In
Kentucky
updated January 2010
Alexandria - Witch Hill - There is a tree in
the middle of the road in Wilder where 3 witches were supposedly hung,
and there is a curse on the tree to whom ever tries to cut it down, or
spits on it. I have been to this place many times, and taken pictures,
and many times even though it was a clear night, the pictures have come
back covered in white blotches. You will find many out of the ordinary
happenings on the way out to the tree. - September
2004 update /correction: It has recently been cut down and moved to the
church parking lot at the top of the road. The three humps were also
left off the stroy. There are three evenly spaced humps righ before the
bend the tree was on. These are the graves of the witchs. the stories
of destorted pictures are true though.
Annville - Hwy 577 - Off Hwy 30 on Hwy 577 in Annville in Jackson county at
night during a full moon you can see a glowing grave late at night. You
can only see it from the road. When you go to the graveyard it
disappears.
Ashland - Paramount Art
Center - It is said that during some early
renovation work on the Paramount Theatre, a death occurred there and
the man’s ghost has forever since haunted the Paramount. In the early
1940s, four construction workers from Boyd Theater Company in
Cincinnati, Ohio were working on a project inside the auditorium. It is
reported that all of them had gone to lunch except one man, a guy named
Joe. When the other three returned, they found Joe hanging from the
curtain rigging, dead. And since then, sounds have been heard, things
have gone missing, cold drafts have been felt, and some folks even
claim to have seen the image of a man appear on occasion. However, he
is by all means a “good ghost” - one who seems to look out for the
benefit of the theatre and its occupants. When Billy Ray Cyrus was here
filming his video for "Achy Breaky Heart," he was told about the legend
of Paramount Joe. Between breaks, Billy Ray would talk to Joe, laughing
and joking with him, sometimes even asking for his help. It is
customary to get 8 x 10 photographs signed by each performer that
appears at the Paramount and then hang the photo on the 'Wall of Fame'
in the box office. Billy Ray personally autographed large color posters
to each of the female employees working here at the time - and one with
a personal inscription to Paramount Joe, whom he now had a fondness
for. Each lady put her poster near her desk and Joe's was hung in the
box office, near all the other performers. As time passed and the walls
in the box office became too full of 8x10’s signed by other performers,
the executive director felt that some of the pictures and posters
needed to come down. Since there were so many of Billy Ray, she asked
the women to remove their posters since they were all so similar.
Nobody wanted to take their personally autographed picture of Billy Ray
down so they took down the one he had signed to Paramount Joe. The next
day, when the ladies came to work, every single 8x10 and poster that
had been hanging neatly on the walls the night before were now lined
strewn on the floor, many of their glass frames shattered! It was as if
someone had wiped each one off the wall. To this day, Paramount Joe’s
poster still hangs in the Paramount, in a very special part of The
Marquee Room, which is now the site of Paramount Joe’s Rising Star
Café’. There is another story about the time two new employees
wanted to investigate the basement in the Paramount and some old items
that had been stored there. To reach the basement, you must go through
a door that is located just inside the lounge outside the ladies
restroom. This brings you to the top of the stairs. At the top of those
stairs is a light switch that will light the first section of the
stairwell. As you progress, there is a switch that will light each area
in front of you. And, there is no partner switch. In other words, you
must turn the light off at the same place you turned it on. The
marketing director had offered to take the two new female employees
into the basement and turned on the lights at the top of the stairs.
The ladies hurried down the steps. At that moment the marketing
director was called to take a phone call inside the office. He told the
other two employees to wait, he would be right back. In their
excitement however, they did not hear him and they continued on.
Recounting the story later, it was at this point they called up to him
to turn on the next light for them. As it turned out, he was on the
phone longer than expected and met the ladies as they were coming back
up the steps. "Thanks for turning on the light for us," one of them
said, "but we can't get it to turn off." Puzzled, he explained that he
had not turned on the light for them – and in fact, could not turn on
the light. The expression on their faces revealed that they were not
kidding with him. They lead him back into the basement, only to be met
by darkness. 'Someone' had turned the light off again as well. "Well,
thanks Joe," called out one of the ladies, as she shivered. In 2004,
marketing director Tyson Compton was giving a tour to some high school
students. As he was relating the Paramount Joe story, he realized that
he was always talking about Joe, and not to him. So as he spoke to the
students, he stopped and called out, “Joe, are you here? Is it ok that
I tell your story?” While he swears that he then heard a seat squeak,
that is not the the most chilling part of this story. Compton relates
how he received a call the very next day from a psychic who lived in
the area. She asked him if someone in his family or a close friend had
recently died because she had gotten a message from “the other side.”
He said no that he could think of no one. “Well, she said, “I’m
supposed to tell you that Joe said he is here.”
Ashland - Small Blvd - There is a picture of a young Irish woman that hangs
in the 5th house on the left. If you look at the picture the eyes will
glow non-stop! If you look at the picture at night and walk across the
room at the same time you will see the eyes follow you across the room.
This lady had 5 kids, the picture has been passed down through the
generations.
Barbourville - Union
College - Financial Aid office - Many
people in the Financial Aid office have witnessed doors opening,
closing, locking, and unlocking. Some have said that they have seen a
woman. The office was once a house. The woman died in that house of
mysterious causes.
Barbourville - Union
College - Pfeiffer Hall room 245 - there
is said to be a ghost of a student that attended Union College in the
1960's. His name was James Garner and he was a football and basketball
player at Union. James was about 6'4 or so and weighed about 250.
Records say that he fell from his 2nd floor window while trying to
close it on a cool nite. The date of his death was have said to been on
October 30, 1963. Sources say that if you go to the room around
midnight and open the window, that James ghost will shut it. Many
sightings have been reported. - March 2008
additional information: doors opening & lights turning on when no
one else is present.
Barbourville - Warfield
Cemetery - Something follows you. Its footsteps
move as you do, and stop when you do, yet this unseen thing moves very
fast. You can feel its sense of urgency, and the steps crunch over the
ground, as if it's agitated. When it starts this, you standing there
cringing, just certain something is going to knock you down from
behind, but the steps just stop abruptly and don't start back up until
you begin walking again. When you step outside of the gate, the sounds
of the footsteps stop.
Bardstown - Old Kentucky
Home Middle School - During the Civil War the
school was used as a hospital. The Morgue was in the basemebt. The
floors and the ceilings have been said to bleed. The schools art
room(which is also located in the basement.) smells of rotting flesh.
It has been said that this room was used for holding of decomposing
bodies. They painted the basement walls white and blood red spots bled
back through.
Bardstown - Jailers Inn - many reports of this place being haunted. It was
formerly the jail and now is a bed and breakfast. Former employees
reported hearing footsteps and people crying.
Bardstown - Old Smith
Mansion - Across from Heaven Hill distillery, is
the old Smith Mansion on Lorretto Rd. On clear nights during the
summer, a German shepherd can be seen stomping the yard around the old
house.
Bardstown - The Old
Talbott Inn - Haunted by numerous spirits that
were killed there.
Bell County - Hutch - there is a small area off the main highwa called
Hutch. In this small community there is a local swimming hole called
"Devil's Garden". Before it earned this name, a small group of partying
teenagers were swimming one summer night. After partying too much, one
of the kids slipped and hit his head on a rock in the shallows. Not
thinking straight, the other kids decided to hide the body under water,
tied to a rock. The next day, the kids went to see if the night before
had really happened. They arrived to find that the local authorities
had already arrived and discovered the body. To their surprise, their
friend had drowned and not died of the fall. They lived with their
secret for over 15 years until they each started disappearing
mysteriously, and the remaining two confessed and were sentenced to ten
years in prison. Now every full moon, the moon's reflection casts a
skull like image on the water's surface.
Bellefonte - Bellefonte
Hospital - Bellefonte is an Old Catholic
hospital and it is said that the ghost of an old nun named Fannie
haunts the hospital. There have been reports of things mysteriously
falling off shelves and things making loud crashing noises, but when
you go to look, nothing is there. Fannie is said to be seen most often
in and around the emergency room.
Benton - The Glowing
Tombstone - The story goes that an old man and
woman lived in a house near this cemetery and a cult was doing some
funny business in a nearby barn one night. The old man did not return
from checking out the strange happenings so the old woman went down to
check on him and found him hung. The barn is still there. The house the
old couple lived in is gone now, but a new house was trying to be built
by a new couple and mysteriously fell down on the first try. When the
tombstone is glowing the old man is inside the old barn waiting on the
cult members who killed him to come back so he can extract his revenge.
Berea - Berea College - Boone
Tavern Hotel - Once a part of the under
ground rail road. The basement had several rooms that were used use
hide runaway slaves and for other purposes. Voices can sometimes be
heard, and on more than one occasion a photograph of a young African
American boy was taken. He appeared to be frightened and about 12 years
of age. - March 2007 Correction: Construction on
the Boone Tavern Hotel began in 1908, long after the Civil War and
Railroad. Berea, Ky. as a city wasn't even established until after the
Civil War, and during the war Berea College (which owns Boone Tavern)
was only a normal school with two buildings. Also, Boone Tavern has no
basement, only a sub-basement that houses an office and laundry. The
sub-basement was dug out under the building in the 1940s.
Berry - 2nd Street
Orphanage - In this small town there was a fire
that engulfed the town in the early eighteen hundreds. An orphanage, on
what is now 2nd street was one of the first houses to go up the first
night. The house was evacuated yet four kids were lost in the smoke and
flame. Upon several endeavors; some during the day, most at night; You
can here movement in the cellar during the day, with voices, cries and
much activity at night.
Bloomfield - Maple Grove
Cemetery - Anna Beauchamp, of the famous 1825
Romantic Tragedy can be seen walking along the road and throughout the
cemetery at times.
Booneville - Owsley County
High - In the gynasium boy's sower room two
students were punched so hard they were sent flying back and hitting
the wall. Pairs of glowing red eyes were seen along with someone's
finger poking through the door. Cold drafts have been felt and vioces
were heard.
Bowling Green - Greenwood
Mall - Back in '96 a man was found dead in his
pickup truck in the rear parking lot. The cause of death was never
determined, and the vehicle was stolen. No one ever figured out who he
was, or what he died of. These days when people park in the spot where
his truck was, and leave their vehicle overnight, you can walk up to it
and see a man in the passenger seat who looks to be dead or sleeping.
Its always the same guy. When any of the guards on duty call a police
officer over to remove the guy, they find the car empty. Every single
time. The parking spot has an oil stain that looks like a face and has
never washed off or changed over the years. The police have nicknamed
him "the sleeper". It’s so common; when they call PD dispatch they just
say, "We have a sleeper".
Bowling Green - off the
bridge - There is an old metal bridge with a
wooden road...a girl once jumped off of the bridge and drown. The
theory is if you go to the end of the bridge and turn your car off and
put it in neutral the ghost of the girl will pull you across the
bridge.
Bowling Green - Western
Kentucky University - Academic Complex - The
Academic Complex used to be an old hospital and now houses several
classrooms, medical facilities and the campuses TV and Radio stations.
There have been DJs working for the Radio station that have heard
things in the night, seen people out of the corner of their eyes. One
night two DJs were talking about haunted places in the area and their
CD player started to move about, opening and closing and rattling. Its
been rumored that in the old hospital days, people had died in some of
the classrooms and in a radio station studio. - February
2004 Update: It is said this is a rumor started by upper classmen to
scare newcomers.
Bowling Green - Western
Kentucky University - Barnes-Campbell Hall - showers have been reported turning on and off by
themselves, and chairs crashing against walls. A young man fell to his
death down the dorms elevator shaft.
Bowling Green - Western
Kentucky University - Helm Library - is
known to be haunted by a student who fell to his death from the ninth
floor when trying to open a window.
Bowling Green - Western
Kentucky University - The Kentucky Museum - Located on campus is haunted by an unknown male.
Bowling Green - Western
Kentucky University - McClean Hall - McClean
Hall on campus is supposed to haunted by Mattie McClean the woman its
named for. Supposedly if you stare at a picture of her long enough in
the lobby she will smile back at you. Pearce Ford Tower (Dorm Hall) is
supposed to be haunted by a construction worker crushed by an elevator.
Bowling Green - Western
Kentucky University - Potter Hall - In
1977 a girl hung herself in the basement. Change has been heard dropped
in soda machines but no one is there, scratching sounds of basement
floor. - February 2004 Update: is now just used
for the office of the register, housing has been moved down to South
West Hall. Which did once have a creepy incident involving a ouija
board where a wall began to crack open. Also for Potter it was in room
8 on the bottom floor that the girl hung herself -- though that is
debated some believe she was murdered. - January
2006 Correction/ Update: A student that attended school with the girl
has cleared a few things up on this particular haunting. She was a Very
quiet but very nice girl. Though she didn’t leave a note, she had taken
her own life. They report her name was Teresa nicknamed Tye-Dye. Many
on campus believe it to be Penny because of several of the office
workers in that area of the building said they often find pennies
rolling down the hall and find them on the floor.. So if anyone happens
to notice pennies rolling down the hall or hears change clanging in the
vending machines, don't be afraid. Potter Hall is Tye-Dye's old
stomping ground where one day back in 1978, she made the decision to
exhert the only control she had over her own life.
Bowling Green - Western
Kentucky University - Schneider Hall - Objects
disappear and then reappear. Knocks and strange noises during the day
and night. Sudden temperature changes in certain rooms. Feelings of
being watched. - February 2004 Update: It is no
longer used as a dorm, it is being renovated to be a math building.
Also a student claims that - White Stone Hall and White Hall
are the same building as Florence Schneider hall.
Bowling Green - Western
Kentucky University - Rhodes Harlin Hall - is haunted by a girl who jumped to her death. People
hear scratching on their windows and doors.
Bowling Green - Western
Kentucky University - Van Meter - Auditorium - The auditorium is reportedly haunted by a man that
fell to his death there while working on one of the catwalks. Students,
workers and performers have seen him. Also rumored, he fell onto the
stage and his blood of course soaked into the wood. In the 1950’s and
again in 1968 this stage was re-floored, and the stain again returned.
Boyle - Perryville -
Perryville Battlefield - Sightings of soldier
walking the battlefield at night. Reported to be seen by local police.
Bradfordsville - the
Bradford house - this house belonged to the
towns founder. The house has been deserted for at least a hundred
years, however at night a piano can be heard playing, and sometimes you
can hear a baby cry
Bradfordsville - George
Edelen Home Place - The house was moved from Old
Lick Creek after a family died of cholera in the 1800's. The house had
figurines that swayed more than 45 degrees off their setting, sounds of
walking throughout the house, a three pound knocking was heard every
night for 30 minutes beginning at 7:30 p.m. Sounds of clearing the
throat from someone who was not there. Sounds of mirrors falling and
crashing and no evidence of such happenings.
Bradfordsville - North
Rolling Fork River - During the summer of 1965
several of the children of Bradfordsville heard a mysterious sound
coming from the North Rolling Fork River which flows parallel to the
streets of the town. The sound was very similar to a whip being
cast. If you got close to the river looking for the source of the
sound--the sound got quieter. If you got farther away from the
river the sound became louder. It went on and on. Many
adults were called out by the children to find out what was causing the
strange "whip" like cracking sound. No one ever was able to
explain what caused the strange sounds.
Bradfordsville - Pendergraft
Place - door to the room where Mr. Buss
Pendergraft died would not stay closed. Latches were opened during the
night.
Bradfordsville - Willard
Rakes's Home - The house has been known for
sounds heard when no one is there. Lucille Pendergraft told of a
washing pot left unattended would turn itself over and water would be
over the floor.
Brandenburg - Meade County
High School - After those horrible tornadoes on
May 4 used the old high school gym as a morgue for all those who passed
on. Sometimes you can hear voices in the hallways.
Brandenburg - Meade County
High School - Band room - There are cold
spots in the room, voices can be heard, there have been sightings of a
boy with a tuba standing in the window when the school is empty. Also
there were rumors that our vice principal had photo's of a concrete
worker bent over inspecting something on the floor. The story goes that
this person died when he fell while the school was being built.
Brandenburg - Meade County
High School - behind the football - field
of the school is a graveyard, and people have their own opinions as to
why the school is haunted. Also, April 7, 1974, The gym was
used for a funeral.
Brandenburg - The Downtown
Victorian - Some times you can hear voices &
noises falling down the stairs from the attic to the first second
floor. Also the ones that did live in that house had pictures of the
ghosts.
Breathitt County - Salyersville
- Frozen - Old Vancleave Bible Institute - Located
near Frozen Creek, this was once a bible school which housed both male
and female students. Due to the difficult terrain, students lived on
campus. In the flood of 1939, many students and staff perished while
holing up in the boiler room. (They were warned of a tornado, not
flood). Little remains of the school after the flood. Buildings include
a dorm, a gym and a stone chapel. It has been reported that sounds of
children laughing and crying can be heard. It is also reported that
heat can be felt coming from the "punishment rooms". You can go there
and feel like you are being watched, the laughter of little kids and in
the third building you can feel heat as you go up the stairs to the
punishment rooms. Some have even seen red glowing eyes in the upstairs.
