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0Shadows on the Teche
New Iberia, Louisiana
6 miles from Lydia, LA
Built in the early 1830s, this historic house, available for tours, is thought to be haunted by former resident Mary Moore. She passed away during the Civil War while her home was occupied by Union troops. A misty figure has been reported, as well as footsteps and voices coming from ...
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0Joseph Jefferson Mansion
New Iberia, Louisiana
11.4 miles from Lydia, LA
Strange lights, moving chairs and the sounds of footsteps have all be reported at the mansion.
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0Bienvenue House Bed and Breakfast
Saint Martinville, Louisiana
14.5 miles from Lydia, LA
Built in 1830, the inn is said to be the site of the murder of a former innkeeper, Isabel Robertson, and her invalid daughter Belle. At least one of them is said to haunt the place. Some say Belle's bell, which she used to call for help, can be heard ...
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Mary Jane's Bridge
Broussard, Louisiana
17.5 miles from Lydia, LA
One of those stories that just generate in small towns, a cautionary tale if you will. This bridge is reportedly haunted by the ghost of a young woman who was raped and murdered and thrown off the bridge, her body never recovered. Although no evidence of such a ...
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Oaklawn Manor
Franklin, Louisiana
20.5 miles from Lydia, LA
It is said that the ghost of Henry Clay haunts this estate, though very little additional detail is available concerning the particulars of the haunting.
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0T'Frere's House Bed and Breakfast
Lafayette, Louisiana
21.5 miles from Lydia, LA
Reported to be haunted by the ghost of "Amelie" who died after falling into the well. Reportedly the Catholic church refused to bury her on church property as they ruled it a suicide. She is said to turn lights on and off, bang pots and pans and other mischievous ...
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0Susie Plantation
Franklin, Louisiana
23.3 miles from Lydia, LA
Unexplained noises and a series of mishaps point to a malevolent entity operating at this privately owned home. Different people have reported being pushed off of scaffolding and ladders, one, while holding a chainsaw. It is alleged that the former mistress of the house doesn't like anyone living ...
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Harris Hall - University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Lafayette, Louisiana
24.2 miles from Lydia, LA
The girl's dorm is reported to be haunted by the ghost of a female student.
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0Chretien Point Plantation
Sunset, Louisiana
37.2 miles from Lydia, LA
Reportedly haunted by the ghost of its former mistress as well as an outlaw she killed when she discovered him creeping up the stairs one night.
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Saint Charles Borromeo - Retreat House
Arnaudville, Louisiana
37.7 miles from Lydia, LA
Rumor has it that this house is haunted by an old Jesuit priest who used to live there.
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Marland's Bridge
Sunset, Louisiana
38.4 miles from Lydia, LA
This bridge is the scene of 2 events. On Nov. 3, 1863. There was a union campground just east of it, then it was attacked by the Confederacy. This is called " The Battle of Bayou Bourbeau" The Confederates were victorious, and manage to capture an artillery piece. Young Corporal ...
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Rice Theatre
Crowley, Louisiana
40 miles from Lydia, LA
At this 1920 theater, reportedly once used as a car dealership and a recording studio, a freight elevator is said to run on its own. Also, shadows and disembodied voices have been reported.
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Nottoway Plantation
White Castle, Louisiana
41.9 miles from Lydia, LA
Built in 1859, this plantation is said to be haunted by the ghost of a coachman. During a Civil War attack, the coachman stood at the front of the house making sure that all the folks got from their carriages to the house safely. Folks say his presence is still ...
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Cottage Plantation
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
45.2 miles from Lydia, LA
The Union took over this 1824 mansion during the Civil War, and it is said to be haunted by a local who was held prisoner here. Angus Holt is said to haunt the remains of the house, which burned down in 1960. It is said that for the best chances ...
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Charles Burr Ln Bridge
Opelousas, Louisiana
46.2 miles from Lydia, LA
This is a very haunted bridge that all locals know about. Add night many people have seen A apparition of a old man holding a lantern at the bridge. Many people driving along the road and filled that something is in the backseat of the vehicle and look in the ...
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Charlene Richard - St. Edwards Church Cemetery
Church Point, Louisiana
46.4 miles from Lydia, LA
More than 10,000 people a year visit the grave of "Saint" Charlene Richard for spiritual healing. Although she is not truly a saint, at a young age she expressed interest in becoming one. Her mother told her that she could pray for the world's sinners, and when Charlene was diagnosed ...
