfin, North Carolina
29.8 miles from McDowell County, NCFletcher School of Dance is rumored to be haunted by shadowy figures who moved construction workers' tools during a renovation and made odd sounds throughout the building.
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Mountain Brew Cafe
Arden, North Carolina
29.8 miles from McDowell County, NCMountain Brew Cafe is no longer in operation, reports say. But its building may still be haunted by many ghosts. One, according to local legend, is the spirit of a woman who was murdered on the second floor. Witnesses inside the restaurant often heard footsteps on the stairs when nobody ...
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Riverside Cemetery
Asheville, North Carolina
29.8 miles from McDowell County, NCRiverside Cemetery has more than 13,000 graves, including authors Thomas Wolfe and William Sydney Porter (O. Henry) and influential politician Zebulon Baird Vance. Witnesses have heard gunfire and seen a phantom Confederate army marching here, perhaps toward the site of the 1865 Battle of Asheville, fought a mile away on ...
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Craven Street Bridge
Asheville, North Carolina
30 miles from McDowell County, NCThe ghost on the Craven Street Bridge is said to be a naked boy's apparition. Legend has it he drowned when he jumped off the bridge to take a swim in the river below.
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Calvary Episcopal Church
Fletcher, North Carolina
30.5 miles from McDowell County, NCThe grounds near Calvary Episcopal Church are known for being a favorite "haunt" of the Phantom Rider of the Confederacy. This ghost is a woman with long blonde hair on a palomino seen near the road, then she gallops away quickly. She wears a Confederate cape and a filmy dress, ...
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Church of the Redeemer
Woodfin, North Carolina
30.7 miles from McDowell County, NCChurch of the Redeemer, built in 1888 with two Tiffany windows, was originally the family chapel for a nearby mansion. The mansion has since burned down. According to witnesses, a female apparition has been spotted coming down the stairs of the sloped cemetery in back. She then crosses Riverside Drive ...
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Caroleen Broad River Bridge
Ellenboro, North Carolina
30.9 miles from McDowell County, NCSome locals say if you drive past the bridge on rainy nights, you may see the apparitions of two elderly ladies walking. They are believed to be the spirits of two sisters who were killed when they drove off the side of the bridge. Some say if you give them ...
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Isis Restaurant and Music Hall
Asheville, North Carolina
31.4 miles from McDowell County, NCIsis Restaurant and Music Hall, formerly Pastabilities Restaurant, is housed in the historic 1930s Isis Theater. One of the ghosts here is Susie, a former owner's little girl who passed away. One time, a restaurant patron's young daughter was having a lively chat with someone unseen, and when asked whom ...
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Pond Road
Asheville, North Carolina
32.5 miles from McDowell County, NCThe locals may tell you that Pond Road has a ghost dog, seen near the quarry. First, you hear the phantom black hound howl, and then he appears, trotting. Next he starts to run, leaps, and disappears.
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Lees-McRae College - Tate Dorm
Banner Elk, North Carolina
34.6 miles from McDowell County, NCLees-McRae College, specifically Tate Dorm, has a ghost called Emily. According to reports, 12-year-old Emily Draughn died of tuberculosis in the 1930s inside Tate Dorm, which was then Grace Memorial Hospital. Witnesses say Emily plays pranks like turning electrical things on and off or causing phones to ring. She has ...
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0Green Park Inn
Lenoir, North Carolina
37.2 miles from McDowell County, NCThis 1880s inn is said to have a haunt on its third floor. Witnesses say the ghost of a woman who died here in recent years has been seen walking through the third-floor hallways.
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Glidewells - Tijuana Flat's
Blowing Rock, North Carolina
37.4 miles from McDowell County, NCGlidewells was once a Tijuana Flat's. The Mexican eatery partially burned down, and a little girl perished in the blaze. Since the restaurant was rebuilt, the little girl's ghostly voice was occasionally heard in the building.
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1859 Cafe
Hickory, North Carolina
39.6 miles from McDowell County, NCThe 1859 Cafe was believed to be haunted by the friendly ghost of a blonde woman in a long white dress. Actually built in 1859 as a home and a general store, the house was the setting for apparitions that appeared in the bathroom mirror or in photographs, and flickering ...
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Appalachian State University - East Hall
Boone, North Carolina
42.3 miles from McDowell County, NCAt Appalachian State University's East Hall dorm, students will tell of strange footsteps, whispers, lights that suddenly turn off, and a feeling of something unseen brushing against you. The third-floor girls' bathroom is haunted by a male ghost, and the apparition of a girl in white has been seen in ...
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Poinsett Bridge
Travelers Rest, South Carolina
42.5 miles from McDowell County, NCThe 1820 Poinsett Bridge, named for Joel Roberts Poinsett, was is one of the oldest in the state. It has a 14-foot Gothic arch and is no longer in use, and is rumored to be haunted. Folks say the ghost of a slave who was once hanged here may let ...
