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Is the Nottoway Plantation Haunted? The Nottoway Plantation is one of the largest plantation houses in the South. Built in 1858-1859, it has 64 rooms and resides on the Mississippi River. The ghost of a coachman is said to still keep watch over the plantation. The story goes, the young slave stayed at his post ensuring the safety of the occupants during a Civil War attack. // The Nottaway’s Ghost Coachman Guests have heard ringing bells, presumably for the coachman, and other odd experiences. Read more…

The Haunted Lizzie Borden House Lizzie Borden took an axe And gave her mother forty whacks. When she saw what she had done, She gave her father forty-one. The History of the Haunted Lizzie Borden House While many establishments boast of housing spirits of a bygone era, few can claim to host the ghostly victims one of the most famous murders in our history. The ghosts of Abby and Andrew Borden, father and stepmother of Lizzie Borden, are said to haunt the home in which they were brutally murdered over 100 years ago. Read more…

In the much-anticipated horror sequel to Stephen King’s The Shining, there’s an early scene in Doctor Sleep which showcases a white, two-story hotel that is revealed to be in Florida. As the character Danny Torrance remarks, he and his mother moved to Florida after the events in The Shining because “we both hated snow.” Filming was completed at the Riverview Hotel in St. Mary’s, Georgia which sits less than two miles from the Atlantic Ocean coastline. However, there is something unusual about filming scenes for a horror movie at a hotel that is actually reputed to be haunted itself. Read more…