Haunted Places in Sullivan County, Tennessee



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    Gwendolyn's House

    Elizabethton, Tennessee

    9.4 miles from Sullivan County, TN

    The 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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    Virginia Intermont College

    Bristol, Virginia

    9.5 miles from Sullivan County, TN

    Reports 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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    Rotherwood Mansion

    Kingsport, Tennessee

    17.4 miles from Sullivan County, TN

    This 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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    Hawley House Bed and Breakfast

    Jonesborough, Tennessee

    17.8 miles from Sullivan County, TN

    The 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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    Historic Eureka Inn

    Jonesborough, Tennessee

    17.9 miles from Sullivan County, TN

    At 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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    Martha Washington Inn

    Abingdon, Virginia

    22.7 miles from Sullivan County, TN

    At 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

    22.8 miles from Sullivan County, TN

    Built 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

    23.1 miles from Sullivan County, TN

    The 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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    Prospect Hill Bed and Breakfast

    Mountain City, Tennessee

    27.3 miles from Sullivan County, TN

    This 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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    Emory and Henry College

    Meadowview, Virginia

    31.9 miles from Sullivan County, TN

    Founded 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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    Laurel Grove Cemetery

    Norton, Virginia

    33.8 miles from Sullivan County, TN

    Laurel 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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    Nickerson Snead Haunted Mansion

    Glade Spring, Virginia

    33.9 miles from Sullivan County, TN

    Welcome 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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    Lees-McRae College - Tate Dorm

    Banner Elk, North Carolina

    34 miles from Sullivan County, TN

    Lees-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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    The University of Virginia's College at Wise - Bowers-Sturgill

    Wise, Virginia

    34.6 miles from Sullivan County, TN

    The 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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    The Inn at Wise

    Wise, Virginia

    35.5 miles from Sullivan County, TN

    The 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

    35.7 miles from Sullivan County, TN

    This 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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    General Morgan Inn

    Greeneville, Tennessee

    38 miles from Sullivan County, TN

    This 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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    Appalachian State University - East Hall

    Boone, North Carolina

    40.6 miles from Sullivan County, TN

    At 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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    Aspenvale Cemetery

    Marion, Virginia

    42.3 miles from Sullivan County, TN

    Aspenvale 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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    Glidewells - Tijuana Flat's

    Blowing Rock, North Carolina

    43.7 miles from Sullivan County, TN

    Glidewells 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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    Abijah Thomas House - Octagon House

    Marion, Virginia

    44.5 miles from Sullivan County, TN

    The 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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    Green Park Inn

    Lenoir, North Carolina

    45 miles from Sullivan County, TN

    This 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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    Old Ashe County Hospital

    Jefferson, North Carolina

    46.3 miles from Sullivan County, TN

    The 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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    Museum of Ashe County History

    Jefferson, North Carolina

    46.7 miles from Sullivan County, TN

    It 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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    Benham School House Inn

    Cumberland, Kentucky

    47.4 miles from Sullivan County, TN

    The 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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    Brown Mountain Lights

    Lenoir, North Carolina

    51.8 miles from Sullivan County, TN

    It 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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    Bethesda Church and Cemetery

    Morristown, Tennessee

    54.4 miles from Sullivan County, TN

    The apparitions of restless Confederate soldiers are seen inside and outside the church building. They are aggressive towards visitors to the cemetery. The apparition of a weeping woman has been seen on the far side of the cemetery. Her cries are often heard late at night. (Submitted by Callum Swift)

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    Vance Birthplace

    Weaverville, North Carolina

    57.1 miles from Sullivan County, TN

    The 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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    Inn on Main Street

    Weaverville, North Carolina

    58.4 miles from Sullivan County, TN

    The 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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    Red Dog Road

    Harlan, Kentucky

    60.2 miles from Sullivan County, TN

    This 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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    Lewis Memorial Park

    Asheville, North Carolina

    61.5 miles from Sullivan County, TN

    Lewis 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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    Newport Memorial Building

    Newport, Tennessee

    62.2 miles from Sullivan County, TN

    In 1971 there was a plane crash on a mountain in Parotsville Tennessee. Limbs were scattered everywhere and no survivors were ever found. While waiting for the bodies to be identified they were housed in the Cocke County Memorial Building. Among the bodies were many small children. Many ...

