Most Haunted Places In Owensboro, Kentucky To Visit

Following are the most haunted places in Owensboro, Kentucky, where the echoes of tragic deaths and forgotten souls linger in the darkness. These haunted spots have witnessed centuries of sorrow, and some say the spirits of the departed are not yet ready to rest.

Ben Hawes State Park

: "A girl who was accused of witchcraft in the 18th century was burned at the stake in the woods. If you up there at night you can see her ghost walking and the light of the torches of the people who came to burn her."


Catherine Spalding Elementary School

: "In 1896 when the school was first built, it was made mostly of farmer''s daughters because the boys never went to school. In 1899 the school was destroyed by a small tremor from the fault in Missouri. Two girls died when the school fell to the ground. In 1901 they rebuilt the school but over top of the old school (because it was so small) they built an art building. Still today the art building is haunted by the two girls who at night have been known to mess up the art room and when morning comes the room is a mess."


Davies County Middle School

: "in the middle of the day you can hear screams of a woman in the girls bathroom of the 3rd floor. You can look around and see that there is no one there"


Davies County Public library

: "an apparition of a boy with high red knee socks, a red vest, very old style shoes, high shorts, and one of those hats you see on many men back in the 20''s and 30''s."


Fordsville

: "Deanefield - During the Civil War, confederate soldiers hiding from the Yankees used a small cliff cave to hide out. It is said that the Yankees ambushed the southern soldiers, killing them all. On summer nights of the full moon, shots can be heard as well as sounds of laughter, a fire crackling, and horses galloping. The cliffs can be found off of highway 1414 in Ohio Co, Ky."


Wilson House

: "This house was one of the first built in the area. It was once owned by a large family back in the early 1800s. The family was an outcast family and very odd. The story goes that a son named John killed them all, then killed himself. You can hear screams and laughter late at night at this deserted house."


Maiden Lake

: "The woods around the lake where long ago a man and his wife lived. One day he was getting water from his well and fell in it to his death. His wife got the body and buried him. The well is still there and residents have reported there being a man with a bucket and wet standing beside the well."


Owensboro Catholic Middle School

: "At night, neighbors have reported screams and wicked laughter. They have seen doors flying open and shut as if possessed. There are dark reddish stains that have never come out of the floors in certain rooms."


Owensboro High School

: "When Owensboro High''s elevator was first put in the seven year old son Johnny of the builder of the elevator was playing with his ABC blocks the elevator wasn''t all finished and there had been no doors to the elevator yet and the boy feel to his death, to this day if you go to the school real late at night right in front of the elevator and say Johnny are you playing with your blocks, you are to hear the sound of the blocks clinging together as if he were playing with them."


River Park Center

: "At night on the catwalk you can see a woman in white, dripping water as she continues to walk over the edge to the river below."


The Old Theater Workshop

: "In 1809 this theater was a Baptist church. A young priest lived there with his family. His daughter was dating a young man who her father disapproved of. Late one night the daughter came to her father with dreadful news. She told her father she was pregnant. He was so disappointed in her, he told her he never wanted to see her again and sent her away. So the story goes that night she was out of her mind, she ran up to the bell tower and hung herself. Her father was so sad he to killed himself in the basement. With what nobody knows. To this day lights are said to go on and off constantly, the bell rings when there isn''t a bell anymore, coldness out of nowhere surrounds you, and if your not careful while standing in front of the basement you just might get pushes as many have before."


Whitesville

: "old Whitesville school - If you go to the old Whitesville Public School you can hear doors and windows opening and shutting and the lights will flicker on and off. There are reports of people finding an old electric chair in the basement."