Haunted Places in Bradley, South Carolina
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Abbeville County Museum
Abbeville, SC
11.6 miles from Bradley, SC
The historic jail building now serves as the county museum, and dates back to the civil war era. The third floor of the jailhouse is believed to be the most haunted, as the worst prisoners were housed here. Staff claim to have run into a friendly African American prisoner named …
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Belmont Inn
Abbeville, SC
11.7 miles from Bradley, SC
This historic hotel dates back to the turn of the twentieth century, and served as luxurious railroad accommodation for visitors to the town. Guests staying in the hotel have reported weird occurrences in various rooms of the hotel, including an entity that opens and closes doors. (Submitted by Callum Swift)
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Abbeville Opera House
Abbeville, SC
11.7 miles from Bradley, SC
Abbeville Opera House is believed to be haunted by the spirit of a woman. Her apparition has been seen applauding in the balcony, wearing a period dress. Now, the theater keeps the seat open for her, should she ever want to return. The lady is believed to be an actress …
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Abbeville Welcome Center
Abbeville, SC
11.7 miles from Bradley, SC
This historic building dates back to the 1870's, and was formerly the town bank. The apparition reported here is that of a young boy, who has been seen staring down into the street and has even been known to follow staff throughout the hallways. (Submitted by Callum Swift)
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Trinity Episcopal Church
Abbeville, SC
11.8 miles from Bradley, SC
This gothic church, dating back to 1842, is believed to be haunted by Elizabeth Marshall, whose husband died during the Second Battle of Manassas in 1862. Visitors to the church have reported seeing the apparition of a woman in an old-fashioned dress walking amongst the pews, while others claim to …
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Abbewood Bed and Breakfast Inn
Abbeville, SC
12.3 miles from Bradley, SC
This elegant bed and breakfast inn is rumoured to date back to the civil war era, and is supposedly haunted by a soldier who hanged himself in the attic. Guests who have stayed in the inn report feeling cold spots in the attic, and have felt an eerie presence. Others …
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Ninety Six National Historic Site
Ninety Six, SC
14.5 miles from Bradley, SC
Ninety Six National Historic Site is a National Park Service operated frontier settlement and Revolutionary War battle site that includes Star Fort, a visitor center, a trail, archaeological digs and restorations. It's rumored to be haunted by a ghost, but folks differ as to who the spirit is, or was. …
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Rock Presbyterian Church Cemetery
Greenwood, SC
14.6 miles from Bradley, SC
Rock Presbyterian Church Cemetery is an old graveyard where folks say disembodied singing is heard, white mists or figures materialize, and blue spots are said to appear in the house adjacent.
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Bethabara Baptist Church Cemetery
Cross Hill, SC
22.6 miles from Bradley, SC
Bethabara Baptist Church Cemetery is home to the ghost of a Civil War soldier whose marker cross glows about three times per year. The cross also is said to inexplicably change color several times a year.
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Cry Baby Bridge
Anderson, SC
34.3 miles from Bradley, SC
One of the most famous cry baby bridges in the state, the iron construction still sits alongside a modern concrete bridge connecting two sides of the county. Passer-by's claim to have seen a lady in a white dress on the old bridge, looking for someone. She vanishes when approached. (Submitted …
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Lydia Mill Ruins
Clinton, SC
34.3 miles from Bradley, SC
Dating as far back as the early 1900s, Lydia Mill, now in ruins, had housing on-site for its employees. Now a headless female ghost roams the premises, seen around the railroad tracks or in the mill building.