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    Fletcher School of Dance

    Woodfin, North Carolina

    62.3 miles from Sullivan County, TN

    Fletcher 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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    Beaver Lake

    Asheville, North Carolina

    62.4 miles from Sullivan County, TN

    Beaver 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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    Cairn Brae - Crooked Oak Mountain Inn

    Asheville, North Carolina

    62.5 miles from Sullivan County, TN

    "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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    Warren Wilson College

    Swannanoa, North Carolina

    62.7 miles from Sullivan County, TN

    Warren 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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    Northside Grill and Bar

    Asheville, North Carolina

    62.7 miles from Sullivan County, TN

    Northside 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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    Grove Park Inn

    Asheville, North Carolina

    63.1 miles from Sullivan County, TN

    At 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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    Church of the Redeemer

    Woodfin, North Carolina

    63.4 miles from Sullivan County, TN

    Church 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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    Highland Hospital Site

    Asheville, North Carolina

    64.1 miles from Sullivan County, TN

    A 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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    1889 WhiteGate Inn and Cottage

    Asheville, North Carolina

    64.4 miles from Sullivan County, TN

    1889 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 Seasons Bed and Breakfast

    Asheville, North Carolina

    64.4 miles from Sullivan County, TN

    Grace 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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    Waneta Street

    Asheville, North Carolina

    64.5 miles from Sullivan County, TN

    A 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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    Merrimon and Broadway

    Asheville, North Carolina

    64.6 miles from Sullivan County, TN

    James 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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    Chicken Alley

    Asheville, North Carolina

    64.6 miles from Sullivan County, TN

    Chicken 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

    64.7 miles from Sullivan County, TN

    Old 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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    Helen's Bridge - Zealandia Bridge

    Asheville, North Carolina

    64.7 miles from Sullivan County, TN

    Zealandia 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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    Riverside Cemetery

    Asheville, North Carolina

    64.8 miles from Sullivan County, TN

    Riverside 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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    Basilica of St. Lawrence

    Asheville, North Carolina

    64.8 miles from Sullivan County, TN

    The 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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    Asheville City Hall

    Asheville, North Carolina

    64.8 miles from Sullivan County, TN

    One 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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    Battery Park Hotel

    Asheville, North Carolina

    64.9 miles from Sullivan County, TN

    Although 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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    Jackson Building

    Asheville, North Carolina

    64.9 miles from Sullivan County, TN

    The 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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    Miles Building

    Asheville, North Carolina

    64.9 miles from Sullivan County, TN

    The 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

    65 miles from Sullivan County, TN

    Pritchard 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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    The Historic S & W Building

    Asheville, North Carolina

    65 miles from Sullivan County, TN

    The 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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    Barley's Taproom and Pizzeria

    Asheville, North Carolina

    65 miles from Sullivan County, TN

    In 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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    First Presbyterian Church

    Asheville, North Carolina

    65 miles from Sullivan County, TN

    First 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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    Scandals Nightclub

    Asheville, North Carolina

    65.1 miles from Sullivan County, TN

    Scandals 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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    Church Street

    Asheville, North Carolina

    65.2 miles from Sullivan County, TN

    Church 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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    Craven Street Bridge

    Asheville, North Carolina

    65.5 miles from Sullivan County, TN

    The 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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    South Asheville Colored Cemetery

    Asheville, North Carolina

    65.7 miles from Sullivan County, TN

    South 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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    Midnite Rodeo Club

    Asheville, North Carolina

    66.5 miles from Sullivan County, TN

    The 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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    Smith-McDowell House

    Asheville, North Carolina

    66.5 miles from Sullivan County, TN

    The 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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    Isis Restaurant and Music Hall

    Asheville, North Carolina

    66.6 miles from Sullivan County, TN

    Isis 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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    Biltmore-Oteen Bank Building

    Asheville, North Carolina

    66.7 miles from Sullivan County, TN

    Biltmore-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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    The Biltmore Estate

    Asheville, North Carolina

    66.7 miles from Sullivan County, TN

    The 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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    Reed House - Biltmore Village Inn

    Asheville, North Carolina

    66.8 miles from Sullivan County, TN

    The 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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    Pond Road

    Asheville, North Carolina

    68.8 miles from Sullivan County, TN

    The 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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    Motel 80

    Emmalena, Kentucky

    70.1 miles from Sullivan County, TN

    Rumor 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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    Mountain Brew Cafe

    Arden, North Carolina

    72.3 miles from Sullivan County, TN

    Mountain 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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    Calvary Episcopal Church

    Fletcher, North Carolina

    74.8 miles from Sullivan County, TN

    The 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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    The 1927 Lake Lure Inn and Spa

    Lake Lure, North Carolina

    74.9 miles from Sullivan County, TN

    The 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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    The Lodge on Lake Lure

    Lake Lure, North Carolina

    75.4 miles from Sullivan County, TN

    The 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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    1859 Cafe

    Hickory, North Carolina

    76.1 miles from Sullivan County, TN

    The 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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    Campbell Cemetery

    Busy, Kentucky

    76.8 miles from Sullivan County, TN

    Ther 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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    Thomas Divide Overlook

    Cherokee, North Carolina

    86.5 miles from Sullivan County, TN

    Night-time visitors to this overlook area off the Blue Ridge Parkway (near mile marker 464) often claim to see strange, glowing lights in the sky. No one has yet been able to definitively explain the source or reason for these lights.

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    Balsam Mountain Inn

    Sylva, North Carolina

    86.9 miles from Sullivan County, TN

    This 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.