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0Balsam Mountain Inn
Sylva, North Carolina
22.5 miles from Transylvania 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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0Western Carolina University - The Moore Building
Cullowhee, North Carolina
22.7 miles from Transylvania County, NCAs rumor has it, in the mid-1960s a student was murdered after she refused a man's amorous advances. She now is said to haunt the third floor, crying, screaming and pacing. The man was caught and served a few years in a mental hospital, but then was released. He passed ...
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Pickens County Museum
Pickens, South Carolina
22.8 miles from Transylvania 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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Calvary Episcopal Church
Fletcher, North Carolina
23.5 miles from Transylvania 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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Poinsett Bridge
Travelers Rest, South Carolina
23.9 miles from Transylvania 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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Mountain Brew Cafe
Arden, North Carolina
24.9 miles from Transylvania 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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Old Hester Store
Easley, South Carolina
25.8 miles from Transylvania 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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Pond Road
Asheville, North Carolina
26.2 miles from Transylvania 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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New Salem Church Cemetery
Taylors, South Carolina
27.2 miles from Transylvania 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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Isis Restaurant and Music Hall
Asheville, North Carolina
28.4 miles from Transylvania 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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Children's Graveyard - Duncan Chapel Methodist Church Cemetery
Greenville, South Carolina
28.9 miles from Transylvania 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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The Biltmore Estate
Asheville, North Carolina
28.9 miles from Transylvania 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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Reed House - Biltmore Village Inn
Asheville, North Carolina
29 miles from Transylvania 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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Smith-McDowell House
Asheville, North Carolina
29 miles from Transylvania 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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Biltmore-Oteen Bank Building
Asheville, North Carolina
29.1 miles from Transylvania 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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Midnite Rodeo Club
Asheville, North Carolina
29.2 miles from Transylvania 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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Craven Street Bridge
Asheville, North Carolina
29.6 miles from Transylvania 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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South Asheville Colored Cemetery
Asheville, North Carolina
30 miles from Transylvania 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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Church Street
Asheville, North Carolina
30.2 miles from Transylvania 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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Scandals Nightclub
Asheville, North Carolina
30.2 miles from Transylvania 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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Riverside Cemetery
Asheville, North Carolina
30.3 miles from Transylvania 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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First Presbyterian Church
Asheville, North Carolina
30.4 miles from Transylvania 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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The Historic S & W Building
Asheville, North Carolina
30.4 miles from Transylvania 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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Pritchard Park
Asheville, North Carolina
30.4 miles from Transylvania 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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Barley's Taproom and Pizzeria
Asheville, North Carolina
30.4 miles from Transylvania 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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Miles Building
Asheville, North Carolina
30.4 miles from Transylvania 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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Battery Park Hotel
Asheville, North Carolina
30.4 miles from Transylvania 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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Jackson Building
Asheville, North Carolina
30.5 miles from Transylvania 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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Basilica of St. Lawrence
Asheville, North Carolina
30.5 miles from Transylvania 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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Asheville City Hall
Asheville, North Carolina
30.6 miles from Transylvania 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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Thomas Wolfe Memorial
Asheville, North Carolina
30.7 miles from Transylvania 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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Waneta Street
Asheville, North Carolina
30.7 miles from Transylvania 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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Merrimon and Broadway
Asheville, North Carolina
30.7 miles from Transylvania 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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0Asheville Seasons Bed and Breakfast
Asheville, North Carolina
30.7 miles from Transylvania 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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Chicken Alley
Asheville, North Carolina
30.7 miles from Transylvania 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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Helen's Bridge - Zealandia Bridge
Asheville, North Carolina
30.9 miles from Transylvania 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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Highland Hospital Site
Asheville, North Carolina
31 miles from Transylvania 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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1889 WhiteGate Inn and Cottage
