Historic haunted places in Richmond, VA. 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.
Jefferson Park, near N 19th St & E Marshall St, Richmond, VA 23223
Public park, free; tunnel sealed, western portal visible from outside only.
When this railroad tunnel caved in on a work train in October 1925, at least two laborers were never recovered and remain entombed inside. Visitors to Jefferson Park above the seal…
Ghost-tour writers say a dark male shape many take to be Poe himself lingers near certain exhibits, especially his walking stick and Virginia Clemm's hand mirror. Two small blond b…
Open to the public (free, daylight hours; seasonal paid walking tours).
Richmond's best-known urban legend, the Richmond Vampire, ends here at the 1913 granite mausoleum of W.W. Pool. The tale grew out of the real 1925 Church Hill Tunnel collapse: a bl…
The Carytown movie palace's longest-running story involves Robert Coulter, its manager for decades, seen as a tall man in a gray suit drifting through the balcony and aisles. Inves…
Open to the public (hotel; public spaces open to non-guests).
Staff at this Beaux-Arts grand hotel have long described switchboard lights flashing on their own, pay phones ringing in empty corridors and televisions cycling on and off in vacan…