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The record for Georgia opens with The Pirates’ House, Kehoe House and Marshall House — the deepest files in the jurisdiction. The most-filed claim types here are Apparition (37 dossiers), Named Ghost Legend (24) and Reported Anomalies (12). Of its 70 sites, 49 are listed as open to the public — confirm access before visiting. The oldest dated entry is Colonial Park Cemetery, established 1750.

Restaurant
Medium

The Pirates’ House

Savannah, Georgia

1753 sailors’ tavern where men vanished into the rum tunnel.

5 claims · 3 legends→
Historic Inn
Medium

Kehoe House

Savannah, Georgia

1892 ironmaster’s mansion B&B haunted by the Kehoe children.

3 claims · 2 legends→
Hotel
Medium

Marshall House

Savannah, Georgia

1851 hotel that served as a Civil War hospital and yellow-fever ward.

3 claims · 2 legends→
Inn
Medium

17 Hundred 90 Inn

Savannah, Georgia

1790 inn haunted by Anna Powers, the jilted lover who leapt.

3 claims · 1 legend→
Restaurant
Medium

Olde Pink House

Savannah, Georgia

The 1771 mansion where James Habersham still "walks."

2 claims · 2 legends→
Battlefield
Medium

Kennesaw Mountain

Kennesaw, Georgia

June 27, 1864—the frontal assault Sherman regretted.

2 claims · 2 legends→
Cemetery
Medium

Oakland Cemetery

Atlanta, Georgia

The 1850 garden cemetery where Atlanta is buried.

2 claims · 2 legends→
House
Medium

Barrington Hall

Roswell, Georgia

The 1842 Roswell mansion—the King family’s Greek Revival.

2 claims · 2 legends→
House
Medium

Archibald Smith Plantation

Roswell, Georgia

The 1845 farm that became Roswell’s living museum.

2 claims · 2 legends→
House
Medium

Hofwyl-Broadfield

Brunswick, Georgia

The rice plantation on the Altamaha—the Brailsford-Dent house.

2 claims · 2 legends→
Site
Medium

Fort Frederica

St. Simons Island, Georgia

Oglethorpe’s 1736 fort—where the Bloody Marsh decided Georgia.

2 claims · 2 legends→
Church
Medium

Christ Church

St. Simons Island, Georgia

The 1820 church where the Wesleys preached—and the ghosts still come.

2 claims · 2 legends→
Site
Medium

Fort Morris and Sunbury

Midway, Georgia

The "Come and take it!" fort—and the burned town of Sunbury.

2 claims · 2 legends→
Prison
High confidence

Andersonville Prison

Andersonville, Georgia

Site documented in a Ghost Research Society investigation report.

2 claims→
Historic House
Medium

The Homestead

Milledgeville, Georgia

Private historic house associated with several published family legends.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Brewery
Medium

Moon River Brewing Company

Savannah, Georgia

Savannah’s first hotel, now a brewery with a basement poltergeist.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Historic House Museum
Medium

Sorrel-Weed House

Savannah, Georgia

1840 mansion where the Matilda story fuels Savannah’s darkest ghost tour.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Lighthouse
Medium

Tybee Island Lighthouse

Savannah, Georgia

The 1867 tower on a 1736 light site—Keeper Jackson’s daughter lore.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Lighthouse
Medium

St. Simons Island Lighthouse

St. Simons Island, Georgia

The 1872 tower where a keeper was shot—and still climbs the stairs.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Theater
Medium

Springer Opera House

Columbus, Georgia

The 1871 opera house where Edwin Booth played—and reportedly stayed.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Theater
Medium

Fox Theatre (Atlanta)

Atlanta, Georgia

The Fabulous Fox—its Moorish fantasy interior and organ that plays itself.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Hospital
Medium

Central State Hospital (Milledgeville)

Milledgeville, Georgia

At its peak, the largest psychiatric hospital in the world—~12,000 patients.

2 claims · 1 legend→
House
Medium

Mercer-Williams House

Savannah, Georgia

The Midnight in the Garden house—where Jim Williams shot Danny Hansford.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Battlefield
Medium

Chickamauga Battlefield

Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia

September 1863—the Confederacy’s last great victory, and "Old Green Eyes."

2 claims · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

Lake Lanier

Buford, Georgia

The reservoir built on a drowned town—hundreds dead, they say it’s cursed.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Natural
Medium

Okefenokee

Folkston, Georgia

The blackwater swamp—700 square miles of peat and gator.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Museum
Medium

Kennesaw House

Marietta, Georgia

The 1845 hotel where the Andrews Raiders stayed—now the Marietta Museum.

2 claims · 1 legend→
House
Medium

Bulloch Hall

Roswell, Georgia

The 1839 house where Teddy Roosevelt’s mother grew up.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Church
Medium

Midway Church

Midway, Georgia

The 1792 meeting house—where the Puritan dead keep watch.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

Harris Neck

Townsend, Georgia

The displaced Gullah community under the runway lights.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

Moore’s Ford

Monroe, Georgia

July 25, 1946—the bridge where four were lynched.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Historic Site
Medium

Fort Pulaski National Monument

Savannah, Georgia

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

Georgia Guidestones site

Elberton, Georgia

The "American Stonehenge"—blown up in 2022.

