Haunted Places in Vicksburg, Mississippi



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    Lakemont

    Vicksburg, Mississippi

    Reportedly haunted by Mrs. Lake, the former mistress of Lakemont. Owners today claim they hear the rustle of petticoats and smell a strange perfume throughout the house.


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    Anchuca Mansion

    Vicksburg, Mississippi

    Named for the Choctaw word for "happy home," the mansion is haunted by "Archie" Archer, one of former owner Richard Archer's daughters. Since 1966, her apparition has been seen wearing a long brown dress in the parlor or dining room. A presence has been felt inside the slaves' quarters as ...


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    Duff Green Mansion

    Vicksburg, Mississippi

    Duff Green Mansion served as a hospital during the Civil War and it still bears some of the scars despite restoration. Bloodstains are still in the original flooring and one of the ceiling beams shows where a cannonball struck the mansion before its occupants surrendered and turned it into ...


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    Baldwin House Restaurant

    Vicksburg, Mississippi

    There are three known spirits in this house, with probably many more yet undiscovered. The first ghost is that of 'Aunt Gertrude', who lived there in the 1920's. She can be heard walking around on the second floor, but has yet to be seen downstairs. The second is that of ...


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    McRaven Tour Home

    Vicksburg, Mississippi

    "The most haunted house in Mississippi"? You be the judge. Numerous people have died in McRaven and according to legend, some of them lingered on. Dating back to the 18th century McRaven lays claim to Civil war era ghosts, and a lady who died in childbirth.


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    Cedar Grove Inn

    Vicksburg, Mississippi

    This house has a cannonball lodged in the wall. I really don't care if it's haunted or not - it has a cannonball lodged in the wall. How cool is that? The result of being strafed during the Civil War, the homeowners apparently decided the cannonball was a ...


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    Ahern's Belle of the Bend's

    Vicksburg, Mississippi

    Named after a paddle steamer that brought a former president downstream to the township, this historic inn dates back to the mid-nineteenth century, and is rumoured to have a ghostly tales that have occurred within the walls. Reports indicate that a woman's presence has been felt in some rooms, ...


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    Annabelle Bed and Breakfast

    Vicksburg, Mississippi

    Built in the second half of the 19th century as a private home, the luxurious Victorian-Italianate inn is said to be haunted. Reports say the spirit of a one-legged Confederate soldier is believed to reside in the Dixie Room; however, the inn has come under new management since this report, ...


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    1902-08 Stained Glass Manor - Oak Hall

    Vicksburg, Mississippi

    Built in the early 1900s, the hall is said to be haunted by Fannie Vick Willis, Vicksburg philanthropist. Ghostly spheres and orbs have been photographed here, an witnesses have detected cold spots and unexplained lights. Footsteps, period music, and other sounds have been reported here as well. Fannie was known ...


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    Vicksburg National Military Park

    Vicksburg, Mississippi

    It is claimed that late at night you can hear gunshots and sounds of the siege that occurred here and was a key conflict in the Civil War.


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    Grand Gulf Military State Park

    Port Gibson, Mississippi

    24.5 miles from Vicksburg, MS

    Reported to be haunted by a headless ghost.


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    The St. Joseph Crier

    St. Joseph, Louisiana

    34.3 miles from Vicksburg, MS

    Legend has it that in 1872, the ship Iron Mountain, containing 54 passengers, simply vanished. It is speculated that river pirates stripped it and killed everyone on board. Nothing remains of the ship or any of the passengers except the ghostly disembodied screams of a woman coming from the Mississippi ...


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    Old Capitol

    Jackson, Mississippi

    40.9 miles from Vicksburg, MS

    Legend claims that the office of a man who reportedly died at his desk is haunted by his ghost. People claim to hear strange noises and the sounds of doors opening and closing coming from the office when there is no one in there.


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    Fairview Inn

    Jackson, Mississippi

    41 miles from Vicksburg, MS

    This 1908 historic inn is rumoured to have a ghost or two haunting one of the rooms, where guests have reported feeling temperature drops and having furniture moved around the suite at night. (Submitted by Callum Swift)


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    Chapel of the Cross

    Madison, Mississippi

    41.7 miles from Vicksburg, MS

    The ghost of a woman whose fiance died before they could be wed is said to appear weeping at his grave in the cemetery.


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    Holly Ridge Railroad Tracks

    Rayville, Louisiana

    44.3 miles from Vicksburg, MS

    Nothing of any repute can be found regarding the alleged haunting of the Holly Ridge railroad tracks. Just a bunch of barely literate nonsense on other ghost sites. But supposedly it is haunted by " red light" that appears along the tracks.


