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Named ghost legends filed in Tennessee

Tennessee files 13 hauntings with a name attached — a claimed identity, often a former owner, a patient, a soldier, kept alongside what the record can actually confirm about that person. Many named ghosts turn out to be real people; whether they stayed is the part nobody can file.

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Prison
High confidence

Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary

Petros, Tennessee

Site documented in a Ghost Research Society investigation report.

5 claims · 1 legend→
Cave
High confidence

Historic Bell Witch Cave

Adams, Tennessee

Cave in Adams; research record.

3 claims · 2 legends→
Hotel
High confidence

The Read House

Chattanooga, Tennessee

Hotel in Chattanooga; research record.

3 claims · 2 legends→
Lake
Medium

Reelfoot Lake

Tiptonville, Tennessee

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

3 claims · 2 legends→
Historic House
Medium

Woodruff-Fontaine House

Memphis, Tennessee

Historic house in Memphis; research record.

2 claims · 2 legends→
Auditorium
Medium

Ryman Auditorium

Nashville, Tennessee

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

2 claims · 2 legends→
Theater
Medium

Orpheum Theatre

Memphis, Tennessee

Theater in Memphis; research record.

2 claims · 2 legends→
Tunnel
Medium

Sensabaugh Tunnel

Kingsport, Tennessee

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

2 claims · 1 legend→
Natural
Medium

Lookout Mountain

Chattanooga, Tennessee

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

2 claims · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

Loretta Lynn Ranch

Hurricane Mills, Tennessee

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

2 claims · 1 legend→
House
Medium

Graceland

Memphis, Tennessee

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

2 claims · 1 legend→
Theater
Low

Orpheum Theatre (Memphis)

Memphis, Tennessee

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

2 claims · 1 legend→
Train Station
Medium

Union Station Hotel

Nashville, Tennessee

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

1 claim · 1 legend→

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