Most Haunted Places in Alabama

Gaines Ridge Dinner Club

Camden, Alabama

Housed in an 1820's plantation house, this quaint restaurant serves up delicious southern cuisine and a refreshing variety of ghostly tales. The most notable of these is that of the screaming lady, who has been sighted by diners and staff on many occasions since the establishment opened for...

Maple Hill Cemetery

Huntsville, Alabama

It is said that in one of the crypts stands an antique rocking chair, a favorite possession of a lady who was buried in her family crypt. Folks say that when you stand outside the crypt, you can hear the rocking chair...

Old Bryce Hospital

Northport, Alabama

A former insane asylum with a reputation for treating its patients cruelly (especially black patients of which there were a disproportionate amount), this place is an obvious choice for claims of haunting. People claim to feel hot and cold spots, see items moving and hear ghostly sounds and...

Consolation Church

Greenville, Alabama

If every ghost story about this little church is true, then this place would take the #1 prize as most haunted place on earth. Stories abound from ghostly hell hounds, wailing banshees, confederate army soldiers and so many other reports of haunted happenings that they cannot all be listed here. ...

Harper Hill Cemetery

Dadeville, Alabama

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....

Kali Oka Plantation - Oak Grove Plantation

Mobile, Alabama

Kali Oka Plantation, also called Oak Grove Plantation, is haunted by the apparition of a dark-skinned man who is 7 feet tall. In life, he was the bodyguard and housekeeper of the home's former resident. The ghostly guard has been seen standing on the front...

Bill Sketoe's Hole - Choctawhatchee Bridge

Newton, Alabama

There are a couple of different accounts as to why Bill Sketoe was hanged. Some claim that he deserted his post to care for a sick wife, other's that he was assisting in local guerilla operations against the army, in any event, he ran afoul of the local confederate Home Guard. He was hanged, with...

Malaga Inn

Mobile, Alabama

The inn was originally two separate houses built in 1862, which were joined together in the 20th century to form the inn. The apparition of a lady in white has been seen pacing the balcony of Room #007, as well as chandeliers swinging when no one is around, furniture getting moved around and lamps...

The Tutwiler Hotel

Birmingham, Alabama

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 that he...

Purifoy-Lipscomb House

Pine Apple, Alabama

The house is supposedly haunted by a slave who fell into a well and died, and who is seen on the front porch of the house. Wailing sounds are heard by visitors, and locals refuse to venture there at night. (Submitted by Callum...

Gravity Hill

Munford, Alabama

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 be experienced by simply placing...

Crybaby Bridge

Saraland, Alabama

Legend has it a woman drowned her baby near the bridge and you can still hear its death cries....

Gwodz Rd - Patruski Gwonz Road

Coden, Alabama

Rumored to be haunted by the ghosts of black men who were hanged along the road by members of the...

Sweetwater Plantation

Florence, Alabama

The home of a former Alabama governor, it is reportedly haunted. Many people believe the ghost is that of the Governor's son who died in the Civil War. ...

Jemison Center - Old Bryce Mental Hospital

Northport, Alabama

Although most ghost websites will refer to this place as Old Bryce Mental Hospital, this is not an accurate designation. There is a Bryce Mental Hospital in Alabama, but it has been located in Tuscaloosa since its inception in 1861 and the Jemison Center, as this place is accurately called, was not...

Dead Children's Playground - Maple Hill Cemetery

Huntsville, Alabama

At this playground set up near the cemetery, the ghosts of children play and swing on the swingsets. Apparitions have been seen, and captured on film by paranormal society investigations; orbs have been reported as well. The swings sometimes can be seen swinging by themselves, and the sounds of...

Cedarhurst Mansion

Huntsville, Alabama

The Cedarhurst Mansion Estate was originally built in 1823 by Stephen Ewing. While visiting the house, a relative, Sally Carter, died of a short illness at the mansion in 1837. The first reports of a haunting was around 1919 after a teenage boy who slept at the house had a dream about her tombstone...

Forks of Cypress

Florence, Alabama

This private property houses the infamous ghost bridge that has numerous claims of haunting. People claim to hear singing and voices in the area surrounding the property and some claim they have seen the apparition of a woman walking the grounds....

Railroad Tracks

Coy, Alabama

Legend has it that there was a bus accident that killed school children on the railroad tracks and late at night you can hear the sounds of children playing and laughing on the tracks. I am not entirely sure why they would be playing and laughing on the spot where they died, but this is what the...

Union Cemetery

Woodville, Alabama

It is alleged that you can hear the screams of soldiers who died in the Civil War at this cemetery....

