Haunted Places in Sylvan Springs, Alabama



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    Village Falls Cemetery

    Mulga, Alabama

    3.6 miles from Sylvan Springs, AL

    Ghostly figures, spooky feelings. The usual haunted cemetery fare can be found here.


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    Lilly Lane

    Hueytown, Alabama

    3.7 miles from Sylvan Springs, AL

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


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    Bayview Bridge

    Mulga, Alabama

    3.7 miles from Sylvan Springs, AL

    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 yourself.


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    Burgundy Drive

    Adamsville, Alabama

    6.4 miles from Sylvan Springs, AL

    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 shadows ...


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    Bottenfield Middle School

    Adamsville, Alabama

    7.2 miles from Sylvan Springs, AL

    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, maybe?


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    Cardiff Cemetery

    Graysville, Alabama

    10.8 miles from Sylvan Springs, AL

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


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    Hodges Cemetery

    Watson, Alabama

    11 miles from Sylvan Springs, AL

    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 music.


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    Linn-Henley Research Library

    Birmingham, Alabama

    11.9 miles from Sylvan Springs, AL

    A ghostly man has been sighted as well as objects moving by themselves and reports of cold spots and eerie feelings have been reported.


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    The Tutwiler Hotel

    Birmingham, Alabama

    11.9 miles from Sylvan Springs, AL

    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 ...


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    Redmont Hotel

    Birmingham, Alabama

    12 miles from Sylvan Springs, AL

    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 ...


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    Hotel Highland - Pickwick Hotel

    Birmingham, Alabama

    12.6 miles from Sylvan Springs, AL

    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 hotel.


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    Sloss Furnaces

    Birmingham, Alabama

    12.9 miles from Sylvan Springs, AL

    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 ...


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    Old Walker Chapel Cemetery

    Coalburg, Alabama

    13 miles from Sylvan Springs, AL

    Visitor here have reported that something grabs their feet as if attempting to pull them down into the graves. At times, the force has pulled the shoes right off their feet.


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    High Hill Church

    Parrish, Alabama

    15.7 miles from Sylvan Springs, AL

    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 ...


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    Moncrief Cemetery

    Gardendale, Alabama

    15.9 miles from Sylvan Springs, AL

    Eerie screams have been heard and ghostly apparitions have been seen haunting the Moncrief cemetery.


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    Bass Cemetery

    Birmingham, Alabama

    20.1 miles from Sylvan Springs, AL

    Screams are heard and a heavy presence is felt.


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    Little Vine Cemetery

    Sylvan Springs, Alabama

    20.8 miles from Sylvan Springs, AL

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


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    Birmingham Racecourse

    Birmingham, Alabama

    20.8 miles from Sylvan Springs, AL

    The racecourse was built over the top of an ancient American Indian burial ground. Staff working late hours have reported seeing shadowy figures standing out on the racecourse. Maniacal laughter and voices have been heard in the stables, and phantom hoof beats and winning has been heard on various parts ...


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    Jack's Restaurant

    Parrish, Alabama

    21.5 miles from Sylvan Springs, AL

    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 speakers.


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    Pinson Cemetery

    Pinson, Alabama

    23 miles from Sylvan Springs, AL

    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.


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    University of Montevallo

    Montevallo, Alabama

    29.5 miles from Sylvan Springs, AL

    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 ...


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    Jack Cole Road

    Hayden, Alabama

    31.1 miles from Sylvan Springs, AL


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    Easly Cemetery

    Jasper, Alabama

    31.4 miles from Sylvan Springs, AL

    Reported sightings of paranormal activity at this cemetery include a fiery orb that floats through the air.


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    Old Courthouse

    Columbiana, Alabama

    33.2 miles from Sylvan Springs, AL

    The ghost that occupies the upper floor of the apparently likes sunlight as it has a tendency to open closed blinds. People claim to hear knocking and other unexplainable noises and one person claims the ghost operated a typewriter and corrected a typing error she had made(??).


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    Gamma Phi Beta House - University of Alabama

    Tuscaloosa, Alabama

    37.5 miles from Sylvan Springs, AL

    Although this haunted spot can be found on most ghost websites, there are very few accounts to be found. Reportedly the bathroom taps turn on by themselves and doors slamming. I'd mark this one as dubious.


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    Old Public Library - Jemison Mansion

    Tuscaloosa, Alabama

    38.4 miles from Sylvan Springs, AL

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


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    Drish House

    Tuscaloosa, Alabama

    38.5 miles from Sylvan Springs, AL

    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.