There is also what seems to be a small chapel that has an aboveground
basement that sits out in a field. The basement is filled with black
mud like substance. If viewed from above it has a whirlpool design to
it. Several people say that they have heard cries of young children and
have even seen them. It has been said that you will see and hear
terrifying things. - December 2006 Update – has
been torn down.
Busy - Beachopening Rd. - 20 to 25 year ago a man was killed in a car accident,
now after dark foggy figures have been saw, if your walking rocks will
be thrown at you, people yelling for help, and if your riding your bike
make sure to have knee pads on because you will get thrown off and no
one around.
Calloway - Dexter - Hill -
There is a hill that is almost perfectly
dome-shaped, like someone took a bowl of dirt and turned it over.
Witnesses report they had seen it light up at night, heard strange
sounds, and that it was haunted.
Campbellsville - Campbellsville
University - Fine Arts Building - The
Fine Arts building was originally a Catholic Hospital. Some say they
have heard babies crying where the nursery was, footsteps heard in the
hall when no one was there and art students have witnessed pottery
wheels beginning to spin by independently. There are also numerous cold
spots through out the building.
Campbellsville - Hiestand
House - This house is haunted by the Hiestand
family.
Campbellsville - Spurlington
tunnel - believed to be cursed. Story has it
that a train robbery in Corbin had several robbers who came up the
branch line through Marion County into Taylor County and stopped as far
as the train line went. An old woman that many called a witch lived
there. She took care of the robbers not knowing of their exploits. One
day the robbers decided to leave and didn't want anyone to know of
their surroundings; they threatened the old woman and decided to kill
her. She warned them that if they did that she would curse them and
they would come to a bad end. The men killed her and buried the $50,000
of 1860 money under her to make a scare on anyone who tried to get it.
6 of the 7 men were caught and hanged. A tunnel was built in the area
where the old woman was buried. Tons and tons of rock are buried atop
her body. The one robber who got away later returned to the area. He
rode the train into the area. After leaving he rode the train back to
return home. As the train went through Calvary crossing the Rolling
Fork River, the bridge collapsed and the last of the robbers lost his
life as the curse of the "witch woman" all came true.
Campbellsville - Taylor
County - M&R estates - In the civil war days
the confederate soldiers took the war prisoners to this house for
execution. They were murdered and hung in the barn behind the house. As
the legend goes there are extreme temperature changes in the house,
also the screams can be heard at night by people that walk down the
road. On some occasions people have been known to see blood drip from
the rafters of the old barn. The entire property is haunted and not
many people dare to cross its boundaries if you do there is no telling
what could happen. It seems as though people that go across its lines
have been tortured in the future as in there dreams and everyday life.
it will be a life changing experience.
Cave City - Death Valley -
This is a strait stretch of I-65 that runs
between Cave City and Glasgow. It isn't lined with trees or anything.
Several fatal car accidents have happened here. It is said that this
piece of I-65 was build over an Indian burial ground, and it is thought
that this is what is causing the wrecks.
Clermont - Jim Beam
Distillery - Several years ago there was an old
man worked as a guard at the whiskey distillery in Clermont, KY. The
guard was old and possibly out of his mind. One of his favorite things
to do was to holler at the moon when it was full on his work shift.
Some of the guards say that on a night with full moon, they can
sometimes hear him screaming when they are on their patrol rounds.
Clinton - The Old Hickman
County Elementary School - Before the old
elementary school had burned down in 1998 it was believed to be haunted
by the people who were once buried there. The tombstones were said to
be removed but the bodies remained under the school. Numerous of
students were said to be locked in the bathroom, heard and seen doors
shut by themselves, and could also hear noises.
Closplint - the child's
creek bridge - it is said that on a late night
when you are all alone, there is a woman that appears and in a split
second as she holds your attention you wreck...it is said that the
woman died after being ran off the rode at the curb and keeps coming
back to get her revenge.
Columbia - Lindsey Wilson
College - Horton Hall - Horton Hall is
one of the many old buildings on the college campus. It is
Located between the Soccer Field and the Gym. Most of the
horrific sightings have been spotted in the dorm rooms on the 2nd
Floor. There has been many encounters late at night and mostly on
the weekends of Dark Figures pulling up and shaking the ceiling
tiles. Others have reported that if you lay really still without
any movement at all that the Dark figures will slowly Creep down into
your room. If you do let things get this far do not startle the
shadow looking spirits. Once reported that loud screams would
come from the spirits if they seen any type of human life in the
room. These spirits have no history to the area but just seem to
appear random time during the course of the year.
Combs - old combs school -
the old combs school was used for many years.
Closed down in the early 1970s.for the new school that is still used
today. The old abandoned school is on a hill above the new school. Its
been told you can hear kids talking, teachers still give kids the
lessons. Walking can be heard in the old halls. lights seen, and sights
of someone in windows. The school was kindergarten to the 8th grade. it
is thought principal Spicer, who died in the late 60s or early
70s.still is on the job today. The building is in poor shape, and not
to safe any more. after all that’s why it was abandoned that long ago.
Coventing - Devo park- a team of football players were on there way to a
fooball game and the bus fliped over the cliff.And from what was told
if you turn your car off and put it in nutral and flash your lights 3
times the team of football players will come put and push your car up
the hill about 10 inches. WARNING: dont try to put baby powder on the
back of the car and expect to see hand prints it WILL NOT work.
Corbin - Bugger Mountain -
On a Saturday night back in the 50's a truck
driver was going down bugger mountain which is the old road from Corbin
to Barberville. He lost control of his rig and went over the side of
the mountain. On Saturday nights if you are traveling at high speeds or
drinking a set of headlights will come at you and then go off the side
of the mountain. When you get to the top of the mountain there will be
a light with a bodily figure inside and then disappear.
Corbin - Congregation Cave
- A very old cave located near Laurel Lake once
was used for church congregations in the late 1800s. On Sunday mornings
if you are outside anywhere around the cave you can hear a congregation
singing. However, after about 11:00 a.m. the singing stops.
Corbin - old Corbin
hospital - Even though the old hospital has been
closed for many years, and has no electric. Strange noises and lights
were always seen.
Corbin - Cumberland Falls
State Park - Back in the 1950's, a Bride and
Groom came to Cumberland Falls State Park for their Honeymoon. The
couple decided to take in some of sites at the falls area before going
back to their room at the lodge. Before leaving the falls they wanted
to have their photos the with the falls in the background. The couple
found an overlook just a few hundred feet from the falls that would
work great for the photo. As the Bride stood on the Pillars at the edge
of the 75 to 80 foot cliff, the Bride lost her balance and fell to her
death. This place is now called "Lovers Leap". There have been reports
of people driving around the last curve and hitting a woman that seems
to be wearing a wedding dress and when they go to look for her, she is
no where to be found.
Corbin - Florence Road - Located near Early Addition St. There is a certain
place in the road where people passing by will experience a strong
sense of fear and the feeling that they are being watched. These
feelings disappear quickly after they leave this one certain spot in
the road. There have been no known reports of anything terrible having
happened in the past to account for this haunting. - February 2004 update / correction: The zone of fear
is mainly experienced by pedestrians. It is a road with a lot of hills
and curves and while the speed limit is posted as 15 mph, many people
drive as fast as they can through this area just for fun. The submitter
believes there have been a few accidents in the area but they don't
have the facts with them. Could be more of an urban myth than anything
else. A variation they’ve heard is that the area of fear lies off the
road along the railroad tracks.
Covington - Old Theater - The old theatre (and church) on Maine Strasse in
Covington is frequented with glimpses of spectral figures in the corner
of the eyes or in reflections, footsteps, light switches turn
themselves on, and occasionally a loud noise as of something heavy
being dropped to the ground and dragged across the floor on the ground
level.
Crittenden - Juvenile Detention
Facility - There have been numerous occurrences
there: hearing voices in the hallway, feeling something touching or
grabbing your arm, seeing lights, a young woman twice and she almost
instantly disappears.
Cumberland - Benham Inn - Sounds of children running in the hallways, and the
sounds of a child's laughter in the distance, slamming doors and lights
turning off and on by themselves.
Cumberland - Lynch
Mountain - Reports of an apparition of
"Headless Annie" laying on the hood of a car when it stalls out, when
she is gone, it starts back up.
Cumberland - Power
Street - It is believed that a little
girl haunts this neighborhood. The people that live there tell at night
they hear noises like someone trying to get into doors and windows. If
you look out they say you can see where her mother hit her in the head
with an axe. It is believed she is hunting the people who did not come
to her rescue when her mother was doing this to her.
Cumbland Falls Saywer - Cumbaland bridge - a
while back a couple was getting married but their parents would not let
them so they both jump off the bridge and you can see the woman’s ghost
at night crying.
Cynthiana - WCYN
radio station building - It is the oldest
building in Cynthiana. It used to be a house. The old occupants still
haunt the building because they don't like that their house has been
turned into a business and abused. There are voices, sightings, and
objects mysteriously moving.
Dawson Springs - Lick Creek Cemetery - Numerous
incidents have been reported over the years at this small cemetery just
outside Dawson Springs. Glowing eyes, ghosts of the dead, things
appearing and disappearing.
Dawson Springs - Miners Cemetery - It is
a site where a mine ran under a part of early Dawson Springs. The mine
was abandoned and eventually collapsed taking the houses on top of it
down with it. At night if you stay you will see a strange fog come in,
after that you will hear rocks start to fall.
Dawson Springs - Olney Road - McNeeley graveyard - about 3 miles down Olney Road. A road to the right
Walter Calvert road. Up the road about 1 mile a grave yard on right
named McNeeley. You will hear a baby crying at night. - Always get permission or tell the proper authorities
before exploring this site after hours.
Dawson Springs - West Hopkins accelerated school - There are rumors that the school is haunted. slamming
doors, doors not opening, and hearing things.
Diamond - Wynn
Cemetery - Rumors are there are 2 bodies
of people who where believed to witches, buried in this cemetery. They
both have an above ground body coffins (they were thrown in the ground
and cement was poured over them). The cemetery also used to have 3
trees on which the witches were hanged. Every anniversary of the night
they were killed you will hear and see things. There is also a change
in the climate in which after you walk into the gates that surround the
cemetery.
Dunmor - Peach
Orchard Rd. - sounds of the man who was
killed and rolled of the hill on peach orchard rd. can still be heard
East Bernstadt - Alomont No. 9 tunnel - If
you walk up the train tracks about a mile you will come to A very old
train tunnel built in 1882. If you make no noise you can see the murder
of a black man by 2 white men It will only happen right before a train
passes through the tunnel. You can watch as the train comes through the
tunnel and the spirits will burst into dust.
East Bierstadt - According to
the stories, a train derailed in the 1800’s that were full of a
traveling circus troop, though no records can be found on the burial
sites of the victims (records have been located on the crash via news
clippings, etc.) The spirit of someone came to be known as Caleb
has been seen there. Some say he is the half goat/half man spirit of
one of the circus travelers, some say he is a white bristly demon
dog. He will jump on your back and follow you home if you spot
him. There is also possible environmental possession of that
tunnel area by a demon, according to an investigation made by a troop
of hunters to that area
Eddyville - Kentucky
State Penitentiary - Many inmates,
correctional office says that numerous ghosts haunt this former castle.
Eddyville - Lyon
county elem. gymnasium girls bathroom - a
9 year old girl named Lisa is said to haunt this bathroom. she was
stabbed and her ghost now haunts the restroom. you can hear her
knocking on the door, screaming, shadows on the walls, water coming on,
and misplaced items. it is also said that she has torn down the doors
to the stalls.
Elsmere - Allendale
train tunnel - In the back if the
Allendale trailer park in Elsmere KY, There is a train tunnel back in
the woods. Many years ago a man hung himself on the edge of the top of
this tunnel. There is a hook that still sticks out of the concrete
where he tied this rope. But people who have seen an apparition hanging
and sometimes walking inside the tunnel.
Elizabethtown - Bethlehem Academy - Now
a restaurant, this old house use to be a convent later a hotel. It is
said that several nuns were murdered here along with others. Cold spots
are present and during restaurant hours chairs are moved and things are
misplaced. Drive by at any hour after midnight and you will see windows
open and close along with lights being turned on and off. If you're
brave enough walk up on the porch and feel the bad feelings that seem
to radiate from the building.
Elizabethtown - Gates of Hell cemetery - The
"Gates of Hell" is the nickname of a cemetery at the end of St. John
Road. In Elizabethtown the cemetery at the end of Saint Johns road,
known as Gates of Hell, is said to be haunted. The interesting thing
about this haunted place is that when traveling to the cemetery one of
the last building you see is Elizabethtown’s other haunted place,
Bethlehem Academy. No more than a couple of miles to the end of the
road where surrounded by trees and overgrowth the cemetery contains the
graves of unknown people from the 1700’s and 1800’s. The place right
outside the remains of the iron and stone gate is where people go to
party away from town. Many years ago while parked there at night
witnesses report they watched an enormous green orb suddenly suspended
right above them. After a couple of long minutes the orb shot straight
up so fast that it was out of sight in a second. Others have claimed
other phenomenon while hanging out at the cemetery such as hearing
screams, seeing shadow people, having electrical problems with their
cars, and becoming so scared that many of them never returned.
Eolia - Arlie
Boggs Elementary - their used to be
downstairs bathrooms in the school back in the late 1900's, but after
many reports on a baby crying down their and due to the need for new
bathrooms more where built up stairs and the bottom one sealed off. Now
at night you can hear a baby crying and the sound of an older woman,
thought to be the mother, saying, "LET ME OUT", and beating on the
floorboards.
Erlanger - Narrow's
Road - Narrow's Road is a winding back
road. In the 1950's a police officer was hit and killed pulling someone
over. Local legend says that if you drive this road at midnight, an
officer will pull you over in a 1950's style cruiser talk to you, then
go back to his car and disappear.
Estill - Staycylane
Crows Curb - Reports of a figure of a
black blob moving around the area.
Evarts - Black
Mountain Elementary school - In the Black
Mountain elementary school they have been things seen in the girls
locker home in the gym they have been names hollowed out. People has
often heard kids laughing and shoes tapping on the floor.
Evarts - Coxton
- On rainy or foggy nights a woman can be
seen either on the side of the road or in the back of the car. It is
said that one night her and her husband got into a fight and he beat
her and threw her out of the car and left her to die, now she will take
rides to try to get back home.
Evarts - Eastbrook
- Many residents of apartment complex
have told that the have heard cries for help out in the middle of the
night and have seen random faces appearing in their home many have had
exorcism done on the homes.
Evarts - Evarts
High School - The band room is told to be
haunted. Many students have heard strange noises and seen ghostly
figures in the band room. It is also said to be haunted by a janitor
that died in the basement. He was found covered with coal and nobody
ever found out what exactly happened.
Evarts - Hwy
38 - If you stop on the side of on the
second curve a head- less woman will get in and ride so far. She was
claimed to have been killed in the old sawmill off in the woods. She
was reported to have been raped and murdered, but there have been many
other versions of this story reported over the years.
Feds Creek - Feds
Creek High School - water faucets coming
on and off. Televisions in classrooms blinking on and off with no
intentions. Bats and crows (blackbirds) coming in and out of the
windows, or sitting on the windowsills. It is a place that is dark and
damp anyways, but the strange Phenomena that goes on is still
horrorfying
Fisherville - The
Trestles - There was supposed to have
been a little boy who lived in the house next to the creek under the
trestles. He went out one day to watch a train go by from the top of
the hill and fell onto the tracks, he was then run over. If you drive
under the trestles right at dusk, you can see his blue shirt blowing in
the wind stuck in the middle of the tracks, and him waving to you from
the tracks.
Flemingsburg - Simons Middle School - Auditorium - there have been reports of footsteps being heard
coming down the large aisle and echoing in the room. They are that of a
man wearing what sounds like hard-soled dress shoes.
Florence - Bone
Lick Park - you can drive down the road
in which it is located on and experience phenomenal things. Things such
as whispers, undeclared figures, and unknown noises. This is supposedly
happened to a numerous amount of people. Like the spirit is looking for
help. THE BONE LICK PARK is a place in which is Indian related. The are
buffalo and such in the park. Many believe that the noises have to do
with cries of many children whom wander off into the woods surrounding
the area and never return because of an evil spirit who takes lives
because his was taken. Some people also say that this person was
murdered there and is just in search of the killer(in look for help).
This is a tourist attraction around Kentucky and fewer cases have
happened because of this. So on some night drive down that road and get
out of your car and walk on the outskirts of the woods and you may be
able to hear the cries.
Florence - Yealey
Elementary - When they were redoing the
cafeteria a worker got decapitated by a falling light fixture. He's
seen after hours by the cleaning staff juggling his head and laughing.
