South — open filings

Open to visit in Tennessee

24 dossiers in Tennessee carry the open to the public filing — the legend is on record and the door, per the last source, is open. Access is a filing, not a guarantee: hours, tickets and seasonality live with the venue. Everything else in the archive stays documented but admired from the legal distance.

24 open dossiers4 counties coveredBrushy Mountain State Penitentiary — deepest file

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Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary

Petros, Tennessee

Site documented in a Ghost Research Society investigation report.

5 claims · 1 legend→

High confidence

Thomas House Hotel

Red Boiling Springs, Tennessee

Site documented in a Ghost Research Society investigation report.

4 claims · 1 legend→

High confidence

Historic Bell Witch Cave

Adams, Tennessee

Cave in Adams; research record.

3 claims · 2 legends→

High confidence

The Read House

Chattanooga, Tennessee

Hotel in Chattanooga; research record.

3 claims · 2 legends→

Reelfoot Lake

Tiptonville, Tennessee

The lake the 1811–12 earthquakes made—cypress forest drowned overnight.

3 claims · 2 legends→

Ryman Auditorium

Nashville, Tennessee

"Mother Church of Country Music"—where Opry ghosts reportedly still perform.

2 claims · 2 legends→

High confidence

Carter House

Franklin, Tennessee

Site documented in a Ghost Research Society investigation report.

Ruby Falls

Chattanooga, Tennessee

The 145-foot underground waterfall inside Lookout Mountain.

2 claims · 1 legend→

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Lotz House

Franklin, Tennessee

Historic house in Franklin; research record.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Sensabaugh Tunnel

Kingsport, Tennessee

The 1920s railroad tunnel where a murdered baby is said to cry.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Lookout Mountain

Chattanooga, Tennessee

The "Battle Above the Clouds"—November 24, 1863.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Loretta Lynn Ranch

Hurricane Mills, Tennessee

The Coal Miner’s Daughter’s ranch—the haunted plantation she owns.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Graceland

Memphis, Tennessee

Elvis’s house—where the King reportedly never left.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Fort Negley Park

Nashville, Tennessee

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Orpheum Theatre (Memphis)

Memphis, Tennessee

The 1928 movie palace where Mary—the little girl—has her own seat.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Stones River National Battlefield

Murfreesboro, Tennessee

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Union Station Hotel

Nashville, Tennessee

1900 Romanesque train station turned hotel with a lady-in-gray legend.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Wampus Cat country

Townsend, Tennessee

The Cherokee panther-woman of the Smokies—half woman, half cat.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Lorraine Motel

Memphis, Tennessee

April 4, 1968—the balcony where Dr. King was shot.

1 claim · 1 legend→

The Lost Sea

Sweetwater, Tennessee

America’s largest underground lake—four acres of water in the dark.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Cumberland Caverns

McMinnville, Tennessee

The cave with the "Volcano Room" ballroom—and the Underground ballroom history.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Tuckaleechee Caverns

Townsend, Tennessee

The Smokies’ "Greatest Site Under the Smokies"—and the Big Room.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Carnton

Franklin, Tennessee

Plantation house turned field hospital—bloodstains remain on the floors.

Jacob Cummings Escape from Moccasin Bend

Chattanooga, Tennessee

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

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Record last amended October 2, 2026