A list of the 15 most haunted places in Tennessee features hotels, hospitals, and homes from Gatlinburg and Knoxville to Memphis and Nashville, all linked to suspected paranormal activity.
The top-ranked haunted site in Tennessee is the Chattanooga Choo Choo Hotel, a former Terminal Station on the National Register of Historic Places, where guests report ghostly sightings of a porter, a grieving mother, and a Civil War soldier.
The Smoky Mountains are home to Lydia, a distraught ghost said to have died in a log cabin—now part of the Greenbriar Restaurant—after being left at the altar.
Perhaps the most intriguing legend is the Bell Witch Cave, where a 19th-century family was tormented by unexplained noises, ghostly apparitions, and violent encounters.