Asheville, North Carolina
31 miles from Transylvania 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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Church of the Redeemer
Woodfin, North Carolina
31.4 miles from Transylvania 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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0Grove Park Inn
Asheville, North Carolina
32.3 miles from Transylvania 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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Northside Grill and Bar
Asheville, North Carolina
32.5 miles from Transylvania 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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Fletcher School of Dance
Woodfin, North Carolina
32.6 miles from Transylvania 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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Beaver Lake
Asheville, North Carolina
32.7 miles from Transylvania 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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Cairn Brae - Crooked Oak Mountain Inn
Asheville, North Carolina
33 miles from Transylvania 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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Three Bridges Road
Powdersville, South Carolina
33.4 miles from Transylvania 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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Thomas Divide Overlook
Cherokee, North Carolina
33.5 miles from Transylvania County, NCNight-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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Lewis Memorial Park
Asheville, North Carolina
33.8 miles from Transylvania 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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Warren Wilson College
Swannanoa, North Carolina
34.8 miles from Transylvania 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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The 1927 Lake Lure Inn and Spa
Lake Lure, North Carolina
35.7 miles from Transylvania 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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Inn on Main Street
Weaverville, North Carolina
36.5 miles from Transylvania 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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Embassy Suites
Greenville, South Carolina
37.4 miles from Transylvania 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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The Lodge on Lake Lure
Lake Lure, North Carolina
37.4 miles from Transylvania 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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Devenger Road Bridge
Greer, South Carolina
37.7 miles from Transylvania 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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0York House Inn
Rabun Gap, Georgia
37.8 miles from Transylvania County, NCYork House Inn is Georgia's oldest continuously operating Inn, since 1896. All manner of living, births and deaths have taken place in the ensuing 120 years. It has been rumored by various employees that a Civil War soldier smokes cigars in one room and several children play in the Inn. ...
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Vance Birthplace
Weaverville, North Carolina
38.4 miles from Transylvania 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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Chiquola Club Hotel
Anderson, South Carolina
49 miles from Transylvania County, NCThe apparition of a nun in a habit has been by staff and guests on several occasions throughout the hotel building. (Submitted by Callum Swift)
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Anderson Muncipal Business Center
Anderson, South Carolina
49.3 miles from Transylvania County, NCThe origin of the haunting within this building is unknown, but staff working late hours claimed to have seen a shadowy figure materialising and disappear throughout the entire edifice. (Submitted by Callum Swift)
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Spartanburg Methodist College
Spartanburg, South Carolina
49.7 miles from Transylvania 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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Evans Building
Spartanburg, South Carolina
52.3 miles from Transylvania 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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Converse College
Spartanburg, South Carolina
52.5 miles from Transylvania 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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0Cabin On Roaring Fork
Gatlinburg, Tennessee
52.9 miles from Transylvania County, NCThis cabin is over 200 years old. The cabin seems to be occupied by the ghost of a woman. The website address is: CabinOnRoaringFork.com The number of paranormal events are too numerous to mention, but here are a couple: One family decided to go by a fast food restaurant to get ...
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Rocky River Motel
Gatlinburg, Tennessee
53.2 miles from Transylvania County, NCWe have lived at this motel for three weeks. In that time, we have had two incidents where there was a clear and loud knock at the door, but when we opened it there is no one anywhere in sight. Our wall clock sometimes runs backwards. My girlfriend clearly saw ...
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0Garden Plaza Hotel - Holiday Inn Sunspree
Gatlinburg, Tennessee
53.3 miles from Transylvania County, NCThis hotel building has more than its share of haunts. A man is said to have committed suicide in Room 471, and a reflection of his ghost is said to be seen in the nearby windows, walking around the pool at night. A Boy Scout troop leader is said to ...
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Cry Baby Bridge
Anderson, South Carolina
53.3 miles from Transylvania County, NCOne of the most famous cry baby bridges in the state, the iron construction still sits alongside a modern concrete bridge connecting two sides of the county. Passer-by's claim to have seen a lady in a white dress on the old bridge, looking for someone. She vanishes when approached. (Submitted ...
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0Rocky Top Village Inn
Gatlinburg, Tennessee
53.5 miles from Transylvania County, NCA multiple murder that occurred a couple decades ago is the source for this building's haunting, locals say. So the harrowing story goes, the back office was the site where two workers were brutally killed for a reason still unknown. Witnesses have heard the screams of the victims and seen ...
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0Mysterious Mansion
Gatlinburg, Tennessee
53.8 miles from Transylvania County, NCThe mystery of the Mansion involves a sobbing spirit. Locals tell the tale of a 7-year-old girl who died when she fell off the balcony into a creek below. Her ghost is said to appear around the anniversary of her death, crying and pointing up to the spot from which ...