Floyd - Prestonsburg
- Cliffside Apartments - The apartments
are said to be built on an Indian barrel ground. Strange things happen
there. Unoccupied apartments with lights on, sound of footsteps walking
up and down the stairs. Ghostly figure of a man appearing in closets of
children. TV's turning on by themselves. The dials of radio's turning
by themselves. It is definitely a very haunted place.
Floyd - Wayland
- Millcreek - in 1956 there was a coal
mines collapse that killed 26workers at night you can walk down the
road the miners will follow you and you can see the miners go into the
mines wearing there hardhats with light.
Forkedmouth - Coffin
rock - Campbell Cemetery - a long time
ago a man was shot and killed on top of a large rock and every time it
rains you can see blood running from the rock where he was killed, also
in the same hollow at the Campbell cemetery a lot of ghost have been
spotted there, a old man flagging down traffic, a young girl standing
in the middle of the road and a older female just wandering as if she
was lost, when you travel this hollow make sure to keep your windows up
and doors locked its very creepy through there.
Fort Thomas - Carmel
Manor Nursing Home - A young woman in the
late 1800's was murdered and decapitated at this location--the killer
took her head and threw in a well located at Bobby Mackey's bar in
Wilder, Ky (another haunted place seen on Unsolved mysteries)--The
spirit of the headless woman is said to roam the grounds. Unexplained
noises come from the 3rd floor of the assisted living wing of the
nursing home--Some staff and residents have claimed to have seen the
ghost of "pearl"-The nursing home is ran by the Carmelite Sisters--do
not go uninvited as this is a nursing home and respect the residents
that reside there - WARNING - the area is
highly patrolled by Ft. Thomas police in addition to Carmel Manor
Security.
Fort Thomas - Highlands
High School - Highlands High School is
haunted by a former student named David Cecil. He was a football player
and suffered a fatal accident during a home football game. What was the
locker room at the time was turned into the music/band room and is
constantly full of paranormal activity. Chimes will swing, symbols will
slide down the split-level floor, his "spot" gets icy cold when it's
disturbed, trophies will fall from the shelves, and a door with no knob
or lock will shake uncontrollably as if someone were locked inside that
closet (you hear and see this as it happens), and the TV goes on and
off "by itself". And sometimes, during home games if you look into the
band room from the stands of David Cecil Memorial Stadium, you can see
a figure of a teenage boy peering through the window even though no one
is allowed access after school hours but the band members
Foster - Foster
Dam - Many people have been killed, died
accidental and committed suicide at this location. If you go you can
always feel the presence of somebody who has died there.
Frankfort - Liberty
Hall - Lady Grey haunts this building
along with a ghostly Indian and soldier. There is also a young woman in
the back yard that was murdered. And another woman inside the house.
So, all together there are five ghosts there
Frankfort - Old
Road near Capitol (unsure of name of road) - was a spectral Green Light that haunted the area of an
old road near the state capitol and off of 421 (Leestown Road). it was
Believed to be the specter of an old railway worker who lost his head
in a train accident and now haunts the area looking for it. She claims
that she didn't make this tale up and that she's heard others speak of
it.
Frankfort - Old
State Office Building - During renovation
of the office building, several workers have stated that they have felt
like they were grabbed by something in stair tower #2. This
building is located on the old State Penitentiary grounds.
Franklin - Octagon
House - spirits of civil war soldiers are
said to still haunt the house. no one really knows why they are there
but there are many visitors to experience this spine chilling oddly
shaped house.
Frenchburg - Carrington
Rock - Images of Confederate Soldiers
have been seen on and around this very high sandstone rock formation,
it has been said, this was once a lookout post during the civil war.
Also, there have been several sightings of a woman who paces around on
top and for a few minutes and then plunges herself over the edge. Her
screams, as she falls, can be heard up to a mile away. The forest and
surrounding hollows in this area have produced sounds of orders coming
from soldiers on the battle field, moans, cries of agonizing pain, and
sightings of both confederate and union soldiers. Carrington Greens
Golf Course has had reports from several of their customers about weird
noises and seeing soldiers on the course, which is located on most of
the battle field.
Frenchburg - Tar
Ridge - Locals call this area of roadway
the "devils backbone". Sightings include solders riding house back late
into the night. As well as a woman running down the road with blood
coming from her mouth where her tongue was removed. An old man walking
along holding a lighted lantern and many more. The ghosts also have
been said to haunt several of the homes along the roadway.
Glasgow - Coral
Hill Road - Reports from a man walking
home one night of an apparition of a white transparent headless
horseman. Later, members of his family report it followed him home and
it had been seen out side the home, when they awoke to see him in the
yard and the doors open.
Glasgow - Haunted
Bridge - In the 1800's a wealthily family
in the area owned slaves. One day one of the slaves became very angry
with his master, so that night he took his master's beautiful young
daughter out to what back then was a covered bridge and cut her head
off with an axe. It is said that you can drive up on the bridge, roll
your car windows down, and turn the car off; you can hear the sound of
the axe hitting the chopping block.
Glasgow - Slash
Bridge Right off of Lexington Drive -
Strange noises and the sound of someone being thrown into water
followed by laughter are almost always heard. Just turned your car off,
put the keys on the dash, and sit on the bridge. - August 2004 update: has been torn down
Grayson - Big
Clifty - A Woman having just left her
husband, was on her way to her mother's house when her car hydroplaned
off a small bridge. If you pass the bridge around the same time of the
accident you can hear the baby cry from the trapped car. Ten years
later the same bridge takes two more lives on a rainy night. Two 18
year old boys a week shy of their high school graduation drowned after
hydroplaning off the bridge. Both accidents happened at the same exact
time.
Grayson - Gollihue
Hollow - Johns Run - A strange woman
dressed in white is seen roaming the woods in this hollow. It is
claimed that she was killed in an old farmhouse located in the hollow
during the depression era. Many residents that lived in the house had
many encounters with her. After the house burnt, she began haunting the
nearby woods. She had been seen by numerous deer hunters, who all claim
she had been dressed in white.
Greensburg - Courthouse
- Greensburg has the oldest courthouse in
Kentucky. The courthouse was in use until 1931. Sounds of courtroom
activity, talking and footsteps have been reported. Whether you are
stopping in or passing through the small town, the courthouse will draw
your attention with its historical presence outside and from within.
Greensburg - Old
Greensburg Elementary - The school is
about to be torn down however years ago a lady was said to have jumped
out of one of the upper level windows and killed herself on the ground
below. Also if you walk next to the large windows on the side of
the building you are supposed to be able to see a little girl in a
while night gown hanging in the window. Many people go there at
night and claim to see and hear strange things.
Greenup - There
is a house where a little girl was supposedly murdered by her parents
or housemaid around 1946. She was beaten regularly everyday until she
finally died from the harsh, cruel things done to her. She was about 5
years old when she died. It is said that the house still has toys in
the yard, and there are many pairs of children's shoes lined up against
the wall, and there are tons of books on manners placed on the table
along with dinner plates. There are footsteps that sound like someone
is coming downstairs, and it feels like you are being watched. There is
even an occasional loud banging upstairs.
Hardburly - a
old grave yard - a grave yard around the
mountain in Hardburly is haunted. fog like thing moves around a head
stone.
Hardburly - Coal
Spring - Hardburly is a old mining camp
in Kentucky. It has legends of hauntings. One is Coal Spring, a stretch
of road that lines Jake Branch Stream. Its here they say you can hear a
child scream, with no one there. The story is a boy drown in flood
waters there. He still screams. In 1970s a guy was chased by a un seen
thing. Faster he ran it ran, just behind him. He stopped to catch his
breath it was heard gasping for air also. After he got up a bank he did
not hear it any more.
Hardy - Mudlick
Road - In the early 1980's it has been
told that exactly 1/4 a mile up Mudlick Road a white house has been
haunted. Usually at 1:20am you will hear a little girl named Abby
whispering, "Get me out!!" They have also been residences say you can
hear the doors cracking and footsteps on the front porch.
Harlan - Bardo
Hollow - Up in Catrons Creek in a hollow
named Bardo Hollow every spring there is a mysterious light that
appears at the end of the hollow. It usually stays up there and
eventually disappears but there has been times that the light will
start floating down to the bottom of the hollow. It has been seen for
many years.
Harlan - Cardinal
Financial Services - There has been
numerous encounters of a female ghost named Cheyenne. There are keys
rattling and doors slamming. It has been reported that you can feel
Cheyenne walk up behind you and breathe down your neck. When you turn
around, she's gone.
Harlan - Closplint
- Childscreek - it is said that on a
cold, rainy night that you can see a headless man by the name of Doc
walking up and down the hollow trying to find his head and the people
that cut it off.
Harlan - Hall
Elementary - Footsteps heard,
apparitions seen. The story is a male janitor died from actually
falling into the furnace.
Harlan - Pine
Mountain - at the top of the mountain
some nights you can see a ghostly figure of a lady on a dark night.
Harlan - Red
Dog Hollow - Murdered by his wife's
lover, a coal miner on an old mining road in Fairview lights appears as
you watch in amazement as it will come down the hill at you. If you
don't run you can feel him touch.
Harlan - Wallins
creek - Watts creek - there are several
hauntings in the small community one that most people in this community
has experienced is a old coal miner who died in a explosion he still
walks the old path from his mines to his home and is seen quite often .
Harlan County - East Brook - Residents
of the Eastbrook apartments have heard little girls in their bathrooms
talking about putting on makeup. And heard voices calling for help and
constant banging on doors and a cry for help.
Harrodsburg - Old
Church Parsonage - The Old Church
Parsonage, originally built in 1880's has had several reported
non-violent sightings. Numerous people have re-visited the house to
re-tell their story of sightings dating back over 50 years. The
previous owner reported that funerals were held in the parsonage.
Sightings, sounds and strange "movements" occur almost weekly.
Harrodsburg - Pepsi-cola
warehouse - Television changes channels,
Lights, ceiling fans turn on/off by themselves. Doors close, unlock and
open by themselves. Cold spots reported at times. Employees feel as if
being watched at times.
Harrodsburg - Shaker
Village - Unwanted children were once
reportedly thrown into a pond by the Shakers. This was verified
generations later when the pond was drained, revealing scores of baby
skeletons. It is said that sometimes at night, one can hear the babies
crying.
Harrodsburg - Young's
Park - Young's Park was the site of a
ball in late 1800s. A young woman is said to have danced herself to
death. Her grave is still there, and marked UNKNOWN. People have
reported seeing her dancing there late at night.
Hatfield - big
creek - A woman has been seen walking
along the railroad tracks, that had got married the same day she was
struck by a train in the 1940's. Also the coal mines, workers has seen
a man on his knees working that had been killed several years before,
also they have seen men coming out with their mining lights on. There
has been several hauntings on big creek too many to be told on here,
there are also several houses as well.
Hebron -
Country Place - Many people who have
once lived here have reported a weird occurrence. You will sometimes
hear beads fall down your steps and your dogs may sometimes stair up
the stairs and have an uncontrolable bark. This site is believed to be
built on an Indian burial ground. You may sometimes see scratch marks
on the trees, because this was how Indians cut there fingernails.
Helton - Beechfork
Elementary School- This Old school was
closed down last year, Because it became in such bad need of repairs,
It was no big thing at first, All the equipment was removed, And the
students were moved to a new school some 15 miles away, But after a
while lights begin to be seen late at night, While there is no power at
all in the old school, And if you stop on the Highway that runs close
by it, You can still here the voices of students, And teachers, And
some times late at night especial if its raining, A lone figure of a
man can be seen walking the school grounds, They say it is the ghost of
the man that donated the land for the school, They say that he is very
unhappy that his school has been closed down, And that all of the
children are gone, And if you don't move on soon, He will begin to walk
toward you car, With a wicked look on his face, He wants to make sure
that nothing happens to his school, After all he loved kids, hats why
he gave the land for a school in the first place,
Harrodsbu - shaker village - the
previous entry about the village at Pleasant Hill was entirely
wrong. The Shaker village is reportedly haunted, by many various
spirits; however the idea that the Shakers drown babies is hideously
wrong. The shakers loved and cherished all the children in their
community. There are many stories of hauntings and I encourage
everyone to visit this special place and find out the story of the
shakers who lived there and may very well be there still.
Hi Hat - Cemetery
On a hill over looking the Hi Hat post office - Its a spot thru the years that a lot have people have
visited over the years, so it is untelling what has happened there.
Anyway if you visit this cemetery late at night like 1 or 2 something
will sound like it is running beside the old church banging very hard
on the walls. Sometimes this unseen force that will rock your whole
vehicle will slam your whole vehicle. It has a weird feeling like your
being watched, and you can see things that cant be there. It’s really a
creepy place.
Hickman - Wilson
Hill - Many years ago a little girl was
murdered and decapitated there. Her body was thrown off the hill. At
night if you park your car there and flash your headlights three times
the little girl will come walking up the hill with her head in her
arms.
Highland Heights - NKU - Alumni House - This house once belonged to a farming family who
owned the land where Northern Kentucky University now sits. The house
is now used as the Alumni House for gatherings and functions. At times
locked doors are unable to be unlocked. Mysterious footsteps on the
second floor where the bedrooms are and the toilet on the second floor
flushing by itself. In the second floor window a person can be seen
standing at the window with the curtain held back at times seen from
outside. The longer you stand there looking at the window the person
disappears and the curtain will fall back into place.
Hindman - Motel
80 - years ago a man is said to have
found his wife, and another guy together. He shot and killed the other
man. Today it’s said the ghost of the man killed is haunting the motel.
lights go on and off. sounds of walking can be heard, and no one is
found.
Hodgenville - Creekfront
Tunnel - Sounds of a really loud stomping
as if someone was jumping up and down as hard as they could.
Hopkins County - Hell's Half Acre - and
most people in the area know that it used to be one of the wildest
spots around. Strange noise and occurrences. the strangest thing is
that the barn isn't always there.
Hopkinsville - Bart's Grill and Racket Room Pub - An old brick building in downtown, Bart's Grill and
Racket Room Pub's third floor (once an apartment) is haunted by a woman
who hung herself there years ago. Now a dining room for large parties
and a storage area for the restaurant, workers have had things
mysteriously fly off shelves at them, and have had problems with the
electricity. Even with new light bulbs put in the light fixtures, they
continue to glow extremely dim or not at all. There is also reports
from one woman who lived there after the suicide that she finally had
to have the elevator buzzer disconnected for good because it would go
off every night at a certain time.
Hopkinsville - Riverside Cemetery - This
is the burial site of Edgar Cayce, A civil war General Killed in
Hopkinsville by a Union sympathizer and One of the Bell Kids. (yes
associated with the Bell Witch and Adams Tennessee) There have been
reports of screams in the cemetery, People staring our of the front
gate and strong smells of Lilac even in the Winter when snow is on the
ground.
Honey Bee - Cumberland
Falls State Park - Back in the early
1950's a bride & Groom came to Cumberland Falls State Park for
their honey moon but, their honey moon turned fatal soon after. They
were at the falls area when they decided to tour the park. As they
hiked down through the park trails, they came to one of the over looks,
facing back toward the falls were the view of the falls was a perfect
place for a photo shoot. After standing and waiting for that perfect
last view, the Bride then stood atop of one of the pillars too have her
picture taken. As the Groom started to take the picture, she screamed
his name for the last time as she fell 73 feet to her death. This
overlook is now what they call "Lovers Leap ". An apparition of a
floating woman motioning you to come to here has been reported. A
Ranger was patrolling around the park we he was heading to the Falls
Area when women dressed in a wedding gown walked right out in front of
him and hitting her. When he realized he hit this woman he stopped his
vehicle and began to check on the women but to his surprised there was
know one to be found. To this day he fills this was the bride who died
on that fatal summer night.
Hyden - Hendover
- tugs point - you hear horses and wagons
coming down the river. hooves and guns.
Hyden - The
Fan - Due to an explosion of a coal mine
up in Hurricane, Kentucky...it is said that when driving through around
three in the morning you can see a coal miner walking down the road.
Also you can see lights, hear men laughing, talking, and screaming.
Independence - Cody Road RR Bridge- Cody
Road is a winding country road that passes under a railroad bridge.
Local people say that a woman, killed by a train years ago still haunts
the site.
Independence - Twin Tunnels - Two twin
train tunnels are haunted by a man that got run over by the train in
the 1930's. He walks the track after ten o'clock
Jackson - Combs
cemetery - Many sightings and noises
within the grave yard.
Jackson - Frozen
Creek - July 5, 1939, Frozen Creek was
suddenly flooded killing hundreds. One of the most tragic events in
Eastern Kentucky History. Supposedly you can hear children's cries at
this site which was once a school/church before the flood.
Jackson - Highland
Orphaning - Sightings and sounds of the
young students who died in a fire.
Jackson - Noctor
Plantation Houses - Haunted by the white
owners who were killed by their slaves.
Jackson - Roundbottom
Curve - Golf course that was shut down
because of alleged sightings of the many who wrecked there.