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New Salem Church Cemetery
Taylors, South Carolina
44.5 miles from McDowell County, NCAt the New Salem Baptist Church Graveyard, visitors have reported unexplained moving lights, voices, temperature anomalies, eerie feelings, touches from something unseen, and other strange phenomena.
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0Hawley House Bed and Breakfast
Jonesborough, Tennessee
48.4 miles from McDowell County, NCThe inn has seen a lot of changes and additions over the years, but the original building is from 1793. It is said to be haunted by the spirits of "ladies of the night" who may have worked here in the past. Witnesses have heard their voices on the second ...
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0Historic Eureka Inn
Jonesborough, Tennessee
48.5 miles from McDowell County, NCAt this historic inn originally built in 1797 an used as a boardinghouse and sequester house for jurors, witnesses have reported seeing shadowy ghost figures and hearing unexplained footsteps and voices.
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Gwendolyn's House
Elizabethton, Tennessee
50.2 miles from McDowell County, NCThe early 1900's building is haunted by the ghost of a woman in white, who has been standing at windows, looking out across the valley. The apparition of a black dog has also been seen running through the hallways and in the basement of the house. An aggressive entity has ...
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Clifton Mill No. 2
Spartanburg, South Carolina
50.2 miles from McDowell County, NCClifton Mill No. 2 was a textile mill built in 1888 and demolished in 2013. When the abandoned buildings still stood here, folks claimed they were haunted. Reports came in of the sound of ghostly footsteps and doors that were suddenly flung open by something unseen.
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Spartanburg Methodist College
Spartanburg, South Carolina
50.3 miles from McDowell County, NCSpartanburg Methodist College is home to a ghost of a student who committed suicide by jumping out a window. Witnesses have seen his apparition in the halls or standing by the window from which he jumped.
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Converse College
Spartanburg, South Carolina
50.6 miles from McDowell County, NCThe late-1800s Converse College has a few haunted buildings, including the Williams Dorm, said to have a ghostly boy near its laundry room who will play catch with a ball, and Hazel B. Abbott Theatre, haunted by Miss Hazel herself. The Wilson Hall has a ghost with red eyes, and ...
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Chain Gang Hill Road
Spartanburg, South Carolina
50.7 miles from McDowell County, NCVictims of the infamous local murderer the Gaffney Strangler are said to haunt Chain Gang Hill Road. The girls' voices can be heard moaning and screaming along this stretch.
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Evans Building
Spartanburg, South Carolina
51 miles from McDowell County, NCThe Evans Building was Frank Evans High School in the 1920s but is now the Evans Academic Center of Spartanburg Community College. Not only can footsteps be heard in the hallways, but witnesses say late at night on the old basketball court, you can sometimes hear the dribbling and sneaker ...
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Foster's Tavern
Spartanburg, South Carolina
53.2 miles from McDowell County, NCFoster's Tavern is housed in a historic brick gabled building from the early 1800s. Strange sounds have led folks to believe that the tavern may be haunted. Witnesses have heard horses' hooves on the roof, footsteps on the stairs, and voices.
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0General Morgan Inn
Greeneville, Tennessee
55 miles from McDowell County, NCThis historic hotel is said to be haunted by a ghost named Green Room Grace. Grace was a waitress at the hotel long ago, and she is said to be playful and fun. She loves spoons, and has been known to snatch them from The Green Room, the hotel's restaurant, ...
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0Prospect Hill Bed and Breakfast
Mountain City, Tennessee
56.5 miles from McDowell County, NCThis 1889 house-turned-inn may be home to a few ghosts, which manifest in odd ways. The owners have said the way to tell when a ghost is around is by phantom smells, usually of perfume or peanut butter cookies.
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Devenger Road Bridge
Greer, South Carolina
57.1 miles from McDowell County, NCLocal legend tells us that one Halloween night, a woman and her kids were killed on the Devenger Road Bridge when their car was hit by a truck. The woman had stopped the car to retrieve something from her trunk. Now folks say the woman's ghost will push you backward ...
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Children's Graveyard - Duncan Chapel Methodist Church Cemetery
Greenville, South Carolina
57.3 miles from McDowell County, NCDuncan Chapel Methodist Church, built in the 1850s, has a cemetery known as the Children's Graveyard. The road to get there is across from a McDonalds. Apparently the cemetery is older than the church, as the dates on the gravestones are said to range from the late 1700s to the ...
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Pharr Mansion
Lowell, North Carolina
58.7 miles from McDowell County, NCOne afternoon I took my nephew by the mansion as he loved haunted things. I pulled in to the driveway at the end of the street and he got out and walked around the house (I remained in the car). When he got back he stated that he wanted ...
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0Old Ashe County Hospital
Jefferson, North Carolina
60 miles from McDowell County, NCThe 1939 building was a hospital until 1969 when it turned into a county office building. Reports say it is currently up for sale. Paranormal investigators have heard unexplained shouts and the elevator dinging, even though there was no electricity in the building.