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Fitzpatrick Hotel
Washington, GA
35.6 miles from Bradley, SC
Following the 'Great Fire' of 1895, this historic hotel was constructed to provide accommodation for visitors to the town. Dating back to 1898, it is rumoured to be haunted by a lady in green, whose appearance is often accompanied by the scent of floral perfume. Phantom music has also been …
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West End Cemetery
Newberry, SC
38.1 miles from Bradley, SC
The Bride Of West End is said to haunt West End Cemetery. She's an apparition of a melancholy bride who has been seen sitting in trees, standing near her grave, or walking in the nearby fields. Rumor has it she has been waiting long years for her lover to take …
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Anderson Muncipal Business Center
Anderson, SC
38.8 miles from Bradley, SC
The origin of the haunting within this building is unknown, but staff working late hours claimed to have seen a shadowy figure materialising and disappear throughout the entire edifice. (Submitted by Callum Swift)
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Chiquola Club Hotel
Anderson, SC
39.1 miles from Bradley, SC
The apparition of a nun in a habit has been by staff and guests on several occasions throughout the hotel building. (Submitted by Callum Swift)
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Newberry College
Newberry, SC
39.2 miles from Bradley, SC
At Newberry College's Keller Hall, a woman committed suicide by jumping from the bell tower during the Civil War era. She was distraught over the death of her boyfriend in the war. Witnesses have heard phantom screams coming from the tower and seen the woman's apparition up there as well. …
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Georgia Guidestones
Dewy Rose, GA
39.3 miles from Bradley, SC
The Georgia Guidestones, known as "American Stonehenge," is a granite monument consisting of six astronomically aligned slabs inscribed in four ancient languages: Babylonian, Classical Greek, Sanskrit and Egyptian hieroglyphs. The origin of the structure is a bit of a mystery, perhaps leading to the opinion that the place may be …
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Rosemary Hall
North Augusta, SC
41.2 miles from Bradley, SC
At this 1902 inn, a resident ghost watches over the place. The ghost is believed to be Mrs. Jackson, wife of original owner James U. Jackson. She has been seen in Room 205 and also walking up and down the main stairs. Other strange things happen here as well: Objects …
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Ezekiel Harris House
Augusta, GA
41.6 miles from Bradley, SC
Ghostly occurrences reported here by staff and visitors include a female apparition and the feeling of having a rope around one's neck.
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Augusta State University
Augusta, GA
41.6 miles from Bradley, SC
Many ghosts allegedly haunt Augusta State University, including the spirit of Emily Galt, a woman, who over 140 years ago, opted to join her recently deceased soldier fiance by jumping to her death from a window of Bellevue Hall. Emily and her younger sister, Lucy, also etched their names and …
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The Partridge Inn
Augusta, GA
41.9 miles from Bradley, SC
The Partridge Inn was built in 1836 as a private home, and has had a long history of conversions and renovations. Currently "The Grand Hotel of the Classic South," the inn boasts, along with its other Southern charms, a ghostly bride. Wearing an 1800s wedding dress, she is said to …
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Graniteville Cemetery
Graniteville, SC
42.0 miles from Bradley, SC
Rumor has it that a witch ghost appears late at night here, putting flowers on the graves of children. Witnesses claim to have experienced lots of eerie things here, from screams, gunshots and laughter to the dead reaching up and grabbing visitors' feet.
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Haunted Pillar
Augusta, GA
43.0 miles from Bradley, SC
The market that once stood at Fifth and Broad streets was wiped out in a rare winter tornado in 1878, which some say was brought on by a curse from an evangelist who was denied permission to preach at there. The Haunted Pillar is all that's left of the market, …
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Old Post Office
Aiken, SC
45.1 miles from Bradley, SC
This historic post office has many legends associated with it, and is rumoured to be one of the most haunted buildings in town. In the postmasters office, there is a ladder that leads to secret passages in the ceiling of the building, which the postmaster himself used to spy on …
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Holley House - Hotel Aiken
Aiken, SC
45.1 miles from Bradley, SC
The Hotel Aiken, housed in an 1878 hotel building, is haunted--especially on the second floor. Witnesses have heard whispering, crying and screaming from empty rooms, and seen shadow figures flit past. Toilets flush and doors open and close by themselves, and ghosts play tricks with the housekeepers' carts, moving them …
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Molly's Rock Picnic Area
Newberry, SC
46.5 miles from Bradley, SC
At Flag Lake (which is no longer a lake, by the way), Molly’s Rock is rumored to be a hot spot for the strange and unexpected. Reports say on a nearby hill stands a cemetery that has an entire row of grave markers for deceased who committed suicide. Witnesses visiting …
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Redcliffe Plantation
Beech Island, SC
48.6 miles from Bradley, SC
Redcliffe Plantation is said to be haunted by former 1800s owner Sen. James Hammond. Rumor has it that if you go near a certain field with only three trees, strange things will begin to happen.