2 claims→
Cemetery
Medium

Memory Hill Cemetery

Milledgeville, Georgia

Historic cemetery with folklore about performer Dixie Haygood.

1 claim · 1 legend→
University Building
Medium

Waddel Hall

Athens, Georgia

University building with a published campus haunting tradition.

1 claim · 1 legend→
University Building
Medium

Joe Brown Hall

Athens, Georgia

Former dormitory associated with a staircase legend.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Hotel
Medium

Windsor Hotel

Americus, Georgia

Historic hotel with a published child-spirit tradition.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Bridge
Medium

Euharlee Covered Bridge

Euharlee, Georgia

Local landmark with published ghost folklore.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Historic House
Medium

Rhodes Hall

Atlanta, Georgia

Historic house museum with a published paranormal reputation.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Historic House
Medium

Rose Hill at Lockerly Arboretum

Milledgeville, Georgia

Historic house with an apparition tradition attached to Emma Tucker Sibley.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Cemetery
Medium

Bonaventure Cemetery

Savannah, Georgia

Midnight in the Garden cemetery of Gracie Watson and river ghosts.

1 claim · 1 legend→
River
Medium

Altamaha-ha (Altamaha River)

Darien, Georgia

Georgia’s river monster—Creek tradition and 20th-century sightings.

1 claim · 1 legend→
University
Medium

Wesleyan College

Macon, Georgia

The first women’s college in the world—and its 19th-century dead.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

Sapelo Island

Sapelo Island, Georgia

The island of Hog Hammock—the Gullah community and the Reynolds mansion.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Historic House
Medium

Hay House

Macon, Georgia

Historic house associated with published local folklore.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Historic House
Low

Ware-Lyndon House

Athens, Georgia

Historic house associated with published local folklore.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Cemetery
Low

Oconee Hill Cemetery

Athens, Georgia

Cemetery associated with published local folklore.

1 claim · 1 legend→
University Building
Low

Lustrat House

Athens, Georgia

University building associated with published local folklore.

1 claim · 1 legend→
University Building
Low

Demosthenian Hall

Athens, Georgia

Campus society hall associated with Robert Toombs folklore.

1 claim · 1 legend→
University Building
Low

Candler Hall

Athens, Georgia

Former dormitory associated with a student-spirit tradition.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Historic House
Low

Panola Hall

Eatonton, Georgia

Local landmark with published ghost folklore.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Cemetery
Low

Mount Hope Cemetery

Dahlonega, Georgia

Local landmark with published ghost folklore.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Historic Building
Low

Fred Jones Building

Dahlonega, Georgia

Local landmark with published ghost folklore.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Jail
Low

Old Jail, Lawrenceville

Lawrenceville, Georgia

Local landmark with published ghost folklore.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Fort
Low

Fort Hawkins

Macon, Georgia

Local landmark with published ghost folklore.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Theater
Low

Grand Opera House

Macon, Georgia

Local landmark with published ghost folklore.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Historic House
Medium

Taylor-Grady House

Athens, Georgia

Historic house associated with published local folklore.

1 claim→
Cemetery
Medium

Colonial Park Cemetery

Savannah, Georgia

1750 burying ground where Union soldiers altered the headstones.

1 claim→
Museum
Medium

Expedition Bigfoot

Blue Ridge, Georgia

The Blue Ridge museum dedicated to Sasquatch research.

1 claim→
Natural
Medium

Rock City

Lookout Mountain, Georgia

"See Rock City"—the barn-roof legend and the rock city.

1 claim→
Site
Medium

Jekyll Island

Jekyll Island, Georgia

The club where the Federal Reserve was born—millionaires’ island.

1 claim→
Natural
Medium

Cumberland Island

St. Marys, Georgia

The wilderness island of wild horses and the Dungeness ruins.

1 claim→
House
Medium

Little White House

Warm Springs, Georgia

Where FDR died at the easel—April 12, 1945.

1 claim→
Natural
Medium

Providence Canyon

Lumpkin, Georgia

Georgia’s "Little Grand Canyon"—carved by 19th-century farming.

1 claim→
Site
Medium

Wormsloe

Savannah, Georgia

The oak avenue and the 1745 tabby ruins—Noble Jones’s estate.

1 claim→
Theater
Low

Morton Theatre

Athens, Georgia

Theater associated with published local folklore.

1 claim→
Historic Site
Medium

Dr. Robert Collins House: William and Ellen Craft Escape Site

Macon, Georgia

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

2 facts→
Historic Site
Medium

Dungeness Plantation

Cumberland Island, Georgia

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

2 facts→
Historic Site
Medium

Vann House

Chatsworth, Georgia

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

2 facts→
Historic Site
Medium

Frederica

St. Simons Island, Georgia

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

2 facts→