Haunted Arkansas

33 haunted destinations cataloged across Arkansas, spanning 25 counties. The collection features cemetery, museum, and theater — every listing verified with family ratings, accessibility info, and practical visit logistics.

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The Lyon Building on the Lyon College campus in Batesville, Arkansas, a centerpiece administrative structure on the former Masonic Home grounds.
Museum / Historical Site

Lyon College — Brown Chapel

Batesville, AR

Lyon College was founded as Arkansas College in 1872 by Arkansas Presbyterians and is the state's oldest independent college still operating under its original charter. The current campus occupies a 136-acre site that served as the Masonic Home for Orphans before the college's 1954 relocation. Brown Chapel, the campus's defining structure, was constructed in 1958 as the first academic building on the new grounds.

$ All Ages Family: High
Historic gravestones and monuments fill Mount Holly Cemetery, known as the Westminster Abbey of Arkansas, in Little Rock
Cemetery / Burial Ground

Mount Holly Cemetery

Little Rock, AR

Mount Holly Cemetery in Little Rock, Arkansas was established on February 23, 1843 when prominent citizens Chester Ashley and Roswell Beebe deeded a four-block site to the city. Known as the Westminster Abbey of Arkansas, it holds the burials of eleven Arkansas governors, four U.S. senators, four Confederate generals, and many of the state's leading 19th-century figures.

$ All Ages Family: High
Art Deco administration building and Nyberg Building of the Arkansas State Tuberculosis Sanatorium near Booneville, Logan County, Arkansas
Asylum / Hospital

Arkansas Tuberculosis Sanatorium

Booneville, AR

The Arkansas Tuberculosis Sanatorium opened in 1910 three miles south of Booneville and grew to become the largest tuberculosis treatment facility in the United States by 1940, housing up to 5,000 patients at peak capacity. The facility treated more than 70,000 patients across 63 years of operation before closing on June 30, 1973.

$ All Ages Family: Moderate
The 1964 Greek Revival Grant County Courthouse on the public square in Sheridan, Arkansas, photographed on a clear summer day.
Museum / Historical Site

Grant County Courthouse Square (Sheridan)

Sheridan, AR

Grant County's courthouse square in Sheridan, Arkansas has been the seat of county government since the county's creation in 1869. Three earlier courthouses occupied or stood near the square; the current 1964 Greek Revival building preserves corner markers from the 1910 structure and houses Grant County's first public clock. The Reconstruction era brought significant violence to the area.

$ All Ages Family: High
The 1886 Crescent Hotel atop Crescent Mountain in Eureka Springs, Arkansas
Haunted Hotel / Inn

1886 Crescent Hotel & Spa

Eureka Springs, AR

The Crescent Hotel opened in 1886 atop Crescent Mountain in Eureka Springs, Arkansas, as a luxury Ozark resort. In 1937 the property was acquired by Norman Baker, a radio personality and fraudulent cancer healer whose two-year operation produced at least 42 confirmed patient deaths. The hotel reopened as a resort after Baker's 1940 mail-fraud conviction and is now marketed as America's Most Haunted Hotel.

$$$ All Ages Family: Moderate
Open Graph image from www.arkansasstateparks.com
Battlefield / Military Site

Jenkin's Ferry

Leola, AR

The Battle of Jenkins' Ferry was fought on April 30, 1864, on the banks of the Saline River in what is now Grant County, Arkansas. Confederate forces caught the retreating Union Army of General Frederick Steele at the river crossing during the Red River Campaign. By percentage of casualties relative to forces engaged, Jenkins' Ferry ranks among the Civil War's most costly single-day engagements. The 67-acre state park preserves the site of the pontoon bridge crossing.

$ All Ages Family: High

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Eureka Springs — 2

1886 Crescent Hotel exterior in Eureka Springs, Arkansas — historic stone Romanesque Revival hotel viewed from below
Haunted Hotel / Inn

1886 Crescent Hotel & Spa

Eureka Springs, AR

The 1886 Crescent Hotel was built as a luxury Victorian resort atop the Ozark mountains of Eureka Springs, Arkansas, then briefly operated as a women's college before its most notorious chapter: Norman Baker's fraudulent cancer clinic from 1937 to 1940. Baker charged dying patients for treatments that offered no medical benefit, and the hotel retains his intact basement morgue.

$$$ All Ages (Kids Ghost Tour for ages 5-12) Family: Moderate
Exterior of the seven-story limestone 1905 Basin Park Hotel in downtown Eureka Springs, Arkansas, built into a hillside so every floor opens at ground level
Haunted Hotel / Inn

