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Haunted Places in Asheville, NC

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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Helen's Bridge

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.

Old Battery Park Hotel

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.

Omni Grove Park Inn

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.

Smith-McDowell House

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.

Thomas Wolfe Memorial

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.