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0Baker Hollow Road Cemetery
Marion, Kentucky
17.3 miles from Morganfield, KY
Witnesses say Baker Hollow Road Cemetery disappears and reappears in different locations, so it is hard to find. They also describe overwhelming feelings of grief, music playing, laughter, screams, and the sound of something unseen trying to get into your car. Apparitions of soldiers, a ghost dog, and men hanging ...
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Robin Hill
Mount Vernon, Indiana
17.5 miles from Morganfield, KY
This historic house, reported to have been part of the Underground Railroad, stands empty and for sale. Since it has stood empty for a period, it is not surprising that it has developed a reputation for being haunted. Witnesses have reported seeing shadowy figures and hearing toilets flushing and other ...
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Cave-in-Rock State Park
Cave-In-Rock, Illinois
19.8 miles from Morganfield, KY
The ghost story here starts with Samuel Mason, a robber who established a gambling tavern here around 1800. He attracted customers with alchohol, prostitutes and gambling, then robbed and sometimes killed them. Although now the site is known for its natural features, some witnesses have reported hearing moans and cries ...
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Wynn Cemetery
Clay, Kentucky
20.3 miles from Morganfield, KY
According to local legend, two witches were buried in above-ground graves at Wynn Cemetery, and there are three trees here from which accused witches were hanged. Visitors have reported strange happenings on the anniversaries of their deaths and sudden temperature changes. Some witnesses have reported seeing a black apparition here ...
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0Crenshaw House
Junction, Illinois
20.8 miles from Morganfield, KY
This place is closed to the public. It is owned by the state of Illinois and there are numerous No Trespassing signs. You are cautioned not to attempt to visit this place. Crenshaw house was a major player in kidnapping freed and escaped slaves and returning them to ...
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0The Old Slave House - Crenshaw Mansion
Junction, Illinois
20.8 miles from Morganfield, KY
Note: This house is no longer a tourist attraction; tours are not operated here now as they have been in the past. Trespassers have been known to be arrested. This residence was once a place where slaves were bred illegally. The attic was made over with stalls to house the ...
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0The Grand Rose Hotel
Elizabethtown, Illinois
26.9 miles from Morganfield, KY
At this 1812 establishment with a view of the Ohio River, former owner Sarah Rose is said to linger beyond the grave. Her apparition has been seen walking in the second-floor hallways as well as climbing the stairs. Folks also have reported hearing a disembodied female voice and finding that ...
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0Willard Library
Evansville, Indiana
27.6 miles from Morganfield, KY
The Grey Lady is said to haunt this historic late-1800s library building, and she brings apparitions, the scent of perfume, cold spots, strange noises, and more. The water and electricity are also known to turn on and off, and furniture and objects move by themselves. Ghost tours are held in ...
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Lick Creek Cemetery
Dawson Springs, Kentucky
32.8 miles from Morganfield, KY
At the small Lick Creek Cemetery, visitors have reported apparitions, glowing eyes, and objects that fade in and out of sight.
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Grapevine Cemetery
Madisonville, Kentucky
35.8 miles from Morganfield, KY
Grapevine Cemetery reportedly has a statue of an angel that cries blood and a ghost of a young man who committed suicide in after his girlfriend left. Witnesses say if he hears a love song playing from your car, he will scream.
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Riverview Mansion Hotel
Golconda, Illinois
38.1 miles from Morganfield, KY
Now known as The Levee Lounge & Historic Riverview Mansion, the hotel is haunted by Miss Lucy Morse, wife of a former county bank president. Since the 1920's, her friendly spirit has been encountered on several occasions by guests and staff. (Submitted by Callum Swift)
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0Rockport Inn
Rockport, Indiana
49.4 miles from Morganfield, KY
This inn was built in the 1850s as a private home, and was one of the first buildings in the area to have glass windows. It is rumored to have been part of the Underground Railroad; it is also rumored to have a ghost. An apparition of the wife of ...
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107-1/2 East Main Cross
Greenville, Kentucky
52.5 miles from Morganfield, KY
The location is believed to have been a hospital in the 1800's. Currently it is a restaurant with apartments above. Before that it was a law office. Family just moved there and have seen a man on many occasions walking through the apartment. Strange noises, etc. ...
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Blackfoot Cemetery
Oakland City, Indiana
54.6 miles from Morganfield, KY
Blackfoot Cemetery has graves that date as far back as the 1800s and is a hot spot for the ghostly folk, some say. Witnesses have described eerie lights, unexplained sounds, and one grave that appears to be separate from all the others. According to local legend, the grave belongs to ...
