Haunted Places in Oil City, Louisiana



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    Old Greenwood Cemetery

    Greenwood, Louisiana

    20.4 miles from Oil City, LA

    It's a cemetery. Of course it's haunted.


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    Spring Street Historical Museum

    Shreveport, Louisiana

    20.6 miles from Oil City, LA

    The Spring Street Historical Museum, housed inside the late-1800s Tally’s Bank Building, has a resident ghost thought to be Edward, a former bank manager who worked in the building. One story about Edward says that an employee was about to climb a ladder when he saw the heavy front door ...


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    Shreveport Municipal Memorial Auditorium

    Shreveport, Louisiana

    20.7 miles from Oil City, LA

    The 1920s art deco auditorium is known for its musical program, the Louisiana Hayride, on which Elvis Presley performed in 1954. Other greats who performed here include Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, and Johnny Horton. It is said to be haunted by an apparition of a young man who sits in ...


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    Railroad Tracks

    Bossier City, Louisiana

    21 miles from Oil City, LA

    Supposedly the cries of a family who was killed on the tracks can be heard late at night.


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    Old Jail - Pea Farm

    Shreveport, Louisiana

    21.2 miles from Oil City, LA

    The old jail is reported to be haunted by former inmates, especially in the women's section of the jail. Those wishing to view it for themselves should be aware that the jail is owned by the GE plant next door and they do call the cops and prosecute anyone ...


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    The Jefferson Hotel

    Jefferson, Texas

    21.7 miles from Oil City, LA

    Those who stay here should be warned: Room 19 is said to be haunted. A hotel employee reported hearing voices from the room when it was vacant, and guests staying there have claimed to feel they were being watched by an unseen presence.


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    The Excelsior House

    Jefferson, Texas

    21.8 miles from Oil City, LA

    This old hotel is said to be haunted by a headless ghost who roams the second floor. Another ghost lives here as well: a woman who wears black and carries a baby. It is said that the woman's apparition has frightened many guests, including film director Steven Spielberg.


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    White Oak Manor Bed and Breakfast

    Jefferson, Texas

    22 miles from Oil City, LA

    A ghost named Ida Sue, a young blonde girl, is said to haunt this inn. Witnesses have reported seeing apparitions, quilts that move by themselves, and more strange sounds. Folks say sneezing and coughing can be heard day and night, thought to be a residual haunting from someone who once ...


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    The Grove

    Jefferson, Texas

    22.1 miles from Oil City, LA

    Also known as the Stilley-Young House, The Grove is an 1861 house, reportedly very much a hotspot for paranormal activity, that has been featured on many TV shows and in many magazines over the years. Owners have described phantom odors, shadowy figures, moving objects, apparitions, and lights that turn on ...


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    Claiborne House Bed and Breakfast

    Jefferson, Texas

    22.1 miles from Oil City, LA

    The apparition of well-dressed man has appeared to both residents and guests. His identity is a mystery, but he is the subject of many ghostly local legends.


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    Alley-McKay House Bed and Breakfast Inn

    Jefferson, Texas

    22.1 miles from Oil City, LA

    You may want to hang on to your drawers if you visit this pretty inn. The ghosts of two house slaves of long ago, Mr. Alfred and Patricia or Aunt Patty, are known for stealing folks' underwear.


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    Cavalier House

    Jefferson, Texas

    22.2 miles from Oil City, LA

    This 1950s tavern building was eventually turned into a bed-and-breakfast inn. Witnesses at the inn say there have been residual hauntings from the tavern times. Folks have heard music, voices and footsteps. Reports say the building is either for sale or has been recently purchased.


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    Conway Cemetery

    Bradley, Arkansas

    29.9 miles from Oil City, LA

    Conway Cemetery Historic State Park, named after the first governor of Arkansas James S. Conway, is an 11.5-acre park that includes a half-acre family cemetery where Conway is buried. Witnesses say you can hear disembodied voices here around midnight at the full moon, perhaps stemming from a nearby tree where ...


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    Taylortown Tower

    Elm Grove, Louisiana

    33.1 miles from Oil City, LA

    It's an eerie looking tower standing all alone in a field. Of course people will say it's haunted. It pretty much has to be. Rumor has it that it is haunted by yet another jilted bride, who either died of a broken heart, hanged herself in grief, ...


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    Buena Vista Plantation

    Oil City, Louisiana

    36.6 miles from Oil City, LA

    It's a plantation. In the south. It was used for a Civil War hospital. Of course it's haunted. The usual - civil war soldiers have been spotted. Currently a private home and not open to the public.


