Alabama Ghosts and Haunted Places
Drish Mansion
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Several tragedies befell the Drish family including suicide, murder, and insanity, all within two generations.
Alabama Ghosts and Haunted Places
Sally Carter’s Ghost
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Sally was visiting her sister, Mary Ewing when she was struck down with a fatal illness. She died several weeks shy of her 16th birthday, on November 28, 1837.
Alabama Ghosts and Haunted Places
Adamsville Alabama
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Alabama seems to be a hotbed of paranormal activity. There are many different ghost stories linked to various different locations across Alabama, especially those that were formerly home to native Americans.
Alabama Ghosts and Haunted Places
The ‘Lady in Black’ Haunts an Old Cotton Gin in Prattville Alabama
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Prattville’s Lady in Black is one of the area’s most notorious legends. In the 1800s children often worked in factories and accidents were commonplace as well as deaths.
Willie Youngblood, a 10-year-old working in the mill, became a firsthand example of this. Youngblood fell to his death in one of the mills shafts. His mother threw herself from the dam just outside of the Pratt Mill. Her ghost is the Lady in Black.
Alabama Ghosts and Haunted Places
Ghost Bridge
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Ghost Bridge already appears terrifying and haunted simply by its dilapidated and decayed appearance. There are also several rumors from locals of a white mist that rises from the creek and lies atop the bridge.
Alabama Ghosts and Haunted Places
Jack Cole Road Most Haunted in Alabama
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Jack Cole Road is an unpaved road surrounded by dense woods and wilderness off Highway 7 in Blount County. Since 1890, 68 deaths. The next time you find yourself passing through Hayden, Alabama and come to Jack Cole Road, you might want to pass on by. Many strange and grisly happenings are still reported.
Alabama Ghosts and Haunted Places
Lucas Tavern
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Lucas’ Tavern – a popular old “watering spot”. It was located in Montgomery County in the town of Waugh and sat on the old Federal Road. The original building was moved to Montgomery in 1978 and is in Old Alabama Town.
Alabama Ghosts and Haunted Places
Old Bryce Hospital
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Screams, scuffling of feet and unexplained creaking of doors have been reported.
Alabama Ghosts and Haunted Places
Redmont Hotel
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Strange occurrences such as the opening of doors and movement of furniture or baggage have been reported by guests of the Redmont Hotel in Birmingham Alabama.
Alabama Ghosts and Haunted Places
The Tutwiler Hotel
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The Tutwiler Hotel ghost story began with the bartender who was in charge of closing up the kitchen every night. Every night he would turn off all the lights before he left. He began to notice that the lights would turn right back on. One night he turned the lights off five times and finally gave up and went home.
Alabama Ghosts and Haunted Places
Sloss Furnaces
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After his disappearance, workers continuously complained of an “unnatural presence” in the worksite, and some complained of being pushed from behind or being told by a mysterious voice to “get back to work.”
Alabama Ghosts and Haunted Places
Sloss Furnaces
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A total of 47 workers lost their lives and numerous others lost their ability to work due to horrific accidents, including an explosion that left six blind. The rumor is that workers, fed up with their daunting and dangerous nights, fed Slag into the furnace in October of 1906.
Alabama Ghosts and Haunted Places
Albertville Alabama Avenue Middle School
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Alabama Avenue Middle School is haunted for unknown reasons. At night, doors are known to slam on their own, accompanied by flickering lights. Students at the school have reported locking their lockers, heaving, and then coming back to find their lockers unlocked.
Alabama Ghosts and Haunted Places
Boyington Oak
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The Boyington Oak is a historic Southern live oak in Mobile, Alabama. In a city with many live oaks that are famous for their age and size, the Boyington Oak stands out as a singular example of one famous for the folklore surrounding its origin.
Ghost stories about the tree claim that visitors have reported hearing crying and whispering sounds emanating from the vicinity of the tree.