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0Fort Raleigh
Manteo, North Carolina
14.1 miles from Southern Shores, NC
Fort Raleigh National Historic Site is known for its Roanoke Colony, the first English settlement in what is now the U.S., established in the 1580s. Roanoke is thought to have run out of supplies and failed sometime around 1590, and by the time ships arrived with supplies, the colony had ...
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Nell Cropsey House
Elizabeth City, North Carolina
28.5 miles from Southern Shores, NC
The Nell Cropsey House is a private home that is known for its namesake ghost, the beautiful Nell Cropsey. She moved here with her parents in 1898. She became engaged to the sheriff's son Jim Wilcox, but in 1901, she vanished from the house. Jim was arrested on suspicion of ...
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Somerset Place
Creswell, North Carolina
44.7 miles from Southern Shores, NC
The Somerset Plantation house and its grounds are believed to be haunted by the former lady of the house, who screams and cries. Folks in the know say she is mourning the death of her son, who drowned in an irrigation canal.
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0The Cavalier Hotel
Virginia Beach, Virginia
52.4 miles from Southern Shores, NC
Famous folks such as Al Capone and Woodrow Wilson stayed at this 1927 swank establishment, and it is from one of its windows that Adolph Coors of brewery fame jumped to his death in the 1929. Also, the previous owner is said to have shot himself in the hotel. Reports ...
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0Ferry Plantation House
Virginia Beach, Virginia
54.4 miles from Southern Shores, NC
This colonial and plantation era house is said to be home to 11 ghosts, including Henry, a former slave; Sally Rebecca Walke, who mourns the loss of her soldier lover; former resident and painter Thomas Williamson; a Lady in White who is said to have fallen down the stairs in ...
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Adam Thoroughgood House
Virginia Beach, Virginia
56.3 miles from Southern Shores, NC
Employees at this circa-1719 house museum have seen the apparition of a woman in Colonial-period clothing. The red-haired woman has been seen in various places on the premises wearing different Colonial dresses.
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Gaffos House
Portsmouth, Virginia
57.7 miles from Southern Shores, NC
This late eighteenth century house is now a private residence, but the house is believed to be home to a single apparition. Visitors to the house have reported various sightings of the apparition of a sea captain on the stairs and in the attic of the house. People have heard ...
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0The Glencoe Inn
Portsmouth, Virginia
57.7 miles from Southern Shores, NC
This 1890 Victorian inn, originally built as a home for a family of Scottish immigrants, is said to be haunted by one of its old residents. The apparition of an elderly lady is seen looking over her beloved roses in the establishment's Rose Garden.
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Cape Hatteras Lighthouse
Buxton, North Carolina
62.4 miles from Southern Shores, NC
The Cape Hatteras Lighthouse is said to be haunted by a ghost cat, a ship's vanished crew, and a man named Bob. The large black-and-white cat has come around for the past 100 years, rubbing on people and then vanishing. It is thought to have been a past light keeper's ...
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0The Chamberlin
Hampton, Virginia
67.7 miles from Southern Shores, NC
The Chamberlin was once a historic hotel that welcomed the likes of George Washington. However, it has been renovated and is now a senior living facility. The top floor, according to rumor, is closed because of the many apparitions that freely roam there. One story about this building tells of ...
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Fort Monroe
Hampton, Virginia
67.8 miles from Southern Shores, NC
The official Fort Monroe was completed in 1834, although the spot has housed some sort of headquarters or fortification since the early 1600s. Witnesses claim that the site is haunted by the ghost of Abraham Lincoln, as well as that of Jefferson Davis, who was imprisoned here after being falsely ...
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Howmet Plant
Hampton, Virginia
70.8 miles from Southern Shores, NC
1 Howmet Dr. Hampton, Va, 23661. Back in the early 1980's I was a security guard working through the Wackenhut Corp, at the Howmet plant in Hampton, Virginia. One hot and misty night I saw what I thought was a young woman wearing a gossamer gown wandering in front ...
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Smithfield Station
Smithfield, Virginia
76.5 miles from Southern Shores, NC
Smithfield Station is a restaurant frequented not only by the living. Witnesses say the apparition of a man can be seen sitting at the bar late at night when the place is closed. Some say he's the spirit of a man who long ago left the bar and drowned in ...
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Chowan University
Murfreesboro, North Carolina
78.8 miles from Southern Shores, NC
Chowan University has a ghostly "Brown Lady" on the third floor of its Columns Building. Her footsteps have been heard, and security guards have chased her thinking she was a prankster. And at Belks Hall, the ghost of a little girl who fell down the stairs while riding a tricycle ...