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Highland Road and Lee Drive
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
50.2 miles from Lydia, LA
People claim that the ghosts of Confederate soldiers are often seen crossing Highland Road.
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0Pleasant Hall - Room 312
Lydia,
50.4 miles from Lydia, LA
Room 312 is the site of a reported murder-suicide. People claim that there are strange noises, lights and shadows in the room.
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Nicholson Home
Washington, Louisiana
50.5 miles from Lydia, LA
Thought to be over 250 years old, the building was once used as a Civil War hospital. It is haunted by a ghost called Hoppy or Peg-Leg, seen wearing soldier's clothing, a peg-leg, and a gold earring in his left ear. Legend has it that Hoppy was a pirate who ...
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Ghostly Hitchhiker
Port Barre, Louisiana
50.7 miles from Lydia, LA
In the town of Washington Louisiana, I was driving to my uncle's home and it was at night. I forget the time of night. I was driving and I remember the hard turn in the road... my windows were rolled down and the next thing I know, I noticed ...
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0Spanish Moon
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
51.1 miles from Lydia, LA
Reputed to be haunted by a ghost that enjoys moving things around, from pool balls to glassware. Some staff members claim they've been touched or grabbed. The building was a temporary morgue during a disaster in the 20's and some believe some of those whose bodies rested there, stayed there. ...
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USS Kidd
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
51.1 miles from Lydia, LA
The WWII and Korean War ship is open to the public as a memorial. It was once hit by a kamikaze, killing 38 men on board. The ghosts of sailors in WWII uniforms have been reported on the ship.
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0Old State Capitol
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
51.4 miles from Lydia, LA
Security guards report motion alarms tripped at night when no one is around, lights flickering on and off and the occasional glimpse of a shadowy figure on the second floor. Ghostly footprints are left in the dust, and for some reason the local entity has a tendency to steal ...
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Guaranty Income Life and Broadcasting Building
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
51.6 miles from Lydia, LA
The building was once a hospital and a morgue. It is reportedly haunted by several of the patients who checked in, and apparently never checked out.
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0Old State Penitentiary
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
51.8 miles from Lydia, LA
Because if you were an inmate, wouldn't you want to stay in prison for all eternity? Ghostly footsteps, electrical issues and other ghostly happenings are reported to occur here.
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0Parlange Plantation House
New Roads, Louisiana
52.4 miles from Lydia, LA
The ghost of a girl in a wedding gown appears on full moon nights walking through the oak trees of the plantation. This plantation house is privately owned, but is open by appointment for viewings. There is a fee charged. Call 225-638-8410 for further information.
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Houmas House Plantation
Donaldsonville, Louisiana
53.7 miles from Lydia, LA
The granddaughter of original builder General Wade Hampton is thought to haunt the place, having appeared to restoration workers in 2003 wearing a blue dress. She walked down the staircase and disappeared. She also is known to follow tour groups through the house. The identity of the ghost is not ...
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Eunice Public Library
Eunice, Louisiana
54.3 miles from Lydia, LA
Eunice Public Library is believed to have a ghost who locks doors, turns on lights, and hides books by local children's author Mary Alice Fontenot.
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Miller Cemetery - Headless Cemetery
Eunice, Louisiana
56.1 miles from Lydia, LA
The ghost of a headless man is often seen and people claim that if you drive there at night, you'll experience car trouble.
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0Ellender Hall - Nicholls State University
Thibodaux, Louisiana
60 miles from Lydia, LA
All the elements of a haunting are reported to occur here: lights turn on and off, objects move on their own, footsteps, scratching noises.
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Devil's Swamp
Schriever, Louisiana
60.1 miles from Lydia, LA
The thing that's really haunting the Devil's Swamp is the thousands of pollutants and chemicals that have been poured into it, destroying the ecosystem over the years. Still if cancer deaths alone are sufficient to cause ghosts, this place should have ghosts aplenty. Beware when visiting this toxic ...
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0Oak Alley Plantation
Vacherie, Louisiana
61.1 miles from Lydia, LA
Although it is best known for the three hundred year old oaks that line the walkway leading to the house, Oak Alley is also known for its ghosts. Numerous apparitions of a woman have been reported throughout the house, as well as sightings of a woman riding a horse through ...
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Laurel Valley Village Plantation
Thibodaux, Louisiana
61.2 miles from Lydia, LA
A former slave plantation, the road leading into the village is said to be haunted that you can often see apparitions of former slaves and people dressed in old-fashioned clothing walking along the road.
