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City/County:Richmond

Haunting Name:White Hall
Description:
White Hall was the home of Cassius Clay. Clay served as a US minister to Russia under president Lincoln. There have been reports of aparitions here, of children, and of two different women.

City/County:Harrodsburg

Haunting Name:Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill
Description:
Shakertown is a 2700 acre shaker village, all buildings are original. There have been several documented cases of visitors hearing someone singin in the Meeting House, upon investigation it has been found locked where no one could get in. There have been instances of guests checking out early, seeing shadows moving about in their rooms, hearing activity downstairs, in the middle of the night, where the exhibits are. Upon investigation everything is found to be locked and no one there. There is a reputed haunting in one of the buildings where a young girl flung herself from a window, persons have reported hearing something fall to the ground by that building.

City/County:Brandenburg

Haunting Name:Doe Run Inn
Description:
Doe Run Inn was established in 1780 and finished in 1790. There have been several documented hauntings happen at Doe Run. Guests will leave in the middle of the night, people will report children running around on the third floor when there are no children anywhere in the Inn, doors will slam shut, curtains being moved about etc.

City/County:Louisville

Haunting Name:Mammoth Cave
Description:
With over 300 miles documented, Mammoth Cave is the longest cave system in the world. The cave has been toured by the public since the early 1800s and is even mentioned in Jules Verne's Journey to the Center of the Earth.
One of the first and most famous cave guides of Mammoth Cave is said to still walk the corridors. Stephen Bishop was a slave who is said to have refused freedom due to fear he would have to leave his beloved cave. Bishop discovered many previously unknown passages and drew many maps, some of which are still used today. Some say his ghost still haunts the cave, looking to guide anyone lost to safety. Whether or not Bishop's spirit has left the cave, his legacy remains. Many of his maps are still in use today
Another famous ghost at Mammoth Cave is known as Melissa. Melissa is reported to have been a very beautiful bell who fell in love with her tutor, a northerner from Boston. When the tutor rejected her, she mischievously lead him deep into the cave, which she knew very well, and left him there alone. When she went back to find him again, he was gone and was never found again. Some say the distraught woman is still searching for him until this day.
When the Mammoth Cave area became a national park, the people who lived there were forced to move. It seems, however, that some have returned to their beloved land. Buried in the graveyard of an old church in the park lies the earthly remains of a woman who was a very talented violin player. It's said that if you walk past her grave at night, you can hear the haunting music of a violin. The church beside the cemetery now sits empty, but people seem to be there in spirit. Furniture and other objects have been said to move about. I've talked to people who have witnessed this in person. One witness stated that he had visited the church with some friends and that a book that had been placed on a table was not there when he went to pick it back up. It was found on the other side of the church, and no one of the group had moved it. One night around one A.M. a ghostly white light was seen moving out of the church and into the surrounding woods. Another ghost that haunts the park is that of a man who hanged himself. The house where the man lived is now torn down, but the tree the man used is still there. Two friends were recently driving past this tree when an orange ball of light appeared. The two drove away quickly, not wanting to disturb any restless spirit on a lonely road in the darkness of night. In this place people used to call home, you will now find only a haunting silence, broken only occasionally by the faint music of a violin, footsteps on the squeaky floorboards of the old church, and the whispering voices of those who have returned.
From: www.MyOldKentuckyGhosts.com
A LITTLE MORE ABOUT THE GHOST MELISSA:
The Mammoth Cave system, in Kentucky, consists of 330 miles of passageways on five levels. It is the largest cave in the world. For years Mammoth Cave has been explored and probed, and no one has seen the end of it yet. Like many caves, Mammoth Cave is a dangerous place for a novice to explore -- so large that a person can get easily lost in the maze of tunnels and never find their way outside. It has only been fairly recently that the cave was commercially developed open to the public. Before that, some of the locals knew enough about the twists and turns to find their way out, or even to get another person lost if they wanted to. It had happened dozens of times before. One person would take another into the cave, get them thoroughly lost, then suddenly disappear. Most of the time it was meant as a prank. After a time, the "guide" would always reappear and lead the befuddled, frightened victim to safety. One time, however, this prank turned into tragedy. There was once a beautiful young woman living near Mammoth Cave. Her name was Melissa. Melissa's father was one of the great land holders in the vicinity and the family was financially well off. They even had enough money to hire a tutor to teach young Melissa. That's when the trouble started. Melissa was a romantically-inclined girl who easily fell in love. Her tutor was a serious young single man from Boston and very handsome. It was only natural that the student would fall in love with the teacher. But there was a great age difference between them. Although the young man could not help but see that Melissa was a very pretty girl, she was still a girl -- much too young for him. Instead he fell in love with another woman. The spurned Melissa was beside herself with jealousy. She would get even with the ungrateful man if it was the last thing she ever did. Having lived near Mammoth Cave most of her life, Melissa had explored the caverns many times. She was familiar with every twist and turn, every nook and cranny. One day, she invited her tutor to go cave exploring with her. The young man, having never been in a cave, thought it would be a great adventure. Melissa and her tutor walked around the cave for nearly an hour, using candles to light their way. The tutor was fascinated with the spectacular limestone formations that Melissa pointed out to him. Even in feeble candlelight, they were breathtaking. Then, when he looked around, Melissa was gone. The man called frantically. No answer. Back at the entrance, Melissa was quite pleased with herself. She had had her revenge. The tutor was probably completely terrified by now. Now it was time to go get him and bring him out. But, when she retraced her steps to where she had left him, the young man was nowhere to be found. Melissa called and called, but there was no answer. She searched every tunnel and side tunnel that she knew. Nothing. The man was lost forever. He would never find his way out now. We would wander around inside the maze of corridors until he either died of starvation or fell into a deep crevice. Melissa's practical joke had turned into tragedy. When Melissa went home and told her father what she had done, he rallied the entire countryside to search the cave for the missing tutor. They searched Mammoth Cave for a week. Finally the search was called off. The young man was never found. For the rest of her life, Melissa lived with the horrible guilt of what she had done. Finally she died, an old and bitter woman. But that was not the end of it, not by a long shot. Now her ghost roams the dark tunnels of Mammoth Cave, still looking for the young man on whom she had played such a cruel trick over 150 years before. She has been seen countless times -- the apparition of a beautiful young woman, silently roaming the dank corridors, eternally searching for someone who will never be found.
From: Linda Linn's Kentucky Home and Ghost Stories

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