Jackson - Jackson
Independent School - Haunted by a young
girl who met her death after falling down a flight of stairs during a
fire alarm. - October 2004
correction/additional information: It was a young girl who suffered
from seizures. She had one on the stairs one night during a PTA
meeting. It was in the 20s or 30s.There have been lockers opened during
the night, books scattered up and down the halls.The face of a little
girl in the window at night; janitors have chased the apparition down
the hall, thinking it was a real child, doors open and close in the old
high school building, etc.Her name was "Maxine".She is not a malicious
ghost.
Jackson - Jefferson
Hotel - Many can hear the sounds of the
man who was gunned down on the entrance steps.
Jessamine - Nicholasville
- West Jessamine High School - There is
an old family cemetery on the grounds. It is enclosed by an old rock
wall. The football field was also used as a mass grave during a cholera
epidemic. It is also said that three women were hung on a tree in the
old family cemetery. They had been accused of witchcraft. Teachers have
told of hearing a woman humming while walking the halls. Also the smell
of rose perfume will suddenly overtake a room. If you visit the school
after dark you may see shadow figures in the old cemetery. If you leave
your car and go down to the cemetery your car will start by itself and
the lights will go on and off. Custodians have also told of seeing
three ladies, all dressed in red walking side by side in the halls at
night.
Knott County - Caney - late at night
about 10 o'clock you can walk along the side of the hill, an unseen
force in the hills follow you as you walk down the path.
Knox - Barbourville
- Union College - Phiefer hall - In
room 212 there is said to be a ghost that haunts the dorm. You can hear
her run through the halls and slam doors. No on knows why she is here,
they think that maybe she died here.
Lake Barkley - Hawkins Cemetery - A
black man died during the slave drive and was buried there. He was the
only black person buried in the cemetery. It is said that he haunts the
church that is located in the cemetery. He may only haunt the church,
but his spirit is felt through miles.
Latonia - Value
City Department Store - The store is
haunted by a man who died in the store in December of 2006. He had
worked there for 30 years and he can be seen wandering in the back of
the store by where the house wares and toy department is. He has also
been seen walking around on the back dock in the early morning.
Lawrence - Webbville
- Diamond Ridge - Irish Creek - For years
many of the local people have reported a noise in the woods. If you
walk down a particular stretch of the road you can hear something
walking with you. A very religious lady, not from the area, said it is
the devil himself. She says he walks the ridge. This area has a unusual
amount of murders and suicides reported in and near it.
Lebanon - The
Caldwell House - Things fly off the
walls out of the blue during the night, They're Christmas photos showed
up with blotches of "fog", and at night they turn the heat up VERY high
because it get extremely cold!
Lebanon - St.
Ivos Cemetery - people have experience
when they went there to investigate the haunting of this place they
left a video camera on one of the graves and as they were seen walking
away in there video when they played it back the camera zoomed in on
them and followed them wherever they walked then the camera fell off
the grave and went foggy. Reports of voices and other strange noises
heard.
Lecher - Doty
creek - on every Halloween night ( at
12:00) there is suspected to be a ghost dog coming back to haunt the
person that lives in his master home. His master died by a robber who
shot the dog and his master four times each. the ghost dog comes every
other year, the dog is suspected to be seen the thirty-first of October
2001. we do not know for a fact that he will come this year but we do
know he has came every other year since the happening in October
thirty-first 1911.
Leslie County - Wotton - W.B. Muncy school - Ghost from the grave yard above the school. and also a
ghost from the hills behind the school. a man working in the log woods
lost his head and he walks the grounds of the school in the fall trying
to find it .
Lewis County – Burtonville Cemetery - Located
on route 989 6 miles south of Tollesboro There is a depressing feeling
that is very strong in the cemetery. Dark shadows can be seen moving
around the cemetery. There is also a feeling of being watched. Lights
come on at night inside the old church that is located beside the
cemetery when there is no one inside.
Lewis County - East Fork Cemetery - A
small cemetery in the middle of nowhere, when entering the cemetery a
light in the church will turn on, and if you walk through the center of
it, you will be followed by something. the footsteps get louder and
faster but don’t run, if you run and you are caught, legend has it that
you will never escape the East Fork Cemetery.....
Lexington - Cambell
House Inn - This haunted hotel is very
spooky not to mention very old. Two women have been said to have been
murdered here, one on the steps where one woman was stabbed to death.
You can still see blood stains in the carpet on the stairs. Another was
shot in one of the third story rooms. Strange happenings have occurred
such as doors slamming and seeing things that really aren’t there.
Lexington - Don
Young Farm House - Haunted by the spirit
if the old man who died building the farm house in the late 1800's.
Strange things have happened such as doors opening and slamming,
windows opening & shutting all hours of the night. Once in a while
you can hear cars coming up the gravel driveway, and nothing is there,
even the dogs of Mr. Young run around the side of the house when they
hear the sounds of the cars, and nothing is there.
Lexington - Hunt-Morgan
House - The previous residents have
stayed here to haunt it.
Lexington - Leestown
Division VA Hospital - Made up of many
different buildings and a huge, wooded grounds area, the Leestown
Division of the VA Hospital in Lexington has been the site of several
strange and frightening occurrences. Haunting images of several ghosts
have been seen, as well as screams and moans, doors slamming,
footsteps, disembodied voices talking and equipment and appliances
turning on and off by themselves.
Lexington - Lexington
Cemetery - The tomb has the feel of anger
and often a large black blob can be seen in the back of the mausoleum.
Lexington - Loudoun
House - Loudoun house is an 1852 Gothic
Villa that was once home to the families of Francis Key Hunt and
William Cassius Goodloe that is home to the Lexington Art League. A
partial list of activity includes a Victorian woman who haunts the
western half of the house, an apparition of a black cat, the apparition
of another Victorian woman seen in the former dining room. Aroma of an
antique floral perfume in one of the upstairs rooms now used as a
studio, voices and distant strains of ballroom music are sometimes
heard.
Lexington - The
Mansion-Griffin Gate - This historical
building was once used as a house. A teenager named Gretta lived in it.
It is now a restaurant, but employees always warn people about the blue
room. It was Gretta's when she lived there. One night she hung herself
in her room because a guy had stood her up or turned her down for a
date. Visitors claim in the blue room (her room) and every so often the
lights and candles would flicker and you'd feel a cold breeze go across
your legs, even though there were no vents. A few other people also
noticed it too. Then if someone made her mad, Gretta would slam the
shutters on the windows and sway the chandeliers a bit
Lexington - Transylvania
University - There is said to have been a
suicide here and at night in a certain dorm you can wake up and see a
male student standing in front of your bed with a pair of gym shorts
on.
Lexington - Transylvania
University - Founder's Cabin - There
is a myth that the founder put a curse on it when he died.
Lexington - University
of Kentucky - Guignol Theatre - Witnesses
report feeling as if being watched....strange banging noises at night.
Some claim to have a seen a ghostly man wandering the catwalk or the
lighting booth.
Liberty - Wilson
Ridge Hill - A woman in a flowing white
bridal gown has been seen wandering and peeking from behind the trees
many times over the years. She never makes a sound but some have come
close to her and it's said that she wears a veil to cover her face. No
one knows who she may be, however, there is a grave yard and a church
at the bottom of the hill...most certainly her final resting place. She
is simply called, "The Bride".
London - Eastbernstadt
- No. 8 Tunnel in the old tunnel - It has
been said that a man named old Caleb or Caleb red eyes that walks the
old tunnel at midnight. The reason his name was Caleb red eyes is
because he was always drunk and his eyes were bloodshot. It's been said
that if you turn your vehicle off and lights you can here him singing
and the sound of him will get closer and closer and if you wait long
enough you will see a figure that looks just like a person.
London - McWhorter
- Rubin Ridge - There is a tale of a
young man riding his four wheeler when he comes upon a truck parked
under a tree which is up on a coal bank. Upon further inspection he
finds a man hanging from the tree inches from the tale gate. They say
if you ride down to bottom of the coal bank and shut off you four
wheeler and turn off your lights you can hear the sound of a rope
rubbing against the tree. Just as soon as you turn your lights on the
sound will stop.
London - Sue
Bennett College - they say the dorms and
the theater are haunted and that Bell Bennett roams the halls all night
playing the piano’s turning off and on lights and watching people sleep
that still stay there if you go in your sure to find something
Louisville - Cave
Hill - Witnesses have seen green lights
moving around in cave hill in Louisville. They have also heard noises
and graves falling down. If you wait by the back gate it can be heard
miles away.
Louisville - Central
State - A phantom man on a tall black
horse has been sighted.
Louisville - Cherokee
Cemetery - Witnesses report flashing
lights, the scream of a man, and was chased by an unseen force.
Louisville - Eastern
Cemetery - his cemetery has graves
dating back to the eighteenth century. It is now in horrible condition.
It is said that some of the dead haunt it, angry that the cemetery is
in such bad shape. There is supposedly a ghost of a woman that takes
care of the babies, who have their own section in the back.
Louisville - Formerly
Hoffman Lighting - Later River City
Lighting - Owned by two men one of which killed the other in the
showroom. The accused killer was found not guilty. A manager at the
showroom from 1979-81 would come in before anyone else to do some work.
Very distinct footsteps could be heard in the warehouse above my
office. Many people heard this ghost at different times.
Louisville - Harvey
Browny Church - There are variety of
things that happen at the church each night. Around 5:00pm a strange
presence can be felt in the largest chapel in the church. This wing
during this is time should be pretty much unpopulated. There is
even more though. Around 7:00pm- 9:30pm about things start to get a lot
stranger, you can hear footsteps, foot scuffing, and sometimes knocks.
there are at least three spirits that haunt the chapel, a male presence
was felt. Reports of what sounded like a little girl and mother or
older woman laughing.
Louisville - Hebron
Lane Cemetery - on moon lit nights you
can see the ghost of Hebron Lane. It is an old woman walking through
the cemetery among the headstones carrying a lantern. She is dressed in
a long dress with a long apron, and she has a covering over her head.
She holds the lantern up high looking in the trees,( some trees are no
longer there), the story goes that she is trying to find her cat in the
trees. She appears mostly around Halloween. However, she can be seen
other times as well.
Louisville - Hot
Rod Haven - Mitchell Hill Road - This
road is located directly off Mt. Holley Road. At the top of the road is
a cemetery in which a girl is buried. Legend has it that this girl was
on her way to prom when her and her boyfriend crashed at the bottom of
the hill and died. Many say that they have seen her on top of the hill
by the cemetery in her prom dress.
Louisville - Joe's
Older Than Dirt(aka - Joe’s Place) - Or
also known as Joe's place. A bar first opened in 1937, Joe's has had
quite a few regulars come and go. There are plaques on the middle pole
at the front bar for the regulars that have passed away since the 80's.
Workers will be there late at night after closing and will hear strange
noises, such as chairs moving, unexplained voices. Also, some workers
have claimed to see white apparitions pass them at night or the early
hours of the morning when they are in the office alone doing paperwork.
Louisville - Louisville
Theater - In the theatre lighting booth
an old light tech had a heart attack and died. Since, employees have
heard strange noises and have found his name written in the dust in the
catacombs that run throughout the theatre.
Louisville - Meyzeek
Middle School - back in the 1930's a
young boy was shot in the lobby of the school. To this day he haunts
there. At this school there is a lock in for the graduating 8th
graders. Each year they have had a lock in something has happened. One
witness reports someone's belongings went missing, someone broke a
finger, and another sprained her ankle while running down the stairs.
She claimed that something had pushed her. In years past people had
reported missing items, strange noises, and so called accidents.
Louisville - Middletown
- Woodland Hills - While driving on one
of the roads in Woodland Hills, a lady in her 90's with white hair and
black eyes, runs after your car and takes a picture. It is to be known
that her husband died in a hit and run, and the lady runs out of no
where and takes the pictures of the vehicle. The woman’s basement is
filled with pictures on her walls, of cars, and teenagers. However when
you take a picture of her, it doesn't come out, but in the films
negatives, you see a white mark. The lady goes by the name of "The
Watcher on Davidson", and to her neighbors, she died twenty years ago.
Louisville - Phoenix
Hill Tavern - Footsteps coming down the
stairs and across the Saloon. White-colored flashes in mirrors. Taproom
area is extremely old, and has cold spots in air when otherwise warm.
Objects get moved, disappear for a while, then show back up in the same
place. All this happens when no one else is around to have caused it.
Louisville - Portland
Family Health Center - Old Army Hospital
- In the back of the property is the original two-story hospital, which
was built before the civil war. It was built near the banks of the Ohio
river, for easier access the river. It was used to treat army soldiers.
Also used in the Civil War. They stopped using the building because of
the said hauntings. People have seen soldiers walking around, and have
heard strange noises. Windows and doors have been seen to open and
close on their own. Lights have been seen on at night, when not a
person is there.
Louisville - Rose
Bowl Lanes - Employees and customers have
witnessed TV sets and pin machines turning on and off only to have
found them un-plugged, accompanied by the apparition of a woman.
Louisville - The
Deaf Community Center, Inc. - Formerly
known as the Hampton House. It was habited by the Hampton Family in the
1800's. The house had many parties and balls there. Mrs. Hampton always
burned a lamp in the second floor window when Mr. Hampton was not home.
The lamp still burns at night when no one is they're watching for Mr.
Hampton to come home. The elevator, which was installed after their
deaths, goes up and down the 3 story building and opens at every floor
as if someone is looking for someone. The spirit of Mrs. Hampton can be
seen at times walking the halls of the house.
Louisville - The
Jefferson Mall - The screams of a small
boy can be heard coming from the mall's main restrooms.
Louisville - The
Old Colgate Factory - It was a prison
during the Civil War, workers have spotted Soldiers walking around in
the basement, it's said that the Basement workers get paid extra
because they encounter the ghosts.
Louisville - The
Speed Museum - A female ghost is said to
appear in the basement and other poltergeist activities occur in the
basement of the establishment.
Louisville - Sleepy
Hollow - there has also been reports by
locals of hearing a woman crying while parked close to the old dam.
Louisville - Spring
Street Bar and Grill - A ghost of an old
man walks The 2nd floor of this restaurant at night when the employees
are closing the bar. There is no information at this time who he is
(was). All the employees and owners who go to this storage area on the
second floor report their hair standing on end when they are up stairs
in this space. This building is at least 80 years old.
Louisville - Tucker
Station swimming area - The Tucker
Station swimming area used to be a large lake that was open to the
public during the 1980's. So many young children drowned because of the
height of the diving platforms. The diving platforms are three stories
high and many inexperienced children would jump of without adult
supervision. Stories say that you can still here the children playing
in the lake.
Louisville - Sleepy
Hollow - Sleepy Hollow off US42,
Brownsboro Road - Reports of phantom cars, a three legged dog and a
deserted house boat where lights have been seen.
Louisville - The
Seelbach Hotel - Reports of running
footsteps in the hallway on wooden floors (the floor is carpeted. TV's
will come on during the 4AM hour blaring, then after 15 minutes just
stop.
Louisville - Waverly
Manor/Waverly Hills - Old T.B. and Mental
hospital. Includes crematory and body slide. Several cold spots and a
young girl has been spotted on several floors but mostly in the
basement and on the third floor. Sighting of a young boy with dark hair
in old fashioned clothing and hat, by main entrance (golf course) but
watch out if you see him he will come up to you wanting to go home with
you. Local rumors are that he was a victim of a doctor who preformed
illegal experiments on his patients. There is also a body chute that is
said to be haunted. The chute was used to transport the dead bodies of
TB patients who had died so that the other patients wouldn't see them
carting all the dead bodies out of the hospital. Many strange figures
and noises can still be heard. Over all feeling of dread in the entire
building. - January 2007 Additional
information. A visitor has 12 photos out of about 50 that they
personally took, and they have orbs in them (one photo has over 20
orbs, and it hadn't rained in days, and there was nothing for light to
reflect off of).
Williamsburg - Route 92E - there is
rumored to be a black panther that roams the forests at night and then
disappear. Locals call it the Mulberry Black Thing.
Lyon County - Lyon
County Elemementary - It has been said
that in the girls bathroom in the gym that a little 9 year old named
Lisa died there. She has haunted the bathroom since her death. People
have seen shadows, heard screaming, seen things moving, and seen water
come on by itself. Even if you knock on the closet door you will hear
her knocking back. It's also been said that she has gotten so angry
that she tore the doors off of the stalls.
Madisonville - Grapevine Cemetery - There
is a statue of an Angel in the Grapevine Cemetery and it is said that
her eyes turn red and bleed and she cries for all the dead babies.There
are two different versions of the story to the angel of grapevine
cemetery. One is that at midnight on a full moon she will look up at
you and her eyes will leak blood. My friends mother said she saw that
about twenty years ago, the story of my generation goes as all my
friends grew up within minutes of the cemetery, that her head has been
broken off and sits atop her body and her right wing is broken off and
laying in the ground. It is said that if you knock of her head that she
will curse you with bad luck and you might die, however if you place
her wing on her then she will give you one wish. There is another story
of a grave there, I don't know which one but that you pull up in front
of it and roll down all your windows open your trunk and doors and turn
a love song up loud, because some guy committed suicide after his
girlfriend left him, the ghost of a young teenager will scream a death
roar and you have to get the trunk closed along with the doors and roll
up the windows before he gets to your car or you will die.