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Foster's Tavern
Spartanburg, South Carolina
55.1 miles from Transylvania 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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Southern Oaks Inn
Lavonia, Georgia
55.6 miles from Transylvania County, NCThe Southern Oaks Inn was originally a home built by Charles P. Ray in 1918, who died here in an upstairs room, and that's who the current owners believe haunt the place. Apparitions of a man and woman have been seen, and strange footsteps have been heard. Reports from workers ...
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Caroleen Broad River Bridge
Ellenboro, North Carolina
56.5 miles from Transylvania 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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Newport Memorial Building
Newport, Tennessee
57.3 miles from Transylvania County, NCIn 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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Clifton Mill No. 2
Spartanburg, South Carolina
57.7 miles from Transylvania 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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Family Inn
Pigeon Forge, Tennessee
58.1 miles from Transylvania County, NCFolks say a shadowy form watches over you at this inn. The ghost is said to belong to an elderly woman who was killed here while she was working late.
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Chain Gang Hill Road
Spartanburg, South Carolina
58.6 miles from Transylvania 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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Little Greenbrier Lodge Bed and Breakfast
Sevierville, Tennessee
58.6 miles from Transylvania County, NCAccording to the locals, the friendly ghost of Margretta Craig haunts this 1939 bed-and-breakfast. The room where she is most often seen is dedicated to her, and the owners display photographs of her in her room. The ghost is said to do nice things like close the door behind you.
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Piedmont College
Demorest, Georgia
60.9 miles from Transylvania County, NCAt Piedmont College, an orange-outlined ghost is said to roam the Getman-Babcock Dormitory, usually in the lobby. Also seen here is a ghostly little girl in a blue dress. Witnesses have reported the door handle turning on its own in the laundry room as well.
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LeConte Lodge
Sevierville, Tennessee
61.7 miles from Transylvania County, NCIn the early hours of morning, guests staying the lodge have reported awakening to see a young girl standing at the foot of their beds, who disappears when she is seen. (Submitted by Callum Swift)
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0General Morgan Inn
Greeneville, Tennessee
66.5 miles from Transylvania 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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Georgia Guidestones
Dewy Rose, Georgia
67.3 miles from Transylvania County, NCThe Georgia Guidestones, known as "American Stonehenge," is a granite monument consisting of six astronomically aligned slabs inscribed in four ancient languages: Babylonian, Classical Greek, Sanskrit and Egyptian hieroglyphs. The origin of the structure is a bit of a mystery, perhaps leading to the opinion that the place may be ...
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Tennessee Mountain Inn - Econo Lodge
Jefferson City, Tennessee
68.3 miles from Transylvania County, NCOnce the Tennessee Mountain Inn but now reported to be an EconoLodge, this place is the home of a ghostly little girl. She has been seen on the balcony or in the hallways by guests and employees alike, and they say she is very sweet and friendly. Who she is ...
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Wheatland Plantation
Sevierville, Tennessee
69.5 miles from Transylvania County, NCWheatland Plantation, located off of Boyd's Creek Highway in Sevierville, is an 1820 Federal Style home that was constructed around a large geode by a Freemason. The property has seen more than 70 murders and deaths within its walls, while the grounds bore witness to battles of both the ...
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Lydia Mill Ruins
Clinton, South Carolina
72.4 miles from Transylvania County, NCDating as far back as the early 1900s, Lydia Mill, now in ruins, had housing on-site for its employees. Now a headless female ghost roams the premises, seen around the railroad tracks or in the mill building.
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Abbewood Bed and Breakfast Inn
Abbeville, South Carolina
74.2 miles from Transylvania County, NCThis elegant bed and breakfast inn is rumoured to date back to the civil war era, and is supposedly haunted by a soldier who hanged himself in the attic. Guests who have stayed in the inn report feeling cold spots in the attic, and have felt an eerie presence. ...
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Glenmore Mansion
Jefferson City, Tennessee
74.6 miles from Transylvania County, NCBefore the death of local historian Thomas Roach, he remarked that if a ghost was sighted at the mansion, it might just be of him. Ever since, visitors have noted a friendly presence and a misty apparition on the lower floor of the mansion. People have also reported sighting a ...
