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Birmingham Racecourse
Birmingham, Alabama
11.3 miles from Vandiver, AL
The racecourse was built over the top of an ancient American Indian burial ground. Staff working late hours have reported seeing shadowy figures standing out on the racecourse. Maniacal laughter and voices have been heard in the stables, and phantom hoof beats and winning has been heard on various parts ...
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Bass Cemetery
Birmingham, Alabama
11.7 miles from Vandiver, AL
Screams are heard and a heavy presence is felt.
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CEPA Building
Pell City, Alabama
14.8 miles from Vandiver, AL
People in the performing arts claim to her crying of a little girl, and gets the reaction of a man who accidentally got hung when a play or any other event messes up. (Submitted by Amie)
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Sloss Furnaces
Birmingham, Alabama
16.4 miles from Vandiver, AL
A National Historic Landmark, Sloss furnaces is not only a testament to a burgeoning industrial age, but a ghostly witness to the untold suffering of its workers. More than 60 people died, often gruesomely, at Sloss Furnaces and legend has it that some of those workers till remain, chained forever ...
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Hotel Highland - Pickwick Hotel
Birmingham, Alabama
16.5 miles from Vandiver, AL
Formerly the Pickwick Hotel, a 1950s creation named after an even older historic spot, the Pickwick Club, the Hotel Highland may have a ghost that comes from its historic past when it was a medical building. Witnesses say a ghostly nurse haunts the hotel.
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Redmont Hotel
Birmingham, Alabama
17.2 miles from Vandiver, AL
The ghost of a woman in white who passed away in the hotel has been seen on the ninth floor of the hotel. The ghost of a small dog is seen in the hallways of the hotel, as well as the ghost of former owner Clifford Stiles. The most famous ...
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The Tutwiler Hotel
Birmingham, Alabama
17.3 miles from Vandiver, AL
A mischievous ghost is said to turn on the lights and appliances. Although legend attributes the haunting to Colonel Tutwiler, it is highly unlikely, since the current location of the Tutwiler hotel is not the same as the one that originally bore his name and therefore, it is unlikely ...
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Linn-Henley Research Library
Birmingham, Alabama
17.3 miles from Vandiver, AL
A ghostly man has been sighted as well as objects moving by themselves and reports of cold spots and eerie feelings have been reported.
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Pinson Cemetery
Pinson, Alabama
18 miles from Vandiver, AL
There's legend here of a ghost who does housework! That's right, allegedly there are sightings of a ghost... sweeping. Because after an entire life of drudgery and cleaning, that's how every woman wants to spend her afterlife.
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Old Walker Chapel Cemetery
Coalburg, Alabama
19.8 miles from Vandiver, AL
Visitor here have reported that something grabs their feet as if attempting to pull them down into the graves. At times, the force has pulled the shoes right off their feet.
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Old Courthouse
Columbiana, Alabama
21 miles from Vandiver, AL
The ghost that occupies the upper floor of the apparently likes sunlight as it has a tendency to open closed blinds. People claim to hear knocking and other unexplainable noises and one person claims the ghost operated a typewriter and corrected a typing error she had made(??).
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Gravity Hill
Sylacauga, Alabama
21.8 miles from Vandiver, AL
One of those interesting phenomena, this Gravity Hill can be found just west of Fulton Gap Rd on Gravity Hill Lane/U.S. 280.
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Moncrief Cemetery
Gardendale, Alabama
22.2 miles from Vandiver, AL
Eerie screams have been heard and ghostly apparitions have been seen haunting the Moncrief cemetery.
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Hodges Cemetery
Watson, Alabama
23.3 miles from Vandiver, AL
You may experience many things here such as banging on the car, faces or hands in your car windows, a wolf who chases you, moving lights or red glowing eyes. Tombstones are said to move and shadowy beings have been reported, as well as strange noises and music.
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Bottenfield Middle School
Adamsville, Alabama
25.7 miles from Vandiver, AL
Many witnesses have reported seeing the ghost of a young man who appears and quickly disappears in the section of the school that houses the band and choir rooms. A musically inclined ghost, maybe?
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Bayview Bridge
Mulga, Alabama
26.7 miles from Vandiver, AL
There are many different versions of the haunting of this bridge, from a woman alone, to a woman and a baby to a car crash...etc. Guess you will just have to visit and see for yourself.
