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0Big Woods Cemetery
Vinton, Louisiana
18.1 miles from Oretta, LA
Shadows and electrical interference are the two big ticket items to look for when visiting Big Woods cemetery.
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0Calcasieu Courthouse
Lake Charles, Louisiana
24.5 miles from Oretta, 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
44.7 miles from Oretta, 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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Forest Lawn - Kissing Statue
Beaumont, Texas
48 miles from Oretta, LA
Legend has it that at night at this cemetery, two statues awaken and kiss. So the story goes, if you shine car bright headlights on the man and woman statues from the driveway that runs behind them, they will come to life, turn around, and kiss. Another point of note ...
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Holiday Inn
Beaumont, Texas
50.9 miles from Oretta, LA
Security Cameras picked up a creepy shadow on the wall of the 2nd floor. There are no windows down this hall, and the camera was only activated by motion. Ghost hunters came to check this out and what they found was astonishing. The hotel is currently closed, ...
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Lamar University - Sigma Phi Epsilon
Beaumont, Texas
51.6 miles from Oretta, LA
Local tales say this house, purchased by the university in the 1980s, was once a dream house built by a farmer. After the farmer passed, it fell into disrepute as a brothel. Now a frat house, a ghost named Chester is said to reside here, making himself known by knocking, ...
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Ghost Lady of West 7th St
Port Arthur, Texas
54.4 miles from Oretta, LA
It is said that one night, a woman was decapitated here as she was trying to cross the train's path while it was stopped. Folks say her ghost can be seen walking down the tracks.
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Miller Cemetery - Headless Cemetery
Eunice, Louisiana
60 miles from Oretta, 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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Eunice Public Library
Eunice, Louisiana
60.8 miles from Oretta, 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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Rice Theatre
Crowley, Louisiana
67.1 miles from Oretta, 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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Charlene Richard - St. Edwards Church Cemetery
Church Point, Louisiana
67.4 miles from Oretta, 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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Light of Saratoga - Bragg Road Ghost Lights
Saratoga, Texas
67.4 miles from Oretta, LA
The Ghost Light is known to appear and disappear at night without a known cause. Some attribute the phenomena to swamp gas; others say it is the spirit of a railroad worker who was decapitated in a train accident and is searching for his head. The light is said to ...
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Grady Hill
Many, Louisiana
72.8 miles from Oretta, LA
One of the numerous La Llorona or "weeping woman" haunting claims.
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0Loyd Hall Plantation
Cheneyville, Louisiana
73.2 miles from Oretta, 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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Magnolia Plantation
Cloutierville, Louisiana
76.6 miles from Oretta, LA
The 1830 Magnolia Plantation has a main plantation house, slaves' quarters, store, blacksmith shop and slave hospital. The site, built by Ambrose Lecomte II and his wife Julia Buard, is now owned by the National Park Service and is believed to be haunted by mistreated slaves. Reports say that the ...
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Alexandria Zoological Park
Alexandria, Louisiana
78.4 miles from Oretta, LA
Featured on TV's Ghost Hunters, the zoo is said to be haunted by the spirit of deceased director Les Whitt, who passed away in 2008. He is said to play pranks and practical jokes from beyond the grave, just as he loved to do in life.
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Charles Burr Ln Bridge
Opelousas, Louisiana
79 miles from Oretta, 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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Finnegan's Wake Pub
Alexandria, Louisiana
80 miles from Oretta, LA
This friendly Louisiana pub seems to boast its own not-so-friendly ghost. As featured on "Ghost Hunters" in 2011, the owners claim to have had glasses thrown violently across the bar by unseen hands, and an in-house violinist swears that his instrument was "strangely altered" after being left unguarded in ...
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Diamond Grill
Alexandria, Louisiana
80 miles from Oretta, LA
This award-winning restaurant was featured in an episode of "Ghost Hunters" in 2011, during which time a door was videotaped moving on its own, black masses were spotted, and EVPs were captured. The hosts of the show believed this evidence pointed to an intelligent haunting. The building itself dates back ...
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Bentley Hotel
Alexandria, Louisiana
80.1 miles from Oretta, LA
Reports say the Bentley Hotel was set to reopen in 2013. It was rumored to be haunted by several ghosts: a young girl who fell to her death down an elevator shaft, a man who fell over the grand staircase railing in 1985, some ghosts who peered over the mezzanine ...
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0Chretien Point Plantation
Sunset, Louisiana
80.1 miles from Oretta, 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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Marland's Bridge
Sunset, Louisiana
80.6 miles from Oretta, 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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Historical Jail
Colfax, Louisiana
80.9 miles from Oretta, LA
We are a local Paranormal Research Team filming and investigating places for the brand-new TV series, called True Ghost Stories. Upon our scouting and places to film and investigate for the show, we ran across the well known and documented place in Colfax Louisiana called " The Colfax Riot Of ...
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0Central Louisiana State Hospital
Pineville, Louisiana
81 miles from Oretta, LA
Reportedly haunted by former patients who died there, it is reported to be extremely active. Almost three thousand patients of this former hospital for the mentally ill are buried on its grounds. Numerous claims of ghost activity.
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Nicholson Home
Washington, Louisiana
82.2 miles from Oretta, 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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Saint Charles Borromeo - Retreat House
Arnaudville, Louisiana
83.3 miles from Oretta, LA
Rumor has it that this house is haunted by an old Jesuit priest who used to live there.
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Ghostly Hitchhiker
Port Barre, Louisiana
84.9 miles from Oretta, 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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0Northwestern State University Campus
Natchitoches, Louisiana
87.1 miles from Oretta, LA
A ghostly woman that students call Isabella is reported to haunt the campus.
