Arkansas's Haunted Locations
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The
following places are REPORTED Haunted but can not be confirmed
or denied at this time. All comments in Yellow
indicate a location on this list we have some knowledge
of.
Altus - Ozark
- High School Stage - At
the Ozark High School the stage used for musicals and
plays is supposed
to be haunted by a student who longed to be in a production.
The director never cast him and the boy told the director
that one day he would be on stage. He later moved from
the district and later died in a car wreck. They say about
a week before production, things are misplaced and missing
but he never disturbs anything the nights of the production
Arkadelphia - Henderson State University
- Arkansas Hall - haunted by Simon, who haunts
the theater. He is particularly fond of the balcony section,
where he flips seats, giggles, and makes footsteps. He
is also known to drop harmless objects, such as newspapers,
onto the stage from the ceiling. And A girls haunts the
dorms at night searching for her lost love. After he left
her, she just wasted away.
Arkadelphia - Ouachita Baptist University
- there have been claims of orbs in the basement, eyes
in the corners, blood on walls of most of the dorms, and
windows of the dorms (especially girls' dorms) breaking
at night with no explanation as to why they are broken.
Hauntings seem to happen mostly at night, although people
have spotted orbs in the basement night and day.
Bald Knob - Shady Grove Cemetery - When you first
walk in the entrance you are greeted by a cold burst of
air even in the night the crickets don't go there. On
Halloween you can hear voices trying to get to there holy
resting place.
Batesville - Liberty Baptist Church/Cemetary
- Throught the years there has been mysterious lights
in the cemetary and an old woman can be seen,usually through
the summer months, in a rocking chair in the upstairs
window. The gravel road in front of Lberty is also rumored
to be haunted by a young woman who had been killed in
the early 1900's. A little boy has also been seen in the
cemetary and has showed in pictures that had been shot
in the cemetery. Lights turn on and off mysteriously in
the church.
Batesville - Lyon College
- Used to be an old orphanage and burnt down in the early
1900's. Said that late at night up in the chapel you can
hear (what sounds like) a rocking chair going back and
forth. Then down in the auditorium on a certain night
the walls look like they are burning down. Around the
chapel there are 4 posts and there's only a shadow of
3. children's voices, laughing and screaming has also
been heard.
Beebe - Arkansas State University
- Beebe Princess Hall - Second Floor - Someone
or something was heard running down the hall and screaming
no one else heard besides one person. Some unknown being
nudged a residents bed then there was scratching heard
on her desk next to her. Her roomate heard none of this.
One resident reported someone trying to open their door
forcefully. When she got up no one was even spotted near
the scene. Right after she got back from checking her
door the air conditioner that had never made funny noises
suddenly began making creepy knocking noises.
Benton - woman was killed
the day of her wedding and when you go down the road in
saline county in Benton going towards Sheridan on the
second bridge at night time when it is raining all you
have to do is flash your lights on and off twice and she
will appear in her white wedding gown.
Bentonville - Peel Museum
- Haunted by the former owner, the museum, open to the
public, has light poltergeists and corner of the eye apparitions.
Benton - Saline Memorial Hospital
- The smell of foul odors can be found in the hallways
of the sixth floor. Also doors slam without notice. Water
sometimes drips from the ceiling even thought it is not
raining outside. Cries for help can be heard coming from
rooms that are not occupied.
Berryville - Berryville High School
- The gym of Berryville high school the old gym is haunted
by some kids. all of my friends are afraid to even go
in the building. Weird sounds have been heard in the old
gym.
Bigolow - old gym - there
was a little boy that was playing baketball.by acccident
he threw theball up and it broke the glass.he went up
to get it.a piece of glass went in to him.if you go in
the attice you can hear a boy screaming.if you listen
closly you can hear a pione playing.the gym has been hanted
seens 1932.
Bono - Bono Bridge - If you
stand on the bridge and look down the railroad tracks
underneath it the train supposedly looks as if it is about
to hit you before it goes under the bridge, this is what
its famous for. Also there are many rumors of satanic
rituals being preformed out there, spawning apparitions
and unknown noises at night.
Bradley - Conway Cemetery
- you can here voices at midnight on a full moon there
is a tree that they hung people on you can here a lot
of things.
Camden - Burkett's House
- Established in late 1800's, in the French port community
near Camden. Home to a young girl that was allegedly beaten
by parents, locked in her upstairs room until dying of
starvation during the civil war era. Tales from travelers
swore of ghastly sounds coming from the home and strange
mishaps have occurred to passing vehicles even to this
present day. The young girl is supposedly buried in an
unmarked grave across the road from the house in Jones
Cemetery. The Cemetery itself has its own reports of strange
occurrences such as if you turn your vehicles motor off,
it may not start again and missing mechanical parts to
vehicles after entering the Cemetery's gate.
Camden - Cemetery - You go
to the back of the cemetery and find the tombstone of
Dracula. It is very dark and it has to be quiet. You sit
on the actual grave and you get the feeling you are being
pulled under. Then if you look at the big tree beside
the grave, look at the big branch and you can see where
a woman was hung. You may even see her swinging there
still.
