Haunted Places in Rayville, Louisiana



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    Holly Ridge Railroad Tracks

    Rayville, Louisiana

    Nothing of any repute can be found regarding the alleged haunting of the Holly Ridge railroad tracks. Just a bunch of barely literate nonsense on other ghost sites. But supposedly it is haunted by " red light" that appears along the tracks.


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    Ghost Bridge

    Rayville, Louisiana

    31.9 miles from Rayville, LA

    Allegedly haunted by the ghost of a woman who was killed in a car accident. She presumably roams the bridge looking for her boyfriend who survived the wreck. (I love how people ascribe motivations to ghosts and in the case of female ghost, it's always looking for their lost ...


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    Crossett Railroad Tracks

    Crossett, Arkansas

    48.7 miles from Rayville, LA

    A ghostly swinging light appears to be walking up and down the tracks here. Locals say it is the spirit of a man who was hit by the train and was decapitated. His ghost is searching for his head. It is said that folks who are standing on the tracks ...


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    The St. Joseph Crier

    St. Joseph, Louisiana

    49.8 miles from Rayville, LA

    Legend has it that in 1872, the ship Iron Mountain, containing 54 passengers, simply vanished. It is speculated that river pirates stripped it and killed everyone on board. Nothing remains of the ship or any of the passengers except the ghostly disembodied screams of a woman coming from the Mississippi ...


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    Grand Gulf Military State Park

    Port Gibson, Mississippi

    51.3 miles from Rayville, LA

    Reported to be haunted by a headless ghost.


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    Annabelle Bed and Breakfast

    Vicksburg, Mississippi

    51.5 miles from Rayville, LA

    Built in the second half of the 19th century as a private home, the luxurious Victorian-Italianate inn is said to be haunted. Reports say the spirit of a one-legged Confederate soldier is believed to reside in the Dixie Room; however, the inn has come under new management since this report, ...


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    Ahern's Belle of the Bend's

    Vicksburg, Mississippi

    51.5 miles from Rayville, LA

    Named after a paddle steamer that brought a former president downstream to the township, this historic inn dates back to the mid-nineteenth century, and is rumoured to have a ghostly tales that have occurred within the walls. Reports indicate that a woman's presence has been felt in some rooms, ...


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    Cedar Grove Inn

    Vicksburg, Mississippi

    51.6 miles from Rayville, LA

    This house has a cannonball lodged in the wall. I really don't care if it's haunted or not - it has a cannonball lodged in the wall. How cool is that? The result of being strafed during the Civil War, the homeowners apparently decided the cannonball was a ...


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    Stow's Bar

    Ruston, Louisiana

    51.7 miles from Rayville, LA

    Although the bar is now closed, it's still open to the ghosts who are reported to haunt this former hospital site.


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    1902-08 Stained Glass Manor - Oak Hall

    Vicksburg, Mississippi

    51.9 miles from Rayville, LA

    Built in the early 1900s, the hall is said to be haunted by Fannie Vick Willis, Vicksburg philanthropist. Ghostly spheres and orbs have been photographed here, an witnesses have detected cold spots and unexplained lights. Footsteps, period music, and other sounds have been reported here as well. Fannie was known ...


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    Anchuca Mansion

    Vicksburg, Mississippi

    51.9 miles from Rayville, LA

    Named for the Choctaw word for "happy home," the mansion is haunted by "Archie" Archer, one of former owner Richard Archer's daughters. Since 1966, her apparition has been seen wearing a long brown dress in the parlor or dining room. A presence has been felt inside the slaves' quarters as ...


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    Baldwin House Restaurant

    Vicksburg, Mississippi

    51.9 miles from Rayville, LA

    There are three known spirits in this house, with probably many more yet undiscovered. The first ghost is that of 'Aunt Gertrude', who lived there in the 1920's. She can be heard walking around on the second floor, but has yet to be seen downstairs. The second is that of ...


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    Lakemont

    Vicksburg, Mississippi

    51.9 miles from Rayville, LA

    Reportedly haunted by Mrs. Lake, the former mistress of Lakemont. Owners today claim they hear the rustle of petticoats and smell a strange perfume throughout the house.


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    Duff Green Mansion

    Vicksburg, Mississippi

    52 miles from Rayville, LA

    Duff Green Mansion served as a hospital during the Civil War and it still bears some of the scars despite restoration. Bloodstains are still in the original flooring and one of the ceiling beams shows where a cannonball struck the mansion before its occupants surrendered and turned it into ...


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    Howard Auditorium

    Ruston, Louisiana

    52.1 miles from Rayville, LA

    Supposedly this place is haunted by a ghost and you can tell because sometimes the seats, which are spring loaded will be down, as if someone is sitting in it when there is no one there. And this is not at all due to faulty springs or mechanisms. ...


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    Biomedical Engineering Building

    Ruston, Louisiana

    52.2 miles from Rayville, LA

    A former hospital this site is said to be haunted by the ghosts of patients who died.


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    McRaven Tour Home

    Vicksburg, Mississippi

    52.3 miles from Rayville, LA

    "The most haunted house in Mississippi"? You be the judge. Numerous people have died in McRaven and according to legend, some of them lingered on. Dating back to the 18th century McRaven lays claim to Civil war era ghosts, and a lady who died in childbirth.


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    Vicksburg National Military Park

    Vicksburg, Mississippi

    53.2 miles from Rayville, LA

    It is claimed that late at night you can hear gunshots and sounds of the siege that occurred here and was a key conflict in the Civil War.


