HAUNTED PLACES IN ARKANSAS: NORTH LITTLE ROCK - WOODSON

North Little Rock - Albert Pike Memorial Masonic Temple - Is haunted by the ghost of Albert Pike, a Confederate general and influential Freemason of the 19th Century.

North Little Rock - Chuck E. Cheese - workers hear little girls laughing in the back room when nobody is there and the soda machines turn on by there selves.

North Little Rock - North Little Rock High School - West Campus/Ole Main- A popular football player died in a car crash and his funeral was held in the auditorium because so many students wanted to attend. He has been sighted in the tower above the campus. The tower is now off limits to everyone.

North Little Rock - Oak Grove High School - hearing noises of people talking, screaming & seeing shadows.

North of Cedarville - Highway 220 at Dry Hill Road - At the top of the mountain at Dry Hill Rd. going north on Highway 220, off the to the left side of the road is part of the old Butterfield Stage Coach Rd. Hunters have always reported the sound of someone whistling a strange tune. When they search the surrounding area to make sure it’s not a joke from someone it always stops when you step onto the old stage coach road. The whistling stops and u can hear a team of horses running as if the old stagecoach is making another run.

Ozark - High School Stage - At the Ozark High School the stage used for musicals and plays is supposed to be haunted by a student who longed to be in a production. The director never cast him and the boy told the director that one day he would be on stage. He later moved from the district and later died in a car wreck. They say about a week before production, things are misplaced and missing but he never disturbs anything the nights of the production

Paragould - Collins Theater - While rehearsing on stage several cast members have reportedly seen an old couple sitting in the balcony observing. To their astonishment the specters would eventually disappear. Many people are of the opinion that they were the former owners of the theatre who were apparently curious of the goings on in the establishment. The old Collins theatre was built in 1928, a year later than its sister theatre, the Strand, in Jonesboro.

Paragould - Primrose Lane - if you drive down to the end of the rode where the pavement turns into dirt, drive down the path a little bit, turn of your lights and if u sit there for a little while you will see a figure of a man and his dog. the man is carrying a rifle. It is said that a man was hunting out there and he shot himself. If you walk through the woods some people have said that the mans dog will come up to you and then vanishes in front of your eyes.

Pea Ridge - Pea Ridge battle ground - As like most civil war battle grounds Pea Ridge has hauntings much like Gettysburg; only not as strong.

Rector - cemetery, catholic - Ask anyone in this small town and they will give you direction. Go on any night after dark, and say Mary come out and play, and the ghost of a young child will appear. Do not turn off you car, because it will not start.

Rogers - Cross Hollows - The site of a Civil War encampment, there are reports of phantom regiments marching in the area, shouts in the middle of the night, musket fire and horses. All of this happens after dark, and there are heavy mists from the nearby lake that obscure visibility past 20-30 feet on the road. There have also been reports of a "bigfoot-type" creature in the area, not unlike the Boggy Creek Monster.

Rogers - Lake Hotel - there is an abandon broken down hotel it used to be a plantation house and the slave quarters are still standing u can see a light in the top window and hear sounds of slaves being whipped and the cries of the slaves it is also an old meeting place for devil worshipers for years they still meet there on the winter solstice. Even during day light hours you can still feel the presents of another being standing very close to you

Rogers - Radar Road - A sound resembling that of a galloping horse has been observed by nearby residents and other locals. It is thought to be a ghost from the Civil War era.

Russellville - Arkansas Tech University - Caraway Hall People have reported noises in the attic, footsteps on the stairs, and whispering in the hallways. The structure is built on top of an old Cherokee Indian Burial Site. The mounds were disturbed when groundwork was being done for the foundation.

Russellville - Arkansas Tech University - Tucker Coliseum A basketball player was killed in a car accident here in 1981. If you go in when it is empty, you will see a seat pulled down in the stands. It is never the same one either. Basketballs are also found strewn all over the court on random mornings.

Russellville - Arkansas Tech University - Witherspoon Hall On the third floor at night, a piano plays by itself in the practice room. It is said to be the ghost of a former student.

Sardis - Sardis Pipeline - A glowing light that flickers very rapidly bounces up and down a tree line. It always originates from the same cedar tree tops. If you watch it for a long period of time it seems to get very agitated, shooting up above the trees. Unknown reason for it being there. Some people have experienced a bumping on the back of their cars upon leaving the sight.

Scott - Mama Lou's Bridge - It is said that a woman and her new born baby drove off this bridge and died. If you go there at night and say "Mama Lou I've got your baby" strange things will happen. Your car won't start or you'll hear screeching noises like the paint is being scraped off your car. You can also see a woman in white floating in the field near the bridge.

Scott - Toltec Mounds - About 20 minutes from Little Rock. This is an old prehistoric Native American worship site. Many consider it Arkansas' "Stonehenge." Large dirt mounds were used as a calendar, to predict the future, and for magical purposes. Apparitions seen, and strange noises have been heard. Site is about 100 acres.