Camden - The factory by the river
- Various orbs can be seen at night, People can be seen
down the hallways, Voices and an old-fashioned telephone
can be heard at night. Doors and cabinets open by themselves.
Lights turn on and off by themselves.
Camden - the railroad track light
- the ghost hunting all ways appear on halloween night
a mysterious light always appear is like somebody is holding
a flash light but really there is nobody there just air
possibly somebody die on the tracks and looking for a
way home the location is the track is right across the
street form the Pepsi Place but only appears at nights
Cave City - Witches Hollow
- Its called Witches Hollow by the townspeople because
legend has it that in the abandoned like village houses,
a witch practiced her magic it is said that she murdered
her husband and died later. Many people have reported
seeing her walking along the road...you can still visit
the old village and houses
Charlette - Charlette Baptist Church
- A worker has been found hanging in midair with chains
around his neck. Strange noises have been heard in the
church as well as the cemetery. Children's voices have
been heard in the schoolroom when empty and an apparition
of a preacher that passed away has been seen at the pulpit.
Clarksville - American Legion Hall
- It is said if you sleep under the American Legion Hall
(camp) you will see and hear ghosts of the old stronghold.
Coal Hill - Opossum Walk cemetery
- You can go up to the gates in the middle of winter,
and they will be hot to the touch. There is a trail that
goes completely around the cemetery, when you walk it
either in the night or day, you can hear somebody walking
behind you. You can hear whispering and grunting. If you
are luck you can see glimpses out of the corner of your
eye of someone standing there looking straight at you,
but when you turn to see who it is there is no one there.
Conway - Hendrix College - Galloway
Hall - Rumour has it that a ghost of a young woman
nicknamed the "Galloway Virgin" resides in the attic.
Oftentimes one can feel a presence in the halls late at
night and noises--such as someone walking in the attic--can
be heard. Cold rushes are frequent and one can even sense
an immense feeling of sadness when walking up the stairs
toward the locked attic.
Conway - Nursing Home - Hearing
children laughing and playing. Unexplained doors opening
and closing. Bursts of cold air embrace you as you enter
certain halls.
Conway - University of Central Arkansas
- Hughes Hall - Room 219 - Appliances turn on by
themselves and you can feel a presence in the room. Water
comes on while no one is near the sink. A person residing
in the room can feel someone lay down next to them at
night. Objects have flown across the room. one has even
felt someone pull her belt loop! things are misplaced
and objects blow when there is no air on or window open.
Cotter - Historic Cotter Bridge/
Springs - reports of an apparition of a woman being
chased by hounds, children playing on the train tracks
below, and Sounds of a baby crying, also hear footsteps
and see footprints but no one is there. PSA
has investigated this alleged haunting. Historic Records
show 2 deaths related to the building of the bridge. However,
we find no reason so suspect this location as Haunted
or for that matter to hold ANY Paranormal Anomolies. Appears
to be Internet Urban Legend in our honest opinion.
Crossett - railroad
tracks - A light is seen at night going up and
down the tracks. It is said that a man that got hit by
a train and lost his head is searching for it. The light
appears to be swinging as if someone is holding it and
you can stand in it's path and it disappears as it gets
to you and then reappears behind you continuing on it's
path.
Dardanelle - Dardanelle High School
- Footsteps in the ceiling, strange shadows walking through
the back of the gym and cafeteria and screaming from behind
the curtain in the stage.
DeQueen - Avon Cemetery -
There is a well in the middle, that if you drop a rock
in it at night, you can hear a baby cry. There have been
some people say you can even see & hear the babies
mother running through the grave yard, near the old burned
down church. The story is told that a woman was in at
the well, drawing out water, before it was a grave yard,
getting water out-of-the well, she sat the child on the
edge, & the baby fell in & drown.
Dover - Dover Lights - The
ghosts of Spanish Conquistadors search for their lost
gold in a valley in the Ozark foothills.
Dyer - the over pass to the Almo
compound - when you come back across the bridge
put your car in neutral and something pulls your car over
the bridge.
Eagle River - North Slope Saloon - There is a mysterious
"lady in yellow" who appears during after-hours. It becomes
angry if it is mentioned.
Eureka Springs - The Crescent Hotel
- The Crescent Hotel used to be a mental hospital. At
the balcony, a female patient jumped to her death because
one of the doctors was molesting her. Bodies were burned
in the furnace of the hospital (hotel now). People, today,
reserve rooms to actually see if it is spooky. One lady
reserved her a room and told her that she has to sign
a contract saying that the hotel staff are not responsible
for any accidents or mishaps during their stay. She supposedly
died that night in her room cause she had a terrifying
nightmare. She supposedly died of a stroke because she
was terrified so badly. PSA
has investigated this alleged haunting see our investigation
page for updates.
Eureka Springs
- Crescent Hotel - Room 218 - is haunted by an
Irishman named Michael. On the 2nd floor a ghost of a
nurse pushing a person on a bed. As well as ghostly senses
of a business man walking around in the lobby, a man pushing
his wife down a flight of stairs, and a school girl who
was pushed out of a window to her death. This place also
used to be a cancer hospital. The founder of the cancer
hospital was "Dr." Norman Baker was said to have buried
his cancer patients under the floor of the old hospital
morgue. He also used to have 2 St. Bernard dogs with him
and they died in the hotel. Sometimes people have reported
feeling cold wisps of air hit their legs as if being licked
by a dog. Witnesses report to have seen Baker in the
basement part of the hotel while going on a ghost tour.