1905 Basin Park Hotel

Eureka Springs, AR

The 1905 Basin Park Hotel is a seven-story limestone hotel in downtown Eureka Springs, Arkansas, built on the site of the Perry House, an 1881 hotel that burned in 1890. The Basin Park's distinctive limestone-cut design, with every floor opening at ground level on its hillside, was featured by Ripley's Believe It or Not.

$$$ All Ages Family: Moderate

Jonesboro — 2

President Donald J. Trump participates in an emergency operational briefing at at Fire Company One in Lake Charles, La. during his visit Saturday, Aug, 29, 2020, to the areas of Louisiana and Texas impacted by Hurricane Laura. (Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead)
Theater / Performance Venue

Craighead Company

Jonesboro, AR

The theater at 115 E. Monroe Avenue in Jonesboro opened in 1926 as the Strand Theatre. The City of Jonesboro acquired it in the late 1970s, renovating it into a modern performance venue and renaming it the Forum Theatre. Since 1986 it has served as the home of the Foundation of Arts, the premiere arts organization in northeast Arkansas.

$$ All Ages Family: High
The rural Keller's Chapel and cemetery south of Jonesboro, Arkansas
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Cemetery / Burial Ground

Keller's Chapel Cemetery

Jonesboro, AR

Keller's Chapel Cemetery is a rural burial ground roughly south of Jonesboro in Craighead County, Arkansas, associated with a small country chapel. The cemetery holds approximately 1,200 interments, about 75 of them members of the Keller family for whom the site is named, including nine Keller infants.

$ All Ages Family: Moderate

Magnolia — 2

Historic Cameo Theatre building in downtown Magnolia, Arkansas
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Theater / Performance Venue

Cameo Theatre

Magnolia, AR

The Cameo Theatre was constructed in 1949 in Magnolia, Arkansas, and served as the city's primary movie palace until its closure in 2012. Designed by architecture firm Ginocchio & Cromwell, the theater featured 850 seats and ornamental murals. W.P. Florence, Jr. owned and operated the theater until his retirement in 2000. Stars Cinema subsequently operated the facility until 2012.

$ All Ages Family: High
Exterior of the Harton Theatre on the campus of Southern Arkansas University in Magnolia, Arkansas, a historic 1909 performance venue
Theater / Performance Venue

Harton Theatre, Southern Arkansas University

Magnolia, AR

Southern Arkansas University in Magnolia traces its origins to the Third District Agricultural School established in 1909. The institution became Southern Arkansas University in 1976. The Harton Theatre is the home of the SAU Department of Theatre and hosts the university's main stage season.

$ All Ages Family: High

Arkadelphia — 1

Campus of Henderson State University in Arkadelphia, Arkansas
Museum / Historical Site

Henderson State University

Arkadelphia, AR

Henderson State University in Arkadelphia, Arkansas was founded in 1890 as Arkadelphia Methodist College and became a state institution in the early 20th century. Arkansas Hall serves the university's performing arts programs and contains a full-equipped theater complex including a studio theater, auditorium, and dance studio.

$ All Ages Family: High

Berryville — 1

Berryville Agriculture Building, South of Freeman Ave., east of Linda St., north of W. College Ave., and west of Ferguson St. Berryville
Museum / Historical Site

Berryville High School

Berryville, AR

Berryville High School operates as a comprehensive secondary institution in the Berryville School District in Carroll County, Arkansas. The school serves students in grades 9-12 and includes athletic facilities including a gymnasium. The gym's history and any documented trauma remain undocumented in accessible public sources.

$ School Hours Only Family: High

Bono — 1

Railroad alignment near the former Bono Bridge site in Bono, Arkansas
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Outdoor / Natural Site

Bono Bridge

Bono, AR

Bono Bridge was a railroad-overpass bridge in the town of Bono in Craighead County, Arkansas, near Jonesboro. Local reporting describes the bridge as dating to the 1800s, with its wooden elements torn down in the early 2000s and the structure ultimately demolished around 2011. The site remains a well-known location in regional ghost lore.

$ All Ages Family: Moderate

Cave City — 1

Wooded hollow with abandoned structures near Cushman, Arkansas
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Outdoor / Natural Site

Witches Hollow (Cave City)

Cave City, AR

Witches Hollow is a secluded wooded hollow with abandoned houses located on back roads off Sandtown Road near Cushman, in the Cave City area of north-central Arkansas (Independence County). It takes its name from a local legend rather than from documented history, and little formal historical record of the abandoned settlement is publicly available.

$ All Ages Family: Low

Clarksville — 1

Stone Normanesque castellated facade of the Bunch-Walton Post 22 American Legion Hut in Clarksville, Arkansas, built from native stone in the 1930s
Other Dark Tourism Site

American Legion Hall

Clarksville, AR

The Bunch-Walton Post No. 22 American Legion Hut is a historic two-story structure constructed from native stone in Clarksville, Arkansas. Built on a raised foundation on what was formerly an island in Spadra Creek, the building displays distinctive Normanesque castellated architecture inspired by European military structures from World War I. The structure serves as a veterans hall and historical landmark.