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Oakland City College - Cockrum Hall
Oakland City, Indiana
54.8 miles from Morganfield, KY
Cockrum Hall at Oakland City College was built 1876 and is haunted by namesake Colonel William Cockrum's wife. Legend has it that she hanged herself in the tower. Those who peek into the windows in the night may see doors opening and closing by themselves and a bright orange glow ...
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0C. C. Cohen Building
Paducah, Kentucky
55.5 miles from Morganfield, KY
C.C. Cohen's restaurant closed around 2010, and is now reported to be called Shandies. The place is rumored to be haunted by the ghost of Stella Cohen Peine, the last member of the Cohen family, who died in her apartment upstairs. Chairs move by themselves, salt and pepper shakers fall ...
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Happy Hollow Rd
Benton, Kentucky
59.5 miles from Morganfield, KY
Supposedly Happy Hollow Rd here in Marshall County Ky is haunted by a girl who died this road. If you were to put your car in neutral & let it roll downhill you will see this girls hand prints on your windshield and feel her pushing your car back & ...
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Southern Illinois University
Carbondale, Illinois
70.8 miles from Morganfield, KY
Southern Illinois University is reputed to have many haunted buildings; among them are Wheeler Hall, Faner Hall, Anthony Hall, Shryock Auditorium, and Mae Smith Residence Hall. One of the most famous ghosts here is Henry, who haunts the 1918 Shryock Auditorium. Henry, aka former university President Henry William Shryock, died ...
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0Hundley House Bed and Breakfast
Carbondale, Illinois
71.5 miles from Morganfield, KY
Although Hundley House has not operated as a B & B since 2011, former guests claim that double homicide that took place there in the 1928's has left its mark, both literally and spiritually. A bullet hole from the murders can still be seen in the back staircase and people ...
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Bellwood Mansion
Indian Mound, Tennessee
81.3 miles from Morganfield, KY
Bellwood Mansion is reportedly an abandoned mansion in the middle of the woods, and it's a magnet for local legends about ghost sightings and witchcraft.
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Ghosts of Old Louisville: True Stories of Hauntings in America's Largest Victorian Neighborhood
David Domine
Kentucky Spirits Undistilled: Stories of the Bluegrass State's Famous Haunted Locations
Lisa Westmoreland-doherty
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Austin Peay State University
Clarksville, Tennessee
85.2 miles from Morganfield, KY
Austin Peay State University's Trahern Theater is said to be haunted by Margaret, a ghost who haunts the third floor and the stage. Margaret is said to tinker with elevators and electricity, lock doors, bang on lockers and call the names of students.
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Violin Annie - Elmwood Cemetery
Centralia, Illinois
88.4 miles from Morganfield, KY
Local legend says that Harriet Anne Marshall (Annie) was an accomplished violinist, and the daughter of a wealthy doctor. She became ill and died of diptheria, and at her grave her parents placed a statue of her playing the violin. It is said that cemetery visitors can hear the violin ...
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0Bell Witch Cave
Adams, Tennessee
89.1 miles from Morganfield, KY
The famous legend of the Bell Witch has been written about for over a century. Many movies and stories have been based on this legend as well. Some say this story of the Bell family being haunted by a poltergeist or witch is unsubstantiated and a hoax. Other reports say ...
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Resthaven Memorial Gardens
Clarksville, Tennessee
89.8 miles from Morganfield, KY
Behind the cemetery, reports say, is a house that was once the home of a slave owner. Rumor has it that one of his slaves forced himself upon his daughter and got her pregnant, and the master killed the slave. The slave's ghost is said to roam the house looking ...
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Upper Big Lake
Charleston, Missouri
91.2 miles from Morganfield, KY
A fisherman's ghost is purported to haunt Upper Big Lake. So the story goes, the fisherman accidentally killed his nephew with a shotgun, and the nephew's ghost came back and drowned his uncle while he was fishing on the lake.
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0French Lick Springs Hotel
French Lick, Indiana
92.5 miles from Morganfield, KY
This historic resort hotel complex is said to be haunted by former owner Thomas Taggart, who lingers around the service elevator as musts and phantom tobacco smells. He is said to expertly operate the elevator from beyond when the place gets busy. He also is said to appear riding a ...
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Fife Opera House
Palestine, Illinois
92.6 miles from Morganfield, KY
David Fife built the opera house around 1900 and is rumored to be haunted. The building was also used for two other business of his: a hardware store downstairs and, as Fife was also a licensed embalmer, a funeral home on the second floor behind the auditorium. In 1935, Fife's ...