Some old women are said to pull their rocking chairs into
one of the hallways in the middle of the night and have
a chat. Investigation Continues
Evansville -
Split well - It is said that a little girl fell
into this well when she was playing with her dog. The
well is in a field and split down the middle. You can
hear the little girl crying and get the impression that
your not supposed to be there
Fayettville - Private Residence
- As for reported activity hearing the stairs creaking
like someone is walking on them. Laying in bed felt
like someone putting pressure on chest. Sounds of someone
in Kitchen at various times when no one else what home.
The Pet Dog would growl when the Steps creaked.
PSA and API have conducted
an investigation here. See the photo, video and audio
links for any collected data on this location.
Fairbanks - Westmark Hotel - In
room 277 - there is a ghost that is probably a
large man. ghost was active mostly at night. He pushed
lightly on their bed and poked one of them on the shoulder.
One of them heard something on the floor, like a person
running his finger along the carpet. There were other
small noises that could not be explained. There was no
one staying in the next room that could have made any
sounds either.
Fort Smith - Judge Parker Court
House - Judge Isaac Parker, that hanged around
80 people here haunts the court house (that is now a museum)
as well as the people he hanged. You can sometimes see
the ropes at the gallows sway back and fourth with no
wind. Also, you can hear the banging of Parkers gavel
in the courthouse.
Gassville - Baxter County Heritage
Museum - Reports of coldspots, lights turning off
and on by themselves as well as the smell of cigar smoke
(its a smoke free structure). And a report of a Blue Haze/
Smoke so thick the building was thought to be on fire,
only to find no fire and the smoke just vanish. PSA
has been onsite, and still reviewing the collected data.
Grant County
- Ico Cemetery - Located off Grant 58 in Ico. Reports
of lights, gravestones being relocated, a feeling of being
chased from the cemetery, and ghost cars following you
back down 58 towards the highway.
Grant County - Old Redfield Road
- Reports of everything and anything, from ghosts wandering
the road, apparitions in the cemetery, flashlights and
radios going dead with no explanation while in the actual
cemetery. An actual experience within the family occurred
when driving down the road and the hood of the car flew
open for no apparent reason, other than passing the "haunted"
cemetery. Upon arriving home, they found nothing wrong
with the car that would have caused the hood to unlatch.
Grant County - Prague Cemetery
- Located off Prague Road (off 270 E). Reports of voices,
lights and faces in the trees, and ghost trains actually
barreling through the cemetery itself. There is also a
rumor of a girl who was tied to the train tracks(no longer
present), in the near area, but authenticity of that rumor
is unknown.
Gravel Ridge - Gravel Ridge Pet
Cemetary - Supposedly, late at night when you go
there, you can see apparitions of the dead animals that
lay there and you can hear their howling cries come and
go in the night.
Gurdon - Railroad Tracks - Legend has it that a
man carrying a lantern haunts the railroad tracks outside
of Gurdon. Numerous people claim to have seen a bobbing
light on the train tracks in this area. It has been widely
publicized, including a spot on the TV show Unsolved Mysteries.
Hampton - Tinsman - On the
Tinsman Highway across the road there is a solitary lost
and forgotten grave. At exactly three in the morning no
later, no earlier, a pale form of a man in a old confederate
uniform appears for a mere second and is gone. Other than
that if you sit on, touch, or disturb the grave in ant
way a false sense of security falls over you and things
are misplaced. Often car keys, hairbrushes and small objects.
Hardy - Hardy Hotel (Antique Shop)
- Former Hotel, Brothel, Extension of Hospital, residence
and several business, this location has the traditional
reports of lights turning off and on, footsteps upstairs
with noone there. The closed sign being changed on its
own just to name a few. PSA heard
the claims, investigated with API and had several anomolies
on audio, video and had one light turn itself back on,
not to mention a chair moving on its own in the dark tripping
a investigator in the middle of the room......for those
thinking yeah yeah right "chair was under the
table on the previous walkthrough.....explain that one"
Hickory Valley
- Hickory Valley Church - At night when you go
in the church if you listen carefully you can hear people
singing "Amazing Grace" and other old hymns, and if you
bring a candle you can just about make out figures. Mostly
of young children and some teenagers that have not crossed
over yet.
Horatio - rest stop in between DeQueen
& Horatio - there is a hill at the exit of
the rest stop, if you stop at the stop sign & put
your car in NEUTRAL, you get pulled UP the hill. - June
2005 Update: The rest stop between Horatio and De Queen
is an optical illusion. While the area is on a different
angle than the road it is still on a downhill grade. Therefore
your car appears to roll UP hill. The area has been graded
and is now a driveway into a property.
Hot Springs - The Old Malco
- At night people hear screams from the basement, see
a glowing woman in the basement, a broken clock's hands
wind around, and light fixtures fall!
