Historic haunted places in Augusta, GA. 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
1822 Broad St, Augusta, GA 30904
Open to the public (museum; small admission fee; tours on select Saturdays).
For generations guides told school groups that thirteen patriots were hanged from this house's outside staircase during the 1781 Siege of Augusta. Historian Ed Cashin later showed …
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This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.
Haunted place
745 Broad St, Augusta, GA 30901
Open to the public (working theater; ticketed performances).
The Imperial opened in 1918 as the influenza pandemic swept through Augusta, and local ghost tours tie its hauntings to that season of mass death. Walking-tour accounts describe gh…
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This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.
Haunted place
702 3rd St, Augusta, GA 30901
Open to the public (cemetery grounds; free).
Local legend says gambler Wylly Barron was told by a dying rival that he would never have a grave, so he had a brick tomb built with no door and was sealed inside, the key tossed i…
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This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.
Haunted place
598 Telfair St, Augusta, GA 30901
Open by appointment (self-guided tours; free).
The building's ghost lore centers on Grandison Harris, an enslaved grave robber who supplied the college with cadavers for anatomy classes. Tour guides and visitors report disembod…
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This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.
Haunted place
2110 Walton Way, Augusta, GA 30904
Open to the public (hotel; overnight stays, restaurant and bar).
Hotel legend tells of Emily, a bride-to-be whose fiance was shot after being mistaken for a wanted man; she refused to take off her wedding gown and died of a broken heart. Guests …
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This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.