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Haunted places in Arkansas

Explore 60 haunted places in Arkansas. Read ghost stories, local history, source notes, and visiting information in the PHASM Haunted Atlas.

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• 1886 Crescent Hotel & Spa

  Eureka Springs, Arkansas · Hotel

  Michael in Room 218, Theodora near Room 419 and nurses in the corridors populate the Crescent’s ghost stories. Official tours lead through a hotel whose past includes a college and hospital.

• Arkansas Methodist Medical Center

  Paragould, Arkansas · Hospital

  HauntedPlaces.org collects reports of a small blond boy in pajamas on the medical center's fourth floor, sometimes described as playing or searching for a kitten. Other accounts mention an elderly woman and a Confederate soldier, with sightings both inside the building and on its grounds.

• Arkansas Tech University

  Russellville, Arkansas · Other

  HauntedPlaces.org records several Arkansas Tech traditions, led by Caraway Hall's attic noises, staircase footsteps and whispers. Tucker Coliseum has a separate campus story about disturbed seating and basketballs, while Witherspoon Hall is associated with piano music attributed to a former student. Research/access context: The account offers competing, unverified explanations for Caraway's activity, which should not be repeated as established history. This campus profile groups the named traditions rather than counting every building or spirit as a new attraction. Residence halls and practice spaces require appropriate permission.

• Arlington Resort Hotel

  Hot Springs, Arkansas · Hotel

  A visitor-submitted account at HauntedPlaces.org gives the Arlington several recurring figures: a child in pink in the lobby, a bride looking toward the street, and a bellman said to pass through a closed door. A suited man reportedly appears in the laundry and waves at workers. Other stories concern laughter, unexplained touches and lights or taps operating without an apparent cause. The same account says staff rejected the haunting claim, an important distinction between the hotel's reputation among storytellers and an official position.

• Avon Cemetery

  De Queen, Arkansas · Cemetery

  Avon Cemetery's principal legend concerns a mother and child associated with an old well. HauntedPlaces.org retells a story in which the child fell into the water and the mother's figure later appeared moving through the burial ground. Crying attributed to the child is the other recurring feature. Research/access context: Neither the drowning nor the apparition is established by the directory's account. The well and cemetery belong to the same location, and the folklore is not an invitation to throw objects, disturb graves or enter after hours.

• Baker House Bed and Breakfast

  North Little Rock, Arkansas · Hotel

  Baker House stories include a woman in white reportedly appearing during weddings and a construction-worker figure called Jefferson. In the community account published by HauntedPlaces.org, these apparitions accompany cold patches, doors moving without a visible person and the sounds of children at play. Research/access context: The names and roles are part of the building's reported lore rather than independently confirmed identities. The former bed-and-breakfast and house are one location. Current lodging, event use and permission for any investigation need to be checked separately from the historical ghost reports.

• Basin Park Hotel

  Eureka Springs, Arkansas · Hotel

  A century-old Ozark hotel invites curious guests to investigate its reputedly haunted rooms with an organized paranormal team.

• Bauxite Historical Association Museum

  Bauxite, Arkansas · Other

  The Bauxite museum's reported activity is closely tied to experiences of people inside the building. HauntedPlaces.org recounts disembodied footsteps and an employee's startling impression that something jumped onto her back as she was preparing to leave.

• Bono Bridge

  Bono, Arkansas · Road or bridge

  Bono Bridge survives in regional ghost stories even though HauntedPlaces.org reports that the structure was demolished in 2011. The remembered experience involved looking toward approaching trains beneath the bridge and feeling that they were coming directly at the observer. Stories also mention figures and unexplained sounds near the former crossing. Research/access context: The source adds unverified ritual allegations, which are not treated here as historical fact. This is a former-site profile; it must not be presented as a bridge visitors can still stand on.

• Capital Hotel

  Little Rock, Arkansas · Hotel

  Capital Hotel lore includes a worker-like presence and a young woman whom storytellers associate with a fatal fall. A community submission on HauntedPlaces.org says the woman appears in guest rooms and is linked with luggage being moved, while cries and other disturbing sounds have been reported elsewhere in the building. Research/access context: The source does not establish the woman's identity or document the circumstances of a death. These remain hotel ghost stories. A reservation or public restaurant visit is not permission to investigate other guests' rooms or service areas.

• Chester House Inn and Antiques

  Chester, Arkansas · Other

  Chester House lore includes two women in old-fashioned clothing reportedly seen waving from an upper floor. A community account at HauntedPlaces.org calls them Pearl and Ruby and links them with a supposed earlier use of the building, a connection that remains unverified. Another figure, called Clarence, is associated with nighttime footsteps and a balcony death story.

• Collins Theatre

  Paragould, Arkansas · Theater

  The Collins Theatre's reported haunting is unusually quiet: HauntedPlaces.org describes an elderly couple sitting together in the balcony while rehearsals are underway. The figures are interpreted locally as former owners, although the short account supplies no evidence confirming their identities. Research/access context: The story associates the haunting with the experience of performing in an otherwise sparsely occupied theater rather than with violence or a named tragedy. This is a community-reported apparition tradition. Rehearsal and backstage spaces should not be treated as public investigation areas.