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0The Historic Ott Hotel
Liberty, Texas
87.3 miles from Oretta, LA
This 1928 historic hotel is said to be haunted by several spirits. Two are thought to be Anna and Joshua, a couple who were killed under mysterious circumstances while Anna was having an affair in the hotel in 1930. Oddly enough, they were said to have been killed by the ...
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Harris Hall - University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Lafayette, Louisiana
87.4 miles from Oretta, LA
The girl's dorm is reported to be haunted by the ghost of a female student.
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0Front Street
Natchitoches, Louisiana
87.9 miles from Oretta, LA
The street is reported to be haunted by the ghost of a confederate soldier.
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0T'Frere's House Bed and Breakfast
Lafayette, Louisiana
88.1 miles from Oretta, 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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St. Maurice Plantation
Natchitoches, Louisiana
89.5 miles from Oretta, LA
It is said that the ghost of a child comes from the cemetery and visits the manor home, making sudden noises or rushing past. He also likes to change the pages on the calendar. He is believed to have started the fire that burned the mansion down in 1980.
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Chambersea
Anahuac, Texas
91 miles from Oretta, LA
The 1845 plantation-style mansion was formerly owned by surveyor general Thomas Jefferson Chambers, who was shot dead through a ground floor window in 1863. Local folk say that a shadow has been seen pacing the downstairs room where he was assassinated, and screams have been heard coming from the ...
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Diboll House
Diboll, Texas
91.4 miles from Oretta, LA
This small residential property is believed to be haunted. It was apparently a former sector of a nursing home, before conversion to a one story house. Former resident reported being attacked by an aggressive entity, and of seeing a shadowy apparition running through the hallways at night. (Submitted by Callum Swift)
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Big Creek Cemetery
Pollock, Louisiana
91.7 miles from Oretta, LA
This cemetery is said to be very active by local paranormal groups who claim to have captured numerous photographic anomalies and EVPs here.
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0Joseph Jefferson Mansion
New Iberia, Louisiana
95.2 miles from Oretta, LA
Strange lights, moving chairs and the sounds of footsteps have all be reported at the mansion.
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0Sterne-Hoya House
Nacogdoches, Texas
103.3 miles from Oretta, LA
An former housekeeper reported that she felt a happy presence in the house, and described a gentle pressure upon her body while in the attic. She encountered a negative feeling in the cellar.
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Stephen F. Austin State University - Mays Hall 11
Nacogdoches, Texas
104.1 miles from Oretta, LA
According to some reports, the building was once a hospital with a morgue in the basement. Other reports say the city hospital did not actually have a morgue in the basement. A 1940s-era ruined bomb shelter is said to be one one end. An eerie, negative feeling is said to ...
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Stephen F. Austin State University - Griffith Hall
Nacogdoches, Texas
104.2 miles from Oretta, LA
On the third floor, rumor has it that a female student once jumped out the window after playing with a Ouija board. Her ghost causes the lights in the shower room to flicker at the same time every night, at the exact time she died. Her apparition has been seen ...
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Turner Auditorium
Nacogdoches, Texas
104.4 miles from Oretta, LA
A ghost named Chester haunts the theater building, who is rumored to have been an architect of the building, but passed away before its completion. Legend has it that the building was erected backward and he killed himself in disgrace. His ghost has manifested as a face on a stage ...
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Point Bolivar Lighthouse
Bolivar Peninsula, Texas
112.9 miles from Oretta, LA
According to legend, the keepers son killed his family now he haunts the grounds trying to find his dead parents. this 116 foot black lighthouse was built in 1872 but is no longer in use. (Submitted by Nathaniel)
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Bishop's Palace
Galveston, Texas
116.7 miles from Oretta, LA
The Bishop's Palace was finished in 1893, and was survived the Great Hurricane of 1900. Rumour has it the protective former owner, Walter Gresham, still haunts the place, and has been known to appear during freak weather events. Witnesses say his spirit appears agitated, pacing back and forth across ...
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The Victorian Inn
Galveston, Texas
116.8 miles from Oretta, LA
The third floor Zachary Suite - in king bedroom an unseen woman hums a happy tune. In the living room, a man whistling and being touched on the shoulder has been reported. In the queen room someone reports being touched on the back from shoulder to shoulder. On the ...
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Ashton Villa
Galveston, Texas
117.3 miles from Oretta, LA
Miss Bettie, daughter of the historic Ashton Villa's first owner James Moreau Brown, is rumored to have haunted the house since its 1975 restoration. Her apparition has been seen in a long turquoise dress on the second-floor landing. Her pianist sister may be here too, some say, because the piano ...
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0Hotel Galvez
Galveston, Texas
117.4 miles from Oretta, LA
Said to be the oldest hotel on the island, Hotel Galvez has a haunted room 505. Reports say that very few people actually stay all night in that room, because there is an eerie presence that makes them feel uncomfortable. The mysterious scent of gardenias is said to be a ...
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1895 Moody Mansion
Galveston, Texas
117.5 miles from Oretta, LA
This 1895 mansion is open to the public for tours. Visitors have reported disembodied footsteps and apparitions which have shown up in photographs. (Submitted by Callum Swift)
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Van Alstyne House
Galveston, Texas
117.7 miles from Oretta, LA
The 1891 'Gingerbread House' housed an antiques store for many years, until the owners left due to the overwhelming paranormal activity. Reports ranged from tables being flipped over by unseen hands to a foreign voice that told a visitor that he would die if he didn't leave right away. (Submitted ...
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Michael B. Menard House
Galveston, Texas
118.1 miles from Oretta, LA
The 1838 historic mansion is the oldest house in town, and may be one of the most haunted. A former owner would hold séances in the house until his death, and supposedly encountered a number of spirits from a bygone era. However, most of the ghosts haunting this place ...
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