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Chowan University
Murfreesboro, North Carolina
22.1 miles from Gates County, NCChowan 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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Nell Cropsey House
Elizabeth City, North Carolina
29.4 miles from Gates County, NCThe 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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Gaffos House
Portsmouth, Virginia
35.1 miles from Gates County, NCThis 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
35.1 miles from Gates County, NCThis 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
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Smithfield Station
Smithfield, Virginia
37.4 miles from Gates County, NCSmithfield 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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Howmet Plant
Hampton, Virginia
42.8 miles from Gates County, NC1 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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Ferry Plantation House
Virginia Beach, Virginia
43.3 miles from Gates County, NCThis 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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The Chamberlin
Hampton, Virginia
44 miles from Gates County, NCThe 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
44.3 miles from Gates County, NCThe 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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Adam Thoroughgood House
Virginia Beach, Virginia
45 miles from Gates County, NCEmployees 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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Somerset Place
Creswell, North Carolina
48.2 miles from Gates County, NCThe 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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The Cavalier Hotel
Virginia Beach, Virginia
49.4 miles from Gates County, NCFamous 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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Boxwood Inn
Newport News, Virginia
52.2 miles from Gates County, NCBuilt 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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Carter's Grove Plantation
Williamsburg, Virginia
52.8 miles from Gates County, NCCarter'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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The Ambler House Ruins
Williamsburg, Virginia
52.9 miles from Gates County, NCThe 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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Orell House
Williamsburg, Virginia
57 miles from Gates County, NCStrange occurrences that have been reported here include a water faucet that turned on by itself multiple times in the bathroom and a glass that was removed from the medicine cabinet, taken out of its plastic wrap and thrown on the floor.
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King's Arms Tavern
Williamsburg, Virginia
57.1 miles from Gates County, NCThis tavern is believed to be the residence of a ghost named Irma, who died in a fire in this area during the 1700s. Since legend has it that the fire was started by a dropped candle, the ghost is known to blow out candles and perform other helpful tasks ...
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College of William and Mary
Williamsburg, Virginia
57.2 miles from Gates County, NCThe College of William and Mary, the second-oldest college in the nation, has several legendary campus ghosts. One, who resides on the third floor of St. George Tucker Hall, is said to visit students who pull all-night study sessions. Another haunting happens in the Wren Building: Footsteps are said to ...
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Tar River
Tarboro, North Carolina
59.9 miles from Gates County, NCIn 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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Rosewell Plantation
Gloucester Courthouse, Virginia
61.4 miles from Gates County, NCThis 1725 mansion is said to be a hotspot for ghostly goings-on. Gutted by fire in 1916, the ruins were donated to the Gloucester Historical Society by its last owners and the site is now open to visitors several days a week. The four chimneys and the east wall remain, ...
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Fort Raleigh
Manteo, North Carolina
65.5 miles from Gates County, NCFort 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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Edgewood Plantation
Charles City, Virginia
66.8 miles from Gates County, NCAt this 1849 plantation house, Lizzie Rowland is the ghost in residence. It is said that she is waiting for her beloved soldier to return from the Civil War. Her ghost is said to peek out from behind a curtain in an upstairs window, watching and waiting. Edgewood Plantation was ...
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Old Central State Hospital
Petersburg, Virginia
67.1 miles from Gates County, NCCentral 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 ...
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Appomattox Manor
Hopewell, Virginia
68.2 miles from Gates County, NCAppomattox Manor was the former plantation owned by Dr. Richard Eppes, which became Union headquarters during the Civil War. Now a restored museum, the manor is said to be haunted by the ghost of a Union soldier. So the story goes, a nurse had been hiding him in the basement ...
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Shirley Plantation
Charles City, Virginia
69.3 miles from Gates County, NCThe very first house on the plantation was built in 1613--reportedly the oldest house in the U.S. But it's the mid-18th-century house here, possibly owned by private residents, that has a ghost story involving a painting in a second-story bedroom. It's a portrait of Aunt Pratt, and its story began ...
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Parker's Battery
Chester, Virginia
73.3 miles from Gates County, NCParkers Battery was part of the Confederate defenses known as the Howlett Line, and saw frequent battles. It was occupied by Confederate forces until the fall of Petersburg, and some may still remain today. Witnesses describe apparitions of soldiers in the bunkers, and the soldiers are said to look either ...
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Edgar Allan Poe Museum
Richmond, Virginia
85.1 miles from Gates County, NCBuilt around 1754 as a private home, the "little stone house" located a few blocks from Poe's boyhood home has housed a collection of Poe artifacts since the early 1900s. At about this time began the rumors of its hauntings. At least three ghosts are believed to reside or at ...
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Julep’s
Richmond, Virginia
85.2 miles from Gates County, NCJulep's is a restaurant now, but in 1826 it was the weapon shop where Daniel Denoon, an apprentice gunsmith, was shot to death by shop owner James McNaught. Denoon's ghost is said to have inhabited the restaurant ever since 2003, when the new owners began a remodeling project that turned ...
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Brownsville Farm
Marionville, Virginia
85.3 miles from Gates County, NCThis house dates back to 1806, and is now owned and operated by the Nature Conservancy. It is said that there is a playful ghost on the premises that likes to grab people's feet while they're sleeping. (Some believe the ghost only targets female virgins, for some reason.)
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Governor's Mansion - Executive Mansion
Richmond, Virginia
85.7 miles from Gates County, NCThe Virginia Governor's Mansion, or Executive Mansion, is the oldest occupied governor's mansion in the U.S., serving since 1813. In the 1890s, the apparition of a lady was seen sitting at the window by then-governor Philip McKinney. She was seen later by a police officer, and since then has caused ...
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Museum of the Confederacy
Richmond, Virginia
85.7 miles from Gates County, NCPart of this museum is the former White House of the Confederacy, containing Civil War artifacts, manuscripts, Confederate imprints (books and pamphlets) and photos--and that's not all: It also has a ghost. This portion of the museum is believed to be haunted by the spirit of Jefferson Davis' 5-year-old son.
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