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Annie's Inn Bed and Breakfast
Aiken, SC
50.4 miles from Bradley, SC
This early-1800s inn is said to be haunted by the ghost of a little girl who wanders in the halls calling out for her mama.
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Three Bridges Road
Powdersville, SC
52.7 miles from Bradley, SC
Three Bridges Road is known to ghost enthusiasts as the place where Eloise, a Civil War-era slave, roams. So her story goes, Union soldiers killed Eloise's master nearby, and the distraught slave woman was reluctant to leave her master's body. When soldiers found her there mourning his death, they killed …
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Embassy Suites
Greenville, SC
53.8 miles from Bradley, SC
Many strange things can be said about this location of Embassy Suites. According to witnesses, lights turn on and off at will, doors come flying open by themselves, and during a period of construction when the electricity was disconnected, lights came on during the night. In addition, the golf course …
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Southern Oaks Inn
Lavonia, GA
56.3 miles from Bradley, SC
The Southern Oaks Inn was originally a home built by Charles P. Ray in 1918, who died here in an upstairs room, and that's who the current owners believe haunt the place. Apparitions of a man and woman have been seen, and strange footsteps have been heard. Reports from workers …
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Devenger Road Bridge
Greer, SC
57.0 miles from Bradley, SC
Local legend tells us that one Halloween night, a woman and her kids were killed on the Devenger Road Bridge when their car was hit by a truck. The woman had stopped the car to retrieve something from her trunk. Now folks say the woman's ghost will push you backward …
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Inn At Merridun
Union, SC
58.3 miles from Bradley, SC
The Inn at Merridun is haunted by friendly ghosts, former residents T.C. and Fannie Duncan, who leave pennies as housewarming gifts. Their rose-scented perfume and cigar smoke can be detected when the ghosts are around. Another haunt in residence is Mary Anne Wallace, sister of a former owner, whose apparition …
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Juxa Plantation - Gregory Plantation
Union, SC
58.8 miles from Bradley, SC
Juxa Plantation, formerly the Gregory Plantation, is no longer an inn but a private residence. Original owner Jehu Gregory was once said to haunt the place. His ghost was seen most often in the on-site family cemetery. But so the tale goes, after the repair of some tombstones, Jehu never …
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Children's Graveyard - Duncan Chapel Methodist Church Cemetery
Greenville, SC
60.6 miles from Bradley, SC
Duncan Chapel Methodist Church, built in the 1850s, has a cemetery known as the Children's Graveyard. The road to get there is across from a McDonalds. Apparently the cemetery is older than the church, as the dates on the gravestones are said to range from the late 1700s to the …
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Old Hester Store
Easley, SC
60.9 miles from Bradley, SC
The Old Hester Store was built in 1893 by William Hester and is now taken care of by the Palmetto Trust for Historic Preservation and Pickens County Historical Society. It is said to be haunted by the ghost of an African-American man who was hanged in the back of the …
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Pickens County Museum
Pickens, SC
63.3 miles from Bradley, SC
The Pickens County Museum of Art and History, formerly the county jail, is said to be home to the ghost of a boy named Willie Earle who calls out in anguish, "I didn't do it!" So the story goes, in 1944 Willie was blamed for killing a cab driver when, …
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Foster's Tavern
Spartanburg, SC
63.7 miles from Bradley, SC
Foster's Tavern is housed in a historic brick gabled building from the early 1800s. Strange sounds have led folks to believe that the tavern may be haunted. Witnesses have heard horses' hooves on the roof, footsteps on the stairs, and voices.