Marion - Baker
Hollow Road Cemetery - Many different
things occur at this particular cemetery. It is located off of Baker
Church Road going toward Morganfield. You turn to the left off Baker
Church Road on to Baker Hollow Road. There is one cemetery behind the
church on the left. After you pass this church there is a fork in the
road, follow it to the left and this is where everything begins.
However on a good night it begins when you first turn on the road. You
have to go after dark but the best time to go is around or after
midnight. This cemetery disappears and then reappears in different
locations. However it will not show itself when you drive down the
road. You have to drive down to the end of the road and turn around and
come back in order to see the cemetery. You will know when you are
close to the cemetery because you will have an overwhelming feeling of
sadness and will begin to cry for no apparent reason. You will see and
hear various things. Sometimes you can hear music playing, laughter,
screams and hear things trying to get in your vehicle. There have also
been fingerprints and dents in vehicles visitors have taken `ut there
as well as scratches that came from the outside but went all the way
thought the glass. If you are actually lucky enough to find the
cemetery and drive up in to it you will not be able to drive out. It is
so spiritually active that it drains the battery of your car leaving
you stranded until the morning or until you get brave enough to push
your car out. There have been images of Soldiers killing each other and
those around them. There have been sightings of the dense woods opening
where you can see more than you should. The fork in the road rolls and
a dense mist appears and disappears as you drive the road. There is
also a guardian dog. This dog closely resembles the "Hounds of Hell" as
described in the Bible. This dog has dead yellow eyes and casts the
shadow of a demon when it gets ready to disappear in the triangle at
the fork in the road. The dog appears to be injured when it first
appears on the side of the road, thus making you want to stop and pick
it up, which in turn gives an open invitation to any spirit that is
around. When you fail to pick up the dog things begin to change. The
dog will walk a few steps and then turn to see if you are still
following it. However if you speed up the dog will speed up, if you
slow down it will slow down, if you go to the left it will go to the
left, if you go to the right it will go to the right and it is
impossible to run over this dog. There have also been sightings of
wrecked vehicles with people screaming for help. Due to the period in
time when this cemetery was began you will see images of men who were
hung from the trees out this road before and after you pass the
cemetery. You will also see images of dead family members calling to
you. You will also experience a change in the weather when you turn out
this road. For instance it will be raining before you turn on the road,
but when you turn on to this road the rain mysteriously stops and the
mist begins until you exit this road where the rain will start again.
There are many other things that occur out this road but you have to be
very alert and very open to the spirit world and you cannot show fear
or it can take your soul, according to the legend. There are many
trapped souls at this location that will mess with you. Make sure you
do not have an open invitation of any kind. This means windows rolled
up and doors locked. These spirits can also communicate with you
through your dreams if you will let them. So go if you dare just don't
show fear! Everyone sees something different when they go to this
location so be prepared to be scared.
Marion - Pilot's
Knobb - Witches Grave - This cemetery is
located off of Ford's Ferry Road in Marion. The legend behind this
cemetery is about a five year old girl who was burned at the stake,
along with her mother, in the late 1800's to the early 1900's for
witchcraft. It is not known what happened to the body of the mother,
however the little girl, Mary Evelyn, is buried in a steel lined grave
that is covered with rock and not dirt. She has a white picket fence
surrounding her grave. The base of this fence is a series of crosses
that connect end to end. However she is not tall enough to climb over
the fence, unlike a normal 5 year old. Her tombstone looks brand new
even though it is close to 100 years old, as does the fence. She paces
inside this fence when someone comes to visit her making faces at them
and reaching out to them. She sleeps during the day but is very evident
at night. The legend also says that she can not rest because she is
searching for her mother but can not escape the confines of the fence.
Many unexplainable things occur at this cemetery. For one the "Watcher"
makes himself very know and tries to follow you out of the cemetery.
The "Watcher" was murdered at the swinging bridge but haunts the
witch’s grave. He is trying to get to the little witch but because of
the crosses that surround her he is unable to because he is evil.
Crosses appear in the trees both upright and upside down, directly over
her grave, though they face different directions. She presents herself
as a normal 5-year-old little girl in a white dress, though her dress
is scorched at the bottom as is her blonde hair. If you lay on her
grave she will hold you down refusing to let go until someone from
outside of the fence pulls you free. However never lay on the grave
when you are alone because chances are you will be pulled into her
grave to be with her thus giving her more power. As with every haunted
cemetery people that are open to the spirit world sees something
different.
Martin - Arkansas
Creek - a man in old army clothing is
supost to be seen in the kitchen and roaming the hallways the land was
an old cemetery.
Martin - Crum
Branch - a lady has been seen walking
around in a white dress with no head and asking the people she sees for
their head.
Mayfield - Maplewood
Cemetery - supposedly the angel tombstone
located in the center of the cemetery will drop rocks on your head at
the stroke of midnight if your sitting on the bench beneath her feet...
Maysville - Big
Pond Rd.- small family cemetery, upon
entering the gate white mists appear along with black mists. An image
of a lady in white warning people not to enter. Black mist follows you
around until you exit the gate. Strange noises, blood curling screams
are heard while visiting. when entering the gate winds pick up cold
chills all around and mysterious shapes moving around. It is said that
at the center of cemetery there is a glowing cross on a tree, only to
be seen late at night.
Maysville - Hayswood
hospital - Located at the north end of
4th street, Abandoned since the early 80's. People who live near it
have said they have often seen strange lights in the windows and heard
infant’s cries. Also some have claimed to see a figure standing in the
last window on the third floor both day and night. Others who have been
inside since its closing have noticed an old stretcher that seems to
move on its own, others have said to have been followed by shadows
accompanied by voices and the feeling of being watched. Others have
claimed to see doctors in the halls and heard the cries of past
patients. Red glowing eyes and what seems to be some sort of dog that
seems to be chasing something have been seen, also cold spots and
children playing in the waiting rooms. In the basement and all over the
building are strange markings as if they are warnings of some kind,
anyone who goes in, walks past, or drives by have said they felt sick
and a threatening hostility. It is believed to haunt the entire town.
Maysville - Washington
Opera house - A young girl named Marwas
performing on stage until she fell through a trap door and broke her
neck. People that have preformed at the Opera house Have seen a blue
light where she fell to her death. There is also a reddish stain on the
basements carpet.
McCracken - Paducah
- CC Cohen Restaurant - Haunted History -
CC Cohen Restaurant - Known to most Paducah residents as the Cohen
building, this important structure was built around 1865, probably for
M. Livingston & Company. Afterward, it became a clothing store, a
dry goods store and in 1914, a Paducah City Directory identified the
occupants as the R.L. Peacher Liquor Dealers and the Rehkopf Distilling
Company
The Cohen Family owned the distinctive corner from around 1921 until
1980, when the last member of the Cohen family, Stella Cohen Peine,
died upstairs in her apartment.
Alan Raidt now owns the building and business know as CC Cohen
Restaurant and Bar which now occupies the entire building. It is a
favorite stop for both locals and tourists in the city.
The Ghost of Cohen's Past
Ask the employees a CC Cohen about Stella. They'll say she's the ghost
who lives upstairs and wanders the restaurant at odd hours. Almost
everyone has a story about coming in to open the restaurant and finding
chairs moved or salt and pepper shakers dumped. Others will tell you
about lights and signs coming on after they've been unplugged.
They may be talking about Stella Cohen Peine, who lived upstairs after
her husband was killed in an alley nearby until her death in 1980. The
upstairs "parlor" is a reproduction of the Cohen sisters' living room.
The Cohen sisters' picture still hangs in the Parlor.
Written to Stella Cohen by Alan Raidt in 1996
About 1850, this building was constructed to house a distillery, a
grocery distributor, and a host of other businesses.
Around 1900, the Cohen family bought it to house three of their
passions....a dry goods store, with the finest turn-of-the century
clothing, shoes and hats...a pawn shop, where the Cohen family could
turn an honest (or perhaps dishonest) dollar, and their home on the 2nd
floor.
Stella was a Cohen sister. The A. Cohen Loan office did a booming
business on the Market House Square. (his checks are framed around the
building) the dry goods store did well also, and all was well.
The Cohens started dying. Stella's husband was murdered in an alley
behind Cohen's and she and her sister closed up shop and lived with her
nine cats and two Dobermans until Stella's sister died around 1950.
Stella lived upstairs (now renovated, but was meticulously rebuilt her
parlor) until the 1970's.
In the Early 1980's the building sold and things started happening.
Workmen on the renovation lost tools. Men's equipment didn't work, the
tester aunt opened and things kept happening.
The owner writes: CC Cohen restaurant is my business now, has
been for eight years, and Stella keeps making herself known. I hope she
is happy, I am.
-Alan Raidt CC Cohen Restaurant and Bar April 1996
There is a definite presence felt.
McCreary County - Granny's Old House - Built
on a ancient Indian burial ground. In the middle of the night you see
balls of light flying at you. You can also hear footsteps, people
talking, and doors slamming.
Midland - Jones
cemetery - very large dark figures have
been spotted several times in the past. For unknown reasons any visitor
at night will encounter these large inhumanly figures and will be
chased after by them.
Middlesboro - Middlesboro
Park, near Greenwood Rd. - There was a
little boy murdered there by the swings. They claim that she was out
playing at night by herself and got raped and killed. If you walk down
the park late at night around 12:00p.m., you can see visions on her
swinging on the swings.
Morehead - Clack
Mountain - In recent decades there has
been occult activity. Satanic symbols have been sandblasted from the
mountain sides but soon reappear. People report getting a "bad feeling"
as they come into the vicinity of the long abandoned sacrificial rock.
Morehead - Fleming
Avenue - Cabin - Footsteps heard,
apparitions seen & items seems to move on their own right in front
of the residents eyes.
Morehead - Morehead
State University - Butler Hall - has
had strange noises in the middle of the night and footsteps in empty
rooms. And TV's and computers turn on by them selves. It is said to be
haunted by three resident that have lived then died in the building
previous years
Morehead - Morehead
State University - Buttin Auditorium - in the 1980's a janitor was cleaning a large clock
hanging off the balcony and apparently he fell off the balcony and a
chair broke his back and sometimes if you're sitting in the area he
fell on you get a crushing sensation and a very odd smell.
Morehead - Morehead
State University - Nunn Hall - A
ghost of a former student named Penelope, is said to haunt Nunn Hall.
Penelope is said to be seen late at night and in the early morning
hours. She plays with lights and televisions, turning them on and off.
The story of Penelope is that she was dating someone her parents did
not approve of and she became pregnant by him. Unable to tell her
parents about the pregnancy, she jumped from the ninth floor, falling
to a tragic death.
Morehead - Morehead
State University - Waterfield Hall - On the Third floor in room 358 you can hear screams,
TV goes and off and the door to the room and stairs open by themselves.
Morehead - Mr.
Gatti's - A man named Carl is rumored to
haunt this business. Years ago, this Mr. Gatti's was a saloon and Carl
was shot in the head by an jealous man in the old apartment (now
abandoned) above the store. Employees have reported seeing strange
figures moving around the store, mostly during closing hours. Also
voices and noises have been heard in the office area. The strangest of
all, is employees finding evidence that a game back in the game room
has just recently been played when there has not been a customer for
hours.
Morgan county - Wrigley Hill - Just off
of 519 lays route 7 which flow across Wrigley Hill. Late at night
people driving across Wrigley Hill have seen a woman hitch-hiking or
the have seen her in their car.
Morganfield - Earl
C. Clements Job Corps Center - there have
been reports from students that men with old greenarmy suits have been
stading over them. Others say that they was strangled by gost while
they were trying to sleep. You also feel like somone is watching you,
doors close and open on thier own. Sometimes you can feel something
touching your shoulder and nthing is there. Some people say that
Genneral Breckinridge himself walks the hallways of the dormatorys
Morgantown - Woodbury
- Years ago a little girl was left or her
parents/family had all died when she was only 2 or 4 years old. People
have heard her crying and going up the stairs. People have blocked the
house off so people can't go in it. People have tried to tear it down
but the girl makes sounds and scares the workers away.
Mt. Sterling - Old Jeffersonville Church - At old Jeffersonville church 3 girls got raped and
burned in there now every full moon when you go in you can here them
scream and when you go back out you'll have scratches all over you.
Mt. Sterling - Old Windsor Nursing Home - The old Windsor nursing home is the old nursing home
that is abandoned now. The story is that if you go up there late at
night, you can peek in the windows and see the old wheelchairs rolling
around. You can here moaning and screaming. This nursing home was shut
down in the 80's because they had a large amount of patients dying and
found out it was abuse. So their lost souls roam the halls.
Mt. Sterling - Stepstone Church - In
an abandoned church on Stepstone. The church still stands but the
inside of the church was gutted by a fire long ago. A few men hung 4
teenage girls on a cross in the loft and set fire to the church. If you
go at night, it is said you can hear them laugh, cry and see the
shadows of them flying around. It is also known that if you do
something to upset the girls, you will find hear them scream in rage.
Muhlenburg - Rosewood
- Skipworth Cemetery - It is said that
this cemetery, established in the 1800's, is patrolled at night by a
Civil war soldier whose body is buried there. If you see a round, white
light on a moonlight night in the spring of the year and are not family
or friend you must exit the cemetery at once or your entire family will
be cursed.
Munfordville - Hart County High School -
A man fell down a man hole in the student parking lot. There are always
strange things happening here, but it gets more active around the end
of basket ball season. You'll find locked doors open, lights turned on
after they have been turned off, and in rm. 46 the air conditioners
will be on in the mornings during the middle of winter.
Munfordville - Raider Holler - a little
boy was drowned in this well known to be Jacob, this is his well and if
you park your car by his well and turn off your vehicle and get out and
holler for Jacob and say, "Jacob your mommy is here to get you, can you
hear me." He'll be known to say help me mommy! DANGER!! this will
happen!!!
Murray - Asbury
Cemetery - Reports of an apparition that
chases people. Sounds of a baby crying have also been reported.
Murray - Bull
Pen Steaks and Spirits- The restaurant
used to be an old hospital. Several workers have heard strange noises
at night and felt a cold presence among them. Drawers would open and
unexplainable noises come from the kitchen, which was believed, to the
morgue.
Murray - Coles
Campground Cemetery - Graves shift
sometimes, strange noises can be heard in the surrounding woods, and
this is just during the daytime. At night there is an odd feeling, a
feeling of true urgency that is indescribable. Although it is too dark
to see anything properly. The farther back you go in the graveyard the
older the tombstones get. One is just an crudely carved stone slab that
becomes illegible after a few lines.
Murray - Murray
State University - Fine Arts Building - An apparition has been accompanied with very cold air.
The Fine Arts elevators always seem to hang on the forth floor; the
significance of this is unknown. Any when you ride them there is a
weird sense of impending doom.
Murray - Murray
State University - Fine Arts Building -The elevator - they have completely gutted the elevator shaft
several times to no avail the young female student who feel to her
death in the shaft after the door opened and there was no elevator
there. She takes out her revenge upon the riders of the elevator; the
elevator shakes and rattles as it travels up and down the shaft. It
stops constantly between floors, the doors constantly refuse to close.
Murray - Murray
State University - Hester Hall - In
1998 there was a fire in Hester hall at Murray state university. A
young man was purposely trapped in his room and perished in the fire.
The room was room 402. The dorm reopened the following and only
incoming freshmen were placed on the floor. Former resident claims Room
402 always had a scary presence about it and standing outside the door
one felt watched. The room was kept empty and like all empty rooms it
was supposed to be locked yet often if you walked up to the door it
would be unlocked and even slightly opened on several occasions they
with entered the room and closed the door it would open on its own. In
room 406 you could on some nights hear a scratching sound on the door
and if you opened it nothing would be there. The story is that the
young man had escaped his room and was found dead of smoke inhalation
out side of the hallway to the elevator 406 was across from this
hallway.
Murray - Murry
State University - SigEp House - An
old lady by the name of "Ma" Crawford rented rooms out to the brothers
of Sigma Phi Epsilon at Murray State University when their house burned
down in the 1970s. When she died, the brothers inherited the house and
still live in it today. She is still heard walking up and down the
stairs, the light in what used to be her bedroom still turns off and on
from time to time with no one touching it, and you hear people talking
downstairs in the living room when no one is down there. Also, the most
recent experience happened when one of the brothers was sleeping and
his door opened from the shut position(door knob turned and the door
opened completely) and no one was there. She is believed to just be
checking on the brothers and making sure they are alright.
