Haunted Places in Clay County, Alabama



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    Cemetery Mountain

    Talladega, Alabama

    10.6 miles from Clay County, 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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    Gravity Hill

    Munford, Alabama

    16.2 miles from Clay County, 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

    17 miles from Clay County, AL

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

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    Sturdivant Mansion

    Jacksons' Gap, Alabama

    24.8 miles from Clay County, 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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    Gravity Hill

    Sylacauga, Alabama

    26.3 miles from Clay County, 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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    Parker Memorial Baptist Church

    Anniston, Alabama

    27.1 miles from Clay County, 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

    27.4 miles from Clay County, AL

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    Stringfellow Memorial Hospital

    Anniston, Alabama

    27.6 miles from Clay County, AL

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

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    Oakachoy Covered Bridge

    Alexander City, Alabama

    31 miles from Clay County, 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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    Fort McClellan

    Anniston, Alabama

    31.7 miles from Clay County, 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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    Liberty Cemetery

    Alexander City, Alabama

    33.1 miles from Clay County, AL

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

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    CEPA Building

    Pell City, Alabama

    33.2 miles from Clay County, 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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    Lovelady Bridge

    Camp Hill, Alabama

    34.4 miles from Clay County, 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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    Camp Cottaquilla

    Anniston, Alabama

    35.2 miles from Clay County, 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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    Dump Road - Old Chief Ladiga Trail

    Jacksonville, Alabama

    38.4 miles from Clay County, 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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    McFall Road Tunnel

    Jacksonville, Alabama

    40.3 miles from Clay County, 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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    Harper Hill Cemetery

    Dadeville, Alabama

    41.4 miles from Clay County, 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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    Old Courthouse

    Columbiana, Alabama

    43.6 miles from Clay County, 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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    Piedmont Jacksonville Rd

    Piedmont, Alabama

    44.3 miles from Clay County, AL

    This is the Legend of The Ghost Bride Of Piedmont Jacksonville Rd. Legend has it that many years ago on Halloween, a young bride to be was getting ready for her wedding. When she went outside of her house she was attacked and dragged off to the other side ...

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    Refuge Bridge

    Clanton, Alabama

    47.2 miles from Clay County, 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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    Coosa River Sea Serpent

    Gadsden, Alabama

    48.7 miles from Clay County, AL

    The Coosa River is a hotspot for sea serpent sightings and reports of something odd inhabiting the river have been made for over a hundred years.

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    Flatwoods

    Steele, Alabama

    48.8 miles from Clay County, 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

    50.1 miles from Clay County, 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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    Salem-Shotwell Covered Bridge

    Opelika, Alabama

    50.5 miles from Clay County, 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 Train Depot

    Auburn, Alabama

    50.6 miles from Clay County, 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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    Birmingham Racecourse

    Birmingham, Alabama

    50.9 miles from Clay County, 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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    University Chapel - Auburn University

    Auburn, Alabama

    50.9 miles from Clay County, 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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    Bass Cemetery

    Birmingham, Alabama

    51.4 miles from Clay County, AL

    Screams are heard and a heavy presence is felt.

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    Rock Building

    Bremen, Georgia

    51.9 miles from Clay County, AL

    This clubhouse for the local tennis courts is believed to be haunted. Staff and members claim to have seen the apparition of a young man wandering the building after hours, who is believed to have drowned in the city swimming pool. (Submitted by Callum Swift)

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    Lucy's Afterlife Night Club

    Gadsden, Alabama

    52 miles from Clay County, 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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    Double Hill Road

    Opelika, Alabama

    52 miles from Clay County, AL

    Reportedly haunted by a ghostly horse drawn carriage.

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    Camp Watts - Confederate Graveyard

    Notasulga, Alabama

    52.1 miles from Clay County, 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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    Dwight Mill Village

    Gadsden, Alabama

    53.3 miles from Clay County, 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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    Coat's Bend Plantation House

    Gadsden, Alabama

    53.7 miles from Clay County, AL

    This historic mansion is haunted by a former slave at the plantation house. Residents claim to have seen her standing in the courtyard of the mansion, staring up at them. A male resident was apparently attacked by a flying ghostly light that materialised in the private cemetery adjacent ...

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    Tuskegee Army Airfield - Sharpe Airfield

    Tuskegee, Alabama

    53.9 miles from Clay County, 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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    Wetumpka Mortuary

    Wetumpka, Alabama

    54.3 miles from Clay County, 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

    54.4 miles from Clay County, 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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    Hinds Road

    Gadsden, Alabama

    54.5 miles from Clay County, 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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    Gallant Children's Cemetery

    Gallant, Alabama

    55 miles from Clay County, AL

    Visitors here may see ghostly children coming out to play.

