Haunted Places in Huntsville, Alabama



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    Maple Hill Cemetery

    Huntsville, Alabama

    It is said that in one of the crypts stands an antique rocking chair, a favorite possession of a lady who was buried in her family crypt. Folks say that when you stand outside the crypt, you can hear the rocking chair rocking.


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    Dead Children's Playground - Maple Hill Cemetery

    Huntsville, Alabama

    At this playground set up near the cemetery, the ghosts of children play and swing on the swingsets. Apparitions have been seen, and captured on film by paranormal society investigations; orbs have been reported as well. The swings sometimes can be seen swinging by themselves, and the sounds of laughter ...


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    Old Dallas Mill Site

    Huntsville, Alabama

    Although the spot where the Dallas Mill was is now open field, legend has it was once haunted by a man who died while working there.


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    Cedarhurst Mansion

    Huntsville, Alabama

    The Cedarhurst Mansion Estate was originally built in 1823 by Stephen Ewing. While visiting the house, a relative, Sally Carter, died of a short illness at the mansion in 1837. The first reports of a haunting was around 1919 after a teenage boy who slept at the house had a ...


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    Frat House - Heritage Bible College

    Huntsville, Alabama

    At the WHBC frat house, they say former Youth Minister Anthony Stephens' spirit walks through the house later at night. He may flush the toilet as well. The spirits of his brethren Robert Ekisbus and Adam Cooper are said to follow Stephens' spirit around, mysteriously making a noise reported to ...


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    Kent Robertson Park

    Huntsville, Alabama

    The ghost of a boy who died there is said to haunt the park.


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    Shelton Park

    Madison, Alabama

    8 miles from Huntsville, AL

    Locals tell a tale of playground sounds that can be heard at night: children laughing, playing and having fun. However, they say eventually the happy noises turn to unhappy ones, as if the children are screaming for their lives.


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    Hell's Gates

    Huntsville, Alabama

    Alabama is fond of getting into Hell it seems. Not only is there a Hell's Gates bridge, but there's also this place in Huntsville, which is also called Hell's Gates, which in reality, appears to be nothing more than a set of gates blocking a private driveway to some rich ...


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    Union Cemetery

    Woodville, Alabama

    18.7 miles from Huntsville, AL

    It is alleged that you can hear the screams of soldiers who died in the Civil War at this cemetery.


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    McCandless Hall - Athens State College

    Athens, Alabama

    22.2 miles from Huntsville, AL

    Reportedly haunted by the ghost of a young singer who died on the night of her greatest triumph. Having promised her adoring audience she would return, she was killed in an accident on the way. Shortly thereafter, sightings of a young woman in white roaming the hall began ...


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    Founders Hall - Athens State University

    Athens, Alabama

    22.2 miles from Huntsville, AL

    According to legend, a female student was killed while she was trying to sneak out after curfew. They were holding candles, and her hair caught fire. It is to her that witnesses attribute the sound of footsteps, lights that turn on and off by themselves, cold spots, and a phantom ...


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    Athens Limestone County Courthouse

    Athens, Alabama

    22.4 miles from Huntsville, AL

    The third floor of this historic courthouse formerly housed a row of cells, dating back to the early twentieth century. This floor is allegedly haunted by an inmate who hanged himself in one of the cells, where visitors have reported feeling a sad presence. (Submitted by Callum Swift)


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    Cooley Cemetery

    Guntersville, Alabama

    25.8 miles from Huntsville, AL

    It is said that a mysterious fog covers this area day or night, and it surrounds the gravestones.


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    Cry Baby Hollow Bridge

    Hartselle, Alabama

    26.8 miles from Huntsville, AL

    Various urban legends have arisen around the claims that Cry Baby Hollow and the bridge going across it are haunted. A baby is said to have died there, either from murder, a car accident, a wagon accident from pioneer days, or variations on the theme. People claim to ...