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    Hay Hall

    Tuscaloosa, Alabama

    39.3 miles from Sylvan Springs, AL

    Yet another one of those vague claims without any substantiation the "haunting of Hay Hall" usually goes something like this: One of the rooms is supposedly haunted by a girl who used to live there.... Really? Did she die there? Why's she there? Did she just love college ...


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    Old Bryce Hospital

    Northport, Alabama

    40.7 miles from Sylvan Springs, AL

    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 footsteps. ...


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    Jemison Center - Old Bryce Mental Hospital

    Northport, Alabama

    40.8 miles from Sylvan Springs, AL

    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, ...


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    CEPA Building

    Pell City, Alabama

    41.7 miles from Sylvan Springs, AL

    People in the performing arts claim to her crying of a little girl, and gets the reaction of a man who accidentally got hung when a play or any other event messes up. (Submitted by Amie)


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    Woodland Hospital

    Cullman, Alabama

    44.9 miles from Sylvan Springs, AL

    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 have ...


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    Gravity Hill

    Sylacauga, Alabama

    46 miles from Sylvan Springs, AL

    One of those interesting phenomena, this Gravity Hill can be found just west of Fulton Gap Rd on Gravity Hill Lane/U.S. 280.


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    Flatwoods

    Steele, Alabama

    46.7 miles from Sylvan Springs, AL

    The woods along here is reportedly the site where a group of freed black slaves set up a settlement following the Civil War that was burned out and destroyed by the KKK. It is said to be haunted by the men and women who died during the raid.


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    Highway 5 Ghost

    Lynn, Alabama

    48.1 miles from Sylvan Springs, AL

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


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    Winston County Courthouse

    Double Springs, Alabama

    48.9 miles from Sylvan Springs, AL

    I worked there as a jailor in the county jail there in the old part when it was on the 2nd floor. Had several experiences: a padlock moving on its own, and you can feel like there are a lot of people in the hallways late at night when ...


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    Moundville Archaeological Park

    Moundville, Alabama

    50 miles from Sylvan Springs, AL

    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 pyramid.


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    Refuge Bridge

    Clanton, Alabama

    51.5 miles from Sylvan Springs, AL

    Every bridge in Alabama is haunted. Every. Single. Bridge. This one however you'd best be careful on, because it's not your standard "scorned woman walks the bridge" story. This one contains a malevolent and evil presence prone to chasing people and vehicular violence.


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    William B. Bankhead National Forest

    Sylvan Springs, Alabama

    52.3 miles from Sylvan Springs, AL

    There are several websites out there that state something to the effect of "Aunt Johnson would hang anyone who trespassed on her property and the rope can still be seen to this day." Does no one ever stop to wonder precisely how a middle-aged woman would manage to hang a ...


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    Whatley House

    Moundville, Alabama

    54.8 miles from Sylvan Springs, AL

    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.


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    Gallant Children's Cemetery

    Gallant, Alabama

    55.4 miles from Sylvan Springs, AL

    Visitors here may see ghostly children coming out to play.


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    Cemetery Mountain

    Talladega, Alabama

    60.7 miles from Sylvan Springs, AL

    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. ...


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    Bethlehem United Methodist Church

    Munford, Alabama

    60.9 miles from Sylvan Springs, AL

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


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    Gravity Hill

    Munford, Alabama

    61.2 miles from Sylvan Springs, AL

    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 ...


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    Judson College

    Marion, Alabama

    63.6 miles from Sylvan Springs, AL

    Judson College is a happening haunted hotspot. Several different ghosts, or one very mobile one appears to be haunting Judson. Some claim a specific room is haunted, some claim there are shadows and cold spots and that the ghost will touch or "mark" people in some ways. ...


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    Marion Military Institute

    Marion, Alabama

    64.1 miles from Sylvan Springs, AL

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


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    Pickens County Courthouse

    Carrollton, Alabama

    64.7 miles from Sylvan Springs, AL

    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 ...


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    Dwight Mill Village

    Gadsden, Alabama

    65.9 miles from Sylvan Springs, AL

    Dwight Mill Village is a housing development built by the Dwight Manufacturing Company to house workers for its cotton mill. An historical marker with a bronze bell mounted atop it is located at the intersection of Marston Avenue and Coolidge Circle. Numerous houses in this historical district have been ...


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    Hinds Road

    Gadsden, Alabama

    67.1 miles from Sylvan Springs, AL

    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 ...


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    Cry Baby Hollow Bridge

    Hartselle, Alabama

    67.2 miles from Sylvan Springs, AL

    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 ...


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