Wesleyan Hall - University of North Alabama

Florence, Alabama

This building, constructed in 1856, has a rich and interesting history. During the Civil War it was occupied by both Confederate and Union troops at different times. During the Confederate occupation General John Bell resided there and during the Union occupation, General Sherman himself stayed at...

Hodges Cemetery

Watson, Alabama

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...

Burgundy Drive

Adamsville, Alabama

The community of Indian Meadows and the adjacent community of Shady Grove are both built over the top of an American Indian Cherokee burial ground. Haunting have been reported in both houses, Burgundy Drive (the street that runs through the communities) and in the adjacent woods. Dark figures and...

Mountain View Hospital

Gadsden, Alabama

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

Redmont Hotel

Birmingham, Alabama

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 ghost at the hotel is the apparition of Hank Williams, who...

Kate Shepard House Bed and Breakfast

Mobile, Alabama

The historic bed and breakfast is haunted by the apparition of an elderly woman, who has been seen in guest rooms all over the building. A strange presence has been felt by guests and staff. (Submitted by Callum...

Sloss Furnaces

Birmingham, Alabama

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...

Little Vine Cemetery

Walker, Alabama

Possibly among the most inane of haunted reports, people claim to see a green light in the cemetery at night. ...

Trotter Home

Selma, Alabama

The spirit who lives here is reported to appear as a shadow in the corner of your eye. Other strange things happen here too: Doors open and lights turn on by themselves, footsteps and knocking soundes are heard, and balls of light have been seen. Also, plants are knocked down and jars explode....

Bass Cemetery

Birmingham, Alabama

Screams are heard and a heavy presence is felt. ...

Pickens County Courthouse

Carrollton, Alabama

A ghostly face appears in the window of this courthouse in Carrollton, Alabama. Legend attributes the face to a wrongly-accused man who was either lynched by an angry mob after being dragged from the courthouse or who died after being struck by lightning at the exact moment that he leaned out the...

Gaineswood Plantation

Demopolis, Alabama

No plantation is complete without stories of a ghostly haunting and this one is fairly tame by comparison. A young woman who died while visiting the plantation is said to haunt Gaineswood. angry that she was not promptly returned to her home state for burial. Her anger must not be too great...

Drish House

Tuscaloosa, Alabama

People claim to see lights in the mansion when no one is there and there are also reports of the tower being engulfed in ghostly flames....

Lucas Tavern - Old Alabama Town

Montgomery, Alabama

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...

Death Masks of Mt. Nebo Cemetery

Wagarville, Alabama

This place doesn't even need to be haunted, it's just freaking eerie. ...

Kendall Manor Inn

Eufaula, Alabama

This 1872 inn was said to be haunted by Annie, a dedicated nursemaid who took care of a former owner's children, and stayed on even after her death. Also believed to reside here are the ghosts of a Victorian lady and little girl who hang out in the downstairs area and on the porch, respectively;...

Robert M. Guillot University Center

Florence, Alabama

Reportedly haunted by the ghost of a woman who hanged herself back in the day when the Center was a teaching college. Supposedly you can still hear what sounds like the body swaying on the second floor....

1880's Josephine Hotel

Union Springs, Alabama

Although the historic hotel is no longer in service, it now is an art museum and a café. Ghostly voices and strange lights have been seen in the building after it has closed down for the night. (Submitted by Callum...

Sturdivant Mansion

Jacksons' Gap, Alabama

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 the home, but there...

Highway 5 Ghost

Lynn, Alabama

The ghost of a woman who died after being hit by a truck is said to haunt this stretch of road....

Fort Morgan

Gulf Shores, Alabama

Reports of shadowy people, strange mists and noises and an oppressive feeling of dread that descends, often right before the appearance of a male apparition. Fort Morgan has seen its share of death and war, did some soldiers linger on...

Dump Road - Old Chief Ladiga Trail

Jacksonville, Alabama

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...

Winston House

Tuscumbia, Alabama

In 1874, a tornado took the life of lady of the house Judith Winston, who was crushed beneath rubble. Her sons pulled her from the wreckage, but she died in the front bedroom on the eastern side. Since 1982, the 1824 house has been a museum and event space. Mrs. Winston is said to once have rattled...

Hotel Highland - Pickwick Hotel

Birmingham, Alabama

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...

Cardiff Cemetery

Graysville, Alabama

Typical cemetery haunting fare including orbs and reports that your car will die if you drive there on specific dates....

Holt Cemetery

Auburn, Alabama

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...

