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Anecdotal reports in Kentucky

Kentucky keeps 12 anecdotal files — secondhand accounts and casually repeated reports, the friend-of-a-friend shelf. The archive holds them because the stories circulate and somebody should keep count; each is filed as reported, no stronger.

12 dossiers0 counties covered92% open to visitorsWaverly Hills Sanatorium — deepest file
Also filed anecdotal:Arizona58Hawaii55Virginia34Michigan31Louisiana29Texas26Pennsylvania24Georgia24
Other Kentucky shelves:documented legends44local folklore18investigation claims10media-reported hauntings9
Sanatorium
High confidence

Waverly Hills Sanatorium

Louisville, Kentucky

Site documented in a Ghost Research Society investigation report.

6 claims · 3 legends→
House
Medium

Hunt-Morgan House

Lexington, Kentucky

The 1814 house of the hunts and the raiders—Morgan’s family home.

3 claims · 2 legends→
Disaster Site
Medium

Beverly Hills Supper Club site

Southgate, Kentucky

Site of the 1977 fire that killed 165—the nation’s deadliest nightclub disaster.

3 claims · 1 legend→
Hotel
Medium

Brown Hotel

Louisville, Kentucky

Home of the Hot Brown—and a founder who reportedly stayed.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Hotel
Medium

Boone Tavern

Berea, Kentucky

Berea College’s 1909 inn—the student-built hotel with a gentle ghost.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Battlefield
Medium

Blue Licks Battlefield

Carlisle, Kentucky

August 19, 1782—the Revolution’s last battle, and a massacre.

2 claims · 1 legend→
House
Medium

Ashland

Lexington, Kentucky

Henry Clay’s Lexington estate—the Great Compromiser’s home.

2 claims · 1 legend→
House
Medium

Mary Todd Lincoln House

Lexington, Kentucky

The First Lady’s childhood home—where she lived before the White House.

2 claims · 1 legend→
House
Medium

White Hall

Richmond, Kentucky

Cassius Clay’s Italianate castle—the Lion of White Hall.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Natural
Medium

Natural Bridge

Slade, Kentucky

The 65-foot sandstone arch in the Red River Gorge.

1 claim→
Natural
Medium

Red River Gorge

Slade, Kentucky

The gorge of a hundred arches—climbing’s sacred ground.

1 claim→
Site
Medium

Maker’s Mark

Loretto, Kentucky

The 1805 distillery where the red wax seals the bourbon.

1 claim→

Full Kentucky record → state index· Every anecdotal filing → evidence shelf

Record last amended October 2, 2026 · shelves recounted with the archive