Haunted Places in Chowan County, North Carolina



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    Nell Cropsey House

    Elizabeth City, North Carolina

    24.9 miles from Chowan County, NC

    The Nell Cropsey House is a private home that is known for its namesake ghost, the beautiful Nell Cropsey. She moved here with her parents in 1898. She became engaged to the sheriff's son Jim Wilcox, but in 1901, she vanished from the house. Jim was arrested on suspicion of ...

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    Somerset Place

    Creswell, North Carolina

    25.8 miles from Chowan County, NC

    The Somerset Plantation house and its grounds are believed to be haunted by the former lady of the house, who screams and cries. Folks in the know say she is mourning the death of her son, who drowned in an irrigation canal.

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    Chowan University

    Murfreesboro, North Carolina

    34.9 miles from Chowan County, NC

    Chowan University has a ghostly "Brown Lady" on the third floor of its Columns Building. Her footsteps have been heard, and security guards have chased her thinking she was a prankster. And at Belks Hall, the ghost of a little girl who fell down the stairs while riding a tricycle ...

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    Fort Raleigh

    Manteo, North Carolina

    51.6 miles from Chowan County, NC

    Fort Raleigh National Historic Site is known for its Roanoke Colony, the first English settlement in what is now the U.S., established in the 1580s. Roanoke is thought to have run out of supplies and failed sometime around 1590, and by the time ships arrived with supplies, the colony had ...

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    Gaffos House

    Portsmouth, Virginia

    51.9 miles from Chowan County, NC

    This late eighteenth century house is now a private residence, but the house is believed to be home to a single apparition. Visitors to the house have reported various sightings of the apparition of a sea captain on the stairs and in the attic of the house. People have heard ...

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    The Glencoe Inn

    Portsmouth, Virginia

    52 miles from Chowan County, NC

    This 1890 Victorian inn, originally built as a home for a family of Scottish immigrants, is said to be haunted by one of its old residents. The apparition of an elderly lady is seen looking over her beloved roses in the establishment's Rose Garden.

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    Page House Inn

    Norfolk, Virginia

    53.3 miles from Chowan County, NC

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    Tar River

    Tarboro, North Carolina

    54.2 miles from Chowan County, NC

    In a Revolutionary War tale, a miller and patriot was drowned in the river by a group of British soldiers. Before he died, he threatened that if they killed him, they would be haunted by a banshee. According to the tale, the banshee appeared, killed the soldiers, and avenged the ...

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    Ferry Plantation House

    Virginia Beach, Virginia

    57.5 miles from Chowan County, NC

    This colonial and plantation era house is said to be home to 11 ghosts, including Henry, a former slave; Sally Rebecca Walke, who mourns the loss of her soldier lover; former resident and painter Thomas Williamson; a Lady in White who is said to have fallen down the stairs in ...

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    Smithfield Station

    Smithfield, Virginia

    59.1 miles from Chowan County, NC

    Smithfield Station is a restaurant frequented not only by the living. Witnesses say the apparition of a man can be seen sitting at the bar late at night when the place is closed. Some say he's the spirit of a man who long ago left the bar and drowned in ...

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    Adam Thoroughgood House

    Virginia Beach, Virginia

    59.6 miles from Chowan County, NC

    Employees at this circa-1719 house museum have seen the apparition of a woman in Colonial-period clothing. The red-haired woman has been seen in various places on the premises wearing different Colonial dresses.

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    The Cavalier Hotel

    Virginia Beach, Virginia

    61.8 miles from Chowan County, NC

    Famous folks such as Al Capone and Woodrow Wilson stayed at this 1927 swank establishment, and it is from one of its windows that Adolph Coors of brewery fame jumped to his death in the 1929. Also, the previous owner is said to have shot himself in the hotel. Reports ...

