Explore Franklin's Paranormal History
Discover the Most Spine-Chilling Locations and Their Dark Stories
Explore the Paranormal
Discover the dark history and ghostly encounters at Franklin's most notorious haunted sites
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Named the Second-Most Terrifying Place in America by the Travel Channel, the Lotz House sits at ground zero of the Battle of Franklin. With bloodstained floors, cannonball holes, and spirits of soldiers and children still walking its halls, this is Franklin's most haunted location.
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With over a thousand bullet holes scarring its walls, the Carter House bears witness to some of the Civil War's bloodiest combat. The ghost of Tod Carter, who came home to die in his childhood bedroom, still haunts these grounds alongside his sister Annie and his phantom warhorse Rosencrantz.
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Called Tennessee's most haunted house, Carnton Mansion became a Confederate hospital after the Battle of Franklin. With bloodstained floors, the ghosts of five Confederate generals, and the spirit of Carrie McGavock herself still walking the halls, Carnton is a place where death never truly departed.
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Once the headquarters of the Union Army and later a makeshift hospital, the Old Franklin City Hall is haunted by the soldiers who fought and died here. Witnesses have seen ghostly figures in blue uniforms standing on the balcony, still watching over the town they fought to defend.
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Site of public executions, brutal punishments, and Civil War hospital wards, the Franklin Courthouse harbors spirits from multiple eras of tragedy. The most famous is a bearded man who appears to prisoners in holding cells, smoking a cigar before vanishing into thin air.
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Play the Battle Hymn of the Republic inside the White Building and watch what happens. The lights flicker. Equipment goes haywire. And if you ask the right questions, you might hear the name 'Drake'—a Union drummer boy who died here during the Battle of Franklin.
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