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0Ardoyne Plantation House
Schriever, Louisiana
61.5 miles from Lydia, LA
This is a private home and not open for visits, which is a shame because it is stunningly beautiful. Reports of hauntings are sketchy at best and hard to substantiate, but it's a plantation home in Louisiana so it has to have at least one ghost, right? Update: As of ...
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Coteau Road
Houma, Louisiana
64.8 miles from Lydia, LA
Apparitions are seen wandering the fields at night, especially around the metal sheds off the roads. Illicit meth labs? Ghostly happenings? You decide.
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Rosedown Plantation
St. Francisville, Louisiana
65.6 miles from Lydia, LA
Completed in 1835, this house is said to be haunted by some of the original Turnbull family members. Witness describe ghostly pranks, such as turning the lights on and off and moving furniture. He is believed to be William, the eldest Turnbull son.
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0Myrtles Plantation
St. Francisville, Louisiana
65.7 miles from Lydia, LA
A crying woman and a vengeful slave are both said to haunt this plantation.
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0Southdown Plantation House
Houma, Louisiana
67.3 miles from Lydia, LA
Reported to be haunted, though details on the exact nature of the haunting are not easily found. So far those that have been found online do not seem to be supported by any data and appear to be pure supposition.
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San Francisco Plantation House
Reserve, Louisiana
72 miles from Lydia, LA
This 1856 house is said to be haunted by some of its former residents: a small boy who cries in the night, an older man seen on the upper floor and roof, and a young girl seen near the staircase (she is thought to have died by falling down the ...
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Bayou Sale Road
Dulac, Louisiana
77.6 miles from Lydia, LA
People claim that a hitchhiking ghost haunts this road.
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0Springfield Cemetery
Springfield, Louisiana
82.3 miles from Lydia, LA
In the cemetery there is a marble headstone marking the grave of a boy named Michael Brown. Michael was allegedly killed by a hit and run driver who was rumored to be caught when details of the crash somehow came to be carved on the back of the headstone ...
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0Loyd Hall Plantation
Cheneyville, Louisiana
83.9 miles from Lydia, LA
Like any plantation in the south, Loyd hall has had its share of tragedy and death. The main stories are of the original owner who was hanged as a traitor during the Civil War, a Union soldier shot to death in an upstairs attic (the bloodstains are still visible) and ...
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0Ormond Plantation
Destrehan, Louisiana
84.4 miles from Lydia, LA
At this historic plantation bed-and-breakfast, folks have reported seeing shadowy figures as far back as 1880. Apparitions have been seen of a man in 19th-century garb and a young woman in an upstairs room. Paranormal investigations have resulted in video of a mysterious light traveling down the staircase.
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0Destrehan Plantation
Destrehan, Louisiana
85.6 miles from Lydia, LA
Full-body apparitions are often sighted at the plantation. People believe the most-often-seen ghost is the husband of one of the daughters of the plantation owner.
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0Ormond (Destrehan) Plantation
Destrehan, Louisiana
85.6 miles from Lydia, LA
The oldest plantation in Louisiana is said to be haunted by the ghosts of former owners. The site of a rumored slave uprising, it is said that the leader of the rebellion, when caught, laid a curse on the plantation and all its owners. Whatever the reality ...
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Manchac Swamp
Ponchatoula, Louisiana
87.1 miles from Lydia, LA
Known to locals as the Ghost Swamp, it is said to be haunted by Julie Brown, a Creole voodoo priestess. In 1915, reports say she cursed the town of Frenier, singing odd songs about taking the town with her when she died. On the day she did die, a hurricane ...
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Calcasieu Courthouse
Lake Charles, Louisiana
87.7 miles from Lydia, LA
Calcasieu Courthouse is said to be haunted by Toni Jo McQuiston (born Annie Beatrice McQuiston), a murderess and the only female to die in Louisiana’s electric chair. Toni was a beauty but a tough girl, into drugs and prostitution. But after she fell in love with Claude Henry (nicknamed Cowboy)at ...
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0Elizabeth Town Hall
Elizabeth, Louisiana
88.4 miles from Lydia, LA
Probably the only thing to beware at this town hall are the very sketchy rumors of it being haunted. Very little anecdotal evidence exists to support the claims, but we'll include it for the sake of completeness.
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0LaBranche Plantation Dependency
St. Rose, Louisiana
88.8 miles from Lydia, LA
Reports say the establishment is closed as of 2013. It is reported to be the site where Adolf Hitler's horse was buried, and the horse is said to haunt the area. Inside the house, spirits are said to manifest by moving objects and emitting perfume aromas.
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