Nebo - The
Donaldson Mansion - The Donaldson mansion
was a quite home until something happened, At night lights come on by
themselves. You will hear Screaming and around the house lye's this fog
all the way around the house. It was once told that no one who will go
up to her mansion she will invite you in but you will never get out!
Nicholas Co. -Robertson
- Blue Licks Park - the lodge is haunted
by a friendly woman. you can hear her talking.
Nicholasville - West Jessamine High School - Janitors report being hit by thrown trash cans in the
middle of the night. Lockers seen opening and closing on their own.
Football field lights go off and on by themselves at strange hours of
the night.
Oak Grove - Ghost
Bridge - There are several stories that
go with this bridge, but only one can be verified of a soldier killing
his wife on the bridge and throwing her below to the water back in the
1960's. One story goes that on certain night you can see her
decomposing body walking the area under the bridge and another says on
top of the bridge. Also it is said that if you turn your car off on the
bridge it will not start again unless you push it off the bridge or
till morning.
Olive Hill - Bethel
Hill - Two things are rumored to happen
there. One legend is never pass the old church on a Saturday night when
it is drizzling. They say a woman is walking on the side of the road
and if you pick her up she will disappear after a few miles. If you
don't pick her up she will welcome herself into your backseat. The
other one is to go to the church on Friday the 13th and look into the
windows the locals say you will see the scariest thing in your life.
Although no one has yet to describe what is in there nobody will go out
to the church on Friday the 13th.
Olive Hill - The
old Callihan House - Clark Hill - In the
late 1960's, there was said to be paranormal activity to take place
there, such as plates flying into the air, chairs moving by themselves,
etc. Eventually, the Callihans had a paranormal investigator to come
into the house, which came upon the conclusion that the paranormal
activity was caused by one of the children having been going through
adolescence, or possible demon possession.
Olive Hill - Clark
Hill Trail - In the early 1900's a young
woman named Stella Kinney went to live with her aunt and uncle who
lived out of town. According to legend her uncle got her pregnant. Well
on the way back he murdered her. He took her placed her on a huge rock
and cut her head off with a hand ax. For years after the rock was
called by the locals "Bloody Rock" and every time it rained it would
bleed. But now it has been buried into the ground because they made the
road bigger.
Owensboro - Ben
Hawes State Park - A girl who was accused
of witchcraft in the 18th century was burned at the stake in the woods.
If you up there at night you can see her ghost walking and the light of
the torches of the people who came to burn her.
Owensboro - Catherine
Spalding Elementary School - In 1896 when
the school was first built, it was made mostly of farmer's daughters
because the boys never went to school. In 1899 the school was destroyed
by a small tremor from the fault in Missouri. Two girls died when the
school fell to the ground. In 1901 they rebuilt the school but over top
of the old school (because it was so small) they built an art building.
Still today the art building is haunted by the two girls who at night
have been known to mess up the art room and when morning comes the room
is a mess.
Owensboro - Davies
County Middle School - in the middle of
the day you can hear screams of a woman in the girls bathroom of the
3rd floor. You can look around and see that there is no one there
Owensboro - Davies
County Public library - an apparition of
a boy with high red knee socks, a red vest, very old style shoes, high
shorts, and one of those hats you see on many men back in the 20's and
30's.
Owensboro - Fordsville
- Deanefield - During the Civil War,
confederate soldiers hiding from the Yankees used a small cliff cave to
hide out. It is said that the Yankees ambushed the southern soldiers,
killing them all. On summer nights of the full moon, shots can be heard
as well as sounds of laughter, a fire crackling, and horses galloping.
The cliffs can be found off of highway 1414 in Ohio Co, Ky.
Owesnsboro - Hospital
- On first floor near the old morgue, you
can hear screams coming from empty hallways. Also you can see shadows
on the wall as if someone is walking beside you.
Owensboro - Wilson
House - This house was one of the first
built in the area. It was once owned by a large family back in the
early 1800s. The family was an outcast family and very odd. The story
goes that a son named John killed them all, then killed himself. You
can hear screams and laughter late at night at this deserted house.
Owensboro - Maiden
Lake - The woods around the lake where
long ago a man and his wife lived. One day he was getting water from
his well and fell in it to his death. His wife got the body and buried
him. The well is still there and residents have reported there being a
man with a bucket and wet standing beside the well.
Owensboro - Owensboro
Catholic Middle School - At night,
neighbors have reported screams and wicked laughter. They have seen
doors flying open and shut as if possessed. There are dark reddish
stains that have never come out of the floors in certain rooms.
Owensboro - Owensboro
High School - When Owensboro High's
elevator was first put in the seven year old son Johnny of the builder
of the elevator was playing with his ABC blocks the elevator wasn’t all
finished and there had been no doors to the elevator yet and the boy
feel to his death, to this day if you go to the school real late at
night right in front of the elevator and say Johnny are you playing
with your blocks, you are to hear the sound of the blocks clinging
together as if he were playing with them.
Owensboro - River
Park Center - At night on the catwalk you
can see a woman in white, dripping water as she continues to walk over
the edge to the river below.
Owensboro - The
Old Theater Workshop - In 1809 this
theater was a Baptist church. A young priest lived there with his
family. His daughter was dating a young man who her father disapproved
of. Late one night the daughter came to her father with dreadful news.
She told her father she was pregnant. He was so disappointed in her, he
told her he never wanted to see her again and sent her away. So the
story goes that night she was out of her mind, she ran up to the bell
tower and hung herself. Her father was so sad he to killed himself in
the basement. With what nobody knows. To this day lights are said to go
on and off constantly, the bell rings when there isn't a bell anymore,
coldness out of nowhere surrounds you, and if your not careful while
standing in front of the basement you just might get pushes as many
have before.
Owensboro - Whitesville
- old Whitesville school - If you go to
the old Whitesville Public School you can hear doors and windows
opening and shutting and the lights will flicker on and off. There are
reports of people finding an old electric chair in the basement.
Owenton - Perry
Park - Here there is a pre civil war
plantation that burnt down and killed 2 kids and there nanny. It was
rebuilt and later turned into a private country club in 1967. The house
was made into the restaurant and the rooms upstairs were rented out (to
live in) then redone into a bed and breakfast (just for members
guests). If you listen hard you can always hear little kids screaming
and running footsteps all around. Doors won’t unlock and open or
sometimes they won’t open even if unlocked. The nanny keeps quiet but
every once in a while someone will get the privilege to see her full
body in big windows that start at your nose. Since then the country
club has been turned into a resort where they have built a hotel and
made the golf course public. The ghosts do not like this, the fire
alarms go off in the middle of the night for no reason and even after
being reset will go off again. Curtains shut themselves and in the
kitchen pots and pans will bang together and the doors will shut and
lock themselves. The lights have dimmers and at night employees have
said after turning off the switch and the lights on high they will come
in the next morning and the lights will be switched on and on low dim.
This doesn’t just happen at a certain time it happens ALL the time.
Owsley County - Booneville - Owsley County High School - A man roams the halls and writes disturbing words and
phrases on the walls and chalkboards. The student was supposedly hung
by a janitor in 1973 in the shower room in the boy's locker room.
Exactly one year later the janitor was found hanging in the same spot
as the student and was hanging by an old rusty chain. To this day no
one really knows what happens!
Paducah - Emma
Morgan Elementary - In the little-kids
playground, through the gates, you will be talking and back around the
corner you can hear the sound of a bike being slammed up against the
gates, but when you walk back there, it stops. There are also voices
and footsteps in the halls, especially in the hallway that has the
names of the past principals listed. Also, for two miles around it,
almost all of the houses have had paranormal activity. No one knows the
identity of the school's ghosts, but most of the ghosts in the
community are either past owners or past owners' pets. Also, the place
used to be a gravel pit. According to myth, many people died on
construction of the town, and, to keep people from knowing that some
people had died unexplained deaths, there buried them under the town.
Of coarse, that's just a myth...
Paducah - Lone
Oak - German Cemetery - This is an old
Catholic cemetery located directly across the road from St Johns
Catholic Church. There have been many sightings here of unexplained
supernatural phenomenon. Such events include but are not limited to
sightings of a "werewolf" type creature that charges up the hill at
you, a female apparition that is not fond of males, and a strange light
that seems to hover over one of the graves in the lower portion of the
cemetery. Late at night during certain events, even the crickets are
silenced.
Paducah - Oak
Grove Cemetery - The spirit of a young
woman named Della Barnes walks through this cemetery on certain nights.
Documents claim she was accidentally poisoned by the doctor who was
treating her for an illness. Legend has a different story though. Some
people believe that her fiancée' murdered her in a fit of rage.
He even went as far to cut off her left ring finger in order to
retrieve the expensive engagement ring he had given her. There is also
an iron-rod statue of an angel that is said to turn and face a
different direction in the cemetery.
Paducah - Paducah
Middle School - There have been reports
of 4 gangsters roaming the halls and firing blanks at students. at
night the janitors have reported smoke and the smell of marijuana
coming out of the boys locker room.
Paducah - Reidland
Middle and High School - During the day
you could hear someone walking down the hallway and there would be no
one there. Then some of the doors would open and close real fast and
there would be nothing there some of them would not open it would be
like it is stuck. Then the lights would go on and of and would not come
on but when the teachers or students would go over there it would stop.
Nobody knows what it is.
Paducah - Whitehaven
- A restored mansion, now a rest area,
and open to the public. A female apparition has occasionally been
sighted on the balcony attached to the second floor bedroom, believed
to be the owner's wife. Legend has it she bled to death during an
appendectomy. The feeling in that room is very pleasant, however, due
to how much she loved that room---her husband had the room and balcony
added on especially for her. She has been known to turn off the lights
in that room, and the sounds of long skirts swishing as well as the
scent of her perfume have been noted. Also, even though the old kitchen
is now the employees' break room, there have been times the smells of
someone cooking a huge feast have greeted startled visitors. It has
been known to happen during the holidays, mainly Thanksgiving and
Christmas. It is a beautiful place to visit, even if you don't get to
meet the happy spirits inhabiting this great house.
Paintsville - the
City - built over partially or very near
an Indian war and burial ground. This city is named for its numerous
amounts of Indian paintings found here, and there are several Indian
burial grounds here that businesses had been built on, that have had
sightings.
Paintsville - Local
Gas Station - there have been reports,
of 'fully dressed' in battle clothing- headdresses and all, Indians,
walking through a local gas station and disappearing again and dishes
in the eatery of the place falling and being thrown around as well,
many employees have quit.
Paintsville - Mayo
Church - Mr. Mayo who was the richest man
in town built a church mostly for his wife. Some said that they have
seen Mrs. Mayo praying or just sitting in the chapel late at night.
Others say that you can here whispering or humming coming from the
chapel late at night.
Paintsville - Mayo
Mansion - Mr. Mayo has been seen in his
era clothing and hat on the sidewalk watching people drive by. a tunnel
leading from the house under ground to the church has long been filled
however you get a eerie felling standing near the site of the tunnel.
Paintsville - Old
Town Cemetery - There has been reports of
an old lady who wonders around the cemetery that over looks the town of
Paintsville in eastern Ky.
Paintsville - Paintsville
Elementary School - Numerous reports of
unexplained happenings from within the building including unexplained
moaning, sighting of a woman in one of the classrooms crying out to her
husband and a child on the other side of the room, and also many of the
janitors working there claim there is in fact a ghost within the
school.
Paintsville - Ramada
Inn - The RAMADA INN was bulit on haunted
grounds.The once place called BRISTLE BUCK.At the RAMADA,employees have
had first hand experence at hauntings.In the kitchen pans will come
flying from off the wall at whoever!Late at night in the atrium there
have been the footsteps of a woman in highheels heard,this is every
night.You don't want to go into one of the banquet rooms alone,you will
feel as if someone is behind you.
Paris - The
Covered Bridge - Located on Colville
Road. Haunted by young girl who was killed in a wreck with her
boyfriend. They were coming home from prom and were going to stop at
the bridge. You can set in the middle of the bridge and watch
headlights come up behind you, but no car and then you see lights under
the bridge as if a car has fallen in the water.
Paris - Old
Hospital - A worker has heard many
strange noises out in the lobby area, even so much that they have stood
up to greet someone coming in and there is nobody there. An apparition
of a blonde lady walking toward the window. This building has been said
to have been tested several times for paranormal activities and it
tested positive.
Park City - Mamoth
Cave - A spirit of the cave is a Southern
lady named Melissa, who brought her Yankee lover to the cave in 1843.
She took the man deep within the cave to Purgatory Point and left him
there as a prank. The man was never seen again, and Melissa's ghost
still searches the area known as Echo River. The ghost of Floyd
Collins, who died after being trapped for sixteen days in nearby
Crystal Cave, is also said to wander the grounds. The case became so
popular that in 1926, Collins's body was removed from his family plot
and displayed in a glass coffin at the entrance to Crystal Cave. The
grisly tourist attraction proved very profitable, until someone stole
the corpse. It was finally returned to the cave; however, for some
reason the body was missing its left leg. In recent years, tourists
have reported the unidentified ghost of a man dressed in an
old-fashioned cummerbund. Others have witnessed a disembodied pair of
legs running down the hill near the main visitors' center. The legs
were wearing denim overalls and work shoes. With over 150 sightings of
ghosts reported.
Park City - Devils
kitchen - It has been rumored that if you
travel the old logging trail al night that leads to Devil's Kitchen you
can sense a presence watching you. Once you reach the "Kitchen" an old
cave you hear footsteps and whispers coming from the entrance of the
cave.
Park City - Mammouth
Park - There is an old slave cave that
was used during the Underground Railroad, many people have seen the
images of slaves and such. However after the civil war the cave is
noted to have been a hide out for Jessie James.
Partridge - Lewis
Creek - late at night you can here a loud
whaling and screaming coming from the woods on Lewis creek. No one
knows exactly what happened but their used to be a racetrack that
everyone used to race cars on. It wasn’t pro or anything but it was fun
for the guys mostly and their girlfriends would come to watch then race
and one time there was a horrible accident and a car wrecked and went
into the bleachers and killed more than 15 people and it is believed
that the screams are from all the people that died that day. the track
is still up there and the guard rails and what’s left of the bleachers
is their too. the old buildings that the cars where sometimes kept in
are still their too. Kids go up there and use it for paint ball games.
People who live behind the area have experienced their roll up shades
moving own their own, hearing voices whispering like at night. - June 2008 correction / additional information: The
racetrack was known as Lonnie's Speedway and yes it's still there, not
in good shape but still there. There was an accident that only the
drivers were killed in, not 15 people. Every now and then, no certain
time, you can sit on the blacktop road that runs beside the earth walls
of the track and hear the wreck happen. There are no homes behind the
track, it's all woods. There are houses on the creek past the track, as
well as before you get to the track. If you want to find this track
I'll tell you how. You go up Lewis Creek, off of US HWY 119 in
Partridge. Cross the new state bridge just off 119, then go on up the
holler. You'll cross a set of railroad tracks on your way to the track.
You will come to a yard with a fairly large house off in the distance
and an old barn just off the road; this is Lonnie Lewis' house, and
barn. The Lonnie that lives in the house is also the Lonnie that the
speedway was named after. The racetrack looks like just a hill, just
off the road right past the barn on the left of the road. Make sure ask
Lonnie's permission to go to the actual track because he is now old and
might think that you're trying to steal something. His son also lives
in a camper near the track, behind the barn.
Pembroke - Medco
Center of Pembroke (Nursing Home) -
Radios, light's would turn of you can feel cold spot's and a feeling of
someone watching you.
Perry County - Dead Man's Curve - This
happens in a little place called Typo, were a man haunt's the railroad
tracks as some people know as Dead Man's Curve. People seem to see
thing's that are very weird like a strange man raoming the track's,
waiting for someone to step in his track's so he can attack or maybe
even kill them! The man will soon give up and let you go and let you be
till you quit fighting. Then he will walk off for someone else to step
in those tracks.
Perry County - Hazard - After Hours Treatment Center - is the old clinic in Hazard that was used in the
1970’s. three floors, many doctors use, or used this building for
offices. One of the workers report things move, and lights go out. Foot
steps heard also. the workers think it may be Doctor Williams who died
some time a go. Its the sight of his former office.
Perry County - Hazard - Beams Electric Supply store - is said by the now owner that the old man who ran it
before his death still walks the building. now closed down.
Perry County - Hazard - Berrymen Service Station - Closed late 80s.around 1993 our church was holding a
yard sale close to the service station. Two girls walking by the place
stopped to talk with our group. They was around the side of the
building, they said it sounded like something moved in side. me and my
friend went to look. No one was inside as far as we could see. the
place was locked solid. No windows were busted out. Another witness
said that he and a friend walked by the building. It was getting dark,
and they were walking by. They heard walking inside. They went to
investigate & it was locked up. No way any one got in. then a
strange glow was seen in the corner. It floated. He said both ran, and
did not look back.