• Conway Cemetery

  Bradley, Arkansas · Cemetery

  Conway Cemetery's ghost tradition concerns voices heard when no speaker can be found. HauntedPlaces.org places these reports in the burial ground commemorating Arkansas's first governor, James Sevier Conway, and connects them with an alleged execution tree. That supposed origin remains part of the local legend. Research/access context: The account connects the voices with an alleged execution tree, but supplies no evidence establishing that explanation. The historical cemetery and the supernatural story should therefore be distinguished. This record covers the cemetery and associated park as one location, with no claim that nighttime access or paranormal investigations are permitted.

• Cotter Bridge

  Cotter, Arkansas · Road or bridge

  Cotter Bridge's ghost lore contains several images rather than a single explanatory story. HauntedPlaces.org mentions a woman apparently pursued by dogs, children seen near the railway below, unexplained footsteps and infant-like crying.

• Crossett Railroad Tracks

  Crossett, Arkansas · Other

  The Crossett story centers on a moving light, described in HauntedPlaces.org's account as swinging like a lantern along the railroad corridor. Local tellers connect it with a railway death and imagine a headless man searching for what he lost. A distinctive detail is that the glow supposedly disappears near an observer and returns farther along its path. Research/access context: This is attributed railroad folklore, not an established explanation for a light. Railroad property is hazardous and is not made accessible by a ghost-story listing.

• DeSoto Rock and Gift Shop

  Hot Springs, Arkansas · Other

  A first-person submission at HauntedPlaces.org describes recurring unexplained experiences at the DeSoto Rock and Gift Shop. The writer, identifying themselves as an employee, recounts finding an unusually small handprint on a phone after leaving it on a desk and says earlier investigations produced recordings and images interpreted as paranormal.

• Evergreen Cemetery

  Judsonia, Arkansas · Cemetery

  Evergreen Cemetery's best-known story concerns its large angel monument. HauntedPlaces.org records a claim that the figure seems to look directly toward nighttime observers and that its eyes sometimes appear red. Research/access context: The entry does not identify a ghost or establish that the statue physically changes, so the account is presented as monument folklore and a reported perception. It is one cemetery location, not a separate profile for the statue. Visitors should respect the burial ground and its hours, without touching monuments or attempting a nighttime challenge.

• Fort Chaffee

  Fort Smith, Arkansas · Other

  Fort Chaffee's paranormal reputation includes reported apparitions and other unusual experiences within its military setting. HauntedPlaces.org notes that the site attracted a televised ghost investigation, but its short entry does not establish the identity of any spirit or a specific incident behind the reports. Research/access context: The history of military use and later screen productions should not itself be taken as evidence of haunting. This is a location-level reputation profile. The training installation and any separately operated historic attractions have different access rules; no unrestricted entry is implied.

• Forum Theatre

  Jonesboro, Arkansas · Theater

  Jonesboro's Forum Theatre is associated with a mischievous presence known as Charlie. HauntedPlaces.org identifies the venue as the former Strand Theatre, later acquired by the city and renamed, and records the continuing ghost reputation under its newer name. Research/access context: The short entry does not establish Charlie's human identity or a cause for the supposed haunting. Forum, Strand and Craighead Company references are therefore consolidated here rather than counted separately. Performances may provide ordinary visitor access, but backstage and technical areas require explicit permission from the operator.

• Fredonia Cemetery

  Mountain View, Arkansas · Cemetery

  Fredonia Cemetery's reported phenomena include voices, unexplained sounds and a feeling of unease. HauntedPlaces.org also records a distinctive observation: flags on graves supposedly moving when observers perceive no surrounding breeze.

• Gurdon Light

  Gurdon, Arkansas · Other

  The Gurdon Light is an intermittent glow associated with a railroad corridor near town. HauntedPlaces.org describes a yellowish orb and records two competing railway-worker explanations: a man struck by a train and a foreman killed in a dispute. In the familiar supernatural version, the glow becomes a lantern carried by a searching spirit. Research/access context: The conflicting origin stories should remain visible rather than being combined into a single historical claim. This profile documents the light tradition; it does not authorize walking on tracks or railway structures.

• Henderson State University

  Arkadelphia, Arkansas · Other

  Henderson State's Lady in Black tradition links a spectral visitor with a doomed relationship between students at rival colleges. HauntedPlaces.org retells the story as an apparition returning during homecoming week after the relationship ended tragically. Research/access context: Its wording is inconsistent about the characters, so this profile retains the central campus tradition without asserting a verified death or biography. The haunting is a university legend connected with a recurring social occasion. It should not be confused with evidence of an identifiable student or permission to enter residential buildings.

• Hickory Valley Methodist Church

  Cave City, Arkansas · Other

  The central Hickory Valley story is the sound of a service continuing without a visible congregation. A community report published by HauntedPlaces.org describes hymn-singing around the small wooden church when nobody appears to be present. It also mentions figures interpreted as children. Research/access context: The nearby cemetery contributes to the setting but is not counted as a second haunting. No particular historical event is verified as the origin of the reported sounds. This is an attributed church tradition, with present access and any interior visit requiring permission.

• Hitchhiker of Highway 365

  Woodson, Arkansas · Other

  Highway 365 near Woodson carries an Arkansas version of the vanishing-hitchhiker tale. As retold by HauntedPlaces.org, a young woman requests a ride home during stormy weather, only to disappear when the driver reaches the destination. Someone at the house then explains that the passenger died in an earlier crash. Research/access context: The unsettling encounter and delayed recognition are the substance of the legend; the source does not establish a particular victim or address. This is a roadway tradition, and no private home should be mapped from it.