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    King's Tavern - Post House

    Natchez, Mississippi

    66.7 miles from Rayville, LA

    A woman is reported to haunt the Tavern. Don't get suckered into all the balderdash of "human remains found bricked up behind the wall"...that's just a nice invention to entertain the thrill seekers as no such evidence exists. But still there are those who claim to have seen ...


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    Dunleith Historic Inn

    Natchez, Mississippi

    67.4 miles from Rayville, LA

    Dunleith Historic Inn was built in 1855 and sits atop the site of John Routh’s 18th-century plantation Routhlands. It is said to be haunted by the apparition of a woman who plays the harp.


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    Monmouth Plantation

    Natchez, Mississippi

    67.4 miles from Rayville, LA

    At this 1818 mansion, the ghost of General John A. Quitman is believed to reside. General Quitman bought the place in 1826, and it is believed he watched over the mansion's restoration carefully. His apparition is still seen inspecting the inn, and he has been spotted dressed in full uniform ...


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    Linden Bed and Breakfast

    Natchez, Mississippi

    67.6 miles from Rayville, LA

    The 1700s Linden Bed and Breakfast is believed to be haunted by a phantom horse-drawn buggy in the drive and the sound of the tapping of a cane in the west gallery. Apparitions of a man in a top hat have been seen in a child's bedroom, and a woman ...


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    Rialto Theatre Music Hall

    El Dorado, Arkansas

    73.1 miles from Rayville, LA

    The 1929 theater closed in 1980, then was restored and opened again in 1987 to show movies. It closed again in the early 2000s and now has been opened again, and presents musical performances. The historic building has its share of haunts. Employees say they've heard footsteps, seen apparitions, and ...


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    Big Creek Cemetery

    Pollock, Louisiana

    76 miles from Rayville, 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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    Bonnie and Clyde Ambush Site

    Gibsland, Louisiana

    78 miles from Rayville, LA

    They say that on the night of the full moon, you can hear the sounds of gunfire. Which doesn't make a whole lot of sense since Bonnie and Clyde died in the bright morning sunshine, but regardless, it's an interesting spot to visit, just a little pull out on the ...


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    The Allen House

    Monticello, Arkansas

    79.9 miles from Rayville, LA

    This Gothic mansion in Monticello was built in 1900 at the turn of the century, and has many recorded instances of hauntings reported. The main ghost, however, is that of a young woman who haunts the upper and lower floors of the mansion. The ghost roams around the house, often ...


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    St. Maurice Plantation

    Natchitoches, Louisiana

    86.5 miles from Rayville, 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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    Historical Jail

    Colfax, Louisiana

    86.8 miles from Rayville, 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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    Central Louisiana State Hospital

    Pineville, Louisiana

    89.2 miles from Rayville, 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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    Jones Cemetery

    Camden, Arkansas

    89.8 miles from Rayville, LA

    The late-1800s house across the street from the cemetery, according to local folklore, was long ago the home of a young girl who was beaten and starved to death by her parents. **The house is private property; please respect the current owners' privacy.** The girl is said to have been ...


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    Bentley Hotel

    Alexandria, Louisiana

    90.1 miles from Rayville, 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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    Finnegan's Wake Pub

    Alexandria, Louisiana

    90.1 miles from Rayville, 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

    90.2 miles from Rayville, 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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    Alexandria Zoological Park

    Alexandria, Louisiana

    91.9 miles from Rayville, 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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    Front Street

    Natchitoches, Louisiana

    92.3 miles from Rayville, LA

    The street is reported to be haunted by the ghost of a confederate soldier.


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    Northwestern State University Campus

    Natchitoches, Louisiana

    93.1 miles from Rayville, LA

    A ghostly woman that students call Isabella is reported to haunt the campus.


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    Magnolia Plantation

    Cloutierville, Louisiana

    94.5 miles from Rayville, 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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    Ouachita River Factory

    Camden, Arkansas

    96.2 miles from Rayville, LA

    Little is known about the operation of this factory, but various paranormal events have been reported there. Various orbs have been reported, as well as apparitions that vanish when approached, doors opening and closing by themselves, and lights going on and off of their own accord. Voices and an old-fashioned ...


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    Cameo Trio Theatre

    Magnolia, Arkansas

    102 miles from Rayville, LA

    Theater number 3 is reportedly haunted. No real information on how it's haunted. But people say it's haunted, so that should be good enough.


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    Southern Arkansas University

    Magnolia, Arkansas

    102.6 miles from Rayville, LA

    In Bussey Hall, the ghost of a female student who hanged herself in one of the rooms in the 1950s is said to appear. And in the Horton Theater, the ghost of a student actress who was killed by a train on her way to her starring performance has been ...


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    Myers Creek

    Bogue Chitto, Mississippi

    105.4 miles from Rayville, LA

    There have been reports of a strange and unexplained animal that haunts Myers Creek.


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    Loyd Hall Plantation

    Cheneyville, Louisiana

    105.7 miles from Rayville, 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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    Gurdon Light

    Gurdon, Arkansas

    130.8 miles from Rayville, LA

    The Gurdon Spook Light is a yellowish glowing orb that appears intermittently at night along the railroad tracks. Some say it is the ghost of a railroad worker who was struck by a train and decapitated; others maintain it is the ghost of a railroad foreman who was beaten to ...


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