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Village Falls Cemetery
Mulga, Alabama
27.1 miles from Vandiver, AL
Ghostly figures, spooky feelings. The usual haunted cemetery fare can be found here.
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Burgundy Drive
Adamsville, Alabama
27.2 miles from Vandiver, AL
The community of Indian Meadows and the adjacent community of Shady Grove are both built over the top of an American Indian Cherokee burial ground. Haunting have been reported in both houses, Burgundy Drive (the street that runs through the communities) and in the adjacent woods. Dark figures and shadows ...
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Cardiff Cemetery
Graysville, Alabama
27.3 miles from Vandiver, AL
Typical cemetery haunting fare including orbs and reports that your car will die if you drive there on specific dates.
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Flatwoods
Steele, Alabama
29.4 miles from Vandiver, AL
The woods along here is reportedly the site where a group of freed black slaves set up a settlement following the Civil War that was burned out and destroyed by the KKK. It is said to be haunted by the men and women who died during the raid.
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Lilly Lane
Hueytown, Alabama
30.3 miles from Vandiver, AL
The ghost of an old man apparently wanders the streets at night. Reported by numerous residents who claim to have seen him.
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Cemetery Mountain
Talladega, Alabama
31.7 miles from Vandiver, AL
If it's called Cemetery Mountain, well it just has to be haunted. You can't have a place called Cemetery Mountain and it not be haunted, that would be un-American. It's called Cemetery Mountain, and it's spooky and there are a lot of cemeteries there. So it's haunted. ...
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Bethlehem United Methodist Church
Munford, Alabama
32 miles from Vandiver, AL
People claim to see orbs rising over the cemetery attached to the church.
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University of Montevallo
Montevallo, Alabama
32.3 miles from Vandiver, AL
Reports tell of a spooky tunnel that runs under this entire campus once used during the Civil War, now used as a steam chassis. The Reynolds theater department was said to be used as a Civil War hospital, and rumor has it that one of the rooms was stacked with ...
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Gravity Hill
Munford, Alabama
32.3 miles from Vandiver, AL
This gravity hill can be found on Cheaha Road. In case you aren't familiar with the phenomena of Gravity Hills these occur when an optical illusion makes it appear that your car is rolling upward on a hill, when in fact, you are rolling down. The phenomena can ...
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Little Vine Cemetery
Vandiver, Alabama
36 miles from Vandiver, AL
Possibly among the most inane of haunted reports, people claim to see a green light in the cemetery at night.
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Gallant Children's Cemetery
Gallant, Alabama
39.6 miles from Vandiver, AL
Visitors here may see ghostly children coming out to play.
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Refuge Bridge
Clanton, Alabama
40.4 miles from Vandiver, AL
Every bridge in Alabama is haunted. Every. Single. Bridge. This one however you'd best be careful on, because it's not your standard "scorned woman walks the bridge" story. This one contains a malevolent and evil presence prone to chasing people and vehicular violence.
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Parker Memorial Baptist Church
Anniston, Alabama
41.7 miles from Vandiver, AL
In researching the Parker Memorial Baptist church, I found what is quite possibly the most hilarious entry of ghostly hauntings ever. On a "ghost website" it is proclaimed that the Parker Memorial *BAPTIST* church is haunted by, and I quote, "a nun who killed herself in the main hallway". ...
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Stringfellow Memorial Hospital
Anniston, Alabama
42 miles from Vandiver, AL
Reportedly haunted by a ghostly organ player who plays the chapel organ in the wee hours of the morning.
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High Hill Church
Parrish, Alabama
44.1 miles from Vandiver, AL
This church and cemetery is believed to be haunted by locals. Locals report seeing people in the cemetery late at night. Some locals have witnessed crowds of people which resembled a revival late at night at the church even though the church has been abandoned for years. One ...
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Fort McClellan
Anniston, Alabama
45.7 miles from Vandiver, AL
Supposed to be haunted. Your guess is as good as ours as to how or the particulars as we have not been able to uncover much, or any, info, however we will keep looking. If you find any actual documentation on this haunting, let us know.
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Coosa River Sea Serpent
Gadsden, Alabama
46 miles from Vandiver, AL
The Coosa River is a hotspot for sea serpent sightings and reports of something odd inhabiting the river have been made for over a hundred years.
