The Most Haunted Places in Georgia

Ranked

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   1. The Marshall House Savannah · Haunted Hotel / Inn · Family Comfort: Moderate

   HauntBound identified six distinct published accounts at this working hotel, across three kinds of published source. Two later publications retell those accounts. Reported phenomena include apparitions and cold spots.

   6 original accounts · documented across 3 decades, 1999-2024 · retold in 2 later publications

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   2. Rhodes Hall Atlanta · Haunted House / Historic Home · Family Comfort: Moderate

   Furniture magnate Amos Rhodes built this Stone Mountain granite mansion in 1902-1904, its grand staircase lit by stained-glass windows depicting the Confederacy's rise and fall. His wife Amanda died in the house in 1927 and Amos followed in 1928; the property now serves as headquarters for the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation. Staff and tour guests report heavy bootsteps on the second floor, apparitions glimpsed in mirrors, and artwork that shifts on the walls.

   5 original accounts · documented across 2 decades, 1984-1992 · retold in 6 later publications

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   3. Mercer-Williams House Museum Savannah · Museum / Historical Site · Family Comfort: Moderate

   General Hugh Mercer commissioned the Italianate mansion on Monterey Square in 1860, though construction dragged past the Civil War and no Mercer ever lived there. Antiques dealer Jim Williams restored the house in 1969, shot his assistant Danny Hansford in the study in 1981, was acquitted after four trials, and died in the home in 1990. Staff and visitors describe a man matching Williams walking the halls, with cold spots reported in the study.

   4 original accounts · documented across 3 decades, 1969-2015 · retold in 4 later publications

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   4. Fox Theatre Atlanta · Theater / Performance Venue · Family Comfort: Moderate

   HauntBound identified three distinct published accounts at this working theater, across four kinds of published source. Five later publications retell those accounts. Reported phenomena include apparitions and phantom footsteps.

   3 original accounts · documented across 2 decades, 2007-2016 · retold in 5 later publications

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   5. The Windsor Hotel Americus · Haunted Hotel / Inn · Family Comfort: Moderate

   HauntBound identified four distinct published accounts at this working hotel, across five kinds of published source. One later publication retells those accounts. Reported phenomena include apparitions and cold spots.

   4 original accounts · documented in 1896 · retold in 1 later publication

6. 6. Waverly Hall Cemetery Waverly Hall · Cemetery / Burial Ground · Family Comfort: Moderate

   Harris County's oldest burial ground has held graves since 1829, including antebellum officers Major Osborne Crook and General Henry Lowe, and remains in active use today. Paranormal investigators have logged sessions there for years, most notably a 2011 recording in which a researcher's question about death was answered, according to the investigator, with the words 'Not dead, dreaming'; visitors also report orbs and shadow figures among the headstones.

   Documented since 1829 · 5 independent sources · 3 media mentions

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   7. Kennesaw House / Marietta History Center Marietta · Museum / Historical Site · Family Comfort: Moderate

   Built as a cotton warehouse in 1845, this Marietta building became the Fletcher House hotel in 1855, hosted Union raiders before the 1862 Great Locomotive Chase, and served as a Confederate and Union hospital and morgue during Sherman's 1864 campaign. Visitors report an elevator ride that seems to open onto the old field hospital, a Civil War-era surgeon riding the elevator, and a woman in period dress identified as Mrs. Fletcher.

   6 original accounts · documented in 2009 · retold in 3 later publications

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   8. Margaret Mitchell House Atlanta · Haunted House / Historic Home · Family Comfort: High

   Built in 1899 and converted to apartments in 1919, this building's Apartment 1 was home to Margaret Mitchell from 1925 to 1932, where she wrote most of 'Gone with the Wind'; two arson fires in the 1990s destroyed all but the entryway tile before reconstruction. Janitorial staff have reported balcony doors reopening after locking and objects moved overnight, and a 1977 seance and later psychic reading were said to find Mitchell's spirit still present.

   2 original accounts · documented across 2 decades, 1918-1977

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   9. The Pirates' House Savannah · Haunted Dining / Bar · Family Comfort: High

   HauntBound identified four distinct published accounts at this operating restaurant and bar, across four kinds of published source. Three later publications retell those accounts. Reported phenomena include phantom footsteps and phantom sounds.

   4 original accounts · retold in 3 later publications

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    10. Lustrat House Athens · Other Dark Tourism Site · Family Comfort: High Private, not open to visitors

    HauntBound identified three distinct published accounts at this documented site, across five kinds of published source. Reported phenomena include a sensed presence and apparitions.

    Documented since 1847 · 10 independent sources

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