Hot Springs - The Poet's Loft
- A former worker at The Poet's Loft, and one of the people
who help run the place told them this story. It was on
a Wednesday before the regular poetry reading. She was
awake, but couldn't get her eyes to open completely. She
thought she saw me walk into the kitchen. She asked the
other person there if there was anyone else up there with
them. He told her that they was in the kitchen. During
this whole time, she was laying and then sitting up on
a couch, he was sitting in a chair. She felt a pair of
hands, female hands, grab her roughly and hold her down
to the couch. She yelled out to the guy sitting in the
chair, asking if there was anyone else in the room. He
went to the kitchen and saw that no one was there and
told her that they were the only two people there. As
soon as he told her that, the hands let go. When the submitter
arrived for work, she told them the story. And she said
she had seen me out of the corner of her eye, and that
they were wearing the exact clothes they were wearing
when they walked in the door. The other person there told
them, that he'd been sitting in the chair the whole time,
and had seen nothing out of the ordinary. He also said
that he'd seen me walk into the kitchen. The Poet's Loft
is located at 514B Central Avenue in Hot Springs, in the
famous Bathhouse Row district.
Jacksonville - Jacksonville High
School - In the auditorium of the high school,
strange noises can be heard of a man muffling to himself.
You can also hear footsteps along the catwalk when there
is noone there.
Jacksonville - North Pulaski High
School - The North Pulaski High School Band Room
is haunted by two band students that have passed away
years ago. The doors open by themselves and random percussion
instruments, especially the wind chimes, are heard all
though no one is playing them.
Jonesboro - Craighead Co. - formerly known as the Strand
Theater - An apparition of a man has been seen
by many people including play cast and personnel. He has
been seen in the attic, the catwalk, the boiler room,
the balcony as well as the projection room and has been
affectionately named Charlie. He has appeared wearing
different clothing at various sightings. According to
one eyewitness account, he was sighted by a visitor who
was making his way to the projection booth. As he rounded
a corner in the balcony he came face to face with Charlie
who was wearing a red shirt and casual pants. The visitor
stopped within two feet of the apparition and made eye
to eye contact. The visitor was not startled because he
believed it to be a friend of his. Charlie vanished before
his eyes. Another eyewitness reported that he had seen
him sitting on a heating duct in the attic when he went
upstairs to check on a faulty heating unit. There have
been many other strange occurrences as well as poltergeist
type activities at the Strand/Forum theater since its
construction in 1927. One of these took place as workers
were unloading the new grand piano. When the workers left
the room momentarily to take a break the piano began playing
a recognizable tune while still sealed within its packing
crate. The piano was not a self-playing piano.
Jonesboro - Craighead Lake
- The story is that one night a few teenagers where out
at the lake drinking and one of them went out into the
water at a non swimming area and he drowned. They say
that if you go out there and look out across you can see
a young man trying to stay above the water and can hear
him screaming for help. Also, people have reported that
a young man will come up and start talking to them and
then all of sudden they turn away and turn back and he
is gone. PSA has been to this location
in search of the supposed haunting. We find no reason
to believe there is any kind of Paranormal activity. It
appears at this time the reports are nothing more then
Internet Urban Legend.
Jonesboro - The Forum Theatre
- Rumor has it that The Forum theatre is haunted by a
spirit named Charlie. During the most recent summer musical,
they're were various sightings of the mischievous ghost.
Some of them include- A techie was cleaning up the dressing
rooms when she heard a young man laughing gleefully as
if playing a game, upon further inspection she found that
there was no one in the theatre, let alone down stairs
with her. One of the lead actors was running lines in
the upper level when a mans voice began echoing her, at
first she thought it was one of the other actors, but
all of the male actors at that rehearsal were onstage
at that time. Before a performance, a few people involved
in the production went to the theatre to set up; they
decided they needed to turn on the lights from the lighting
booth so they headed
upstairs to it. About half way up, the lights suddenly
came on. The techies ran up to find nobody up there. They
shrugged it off and headed downstairs. But as they reached
the bottom of the stairs, the lights went off again. A
bit frightened, they went back upstairs, still no one
there. This went on a couple more times before the techies
shut the system down and turned it on themselves.
Jonesboro - Keller's Chapel
- There have been strange sounds heard of babies crying
as a result of the Keller babies dying and they buried
there. Perfect circles of rings of fire have been sited.
Wooden crosses with animal skeletons have been found there.
If you turn your car off at the gates of the chapel it
will not start for a few hours. Strange things have been
spotted moving around the cemetery and strangest sounds
coming from inside the chapel itself. Internet
and Local Folklore ONLY Nothing Active, Negative Results found during our investigation
as well as other teams that have visited the site.
Jonesboro - Nettleton High School
Gym/ Band room - Under the bleachers is where the
band keeps their instruments. Don't think that they just
sit there; there is a room where all of the instruments
are stored. One day, three friends were putting their
instruments up. It was too early in the morning for anyone
to be out in the gym, it was supposed to be locked and
the janitor had finished cleaning. When they put up the
instruments they heard a blood-curdling scream. They ran
from the band room to the gym. It was locked; nothing
could get in, unless it was something hard to explain.
They ran back to the band room, at first, the trio was
skeptical because it was the day before the band Halloween
party and they thought that it was a prank. They went
back to their instruments. Then again they heard the screaming.
Except it was yelling for someone or something to quit.