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Dwight Mill Village
Gadsden, Alabama
46.8 miles from Vandiver, AL
Dwight Mill Village is a housing development built by the Dwight Manufacturing Company to house workers for its cotton mill. An historical marker with a bronze bell mounted atop it is located at the intersection of Marston Avenue and Coolidge Circle. Numerous houses in this historical district have been ...
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Jack's Restaurant
Parrish, Alabama
47.4 miles from Vandiver, AL
You may experience the presence of a Native American ghost named Mary who knocks things over, plays electrical pranks, alters the temperature, and whispers over the drive-through speakers.
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Crestwood Cemetery
Gadsden, Alabama
47.5 miles from Vandiver, AL
Rumored to be located on a former slave plantation, people claim that it is haunted by slaves who died there. The specific claim that is most often repeated is that of a hanged slave that appears in the trees.
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Lucy's Afterlife Night Club
Gadsden, Alabama
47.5 miles from Vandiver, AL
This night club housed in a 1903 historic building has a ghost named (you guessed it) Lucy. She is occasionally seen by staff and patrons wandering through the building, and is believed to be responsible for a variety of other paranormal activity reported. (Submitted by Callum Swift)
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Hinds Road
Gadsden, Alabama
48.2 miles from Vandiver, AL
Ah no backwoods town is complete without the story of the Witch in the Woods who sold her soul to the devil, lived in a shack (because if you sold your soul to the devil, all you'd want out of it was a shack in the middle of some hillbilly ...
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McFall Road Tunnel
Jacksonville, Alabama
49.2 miles from Vandiver, AL
A narrow tunnel on McFall Road in Jacksonville Alabama where you can park your car and turn the headlights off. It is rumored that there are black figures that fade in and out of the shadows as your eyes adjust. (Submitted by Braden B.)
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Camp Cottaquilla
Anniston, Alabama
50.3 miles from Vandiver, AL
This haunted story falls firmly into the category of "urban legend". No doubt a bunch of girl scouts sitting around camp invented this one, because it doesn't even make the slightest bit of sense. The legend is this: every year during the week of Halloween a one-armed girl ...
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Mountain View Hospital
Gadsden, Alabama
50.3 miles from Vandiver, AL
Strange noises and shadowy masses have been reported by numerous visitors to the hospital.
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Oakachoy Covered Bridge
Alexander City, Alabama
50.7 miles from Vandiver, AL
Vandals burned the bridge down a few years ago, but it was reported that it was haunted by a slave who was hanged nearby.
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Woodland Hospital
Cullman, Alabama
50.7 miles from Vandiver, AL
Although this hospital is now closed and operates a geriatric-psych ward, employees tell tales of "Homer" a ghost who roamsthe halls. He is known to flush toilets, independently operate ice machines and brush past people leaving them with chills. Both staff and patients of this former hospital have ...
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Dump Road - Old Chief Ladiga Trail
Jacksonville, Alabama
51.2 miles from Vandiver, AL
Many people claim to have seen many different ghostly things, primarily people in old-fashioned clothes walking the road, a possible former slave being hanged from atop an embankment. It is rumored that somewhere along the road is the site of a former slave quarter, from which horrible screams can ...
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Haunted Bridge
Gadsden, Alabama
52.1 miles from Vandiver, AL
Alabama has a lot of haunted bridges. A LOT. And when you are a state who apparently decides a bridge needs to be replaced with a new one, and then moves the old one to a brand new location you can kind of understand how lots of bridge wrecks and ...
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Sturdivant Mansion
Jacksons' Gap, Alabama
54.5 miles from Vandiver, AL
Nothing but a few walls remain of Sturdivant mansion except rumors of the ghosts that resided there. The ruin in the woods is reportedly haunted, though reports as to the exact nature of the haunting differ. There is a legend that a madman once slaughtered every person inside ...
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Coat's Bend Plantation House
Gadsden, Alabama
54.7 miles from Vandiver, AL
This historic mansion is haunted by a former slave at the plantation house. Residents claim to have seen her standing in the courtyard of the mansion, staring up at them. A male resident was apparently attacked by a flying ghostly light that materialised in the private cemetery adjacent ...
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Liberty Cemetery
Alexander City, Alabama
55.2 miles from Vandiver, AL
You may hear the cries of a baby who died during the Civil War, and feel an eerie presence.
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