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    Abbie's House

    Guntersville, Alabama

    29 miles from Huntsville, AL

    This home dates back to 1909 and is registered by the local historical society. All the locals know it as "Abbie's House," as it was built and lived in by Abbie Smith, who founded the United Methodist church in nearby Warrenton, AL. Many subsequent owners of the home ...


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    Whole Backstage Theater

    Guntersville, Alabama

    30.8 miles from Huntsville, AL

    A pyromaniac ghost? That might be a first. Rumored to be haunted by an old man ghost with a fondness for flammables as well as a young boy who is often heard laughing.


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    Bee Springs Church and Cemetery

    Dellrose, Tennessee

    31 miles from Huntsville, AL


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    Moody Brick House

    Fackler, Alabama

    32.7 miles from Huntsville, AL

    The current owners of the Moody Brick claim that the old plantation is definitely not haunted. However, that doesn't stop the tales from being told and retold. In the absence of documented fact, people are free to claim their own version of history and never is that more ...


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    Main Street Strip

    Albertville, Alabama

    38.5 miles from Huntsville, AL

    Apparently the entire length of Main Street is haunted by the ghosts of tornado victims. Residents hear screaming and footsteps and other ghostly sounds.


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    Albertville Public Library

    Albertville, Alabama

    38.9 miles from Huntsville, AL

    An elevator that runs by itself. Water faucets that turn on and off. Are the former owners of this home-turned-library angry at the intrusion into their afterlives or just trying to say hello?


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    Memory Hill Cemetery

    Albertville, Alabama

    39.4 miles from Huntsville, AL

    Just another haunted cemetery.


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    Auto Zone

    Moulton, Alabama

    42.7 miles from Huntsville, AL

    The land this was built on was at one time a cemetery. Allegedly there is a photo that shows a ghost in it.


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    Woodland Hospital

    Cullman, Alabama

    42.7 miles from Huntsville, 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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    Jazz Man - Second Creek Bridge

    Rogersville, Alabama

    45.3 miles from Huntsville, AL

    Urban legend tells of a man who was hit by a car and killed while walking across this bridge. His spirit has been seen wearing a white zoot suit, and he may try to catch a ride with you to Florence. If you agree to give him a ride, witnesses ...


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    Bear Creek Church

    Culleoka, Tennessee

    51.7 miles from Huntsville, AL


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    Old South Pittsburg Hospital

    South Pittsburg, Tennessee

    52.8 miles from Huntsville, AL

    The Old South Pittsburg Hospital was built in 1959 and is located on the foothill of South Pittsburg Mountain, in South Pittsburg, TN. The hospital was built on a solid Limestone rock, as its foundation and a natural spring running directly under the hospital and into the most Northwest part ...


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    Gallant Children's Cemetery

    Gallant, Alabama

    54.2 miles from Huntsville, AL

    Visitors here may see ghostly children coming out to play.


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    William B. Bankhead National Forest

    Huntsville, Alabama

    55 miles from Huntsville, AL

    There are several websites out there that state something to the effect of "Aunt Johnson would hang anyone who trespassed on her property and the rope can still be seen to this day." Does no one ever stop to wonder precisely how a middle-aged woman would manage to hang a ...


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    Mountain View Hospital

    Gadsden, Alabama

    55.8 miles from Huntsville, AL

    Strange noises and shadowy masses have been reported by numerous visitors to the hospital.


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    Mount Pisgah Cemetery

    Gadsden, Alabama

    55.8 miles from Huntsville, AL

    You may see orbs and streaks of light from the active spirits at this cemetery across from Mount Pisgah Church.


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    Haunted Bridge

    Gadsden, Alabama

    56.7 miles from Huntsville, 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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    Jack Cole Road

    Hayden, Alabama

    56.8 miles from Huntsville, AL


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    Walking Horse Hotel

    Wartrace, Tennessee

    56.9 miles from Huntsville, AL

    At this very spot, the Union soldiers released many Confederate prisoners at the end of the Civil War, many of whom were very sick and malnourished and died in the hotel. To make matters worse, in the 1970s a Vietnam vet had a flashback and shot 4 hotel guests to ...


