Historic haunted places in Asheville, NC. 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
Near College St and Beaucatcher Mountain Rd, Asheville, NC (street number not in source)
Open (public road).
Legend says Helen lost her daughter in a mansion fire and died on the bridge. Cars reportedly won't restart here, and a woman asks if anyone has seen her daughter.
Source: uncorkedasheville.com
This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.
Haunted place
1 Battle Square, Asheville, NC 28801
Private (senior apartments), exterior only.
Helen Clevenger, 19, was murdered in Room 224 in 1936. A staffer was executed but doubts remain, and activity is blamed on Helen or on the convicted man.
Source: uncorkedasheville.com
This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.
Haunted place
290 Macon Ave, Asheville, NC 28804
Open (operating hotel).
The Pink Lady is said to be a guest who fell from a balcony in the 1920s. She appears as a pink mist or a woman in pink, most around Room 545 and near children.
Source: visitnc.com
This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.
Haunted place
283 Victoria Rd, Asheville, NC 28801
Open (Asheville Museum of History).
Asheville's oldest surviving brick house, built around 1840. Investigators name two girls, Carrie and Sarah, who died there, and a basement presence called 'the Dark One'.
Source: uncorkedasheville.com
This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.
Haunted place
52 N Market St, Asheville, NC 28801
Open (guided tours).
The boardinghouse where Wolfe grew up. Visitors report a typewriter clacking in empty rooms, a face in an upstairs window and a man in a rocking chair.
Source: uncorkedasheville.com
This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.