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    Pinson Cemetery

    Pinson, Alabama

    55.4 miles from Clay County, 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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    Tuskegee National Forest

    Notasulga, Alabama

    55.4 miles from Clay County, 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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    Mountain View Hospital

    Gadsden, Alabama

    56.2 miles from Clay County, AL

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

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    Hotel Highland - Pickwick Hotel

    Birmingham, Alabama

    56.4 miles from Clay County, 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

    56.4 miles from Clay County, 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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    Haunted Bridge

    Gadsden, Alabama

    56.5 miles from Clay County, 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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    Spring Villa

    Opelika, Alabama

    56.9 miles from Clay County, 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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    Redmont Hotel

    Birmingham, Alabama

    57.2 miles from Clay County, 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

    57.3 miles from Clay County, 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

    57.4 miles from Clay County, 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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    Mount Pisgah Cemetery

    Gadsden, Alabama

    59.1 miles from Clay County, 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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    University of Montevallo

    Montevallo, Alabama

    59.2 miles from Clay County, 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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    Bonnie Castle

    Grantville, Georgia

    59.2 miles from Clay County, AL

    Bonnie Castle, now reported to be closed, was once a bed-and-breakfast inn. Ghosts reported here include a woman named Mary who dislikes electricity, a spectral cat, and a man who is said to be the original owner. Strange sounds have been reported coming from the building at all hours of ...

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    Old Walker Chapel Cemetery

    Coalburg, Alabama

    59.8 miles from Clay County, 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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    Tallapoosa Entertainment Center

    Montgomery, Alabama

    60.5 miles from Clay County, 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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    Holt Cemetery

    Auburn, Alabama

    60.6 miles from Clay County, 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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    Moncrief Cemetery

    Gardendale, Alabama

    61.6 miles from Clay County, AL

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

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    Rocky Mount

    Prattville, Alabama

    63.3 miles from Clay County, 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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    Hodges Cemetery

    Watson, Alabama

    63.3 miles from Clay County, 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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    The Plantation House

    Prattville, Alabama

    65.7 miles from Clay County, 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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    Bottenfield Middle School

    Adamsville, Alabama

    65.8 miles from Clay County, 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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    Lucas Tavern - Old Alabama Town

    Montgomery, Alabama

    66.5 miles from Clay County, 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

    66.7 miles from Clay County, AL

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

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    Cardiff Cemetery

    Graysville, Alabama

    67.3 miles from Clay County, 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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    Red Lady of Huntingdon College

    Montgomery, Alabama

    68.1 miles from Clay County, 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

    68.3 miles from Clay County, 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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    Jack Cole Road

    Hayden, Alabama

    70.2 miles from Clay County, AL

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    Memory Hill Cemetery

    Albertville, Alabama

    71.2 miles from Clay County, AL

    Just another haunted cemetery.

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    Bear Creek Swamp

    Prattville, Alabama

    71.2 miles from Clay County, AL

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

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    Albertville Public Library

    Albertville, Alabama

    71.5 miles from Clay County, 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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    Main Street Strip

    Albertville, Alabama

    71.8 miles from Clay County, 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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    Springer Opera House

    Columbus, Georgia

    75 miles from Clay County, 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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    Whole Backstage Theater

    Guntersville, Alabama

    78.9 miles from Clay County, 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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    Abbie's House

    Guntersville, Alabama

    80.3 miles from Clay County, 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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    Berry College

    Rome, Georgia

    80.4 miles from Clay County, AL

    The hauntings at Berry College have earned it the nickname Scary Berry. The ghost of a female student is supposed to haunt Ford Hall. She hanged herself upon receiving news that her boyfriend was killed in World War II. Blackstone Hall has several ghosts, the most well known perhaps being ...

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    Johnny Mitchell's Smokehouse

    Euharlee, Georgia

    80.6 miles from Clay County, AL

    Set in the 1800's settlement of Euharlee, this local smokehouse and barbecue restaurant is rumoured to be haunted by a male settler, who crosses the road at night from a nearby cemetery. He has been seen by staff and diners on several occasions. (Submitted by Callum Swift)

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    Woodland Hospital

    Cullman, Alabama

    83.2 miles from Clay County, 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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    Hardin Bridge

    Kingston, Georgia

    83.2 miles from Clay County, AL

    The old Hardin Bridge is still there, though a new one was built around 2010-2011 crossing the Etowah River just next to it. It is said that a couple accidentally drove off the old bridge many decades ago, and their spirits still haunt the area. Voices and screams ...

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    Barnsley Gardens Resort

    Adairsville, Georgia

    87.7 miles from Clay County, AL

    Built by Godfrey Barnsley in 1844, the ruins of the mansion are said to be haunted by Godfrey himself, his wife Julia, and a Confederate soldier who may be Colonel Robert Earle, killed on these grounds during the Civil War.