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    Hinds Road

    Gadsden, Alabama

    56.9 miles from Huntsville, 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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    Dwight Mill Village

    Gadsden, Alabama

    57.7 miles from Huntsville, 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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    Desoto Falls

    Mentone, Alabama

    58 miles from Huntsville, AL

    The ghost of an old woman and her dog is said to wander the area around Desoto Falls. Allegedly the ghost of the old woman was angered at not having a properly marked grave after thieves stole her burial money so she wandered the hills. The legend has it that ...


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    Historic Tower House Inn

    Manchester, Tennessee

    59.1 miles from Huntsville, AL

    The spirits that live here are said to be former owner John P. Adams, his wife May and his son, Marion. John's apparition has been seen in the parlor and Civil War museum area, and Marion is seen in the children's room upstairs. The hauntings have been mentioned in several ...


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    Lucy's Afterlife Night Club

    Gadsden, Alabama

    59.7 miles from Huntsville, 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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    Sweetwater Plantation

    Florence, Alabama

    60.3 miles from Huntsville, AL

    The home of a former Alabama governor, it is reportedly haunted. Many people believe the ghost is that of the Governor's son who died in the Civil War.


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    Belle Mont Mansion

    Tuscumbia, Alabama

    61.5 miles from Huntsville, AL

    A former slave plantation, it is believed to be haunted by slaves that lived and died here and also possibly by the ghosts of its former owners.


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    Winston County Courthouse

    Double Springs, Alabama

    61.6 miles from Huntsville, AL

    I worked there as a jailor in the county jail there in the old part when it was on the 2nd floor. Had several experiences: a padlock moving on its own, and you can feel like there are a lot of people in the hallways late at night when ...


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    Flatwoods

    Steele, Alabama

    61.8 miles from Huntsville, 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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    Crestwood Cemetery

    Gadsden, Alabama

    62.1 miles from Huntsville, 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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    Pope’s Tavern

    Florence, Alabama

    62.1 miles from Huntsville, AL

    This historic museum operated as a hospital during the civil war, so the rumours of haunting's appear to have a leg to stand on; which can't be said for some of the apparitions supposedly reported. Staff and visitors have reported the apparitions of various amputees in the main bedroom ...


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    Pope's Tavern Museum

    Florence, Alabama

    62.1 miles from Huntsville, AL


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    Off Campus Book Store - University of North Alabama

    Florence, Alabama

    62.2 miles from Huntsville, AL

    Locals tell a story that this building once was occupied by a young girl, Molly, who died in the 1930s or 1940s. Molly was bittem by her puppy, which had contracted rabies. Her ghost is said to look down from the upstairs window.


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    University of North Alabama - Romeo and Juliet statues

    Florence, Alabama

    62.3 miles from Huntsville, AL

    Several witnesses have reported seeing the statues of Romeo and Juliet floating around The University of North Alabama's campus during a full moon. Every year during Halloween a pumpkin mysteriously makes its way into Romeo's hands. Some faculty at UNA believe that Romeo goes in search of pumpkins for his ...


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    Wesleyan Hall - University of North Alabama

    Florence, Alabama

    62.3 miles from Huntsville, AL

    This building, constructed in 1856, has a rich and interesting history. During the Civil War it was occupied by both Confederate and Union troops at different times. During the Confederate occupation General John Bell resided there and during the Union occupation, General Sherman himself stayed at Wesleyan. The ...


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    Robert M. Guillot University Center

    Florence, Alabama

    62.3 miles from Huntsville, AL

    Reportedly haunted by the ghost of a woman who hanged herself back in the day when the Center was a teaching college. Supposedly you can still hear what sounds like the body swaying on the second floor.


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    Norton Auditorium - University of North Alabama

    Florence, Alabama

    62.3 miles from Huntsville, AL

    A ghost named George is said to live here, a former construction worker who fell from a scaffold as the place was being built.


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