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0Carrington Rock
Salt Lick, Kentucky
5.8 miles from Menifee County, KYApparitions 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.
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0X Cave - Carter Caves State Resort Park
Olive Hill, Kentucky
39.6 miles from Menifee 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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0White Hall
Richmond, Kentucky
41.7 miles from Menifee County, KYCassius 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 ...
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Ramada Inn
Paintsville, Kentucky
43.8 miles from Menifee 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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0Boone Tavern
Berea, Kentucky
45.5 miles from Menifee County, KYAt 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 ...
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Henry Clay Estate - Ashland
Lexington, Kentucky
48.4 miles from Menifee County, KYThe historic Ashland House is said to be haunted by Henry Clay himself. His ghost, a white-haired apparition wearing a black frock coat, has been seen in the old red parlor room (which is now his study), leaning on the fireplace mantel.
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Loudoun House
Lexington, Kentucky
48.4 miles from Menifee County, KYThe 1850 gothic revival mansion is haunted by the spirits of two women, both dressed in Victorian clothing. One has been seen in the western part of the mansion, and the other in the formal dining room. Also seen all over the mansion is a mysterious black cat. Witnesses have ...
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Rohs Opera House
Cynthiana, Kentucky
48.9 miles from Menifee County, KYThe 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 ...
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Campbell Cemetery
Busy, Kentucky
49.1 miles from Menifee 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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0Gratz Park Inn
Lexington, Kentucky
49.4 miles from Menifee County, KYAt this historic inn, folks have reported seeing apparitions that include men, a lady in a white dress and hat, and intoxicated partygoers. Also, a ghostly little girl has been seen running and playing jacks in the hallways, and the spirit of an elderly man turns the TVs on and ...
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John Morgan Hunt House
Lexington, Kentucky
49.4 miles from Menifee County, KYThis 1814 house was built by John Wesley Hunt, who can still be seen walking the hallways of this old property. The apparition of Mammy Bouviette James, a former nurse of the Hunt children, can still be seen in the third floor nursery and hallways, and often appears to those ...
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Phillips' Folly
Maysville, Kentucky
49.7 miles from Menifee County, KYPhillips' Folly is a three-story brick house begun around 1828 by Williams B. Phillips. Its nickname came about when Phillips vanished when only the frame had been built, leading folks to believe he had run out of funds for the project. Phillips came back a few years later and finished ...
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Aberdeen Baptist Church
Aberdeen, Ohio
50.1 miles from Menifee County, KYThe apparitions of young children have been seen inside the church building and in front of it by passing motorists and parishioners. Screams come from inside the church during the night. (Submitted by Callum Swift)
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0Crowne Plaza Hotel - Campbell House Inn
Lexington, Kentucky
50.8 miles from Menifee County, KYFormerly the Campbell House Inn, the Crowne Plaza Hotel is said to be a very spooky place. According to local legend, two women were murdered here. One was stabbed on the stairs, and folks say you can still see the blood stains on the carpet. The other woman was reportedly ...
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The Campbell House
Lexington, Kentucky
50.8 miles from Menifee County, KYAt the Cambell House Inn, there is rumored to be a blood stain on a carpet where a woman, one of two women to have been murdered here, was stabbed to death. Witnesses have reported apparitions and doors slamming by themselves.
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Motel 80
Emmalena, Kentucky
51.7 miles from Menifee 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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Baird House Inn
Ripley, Ohio
57.3 miles from Menifee County, KYThis historic house inn may no longer be in operation, and is now a private residence. The inn was a popular stopover for travellers on the river, and since it was built in 1825, has had a colourful history. Guests and staff at the former inn have reported hearing ...
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Rankin House
Ripley, Ohio
57.5 miles from Menifee County, KYRankin House belonged to abolitionist Reverend John Rankin, and he was said to put a bright light in his attic window to symbolize to runaway slaves that it was safe to seek shelter here. Apparitions of slaves are said to appear on Jacob's Ladder near his house on moonless nights.
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The Precinct Office Center
West Union, Ohio
59.1 miles from Menifee 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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Mount Unger Cemetery
Otway, Ohio
60.8 miles from Menifee 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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Paramount Joe - Paramount Arts Center
Ashland, Kentucky
63.9 miles from Menifee 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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Bluegrass Inn
Ashland, Kentucky
64 miles from Menifee 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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Woodland Cemetery
Coal Grove, Ohio
64.6 miles from Menifee 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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Z. D. Ramsdell House
Kenova, West Virginia
64.9 miles from Menifee 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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Meldahl Locks and Dam - Foster Dam
Felicity, Ohio
66.6 miles from Menifee County, KYVisitors to Meldahl Locks and Dam, aka Foster Dam, at mile marker 436 on the Ohio River, have witnessed the presence of many spirits here, said to be folks who committed suicide or died accidentally here over the years.
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Stepstone Church - Immaculate Conception Church
Butler, Kentucky
71.9 miles from Menifee County, KYSome reports say this church still stands, and others say it has been torn down. But rumor has it that whatever its state, it is haunted by four teen girls who some men hung on a cross in the loft before setting fire to the church. Witnesses have heard girls ...
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Wickerhamm Inn
Peebles, Ohio
71.9 miles from Menifee County, KYAt this 1800s building, a murder is said to have led to the haunting that occurs here. The place was a tavern until the 1850s, and so the legend says, a stagecoach driver was murdered and beheaded here in a 1820s robbery. Although there were bloodstains on the floor and ...
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Union College
Barbourville, Kentucky
75.7 miles from Menifee County, KYUnion 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 ...
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0Benham School House Inn
Cumberland, Kentucky
76.4 miles from Menifee 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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Sherman Tavern
Dry Ridge, Kentucky
76.6 miles from Menifee County, KYThe Sherman Tavern is a historic former tavern built in 1812, which is in the process of being restored by local residents. It was a former stage stop for cattle drovers and American Indians. People restoring the historic building have reported seeing the apparitions of Confederate soldiers, and African American ...
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Warfield Cemetery
Barbourville, Kentucky
77.1 miles from Menifee County, KYSome 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.
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Red Dog Road
Harlan, Kentucky
77.2 miles from Menifee 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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Dead Man's Curve
Bethel, Ohio
79 miles from Menifee County, KYThis intersection has been the site of numerous accidents, usually people who lost control at the curve (hence the name). People report seeing a male hitchhiker who has no face. Submitted by Chris Berglund
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Greenup Street Water Tower
Alexandria, Kentucky
82.3 miles from Menifee County, KYThe apparition of a man in workman clothing has been standing underneath the water tower by local residents. He vanishes when approached, and appears to be confused or lost. (Submitted by Callum Swift)
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The Inn at Wise
Wise, Virginia
86.9 miles from Menifee 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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June Tolliver House
Big Stone Gap, Virginia
87 miles from Menifee 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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The University of Virginia's College at Wise - Bowers-Sturgill
Wise, Virginia
88.1 miles from Menifee 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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Laurel Grove Cemetery
Norton, Virginia
88.3 miles from Menifee 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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Narrows Road
Erlanger, Kentucky
90 miles from Menifee County, KYA phantom officer in a '50s police car haunts Narrows Road, locals say, pulling over living drivers late at night. The ghost is said to be the lingering spirit of a cop who was hit and killed by a car here while making a traffic stop in the 1950s. Some ...
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Allendale Tunnel
Elsmere, Kentucky
91 miles from Menifee County, KYLegend has it that a man hanged himself years ago in this tunnel, and the hook still protrudes from which he hung his rope. Witnesses say they have seen his apparition hanging here or walking in the tunnel and heard his screams.
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