Haunted Places in Rockcastle County, Kentucky



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    Boone Tavern

    Berea, Kentucky

    14.4 miles from Rockcastle County, KY

    At this historic guesthouse for Berea College, many strange events have been reported. Some say the site was once part of the Underground Railroad, and the apparition of at an African-American boy has been spotted here; others say this information is inaccurate, and that the hotel was not built until ...

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    White Hall

    Richmond, Kentucky

    32.4 miles from Rockcastle County, KY

    Cassius Clay's historic home, built in 1798 by his father, is said to be haunted by Clay himself, his wife, and his son. Witnesses to the hauntings have described moving candle lights, footsteps and other unexplained sounds and even smells, and violin and piano music. Apparitions of the three ghosts ...

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    Cumberland Falls State Resort Park

    Williamsburg, Kentucky

    36.4 miles from Rockcastle County, KY

    Stories about the Cumberland Falls State Park tell of a 1950s bride and groom on their honeymoon. The bride lost her balance and fell from the cliff now called Lover's Leap. Reports say drivers have hit a woman in a wedding dress in the area, although when they got out ...

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    Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill

    Harrodsburg, Kentucky

    39.1 miles from Rockcastle County, KY

    The Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill is said to be the country's largest restored Shaker village. Its 3,000 acres contain 34 original Shaker buildings and perhaps a few ghosts, as well. It is said that ghostly babies can be heard crying at night around the pond.

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    Harrodsburg Spring - Young Park

    Harrodsburg, Kentucky

    39.7 miles from Rockcastle County, KY

    The ghost story here begins with a beautiful young woman who checked in to the Harrodsburg Springs Hotel, which stood on the park grounds in the late 1800s, under a false name. She danced with several partners in the hotel ballroom, as the men all lined up for a chance ...

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    Warfield Cemetery

    Barbourville, Kentucky

    41.4 miles from Rockcastle County, KY

    Some claim that at the Warfield Cemetery, something unseen will follow you, moving as you do, terrorizing you as you walk through the graveyard, never stopping until you step outside the gate.

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    Union College

    Barbourville, Kentucky

    41.5 miles from Rockcastle County, KY

    Union College seems to have a haunted Financial Aid office: Witnesses say the doors open and close, and even lock and unlock, on their own. The spirit is believed to be a woman who lived and died under mysterious circumstances here when the building was a private residence. Also haunting ...

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    Perryville Battlefield

    Perryville, Kentucky

    41.8 miles from Rockcastle County, KY

    The largest Civil War battle in Kentucky was fought here on October 8, 1862; at least 7,600 were killed or wounded. The corpses of the Confederate soldiers were left to rot on the battlefield, and many suppose this is why the field has so much ghostly activity. Apparitions of soldiers, ...

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    Henry Clay Estate - Ashland

    Lexington, Kentucky

    46.7 miles from Rockcastle County, KY

    The historic Ashland House is said to be haunted by Henry Clay himself. His ghost, a white-haired apparition wearing a black frock coat, has been seen in the old red parlor room (which is now his study), leaning on the fireplace mantel.

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    Crowne Plaza Hotel - Campbell House Inn

    Lexington, Kentucky

    47.6 miles from Rockcastle County, KY

    Formerly the Campbell House Inn, the Crowne Plaza Hotel is said to be a very spooky place. According to local legend, two women were murdered here. One was stabbed on the stairs, and folks say you can still see the blood stains on the carpet. The other woman was reportedly ...

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    The Campbell House

    Lexington, Kentucky

    47.7 miles from Rockcastle County, KY

    At the Cambell House Inn, there is rumored to be a blood stain on a carpet where a woman, one of two women to have been murdered here, was stabbed to death. Witnesses have reported apparitions and doors slamming by themselves.

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    Free Union Separate Baptist Church

    Columbia, Kentucky

    47.8 miles from Rockcastle County, KY

    The cemetery is reportedly haunted by the ghost of a man holding an infant. People claim the ghosts are waiting for the man's wife to die so that they can be reunited as a family.

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    Gratz Park Inn

    Lexington, Kentucky

    48.2 miles from Rockcastle County, KY

    At this historic inn, folks have reported seeing apparitions that include men, a lady in a white dress and hat, and intoxicated partygoers. Also, a ghostly little girl has been seen running and playing jacks in the hallways, and the spirit of an elderly man turns the TVs on and ...

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    John Morgan Hunt House

    Lexington, Kentucky

    48.3 miles from Rockcastle County, KY

    This 1814 house was built by John Wesley Hunt, who can still be seen walking the hallways of this old property. The apparition of Mammy Bouviette James, a former nurse of the Hunt children, can still be seen in the third floor nursery and hallways, and often appears to those ...

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    Loudoun House

    Lexington, Kentucky

    48.5 miles from Rockcastle County, KY

    The 1850 gothic revival mansion is haunted by the spirits of two women, both dressed in Victorian clothing. One has been seen in the western part of the mansion, and the other in the formal dining room. Also seen all over the mansion is a mysterious black cat. Witnesses have ...

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    Saint Ivos Cemetery

    Lebanon, Kentucky

    50.3 miles from Rockcastle County, KY

    At St. Ivos Cemetery, witnesses have reported video camera malfunctions and unexplained noises and voices.