Perry County - Hazard - County School Board - a bus driver, and churchman said the service garage
the buses are re paired at is said haunted. One worker was washing up,
and thought he seen a man to the side of him. After he looked closer,
no one was around. He told a guy that worked there of this. He was told
stuff went on there like that all the time. Guys lunch bags messed up.
And other things they may have with them. Tools moved from place to
place. And lost. Footsteps heard, with no one around. And a man has
been seen that was not to be there. Then on a closer look he is not
found. The school may have a new garage.
Perry County - Hazard - Goody's Clothing Store - Many strange things have been heard in the store, and
generally happen after closing when there are only a handful of people
in the store. One night a manager and a cashier were getting ready to
lock up when the bell at the service desk started ringing. Also strange
voices have been heard on the intercom system after hours. The store
built in the 1980's may have been built on an abandoned cemetery.
Perry County - Hazard - Old Miners Memorial Hospital and ARH Regional
Hospital - Built in the 1950's this
hospital has seen many deaths from the people of eastern KY being the
only hospital for almost 5 counties around it for many years. Abandoned
in 1987 and turned into an office building and part of the University
of Kentucky, the spirits inside still do not rest. Sightings include
someone calling your name in the hallways, to no answer of course, a
strange black form that can knock you down in the old mental ward. Many
a security guard has quit because of this building.
Perry County - Hazard - Raccoon Creek Rd Glomar - things have been spotted at night like green glowing
figures and also things happen in the homes as well.... particularly on
the right side of the road.
Perry County - Hazard - Sherwin Williams Paint Store - it is said that the workers have heard mysterious
noises and voices in the back where the bathroom is.They have seen a
black shadow climbing the walls.The paint gets knocked off the shelves,
and the phones start to ring.No one will be around.At nite you can see
a glowing figure in the window.
Perry County - Hazard - Tunnel Hill - Tunnel
Hill is located a couple of miles in the back roads of Napfor just
before you get to low water bridge. Directly on top of the twin tunnels
lie two cemeteries. But forget about the cemeteries for the tunnels are
the sites of many bizarre occurrences. The story has it that there is a
hidden chamber hidden among the manholes. It is said that the manhole
will give way to the secret passage and those who have ventured into
this passage have no recollection of how they got there. When walking
through the tunnels all light sources will slowly drain and the further
you venture into the tunnel total darkness. It is then that random
light sources will appear from cracks and crevices on various places in
the tunnel. Rather you go in the day or night the same will happen
because most occurrences happen once you reach the middle of the
tunnel. The right tunnel is much more active than the left. NEVER go
alone. Beware these tunnels are still in service and actual trains
still pass through each day. One such aspect of the haunting place is
the ghost train, which you will actually hear and even feel beneath
your feet. Faint train horns echo throughout this terrifying area. Also
feel free to explore the large active cemeteries above. Rumors are
there many more horrifying things that have happened and continue to
happen that cannot be mentioned in this article. - July 2005 Update/Warning: This may not be a safe place
to visit. There reports of people being chased out of the tunnels by
something unexplained. This can lead to injury or worse.
Perry County - lost creek elementary - they
say that if you go in the school's gym and turn out all the lights and
walk around the gym 15 times that the gym will light up again and you
will here somebody scream get out and if you don't get out right away
there is a man who built the gym and was at the top of it and fell but
there was some more who fell with him and they buried them there you
can even walk around stomping the floor and hear echos in certain
places and there is a crack from were back in 1997 were somebody did it
and didn't leave right away and the people who fell with him tried to
get out and they say that if he wouldn't of went screaming that he
would be in the gym floor with them.
Perry County - Willard - Willard ELemantry School - it is said at night you can walk into the gymnasium
and u are able to see glowing figures also there is blodd that seems to
run from the walls!!
Perry County - Hazard - Western Sizzler Stake house - not used any more for any thing. a woman seen what she
thought was a man trying to get in the old restaurant. Her and some man
close by went to look. No one was around. Then movement inside was
heard. They called the police. The officer to heard the sounds, but the
doors was chained, and locked. The windows boarded up. No one could
have got in side.
Perryville - Hank's
Bridge - When calling on the ghost of the
bridge, your car will not start when you go to leave for awhile. Also
noted very cold on the bridge.
Perryville - Old
Mud Meeting House - An Old abandoned Dutch
Church with Iron Doors. If you place your hands on the doors, they will
feel hot...like the "Gates of Hell". Put your ear on the door and hear
a church sermon-taking place.
Pike County - Kiah
Creek Mining - There was a worker that
died in this mine due to an aneurysm. The mine is abandoned now. It is
said that the night watch man can hear equipment running inside the
mine even though it is abandoned.
Pikeville - Mikes
Branch - Late at night an image of a rail
road worker can be seen carrying and swinging a lantern back and forth.
It has been told that the man was killed while trying to warn a child
to stay off the tracks while the train had been worked on, only he was
caught and pinned by the train when he fell and knocked himself
unconscious. Being crushed to death.
Pikeville - Pikeville
College - Wickham hall - has been
haunted for many years now. People have been reported saying that in
the early hours of the morning that there is a young child that roams
the third floor halls of Wickham. Many say that the child can be seen
jumping off of the stairs of the third floor. Other times people have
seen the child in the corners of the hall crying for its parents.
Pine Knot - Cal
Hill Rd - Down towards the lower part of
Cal Hill just as you round the corner before the church a black object
will chase you, sometimes as far as the church, sometimes even farther.
There used to be an old house there and if you went in you could see a
soldier's jacket hanging on the back of a chair and blood in one of the
jacket's pockets.
Pineville - Pineville
Independent Schools - Many believe the
girls bathroom is haunted by a girl named Connie. The lights will
flicker; the water will turn on by its self. Toilets will flush by them
selves. She will walk to your style and open the door. She will scream
and yell.
Pippa Passes - Alice Lloyd College - Cushing Hall,
Andersen Science Center, Grady Nutt Athletic Center, - Many students and staff have encountered many strange
happenings throughout campus such as Ripped bed sheets, heartbeats
coming from the vents in the showers, books falling off shelves, Locked
dorm rooms suddenly unlocking, nightmare involving an old lady,
sightings of an old lady, voices coming from empty rooms, bathroom
stalls opening and closing without anyone being in them and a lot more.
Campus police have also reported strange occurrences this place really
seems to be a hot spot.
Pippa Passes - Alice Lloyd College - Lilly Hall -
Second Floor Suite Strange and unusual noises
have been heard from this room. There is a mechanical room in the back
where scratching and moaning take place at night. The girls that live
there have saw shadows of an unknown figure.
Pippa Passes - Alice Lloyd Radio Station - Radio station is haunted by a man named Cushing. Has
been seen by numerous employees in this building and in Cushing Hall.
Pleasant Ridge - corner store - hauntings
dating back to the 1950s, if your there at around nine o clock at night
to round three in the morning you can see people inside loading things
onto the shelves, ask anyone in the area they'll tell you.
Prestonsburg - Adams Middle School - A
mysterious lady in black can be found roaming the hallways alone.
Janitors have even heard faint cries or whispering in their ears. Doors
can be found opening and closing by themselves and furniture even
moves. Even the office camera tapes pick up the ghostly figure.
Prestonsburg - abandoned courthouse - there
are now tours. Many tourists say that they
have seen and heard two old men through busted out windows trying to
escape who were put there when they were 16 for raping two girls at
Prestonsburg High School in the girl's bathroom on the first floor.
Prestonsburg - Conley Fork - There have
been sightings of a woman standing in the window screaming for help
Prestonsburg - Country at Heart - This
story may not be completely accurate - Before the shop opened, there
was an apartment building complex over the store (you can still see the
abandoned apartments over the store). The owner claims that a woman
murdered her husband (or the husband committed suicide) and was
decapitated there. Even when the whole building was fully checked, the
head wasn't found! The owner says that the bloodstains are still in the
building (supposedly, the room has the only window that's broken facing
the road). That room may be haunted.
Prestonsburg - Emma - Big Sandy Riverbed - Near the riverbed in the 1958, there was the nations
worst bus wreck ever, killing over 20 children and the bus driver!
There is now a little shack where it happened. Some say, at night in
the little shack, you can hear screams. Prestonsburg
School Bus Disaster - Caution
this contains descriptions of the accident and the aftermath and may
not be suitable for all readers.
Prestonsburg - Highlands
Regional Medical Center- A worker at
Highlands Regional Medical Center says that, sometimes, the lights will
flash on and off whenever no one's near the switch (where she works).
And, patience say that they see angels and dead people while they're
there.
Prestonsburg - Prestonsburg High School - When the Prestonsburg High School was built a man was
pushed from a ladder an was decapitated. Now in the old upstairs
hallways you can here strange an unusual sounds and sometimes you feel
as if someone is running into you when there is really no one there.
Prestonsburg - Slickrock - years back a
mad man cut his brothers head off and put it on a fence now you can see
every time it rains blood running down it. there is a lot of strange
stuff that happens up that hollow
Princeton - Gravity
Hill - It is believed that a man and his
two daughters had car trouble at the bottom of this hill. While they
were pushing the car down the road, they were hit and killed by a
truck. If you stap your car under this overpass, turn it off and put it
in neutral, you will sit still for a few minutes and then feel your car
being pushed up the hill, all the way to the end of the road. If you
put baby powder on the back of your car you will see six handprints on
it after you get out.
Providence - Providence
Public Park - the park used to have a
house that set there on the lands of the park. the house caught on fire
and the man burned alive in the house. Witnesses report of the sounds
they would hear in the house before the house was torn down.
Raceland - Raceland
Old High School - Not to be
mistaken for Raceland Worthington In the
basement, in the old Shop Classroom, there is a guy who wanders around
mainly at 2:45 when in 1956 he cut off his hand with a table saw.
People have tried to go in the old room to investigate, but they come
out frightened, unable to go back in.
Radcliff - Saunder's
Springs - Until fairly recently (1999 or
2000) this place was off limits to just about everyone. It was part of
Ft. Knox, only accessible from a couple of dirt roads across the street
from the old US Cav. store. It’s now been opened to the public and made
into a park. There are the remains of the old pump houses and tanks for
when this was the main water source for Ft. Knox and Radcliff. On all
of my visits (both before and after it being opened to the public) I
have been plagued with the feeling of being watched. There is also a
distinct aura of wrongness about the reservoir. The water is so murky
that visibility is about 2ft at most.
Richland - Wicked
Woods - If you go from south Main St.
onto McLaughin/Princeton Pike Rd and head towards Charleston then you
will pass through a small village named Richland, you will know this as
the only building they have is a vol. fire dept. To your left is a road
that goes under a wooden train trestle turn onto that road follow this
road through and you will come to a dark wooded area you get an uneasy
feeling there no matter what time of day it is. It has also been
reported that Sasquatch was seen there.
Richmond - Eastern
Kentucky University - Sullivan hall - now a girl's dormitory is said to be haunted by the
spirit of a nursing student who committed suicide there in the 1970's.
Also, Alumni House is said to be haunted. The most haunted house in
Richmond by far is that of White Hall mansion.
Richmond - Four
Mile - There was a 16teen year old girl
raped and murdered near the Four Mile bridge, they call her little
Egypt, if you go to the bridge on a rainy night right before dark call
her name three times crack the two front windows she will come into the
car as a puff of wind, and ride with you to see if you are the people
that killed her, if not she will get out. They say if you don't crack
the windows she cant get out and she will wreck the car.
Richmond - Keene
Hall 16th Floor - An apparition haunts
the 16th floor of Keene hall at Eastern Kentucky University. A student
in his early twenties, late teens, committed suicide from the top floor
of the University's dorm hall over a distraught fight with his
girlfriend. Feelings of being watched, girls would wake up in the
middle of the night and see a man in the room, then they would look
twice then nothing was there, weird sounds. Very creepy if you're up
there alone.
Richmond - Madison
Middle School - Madison Middle is very
old, first it was a civil war hospital which many died in, then a high
school now its a middle school. There is said to be a cheerleader that
was raped and or murdered in the third floor girls bath room. Very
scary sometime when you are in the bathroom alone you can hear weird
noises. Sometimes late at night the last stall's door is shut and
locked, but the next day when you look there is no one there and the
door is completely open. A man was brutally murdered in room 306 in the
late 1940's you can still hear sounds of his cry late at night mostly
at 1:03 in the morning. - October 2007
Update: There is no proof of guy being murdered. There is a story about
a girl on the third floor who was shoved by a bully and hit her head on
the sink in the girls bathroom and die. There have been accounts and
seen a figure on the third floor. There was one morning a student was
helping the social studies teacher carry some things up to her class.
It was about 6.45, 7 o'clock. When they got to the third floor and open
the door they saw what looked like a young girl running down the hall.
They went to investigate because no kids should have been in there at
that time and found that the Girls bathroom light was on. There is also
a rumor that the school used to be a hospital during the Civil war and
is haunted by soldiers who died there.
Richmond - Salem
Cemetery - People say that at night you
can drive by and you will see two orange colored eyes looking at you. A
Baptist church stands there now, but supposedly years ago, there used
to be a satanic church there.
Richmond - Westover
Terrace - Westover Mansion - Feelings of
ghostly presences while walking from the back to the house. also some
people talk about hearing voices. There are also stories told of people
being chased out of the basement. There is talk about a tunnel that
leads from the house to four mile road (some think that it's in the
basement) most think that its just talk.
Richmond - White
Hall Mansion - The Civil War
emancipationist, Cassius M. Clay, one of his daughters, one of his
sons, and a black servant, haunt the mansion. There have been sightings
of Master Clay passing back and forth in front of the top middle window
(the nursery), waiting for his ex-wife and children to return. - June 2005 Update: The Curator at White Hall State
Historic Site reports: It is possible that a daughter and son are at
White Hall, as numerous incidents site a woman and a little boy. A baby
most certainly resides in the mansion. On two separate occasions, in
two different seasons, tour guides have heard a baby laughing. Another
guide had a small child on her tour remark about seeing babies in the
house. The story of Clay passing before the "top middle window" (which,
incidentally is the third floor hallway, and not a nursery) is a story
that the works say they never heard of or experienced at this site. It
is doubtful that Cassius would have waited for his ex-wife and
children, more likely they would be waiting for him, as he spent a
great deal of time away from home campaigning, fighting in the Mexican
War, as ambassador to Russia, and in general making a spectacle of
himself. In addition to sightings of a lady (although we call her "the
lady in black," she is rather stylish and tends to change her clothes,
the Curator’s husband has seen her in blue), music has been heard in
the mansion (of the piano and music box variety) as well as footsteps.
At times one can also smell candles, perfume, apple pie, bourbon and
bacon.
Rineyville - Owsley
Rd. - Cemetery on top of the hill. Strange
noises are heard and many shadows resembling people watch you. Glowing
eyes occasionally seen of far side of the cemetery from your position.
If watching people leave the cemetery from the bottom of the hill a
ghostly figure will follow them out.
Rowletts - Hart
County - The old coats Plantation - This
place was built in 1810 there is a family grave yard behind the home
also a slave grave yard. Reports of being tapped on the shoulder when
alone in the cellar, ghostly mist, apparitions, hearing music, &
orbs in pictures.
Rowletts - The
Old Coats Plantation - Witnesses have
seen ghosts on different occasions, heard things being moved when no
one else is here. Reports of being tapped on the shoulder and he turned
around and no one was there. Apparitions of a slave walking across the
field, & heard music playing and a baby cry or children playing.
The latest thing that has occurred is ghosts and orbs appearing in
pictures. This home is on record at the Hart County Historical Museum.
Russellville - The Sexton House - This
house shares ground with a neighboring cemetery, and thus has some tie
to the graveyard. Several years ago a girl was struck by lightning in
the tower. On stormy nights her shadow appears inside the window when
the lightning shines against it. Because it drew so many onlookers over
the years the windows were painted over. But that didn't stop people
from coming. Nor did it stop the girl’s ghost from appearing inside the
window on stormy nights.
Salt Lick - Polksville
Cemetery - A cemetery where many of the
graves date back to the late 1800's. A glowing has been spotted by many
of the areas residents.
Salyersville - Mash Fork Cemetery - A
old Graveyard, where one peculiar grave glows! You can See this when
you drive by, or either when you get out and go look at it. Old
folklore say, that people had there doubts, so a person went and put a
coffee sack over, and it still glowed through.
Scottsville - 31e
bridge - it is told that if you pull up
on this bridge and turn your car off that it will roll completely off
the bridge. Because there was a old man crossing the bridge with a
horse and wagon the old bridge gave way and killed the old man so when
your car rolls off the bridge he is trying to push you off the bridge
to safety.
Shelbyville - Cry
Baby Bridge - When you cross cry baby
bridge you hear a baby's cry and if spread baby power on the roof of
your car you will see the foot prints of a dead baby, that was killed
in a car wreck alon with his mother.
Shepherdsville - Brooks Rd. Castle - Just
off of Brooks Road, just before you cross the railroad tracks there is
a turnoff to your right. Down a little further to your left is an old
house(more like castle with red pointed tower-like structures). You
can't see it from the road but you can pull right up next to the old
iron gates. It is said that the man who once lived there killed his
wife and children. Lack of evidence though, he could not be convicted.
