Haunted Places in Vestavia Hills, Alabama



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    Hotel Highland - Pickwick Hotel

    Birmingham, Alabama

    3.7 miles from Vestavia Hills, 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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    Redmont Hotel

    Birmingham, Alabama

    5 miles from Vestavia Hills, 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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    Sloss Furnaces

    Birmingham, Alabama

    5 miles from Vestavia Hills, 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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    The Tutwiler Hotel

    Birmingham, Alabama

    5.1 miles from Vestavia Hills, 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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    Linn-Henley Research Library

    Birmingham, Alabama

    5.1 miles from Vestavia Hills, 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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    Old Walker Chapel Cemetery

    Coalburg, Alabama

    10.9 miles from Vestavia Hills, 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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    Bass Cemetery

    Birmingham, Alabama

    10.9 miles from Vestavia Hills, AL

    Screams are heard and a heavy presence is felt.


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    Birmingham Racecourse

    Birmingham, Alabama

    11.5 miles from Vestavia Hills, 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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    Bayview Bridge

    Mulga, Alabama

    12.5 miles from Vestavia Hills, 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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    Village Falls Cemetery

    Mulga, Alabama

    12.9 miles from Vestavia Hills, AL

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


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    Hodges Cemetery

    Watson, Alabama

    13 miles from Vestavia Hills, 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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    Bottenfield Middle School

    Adamsville, Alabama

    13.1 miles from Vestavia Hills, 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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    Burgundy Drive

    Adamsville, Alabama

    14.3 miles from Vestavia Hills, 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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    Lilly Lane

    Hueytown, Alabama

    14.6 miles from Vestavia Hills, 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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    Moncrief Cemetery

    Gardendale, Alabama

    15.6 miles from Vestavia Hills, AL

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


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    Cardiff Cemetery

    Graysville, Alabama

    16.5 miles from Vestavia Hills, 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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    Pinson Cemetery

    Pinson, Alabama

    18 miles from Vestavia Hills, 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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    Old Courthouse

    Columbiana, Alabama

    21.5 miles from Vestavia Hills, 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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    University of Montevallo

    Montevallo, Alabama

    24 miles from Vestavia Hills, 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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    Little Vine Cemetery

    Vestavia Hills, Alabama

    27.7 miles from Vestavia Hills, 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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    High Hill Church

    Parrish, Alabama

    29.5 miles from Vestavia Hills, 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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    CEPA Building

    Pell City, Alabama

    29.9 miles from Vestavia Hills, 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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    Gravity Hill

    Sylacauga, Alabama

    32.3 miles from Vestavia Hills, 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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    Jack Cole Road

    Hayden, Alabama

    33 miles from Vestavia Hills, AL


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    Jack's Restaurant

    Parrish, Alabama

    34.4 miles from Vestavia Hills, 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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    Flatwoods

    Steele, Alabama

    39.3 miles from Vestavia Hills, 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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    Refuge Bridge

    Clanton, Alabama

    41.5 miles from Vestavia Hills, 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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    Easly Cemetery

    Jasper, Alabama

    44.4 miles from Vestavia Hills, AL

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


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    Gamma Phi Beta House - University of Alabama

    Tuscaloosa, Alabama

    47 miles from Vestavia Hills, 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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    Cemetery Mountain

    Talladega, Alabama

    47.2 miles from Vestavia Hills, 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

    47.9 miles from Vestavia Hills, AL

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


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    Drish House

    Tuscaloosa, Alabama

    47.9 miles from Vestavia Hills, 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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    Old Public Library - Jemison Mansion

    Tuscaloosa, Alabama

    48 miles from Vestavia Hills, 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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    Gravity Hill

    Munford, Alabama

    48.2 miles from Vestavia Hills, 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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    Woodland Hospital

    Cullman, Alabama

    48.6 miles from Vestavia Hills, 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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    Hay Hall

    Tuscaloosa, Alabama

    49 miles from Vestavia Hills, 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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    Gallant Children's Cemetery

    Gallant, Alabama

    49.1 miles from Vestavia Hills, AL

    Visitors here may see ghostly children coming out to play.


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    Old Bryce Hospital

    Northport, Alabama

    51 miles from Vestavia Hills, 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

    51 miles from Vestavia Hills, 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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    Parker Memorial Baptist Church

    Anniston, Alabama

    57.2 miles from Vestavia Hills, AL

    In researching the Parker Memorial Baptist church, I found what is quite possibly the most hilarious entry of ghostly hauntings ever. On a "ghost website" it is proclaimed that the Parker Memorial *BAPTIST* church is haunted by, and I quote, "a nun who killed herself in the main hallway". ...


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    The Victoria Inn

    Anniston, Alabama

    57.3 miles from Vestavia Hills, AL


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    Moundville Archaeological Park

    Moundville, Alabama

    57.5 miles from Vestavia Hills, 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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    Stringfellow Memorial Hospital

    Anniston, Alabama

    57.5 miles from Vestavia Hills, AL

    Reportedly haunted by a ghostly organ player who plays the chapel organ in the wee hours of the morning.


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    Dwight Mill Village

    Gadsden, Alabama

    58.3 miles from Vestavia Hills, 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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    Coosa River Sea Serpent

    Gadsden, Alabama

    58.7 miles from Vestavia Hills, AL

    The Coosa River is a hotspot for sea serpent sightings and reports of something odd inhabiting the river have been made for over a hundred years.


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    Lucy's Afterlife Night Club

    Gadsden, Alabama

    59.5 miles from Vestavia Hills, AL

    This night club housed in a 1903 historic building has a ghost named (you guessed it) Lucy. She is occasionally seen by staff and patrons wandering through the building, and is believed to be responsible for a variety of other paranormal activity reported. (Submitted by Callum Swift)


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    Oakachoy Covered Bridge

    Alexander City, Alabama

    59.6 miles from Vestavia Hills, AL

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


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    Hinds Road

    Gadsden, Alabama

    59.7 miles from Vestavia Hills, 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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    Winston County Courthouse

    Double Springs, Alabama

    59.8 miles from Vestavia Hills, 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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    Crestwood Cemetery

    Gadsden, Alabama

    60 miles from Vestavia Hills, AL

    Rumored to be located on a former slave plantation, people claim that it is haunted by slaves who died there. The specific claim that is most often repeated is that of a hanged slave that appears in the trees.


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