Historic haunted places in Lexington, KY. Each page gives the ghost story, whether visitors can go, and a link to the site the story came from. The stories are folklore, not documented fact.
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Haunted place
120 Sycamore Rd, Lexington, KY 40502
Open to the public (house tours; grounds free).
Statesman Henry Clay died at his beloved estate in 1852. His apparition, white-haired and in a black frock coat, has been described leaning on the mantel of the room now presented …
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This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.
Haunted place
120 W 2nd St, Lexington, KY 40507
Open (operating hotel).
The hotel occupies the 1920 former Lexington Clinic, and its ghosts are believed to be former patients. Guests describe a little girl called Annie laughing and moving dolls on the …
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This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.
Haunted place
201 N Mill St, Lexington, KY 40507
Open to the public (Blue Grass Trust tours).
Two apparitions are linked to this Federal-style mansion. John Wesley Hunt, who died of cholera in 1849, is said to move with purpose through the ground-floor rooms, and the nursem…
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This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.
Haunted place
214 E Main St, Lexington, KY 40507
Open to the public (films and concerts).
Ghost hunter Patti Starr's team investigated this restored 1922 movie palace for her book Ghosthunting Kentucky. They reported a full apparition of a man in a tan jacket, white shi…
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This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.
Haunted place
578 W Main St, Lexington, KY 40507
Open to the public (museum tours).
Visitors and staff at Mary Todd Lincoln's girlhood home have reported a faint figure of an older woman that local accounts identify as Mary herself. The story echoes her documented…
Source: hauntbound.com
This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.