Haunted Places in Franklin County, Arkansas



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    Opossum Walk Cemetery

    Hartman, Arkansas

    13.3 miles from Franklin County, AR

    Opossum Walk Cemetery is reported to have gates that are hot to the touch, even in winter, and witnesses have heard footsteps walking behind them and seen apparitions out of the corner of their eye.

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    Chester House Inn and Antiques

    Chester, Arkansas

    19.7 miles from Franklin County, AR

    The 1887 hotel primarily served railroad passengers and workers until the late-twentieth century. Now a delightful bed and breakfast inn with an adjoining antiques store, employees and guests staying at the establishment have reported many strange instances of paranormal activity. The place is rumoured to have been a brothel ...

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    King Opera House

    Van Buren, Arkansas

    26.7 miles from Franklin County, AR

    Allegedly haunted by the ghost of a young actor who was killed by an enraged father who objected to the actor's intentions to elope with his daughter.

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    Fort Chaffee

    Fort Smith, Arkansas

    27.2 miles from Franklin County, AR

    This historic site, now an Army National Guard station and training center, is reported to be haunted. The site, which experienced major fires in 2008, has also been used in several films, including A Soldier's Story in 1984, Biloxi Blues in 1988, and The Tuskegee Airmen in 1995. Elvis Presley ...

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    Old Fort Smith Courthouse

    Fort Smith, Arkansas

    31.5 miles from Franklin County, AR

    The old courthouse that still stands here was the sight of many a death sentence handed out in the late 19th century - the hangings occurred just outside.  It is said that the ghosts of the condemned men still roam this area.

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    Tilly Willy Bridge

    Fayetteville, Arkansas

    37.5 miles from Franklin County, AR

    The bridge was demolished in 2010 or 2011; the map shows the location of theh former bridge. It is said that a woman in the 1970s drove off the bridge, killing herself and her children. Her phantom car was seen driving across the bridge, and her apparition has been spotted ...

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    Inn at Carnall Hall

    Fayetteville, Arkansas

    41.5 miles from Franklin County, AR

    Originially built in 1905 as a women's dorm, the building now houses a 50-room hotel and Ella's French restaurant. Witnesses here have seen the floating apparition of a woman in a gown, without a head or feet, and indentations on the bed as if someone were sitting on it. Other ...

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    Lick Skillet Lane

    Waldron, Arkansas

    42 miles from Franklin County, AR

    There have been ghost sightings on this road hitchhiking. Do not stop or you may get hurt. Its not a real person and you will have a feeling that you are being watched. I traveled down that road didn't see anything but I felt a presence. The reason why it ...

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    Arkansas Tech University

    Russellville, Arkansas

    45.2 miles from Franklin County, AR

    Arkansas Tech University, several locations are rumored to be haunted. One is Caraway Hall, where students describe noises in the attic, footsteps on the stairs and whispers in the hallways. There are two legends to explain the hauntings. One is that it is build on top of a Cherokee burial ...

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    Moore Hill Cemetery

    Dardanelle, Arkansas

    47.2 miles from Franklin County, AR

    Locals swear that if you hang around the "Hovis" gravestones at night you'll eventually find the ghost of a man who killed his wife.

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    Peel Mansion

    Bentonville, Arkansas

    62 miles from Franklin County, AR

    This historic mansion, built by Samuel Peel in 1875, is said to be haunted by Peel himself and by his daughter, Minnie Belle. Minnie Belle is known to play the piano when no one is in the room.

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    Station Cafe

    Bentonville, Arkansas

    62.1 miles from Franklin County, AR

    Once a theatre, this building is now home to a restaurant called "The Station Cafe". Items are moved in the main dining room and kitchen, sometimes violently.  A ghostly figure of a man has been seen roaming the hallway.

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    Basin Park Hotel

    Eureka Springs, Arkansas

    62.1 miles from Franklin County, AR

    A haunted tour is offered here, and the hotel even has its own ghosts, including a young woman with blonde hair and blue eyes and a toddler-aged girl wearing pigtails and a yellow dress. Witnesses have also reported orbs and objects that move by themselves.

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    Crescent Hotel

    Eureka Springs, Arkansas

    62.5 miles from Franklin County, AR

    One of the most well-known haunted hotels in America, the Crescent hotel has a history that just requires there to be ghosts and haunts associated with it. And the Crescent has plenty. The site of a former hospital run by a con artist who had previously been convicted of practicing ...

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    Radar Road Phantom

    Rogers, Arkansas

    62.9 miles from Franklin County, AR

    Locals have reported seeing a phantom horse and rider on the outskirts of the city of Rogers. (Submitted by Callum Swift)

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    Pea Ridge National Military Park

    Garfield, Arkansas

    65.2 miles from Franklin County, AR

    On the battlefield in the middle of the night, witnesses have heard musket fire and seen apparitions of soldiers from the Battle of Pea Ridge. Some guests to the site have reported a feeling of being followed by something unseen.

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    Cherokee County Courthouse

    Tahlequah, Oklahoma

    66.8 miles from Franklin County, AR

    Previously the city's hospital, the courthouse is believed to be haunted. Folks have reported the sound of the jail door closing when no one is there, and the sound of a hospital gurney being rolled across ceramic tile has been reported even though the areas have been carpeted or tiled ...

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    Mayberry Hotel

    Royal, Arkansas

    76.4 miles from Franklin County, AR

    This hotel is now abandoned and near total ruin. The ghost of 1800s owner David Mayberry is said to haunt the site. Seeing that he built the hotel for the area's prospectors and miners, gunfights broke out often here, leading to many deaths. David Mayberry himself was shot but not ...

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    All Star Pizzeria

    Noel, Missouri

    78.7 miles from Franklin County, AR

    This historic building was a former pizzeria, but is now boarded up. People who drive past late at night have seen a white apparition standing at the windows, and while it was in operation, staff would report all sorts of various paranormal activity. (Submitted by Callum Swift)

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    DeSoto Rock and Gift Shop

    Hot Springs, Arkansas

    83.5 miles from Franklin County, AR

    I have worked at the DeSoto for 4 years now and the number of stories I have are too numerous to list here . We have had several paranormal investigations in the last 4 years that have yielded EVP's, images caught on digital cameras as well as IF Security ...

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    Arlington Resort Hotel

    Hot Springs, Arkansas

    83.5 miles from Franklin County, AR

    Although staff firmly believe and tell guests that there are no ghosts in the building, bottles of wine jump off the shelves without being touched. There have been reports of apparitions in old-fashioned clothes wandering the hallways and the lobby before simply vanishing. The ghost of a young girl in ...

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    Park Hotel

    Hot Springs, Arkansas

    83.5 miles from Franklin County, AR

    People often feel things brush past them that they can't see. There are reports of people being touched and poked in the hotel's corridors. (Submitted by Callum S.)

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    The Poet's Loft

    Hot Springs, Arkansas

    83.7 miles from Franklin County, AR

    A female employee reported being grabbed and held down on a couch by unseen female hands.

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    Old Malco Theatre

    Hot Springs, Arkansas

    84 miles from Franklin County, AR

    During a performance in the 1880's, a woman from the audience disappeared during a magic show production. Ever since then, there have been reports of the theatre being haunted. The ghost a glowing woman has been seen in the theatre basement, objects move around by themselves, and screams come out ...