$ All Ages Family: High

Cotter — 1

The Cotter Bridge's concrete rainbow arches spanning the White River near Cotter, Arkansas
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Outdoor / Natural Site

Cotter Bridge (R.M. Ruthven Bridge)

Cotter, AR

The Cotter Bridge, officially renamed the R.M. Ruthven Bridge in 1976, carries U.S. Highway 62 Business over the White River near Cotter in Baxter County, Arkansas. Designed by the Marsh Engineering Company and completed in 1930, its distinctive concrete rainbow arches made it Arkansas's first National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.

$ All Ages Family: High

De Queen — 1

Rural Avon Cemetery near De Queen, Arkansas
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Cemetery / Burial Ground

Avon Cemetery

De Queen, AR

Avon Cemetery is a rural burial ground in the Avon community near De Queen in Sevier County, southwest Arkansas. Little formal historical documentation is publicly available for the cemetery, which is typical of small rural burial grounds in the region. Its modern notoriety stems almost entirely from a local ghost legend rather than documented historical events.

$ All Ages Family: Moderate

Fayetteville — 1

The remote Tilly Willy Bridge crossing south of Fayetteville, Arkansas
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Outdoor / Natural Site

Tilly Willy Bridge

Fayetteville, AR

Tilly Willy Bridge is a low concrete crossing on a secluded dirt road south of Fayetteville in Washington County, Arkansas. Sources indicate the present crossing was originally intended in the 1930s as a flood-control structure. The name traces to early settler Matilda Wilson Ford, whose name was locally shortened to 'Tilly Willy.' The original bridge was demolished in 2010 and replaced by a new structure opened in 2012.

$ All Ages Family: Moderate

Hot Springs — 1

Central Avenue across from Bathhouse Row in Hot Springs, Arkansas
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Other Dark Tourism Site

The Poet's Loft (Former)

Hot Springs, AR

The Poet's Loft operated at 514B Central Avenue in Hot Springs, Arkansas, across from Bathhouse Row, where for more than a decade Dr. Paul Tucker and Suzanne Tucker hosted the long-running Wednesday Night Poetry event documented in the Encyclopedia of Arkansas. The venue is no longer at that address; the building sits within the Hot Springs Central Avenue Historic District.

$ All Ages Family: High

Judsonia — 1

Marble statue marking Laura Lee Henson's grave at Evergreen Cemetery in Judsonia, Arkansas
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Cemetery / Burial Ground

Evergreen Cemetery

Judsonia, AR

Evergreen Cemetery, also called Judsonia Cemetery, is a historic burial ground in Judsonia, White County, Arkansas, dating to the 19th century. It contains the 1894 Grand Army of the Republic Monument surrounded by graves of Union veterans, and a notable marble statue marking the grave of Laura Lee Henson, an 18-year-old who died in 1914 of injuries from a fire.

$ All Ages Family: Moderate

Mena — 1

Native-stone grave markers at the historic Rich Mountain Pioneer Cemetery in the Ouachita National Forest, Arkansas
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Cemetery / Burial Ground

Rich Mountain Pioneer Cemetery

Mena, AR

Rich Mountain Pioneer Cemetery is a small 19th-century burial ground on the slope of Rich Mountain in the Ouachita National Forest, Polk County, Arkansas, west of Queen Wilhelmina State Park. James Witherspoon set aside a two-acre family plot here, and roughly twenty Rich Mountain settlers were eventually buried in the cemetery, most marked only with native stones.

$ All Ages Family: Moderate

Monette — 1

Rural cemetery in Monette, Arkansas featuring an unusual sealed mausoleum
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Cemetery / Burial Ground

Monette Cemetery

Monette, AR

Monette Cemetery in Craighead County, Arkansas contains a notable architectural anomaly: a mausoleum that was originally constructed with glass panels, allowing visibility of the remains inside. When the remains began to decay visibly, the community sealed the structure in concrete and painted it over. The mausoleum bears no identifying name or date.

$ All Ages Family: Moderate

New Edinburg — 1

Marks' Mills Battleground interpretive sign at the 1864 Civil War battlefield in Cleveland County, Arkansas
Battlefield / Military Site

Marks' Mills Battleground State Park

New Edinburg, AR

Marks' Mills Battleground State Park preserves part of the site of the April 25, 1864 Action at Marks' Mills in present-day Cleveland County, Arkansas. The Confederate ambush of a Union supply train under Lieutenant Colonel Francis M. Drake produced approximately 1,500 Union casualties to 293 Confederate, contributed to General Frederick Steele's withdrawal from Camden, and is part of the Camden Expedition Sites National Historic Landmark.

