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Haunted Places in Richmond, VA

Historic haunted places in Richmond, VA. 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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Church Hill Tunnel

Haunted place

Jefferson Park, near N 19th St & E Marshall St, Richmond, VA 23223

Public park, free; tunnel sealed, western portal visible from outside only.

When this railroad tunnel caved in on a work train in October 1925, at least two laborers were never recovered and remain entombed inside. Visitors to Jefferson Park above the seal…

Source: hauntbound.com

This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.

Edgar Allan Poe Museum (Old Stone House)

Haunted place

1914 E Main St, Richmond, VA 23223

Open to the public (museum admission).

Ghost-tour writers say a dark male shape many take to be Poe himself lingers near certain exhibits, especially his walking stick and Virginia Clemm's hand mirror. Two small blond b…

Source: hauntbound.com

This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.

Hollywood Cemetery

Haunted place

412 S Cherry St, Richmond, VA 23220

Open to the public (free, daylight hours; seasonal paid walking tours).

Richmond's best-known urban legend, the Richmond Vampire, ends here at the 1913 granite mausoleum of W.W. Pool. The tale grew out of the real 1925 Church Hill Tunnel collapse: a bl…

Source: hauntbound.com

This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.

The Byrd Theatre

Haunted place

2908 W Cary St, Richmond, VA 23221

Open to the public (film screenings and events).

The Carytown movie palace's longest-running story involves Robert Coulter, its manager for decades, seen as a tall man in a gray suit drifting through the balcony and aisles. Inves…

Source: hauntbound.com

This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.

The Jefferson Hotel

Haunted place

101 W Franklin St, Richmond, VA 23220

Open to the public (hotel; public spaces open to non-guests).

Staff at this Beaux-Arts grand hotel have long described switchboard lights flashing on their own, pay phones ringing in empty corridors and televisions cycling on and off in vacan…

Source: hauntbound.com

This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.