Downtown Augusta Historic District · Broad Street
US Ghost Adventures' Augusta program, marketed as Augusta Ghosts, runs a nightly one-hour walking tour of about a mile through downtown Augusta, meeting outside the Miller Theatre at 708 Broad Street.
The route passes the Old Medical College of Georgia, a 19th-century medical school building associated with the era's practice of grave robbing for anatomical study; the Marion Hatcher Center, housed in the historic Old Phinizy Residence; and the Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art, housed in Ware's Folly, an early-19th-century building now used as an art school. The tour's narration also references Magnolia Cemetery, a historic Augusta burial ground, and Augusta's downtown riverfront along the Savannah River.
Sources
- https://usghostadventures.com/augusta-ghost-tour/
ApparitionsUnexplained SoundsResidual Haunting
According to US Ghost Adventures' marketing, the Old Medical College of Georgia is tied to the legend of 'The Resurrection Man,' a grave robber the operator says was recruited by a 19th-century doctor to supply cadavers for study; the operator describes the college's basement as prone to cold spots and disembodied voices, and describes a phantom seen near a nearby cemetery. The Marion Hatcher Center is described by the operator as haunted by disembodied footsteps, flickering lights, and activity around its dumbwaiter shaft down to the basement. The Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art is described as home to five reported spirits, including rattling children's toys in an empty playroom and one entity regularly seen on the second floor by staff and students.
The operator also recounts a 'Cursed Pillar' legend tied to a disgraced 19th-century preacher's exile, and a Magnolia Cemetery legend involving a gambler named Baron Wylly. All of this is the operator's own marketing and narrative material, not documented history verified independently for this listing; it is included here as a description of what the tour covers, not as an endorsement of any specific claim.
Notable Entities
The Resurrection Man (Old Medical College of Georgia)
