Ghost & Haunting Reports in Tennessee
7 nightmarks documented
Thomas House Hotel — the haunted inn of Red Boiling Springs, Tennessee
Children laugh in empty halls, and a stern figure stands over sleeping guests in Room 37 — this 1890 Tennessee spa hotel is frozen in haunted time.
The Bell Witch — America's most famous poltergeist in Adams, Tennessee
The Bell Witch spoke, quoted scripture, and claimed to have murdered John Bell — America's most famous poltergeist even scared off Andrew Jackson.
Rose Mont — the haunted Victorian mansion of Gallatin, Tennessee
A Victorian woman watches from the upper windows of this perfectly preserved 1889 mansion — footsteps and rustling skirts echo through Gallatin's haunted gem.
Carnton Mansion — the bloodstained floors of Franklin, Tennessee
The blood of Civil War soldiers still stains the floors — 10,000 casualties in five hours left an imprint at Carnton that 160 years cannot erase.
Orpheum Theatre — the ghost of Mary, Memphis's eternal audience member
Mary was killed by a streetcar in the 1920s and took her seat in the Orpheum — seat C-5 has been hers ever since, and performers see her watching.
Hales Bar Dam — Tennessee's most haunted hydroelectric dam
Workers died building this leaking 1913 dam — now phantom machinery runs and shadow figures move behind the windows of the abandoned powerhouse.
Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary — Tennessee's most brutal haunted prison
James Earl Ray escaped from here. Others never left — their screams still echo through the cell blocks of Tennessee's most brutal prison.