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    Howmet Plant

    Hampton, Virginia

    62.4 miles from Chowan County, NC

    1 Howmet Dr. Hampton, Va, 23661. Back in the early 1980's I was a security guard working through the Wackenhut Corp, at the Howmet plant in Hampton, Virginia. One hot and misty night I saw what I thought was a young woman wearing a gossamer gown wandering in front ...

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    The Chamberlin

    Hampton, Virginia

    62.5 miles from Chowan County, NC

    The Chamberlin was once a historic hotel that welcomed the likes of George Washington. However, it has been renovated and is now a senior living facility. The top floor, according to rumor, is closed because of the many apparitions that freely roam there. One story about this building tells of ...

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    Fort Monroe

    Hampton, Virginia

    62.8 miles from Chowan County, NC

    The official Fort Monroe was completed in 1834, although the spot has housed some sort of headquarters or fortification since the early 1600s. Witnesses claim that the site is haunted by the ghost of Abraham Lincoln, as well as that of Jefferson Davis, who was imprisoned here after being falsely ...

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    Boxwood Inn

    Newport News, Virginia

    73.7 miles from Chowan County, NC

    Built as a 21-room private home in 1896, this inn is believed to be haunted by the helpful spirit of Nannie Curtis, wife of the home's original owner. She apparently likes the current owners who saved the building from demolishment and restored it to its original elegance. When the new ...

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    Attmore-Oliver House

    New Bern, North Carolina

    74.6 miles from Chowan County, NC

    Originally built in 1790, the Attmore-Oliver House is reported to be haunted by poltergeists, possibly stemming from the last private owner or from deaths during a long-ago smallpox epidemic. The large historic home, normally used for Society functions, is open for tours by appointment.

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    New Berne House Inn

    New Bern, North Carolina

    74.6 miles from Chowan County, NC

    Though no longer currently operating as an inn, this old brick home was said to have had two haunted rooms. The owners received multiple reports from guests of various "odd occurrences" that happened during different stays.

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    Carter's Grove Plantation

    Williamsburg, Virginia

    74.7 miles from Chowan County, NC

    Carter's Grove Plantation is private property now and no trespassing is permited. It was built in 1755 for Carter Burwell, grandson of Robert "King" Carter on the site of Martin's Hundred, a tract first settled by English colonists around 1620. The settlement was eradicated in the Indian Massacre of 1622. ...

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    Harvey Mansion Historic Inn

    New Bern, North Carolina

    74.7 miles from Chowan County, NC

    Established in the early part of the 1800's it is one of the last remaining original buildings in the town. People claim that a woman in period dress glides through the dining room and through walls of the restaurant located in this Inn. Some people also say that ...

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    The Ambler House Ruins

    Williamsburg, Virginia

    75.3 miles from Chowan County, NC

    The circa 1750 Ambler House burned down three times: Once during the American Revolution (it was restored by Colonel John Ambler), again during the Civil War, and a third time in 1895. Its ruins are tended to by the National Park Service. The ghost here, Lydia, is said to walk ...

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    Foscue Plantation House

    Pollocksville, North Carolina

    82.5 miles from Chowan County, NC

    Foscue Plantation House was constructed in 1824 and is said to be haunted by the ghosts of slaves from the 1800s. According to reports, slaves were chained in the attic and their cries and moans are said to ring out at night. A legend about the staircase says that slaves' ...

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    Cape Hatteras Lighthouse

    Buxton, North Carolina

    85.4 miles from Chowan County, NC

    The Cape Hatteras Lighthouse is said to be haunted by a ghost cat, a ship's vanished crew, and a man named Bob. The large black-and-white cat has come around for the past 100 years, rubbing on people and then vanishing. It is thought to have been a past light keeper's ...

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    Old Central State Hospital

    Petersburg, Virginia

    88.3 miles from Chowan County, NC

    Central State Hospital, previously Central Lunatic Asylum, was the first institution in the country for African Americans of "unsound mind." In the 1840s, if slave owners could pay the fees they could have their slaves committed. Some of the old grounds still operates as a hospital; other buildings have been ...