$ All Ages Family: High

North Little Rock — 1

Art Deco facade of the 1930 Ole Main building of North Little Rock High School in North Little Rock, Arkansas, listed on the National Register of Historic Places
Museum / Historical Site

North Little Rock High School — Ole Main

North Little Rock, AR

North Little Rock High School's West Campus, originally known as Ole Main, was completed in 1930 and designed by Little Rock architect George R. Mann in an Art-Deco style. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1993, the building hosted high school students until 2015 and now sits largely vacant while the district plans its renovation as a Center of Excellence charter school.

$ All Ages Family: High

Oxford — 1

Rural Ozark landscape near Oxford in Izard County, Arkansas
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Cemetery / Burial Ground

Old Church House and Cemetery near Oxford

Oxford, AR

Oxford is an Izard County, Arkansas community settled in the mid-nineteenth century around Wiley Croom's cotton mill and grist mill. It was incorporated in 1945. The Encyclopedia of Arkansas entry for Oxford documents Cumberland Presbyterian (1870), Methodist, and Baptist (1937) churches but no vigilante witch-hanging history of the type described in the Shadowlands narrative.

$ All Ages Family: Moderate

Paragould — 1

Historic Collins Theatre facade with marquee and red brick exterior in downtown Paragould, Arkansas, a restored 1925 performing arts venue
Theater / Performance Venue

Collins Theater

Paragould, AR

The Capitol Theatre opened on West Emerson Street in Paragould on October 25, 1925, built by Bertig Realty Co. with John A. Collins as initial manager. The Collins family operated the venue across six decades until 1986, when they deeded it to the Greene County Fine Arts Council. Renamed the Collins Theatre and restored beginning in 1991, it now operates as northeast Arkansas's principal community performing arts venue.

$$ All Ages Family: High

Piggott — 1

The 1966 Clay County Courthouse in Piggott, Arkansas, viewed from Courthouse Square
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Museum / Historical Site

Clay County Courthouse, Eastern District (Piggott)

Piggott, AR

The Clay County Courthouse, Eastern District is located on Courthouse Square in the center of Piggott, Arkansas. The current courthouse was built in 1966-1967 to a design by Donnellan & Porterfield, replacing an 1890s Romanesque courthouse designed by Charles L. Thompson. Piggott became the Eastern District seat of Clay County in 1891, when an election shifted the seat from Boydsville.

$ All Ages Family: High

Russellville — 1

Brick exterior of Witherspoon Hall on the Arkansas Tech University campus in Russellville, Arkansas
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Museum / Historical Site

Witherspoon Hall — Arkansas Tech University

Russellville, AR

Witherspoon Hall houses the Department of Music at Arkansas Tech University in Russellville, Arkansas. The hall is named for Gene Chief Witherspoon, who served as director of bands at the university from 1950 to 1979, and contains practice rooms, classrooms, and an auditorium recently renovated by the university.

$ All Ages with restrictions Family: High

Scott — 1

The rural Wolf Bayou bridge on Old Highway 30 north of Scott, Arkansas, known in local legend as Mama Lou's Bridge
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Outdoor / Natural Site

Mama Lou's Bridge (Wolf Bayou Bridge)

Scott, AR

Mama Lou's Bridge is the local name for a crossing of Wolf Bayou on Old Highway 30 north of Scott, in Pulaski County, Arkansas. The original bridge that gave rise to the legend was replaced in 2005. The area around Scott is a historic farming community east of Little Rock along the Arkansas River bottomlands.

$ All Ages Family: Low

Van Buren — 1

King Opera House Theatre Victorian-era exterior on Main Street Van Buren Arkansas
Theater / Performance Venue

King Opera House Theatre

Van Buren, AR

The King Opera House in Van Buren, Arkansas first opened in 1891 and was acquired by Colonel Henry P. King in 1898, who transformed it into an opera house with storefronts at the street level. The building is a contributing property to the Van Buren Historic District and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Arts on Main has managed the venue since 2022.

$$ All Ages Family: Moderate

Vilonia — 1

The site of the Rhone American Cemetery and Memorial in France was selected because of its historic location along the route of the U.S. Seventh Army's drive up the Rhone Valley. It was established on August 19, 1944 after the Seventh Army's surprise landing in southern France. On 12.5 acres at the
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Cemetery / Burial Ground

Cypress Valley Cemetery

Vilonia, AR

Cypress Valley Cemetery is located just south of Vilonia in Faulkner County, Arkansas, at 114-124 Stanley Road. The burial ground serves multiple generations of families from the surrounding rural community, with documented graves dating from the 19th century. Both Arkansas Gravestones and BillionGraves catalog the cemetery as part of Faulkner County's preservation record.

$ All Ages Family: High

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