Bayview Bridge

Mulga, Alabama

There are many different versions of the haunting of this bridge, from a woman alone, to a woman and a baby to a car crash...etc. Guess you will just have to visit and see for...

Bottenfield Middle School

Adamsville, Alabama

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,...

Fort McClellan

Anniston, Alabama

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....

Lovelady Bridge

Camp Hill, Alabama

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...

Wetumpka Chamber of Commerce

Wetumpka, Alabama

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,...

Liberty Cemetery

Alexander City, Alabama

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

Hinds Road

Gadsden, Alabama

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 wood in Alabama, right?). In any event, legend goes this...

Marion Military Institute

Marion, Alabama

Claims of strange noises and objects being moved cause some people to say that the MMI is haunted....

Woodland Hospital

Cullman, Alabama

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...

Belle Mont Mansion

Tuscumbia, Alabama

A former slave plantation, it is believed to be haunted by slaves that lived and died here and also possibly by the ghosts of its former owners....

Ghost Bridge

Florence, Alabama

Properly called Jackson Ford Bridge, there are currently plans to demolish the bridge due to vandalism and decay making for a safety hazard. Of course if people start dying, that will just add to its reputation as a haunted spot, so possibly Darwinism should be allowed to take place here. There...

Whatley House

Moundville, Alabama

Although the house no longer exists, the ground it stands on still does and the ground itself is the source of the haunting claims. Supposedly this house was built on old slave quarters and a cemetery (very busy stretch of land) and this made for some uneasy living....

Cry Baby Hollow Bridge

Hartselle, Alabama

Various urban legends have arisen around the claims that Cry Baby Hollow and the bridge going across it are haunted. A baby is said to have died there, either from murder, a car accident, a wagon accident from pioneer days, or variations on the theme. People claim to hear the baby crying and...

Albertville Public Library

Albertville, Alabama

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? ...

Old Covington County Jail

Andalusia, Alabama

This historic jail is no longer in operation, but is rumoured to be haunted. Visitors to the jail claim to have heard voices, felt cold spots and smelt new paint, despite the fact that the building was never renovated. Others claim to have seen a figure peering out of the barred windows of the...

Coat's Bend Plantation House

Gadsden, Alabama

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 to the...

Off Campus Book Store - University of North Alabama

Florence, Alabama

Locals tell a story that this building once was occupied by a young girl, Molly, who died in the 1930s or 1940s. Molly was bittem by her puppy, which had contracted rabies. Her ghost is said to look down from the upstairs...

Whole Backstage Theater

Guntersville, Alabama

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....

Moundville Archaeological Park

Moundville, Alabama

At these historic Native American mounds, reports say, ghostly drums may be heard at night and lights may be seen coming from one of the larger mounds that looks like a...

Aunt B's - Southern Hospitality

Elba, Alabama

Originally built in 1910 for the family of a doctor, Aunt B's was an inn that was rumored to be haunted. Reports say it is no longer in operation and is for sale. Witnesses say the hauntings here consist of men who try to break into the window or peer in from the outside. The theory is that the...

New Providence Cemetery - Carstarphen Cemetery

Coy, Alabama

Also called Coy Cemetery, this is a burial spot for prominent African-American families. A light is reported to glow over the graves, which has an unknown source. Visitors to the cemetery also have said they hear voices speaking, even calling their...

Pope’s Tavern

Florence, Alabama

This historic museum operated as a hospital during the civil war, so the rumours of haunting's appear to have a leg to stand on; which can't be said for some of the apparitions supposedly reported. Staff and visitors have reported the apparitions of various amputees in the main bedroom which...

Sturdivant Museum

Selma, Alabama

Those who work there claim there are many ghostly occurrences within its walls. Rocking chairs that rock on their own, doors that are opened by an unseen hand and other unexplained phenomena have lead some to conclude that Sturdivant is haunted by its former master John...

Gallant Children's Cemetery

Gallant, Alabama

Visitors here may see ghostly children coming out to...

Grave of Red Eagle

Little River, Alabama

Ghost websites will tell you that this gravesite is haunted by the ghost of Red Eagle and if you go out late at night you'll see the spirit doing an Indian dance on his own grave. Yes, because that makes perfect sense. I mean everyone knows them injun fellers is dancing fools, even to the point of...

University of Montevallo

Montevallo, Alabama

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 bodies of those who could not be...

Boyington Oak - Church Street Cemetery

Mobile, Alabama

At this old cemetery behind the Mobile Library's main branch, there is an oak tree growing out of the grave of a man named Boyington. It is said that he was an African American who was executed for a crime that he did not commit. According to local lore, his last words stated that an oak tree would...

