Haunted Places in Alexander City, Alabama



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    Sturdivant Mansion

    Jacksons' Gap, Alabama

    6.4 miles from Alexander City, 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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    Oakachoy Covered Bridge

    Alexander City, Alabama

    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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    Liberty Cemetery

    Alexander City, Alabama

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


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    Lovelady Bridge

    Camp Hill, Alabama

    20 miles from Alexander City, 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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    Harper Hill Cemetery

    Dadeville, Alabama

    20 miles from Alexander City, 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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    Gravity Hill

    Sylacauga, Alabama

    27.4 miles from Alexander City, 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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    Cemetery Mountain

    Talladega, Alabama

    30.9 miles from Alexander City, 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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    Wetumpka Mortuary

    Wetumpka, Alabama

    31.6 miles from Alexander City, 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

    31.7 miles from Alexander City, 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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    Camp Watts - Confederate Graveyard

    Notasulga, Alabama

    32.4 miles from Alexander City, 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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    Tuskegee Army Airfield - Sharpe Airfield

    Tuskegee, Alabama

    32.9 miles from Alexander City, 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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    Refuge Bridge

    Clanton, Alabama

    34 miles from Alexander City, 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 Train Depot

    Auburn, Alabama

    35.9 miles from Alexander City, 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 Alexander City, 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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    Tuskegee National Forest

    Notasulga, Alabama

    36.8 miles from Alexander City, 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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    Tallapoosa Entertainment Center

    Montgomery, Alabama

    37.4 miles from Alexander City, 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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    Gravity Hill

    Munford, Alabama

    37.8 miles from Alexander City, 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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    Bethlehem United Methodist Church

    Munford, Alabama

    38.5 miles from Alexander City, AL

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


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    Salem-Shotwell Covered Bridge

    Opelika, Alabama

    38.6 miles from Alexander City, 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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    Old Courthouse

    Columbiana, Alabama

    41.1 miles from Alexander City, 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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    Double Hill Road

    Opelika, Alabama

    41.4 miles from Alexander City, AL

    Reportedly haunted by a ghostly horse drawn carriage.


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    Rocky Mount

    Prattville, Alabama

    41.6 miles from Alexander City, 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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    Lucas Tavern - Old Alabama Town

    Montgomery, Alabama

    43.9 miles from Alexander City, 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

    44 miles from Alexander City, AL

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


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    Holt Cemetery

    Auburn, Alabama

    44.3 miles from Alexander City, 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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    The Plantation House

    Prattville, Alabama

    44.4 miles from Alexander City, 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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    Spring Villa

    Opelika, Alabama

    44.7 miles from Alexander City, 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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    Red Lady of Huntingdon College

    Montgomery, Alabama

    45.3 miles from Alexander City, 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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    Maxwell Air Force Base

    Montgomery, Alabama

    45.9 miles from Alexander City, AL

    In Building 1433 an eerie presence has been felt, and lieutenants may awaken with their beds soaked in river water. Shadows move in the halls and a burnt electrical smell occurrs on the 2nd floor. Electrical phenomena have been reported as well. They say the ghosts here are Confederate soldiers ...


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    CEPA Building

    Pell City, Alabama

    48.4 miles from Alexander City, 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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    Parker Memorial Baptist Church

    Anniston, Alabama

    50 miles from Alexander City, 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

    50.4 miles from Alexander City, AL


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    Bear Creek Swamp

    Prattville, Alabama

    50.6 miles from Alexander City, AL

    Ghostly lights and Civil War era soldiers seem to be haunting Bear Creek Swamp.


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    Stringfellow Memorial Hospital

    Anniston, Alabama

    50.6 miles from Alexander City, AL

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


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    University of Montevallo

    Montevallo, Alabama

    54 miles from Alexander City, 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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    Fort McClellan

    Anniston, Alabama

    54.8 miles from Alexander City, 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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    1880's Josephine Hotel

    Union Springs, Alabama

    57 miles from Alexander City, 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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    Camp Cottaquilla

    Anniston, Alabama

    58.3 miles from Alexander City, 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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    Birmingham Racecourse

    Birmingham, Alabama

    59.9 miles from Alexander City, 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

    60.2 miles from Alexander City, AL

    Screams are heard and a heavy presence is felt.


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    Dump Road - Old Chief Ladiga Trail

    Jacksonville, Alabama

    61.5 miles from Alexander City, 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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    Hotel Highland - Pickwick Hotel

    Birmingham, Alabama

    62.1 miles from Alexander City, 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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    Sloss Furnaces

    Birmingham, Alabama

    62.7 miles from Alexander City, 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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    McFall Road Tunnel

    Jacksonville, Alabama

    63.3 miles from Alexander City, 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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    Redmont Hotel

    Birmingham, Alabama

    63.3 miles from Alexander City, 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

    63.4 miles from Alexander City, 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

    63.4 miles from Alexander City, 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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    Springer Opera House

    Columbus, Georgia

    65 miles from Alexander City, 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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    Pinson Cemetery

    Pinson, Alabama

    66.4 miles from Alexander City, 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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    Flatwoods

    Steele, Alabama

    67 miles from Alexander City, 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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