Take a peek at some of these scary sites—if you dare.
Nashville has long been known as a address for a shivery upright time , but Music City also has its share of truly terrifying locales in and around the urban center . With a longsighted account of bloody military dispute , grove , and conflicts with Native Americans , there are wad of reasons for departed souls to be unsettled . Whether you ’re a skeptic or a truster , Nashville volunteer all sorts of opportunities to raise a few goosebumps , from haunted hotels to spooky graveyard and mansions . change state on all the lights in the room and read about the spooky side of Nashville .
Tennessee State Prison
West NashvilleAlthough it has n’t housed any prisoner since 1992 when it was closed in , ironically , for overcrowding , the old Tennessee State Prison may well still be home to some nervous inhabitants . The striking gothic castling of a building has been boast in several major picture , including “ The Last Castle ” and Stephen King ’s “ The Last Mile . ” King ’s novel features a death row inmate , appropriate since 125 men were execute in the maximum certificate prison ’s electric chair , notoriously acknowledge as “ Ole Sparky . ” The collapse pen is not dependable for tours , but retiring visitors report hear repeat step , screams , and the clangorous shut of cell doors .
The Bell Witch Cave
AdamsTennessee kids have long been frightened of the Bell Witch , dare each other at sleepovers to say “ I hate the Bell Witch ” 100 sentence in front of the bathroom mirror to cite the fabled flavour . In the former 19th hundred , “ Kate , ” the Bell Witch ghost , tormented the Bell kinsperson in Adams , Tennessee , residing in a cave behind their attribute . Kate pinched , pulled hair’s-breadth , and taunted the family unit ’s visitant with strange sounds , and she repeatedly try on to exit John Bell , the patriarch of the sept . You cantour the skittish cave , which has been place on the National Historic Register , and according to the tour guides , visitant have mat sensations of being push , reach , or hold down by a heavy weight .
Carnton Plantation
FranklinThe Battle of Franklin was a major turning point in the Civil War , with Confederate blunders essentially decimating the Army of Tennessee which lost 14 general during the one - day battle . One full general was captured , seven were wounded and six were kill . Carnton Plantation was become into a field hospital on the sharpness of the battlegrounds , and four of those dead generals were laid out on the baronial mansion ’s front porch . At night , visitor to the home call to have see the flooring course red with the blood line of soldier , and there are many reports of phantasmal spirits wandering the memorial park where 1,700 fallen soldiers were put down to ease .
Nashville City Cemetery
South NashvilleNashville ’s sometime public burial site has been accepting permanent occupier for more than two century , and more than a dozen former Nashville mayors are interred on the grounds along with state music stars , casualty of the Battle of Nashville and victims of various epidemics through the years . According to fable , the ghost of a char who took her life by jumping into the Cumberland River can be pick up sobbing near the large bowlder that her married man placed as a gravestone . He also thoughtfully added a lantern because she was afraid of the dark , and perhaps it is his soul that is seen lighting the lamp on spooky even .
Chapel Hill Railroad Lights
Chapel HillFor eld , it ’s been a teenage rite of handing over to stack into a car for the 45 - minute drive south of Nashville to the tiny hamlet of Chapel Hill to look for the mysterious lights along the railroad tracks on the outskirts of town . Back in 1942 , a mankind named Skip Adjent was walking along those track and apparently did n’t hear the train that was hold down on him . The locomotive engine hit him from behind and killed him instantly . touch huntsman make the pilgrimage to experience the mystic sight of lights moving back and forth along the tracks like a lantern being channel to retroactively even up Adjent ’s fatal mistake . doubter say that the lights come from swampland gas , but we ’d care to think ole Skip is getting a second chance to watch his whole step .
Union Station Hotel
SoBro NashvilleVoted “ Best Haunted Hotel in America , ” Union Station was once the main train end in townspeople and the deployment point for thousands of soldiers transport off to WWII . A young fair sex named Abigail was the fashion plate of one of those soldiers head off to state of war and vowed to meet him again on the train platform when he return . Unfortunately , he never returned after he was killed in military action in Europe . She fox herself in front of the railroad train and now haunts the property , particularly way 711 . She chose that room for the purview of the tracks below , and present - day guests report flickering illumination , strange phantasm in the mirror and sudden drops in the temperature of room 711 .
