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0King Opera House
Van Buren, Arkansas
Allegedly haunted by the ghost of a young actor who was killed by an enraged father who objected to the actor's intentions to elope with his daughter.
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0Old Fort Smith Courthouse
Fort Smith, Arkansas
5.7 miles from Van Buren, AR
The old courthouse that still stands here was the sight of many a death sentence handed out in the late 19th century - the hangings occurred just outside. It is said that the ghosts of the condemned men still roam this area.
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0Fort Chaffee
Fort Smith, Arkansas
8.9 miles from Van Buren, AR
This historic site, now an Army National Guard station and training center, is reported to be haunted. The site, which experienced major fires in 2008, has also been used in several films, including A Soldier's Story in 1984, Biloxi Blues in 1988, and The Tuskegee Airmen in 1995. Elvis Presley ...
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Chester House Inn and Antiques
Chester, Arkansas
19.4 miles from Van Buren, AR
The 1887 hotel primarily served railroad passengers and workers until the late-twentieth century. Now a delightful bed and breakfast inn with an adjoining antiques store, employees and guests staying at the establishment have reported many strange instances of paranormal activity. The place is rumoured to have been a brothel ...
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Opossum Walk Cemetery
Hartman, Arkansas
38.9 miles from Van Buren, AR
Opossum Walk Cemetery is reported to have gates that are hot to the touch, even in winter, and witnesses have heard footsteps walking behind them and seen apparitions out of the corner of their eye.
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Tilly Willy Bridge
Fayetteville, Arkansas
41.6 miles from Van Buren, AR
The bridge was demolished in 2010 or 2011; the map shows the location of theh former bridge. It is said that a woman in the 1970s drove off the bridge, killing herself and her children. Her phantom car was seen driving across the bridge, and her apparition has been spotted ...
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Inn at Carnall Hall
Fayetteville, Arkansas
44.9 miles from Van Buren, AR
Originially built in 1905 as a women's dorm, the building now houses a 50-room hotel and Ella's French restaurant. Witnesses here have seen the floating apparition of a woman in a gown, without a head or feet, and indentations on the bed as if someone were sitting on it. Other ...
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Lick Skillet Lane
Waldron, Arkansas
45.3 miles from Van Buren, AR
There have been ghost sightings on this road hitchhiking. Do not stop or you may get hurt. Its not a real person and you will have a feeling that you are being watched. I traveled down that road didn't see anything but I felt a presence. The reason why it ...
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Cherokee County Courthouse
Tahlequah, Oklahoma
48.1 miles from Van Buren, AR
Previously the city's hospital, the courthouse is believed to be haunted. Folks have reported the sound of the jail door closing when no one is there, and the sound of a hospital gurney being rolled across ceramic tile has been reported even though the areas have been carpeted or tiled ...
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0McBride House
Fort Gibson, Oklahoma
56.8 miles from Van Buren, AR
This private home is now abandoned but its former owner claims it was haunted by numerous ghosts. She's even written a book about it. She claims that the previous owner and original builder of the house still resides there and is prone to throwing ghostly parties at 2 am. ...
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Fort Gibson
Fort Gibson, Oklahoma
57 miles from Van Buren, AR
The legend of Vivia Thomas is told around Fort Gibson. So it goes, one morning in 1870, a soldier was found dead atop a grave in the nearby cemetery. When the doctor examined the body, he found she was a woman. Vivia Thomas had been educated and elegant, and she ...
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Kiamichi Kitchen
Talihina, Oklahoma
61.4 miles from Van Buren, AR
The Kiamichi Kitchen, now demolished, was housed in a former private home. It was said to be haunted by a ghost called George who would turn the lights and the radio on and off and make noises late at night.
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Thomas-Foreman Historic Home
Muskogee, Oklahoma
62.3 miles from Van Buren, AR
This 1898 home-turned-house-museum built in former "Indian Territory" is said to be haunted by the ghost of former resident Mrs. Foreman, who passed away in the home in 1968. Its caretaker said he often looked up while working outside to see the apparition of Mrs. Foreman in the doorway watching ...
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Peel Mansion
Bentonville, Arkansas
64.8 miles from Van Buren, AR
This historic mansion, built by Samuel Peel in 1875, is said to be haunted by Peel himself and by his daughter, Minnie Belle. Minnie Belle is known to play the piano when no one is in the room.
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Station Cafe
Bentonville, Arkansas
65.1 miles from Van Buren, AR
Once a theatre, this building is now home to a restaurant called "The Station Cafe". Items are moved in the main dining room and kitchen, sometimes violently. A ghostly figure of a man has been seen roaming the hallway.
