Historic haunted places in New Bern, NC. 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.
Open to the public (New Bern Historical Society; donation-based admission).
This 1790 house was used by Union forces as a medical facility, and the ghost stories told here are modest. Staff and volunteers report footsteps on the empty upper floor during op…
Soon after the coquina Weeping Arch was finished in 1854, mourners noticed drops of water falling from it, especially in humid summers. Local legend grew that the arch weeps for th…
Church grounds generally open to the public (free).
Ghost tour accounts say yellow fever killed so many in 1799 that victims were buried in trench-like ditches across the churchyard. Visitors report flashes of light and floating orb…
Staff and overnight guests describe an unidentified woman in period clothing walking the second and third floors. Workers have also reported silverware moving and lights flickering…
Open to the public (historic site; admission charged).
In July 2017 a visitor filmed the interior on her phone, and her cousin later spotted a translucent figure seeming to cross a doorway in the background. British tabloids ran it as …