The crossroads where the paranormal and history meet.
The haunting of Longstreet Theatre relates directly to its history of being used as a military hospital during the Civil War. It has long been rumored the morgue was housed in the basement of this building in a room that now serves as the “Green Room” for the theatre. The “Green Room” actually is three |Read More
A soldier who served in the Civil War is buried here. It is said that his cross glows about three times a year, and the color changes roughly four times before returning to its normal rust color.
This historic structure served as a Confederate hospital during the Civil War, and local lore suggests it is haunted by the spirit of a soldier named Sydney Grimlett. According to legend, Grimlett died after an unsuccessful leg amputation and has since been known to manifest as orbs or playfully interact with the building’s occupants.
This 1835 mansion has a history as wild as its former mistress, Felicite Chretien. Known for smoking cigars and gambling with pirate Jean Lafitte, Felicite once shot an intruder on the staircase, and legend says the bloodstains still remain. The plantation survived the Civil War thanks to a Masonic secret between the owner and a |Read More
Local lore states that during the building’s time as the Athens Female Academy, a young student sneaked out at night to meet a suitor. While descending the main interior staircase with a lantern (or candle) in hand, a draft blew sparks onto her clothing, catching her on fire. In her panic, she tumbled down the |Read More
Ghosts of monks and Native Americans have been seen. At one time a large group of riders who looked like civil war soldiers rode by a group of men. Their cabin shook from the force of the horse’s hoofs hitting the ground. When they had passed, no one plant had been damaged.
Many things reported in this area: Every night, a mysterious fog rolls in upon the battlefield. Upon driving through the park, one may find that there is no fog before entering or after leaving the park, only in the park itself. -There are also tales of the infamous “Green Eyes”, a confederate soldier killed by |Read More
Many soldiers who died were buried in the prison cemetery and it is here that the “Lady in Gray” still walks and leaves gifts of flowers behind usually on the grave of an unknown soldier. She is said to be a young woman who wears a gray suit in the style of the Civil War |Read More
Brodbeck Hall is the oldest building on campus, built in 1868 on the site of a former German biergarten. Late at night, laughter, music, and the sound of boots scraping across the floor have been heard coming from empty rooms. Strange orbs of light have been spotted floating near the stage, and misty figures have |Read More
Fort Washita is haunted by many ghosts of the Civil War. The most famous is a lady named “Aunt Jane,” who was killed by decapitation during the war. She is said to wander the grounds with her head under her arm.
The Thompson Island bridge in San Marcos is said to be haunted by the ghost of a long dead Confederate soldier. He died there at his post while guarding it during the American Civil War. It is believed that he still appears there, dressed in his grey and yellow uniform, cap, and cape, and armed |Read More
Carrington Rock is a high sandstone formation used as a Civil War lookout and is known for eerie sightings. Visitors have reported Confederate and Union soldier ghosts, phantom orders, and a mysterious woman who paces before vanishing over the edge—her screams allegedly echo across the valley. The nearby golf course claims soldier sightings and strange |Read More
Myers Hall was a Civil War hospital. A dying soldier demanded to see his horse. The horse was brought in, but upon finishing the task the horse refused to go down the stairs to leave so he was shot. The horse’s spirit still roams the halls.
Parking Lot – Former Site of Gratiot Street Prison Once the location of McDowell’s College, a medical school run by Dr. Joseph Nash McDowell, this site was confiscated by Federal authorities in the spring of 1861. By December of that year, it was converted into a prison, later renamed, though early records often referred to |Read More
“The Colonel” has been seen by almost all the hotel staff that work in the Convention Center. He is seen late at night between midnight and 4am. Staff will see him in the ballroom and in the back hallways. He is an older man dressed all in black. The most infamous sighting was by a |Read More
Site of a Civil War battle in southwest Missouri. At night, you can hear soldiers walking and talking in the woods at the site.
Cold spots and apparitions have been reported.
The site of a major civil war battle, many trenches are still visible and people venturing there at night have heard cannon fire and seen apparitions of soldiers
People get some really weird feelings around that area it was used by the Confederates back when the War Between the States was going on.
Named after an officer in the Civil War. The old mile and a half long road is a well-known urban legend in the area. An old barn is still present in the woods, and sounds can be heard at night. While in the barn at night visions of dead slaves can be seen through the |Read More
Scholastic Building – The dark room in the downstairs of the Scholastic Building is boarded up to this day because of a student who committed suicide by hanging himself there back when hazing was perfectly legal. – April 2007 Additional information – it is said that lights in the top right floor near the lab |Read More
The barn has since burnt down and been rebuilt but the apparition remains. During the Civil War a family was murdered by the Union for being Confederate Sympathizers. The women and children were thrown in the old cistern, the slave was hanged in the barn and the father was dragged to death in the valley |Read More
On the site of the Shepherd of the Hills Outdoor Drama, people have seen the ghost of an old Civil War spotter wandering the hill upon horseback.
Has a very morbid history. Capt. Leeper who was a Carpet Bagger in the Civil War times used to beat, shoot, and hang the African Americans or just people he didn’t like who came in on the new railroad that was being built. When he was on his deathbed he was tied down because he |Read More
Senior Hall – A young lady watched her Confederate soldier lover that she was hiding while nursing back to health be discovered and killed by hanging as a deserter. She then hanged herself from the rafters of her dorm building and haunts it today, searching for her lost love.
There is the confederate park is across the street it is a state park and has many graves of confederate and union soldiers and you may check it out because it is rumored to be haunted as well.
The second bridge on Old 94 highway is hard to find, but does exist. Local rumor has it that during the Civil War, an entire family of white abolitionists were hung on the bridge, including their young twin son and daughter, who were no more than 7 or 8. Sounds of screaming can be heard, |Read More
You can see civil war solider in a doorway. It was the old band barracks also known as female barracks – Ghost clad in black known as “The Shadow” seen in hallway will open windows and slam doors. Can hear footsteps walking on the stairs.
Built in 1840 as a Methodist High School and it also served as a hospital for Union forces during the Civil War. The Academy was purchased by Catholic nuns in 1877 and became a girl’s school until it closed in 1971. This beautiful Academy is now a Bed and Breakfast and an antique store. Pictures |Read More