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Haunted Places in Bardstown, KY

Historic haunted places in Bardstown, KY. Each page gives the ghost story, whether visitors can go, and a link to the site the story came from. The stories are folklore, not documented fact.

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An imposing gothic mansion lit with dramatic amber lanterns and eerie fog under an autumn moonIllustrated dispatch art — not a photoARCHIVE PHOTOGRAPH // PARANORMAL SITE

KENTUCKY / HAUNTED PLACE

Jailer's Inn Bed and Breakfast

Haunted place

111 W Stephen Foster Ave, Bardstown, KY 40004

Open to the public (bed and breakfast; jail tour for overnight guests).

This B&B was once Kentucky's oldest operating jail. Its most-reported spirit is Mrs. McKay, a jailer's wife who later became the jailer herself, and guests describe waking to see a…

Source: hauntbound.com

This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.

An imposing gothic mansion lit with dramatic amber lanterns and eerie fog under an autumn moonIllustrated dispatch art — not a photoARCHIVE PHOTOGRAPH // PARANORMAL SITE

KENTUCKY / HAUNTED PLACE

My Old Kentucky Home State Park (Federal Hill)

Haunted place

501 E Stephen Foster Avenue, Bardstown, KY 40004

Open to the public (mansion tours; seasonal evening ghost tours).

In 1833 a cholera outbreak killed eight members of the Rowan family and eight enslaved people at Federal Hill within a day. Local ghost tours describe a grieving mother wandering t…

Source: hauntbound.com

This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.

An imposing gothic mansion lit with dramatic amber lanterns and eerie fog under an autumn moonIllustrated dispatch art — not a photoARCHIVE PHOTOGRAPH // PARANORMAL SITE

KENTUCKY / HAUNTED PLACE

Old Talbott Tavern

Haunted place

107 W Stephen Foster Avenue, Bardstown, KY 40004

Open to the public (restaurant and inn).

The oldest ghost story here involves Jesse James, said to have woken in an upstairs room to a glowing figure by his bed and fired at it. Bullet holes still in the room are part of …

Source: hauntbound.com

This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.

An imposing gothic mansion lit with dramatic amber lanterns and eerie fog under an autumn moonIllustrated dispatch art — not a photoARCHIVE PHOTOGRAPH // PARANORMAL SITE

KENTUCKY / HAUNTED PLACE

Wickland (Home of Three Governors)

Haunted place

550 Springfield Road, Bardstown, KY 40004

Open for tours (check current schedule).

Instead of a famous resident, Wickland's ghosts are said to be three unnamed workers: a cook, a groundskeeper and a carpenter. Staff, guests and investigators describe each in thei…

Source: hauntbound.com

This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.

Map of Bardstown, Ky haunts

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Jailer's Inn Bed and Breakfast1My Old Kentucky Home State Park (Federal Hill)2Old Talbott Tavern3Wickland (Home of Three Governors)4

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