Haunted Places in Columbiana, Alabama



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    Old Courthouse

    Columbiana, Alabama

    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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    University of Montevallo

    Montevallo, Alabama

    15.7 miles from Columbiana, 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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    Gravity Hill

    Sylacauga, Alabama

    17.3 miles from Columbiana, 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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    Refuge Bridge

    Clanton, Alabama

    20.5 miles from Columbiana, 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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    Hotel Highland - Pickwick Hotel

    Birmingham, Alabama

    24.9 miles from Columbiana, 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

    25.9 miles from Columbiana, 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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    Redmont Hotel

    Birmingham, Alabama

    26.2 miles from Columbiana, 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

    26.3 miles from Columbiana, 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

    26.4 miles from Columbiana, 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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    Bass Cemetery

    Birmingham, Alabama

    27.6 miles from Columbiana, AL

    Screams are heard and a heavy presence is felt.


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    Birmingham Racecourse

    Birmingham, Alabama

    27.8 miles from Columbiana, 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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    Old Walker Chapel Cemetery

    Coalburg, Alabama

    31.9 miles from Columbiana, AL

    Visitor here have reported that something grabs their feet as if attempting to pull them down into the graves. At times, the force has pulled the shoes right off their feet.


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    Lilly Lane

    Hueytown, Alabama

    31.9 miles from Columbiana, AL

    The ghost of an old man apparently wanders the streets at night. Reported by numerous residents who claim to have seen him.


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    Bayview Bridge

    Mulga, Alabama

    33.1 miles from Columbiana, AL

    There are many different versions of the haunting of this bridge, from a woman alone, to a woman and a baby to a car crash...etc. Guess you will just have to visit and see for yourself.


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    CEPA Building

    Pell City, Alabama

    33.3 miles from Columbiana, 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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    Village Falls Cemetery

    Mulga, Alabama

    33.4 miles from Columbiana, AL

    Ghostly figures, spooky feelings. The usual haunted cemetery fare can be found here.


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    Hodges Cemetery

    Watson, Alabama

    34.4 miles from Columbiana, AL

    You may experience many things here such as banging on the car, faces or hands in your car windows, a wolf who chases you, moving lights or red glowing eyes. Tombstones are said to move and shadowy beings have been reported, as well as strange noises and music.


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    Bottenfield Middle School

    Adamsville, Alabama

    34.4 miles from Columbiana, AL

    Many witnesses have reported seeing the ghost of a young man who appears and quickly disappears in the section of the school that houses the band and choir rooms. A musically inclined ghost, maybe?


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    Burgundy Drive

    Adamsville, Alabama

    35.4 miles from Columbiana, AL

    The community of Indian Meadows and the adjacent community of Shady Grove are both built over the top of an American Indian Cherokee burial ground. Haunting have been reported in both houses, Burgundy Drive (the street that runs through the communities) and in the adjacent woods. Dark figures and shadows ...


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    Pinson Cemetery

    Pinson, Alabama

    35.8 miles from Columbiana, 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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    Moncrief Cemetery

    Gardendale, Alabama

    36.2 miles from Columbiana, AL

    Eerie screams have been heard and ghostly apparitions have been seen haunting the Moncrief cemetery.


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    Cardiff Cemetery

    Graysville, Alabama

    37.9 miles from Columbiana, AL

    Typical cemetery haunting fare including orbs and reports that your car will die if you drive there on specific dates.


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    Cemetery Mountain

    Talladega, Alabama

    39.5 miles from Columbiana, 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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    Oakachoy Covered Bridge

    Alexander City, Alabama

    39.6 miles from Columbiana, AL

    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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    Gravity Hill

    Munford, Alabama

    43.5 miles from Columbiana, 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

    43.6 miles from Columbiana, AL

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


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    Liberty Cemetery

    Alexander City, Alabama

    44.2 miles from Columbiana, AL

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


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    Sturdivant Mansion

    Jacksons' Gap, Alabama

    47.6 miles from Columbiana, 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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    High Hill Church

    Parrish, Alabama

    48.3 miles from Columbiana, AL

    This church and cemetery is believed to be haunted by locals. Locals report seeing people in the cemetery late at night. Some locals have witnessed crowds of people which resembled a revival late at night at the church even though the church has been abandoned for years. One ...


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    Little Vine Cemetery

    Columbiana, Alabama

    49 miles from Columbiana, AL

    Possibly among the most inane of haunted reports, people claim to see a green light in the cemetery at night.


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    Wetumpka Mortuary

    Wetumpka, Alabama

    50 miles from Columbiana, 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

    50.1 miles from Columbiana, 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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    Flatwoods

    Steele, Alabama

    50.2 miles from Columbiana, 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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    Rocky Mount

    Prattville, Alabama

    50.3 miles from Columbiana, 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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    The Plantation House

    Prattville, Alabama

    50.5 miles from Columbiana, 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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    Bear Creek Swamp

    Prattville, Alabama

    51.6 miles from Columbiana, AL

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


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    Jack Cole Road

    Hayden, Alabama

    52.8 miles from Columbiana, AL


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    Gamma Phi Beta House - University of Alabama

    Tuscaloosa, Alabama

    54.5 miles from Columbiana, AL

    Although this haunted spot can be found on most ghost websites, there are very few accounts to be found. Reportedly the bathroom taps turn on by themselves and doors slamming. I'd mark this one as dubious.


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    Jack's Restaurant

    Parrish, Alabama

    54.6 miles from Columbiana, AL

    You may experience the presence of a Native American ghost named Mary who knocks things over, plays electrical pranks, alters the temperature, and whispers over the drive-through speakers.


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    Drish House

    Tuscaloosa, Alabama

    55.2 miles from Columbiana, AL

    People claim to see lights in the mansion when no one is there and there are also reports of the tower being engulfed in ghostly flames.


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    Old Public Library - Jemison Mansion

    Tuscaloosa, Alabama

    55.4 miles from Columbiana, AL

    This mansion turned library turned tourist attraction/wedding venue is said to be haunted. Visitors report cold spots, strange feelings and an eerie "presence".


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    Judson College

    Marion, Alabama

    55.9 miles from Columbiana, AL

    Judson College is a happening haunted hotspot. Several different ghosts, or one very mobile one appears to be haunting Judson. Some claim a specific room is haunted, some claim there are shadows and cold spots and that the ghost will touch or "mark" people in some ways. ...


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    Parker Memorial Baptist Church

    Anniston, Alabama

    56 miles from Columbiana, 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

    56.2 miles from Columbiana, AL


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    Marion Military Institute

    Marion, Alabama

    56.4 miles from Columbiana, AL

    Claims of strange noises and objects being moved cause some people to say that the MMI is haunted.


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    Hay Hall

    Tuscaloosa, Alabama

    56.4 miles from Columbiana, AL

    Yet another one of those vague claims without any substantiation the "haunting of Hay Hall" usually goes something like this: One of the rooms is supposedly haunted by a girl who used to live there.... Really? Did she die there? Why's she there? Did she just love college ...


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    Stringfellow Memorial Hospital

    Anniston, Alabama

    56.4 miles from Columbiana, AL

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


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    Tally-Ho Restaurant

    Selma, Alabama

    56.6 miles from Columbiana, AL

    The ghost of a young woman who was murdered in the restaurant many years ago still haunts it. She makes herself known by throwing objects around and moving light fittings around. (Submitted by Callum Swift)


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    Harper Hill Cemetery

    Dadeville, Alabama

    56.7 miles from Columbiana, 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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    Maxwell Air Force Base

    Montgomery, Alabama

    57.1 miles from Columbiana, 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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