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Oct 16, 2023 · Dead Children’s Playground is one of Huntsville’s most haunted places. Located within Maple Hill Cemetery, home to some famous Huntsville ghosts , locals says they playground is haunted by the souls of deceased children.
- Dead Children’s Playground. Dead children’s playground is set in the middle of Maple Hill Cemetery, which is the largest and oldest cemetery in Alabama.
- Cedarhurst Mansion, a.k.a. the ‘Sally Carter House’ This home, located inside the Cedarhurst subdivision off Drake Avenue (which, unfortunately, makes this spot harder to visit unless you have permission from a resident of the gated community), was built in 1823 and occupied by the family of Stephen Ewing.
- Lowry House. Built before the Civil War, the Lowry House part of the Underground Railroad, and the home has been the site of many sightings and noises in the house that could be the spirits of those desperate souls, according to renowned ghost hunter Lesley Ann Hyde of Southern Ghost Girls.
- Thomas Bibb’s Grave. Thomas Bibb was President of the Alabama State Senate and became the second governor of Alabama, following his brother’s death. Bibb owned a plantation in Limestone County, and wanted to buried at his beloved Belle Mina plantation, but his wishes were not honiored when he died, as he is buried at Maple Hill Cemetery.
- Sally Carter. The mansion known as Cedarhurst, which now sits in a small subdivision off Drake Avenue, is known to be the haunting ground of Huntsville’s most famous ghost.
- Huntsville’s Haunted Depot. Entering the historic train depot on Church Street, one of the oldest in Alabama, takes us back to yesteryear. The depot saw its last passenger train come through in 1968, and has since been converted to a museum.
- Thomas Bibb. Thomas Bibb was a State Senator, the second Governor of Alabama and a wealthy plantation owner. After his death in 1839 he was buried in a plot behind his plantation known as Belle Mina in Limestone County, but his eternal rest would prove to be anything but peaceful.
- The Dead Children’s Playground. Behind Maple Hill Cemetery sits a small park named Maple Hill Park, but more people know the park by its nickname, The Dead Children’s Playground.
- Weeden House
- Helion Lodge #1
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The Weeden House, now a museum, had one of the most interesting stories, and by the reactions of the two dogs along on the tour, it was the most haunted of the bunch. Maria Howard Weeden, a renowned watercolor artist under the name of Howard Weeden, painted portraits of formerly enslaved people. Her family home was confiscated by the Union during t...
Helion Lodge #1, the oldest Masonic lodge in Alabama is said to be surrounded by death. Members of The Knights Templar (the originating faction) took a vow of poverty, so the organization itself became very wealthy. The King of France and the Pope wanted the money themselves and tricked The Knights Templar into going to France under the guise of ma...
Take two photos of everything. Use one as a benchmark and one to see if anything is different. You may spot a ghost or an orb, but don’t expect it. Most people never see a thing, myself included. If your camera stops working, that’s the ghost’s energy interfering. It will start working again when you move to a new location. I saw this happen to a f...
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- Historic Huntsville Depot. Huntsville’s Historic Depot was built in 1860 and is the oldest surviving train depot in Alabama. While a train depot doesn’t seem like the most likely place for ghosts, the Huntsville Depot is said to be haunted by Civil War soldiers.
- Dead Children’s Playground. Dead Children’s Playground at Huntsville’s historic Maple Hill Cemetery is probably the city’s favorite haunted spot. High school kids love to come here and hang out, hoping to catch a ghost, and around Halloween it’s a great spot for costume pictures (as you can see in the photo above).
- Thomas Bibb’s Grave. Thomas Bibb was an important Alabama figure. A State Senator, the second Governor of Alabama, and a wealthy plantation owner, he certainly made his mark.
- Mary Bibb’s Mausoleum. The Bibb family just cannot rest easy. The daughter-in-law of Thomas Bibb, Mary Chambers Bibb was accidentally poisoned on her wedding day — a maid accidentally gave her poison in place of the Epsom salts she used to lighten her skin before the wedding.
Oct 4, 2022 · We’ve got plenty of haunted attractions in and around Huntsville you should check out—read on for the details. 1. Escape House of Terror. Huntsville’s Rage Room is hosting The Gatekeeper Escape House of Terror all October, an interactive haunted attraction that requires you + your group to find keys to escape from The Gatekeeper’s lair.
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Oct 11, 2017 · There’s no better way to have a haunted Huntsville experience in one evening than by joining one – or more – of these walks! The Classic – Maple Hill Cemetery. Graveyards are a classic Halloween icon, and Huntsville offers the oldest operating cemetery in the Southeast in its two-century-old Maple Hill Cemetery.
