Haunted Places in Wadley, Alabama



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    Sturdivant Mansion

    Jacksons' Gap, Alabama

    22 miles from Wadley, 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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    Lovelady Bridge

    Camp Hill, Alabama

    22.6 miles from Wadley, AL

    Reportedly the site of a suicide or car accident in which a pregnant woman died. Apparently you can hear her crying at night on the bridge. (Photo courtesy of Steve Osborne)


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    Cemetery Mountain

    Talladega, Alabama

    29.9 miles from Wadley, 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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    Liberty Cemetery

    Alexander City, Alabama

    33 miles from Wadley, AL

    You may hear the cries of a baby who died during the Civil War, and feel an eerie presence.


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    Oakachoy Covered Bridge

    Alexander City, Alabama

    33.6 miles from Wadley, 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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    Salem-Shotwell Covered Bridge

    Opelika, Alabama

    33.7 miles from Wadley, AL

    The original bridge was the site of a tragedy when a woman and her two children were crossing it in a car and the bridge collapsed. All three were killed. Urban legend has it that if you put candy on the bridge's edge at night, by the light of your ...


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    Gravity Hill

    Munford, Alabama

    33.9 miles from Wadley, 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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    Double Hill Road

    Opelika, Alabama

    34.4 miles from Wadley, AL

    Reportedly haunted by a ghostly horse drawn carriage.


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    Bethlehem United Methodist Church

    Munford, Alabama

    34.7 miles from Wadley, AL

    People claim to see orbs rising over the cemetery attached to the church.


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    Harper Hill Cemetery

    Dadeville, Alabama

    34.9 miles from Wadley, AL

    This former church and cemetery site is said to be haunted. Legend has it that the church's pastor went mad one day and murdered his entire family and it is their ghosts that are said to haunt the grounds.


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    Old Train Depot

    Auburn, Alabama

    35.7 miles from Wadley, AL

    Many ghost websites make this ludicrous claim about the Train Depot: "It is said that if you go in there, no matter where you go, you always come back to the spot where you came in. " What does that even mean? How is that evidence of a ...


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    University Chapel - Auburn University

    Auburn, Alabama

    36.1 miles from Wadley, AL

    Originally haunted by a ghost dubbed "Sydney", the spirit of a Confederate soldier who died there. Sydney reportedly manifested in the 20's when an acting troupe took over the chapel and he began bedeviling them. Overactive theater students imaginations or evidence of an actual haunting, who knows, but reportedly ...


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    Spring Villa

    Opelika, Alabama

    39.8 miles from Wadley, AL

    Allegedly haunted by a former master of the house and slave owner who was killed by one of his slaves. Although this origin story is unlikely since the purported master died after slavery was abolished and also apparently of natural causes, many people are convinced the house is haunted, ...


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    Parker Memorial Baptist Church

    Anniston, Alabama

    40.1 miles from Wadley, 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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    The Victoria Inn

    Anniston, Alabama

    40.5 miles from Wadley, AL


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    Stringfellow Memorial Hospital

    Anniston, Alabama

    40.6 miles from Wadley, AL

    Reportedly haunted by a ghostly organ player who plays the chapel organ in the wee hours of the morning.


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    Camp Watts - Confederate Graveyard

    Notasulga, Alabama

    41.7 miles from Wadley, AL

    You may see the ghostly apparitions of soldiers here or in the surrounding woods. Their voices and sounds also have been heard.


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    Bonnie Castle

    Grantville, Georgia

    42.9 miles from Wadley, AL

    Bonnie Castle, now reported to be closed, was once a bed-and-breakfast inn. Ghosts reported here include a woman named Mary who dislikes electricity, a spectral cat, and a man who is said to be the original owner. Strange sounds have been reported coming from the building at all hours of ...


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    Fort McClellan

    Anniston, Alabama

    43.3 miles from Wadley, 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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    Tuskegee National Forest

    Notasulga, Alabama

    43.4 miles from Wadley, AL

    The area is said to be haunted and cursed by devil worshippers who first used the area in the 1990s.


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    Gravity Hill

    Sylacauga, Alabama

    43.4 miles from Wadley, 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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    Tuskegee Army Airfield - Sharpe Airfield

    Tuskegee, Alabama

    45.2 miles from Wadley, AL

    There is no trespassing allowed on this site, as it is owned by a hunting club. Signs posted here reportedly say "Anyone found here at night will be found here in the morning." It is said that the sound of a phantom explosion can be heard as well as the ...


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    Camp Cottaquilla

    Anniston, Alabama

    45.2 miles from Wadley, 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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    Holt Cemetery

    Auburn, Alabama

    46 miles from Wadley, AL

    It is said that photos taken here have turned up strange things after being developed, and those who leave tape recorders here will pick up the sound of someone singing.