The three ran from the band room, leaving the instruments
behind. From that day you can still hear the yelling if
you are quite early in the morning standing in the Nettleton
High Band Room. - One night after a band party, a group
of band members decided to go run around in the gym. This
was pretty late and almost everyone was gone home. The
group split up and decided to go up to the cheerleading
room. There they found that the room was extremely cold
and for some odd reason they couldn't find the light switch.
After leaving the cheerleading room they ran down the
stairs where they heard screams. Now these weren't any
ordinary screams, they were the kind of screams that you
would only hear if someone was being stabbed or hurt.
There was no explanation for the screams because at the
time the group had all reunited. The whole group then
ran down the stairs to find leaves falling from the ceiling
of the gym, as if it was a tree. One of the girls in the
group saw the shadow of what looked like a football player.
They all thought that this was a joke until they heard
a door slam and then saw another door swinging.
Judsonia - Judsonia Cemetery - If you go to the
Judsonia Cemetery at night, you will see a large statue
of an angel. Stand directly underneath her and it appears
that she is looking right at you. Some even say that her
eyes light up red.
Leola - Jenkin's Ferry - Reports of orbs and the
sounds of a battle emanating from the surrounding woods.
There have also been reports of someone calling out from
the water for rescue, but no one could be found to save.
Little Rock - The USS Razorback
- A Balao Class submarine Reports of unusual activities
aboard this vessel. Unusual as there
are not reported deaths related to this boat. Several
teams have investigated (PSA HAS NOT) and the results
coming back are mixed to say the least.
Little Rock - Old State House
- thought to be haunted by various politicians.
Little Rock - Quapaw Quarter - This is Little Rock's
historic district. 100's of homes built from the 1830's
thru 1900, many which have ghosts. Ghostly pedestrians,
carriages, and horses have been heard and seen on streets
and roadways.
Little Rock - Quapaw Quarter - Macarthur
Park - This area was a military training ground
starting in the 1830's. The Old Arsenal Building (built
1830's) has ghosts that are seen in its basement and standing
upon its staircase. Site of a Civil War conflict, and
a 16 year old boy was hung there by Federal troops in
1864.
Little Rock - Quapaw Quarter - Mount
Holly Cemetery - Burials dating back to the 1820's.
Large Cemetery. Graves of 6 Confederate generals, as well
as the wife of Cherokee chief John Ross. Statues have
apparently been seen moving; some are repeatedly found
in various areas of the neighborhood as if they "just
wandered there." Many people were reburied there in the
1800's. Ghostly flute playing is heard as well as apparitions.
Many graves have trinkets placed upon them.
Little Rock - Vino's - There
are things that happen without explanation. Like after
closing time, when all the chairs are put up after people
leave, a person can come back into the building and the
chairs are back down. There are strange sounds coming
from different areas of the building. And, cold spots
throughout the club and pizza restaurant.
Little Rock - Woodson Ladural Road
- Legend says that if you go down Woodson Ladural Road,
you will see a motorcycle headed your way. All you can
see is the headlight, but you can hear the sound of a
motorcycle. The light will approach rapidly, then quickly
disappear. The driver is believed to be a young man who
was hit by a car load of drunk drivers and left to die.
People claim he is back seeking revenge.
Magnet Cove - Baroid Mines
- events include someone whispering your name, feeling
someone push you and things being rearranged.
Magnolia - Southern Arkansas University
- Bussey Hall - The girl at that place hung herself
in the 1950's University's Bussey Hall. And the one of
the room in the female resident hall is said to be in
that room. - November 2004 Update/ additional information:
This building had 4 floors plus an attic. It is said 2
girls that had died there. One had hung herself in her
closet and the other fell down the elevator shaft. The
shaft still exists, but the doors had been welded shut.
There was a window in the attic that you could see from
outside. It was almost a habit you had to look up at the
attic at night as you came in. Sometimes the light would
be on…sometimes it would be off. The dorm director was
the only one who was supposed to have the key….and there
was very little cause for anyone to go to the attic. The
odd things that happened usually occurred on the 4th floor.
One girl was an RA (resident assistant) onthe 4th floor.
As such, she had a room to herself. She stated that one
night, she was asleep when, as she put it, “You know that
sensation you get when someone else is in the room with
you? You don't have to see or hear them, but you KNOW
someone else is there.” That is the feeling she had. Her
back was to the door. She said that she felt the edge
of the bed go down, as it would if someone sat on it.
She was too scared to move, scream, do anything. After
a little bit, she felt the edge raise up, as if the individual
had stood up…..and then the “feeling” went away. She got
up and checked her door….and it was still locked. No one
could have come into her room without unlocking the door.
There were several who stated that the volumes of TV or
stereos would go up and down
on their own. One couple stated that they were down the
hall visiting, when all of a sudden, their stereo began
blasting away. Another said that they had a loaf of bread
that was sitting on the windowsill. For some unknown reason,
it decided to go to the middle of the floor.
Magnolia - Southern Arkansas University
- Horton Theater - It is said there is a ghost
in the theater. - November 2004 Update/ additional information:
The story goes that the ghost is that of a girl that was
to star in a production one night. On her way to there,
she was killed by a train. She never made it there…physically.