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    Maple Hill Manor Bed and Breakfast

    Springfield, Kentucky

    51.7 miles from Rockcastle County, KY

    Built in 1851 by slaves, this inn is said to be haunted either by the original owners or by soldiers who fought in the Battle of Perryville in 1962. Witnesses have reported knocks on doors when there was nobody there, footsteps from empty rooms, cold spots, phantom perfume scents, strange ...

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    United States Post Office

    Jellico, Tennessee

    54.6 miles from Rockcastle County, KY

    The old post office building is haunted by several spirits. Disembodied footsteps and loud voices are heard when no one is around. Mail is thrown around the post office, and objects go missing, only to turn up in different places to where they were left. The apparition of a tall ...

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    Campbell Cemetery

    Busy, Kentucky

    54.7 miles from Rockcastle County, KY

    Ther is a site at Campbell Cemetery called Coffin Rock, where locals say a man was shot and killed long ago. Now, when it rains, there appears to be blood running down the rock. Several ghosts are said to call this area home as well: an old man who flags ...

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    Campbellsville University

    Campbellsville, Kentucky

    56.8 miles from Rockcastle County, KY

    At Campbellsville University's Fine Arts Building, which was originally a Catholic Hospital, ghostly babies have been known to cry at night. Footsteps can sometimes be heard, cold spots felt, and pottery wheels have been spotted turning all by themselves.

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    Lindsey Wilson College

    Columbia, Kentucky

    57.2 miles from Rockcastle County, KY

    At Lindsey Wilson College's Horton Hall, rumors abound...especially about the dorm rooms on the second floor. Witnesses say dark ghosts float up and shake the ceiling tiles or creep down into the bedrooms. So the stories go, if you come across these mysterious beings, you should stay really still. If ...

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    Hiestand House

    Campbellsville, Kentucky

    58.2 miles from Rockcastle County, KY

    This historic stone cottage is now a museum, but was formerly built in the early nineteenth century by a family of emigrants. After being abandoned for a period of time, a middle class family moved in, but fled after reporting apparitions, disembodied footsteps and strange fires. (Submitted by Callum Swift)

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    Carrington Rock

    Salt Lick, Kentucky

    59 miles from Rockcastle County, KY

    Apparitions of Confederate soldiers and a pacing woman have been seen at Carrington Rock. The woman, witnesses say, eventually throws herself off the edge, screaming as she falls. Witnesses also have heard the sounds of officers calling orders to soldiers and moans and cries of pain on the battlefield.

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    Grant Lee Hall

    Harrogate, Tennessee

    65.1 miles from Rockcastle County, KY

    The historic Grant Lee Hall dormitory building at Lincoln Memorial University was once part of a hotel, which caught fire in 1904, killing a woman and her child on the fourth floor. Her ghost has been seen in a red dress, including one day in the 1950s when the building ...

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    Liberty Hall

    Frankfort, Kentucky

    65.4 miles from Rockcastle County, KY

    Built by Senator John Brown in 1796, Liberty Hall Mansion is said to be haunted by at least three ghosts. Mrs. Brown's kindly aunt, Mrs. Margaret Varick, died of a heart attack around 1817 in an upstairs bedroom. She was buried on the grounds but was lost when the graves ...

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    Red Dog Road

    Harlan, Kentucky

    66.1 miles from Rockcastle County, KY

    This road has been haunted by mysterious lights which flicker from tree to tree. If one is quiet at a certain fork in the road you can hear someone or something walking in the woods above the road. A huge shadowed specter has been seen several times standing in ...

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    Buffalo Trace Distillery

    Frankfort, Kentucky

    66.2 miles from Rockcastle County, KY

    The late-18th-century distillery on the site of an ancient buffalo crossing offers ghost tours by appointment; many characters from its long history are said to walk the grounds.

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    Rohs Opera House

    Cynthiana, Kentucky

    70.7 miles from Rockcastle County, KY

    The current Rohs Opera House (pronounced ROSS) opened in 1941 with a showing of Down Argentine Way. Ticket price was $.05 for adults. It was originally built in 1871 as Aeolian Hall, a live production theatre located on the second floor. A silent movie projector was eventually added to bring ...

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    Kingstone Lisle Inn

    Robbins, Tennessee

    72.6 miles from Rockcastle County, KY

    Called the Snoring Ghost, the ghost in residence here is said to be Thomas Hughes, the town's founder. He originally built the place for his mother, but remains in spirit. He is known to pull blankets back on the bed and audibly snore. The inn can be accessed through tours.

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    1880 Newbury House

    Robbins, Tennessee

    72.6 miles from Rockcastle County, KY

    It is said that at the Newbury House, ghostly occurrences are not unknown. It seems that especially single female guests are known to awaken in the night with the ghost of a man standing over their bed. The ghost is thought to be Charles Oldfield, and the Charles Oldfield Room ...

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    Rails Restaurant

    La Grange, Kentucky

    92.4 miles from Rockcastle County, KY

    The restaurant, housed in a building that's more than a century and a half old, is home to a ghostly little girl. She has been seen in the parking lot as well as the back of the restaurant, and wears a white dress and a hair bow. She is believed ...