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    Rock Building

    Bremen, Georgia

    48.2 miles from Wadley, AL

    This clubhouse for the local tennis courts is believed to be haunted. Staff and members claim to have seen the apparition of a young man wandering the building after hours, who is believed to have drowned in the city swimming pool. (Submitted by Callum Swift)


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    Dump Road - Old Chief Ladiga Trail

    Jacksonville, Alabama

    48.7 miles from Wadley, 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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    McFall Road Tunnel

    Jacksonville, Alabama

    51.9 miles from Wadley, 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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    CEPA Building

    Pell City, Alabama

    52.8 miles from Wadley, 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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    Piedmont Jacksonville Rd

    Piedmont, Alabama

    53.7 miles from Wadley, AL

    This is the Legend of The Ghost Bride Of Piedmont Jacksonville Rd. Legend has it that many years ago on Halloween, a young bride to be was getting ready for her wedding. When she went outside of her house she was attacked and dragged off to the other side ...


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    Wetumpka Mortuary

    Wetumpka, Alabama

    54.8 miles from Wadley, AL

    This historic building is no longer a mortuary, and is currently believed to be unoccupied. A poltergeist has been known to turn the lights on and off, and passer-by's have reportedly heard screams coming out of the building. (Submitted by Callum Swift)


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    Wetumpka Chamber of Commerce

    Wetumpka, Alabama

    54.8 miles from Wadley, AL

    The chambers are housed within a 1910 building, which was originally the town bank. Staff have reported hearing disembodied footsteps, ghostly voices and the sound of someone being dragged through an upstairs corridor. On the third floor, which hasn't been used for decades according to staff, furniture moves around ...


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    Springer Opera House

    Columbus, Georgia

    56.3 miles from Wadley, AL

    Springer Opera House's stage has seen the likes of Oscar Wilde, Lillie Langtrey, John Philip Sousa, Ethel Barrymore, Will Rogers, William Jennings Bryan and Franklin D. Roosevelt. But that's not all. Edwin Booth, brother of Lincoln assassin John Wilkes Booth, is rumored to haunt the place. Other ghosts are thought ...


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    Tallapoosa Entertainment Center

    Montgomery, Alabama

    58.5 miles from Wadley, AL

    This casino is said to be haunted. There are reports of machines playing by themselves (what happens if a ghost hits the jackpot we wonder?), whispering voices and some objects appear to move independently of human interaction.


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    Refuge Bridge

    Clanton, Alabama

    58.5 miles from Wadley, 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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    Old Courthouse

    Columbiana, Alabama

    60.3 miles from Wadley, 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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    Hanging Grounds in Senoia

    Senoia, Georgia

    62.5 miles from Wadley, AL

    This site, off of Padgett Road, near Starr's Mill, once belonged to Old Man Padgett. Stories say that long ago, as an execution was taking place, the man broke loose and hanged Old Man Padgett from the railroad bridge nearby. Although the tracks are no longer used, phantom trains have ...


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    Coosa River Sea Serpent

    Gadsden, Alabama

    63 miles from Wadley, 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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    Crestwood Cemetery

    Gadsden, Alabama

    64.3 miles from Wadley, 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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    Rocky Mount

    Prattville, Alabama

    66 miles from Wadley, AL

    This 1891 establishment used to be a b&b; however, it is now only hired out for weddings and events. The ghost who resides here, believed to be the owner's Great-Aunt Mae. In life, Great-Aunt Mae loved music so much she would wake up in the middle of the night and ...


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    Coat's Bend Plantation House

    Gadsden, Alabama

    66.1 miles from Wadley, 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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    Lucy's Afterlife Night Club

    Gadsden, Alabama

    66.5 miles from Wadley, 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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    Lucas Tavern - Old Alabama Town

    Montgomery, Alabama

    66.7 miles from Wadley, AL

    The ghost of owner and hostess Eliza Lucas is said to appear here. She wears Victorian clothing and is very friendly: She waves and smiles at passersby from the doorway.


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    State Capitol Building

    Montgomery, Alabama

    66.8 miles from Wadley, AL

    A woman in Civil War era clothing is said to haunt the State Capitol Building.


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    Flatwoods

    Steele, Alabama

    67.2 miles from Wadley, 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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    Red Lady of Huntingdon College

    Montgomery, Alabama

    67.7 miles from Wadley, AL

    The ghost of a lonely girl, an outcast from all her peers who committed suicide is said to wander the dorms of Huntingdon College. It is also said that every year, on the night of her suicide (no exact date on offer, of course) red light emanates from the room ...


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    Holliday-Dorsey-Fife House

    Fayetteville, Georgia

    68 miles from Wadley, AL

    The ghost who calls this place home is believed to be John Manson Dorsey, a.k.a. “Manse” or “Manny,” flag bearer for the first company that left Fayette County during the Civil War.


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    1880's Josephine Hotel

    Union Springs, Alabama

    68.1 miles from Wadley, AL

    Although the historic hotel is no longer in service, it now is an art museum and a café. Ghostly voices and strange lights have been seen in the building after it has closed down for the night. (Submitted by Callum Swift)


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    Dwight Mill Village

    Gadsden, Alabama

    68.2 miles from Wadley, 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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    The Plantation House

    Prattville, Alabama

    68.9 miles from Wadley, AL

    Dating back to 1832, this old home is known locally as "The Plantation House." It operated for many years as a bed and breakfast, but as of 2014 it is on the market for any interested buyers. There have long been sightings reported of the ghost of Mr ...


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    Hinds Road

    Gadsden, Alabama

    69.2 miles from Wadley, 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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