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    Ghost Bridge

    Vicksburg, Louisiana

    51.8 miles from Vicksburg, MS

    Allegedly haunted by the ghost of a woman who was killed in a car accident. She presumably roams the bridge looking for her boyfriend who survived the wreck. (I love how people ascribe motivations to ghosts and in the case of female ghost, it's always looking for their lost ...


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    King's Tavern - Post House

    Natchez, Mississippi

    62.7 miles from Vicksburg, MS

    A woman is reported to haunt the Tavern. Don't get suckered into all the balderdash of "human remains found bricked up behind the wall"...that's just a nice invention to entertain the thrill seekers as no such evidence exists. But still there are those who claim to have seen ...


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    Monmouth Plantation

    Natchez, Mississippi

    62.8 miles from Vicksburg, MS

    At this 1818 mansion, the ghost of General John A. Quitman is believed to reside. General Quitman bought the place in 1826, and it is believed he watched over the mansion's restoration carefully. His apparition is still seen inspecting the inn, and he has been spotted dressed in full uniform ...


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    Linden Bed and Breakfast

    Natchez, Mississippi

    62.8 miles from Vicksburg, MS

    The 1700s Linden Bed and Breakfast is believed to be haunted by a phantom horse-drawn buggy in the drive and the sound of the tapping of a cane in the west gallery. Apparitions of a man in a top hat have been seen in a child's bedroom, and a woman ...


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    Dunleith Historic Inn

    Natchez, Mississippi

    63.4 miles from Vicksburg, MS

    Dunleith Historic Inn was built in 1855 and sits atop the site of John Routh’s 18th-century plantation Routhlands. It is said to be haunted by the apparition of a woman who plays the harp.


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    Myers Creek

    Bogue Chitto, Mississippi

    68.4 miles from Vicksburg, MS

    There have been reports of a strange and unexplained animal that haunts Myers Creek.


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    Piney Grove Baptist Church

    Morton, Mississippi

    71.3 miles from Vicksburg, MS

    The graveyard at the church is said to be haunted. People have seen numerous apparitions there.


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    Sauls Valley Cemetery

    Jayess, Mississippi

    82.9 miles from Vicksburg, MS

    People claim to have seen dancing lights around the graves.


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    Crossett Railroad Tracks

    Crossett, Arkansas

    84.4 miles from Vicksburg, MS

    A ghostly swinging light appears to be walking up and down the tracks here. Locals say it is the spirit of a man who was hit by the train and was decapitated. His ghost is searching for his head. It is said that folks who are standing on the tracks ...


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    City Cemetery

    Kosciusko, Mississippi

    89.4 miles from Vicksburg, MS

    Apparently a grave which is adorned with a statue of the deceased is said to cry. And it isn't condensation either, really.


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    China Grove Church

    Tylertown, Mississippi

    92.5 miles from Vicksburg, MS

    The general and oft-repeated haunting story claims the church has a picture of Jesus that cries blood (right) and there's a man who haunts the fields who was allegedly killed by his own tractor.


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    The Allen House

    Monticello, Arkansas

    103.1 miles from Vicksburg, MS

    This Gothic mansion in Monticello was built in 1900 at the turn of the century, and has many recorded instances of hauntings reported. The main ghost, however, is that of a young woman who haunts the upper and lower floors of the mansion. The ghost roams around the house, often ...


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    Burnt Bridge

    Purvis, Mississippi

    113 miles from Vicksburg, MS

    Although the old bridge has been replaced, legend has it that it used to be haunted by a girl in a prom dress who was killed there.


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    Grenada Masonic Temple

    Grenada, Mississippi

    116.8 miles from Vicksburg, MS

    The masonic temple was built on the site of the former historic Angevine House, and visitors to the building have reported seeing the apparition of a glaring sea captain on the upper levels of the building. Staff here have also heard voices late at night when there is no one ...


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    Myrtle Grove Cemetery

    Lumberton, Mississippi

    117.2 miles from Vicksburg, MS

    Ghostly shadows, full body apparitions and feelings of dread (could that be because you are in a cemetery and confronting your own mortality) are the meat that makeup this haunting report.


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    Loyd Hall Plantation

    Cheneyville, Louisiana

    125.8 miles from Vicksburg, MS

    Like any plantation in the south, Loyd hall has had its share of tragedy and death. The main stories are of the original owner who was hanged as a traitor during the Civil War, a Union soldier shot to death in an upstairs attic (the bloodstains are still visible) and ...


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