It is said that a boy and girl got murdered by the owner of the house in the cellar so it’s said that sometimes if you go down there you can hear the girl scream and he boy whisper.
There is a stone bench at a grave plot. If you sit in it, you’ll feel cold spots and someone breathing down the back of your neck.
While in the facility at night after closing, there is a strong presence and a feeling of being followed and watched. Also, shadows appear in the corner of the eye, and then immediately disappear if looked at directly. Rumor (urban legend?) has it that a murder took place many years ago, or that a student […]
Vast woods that surround the city of Lynn. Legend has it that if you walk through these woods, you will hear voices and the breaking of sticks right next to you. The woods are completely dark, so you might want to take a flashlight and a friend. There is a tree that looks like a […]
One Lane Bridge – A warlock who is said to have hanged three girls from the bridge after they stepped on his wife’s grave, which is in his front yard near the bridge. Late at night at the bridge you can hear male and female voices, the female voices are screams. There are visions of […]
Many years ago, in the late 1960s, a janitor was staying after hours to clean up after a banquet. While he was in the cafeteria folding up tables, one suddenly collapsed and crushed his neck. He is said to be seen by school officials and students after school functions and when the cafeteria is being […]
A lady in white was seen by a jogger one night around 7:00 PM floating through the cemetery.
An old building, listed on the National Register of Historic Places and previously used as a flour mill, is now a brewery, pub, and restaurant. Employees have mentioned hearing footsteps and other strange noises. Reports of presences felt and unexplained apparitions and disturbances have also taken place here. This activity has been given the name […]
CCC Road – aka Seven Bridges Road – On the northern side of Berry College, there is a road – CCC Road, when you go west, if you count the small bridges as you go over them, there are seven, turn around, count them on the way out, there are only six. At the west […]
On the road between the main campus of Berry College and the new mountain campus, the 2-mile road is bordered by woods on both sides. In the days before there was a mountain campus, students from Berry would go up into the woods to fool around. One such couple who attended Berry in the 1940s […]
Located in the woods, on the side of an abandoned road (possibly old Waterbury Road), is a village of sorts, a number of very complex and detailed small stone houses standing about three to five feet high built into the hill. Some of the buildings are A framed, others are more traditional, they have the […]
Between the dorms of East Mary and West Mary on the Berry College campus is a tower that has stood there ever since the college opened almost a century ago. It is said that a student at Berry hanged herself in the tower and was not found for days. No one knows why she killed […]
It is said that the ghosts of battling Indians can be heard. Also, a few years ago, a man killed his wife’s lover there; it is said ghosts remain from this incident as well.
Woodson Lateral Road – The Woodson and Woodson Lateral Road are one and the same. Mysterious lights have been known to follow cars down Woodson Lateral Road.
The stretch of U.S. Highway 36 between Hannibal, Missouri, and Springfield, Illinois, is notorious for a phantom phenomenon known as the Vanishing Hitchhikers. According to local legend, a young couple in the 1950s was on their way to their senior prom when their car broke down on the side of the highway. As they walked […]
This small local market is the scene of many spooky things. For example, the old meat room is haunted by cows with voice boxes, and old man Ronny, a butcher who was impaled by a meat hook, is seen walking around in his bloody butcher’s coat. If you are the only one in the store, […]
Go wash your vehicle to great cleanliness on the bottoms and windows. Go down this gravel road and stop and check your car. Make note of any prints or anything on your car. Then go into the cemetery, stop, and sit for about five minutes. You will probably hear a loud thud on your car. […]
The locked 4th floor of Young Hall remains closed to students, surrounded by local lore concerning the mid-20th-century suicide of a student athlete. Investigators frequently note heavy orb activity and structural anomalies on this floor.
There is an urban legend of an elderly church-going woman who was murdered by being pushed from a steep staircase, and whose body was later disposed of in the nearby dumpster. It is said that when young girls use the bathroom near the staircase, you can hear her praying. Witnesses claim to hear her whispering […]
Lutheran Homes, now a nursing home, used to be an orphanage. There are said to be old tunnels underneath the building, though they have never been seen. Workers say that in one room on the 700 hall, every time a new patient is admitted, they soon pass away. Additionally, call lights in the 600 hall […]
St. Mary’s Hall used to be a convent, and there are rumors of a nun who hanged herself. Today, St. Mary’s is believed to be haunted by both students and night shift custodial workers. One nighttime janitor claimed to have heard a radio blaring from behind a closed door; upon entering the vacant room, the […]
It is said that if you go to room D15 late at night, you can hear the rhythmic sounds of a click. A college student who used to live in this dorm room had obsessive-compulsive disorder centered around Rubik’s Cubes. After being sent to the state hospital for attacking a fellow dorm mate who stole […]
At the sixth grade section of the girls’ bathroom on Halloween, you can hear doors slamming shut while you are in class. Also, many years ago, a teacher killed herself by jumping off the airplane that sits on top of the building. It is said that a disruptive student drove her crazy. Also, on Halloween, […]
According to local legend, a little boy drowned on one of the boat slides at Typhoon Lagoon. It is said that at night, his apparition can be seen riding a raft.
