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Haunted places in Mississippi

Explore 50 haunted places in Mississippi. Read ghost stories, local history, source notes, and visiting information in the PHASM Haunted Atlas.

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• 1905 City Hall

  Bay St. Louis, Mississippi · Other

  Restaurant workers described glasses and jars falling or flying from counters and doors moving unexpectedly in the former jail area. Ghost Chasers of Mississippi investigated those reports in 2014.

• Amory Regional Museum

  Amory, Mississippi · Other

  Southern Spirit Guide recounts sightings and sounds attributed to Dr. M. Q. Ewing, a former chief of staff when this museum building was a hospital. Local investigators held benefit investigations here in 2013.

• Amos Deason House

  Ellisville, Mississippi · Historic house

  Accounts connect the home’s reputation to the killing of Confederate officer Amos McLemore. Visitors have reported unexplained voices, cold spots and apparitions, while stories about bloodstains in the house are a central part of its haunting tradition.

• Anchuca

  Vicksburg, Mississippi · Hotel

  An owner’s friend reportedly watched a decorative mask lift from the wall, hover and fall. Another tale describes mysterious leaking water ending after hidden family portraits were discovered. A female apparition also appears in the house’s collected stories.

• Beauvoir

  Biloxi, Mississippi · Historic house

  Reports collected by Powell describe Jefferson Davis appearing in the main hall, apparitions identified as Varina and Winnie Davis, and a soldier on the grounds. Investigators also reported a rocking chair moving during a 2014 visit.

• Cedar Grove Mansion

  Vicksburg, Mississippi · Hotel

  Collected accounts describe unexplained pipe smoke, a woman on the stairs, children playing and an infant crying. Some versions identify the male presence as John Klein, who built the house; other accounts describe a former tour guide.

• Chapel of the Cross

  Madison / Mannsdale, Mississippi · Cemetery

  The churchyard’s best-known story concerns a grieving woman seen weeping at her fiance’s grave after he died before their wedding. The haunting belongs to the romantic folklore associated with Helen Johnstone and Henry Vick.

• Cinemark Movies 8 at Barnes Crossing

  Tupelo, Mississippi · Theater

  Lola, the cinema’s reputed female ghost, is blamed for moving objects and peering into a break-room trashcan. A more retiring male presence is said to occupy the projection room.

• Corinth Battlefield

  Corinth, Mississippi · Other

  Alan Brown’s account, summarized by Powell, describes a reenactor hearing phantom cavalry and later somebody rummaging through her tent. The story belongs to the battlefield, rather than to a verified individual monument.

• Duff Green Mansion

  Vicksburg, Mississippi · Historic house

  The Shadowlands community index records apparitions of Union and Confederate soldiers, along with former owners, in this mansion associated with the siege-era hospital story.

• Dunleith

  Natchez, Mississippi · Hotel

  Miss Percy is the estate’s legendary unhappy houseguest. Cook Ella Mae Green described a white-gowned figure with an obscured face; stories also tell of harp music and breaking glass. Reports from the carriage house describe additional apparitions.

• Errolton

  Columbus, Mississippi · Historic house

  Lore says Nellie Weaver’s diamond-scratched signature returned after the window bearing it was broken and replaced.

• Fairview Inn

  Jackson, Mississippi · Hotel

  The state tourism account describes guests reporting voices, sudden temperature shifts and furniture moving overnight. It also notes a 2018 investigation by the Mississippi Paranormal Research Institute.

• Frank W. Williams House

  Meridian, Mississippi · Historic house

  Powell records visitors attributing uncanny sensations to former owners Frank and Mamie Williams after the house was relocated.

• Friendship Cemetery

  Columbus, Mississippi · Cemetery

  Powell recounts a soldier patrolling military graves and an angel statue whose hand supposedly feels alive.

• Glenwood Cemetery

  Yazoo City, Mississippi · Cemetery

  The Witch of Yazoo legend tells of a woman promising to return and burn the town. Local storytelling connects that curse with the 1904 fire and the broken chains around her supposed grave. Folklore, not evidence that a woman caused the historical fire.

• Grand Opera House

  Meridian, Mississippi · Theater

  Stories describe a woman singing in the empty theater and an apparition resembling the painted woman above the stage.

• Highland House

  Columbus, Mississippi · Historic house

  Powell cites a local ghost-tour report of purported spirit voices recorded inside this residence.

• Hinds County Courthouse

  Jackson, Mississippi · Other

  A 1947 newspaper account reproduced by Powell describes custodians meeting disappearing figures in the basement. One reported a translucent man wearing a black hood; others described a figure passing through a locked doorway.

• King’s Tavern

  Natchez, Mississippi · Other

  Madeline is the famous female spirit in the tavern’s lore. Reports describe moving objects, unexplained reflections and a warm empty bed. A local paranormal researcher challenges Madeline’s supposed history while documenting an older family account of a veiled woman appearing beside a bed. The Post House is an earlier name of the same location. Do not create a duplicate. Madeline’s identity and alleged murder are disputed.

• Kuhn Memorial Hospital site

  Vicksburg, Mississippi · Hospital

  Powell recounts reporter Therese Apel finding the word help written backward in dust on an autopsy table. Other investigations and filming sessions at the abandoned hospital reportedly recorded unexplained voices.

• Lee County Library

  Tupelo, Mississippi · Other

  Powell, citing librarian George Eberhart, reports displaced books and books disappearing from the return slot. The legend identifies former property owner John Mills Allen as the mischievous presence.

• Lincoln Home

  Columbus, Mississippi · Historic house

  Accounts collected by Powell describe a white-clad woman and a dark cloud drifting through the parlor.

• Lyric Theatre

  Tupelo, Mississippi · Theater

  The theater’s lore includes objects disappearing and returning in improbable places. One director reportedly found missing keys tucked into a telephone stand after a long search. The building’s use as emergency shelter and medical space after the 1936 tornado forms the backdrop to its reputation.