People have said that sometimes you can see someone walking
along the catwalk during some of the performances. A friend
of mine was in drama and also the photographer for the
yearbook, paper, etc. He stated that one night, he was
in the lighting control booth, going through the checks
for the production the next night. He stated that he was
the only person there. He looked down onto the stage,
and a rocking chair was rocking by itself. Being the photographer
that he was, he always had his camera with
him. He picked up his camera and took a picture. Later,
when the roll was developed, all the pictures came out
perfect……except for the one of the rocking chair, it was
blurry.
McCrory - American Greetings
- Several workers have seen people or images walking past
them inside the factory. One janitor saw a little boy
dressed as an Indian standing at the bottom of the stairs
then he vanished. One power truck driver screamed one
night because she said a little boy was staring her in
the face when she turned around and then he just disappeared.
Melbourne - old Philadelphia cemetery
- strange lights have been seen and the closes source
of light is 10 miles away. Ghost of an unknown confederate
soldier floats around the cemetery. Blue orbs have been
sited.
Mena - Rich Mountain - Ghost
light of young girl that died trying to take care of her
family. She is said to wander the mountain with a lantern
looking for her family's cabin. She is actually buried
in old pioneer cemetery on the mountain. It has been seen
by local folks for many years.
Mena/Potter - Billy's Bridge
- On dark nights when the moon is not bright, Voices can
be heard, and weird lights can be seen, also, rocks skip
across the water
Monett - Monett cemetery
- there is a mausoleum that was made of glass. when the
body started to wrought the city covered it in concrete
and painted it. the grave has no name or date on it. it
is said you can hear the man crying out at night. When
you see it chills run up your spine because you know that
you have found it. Sometime you will see a man wondering
the cemetery at night with a lantern.
Mountain View - Old Charlie Fowler
Christian School - at night footsteps can be heard
coming down the stairs. The old cafeteria has voices that
can't be explained. It is believed to have been built
on an old Indian burial ground. Water drips from the ceiling
on the hottest driest days.
North Little Rock - Albert Pike
Memorial Masonic Temple - Is haunted by the ghost
of Albert Pike, a Confederate general and influential
Freemason of the 19th Century.
North Little Rock - Chuck E. Cheese
- workers hear little girls laughing in the back room
when nobody is there and the soda machines turn on by
there selves.
North Little Rock - North Little
Rock High School - West Campus/Ole Main- A popular
football player died in a car crash and his funeral was
held in the auditorium because so many students wanted
to attend. He has been sighted in the tower above the
campus. The tower is now off limits to everyone.
North Little Rock - Oak Grove High School - hearing
noises of people talking, screaming & seeing shadows.
North Little Rock - Old Mill
- You can get out and look through the gates at the Old
Mill, and you can see weird things moving through the
windows. Then you can see a rope hanging from the side
of the building, and a shadow on the building of a person
hanging from the rope.
North of Cedarville - Highway 220
at Dry Hill Road - At the top of the mountain at
Dry Hill Rd. going north on Highway 220, off the to the
left side of the road is part of the old Butterfield Stage
Coach Rd. Hunters have always reported the sound of someone
whistling a strange tune. When they search the surrounding
area to make sure it's not a joke from someone it always
stops when you step onto the old stage coach road. The
whistling stops and u can hear a team of horses running
as if the old stagecoach is making another run.
Ozark - High School Stage
- At the Ozark High School the stage used for musicals
and plays is supposed to be haunted by a student who longed
to be in a production. The director never cast him and
the boy told the director that one day he would be on
stage. He later moved from the district and later died
in a car wreck. They say about a week before production,
things are misplaced and missing but he never disturbs
anything
the nights of the production
Paragould - Arkansas Methodist Medical
Center - The most frequent is the ghost of a little
blond haired boy on the fourth floor. Know one knows who
he is, but he is about 5 or 6 and wheres white pajamas.
He is usually spotted by patients who know nothing of
the ghost. He is usually playing or looking for a kitten.
Sometimes there is more than one child. They have been
seen on the fourth floor, the garden, and in one of the
stairwells. Another ghost siting occured in room 321.
A very alert and oriented patient looked up from reading
to see the room a blood red and a man in a confederate
uniform standing in the room. He said he didnt do anything
for a few minutes then when he called the nurse station,
the man disappeared and the
room went back to normal. The fifth floor is suppose to
have the ghost of an elderly female. And the ICU is also
suppose to have had strange events happen.
Paragould - Collins Theater
- While rehearsing on stage several cast members have
reportedly seen an old couple sitting in the balcony observing.
To their astonishment the specters would eventually disappear.
Many people are of the opinion that they were the former
owners of the theatre who were apparently curious of the
goings on in the establishment. The old Collins theatre
was built in 1928, a year later than its sister theatre,
the Strand, in Jonesboro.
Paragould - Primrose Lane
- if you drive down to the end of the rode where the pavement
turns into dirt, drive down the path a little bit, turn
of your lights and if u sit there for a little while you
will see a figure of a man and his dog. the man is carrying
a rifle. It is said that a man was hunting out there and
he shot himself. If you walk through the woods some people
have said that the mans dog will come up to you and then
vanishes in front of your eyes.