Cragfont
Castalian SpringsA frequent destination for paranormal investigators , the former home of General James Winchester is considered one of the most haunted website in Tennessee . The tobacco plantation was build up on sacred Native American realm by striver confinement , so there are flock of reasons why the flavour might still be raging about its construction . Professional ghost hunters have cover escort glow orb floating in different rooms of the house , and security camera footage has reveal nonliving item move around on their own and candles bursting into fire of their own willing . Previously - made beds look like they ’ve been sleep in overnight , and full - consistency apparitions have been reported haunting the hallways . The state now owns the historic log structure and offers go , which is good because nobody would in all likelihood need to deal their base with so many spectres .
The Hermitage
HermitageNashville ’s relationship with Andrew Jackson has long been , well , complicated . He was a hero of the Battle of New Orleans in the War of 1812 and served as the 7th chairman of the United States for two terms , and heck , his fount is on the $ 20 bill . ( At least for a while longer . ) However , he was also a slave proprietor and responsible for displacing thousands of Native American from their tribal nation . So it ’s no surprise that The Hermitage , Jackson ’s mansion - turned - museum , might be home to some unsettled person . Through the centuries , almost 500 demise have been reported on the primer of the Hermitage , not counting unreported slaves . visitor describe hear someone whistling in the corridors late at Nox , shadow of Civil War soldiers marching on the belongings , and even the sound of Old Hickory himself twit a horse down the hall . The museum host several different thematic tour , and most of them at least mention some supernatural activity happening on the grounds .
Tennessee State Capitol/Polk’s Tomb
business district NashvilleIn addition to the skittish material that the general assembly continues to practice inside the construction , the State Capitol has been home to some direful history , and it ’s the only Capitol Building to swear out as a mausoleum . William Strickland , the original architect of the building , is inter inside the walls of the capitol , as is Samuel Morgan , the manager of the construction task . The two men scrap incessantly during the physique , and it ’s said that you may still find out them arguing from their respective corner of the capitol during the night . Another wraith reputedly haunts the construction ’s cupola , standing at his post guard the ranging pole where he was killed when Union soldiers arrived to raise the Union flag after win the battle of Nashville . President James K. Polk is also buried on the grounds , and a valet in a dark causa has been seen kneel near the crypt , only to fade aside when curious visitor approach .
Printer’s Alley
Downtown NashvilleOnce home to Nashville ’s printing and newspaper industry , this strip of downtown became a seedy entertainment district during the eye of the 20th 100 . The ghost of a tavern owner supposedly can be seen peek through an upper story window of his former bar after he took his life rather than give in to Prohibition . fabled club proprietor David " Skull " Schulman was slay in his Browning automatic rifle , The Rainbow Room in 1998 . It was well - known that Skull kept stack of cash gormandise in his overall before two vagrant cut down his pharynx and took his money . Reportedly , Skull can still be seen walk his beloved poodle in the alley recently at night .
Ryman Auditorium
Downtown NashvilleThe Ryman is best - known as a performance locus and the most renowned home of the Grand Ole Opry , but before it became “ The Mother Church of Country Music , ” it was an existent tabernacle that hosted travel preachers visit Nashville to evangelize . They say Thomas Ryman must not be totally pleased with the transformation , because some ghost ( perhaps him ) has been known to edit the lights , sound or power when performers get a little too rowdy . There ’s also “ The Opry Curse , ” where legendary performers like Hank Williams and Patsy Cline run into untimely deaths soon after appearing on the Ryman stage . Cline is say to still haunt the site of her most famous success , and Williams ’ ghost has been report in the alley between the Ryman and Tootsie ’s Orchid Lounge where he used to sneak to between sets for a agile snort at the streak .
Cragfont State Historic Site
historicbellwitchcave
Nashville City Cemetery Association
The Union Station Nashville Yards
Andrew Jackson’s Hermitage
Ryman Auditorium
