Haunted Hotels of the USA’s South

Halloween is approaching and we can’t wait for a scare. These haunted hotels and taverns in the USA’s South will send a shiver down your spine. 

Gaylord Opryland Resort, Nashville, Tennessee is perhaps the most famous haunted hotel in Nashville. It has become a popular place for ghost hunters, and guests have reported having paranormal encounters with the ghosts of the Opryland Resort. 

Stay at the Talbott Tavern in Bardstown, Kentucky. Built in 1779, visitors report hearing footsteps and various apparitions. The building’s location was once a well-known stagecoach stop and has seen many travellers over the years. Visitors today report hearing strange footsteps, disembodied voices, and various apparitions. 

The Crescent Hotel and Spa in Eureka Springs, Arkansas is rumoured to be haunted by Michael, the Irish stonemason who helped build the hotel, Theodora, a patient of Baker’s Cancer Curing Hospital in the late 1930s, and “the lady in the Victorian nightgown,” who likes to stand at the foot of the bed in Room 3500, staring at guests as they sleep.  

The Biltmore Estate, Asheville, North Carolina hosts more than 1.2 million visitors who come to see this beautiful estate built by one of America’s most prominent families, The Vanderbilts. George Vanderbilt died in his home in the early 1900s, and many visitors have reported his ghost can still be spotted on the property, roaming the halls have heard whispers believed to be from his wife Edith calling out ‘George.’  

The Edwardian Inn, in Helena, Arkansas has been restored and renovated over the years, but stepping inside will still take you back in time. Built in 1904, quarter-sawn oak panelling is used throughout the house and may have come from sawmills that were in the area at the time. Expert craftsmen in Chicago made the nine original mantels in the house. In the ’30s, the building served as ‘Helena’s only funeral home’, so there are no doubt some ghosts that may haunt its floors… 

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