Haunted Places in North Carolina
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North Carolina’s haunted places stretch from the mountains to the coast, and that range gives the state an especially rich paranormal identity. Lighthouses, battle sites, inns, colleges, old mansions, and Blue Ridge backroads all come with stories of ghosts and unexplained activity. If you are looking for haunted places in North Carolina, this guide covers eerie destinations, local legends, and spooky history from across the Tar Heel State.
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Charlie Below Decks: The Haunted USS North Carolina
Nine decks of steel sit in the Cape Fear River across from downtown Wilmington, and for roughly six decades the haunted USS North Carolina…
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The Ghost Cat on the Stairs: Cape Hatteras Lighthouse
Few American landmarks are as instantly recognizable as the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, the black-and-white spiral tower standing on the Outer Banks of North Carolina.…
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Room 256: Dr. Jacocks and the Carolina Inn, Chapel Hill
The Carolina Inn sits at the edge of the University of North Carolina campus in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, a red brick building with…
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The 1922 Telescope That Explained the Brown Mountain Lights
Almost every famous ghost light in America has a scientist somewhere in its past who was ignored. The Brown Mountain lights of North Carolina…
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Cries in the Pediatric Ward: Spruce Pine’s Old Davis Hospital
For decades the Old Davis Hospital sat empty on a rise in Spruce Pine, North Carolina, a brick shell that went from being one…
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Where Nothing Grows: The Devil’s Tramping Ground in Chatham County
Drive the back roads of Chatham County long enough and someone will point you toward the Devil’s Tramping Ground, a bare ring of earth…
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Lucas and the Moon Room: Dana Auditorium Ghosts
Ask around Guilford College late in the semester and someone will bring up the music building. The Dana Auditorium ghosts are campus currency in…
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Biltmore Estate Ghosts: the Lady in Pink and the Music Room
Ask about Biltmore Estate ghosts in Asheville and you get a short list of stories that circulate among visitors and tour-goers rather than anything…
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Paint Rock Pictographs and the Singing in the Woods
The Paint Rock pictographs sit on a bluff where North Carolina runs out and Tennessee begins, above a bend in the French Broad River…
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A Lift Home That Never Ends: Lydia’s Bridge, Jamestown
Ask around Guilford County long enough and someone will tell you about Lydia’s Bridge, the low span on the edge of Jamestown, North Carolina,…
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Haunted Attmore-Oliver House: New Bern’s 1790 Landmark
Reputation outruns evidence at the haunted Attmore-Oliver House, a white three-story frame building on Broad Street in New Bern, North Carolina. The documented history…
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Fort Fisher
Exploring Fort Fisher: A Civil War Relic with a Haunted Legacy Perched near Kure Beach in North Carolina, Fort Fisher carries the echoes of…
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Grove Park Inn
Exploring the Mystic and Majestic Grove Park Inn Located in the enchanting city of Asheville, North Carolina, the Grove Park Inn stands as a…