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Early Hill Plantation
Greensboro, GA
64.1 miles from Bradley, SC
Once a bed-and-breakfast, this site is reportedly no longer in business. The mansion was built in the 1700s for the mayor, John Brown. Tragedy struck when a branch broke in the front yard, killing the family's young daughter. Reported sightings have included the girl swinging from the tree at night …
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Spartanburg Methodist College
Spartanburg, SC
64.5 miles from Bradley, SC
Spartanburg Methodist College is home to a ghost of a student who committed suicide by jumping out a window. Witnesses have seen his apparition in the halls or standing by the window from which he jumped.
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Spartanburg Community College - Evans Building
Spartanburg, SC
64.8 miles from Bradley, SC
The Evans Building was Frank Evans High School in the 1920s but is now the Evans Academic Center of Spartanburg Community College. Not only can footsteps be heard in the hallways, but witnesses say late at night on the old basketball court, you can sometimes hear the dribbling and sneaker …
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Converse College
Spartanburg, SC
65.4 miles from Bradley, SC
The late-1800s Converse College has a few haunted buildings, including the Williams Dorm, said to have a ghostly boy near its laundry room who will play catch with a ball, and Hazel B. Abbott Theatre, haunted by Miss Hazel herself. The Wilson Hall has a ghost with red eyes, and …
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John D. Long Lake
Union, SC
65.4 miles from Bradley, SC
John D. Long Lake is the spot where Susan Smith killed her children by strapping them into her vehicle and rolling it into the lake, claiming her kids were kidnapped by a carjacker. Folks who have visited the monument erected to them here claim to have heard children's laughter and …
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Clifton Mill No. 2
Spartanburg, SC
68.8 miles from Bradley, SC
Clifton Mill No. 2 was a textile mill built in 1888 and demolished in 2013. When the abandoned buildings still stood here, folks claimed they were haunted. Reports came in of the sound of ghostly footsteps and doors that were suddenly flung open by something unseen.
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Chain Gang Hill Road
Spartanburg, SC
68.9 miles from Bradley, SC
Victims of the infamous local murderer the Gaffney Strangler are said to haunt Chain Gang Hill Road. The girls' voices can be heard moaning and screaming along this stretch.
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Longstreet Theatre
Columbia, SC
69.7 miles from Bradley, SC
Longstreet Theatre was once a Civil War hospital, and rumor has it that the room that serves as the green room is the former morgue. Cold spots, uneasy feelings, apparitions and strange noises have been reported in the area.
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University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC
69.8 miles from Bradley, SC
The University of South Carolina is said to be haunted by quite a few spirits. The library is said to be visited by former President McKissick, and ghostly soldiers and a spectral woman with long dark hair have been spotted at the DeSaussure College building. The woman is believed to …
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Fairfield County Museum
Winnsboro, SC
70.1 miles from Bradley, SC
Fairfield County Museum is housed in a former 1832 home. It is said to be haunted by two soldiers' ghosts, and an apparition of an elderly lady has been seen as well. Witnesses also have reported unexplained noises, footsteps, and extension cords that moved along the ground by themselves.
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Fairfield County Courthouse
Winnsboro, SC
70.1 miles from Bradley, SC
The Fairfield County Courthouse has a ghost, that of Mary Ingleman, aka the Witch of Winnsboro Courthouse. It all started in 1792, when folks were accusing each other of being witches. Mary, along with others, was accused, beaten and tortured by the townsfolk. When she reported the incident to authorities, …
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New Salem Church Cemetery
Taylors, SC
71.5 miles from Bradley, SC
At the New Salem Baptist Church Graveyard, visitors have reported unexplained moving lights, voices, temperature anomalies, eerie feelings, touches from something unseen, and other strange phenomena.
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