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    Potter Road

    Doyline, Louisiana

    36.7 miles from Oil City, LA

    Although the exact location of the accident site is not known, it is reported that four teenagers died in a drunken accident on this road decades ago and every year on the anniversary of their deaths blood runs from the tree they hit.


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    Old Ellerbe School

    Shreveport, Louisiana

    38 miles from Oil City, LA

    Rumored to be haunted by the ghosts of children who died in a fire at the school.


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    Keachi Women's College

    Keachi, Louisiana

    38.5 miles from Oil City, LA

    Cold spots and ghostly moans are reported to happen on the second floor.


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    Slaton Cemetery

    Daingerfield, Texas

    48.6 miles from Oil City, LA

    Slaton Cemetery has earned itself the nickname "Blue Light Cemetery" because of its ghostly blue light that is said to float around here. Cold spots and bushes that move without a breeze also have been reported, as has a mysterious tractor beam that dragged in a driver's car while something ...


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    Bonnie and Clyde Ambush Site

    Gibsland, Louisiana

    55.3 miles from Oil City, LA

    They say that on the night of the full moon, you can hear the sounds of gunfire. Which doesn't make a whole lot of sense since Bonnie and Clyde died in the bright morning sunshine, but regardless, it's an interesting spot to visit, just a little pull out on the ...


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    Cameo Trio Theatre

    Magnolia, Arkansas

    55.7 miles from Oil City, LA

    Theater number 3 is reportedly haunted. No real information on how it's haunted. But people say it's haunted, so that should be good enough.


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    Southern Arkansas University

    Magnolia, Arkansas

    56.9 miles from Oil City, LA

    In Bussey Hall, the ghost of a female student who hanged herself in one of the rooms in the 1950s is said to appear. And in the Horton Theater, the ghost of a student actress who was killed by a train on her way to her starring performance has been ...


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    Biomedical Engineering Building

    Ruston, Louisiana

    78.4 miles from Oil City, LA

    A former hospital this site is said to be haunted by the ghosts of patients who died.


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    Howard Auditorium

    Ruston, Louisiana

    78.5 miles from Oil City, LA

    Supposedly this place is haunted by a ghost and you can tell because sometimes the seats, which are spring loaded will be down, as if someone is sitting in it when there is no one there. And this is not at all due to faulty springs or mechanisms. ...


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    Stow's Bar

    Ruston, Louisiana

    78.9 miles from Oil City, LA

    Although the bar is now closed, it's still open to the ghosts who are reported to haunt this former hospital site.


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    Rialto Theatre Music Hall

    El Dorado, Arkansas

    82.4 miles from Oil City, LA

    The 1929 theater closed in 1980, then was restored and opened again in 1987 to show movies. It closed again in the early 2000s and now has been opened again, and presents musical performances. The historic building has its share of haunts. Employees say they've heard footsteps, seen apparitions, and ...


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    Jones Cemetery

    Camden, Arkansas

    83.2 miles from Oil City, LA

    The late-1800s house across the street from the cemetery, according to local folklore, was long ago the home of a young girl who was beaten and starved to death by her parents. **The house is private property; please respect the current owners' privacy.** The girl is said to have been ...


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    Grady Hill

    Many, Louisiana

    83.8 miles from Oil City, LA

    One of the numerous La Llorona or "weeping woman" haunting claims.


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    Front Street

    Natchitoches, Louisiana

    85.3 miles from Oil City, LA

    The street is reported to be haunted by the ghost of a confederate soldier.


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    Northwestern State University Campus

    Natchitoches, Louisiana

    85.5 miles from Oil City, LA

    A ghostly woman that students call Isabella is reported to haunt the campus.


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    Turner Auditorium

    Nacogdoches, Texas

    87.2 miles from Oil City, LA

    A ghost named Chester haunts the theater building, who is rumored to have been an architect of the building, but passed away before its completion. Legend has it that the building was erected backward and he killed himself in disgrace. His ghost has manifested as a face on a stage ...


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    Stephen F. Austin State University - Griffith Hall

    Nacogdoches, Texas

    87.3 miles from Oil City, LA

    On the third floor, rumor has it that a female student once jumped out the window after playing with a Ouija board. Her ghost causes the lights in the shower room to flicker at the same time every night, at the exact time she died. Her apparition has been seen ...


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    Stephen F. Austin State University - Mays Hall 11

    Nacogdoches, Texas

    87.3 miles from Oil City, LA

    According to some reports, the building was once a hospital with a morgue in the basement. Other reports say the city hospital did not actually have a morgue in the basement. A 1940s-era ruined bomb shelter is said to be one one end. An eerie, negative feeling is said to ...


