I love Halloween. So, so, so much. One of my favorite things about the holiday is it’s the one time a year when I have the opportunity to visit haunted places, and spooky attractions and get the creeps just because I can. I love it. So for those of you who love it too and are living in North Carolina currently and love a good scare like me, I have compiled the 7 haunts and attractions I feel are the best in the state.
Halloween Haunts and Attractions in North Carolina
The Michael Myers House
Thanks to Kenny and Emily Caperton, a couple who have built a life-size replica of the house in Hillsborough, North Carolina where they live with their two cats and presumably a hearty collection of horror DVDs. Click HERE for more information.
The USS North Carolina
During World War II, a soldier was killed in the washroom of the battleship by a torpedo strike. Visitors and investigators have confirmed sightings of figures in the passageways and portholes. Click HERE for more information.
The Haunted Mill
With over 115 years of supernatural activity, it is both a literal and manufactured haunt. The intense and ‘in your face’ scares can have some begging for the end at just the beginning. Click HERE for more information.
The Hammock House
This house is said to have been owned by Black Beard the Pirate. Once, Black Beard saw one of his crew members dancing with his girlfriend and consequently beheaded the man on the stairs. It is said that now, more than two hundred years later, bloodstains eventually become visible again through the stairs that have been sanded, painted, and carpeted. Click HERE for more information.
Kersey Valley Spookywoods
Spookywoods Haunted Attraction was started by a bunch of teenagers in 1985 to go into an abandoned farmhouse when the founder Tony Wohlgemuth was 15 years old. After getting a good scare from a family of bats they decided to make a haunted house that fall. The haunted attraction now takes over the majority of the 60-acre farm after almost 3 decades of growth. Click HERE for more information.
The Great Dismal Swamp
Spanning 112,000 acres along NC’s northern border is so spooky and mysterious it inspired a Harriet Beecher Stowe novel. While Stowe was intrigued about the mysteries of runaway slaves, known as ‘maroons’ who started completely isolated lives in various parts of the swamp, their legend only skims the surface of just how haunted this place is. Visitors have reported hearing strange sounds, seeing lights, and seeing ghosts. Click HERE for more information.
Paint Rock
Located on the scenic Appalachian Trail, Paint Rock holds one of the most interesting bits of folklore in Western North Carolina. Legend has it that men who camped near the area reported waking to the sound of singing. After being lured in by the beautiful song, the men found themselves looking at a beautiful Cherokee woman in the reflection of nearby waters. But when the men tried to reach for the woman, they were pulled into the water and drowned by an unknown creature.
With Love,
Lex Paige