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Western Kentucky University
Bowling Green, Kentucky
93.7 miles from Morganfield, KY
Western Kentucky University is rumored to have many haunts in many different buildings: Academic Complex - Formerly a hospital and now classrooms, medical facilities and TV and radio stations, the complex workers have heard strange sounds, seen apparitions out of the corners of their eyes, and saw a CD player ...
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Octagon Hall
Franklin, Kentucky
96.2 miles from Morganfield, KY
The historic Octagon Hall was completed in 1859, and is rumored to be haunted. In the 1860s it is said that a young girl burned to death in the basement kitchen, and local stories tell that during a 2003 Halloween ghost tour, the fireplace kettle, which hangs from a moveable ...
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King Cemetery
Dieterich, Illinois
96.7 miles from Morganfield, KY
There are vague reports online about orbs and shadow people being seen here. This cemetery is on private property, so be sure to secure the proper permissions before even thinking about visiting.
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Bond's Chapel Cemetery
West Baden Springs, Indiana
98.1 miles from Morganfield, KY
Bond's Chapel Cemetery has a mysterious grave with a linked chain that grows longer every year. There are two legends about the chain. One legend has it that buried here is an Army man who left his girlfriend waiting back home. He was killed in battle, and his girlfriend stood ...
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Williams Bridge
Williams, Indiana
102.6 miles from Morganfield, KY
The Williams Bridge was built in 1884 and was closed in 2010. It is said to be haunted because of an accident way back in its past, before it used to be a covered bridge. So the story goes, a man on horseback was riding across when his horse suddenly ...
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Antioch Cemetery
Sullivan, Indiana
104.3 miles from Morganfield, KY
At Antioch Cemetery, the apparition of a man in a dark suit holding flowers has been seen peering down at a grave on foggy nights at around 1:30 a.m. Visitors in cars also report shadow people flying over their cars and scratching or tapping on it.
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0Whispers Estate
Mitchell, Indiana
106.7 miles from Morganfield, KY
Featured on some TV shows, the estate is said to be the site of many paranormal occurrences including apparitions, voice phenomena, jiggling doorknobs, tremors, unexplained smells, shaking furniture, and a vortex in the heart of the house.
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Congress Inn
Nashville, Tennessee
119.4 miles from Morganfield, KY
In 1987, a guest awoke from sleeping on his stomach to find that someone was sitting on his backside, so he was unable to turn over. After asking around, he learned that the inn had been used as a Civil War hospital, and it is said that the death toll ...
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Oliver's Restaurant - Grayfeather Grill
Gallatin, Tennessee
120.7 miles from Morganfield, KY
It has had many names, including Loco Lupe's, Oliver's Restaurant, Grecian's and Grayfeather Grill. The 1800s building that houses the eatery was once the county jail, and it is rumored to be haunted. Witnesses have heard voices, knocking, footsteps on the stairs and slamming doors late at night, and toilets ...
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0Fairvue - Isaac Franklin Plantation
Gallatin, Tennessee
121.3 miles from Morganfield, KY
The historic Isaac Franklin Plantation, also called Fairvue, was built in 1832. Isaac Franklin was a successful slave trader who sold approximately 1,200 enslaved people into the Southwest region, earning almost $1,000,000 in his lifetime. After changing hands several times over the years, the site was designated a National Historic ...
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0Gaylord Opryland Resort
Nashville, Tennessee
122.1 miles from Morganfield, KY
This famed resort is said to be haunted by The Black Lady, who has been seen all over the hotel. As her nickname suggests, the appparition is dressed all in black. She is a young woman in antebellum-style clothing, and wears a long black veil over her face. She is ...
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Two Rivers Mansion and Golf Course
Nashville, Tennessee
123.8 miles from Morganfield, KY
People have reported seeing apparitions in the mansion and having items moved around the building. The lights turn on and off at night. People report seeing strange lights from across the golf course moving around the house. Disembodied footsteps and strange laughter are heard on the fairways of the golf ...
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The Hermitage
Nashville, Tennessee
124.4 miles from Morganfield, KY
Settled by Nathaniel Hays in 1780, Hays sold the farm to Andrew Jackson in 1804 for $3,400. Jackson built the Federal-style, two-story brick home around 1820. He came back here after his U.S. presidency term ended in 1837, and died here June 8, 1845. The property fell into disrepair until ...
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Indiana University Bloomington
Bloomington, Indiana
127.2 miles from Morganfield, KY
Indiana University Bloomington is said to be haunted in several spots on campus. One is the Career Center, babies are heard crying, and at the Folklore Office a deceased department head has been seen. At the Indiana Memorial Union, suicide victims and a ghost dog roam, and apparitions have been ...
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