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Pink House Restauant
Wagoner, Oklahoma
67.6 miles from Van Buren, AR
The 1906 Pink House Restaurant was recently painted green amid local controversy, and is supposedly haunted by a frustrated female spirit who is very much against change. During the initial renovations, tools and furniture were constantly moved around by unseen hands, and doors slammed shut of their own accord. ...
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James Parkinson House
Wagoner, Oklahoma
68.1 miles from Van Buren, AR
The 1892 Victorian mansion is rumoured to be haunted, according to the current residents. Orbs have been known to show up in photographs, and lamps have been known to flicker for no apparent reason. In an upstairs bedroom, strange noises and ghostly voices have been heard. The current owner ...
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Radar Road Phantom
Rogers, Arkansas
68.7 miles from Van Buren, AR
Locals have reported seeing a phantom horse and rider on the outskirts of the city of Rogers. (Submitted by Callum Swift)
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Moore Hill Cemetery
Dardanelle, Arkansas
69 miles from Van Buren, AR
Locals swear that if you hang around the "Hovis" gravestones at night you'll eventually find the ghost of a man who killed his wife.
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Arkansas Tech University
Russellville, Arkansas
69.1 miles from Van Buren, AR
Arkansas Tech University, several locations are rumored to be haunted. One is Caraway Hall, where students describe noises in the attic, footsteps on the stairs and whispers in the hallways. There are two legends to explain the hauntings. One is that it is build on top of a Cherokee burial ...
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Pea Ridge National Military Park
Garfield, Arkansas
72.2 miles from Van Buren, AR
On the battlefield in the middle of the night, witnesses have heard musket fire and seen apparitions of soldiers from the Battle of Pea Ridge. Some guests to the site have reported a feeling of being followed by something unseen.
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Basin Park Hotel
Eureka Springs, Arkansas
75 miles from Van Buren, AR
A haunted tour is offered here, and the hotel even has its own ghosts, including a young woman with blonde hair and blue eyes and a toddler-aged girl wearing pigtails and a yellow dress. Witnesses have also reported orbs and objects that move by themselves.
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0Crescent Hotel
Eureka Springs, Arkansas
75.3 miles from Van Buren, AR
One of the most well-known haunted hotels in America, the Crescent hotel has a history that just requires there to be ghosts and haunts associated with it. And the Crescent has plenty. The site of a former hospital run by a con artist who had previously been convicted of practicing ...
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All Star Pizzeria
Noel, Missouri
77 miles from Van Buren, AR
This historic building was a former pizzeria, but is now boarded up. People who drive past late at night have seen a white apparition standing at the windows, and while it was in operation, staff would report all sorts of various paranormal activity. (Submitted by Callum Swift)
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Mayberry Hotel
Royal, Arkansas
86.9 miles from Van Buren, AR
This hotel is now abandoned and near total ruin. The ghost of 1800s owner David Mayberry is said to haunt the site. Seeing that he built the hotel for the area's prospectors and miners, gunfights broke out often here, leading to many deaths. David Mayberry himself was shot but not ...
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Mary Jane's 1896 Cafe and Pub
McAlester, Oklahoma
87.3 miles from Van Buren, AR
Mary Jane’s 1896 Bar & Grille is also known as "The 1896" -- and the place was, in fact, built in 1896. Legend has it that there were several deaths, including murders and suicides, in the apartment above it, and the resultant ghosts like to play pranks. One ghost likes ...
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Timber Ridge Cemetery
Catoosa, Oklahoma
89.3 miles from Van Buren, AR
Locals have nicknamed this place Haunted Hollow. Legend has it that a Native American boy who was hit by a car and killed while riding his bicycle in 1989 is buried here. Witnesses say that his spirit, along with his bicycle, can be seen along the roadside. Some say they ...
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Concord Cemetery
Exeter, Missouri
89.7 miles from Van Buren, AR
Investigators claim to have captured orbs in photographs taken at this cemetery, and mysterious breathing noises appear on audio recordings.
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Belvidere Mansion
Claremore, Oklahoma
93 miles from Van Buren, AR
Belvidere Mansion, built by John M. Bayless around in 1902, is a gothic-style brick home. Its third floor is a ballroom. In 1907, six months before it was completed, Mr. Bayless died of complications from appendicitis surgery. Mary Bayless and their six surviving children finished the mansion and lived there ...