Way back in the day, the Ute Indians were suddenly attacked by the Cheyenne. Fearing for their women and children, the Ute braves loaded them on rafts and shoved the rafts into the lake for safety. As the battle with the Cheyenne raged among the trees and along the lakeshore, a fearful storm came up, […]
At night, footsteps and voices can be heard along the strip. In the early 1900s, a tornado ripped through the town and claimed many lives on what is now known as The Main Street Strip. Local business owners have reported experiencing sudden drops in temperature during summer nights, accompanied by the sound of distant screams […]
Hauntings of a nun who took her own life in the main hallway. Visitors and churchgoers still report hearing the chilling sounds of a chair kicked away and subsequent choking late at night, alongside fleeting sightings of the rope.
Late at night while everyone is quiet and still, a ghostly figure can be seen leaving the cell in the middle of the jail. Also, you can hear the toilet flushing, even though no one is ever in that cell. The legend has it that the cell served as a “drunk tank” and the cops […]
A small passenger plane crashed into the pond several years ago, and on the anniversary the pond gets covered with a blue mist and goes on to become a thick fog throughout the rest of campus. As it begins to clear, some say they see the pilot struggling to get out of the cockpit and […]
Dead Man’s Curve — On the side of the road at Dead Man’s Curve, you can see an old, ghost-like figure sitting in a rocking chair on certain nights when the moon is right. It is believed by many that the man’s son was run over and killed in the curve, so he sat there […]
The founder of Fairhaven, Henry Huttleston Rogers, had a daughter named Millicent. She died when she was barely seventeen of heart failure. Rumor has it that he had her buried under the foundation before the foundation was finished. People who visit the library sometimes see her walking the halls, outlined in bright blue light. At […]
Ridge Church is an old, abandoned church that was used by Satanists for a short time after it closed. All together, it has four graveyards and a mass gravesite, most likely containing the remains of the many victims of a fire that happened in Lowndesville years ago. People have reported seeing orbs floating over graves in […]
This is the legendary story of the lady in white who jumped off the tower in the early 1900’s. It has been said and seen that a woman wearing a white dress with a rose in her mouth stands and guards the water tower. She has been known to come out only at 12:00 midnight […]
You can hear people in the weight room when investigated, though it is always empty. It is rumored someone hanged themselves up there. Typing has been heard in the typing room, and in the library, there is a feeling of being watched.
If you drive by the street at night, you will see an old lady staring out the window at you. Also, there are weird lights on and shapes moving around. One window can be looked into where one half of the room is lighted red and the other half is lighted green.
The Old White Oak, as it is called, has many strange things happen atop that mountain, right off 11W in Surgoinsville. A black dog seems to watch over Colonel Maxwell’s grave but disappears right after being sighted. Birds erupt at night if anyone gets within a few feet of this Revolutionary soldier’s grave, and many […]
John C. West Hall: An apparition of a torso of a young girl has been reported here, often accompanied by electrical problems such as TVs and lights shutting off. The dorm complex, which includes several buildings, is connected by partially underground tunnels to the Wilkerson dining center. October 2007 Update: Legend says that during a […]
The legend of the Atalla Wood Bridge suggests that a school bus filled with children once veered off the span and plummeted into the waters below, forever tethering their spirits to the site. Local lore maintains that if travelers stop their vehicle on the bridge at night, shift into neutral on the right side, and […]
Local residents claim this location is where spirits seek their departed loved ones. Legend says that on Friday the thirteenth, vehicles driven to the graveyard will stall and cannot be restarted for five minutes.
The community of Indian Meadows and its sister community Shady Grove, are both built over an ancient Cherokee Indian burial ground. The two have had several hauntings reported over the last two decades. At night, dark figures have been seen scurrying about in the woods on the outskirts of the neighborhoods. Some brave souls who […]