If you pull up next the iron gates at night an scream at the gates, you
can hear the wife and children screaming for help! It is better that
you go alone. If you go alone it rules out all possibilities of echos.
Shepherdsville - Bullitt Central High School - When this small town was founded in the late 1700's,
the town built houses for the county's and town's officials (judges,
clerks, sheriff, etc.). This was on the site of present day Bullitt
Central High. Legend has it many executions took place on the site of
the gym before proper law had been established. Many eye-witnesses have
given reports of strange occurrences at the school late at night
including but not limited to: Outside doors suddenly opening, lights
turning on, footsteps, and voices throughout the large gym.
Shepherdsville - Cherry St. - ghostly
figures walking threw the forest at midnight across the mud path:
legends say people were murdered in the forest and if you listen
closely you can here people screaming for help!
Shepherdsville - Old Shepherdsville Cemetery by the River - There have been actual sightings of Ghostly figures in
old doctor uniforms walking around during full moons and otherwise
creepy nights.
Simpsonville - Whitney M. Young Job Corps Center - The old dormitory that is now being used as warehouse
is haunted by a teenage girl who committed suicide in her room after
being raped. Her boyfriend also committed suicide in the hallway. He
hung himself and she slit her wrists.
Slade - Tunnel
Ridge - As the story goes, about 5 years
ago a man from Ohio was up in the mountains of the Red River Gorge
enjoying the beauty and scenery of the mountains. As an inexperienced
rock climber, he decided to take his chances anyway and go climbing for
the day. For the most part, he had a pretty good day--until he decided
to climb down to the tunnel (otherwise known as the Nada Tunnel). It
was dark outside and he wasn't wearing any bright or distinctive
colored clothing and as his luck would have it, his rope broke. Just as
he was falling, a big green bus from the job corps came by and hit him
as he was falling. To this day, the tunnel still glows from his
presence. At 1:17am, the tunnel will glow for 13 minutes (the length of
time it took him to die). Witnesses say, as he was dying he mentioned
seeing "the glow". Now every year on October 29th, at 1:17am, the
tunnel glows.
Smithland - The
Cumberland Marine Hospital Mill Street near the school. Used to be a hospital during the war and people came
from all over to see a face in one of the windows that resembled the
likeness of God. A storm shattered the window, but people have heard
soldiers screaming on certain nights because they use to do amputations
and sometimes the people would die.
Spotsville - Spotsville
Baby - There is a lake down in Spotsville
Kentucky. Back in the 1800's It is said that a 13 year old girl had
gotten pregnant. And did not want her parents to find out. So she took
her baby to the lake, and drowned the baby by throwing it in the lake.
Now to this day. When you drive to the lake and park on the dock, turn
your car off and headlights. Have nothing on. The baby will crawl out
of the lake. Crawl on to your hood and peek inside of the windshield.
If you try to turn your car on at all. It wont start. Nothing will,
until the baby crawls back into the lake.
Springfield - St.
rose church - old church, one of the
oldest in the state. there are some spots that you feel like your being
watched, and cold spots.
Soldier - Mushroom
Mines - different ones - !!!DANGER
WARNING!!! - visitors report being chased by
a tall albino looking man out of mine, seeing distant lights in the
mines, kind of like eyes looking at them, and something would be thrown
and land right behind them. Extremely cold chills.
Somerset - fishing
creek road - two car links past the last
turnoff on left of road the road starts at a down hill grade when
passing through at reported time of 11:30pm at recorded speed of
15mph's looking through rear view mirror a figure of a ghostly man will
appear in back seat of your vehicle and will ride down to the end of
the road of fishing creek park and will remain in the vehicle until
returning him back to the curve where first sited.
Somerset - Soules
chapel- reports of an overwhelming
feeling of evil. Mist has been seen rising from some of the graves in
the cemetery behind the church. Voices that were not heard by the
people visiting the area have been picked on voice recorders. Orbs have
also been seen in the church, in the cemetery and in the wooded area
surrounding the church. - December 2003
Update: was burnt down last month by 2 kids.
Southgate - The
fiery house - This house was rebuilt
about 3 times and has been left abandoned at least 4 times. Story is an
old lonely grumpy mad lived and died there. About month or two later
they were fixing to sell it. After they fixed it all up there was a big
fire that started in the house, leaving every thing inside in ashes.
And every time the rebuild it, it burns down. People gave up for a
while and then tried again. So far it is doing good but u never know
when the old selfish man is going to start a fire and keep the house to
himself.
St. Mary’s - Marion
adjustment center - was an old college,
St. Mary’s College, now a prison complex. there have been reports of
old students walking the halls of the old dormitory, and feeling of
dread in the chapel.
Stanton - Ambulance
Service - About 50 years ago when this
building was being built, one of the workers who was building the
stairs that go up to the ambulance service, beside the police
department fell, crashing to his death. The other workers were afraid
that they would be blamed for his death, so they buried him under the
stairs where his remains are still said to be. At night you can hear
things coming from the stairs, there are cold spots and sometimes when
watching movies certain scenes are fast forwarded.
Stanton - Boone
Creek Woods - Several hunters have
reported seeing a hollow eyed woman in the woods. One even reported his
hunting dogs pinning the woman in a tree. The dogs barked as she stood,
perfectly, on one thin branch shrieking at the hunter.
Stanton - Lions
Club Park - Toward the back of the park,
park your car and stand there for a few minutes and you will hear
spirits walking around. You will also hear a ghost horse running but
you don't see it. You will hear weird noises as you walk through the
graveyard.
Tollesboro - The
Burtonville Cemetery - This cemetery is
located on Rt. 989, 7 miles south of Tollesboro. A feeling of gloom can
be felt as you walk through the cemetery. Shadow people have been seen
by many who visit. It has also been reported that some type of
elemental animal spirit has been both seen and heard.
Union - Larry
A. Ryle High School - When Ryle high
school was being built, there was a man that was working in the school
auditorium that fell many feet to his death. He was working on a
scaffold and some co-workers were talking to him one minute and the
next he was seen falling and screaming. Students can be walking alone
in the school and see the ghost of this man out of the side of their
eye. Also during school hours he is known to play with the light
switches and close doors. The custodians say that at nighttime they do
not go to the area of the school where he was killed due to very odd
vibrations and sightings.
University of Kent - Sorority Houses - A
glowing "help me" can be read clearly on the ceiling of the treasurers
bedroom and also the whistle of a past house mother who died in the
house, can be heard. She would wear the whistle at Monday night dinner
and blow it to give a lesson in etiquette...we can still hear the
whistle being blown in the house.
Van Meter - Auditorium
- The auditorium is reportedly haunted by
a man that fell to his death there while working on one of the
catwalks. Students, workers and performers have seen him.
Vanceburg - Slate
Hollow - Slate Poibt and Surrounding Hills - In the 1980's there were several sightings of a
hoofed, half man half deer or goat type creature roaming the area. It's
said that he/it was bringing in a new age of depression, death,
bitterness and even opening a portal to the dark realms itself. In the
same are and maybe the same being was sighted several times on the
Slate Hollow point in the area of a cabin that is long gone now. The
shape was the same but there was mentioning of glowing red eyes and
when this being was approached with out fear, he would turn into
several black birds and fly toward you. In a valley below the point was
a place that was and had been describe as completely barren and dead.
The trees, grass and even the branch of water was dry and gone. This
was said to be the opening to the portal. Screams could be heard.
Climate change, from warm to extreme cold. And a feeling of eyes all
around you watching you could be felt. It was told that the reason all
this attention had come to this area was do to the murder. But when
asked no one knew a name to give.
Vine Grove - Brown
Street Educational School - In the
downstairs bathroom there was a boy desperate and tired of being picked
on. He untied his shoestrings and hung himself in the 2nd stall from
the door. If you go to the school around 9pm when no one is there you
would notice his favorite classroom light on up stairs. And after night
school don't stay around the school for to long cause by personal
experience you will see the front door close and feel someone standing
right next to you. What makes it bad you can feel them breathing.
Walton - U.S.
Hwy 25 - There is a dilapidated yellow
house that sits on US 25 on the northern edge of Walton, Ky. Many
families have moved in, but none stay. It is said the ghost of a Civil
War General haunts the house, driving the would-be homesteaders out.
Warren - Bowling
Green - Russellville - Off of old
Russellville rd. There is a old haunted wooden bridge, When u drive
across it, It makes eerie sounds just put your car in neutral and let
it roll across. Also people say if u go to it at midnight and park, you
can see headlights come up out of the water from a woman who drove off
of it.
Warsaw - Gallatin
County - 2 miles west of Warsaw before the Markland Dam on US42 - Back in the 60’s a family was killed in a fire on
Friday nights around midnight occurrences have been reported, such as
fire truck sirens, seeing old fire trucks, flashing lights, voices, and
screaming.
Weeksbury - The
Hollow - at night you can hear a woman
screaming up the hollow. But there is never a woman there.
West Point - Ditto
House Inn - Currently a Bed and
Breakfast, was a hospital during the Civil War. Footsteps are heard,
men in uniform seen, also presence felt touching the guests.
West Point - Tioga
Falls - At night behind the bridge, Civil
War soldiers have been spotted walking and riding horses. There were
both confederate and union uniforms on these men and boys.
Wheelwright - Golf
Course Hollow - On a old Mining road
about a mile up the Hollow there is a gas road on the right, very easy
to miss. You can go up in the hollow and sometimes hear a clicking
sound. About five seconds after the clicking sound you can hear a sound
like a bear or a large pack of dogs breathing very hard and the sound
gets louder. It sounds like it is right on you ready to harm you, but
you cannot see a thing. You can just feel that something is present.
The whole time walking out you can still feel its presence. Sometimes
it will break branches or knock over small tree, but never to be seen.
It has happened in the daylight. The area has a history of weird
happenings.
Whitesburg - Woods
of westwood - back in the old days where
a area is at use to be called graveyard holler and there is 3
graveyards on this site some graves dating back to the civil war if you
go into the woods you can sometimes hear noises like gun shots firing
when no one is in the woods then you can see what looks to be civil war
dressed men running and disappearing.
Whitley City - Barren Fork - February
2004 correction: Formerly posted as "Barren Rd. Cemetery" - There is supposed to be a witch buried in the Grave
yard, there is a house built around her grave and there are times that
you can go and the house will be locked. And there are times you will
go and the house will not be locked...As you turn on the road it gets
very cold even in the Summer time- February
2004 correction – additional information: Her name was Anna Foster and
she died at the age of 28. In the last year or so her headstone has
been stolen and the shelter over her grave has been vandalized and
almost torn apart. It's sad and the submitter has nearly cry every time
they see it. They are looking into fixing the shelter themselves. But
they cannot afford to replace her headstone, unfortunately. Upon
research they have discovered that she is not the witch everyone
thinks. The "real" witch's grave is located just inside the woods next
to this cemetery. - Again, we
have to state that if you are going to investigate these places, have
respect for the people involved with these places. To destroy history,
and vandalize graves proves nothing but your foolishness.
Whitley City - Granny's
Old Farm House On School Road - In 1940's
two young men was shot to their death on the stairway while trying to
escape from law officials. The old house burned but a new house was
built in it's place. In this new house you sometimes see balls of
light, hear footsteps, and door slamming late at night.
Wilder - Bobby
Mackey's Music World - Said to be haunted
by a woman that was killed by Satanists there.
Williamsburg - Cumberland College - Archer Hall - It is rumored that a room on the first floor is
haunted. The cause of the haunting is unknown. It is reported that
posters fall off the wall no matter how much they're taped up, alarm
clocks will go off at midnight despite them being set for a different
time, cd players will come on by themselves, also different objects
within the room will become misplaced inexplicably.
Williamsburg - Cumberland College - Gillespie (Johnson)
Hall - CC is a small school...everyone knows
everyone else (1700 students). The freshman girls dorm has had several
incidences on the third floor where they see a girl who does not live
there. Sometimes the girl is crying and sometimes she just stares.
Other times she is there and disappears. Doors close and open, TV’s and
stereos come on and off, radios and computers turn on. Padlocked doors
are opened and then when you walk back by (minutes later) it will be
locked. Some days it is locked and you can see lights from underneath
the door leading up to the attic. It is rumored that she was a
cheerleader who got pregnant by a football player and instead of
leaving school (strict place here) she killed herself in the attic. She
supposedly lived on the third floor in 316. One girl who lived in that
room was engaged and at night she would take her ring off and put it on
the desk and every morning she would wake up to find it in the garbage.
Williamsburg - Gillespie Hall - In a
room on the first floor that was numbered 13 has since been painted
over that number and replaced with number 19. Things will be moved out
of its place, you can hear a girl singing very quietly which seems to
be opera, you can hear a violin being played, keys being placed on a
desk, pushing on the bottom of the bed, a mysterious foot print on
carpeted floor which seems to be wet will not go a way.
Williamsburg - Highland Park Cemetery - This
cemetery was moved when I-75 came through Williamsburg. It's a rather
large cemetery with one mausoleum, and several monuments. The graves
extend out beyond the cemetery gates and it seems as though the most
haunted area is beyond the gates. There is a strong vibe at night that
you shouldn't venture beyond the gates.
Williamsburg - Whitley County Middle School - On some days before any kind of break ( Christmas,
Summer, Fall, ect.) it is reported that a girl in a yellow dress that
will stand at the very end of the all the lockers outside the gym at
the ends of the stage and locker rooms. There is no known reason for
the girl to stand there. She is spotted singing quietly. Sometimes she
is even spotted running down the hallway screaming after school when
the school is nearly empty.
Williamsburg - Williamsburg Independent Schools - The school was built on an old cemetery, some of the
graves still reside on the grounds by the playground and football
field. There are many different stories. One of which states that an
Native American chief will appear at one end of the elementary hallway,
and ride his horse down to the end of the hallway and then disappear.
The gymnasium seems to be the next most haunted part of the school;
there are a lot of stories surrounding it. Lights turning on and off
and basketballs bouncing on their own.
Willisburg - Tathum
Springs Hotel - The Tathum Springs Hotel
was first built as a hot springs resort. A little girl died in the
creek that runs round the hotel on three sides. Her ghost has been
photographed in the window with an old man standing behind her with his
hand on her shoulder. - March 2008
Update: It burnt to the ground in 2006.
Winchester - Bluegrass
Heritage Museum - There is a former
medical clinic turned museum in downtown Winchester, Kentucky that
seems to be haunted. The stories range from footsteps around, and above
the listener to doors opening and closing themselves, and even
sightings of full body apparitions of former clinic employees. Moving
cold spots, fluctuating EMF readings, various orb photos, and such are
common in the building especially on the third floor. There have been
several very clear EVPs caught in and around the former operating room,
and in various places on the third floor of the building, as well as in
the former morgue area. The voices captured seem to be that of doctor
and nurses talking just before, or during a surgery, and of a man
screaming, and moaning in pain. Also, at least one home video exists of
heavy footsteps walking, and then running across the floor above the
listeners, and of a hallway door shutting itself, opening itself, and
then slamming its self shut. The most compelling evidence this video
holds is of a lock on the third floor hallway door unexplainably
unlatching its self right before your eyes, and the door slowly
opening. These events have been witnessed for decades, and by countless
numbers of people and as before stated even exists on video. The
building is currently open as a museum for historical tours
Tuesday thru Friday for a small admission fee, and plans are in the
works to do a half night paranormal tour for Halloween 2008.
Winchester - Conkwright
Middle - In the library up stairs a
friendly ghost haunts the library. The most trouble it ever gives
anybody is mysteriously shutting down computers.
Winchester - Ghost
Bridge - This old bridge, named Ghost
Bridge, is said to be haunted by 4 teenagers who were drinking and
smoking and jumped off the bridge to an untimely death. People have
seen the images of the 4 young teens walking below in the dark night.
Winchester - Jones
Nursery Road - There is a sharp curve in
the road where a car accident happened, killing the passengers in the
car. At midnight on a full moon, you can sit on the side of the road
down from the curve and wait for the ghost of a woman to appear and
walk from the curve toward your car. Witnesses say if you shut your car
off, you will have a hard time starting it again and leaving before she
can get to you. And if you leave your car running, the engine tries to
bog down and die. So far no one has stayed long enough for the ghost to
get to them.
Winchester - The
Tressels - This train bridge is said to be
haunted by a girl who was walking across the bridge with friends and
siblings when a train came; the others all jumped off, and she remained
to be killed by the oncoming train.
Winchester - Wal-Mart
- In 2003 there has been a suicide and a
murder there. the suicide was a man that walked into an isle and shot
himself. rumor is if you go to that isle you'll feel a cold wind rush
past you and get the sense some one is behind you. a man shot his
daughter in front of the store's doors for going with another man.
rumor for that is at night you can hear someone running and screaming
inside or in front of the store as if in need of help.
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