Searcy - Harding University - Old Music Building - Believed to be haunted by a girl named Gertie. The top window where she was said to be seen is painted black. You can hear someone playing a piano even when no one else is in the building. - December 2003 update: Gertie is the ghost of a girl who was a student many years ago, when the school was an all girls school. She fell to her death in the dumb-waiter of her dorm. That building has since been torn down and the bricks used in several places on campus. She has been seen in all of the places where those bricks were used: the bell tower, one of the boys' dorms, the brick sidewalk across campus, and the music building. Piano music can be heard when no one is playing. One night, some students, in an effort to discover the source of the piano music, sprinkled power on the piano keys, bench, and on the floor all around the piano, then hid in the recording studio and waited. They heard and recorded the piano music that night -- the powder had NOT been disturbed.

Sebastian - Fort Smith - William O. Darby Jr. High School - The stair case in the old part of the building between third and second floor is haunted by a student that choked to death in the 60's or 70's. Also the attic is haunted by a janitor that had a heart attack while peeking through the peep hole watching the cheerleaders they say you can hear him call out from the balcony of the auditorium if you are in there alone. Also the practice field was once a cemetery and it was stated that even though all remains have been removed that some of the unmarked graves still remain and on foggy nights you can see these ghostly figures looking for the other graves that were marked.

Sheridan - Courthouse Square - In the late 1800's, there were numerous people hanged on the Courthouse lawn. There are reports of apparitions in the Courthouse windows, as well as disembodied footsteps echoing throughout the halls.

Tazlina - Tazlina Lodge - The Tazlina Lodge is not in use anymore. Long ago, a man had a stand off with the police at the lodge. He stayed on the third floor. He died in the stand off and his spirit is said to be there still. Back in the 50's +, some of my family worked there as housekeeper's. They experienced a lot of ghost activity at the three-story lodge. About five years ago, a family got to have a tour of the lodge. It was a very warm summer day. They headed up the stairs looking at the rooms. They were aware of the reported hauntings and they were scared. As they got closer to the third floor, the air got very cold(remember it was a very warm day outside). They went to the room where the man died long ago on the third floor. They don't know if it was a setup by the hotel owner, but there was a very dusty wooden chair in the room. It had an imprint on it that looked as if someone sat on it recently. There was a smell of smoke from a cigarette in the small room. The owner told them that the ghost likes to smoke in the room often.

Tuckerman - Battleaxe - On stormy nights just before the storm and right afterward it is said that a swinging lantern crosses the backend of the field. During the civil war a very wealthy family lived there, the father of the family received warning that a band of bushwhackers were in the territory so he took all of his gold and went and buried it in the woods. When he returned to his home the bushwhackers had killed his wife and children. He knew that they died because of his greed so he is doomed to repeat his mistake forever. Going to and from his house to rebury the gold.

Tuckerman - Elgin - It is said that on a stormy night you can hear screaming and yelling at Chesier cemetery, and a real cool breeze arises every time you enter.

Tyronza - East Poinsett County Elementary - Reports of hearing footsteps behind you. Toilets flush on their own. Its said to be true that when the Tyronza Elem. School burned down in the 1950's that the kids that burned inside still haunt the halls.

Van Buren - King Opera House Theatre - Things have been heard and seen by actors and maintenance workers during the running of plays.

Vilonia - Cypress Valley cemetery - at night, if you park your car on the other side of the road, in front of the cemetery you will see the grim reaper on the big oak tree in the middle of the cemetery. it is a huge knot on the trunk but above this you can see strange orbs and stuff.

Ward - Deliverance Tabernacle - The name of the tabernacle is painted onto the side of the building with white reflective paint. At night when you come over the tracks, the paint looks red, and like it is dripping blood.

War Eagle river shores - A confederate soldier appears to be guarding his territory as he walks along the shores of the river next to the War Eagle Mill.

Warren - Mark's Mill - ghosts of Civil War soldiers haunted the area. - December 2003 update: It is located about 20 miles north of Warren in Cleveland co. The battle field and state park are located at the intersection of hwy. 8 and hwy. 97.

Washington - Fayetteville - Tilly Willy Bridge - A secluded area down an old dirt road, a woman and her children ran off a narrow concrete bridge and down to their deaths, reportedly in the 70's. Since then, the ghosts are either spotted crossing the bridge in a phantom car, the woman is seen in a white dress twirling in the nearby fields late at night, and also sightings of a "green" goblin like creature.

Woodson - Highway 365 - A few people have reported picking up a female hitchhiker on a stormy night. She asks them to drive her to her house. When they get to the house, the driver turns to say goodbye, and the girl is gone. The driver goes up to the house and asks about it and the woman at the door reports that this happens all of the time since her daughter was killed in a car accident close to home.

Woodson - Pine Bluff - Woodson Lateral Road - The Woodson and Woodson Lateral Road are one and the same. Mysterious lights have been known to follow cars down Woodson Lateral Road.

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