Old Public Library - Jemison Mansion

Tuscaloosa, Alabama

This mansion turned library turned tourist attraction/wedding venue is said to be haunted. Visitors report cold spots, strange feelings and an eerie "presence". ...

Cemetery Mountain

Talladega, Alabama

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. Case closed....

High Hill Church

Parrish, Alabama

This church and cemetery is believed to be haunted by locals. Locals report seeing people in the cemetery late at night. Some locals have witnessed crowds of people which resembled a revival late at night at the church even though the church has been abandoned for years. One local reports running...

Abandoned Butcher's Shop

Russellville, Alabama

Not much info on this, apart from the fact that it is an old, abandoned butcher's shop on the side of this dirt road, about 1.5 miles south from Fletcher Road. See map for precise location. Locals get an eerie feeling around this...

Bear Creek Swamp

Prattville, Alabama

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

The Dancing Ghost of Grancer Harrison

Kinston, Alabama

William "Grancer" Harrison loved dancing and parties so much, that he built a dance hall on his property to hold weekly festivities. As he aged he realized he would not live forever and so had a grave site with an above ground tomb constructed near the dance hall so that he might enjoy the...

Oakachoy Covered Bridge

Alexander City, Alabama

Vandals burned the bridge down a few years ago, but it was reported that it was haunted by a slave who was hanged...

McFall Road Tunnel

Jacksonville, Alabama

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...

Cooley Cemetery

Guntersville, Alabama

It is said that a mysterious fog covers this area day or night, and it surrounds the...

Salem-Shotwell Covered Bridge

Opelika, Alabama

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 car headlights you will see the ghost children...

Red Lady of Huntingdon College

Montgomery, Alabama

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 in which she died....

Wetumpka Mortuary

Wetumpka, Alabama

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...

McCandless Hall - Athens State College

Athens, Alabama

Reportedly haunted by the ghost of a young singer who died on the night of her greatest triumph. Having promised her adoring audience she would return, she was killed in an accident on the way. Shortly thereafter, sightings of a young woman in white roaming the hall began to be reported....

George Baker House

Selma, Alabama

Thought to be build sometime before 1861, this house was the site of a Civil War battle, during which a wounded Union soldier crept beneath the stairs and died. Reports say his blood is still visible there, and residents hear footsteps in the upstairs part of the building--even though the second...

Bethlehem United Methodist Church

Munford, Alabama

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

Main Street Strip

Albertville, Alabama

Apparently the entire length of Main Street is haunted by the ghosts of tornado victims. Residents hear screaming and footsteps and other ghostly sounds....

Rocky Mount

Prattville, Alabama

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 go to a nearby church, and...

USS Alabama Battleship

Mobile, Alabama

Ghostly footsteps, strange voices and hatches slamming shut comprise the majority of the ghostly activity on board this retired Battleship. Haunted or not, we hope the sailors rest in peace....

Lilly Lane

Hueytown, Alabama

The ghost of an old man apparently wanders the streets at night. Reported by numerous residents who claim to have seen...

University Chapel - Auburn University

Auburn, Alabama

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...

501 Tremont Street

Selma, Alabama

This privately owned home is haunted by Gerald, a ghost who moves objects in the house to suit his taste. If anything is put in a spot where it does not belong, Gerald moves it to another area. For example, the ghost doesn't like for anything to be placed on a certain shelf in the kitchen, so if...

The Castle - Weaver House

Selma, Alabama

This 1865 house is rumored to have been copied from a castle on the Rhine and was once owned by one of Selma's founding families. Strange things happen here, such as the faint sound of music playing at night and a light that a witness outside saw shining in the attic (which wasn't wired for...

Fort Gaines

Dauphin Island, Alabama

Ghostly apparitions, cold spots, shadows and numerous other reports of hauntings make Fort Gaines a highly haunted hot spot. Definitely worth checking out....

St. James Hotel

Selma, Alabama

Built in 1837, the historic hotel was fully renovated in 1997. Frank and Jesse James were frequent, sometimes long-term, guests at the hotel. Among other spirits, the ghost of Jesse James is said to reside here, a male apparition in 1880s cowboy garb. Jesse's girlfriend Lucinda has been seen here...

Pinson Cemetery

Pinson, Alabama

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....

Jack's Restaurant

Parrish, Alabama

You may experience the presence of a Native American ghost named Mary who knocks things over, plays electrical pranks, alters the temperature, and whispers over the drive-through...

Tuskegee Army Airfield - Sharpe Airfield

Tuskegee, Alabama

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 voices of...