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Avon Cemetery
De Queen, Arkansas
93.3 miles from Van Buren, AR
A ghostly baby and mother are said to haunt the cemetery. Local legend has it that if you drop a rock into the well in the center of the cemetery at night, you will hear the baby crying. The baby's mother has been seen running through the cemetery. According to ...
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Hotel Vinita - Napoli's Italian Restaurant
Vinita, Oklahoma
94.4 miles from Van Buren, AR
Built in Spanish Revival-style, the 1927 hotel now features a quaint restaurant on the ground floor. The guest rooms have since been refurbished as apartments, but the original ballroom still retains its period features. This part of the building is haunted according to visitors, who have reported ghostly piano ...
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Rogers State University
Claremore, Oklahoma
94.5 miles from Van Buren, AR
At night, students say, an elderly Native American man's apparition can be seen walking on the grounds. Also, legend has it that when the school was a military academy, a cadet died in a hazing accident, and he now haunts the college TV station. The former radio station is rumored ...
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DeSoto Rock and Gift Shop
Hot Springs, Arkansas
97 miles from Van Buren, AR
I have worked at the DeSoto for 4 years now and the number of stories I have are too numerous to list here . We have had several paranormal investigations in the last 4 years that have yielded EVP's, images caught on digital cameras as well as IF Security ...
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Arlington Resort Hotel
Hot Springs, Arkansas
97 miles from Van Buren, AR
Although staff firmly believe and tell guests that there are no ghosts in the building, bottles of wine jump off the shelves without being touched. There have been reports of apparitions in old-fashioned clothes wandering the hallways and the lobby before simply vanishing. The ghost of a young girl in ...
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Park Hotel
Hot Springs, Arkansas
97.1 miles from Van Buren, AR
People often feel things brush past them that they can't see. There are reports of people being touched and poked in the hotel's corridors. (Submitted by Callum S.)
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The Poet's Loft
Hot Springs, Arkansas
97.2 miles from Van Buren, AR
A female employee reported being grabbed and held down on a couch by unseen female hands.
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Old Malco Theatre
Hot Springs, Arkansas
97.4 miles from Van Buren, AR
During a performance in the 1880's, a woman from the audience disappeared during a magic show production. Ever since then, there have been reports of the theatre being haunted. The ghost a glowing woman has been seen in the theatre basement, objects move around by themselves, and screams come out ...
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The Shepherd of the Hills
Branson, Missouri
103 miles from Van Buren, AR
The Shepherd of the Hills is an outdoor theater venue rumored to be haunted by the ghost of a Confederate soldier. Witnesses have seen him running from the actors during night performances of a show about the Bald Knobbers, a group of 1880s Missouri vigilantes.
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Music City Center
Branson, Missouri
103.4 miles from Van Buren, AR
Music City Centre is believed to be haunted by several spirits, including one of a little girl named Amy and another of an older man who likes to tinker with elevators and electrical devices.
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John Walsh Mansion
Monett, Missouri
105.5 miles from Van Buren, AR
House has at least 3 paranormal residents. A man in formal dress is often glimpsed, especially in upper bedroom areas. A small child most likely female is also present and likes to play with the household dogs. A middle age woman visits the "music room' part of the ...
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Wheelock Mission
Millerton, Oklahoma
106.2 miles from Van Buren, AR
According to the local stories, the hauntings at Wheelock Mission began when a man broke into the girls' mission and murdered the girls. Witnesses say that the walls and trees bleed, and apparitions sit in chairs or hang from trees. One story tells of some teens who tried to steal ...
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Henderson State University
Arkadelphia, Arkansas
116.4 miles from Van Buren, AR
Henderson State University is said to be haunted by the ghost of a student who fell in love with a girl from a rival college. His friends made fun of him, and under pressure from them, he broke it off with her. The girl was heartbroken and committed suicide. As ...
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Ouachita Baptist University
Arkadelphia, Arkansas
116.7 miles from Van Buren, AR
Many unexplained events have been reported here, including orbs that show up in the basement, phantom eyes in the room corners, blood on dorm walls, and dorm windows that break for no apparent reason.
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Johnson House Inn
Hugo, Oklahoma
118.2 miles from Van Buren, AR
The 1910 residence of a former 'hanging' judge and his wife is rumoured to be haunted. Now a bed and breakfast inn, inexplicable occurrences have taken place over the years, such as disembodied footsteps, a woman's voice and a rocking chair that rocks by itself. A one-time housekeeper swore ...
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Gurdon Light
Gurdon, Arkansas
122.4 miles from Van Buren, AR
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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