Pea Ridge - Pea Ridge battle ground
- As like most civil war battle grounds Pea Ridge has
hauntings much like Gettysburg; only not as strong.
Piggott - Courthouse - in
the courtyard you can see children playing after dark,
but you can see through them, and people hanging from
the trees by ropes. Arkansas
Regional
Paranormal
Society
did a 3 night Investigation at this location 1/9
1/10 & 1/11/07. Negative Results indicating Another
Internet Urban Legend.
Prescott - Outdoor Church off HW
89 - Late at night presences can be felt in surrounding
areas and more prominately while standing on the steps
once used for seating. While standing at the podium you
can sometimes see people in cloaks above on the rocks.
There are 3 crosses sticking out of the top of a rock
here also, and a very negative presence can be felt when
near this rock.
Rector - cemetery, catholic
- Ask anyone in this small town and they will give you
direction. Go on any night after dark, and say Mary come
out and play, and the ghost of a young child will appear.
Do not turn off you car, because it will not start. PSA
is currently investigating this alleged haunted location
watch our investigation page for updates.
Rogers - Cross
Hollows - The site of a Civil War encampment, there
are reports of phantom regiments marching in the area,
shouts in the middle of the night, musket fire and horses.
All of this happens after dark, and there are heavy mists
from the nearby lake that obscure visibility past 20-30
feet on the road. There have also been reports of a "bigfoot-type"
creature in the area, not unlike the Boggy Creek Monster.
Rogers - Radar Road - A sound
resembling that of a galloping horse has been observed
by nearby residents and other locals. It is thought to
be a ghost from the Civil War era.
Rush - Rush Ghost Town on the Buffalo
River - THE INTERNET
FOLKLORE: A young woman that died just before
the "rush" began is said to have died during childbirth.
The child also died during the birth. According to friends,
her main reason in life was to be a mother. She was said
to appear in midwife's house in which the birth took place
asking, "where's my baby girl" until the midwife was driven
mad and taken away. The house is one of the few still
standing in the ghost town. It was moved to this location
from it's remote location in the forest near the settlement.
PSA has conducted
4 different investigations at this location. The Structures
that were moved...are NOT Active, the original location
maybe but current location shows
Negative Results
Russellville
- Arkansas Tech University - Caraway Hall - People
have reported noises in the attic, footsteps on the stairs,
and whispering in the hallways. The structure is built
on top of an old Cherokee Indian Burial Site. The mounds
were disturbed when groundwork was being done for the
foundation. - December 2005 correction: a girl committed
suicide in a room. If you go by (its right in front of
"Watta-Burger" which is famous in Arkansas) the front
of the building you can see that on the second floor right
in the middle there’s a window bricked out. The girl was
either having family problems or boyfriend problems and
hung herself out of the window so that she would be in
front of the doors in the morning when they found her.
There’s
also a story that she hung herself in the closet but the
closets really aren’t big enough at tech for that. The
room is cut in half, one half blocked off the other used
as a storage space. They even expanded a room to make
it a 3-person room to fit all the girls in. Things like
Water Leaking from the ceiling happen in all the rooms
around it from time to time and its just a very eerie
building. And every once in a while the power will shut
off in the building.
Russellville - Arkansas Tech University
- Tucker Coliseum A basketball player was killed in a
car accident here in 1981. If you go in when it is empty,
you will see a seat pulled down in the stands. It is never
the same one either. Basketballs are also found strewn
all over the court on random mornings.
Russellville - Arkansas Tech University
- Witherspoon Hall On the third floor at night, a piano
plays by itself in the practice room. It is said to be
the ghost of a former student.
Sardis - Sardis Pipeline - A glowing light that flickers
very rapidly bounces up and down a tree line. It always
originates from the same cedar tree tops. If you watch
it for a long period of time it seems to get very agitated,
shooting up above the trees. Unknown reason for it being
there. Some people have experienced a bumping on the back
of their cars upon leaving the sight.
Scott - Mama Lou's Bridge
- It is said that a woman and her new born baby drove
off this bridge and died. If you go there at night and
say "Mama Lou I've got your baby" strange things will
happen. Your car won't start or you'll hear screeching
noises like the paint is being scraped off your car. You
can also see a woman in white floating in the field near
the bridge.
Scott - Toltec Mounds - About
20 minutes from Little Rock. This is an old prehistoric
Native American worship site. Many consider it Arkansas'
"Stonehenge." Large dirt mounds were used as a calendar,
to predict the future, and for magical purposes. Apparitions
seen, and strange noises have been heard. Site is about
100 acres.
Searcy - Harding University - Old
Music Building - - September 2004 update: The tale
of Gertie is made up to scare freshmen.Believed to be
haunted by a girl named Gertie. The top window where she
was said to be seen is painted black. You can hear someone
playing a piano even when no one else is in the building.
- December 2003 update: Gertie is the ghost of a girl
who was a student many years ago, when the school was
an all girls school. She fell to her death in the dumb-waiter
of her dorm. That building has since been torn down and
the bricks used in several places on campus. She has been
seen in all of the places where those bricks were used:
the bell tower, one of the boys' dorms, the brick sidewalk
across campus, and the
music building. Piano music can be heard when no one is
playing. One night, some students, in an effort to discover
the source of the piano music, sprinkled power on the
piano keys, bench, and on the floor all around the piano,
then hid in the recording studio and waited. They heard
and recorded the piano music that night -- the powder
had NOT been disturbed.