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Trinity Episcopal Church
Abbeville, South Carolina
74.7 miles from Transylvania County, NCThis gothic church, dating back to 1842, is believed to be haunted by Elizabeth Marshall, whose husband died during the Second Battle of Manassas in 1862. Visitors to the church have reported seeing the apparition of a woman in an old-fashioned dress walking amongst the pews, while others ...
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Abbeville Welcome Center
Abbeville, South Carolina
74.7 miles from Transylvania County, NCThis historic building dates back to the 1870's, and was formerly the town bank. The apparition reported here is that of a young boy, who has been seen staring down into the street and has even been known to follow staff throughout the hallways. (Submitted by Callum Swift)
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Abbeville Opera House
Abbeville, South Carolina
74.7 miles from Transylvania County, NCAbbeville Opera House is believed to be haunted by the spirit of a woman. Her apparition has been seen applauding in the balcony, wearing a period dress. Now, the theater keeps the seat open for her, should she ever want to return. The lady is believed to be an actress ...
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Belmont Inn
Abbeville, South Carolina
74.7 miles from Transylvania County, NCThis historic hotel dates back to the turn of the twentieth century, and served as luxurious railroad accommodation for visitors to the town. Guests staying in the hotel have reported weird occurrences in various rooms of the hotel, including an entity that opens and closes doors. (Submitted by Callum Swift)
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Abbeville County Museum
Abbeville, South Carolina
74.8 miles from Transylvania County, NCThe historic jail building now serves as the county museum, and dates back to the civil war era. The third floor of the jailhouse is believed to be the most haunted, as the worst prisoners were housed here. Staff claim to have run into a friendly African American prisoner ...
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Bethesda Church and Cemetery
Morristown, Tennessee
76.1 miles from Transylvania County, NCThe 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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0Historic Eureka Inn
Jonesborough, Tennessee
77.5 miles from Transylvania 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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0Hawley House Bed and Breakfast
Jonesborough, Tennessee
77.6 miles from Transylvania 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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Rock Presbyterian Church Cemetery
Greenwood, South Carolina
77.6 miles from Transylvania County, NCRock Presbyterian Church Cemetery is an old graveyard where folks say disembodied singing is heard, white mists or figures materialize, and blue spots are said to appear in the house adjacent.
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Brown Mountain Lights
Lenoir, North Carolina
77.8 miles from Transylvania 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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Bethabara Baptist Church Cemetery
Cross Hill, South Carolina
79.7 miles from Transylvania County, NCBethabara Baptist Church Cemetery is home to the ghost of a Civil War soldier whose marker cross glows about three times per year. The cross also is said to inexplicably change color several times a year.
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Lees-McRae College - Tate Dorm
Banner Elk, North Carolina
84.1 miles from Transylvania 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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Brenau University
Gainesville, Georgia
85 miles from Transylvania County, NCAgnes is the ghost who is believed to haunt the 1878 women's college called Brenau University. A former student in the early 1900s, Agnes is said to have hanged herself. Her reasons for her distressed differ depending on who tells the story. She may have been ostracized by sorority members ...
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Ninety Six National Historic Site
Ninety Six, South Carolina
85.3 miles from Transylvania County, NCNinety Six National Historic Site is a National Park Service operated frontier settlement and Revolutionary War battle site that includes Star Fort, a visitor center, a trail, archaeological digs and restorations. It's rumored to be haunted by a ghost, but folks differ as to who the spirit is, or was. ...
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The Old Cotton Mill
Jefferson, Georgia
87.2 miles from Transylvania County, NCThe Cotton Mill in Jefferson, GA – This old cotton mill has a been shut down for nearly 50 years but has recently undertaken a restoration project turning it into an event center. Workers have seen several unexplainable acts including: -dark objects running at them and then bolt to the ceiling -foot ...
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Braselton Town Hall
Braselton, Georgia
93.4 miles from Transylvania County, NCThe 1909 residence of the town's founding family is said to be haunted by a ghost called Little John, said to have been a mentally challenged boy who lived in the attic. He is heard walking around and banging when the place closes for the night. Also reported here are ...
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