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0Museum of Ashe County History
Jefferson, North Carolina
60.5 miles from McDowell County, NCIt is reported that in 2010 a summer intern here witnessed a ghost. Working alone on the first floor, the intern heard a phone ring on the floor above, and then heard footsteps walking across the floor toward the sound, presumably to answer it.
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Old Hester Store
Easley, South Carolina
60.8 miles from McDowell County, NCThe Old Hester Store was built in 1893 by William Hester and is now taken care of by the Palmetto Trust for Historic Preservation and Pickens County Historical Society. It is said to be haunted by the ghost of an African-American man who was hanged in the back of the ...
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0Balsam Mountain Inn
Sylva, North Carolina
61 miles from McDowell County, NCThis early-1900s inn has two haunted rooms: 205 and 207. There are logs in the room where guests can write about anything strange that occurs during their stay. Folks have reported footsteps, jiggling doorknobs, unexplained noises, and other sounds of someone making a racket in the hallway.
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Embassy Suites
Greenville, South Carolina
61.1 miles from McDowell County, NCMany strange things can be said about this location of Embassy Suites. According to witnesses, lights turn on and off at will, doors come flying open by themselves, and during a period of construction when the electricity was disconnected, lights came on during the night. In addition, the golf course ...
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Virginia Intermont College
Bristol, Virginia
64.2 miles from McDowell County, NCReports say Virginia Intermont College may have ceased operations in May 2014, but if it truly is haunted, a ghost probably wouldn't mind. The historic college is rumored to be haunted by a former student named Vera who, as legend tells, became pregnant through an affair with a professor in ...
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Pickens County Museum
Pickens, South Carolina
66.5 miles from McDowell County, NCThe Pickens County Museum of Art and History, formerly the county jail, is said to be home to the ghost of a boy named Willie Earle who calls out in anguish, "I didn't do it!" So the story goes, in 1944 Willie was blamed for killing a cab driver when, ...
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Three Bridges Road
Powdersville, South Carolina
67.7 miles from McDowell County, NCThree Bridges Road is known to ghost enthusiasts as the place where Eloise, a Civil War-era slave, roams. So her story goes, Union soldiers killed Eloise's master nearby, and the distraught slave woman was reluctant to leave her master's body. When soldiers found her there mourning his death, they killed ...
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0Rotherwood Mansion
Kingsport, Tennessee
67.7 miles from McDowell County, NCThis 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 ...
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John D. Long Lake
Union, South Carolina
69.6 miles from McDowell County, NCJohn D. Long Lake is the spot where Susan Smith killed her children by strapping them into her vehicle and rolling it into the lake, claiming her kids were kidnapped by a carjacker. Folks who have visited the monument erected to them here claim to have heard children's laughter and ...
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0Inn At Merridun
Union, South Carolina
70.5 miles from McDowell County, NCThe Inn at Merridun is haunted by friendly ghosts, former residents T.C. and Fannie Duncan, who leave pennies as housewarming gifts. Their rose-scented perfume and cigar smoke can be detected when the ghosts are around. Another haunt in residence is Mary Anne Wallace, sister of a former owner, whose apparition ...
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0Martha Washington Inn
Abingdon, Virginia
71.2 miles from McDowell County, NCAt 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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Barter Theatre
Abingdon, Virginia
71.3 miles from McDowell County, NCBuilt 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
71.4 miles from McDowell County, NCThe 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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Juxa Plantation - Gregory Plantation
Union, South Carolina
75.6 miles from McDowell County, NCJuxa Plantation, formerly the Gregory Plantation, is no longer an inn but a private residence. Original owner Jehu Gregory was once said to haunt the place. His ghost was seen most often in the on-site family cemetery. But so the tale goes, after the repair of some tombstones, Jehu never made ...
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Emory and Henry College
Meadowview, Virginia
76.4 miles from McDowell County, NCFounded 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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0Nickerson Snead Haunted Mansion
Glade Spring, Virginia
76.6 miles from McDowell County, NCWelcome 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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Winthrop University
Rock Hill, South Carolina
76.9 miles from McDowell County, NCTillman Hall at Winthrop University has a bell tower, intricate woodwork, and, some say, a haunted fourth floor. Some suppose the spirits may be linked to the old stocks, still housed in the building, that held the prisoners who built the hall centuries ago.
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Alleghany County Courthouse
Sparta, North Carolina
77 miles from McDowell County, NCBuilt in 1933, the historic courthouse was constructed to replace the original edifice which was destroyed by the 'Big Fire of 1932'. Visitors to the building nowadays have reported hearing disembodied footsteps on the staircase and the unexplained sound of whistling near the decommissioned prison cells. (Submitted by Callum Swift)
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Abijah Thomas House - Octagon House
Marion, Virginia
80.1 miles from McDowell County, NCThe 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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Chester Little Theatre
Chester, South Carolina
82.3 miles from McDowell County, NCPerhaps as early as 1913, Chester Little Theatre was known as the Dreamland Theatre. Sometime in its long history, something must have happened to render it a hot spot for supernatural activity: Witnesses here claim to have seen apparitions and heard strange noises.
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