Sebastian - Fort Smith - William
O. Darby Jr. High School - The stair case in the
old part of the building between third and second floor
is haunted by a student that choked to death in the 60's
or 70's. Also the attic is haunted by a janitor that had
a heart attack while peeking through the peep hole watching
the cheerleaders they say you can hear him call out from
the balcony of the auditorium if you are in there alone.
Also the practice field was once a cemetery and it was
stated that even though all remains have been removed
that some of the unmarked graves still remain and on foggy
nights you can see these ghostly figures looking for the
other graves that were marked.
Sheridan - Courthouse Square
- In the late 1800's, there were numerous people hanged
on the Courthouse lawn. There are reports of apparitions
in the Courthouse windows, as well as disembodied footsteps
echoing throughout the halls.
Tazlina - Tazlina Lodge -
The Tazlina Lodge is not in use anymore. Long ago, a man
had a stand off with the police at the lodge. He stayed
on the third floor. He died in the stand off and his spirit
is said to be there still. Back in the 50's +, some of
my family worked there as housekeeper's. They experienced
a lot of ghost activity at the three-story lodge. About
five years ago, a family got to have a tour of the lodge.
It was a very warm summer day. They headed up the stairs
looking at the rooms. They were aware of the reported
hauntings and they were scared. As they got closer to
the third floor, the air got very cold(remember it was
a very warm day outside). They went to the room where
the man died long ago on the third floor. They don't know
if it was a setup by the hotel owner, but there was a
very dusty wooden chair in the room. It had an imprint
on it that looked as if someone sat on it recently. There
was a smell of smoke from a cigarette in the small room.
The owner told them that the ghost likes to smoke in the
room often.
Tuckerman - Battleaxe - On
stormy nights just before the storm and right afterward
it is said that a swinging lantern crosses the backend
of the field. During the civil war a very wealthy family
lived there, the father of the family received warning
that a band of bushwhackers were in the territory so he
took all of his gold and went and buried it in the woods.
When he returned to his home the bushwhackers had killed
his wife and children. He knew that they died because
of his greed so he is doomed to repeat his mistake forever.
Going to and from his house to rebury the gold.
Tuckerman - Elgin - It is
said that on a stormy night you can hear screaming and
yelling at Chesier cemetery, and a real cool breeze arises
every time you enter.
Tyronza - East Poinsett County Elementary
- Reports of hearing footsteps behind you. Toilets flush
on their own. Its said to be true that when the Tyronza
Elem. School burned down in the 1950's that the kids that
burned inside still haunt the halls.
Van Buren - King Opera House Theatre
- Things have been heard and seen by actors and maintenance
workers during the running of plays.
Vilonia - Cypress Valley cemetery
- at night, if you park your car on the other side of
the road, in front of the cemetery you will see the grim
reaper on the big oak tree in the middle of the cemetery.
it is a huge knot on the trunk but above this you can
see strange orbs and stuff.
Vilonia - Vilonia School annex basement
- During any time of a school day you can peek through
the basement window or doors at the base of the annex
and see the ghosts of special education kids in the dark
moaning and screaming as if they were being given licks
from the paddle of a teacher.
Ward - Deliverance Tabernacle
- The name of the tabernacle is painted onto the side
of the building with white reflective paint. At night
when you come over the tracks, the paint looks red, and
like it is dripping
blood.
War Eagle river shores -
A confederate soldier appears to be guarding his territory
as he walks along the shores of the river next to the
War Eagle Mill.
Warren - Mark's Mill - ghosts
of Civil War soldiers haunted the area. - December 2003
update: It is located about 20 miles north of Warren in
Cleveland co. The battle field and state park are located
at the intersection of hwy. 8 and hwy. 97.
Washington - Fayetteville - Tilly
Willy Bridge - A secluded area down an old dirt
road, a woman and her children ran off a narrow concrete
bridge and down to their deaths, reportedly in the 70's.
Since then, the ghosts are either spotted crossing the
bridge in a phantom car, the woman is seen in a white
dress twirling in the nearby fields late at night, and
also sightings of a "green" goblin like creature.
Woodson - Highway 365 - A
few people have reported picking up a female hitchhiker
on a stormy night. She asks them to drive her to her house.
When they get to the house, the driver turns to say goodbye,
and the girl is gone. The driver goes up to the house
and asks about it and the woman at the door reports that
this happens all of the time since her daughter was killed
in a car accident close to home.
Woodson - Pine Bluff - Woodson Lateral
Road - The Woodson and Woodson Lateral Road are
one and the same. Mysterious lights have been known to
follow cars down Woodson Lateral Road.
Yellville - Private Residence
- Full body apparitions, footsteps upstairs, poltergeist
activities, and grave makers on the property. PSA
and API have conducted several investigations here. EVP's
and Video Captures Indicate some type of Paranormal Activity..........Ghosts?.....time
will tell this house has new owners and at present time
we do not have access to study the phenomena any further.