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    Kulli Tuklo Methodist Church

    Idabel, Oklahoma

    88.2 miles from Oil City, LA

    The church and nearby cemetery are believed to be haunted. The bell at the church sometimes rings by itself at night, and people have reported hearing ghostly singing and laughter. The church doors open and close late at night, and people have reported seeing a shadowy figure approaching the church ...


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    Sterne-Hoya House

    Nacogdoches, Texas

    88.4 miles from Oil City, LA

    An former housekeeper reported that she felt a happy presence in the house, and described a gentle pressure upon her body while in the attic. She encountered a negative feeling in the cellar.


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    Ouachita River Factory

    Camden, Arkansas

    88.7 miles from Oil City, LA

    Little is known about the operation of this factory, but various paranormal events have been reported there. Various orbs have been reported, as well as apparitions that vanish when approached, doors opening and closing by themselves, and lights going on and off of their own accord. Voices and an old-fashioned ...


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    St. Maurice Plantation

    Natchitoches, Louisiana

    90.1 miles from Oil City, LA

    It is said that the ghost of a child comes from the cemetery and visits the manor home, making sudden noises or rushing past. He also likes to change the pages on the calendar. He is believed to have started the fire that burned the mansion down in 1980.


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    McDonald's

    Idabel, Oklahoma

    92.5 miles from Oil City, LA

    The ghost of a little girl is said to haunt this fast-food restaurant. She has been seen going into the men's restroom before opening hours, and she has been blamed for all the women's restroom toilets flushing at once. Her laughter has been heard in the women's restroom, and employees ...


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    Killough Monument

    Bullard, Texas

    93.1 miles from Oil City, LA

    Killough Monument stands in remembrance of the 1838 Killough Massacre, said to be the largest and last Native American attack in East Texas. Eighteen people were killed here, and it's said that at least some of their spirits have remained behind. Visitors have seen black apparitions and noticed strange feelings ...


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    Avon Cemetery

    De Queen, Arkansas

    94.9 miles from Oil City, LA

    A ghostly baby and mother are said to haunt the cemetery. Local legend has it that if you drop a rock into the well in the center of the cemetery at night, you will hear the baby crying. The baby's mother has been seen running through the cemetery. According to ...


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    Gurdon Light

    Gurdon, Arkansas

    95.4 miles from Oil City, LA

    The Gurdon Spook Light is a yellowish glowing orb that appears intermittently at night along the railroad tracks. Some say it is the ghost of a railroad worker who was struck by a train and decapitated; others maintain it is the ghost of a railroad foreman who was beaten to ...


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    Magnolia Plantation

    Cloutierville, Louisiana

    102.1 miles from Oil City, LA

    The 1830 Magnolia Plantation has a main plantation house, slaves' quarters, store, blacksmith shop and slave hospital. The site, built by Ambrose Lecomte II and his wife Julia Buard, is now owned by the National Park Service and is believed to be haunted by mistreated slaves. Reports say that the ...


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    Wheelock Mission

    Millerton, Oklahoma

    104.3 miles from Oil City, LA

    According to the local stories, the hauntings at Wheelock Mission began when a man broke into the girls' mission and murdered the girls. Witnesses say that the walls and trees bleed, and apparitions sit in chairs or hang from trees. One story tells of some teens who tried to steal ...


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    Henderson State University

    Arkadelphia, Arkansas

    109 miles from Oil City, LA

    Henderson State University is said to be haunted by the ghost of a student who fell in love with a girl from a rival college. His friends made fun of him, and under pressure from them, he broke it off with her. The girl was heartbroken and committed suicide. As ...


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    Ouachita Baptist University

    Arkadelphia, Arkansas

    109.2 miles from Oil City, LA

    Many unexplained events have been reported here, including orbs that show up in the basement, phantom eyes in the room corners, blood on dorm walls, and dorm windows that break for no apparent reason.


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    Historical Jail

    Colfax, Louisiana

    112.2 miles from Oil City, LA

    We are a local Paranormal Research Team filming and investigating places for the brand-new TV series, called True Ghost Stories. Upon our scouting and places to film and investigate for the show, we ran across the well known and documented place in Colfax Louisiana called " The Colfax Riot Of ...


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    Slate Shoals Mansion

    Arthur City, Texas

    113.1 miles from Oil City, LA

    The mansion that once stood here was said to me haunted. Witnesses have reported uneasy feelings when around it, and strange sounds that came from it. Some have seen a ghostly woman in the attic and a wheelchair that moved by itself. Cabins in the back were said to be ...


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