{"id":2806,"slug":"graceland-memphis-tennessee","story":[{"heading":null,"paragraphs":["Graceland is the '39 — the Moore mansion that's the original, the '57 purchase that's the Elvis. The $102,500 was the price — the 22-year-old who bought it, the 'Jailhouse Rock' that he was filming. The Meditation Garden is the grave — the '77 burial that's the site, the mother who was moved.","The Jungle Room is the den — the '60s addition that's the kitsch, the green carpet that's the ceiling. The gates are the '57 — the music notes that are the icon, the fans who lined up. Graceland is the shrine — the '82 opening that's the public, the second-most-visited that's the house.","The file keeps Graceland: the 1939 mansion, the 1957 purchase, the Jungle Room, and the Meditation Garden.","Graceland is the archive's Memphis file — the King's house."]},{"heading":"Why this file matters","paragraphs":["Graceland is the archive's Memphis file — the Elvis shrine.","A mansion keeps its gates — the file's suggestion being that Graceland's hold is the music: the '57 purchase that's the Elvis, the Jungle Room that's the kitsch, and the garden that's the grave."]}],"name":"Graceland","aliases":[],"type":"HOUSE","type_label":"House","cats":["LOCAL_FOLKLORE","HAUNTED_PLACE","HISTORIC_ESTATE","MUSIC"],"groups":["hauntings","historic-sites","legends"],"desc":"Elvis’s house—where the King reportedly never left.","full_desc":"Graceland is a house in Memphis, Tennessee. Elvis’s house—where the King reportedly never left. The name the accounts keep returning to is Elvis Presley. The dossier holds 2 reported claims, 1 legend, 1 documented fact and 1 named or described presence — documented record and retelling kept side by side. The site is open to visitors. The dossier keeps the place and the story in the same record — which is what the archive is for.","address":null,"city":"Memphis","county":null,"state":"Tennessee","postal":null,"region":"South","lat":35.109164,"lon":-89.968511,"coord_kind":"CITY","status":"ACTIVE","access":"PUBLIC","access_notes":null,"ownership":null,"website":null,"phone":null,"year_built":null,"year_opened":null,"year_closed":null,"year_demolished":null,"designation":null,"current_use":"Historic site / park","research_notes":"GA/TN batch; VERIFY task auto-queued.","stage":"SOURCE_RESEARCH","quality":{"level":"MEDIUM","score":59.4,"dims":{"location_confidence":0.75,"identity_confidence":0.65,"historical_confidence":0.8,"source_quality":0.3999999999999999,"paranormal_claim_provenance":0.8,"coordinate_confidence":0,"current_access_confidence":0.7,"freshness":0.65}},"claims":[{"id":2470,"type":"NAMED_GHOST_LEGEND","description":"Elvis is reportedly seen in the house. The figure answers to Elvis Presley in the retellings. Graceland wears the claim the way old houses do: visibly, and without comment. The story is documented as legend — recorded and retold, never verified as fact. The account appears in 'Graceland'. A ghost with a name outlasts a ghost without one; the reports keep it employed.","evidence":"DOCUMENTED_LEGEND","evidence_label":"Documented legend","entity":"Elvis Presley","where":null,"first_report":null,"approx_date":null,"confidence":0.8,"conflict_notes":null,"source":{"name":"Graceland","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graceland","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4},"conflicting_source":null,"variants":[]},{"id":2471,"type":"APPARITION","description":"Reported a presence in the mansion and the garden. Graceland in Memphis, Tennessee is the kind of old house where every sound eventually gets a name. The claim comes from paranormal investigation work: suggestive results, no accepted proof. Sources including 'Graceland' keep the claim in circulation. The figure remains the site's most-repeated sighting.","evidence":"PARANORMAL_INVESTIGATION_CLAIM","evidence_label":"Investigation claim","entity":null,"where":null,"first_report":null,"approx_date":null,"confidence":0.8,"conflict_notes":null,"source":{"name":"Graceland","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graceland","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4},"conflicting_source":null,"variants":[]}],"history":[{"description":"Elvis died here August 16, 1977; the mansion is preserved. Graceland's documented history is the record the rest of the file stands on. The fact is historically verified — the part of the file that doesn't need hedging. The detail is preserved in 'Graceland'. The record keeps it — history, not lore.","evidence":"HISTORICALLY_VERIFIED","date_start":null,"date_end":"1977-08-16","confidence":null,"source":{"name":"Graceland","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graceland","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4}}],"legends":[{"name":null,"summary":"Elvis is reportedly seen in the house. A house with Memphis's history behind it gives the reports a setting that needs no exaggeration. The account has a collector's pedigree — written down as legend, which is the most honest status it can hold. The account appears in 'Graceland'. The tale is the site's other archive — oral, embroidered, and outlasting the documents.","earliest":null,"evidence":"DOCUMENTED_LEGEND","source":{"name":"Graceland","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graceland","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4}}],"entities":[{"name":"Elvis Presley","claimed_identity":"Elvis Presley","verified":null,"summary":"Elvis is reportedly seen in the house. Elvis Presley is what the reports name it. Graceland wears the claim the way old houses do: visibly, and without comment. The name travels further than the proof; the sightings keep renewing the lease. The file stays open on it. The report keeps its place in the record.","behavior":"Elvis is reportedly seen in the house.","area":null,"first_ref":null,"source":{"name":"Graceland","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graceland","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4}}],"events":[],"investigations":[],"encounters":[],"media":[],"persons":[],"visitor":{"tour_availability":"Verify before visiting","notes":"Historic house; many are private residences—verify public access before visiting.","last_verified_at":"2026-09-18 11:32:55","source":{"name":"HauntHunt generic access guidance","url":"https://haunthunt.com/about#access-guidance","publisher":"HauntHunt editorial","type":"DIRECTORY","authority":2}},"sources":[{"name":"Graceland","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graceland","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4}],"conflicts":[],"wiki":null,"counts":{"claims":2,"history":1,"legends":1,"entities":1,"sources":1}}