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0Boxwood Inn
Newport News, Virginia
86.5 miles from Southern Shores, NC
Built as a 21-room private home in 1896, this inn is believed to be haunted by the helpful spirit of Nannie Curtis, wife of the home's original owner. She apparently likes the current owners who saved the building from demolishment and restored it to its original elegance. When the new ...
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Carter's Grove Plantation
Williamsburg, Virginia
88.8 miles from Southern Shores, NC
Carter's Grove Plantation is private property now and no trespassing is permited. It was built in 1755 for Carter Burwell, grandson of Robert "King" Carter on the site of Martin's Hundred, a tract first settled by English colonists around 1620. The settlement was eradicated in the Indian Massacre of 1622. ...
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Brownsville Farm
Marionville, Virginia
92 miles from Southern Shores, NC
This house dates back to 1806, and is now owned and operated by the Nature Conservancy. It is said that there is a playful ghost on the premises that likes to grab people's feet while they're sleeping. (Some believe the ghost only targets female virgins, for some reason.)
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The Ambler House Ruins
Williamsburg, Virginia
93.8 miles from Southern Shores, NC
The circa 1750 Ambler House burned down three times: Once during the American Revolution (it was restored by Colonel John Ambler), again during the Civil War, and a third time in 1895. Its ruins are tended to by the National Park Service. The ghost here, Lydia, is said to walk ...
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0Rosewell Plantation
Gloucester Courthouse, Virginia
94.5 miles from Southern Shores, NC
This 1725 mansion is said to be a hotspot for ghostly goings-on. Gutted by fire in 1916, the ruins were donated to the Gloucester Historical Society by its last owners and the site is now open to visitors several days a week. The four chimneys and the east wall remain, ...
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King's Arms Tavern
Williamsburg, Virginia
94.7 miles from Southern Shores, NC
This tavern is believed to be the residence of a ghost named Irma, who died in a fire in this area during the 1700s. Since legend has it that the fire was started by a dropped candle, the ghost is known to blow out candles and perform other helpful tasks ...
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Orell House
Williamsburg, Virginia
94.7 miles from Southern Shores, NC
Strange occurrences that have been reported here include a water faucet that turned on by itself multiple times in the bathroom and a glass that was removed from the medicine cabinet, taken out of its plastic wrap and thrown on the floor.
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College of William and Mary
Williamsburg, Virginia
95.4 miles from Southern Shores, NC
The College of William and Mary, the second-oldest college in the nation, has several legendary campus ghosts. One, who resides on the third floor of St. George Tucker Hall, is said to visit students who pull all-night study sessions. Another haunting happens in the Wren Building: Footsteps are said to ...
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0Attmore-Oliver House
New Bern, North Carolina
102.4 miles from Southern Shores, NC
Originally built in 1790, the Attmore-Oliver House is reported to be haunted by poltergeists, possibly stemming from the last private owner or from deaths during a long-ago smallpox epidemic. The large historic home, normally used for Society functions, is open for tours by appointment.
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0Harvey Mansion Historic Inn
New Bern, North Carolina
102.4 miles from Southern Shores, NC
Established in the early part of the 1800's it is one of the last remaining original buildings in the town. People claim that a woman in period dress glides through the dining room and through walls of the restaurant located in this Inn. Some people also say that ...
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New Berne House Inn
New Bern, North Carolina
102.5 miles from Southern Shores, NC
Though no longer currently operating as an inn, this old brick home was said to have had two haunted rooms. The owners received multiple reports from guests of various "odd occurrences" that happened during different stays.
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Cousin Martha's Bed and Breakfast
Beaufort, North Carolina
111.2 miles from Southern Shores, NC
According to "Haunted Inns of the Southeast," guests and staff regularly hear "giggling and footsteps" in the upper floor of the house, when no one else is around. (Seems only to be expected at an inn that sells a trademarked line of spice products called "Satan's Breath"!)
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Elizabeth Inn - Sabiston House
Beaufort, North Carolina
111.4 miles from Southern Shores, NC
Built by Capt. Sabiston in the 1850s, it is believed he still haunts the place to this day. The Elizabeth Inn is unfortunately now closed.
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Foscue Plantation House
Pollocksville, North Carolina
112.5 miles from Southern Shores, NC
Foscue Plantation House was constructed in 1824 and is said to be haunted by the ghosts of slaves from the 1800s. According to reports, slaves were chained in the attic and their cries and moans are said to ring out at night. A legend about the staircase says that slaves' ...
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0Edgewood Plantation
Charles City, Virginia
115.2 miles from Southern Shores, NC
At this 1849 plantation house, Lizzie Rowland is the ghost in residence. It is said that she is waiting for her beloved soldier to return from the Civil War. Her ghost is said to peek out from behind a curtain in an upstairs window, watching and waiting. Edgewood Plantation was ...
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