Southeastern US Haunted Schools

The Westcott Building at Florida State University with its brick towers and arched entry, and the Westcott Fountain in the plaza in front

Florida State University – Tallahassee, FL: Gallows Hill, the Westcott Fountain and the Ghosts of Cawthon Hall

October 24, 2026 admin Southeastern US Haunted Schools

A documented 1820s hanging on Gallows Hill, the Westcott Fountain that stands nearby and two Cawthon Hall ghost stories, with the history kept apart from the legends.

Pattie Cobb Hall at Harding University, a two-story red-brick building with a rounded entrance canopy, partly framed by trees

Harding University – Searcy, AR: Gertie and the Ghost of a Building That No Longer Stands

October 24, 2026 admin Southeastern US Haunted Schools

A Galloway-era ghost story, a 1950 student editor’s tall tale, and the bricks of a demolished hall that carried it across campus.

Gorgas House at the University of Alabama, a two-story brick house with a columned front porch, photographed in 1993

University of Alabama – Tuscaloosa, AL: The Woods Hall Duel, the Gorgas Family and the Buildings That Survived 1865

October 24, 2026 admin Southeastern US Haunted Schools

A documented 1877 shooting at Woods Hall, the family that lived in the Gorgas House, and why the library elevator ghost is a modern story.

Flowers Memorial Hall at Huntingdon College, a Gothic Revival red-brick building with a central tower, seen across the lawn

Huntingdon College – Montgomery, AL: The Red Lady and the Building That No Longer Stands

October 24, 2026 admin Southeastern US Haunted Schools

A Montgomery campus ghost in red, a 1931 yearbook, and what happened when her dormitory was torn down.

Black-and-white view of Main Hall at the University of Montevallo, a three-story brick building with a tall central pavilion, in 1993

University of Montevallo – Montevallo, AL: Condie Cunningham and the Main Hall Fire

October 24, 2026 admin Southeastern US Haunted Schools

A documented 1908 dormitory fire, the ghost legend built on it, and which of Montevallo’s other campus stories hold up.

Campus of Henderson State University in Arkadelphia, Arkansas

Henderson State University – Arkadelphia, AR

September 15, 2019 admin Southeastern US Haunted Schools

According to the best-known version of the legend, when Henderson State University in Arkadelphia, AR was a Methodist college, a[…]

View near the railroad tracks over Wheeler Lake in Decatur, Alabama

Decatur High School – Decatur, AL

September 2, 2019 admin Southeastern US Haunted Schools

In Decatur, Alabama, on Prospect Drive, sits Decatur High School. The school was built in 1950. Since that time, students[…]

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