Historic haunted places in Newport, 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
330 York Street, Newport, KY 41071
Grounds open to the public; ghost tours charge separately.
Two men were executed for the 1896 murder of Pearl Bryan, and one reportedly vowed from the gallows to come back and haunt the area. Tour guides and visitors describe a smiling app…
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This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.
Haunted place
801 Columbia Street, Newport, KY 41071
Public park (free).
The old Newport Barracks served as a Civil War hospital and prison, and visitors describe ragged, soldier-like shadow figures crossing the park after dark. Excavations in 2023 conf…
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This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.
Haunted place
511 York Street, Newport, KY 41071
Private business; viewable from the street and on ghost tours.
Employees here reportedly refuse to enter a second-floor room where they believe a small child stays, and they say balls sometimes bounce down the stairs. Workers have also describ…
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This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.
Haunted place
24 E 3rd Street, Newport, KY 41071
Open to the public for events and shows (tickets vary).
The best-known figure at this historic venue is a woman in 19th-century dress seen in a window looking toward the Ohio River, named by guides as Elizabeth, a servant who took her l…
Source: hauntbound.com
This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.