Ghosts of the Smoky Mountiains - Haunted Places of East Tennessee

Looking for some little "out of the ordinary" fun while visiting in Gatlinburg? Why not try a Ghost Walk? Eeekkkk!!

Two of the more popular walks are Ghost Walk of Gatlinburg and Haunted Ghost Tours . Both of these tours will take you on a leisurely stroll and search along the shadowy streets and alleys of Gatlinburg, to hear stories of the unexplained and strange.

Ghost Walk of Gatlinburg says "Ghostwalk" is not a haunted-house tour. It is a storytelling experience with a twist of murder and mayhem. We get your attention, but we don't chase you around with chainsaws. The stories feature a combination of local legends, history, superstition, folk tales and fiction. The tour's purpose is to revisit many historic and forgotten stories of murder and chaos that took place during the past 100 years in Gatlinburg and Great Smoky Mountains National Park."

Just to give you an idea of some of the stories you might encounter, the following accounts are provided by JND infowire who does not neccesarily support the existence of ghosts or hauntings. The following stories should be considered folk tales and nothing more. Do not visit the listed locations without permission of the owner.

Gatlinburg - Greenbrier Restaurant - At the Greenbrier Restaurant the ghost of a young woman who committed suicide in the restaurant can sometimes be seen.

Gatlinburg - Holiday Inn Sunspree Resort - This place is haunted by many spirits and/or demons.? Being one of the oldest hotels in Gatlinburg many events have taken place here over time.?

Gatlinburg - Holiday Inn Sunspree Resort - The kitchens on the property - First a man by the name of Alvin worked for the hotel as a cook since the hotel had opened.

Upon his 30th anniversary the owners purchased a gift for him, a new boat.

The first time Alvin took this boat out it sank and he drowned.

There are two kitchens on the property the Holidome (for restaurant) and the Tower (for Banquet facilities).

Alvin is said to haunt both of the kitchens.

Cooks coming in for the early breakfast hours have reported hearing their names whispered, dishes breaking and flying across the kitchen, and faucets turning themselves on and off.

There are many other stories of this hotel.

Gatlinburg - Holiday Inn Sunspree Resort - TOWER - First, in room 471, in the summer of 1999, a businessman was out of town staying in this room.

He was walking around the pool (next to this room) for most of the evening and into the night hours.? When the pool closed a maintenance man told him that he would have to leave the pool was closed.

This is the last anyone would see of this gentleman because, the next day when he was supposed to check out and did not, a maid went to the room to check things out.

Upon walking into the room, she found the man had committed suicide with a 357.

He had also left a $3.57 tip on the table.

Many have claimed to see a shadow walking around the pool at night in the windows of the rooms around the pool.

Next, in the early 1980’s, a boy scout group had rented the entire 7th. Floor of the building.

This is hard to accurately describe, since no one who was working there at the time cares to elaborate on any details from this event, but all that was gathered is that the boy scout leader had apparently gone crazy and killed some of the scouts before being caught.

When the building was closed for the winter one year (Gatlinburg is a tourist town which is really only full for the summer and autumn months) an employee was making rounds through the building and stopped on the 7 th. Floor and heard running and screams he ran to check for intruders only to find nothing, no rooms were rented in the Tower that evening.

Gatlinburg - Holiday Inn Sunspree Resort

HOLIDOME - 413 - in the front of the complex outside, in the late 1970’s two young girls were staying there for the night.

They went downtown and picked up a guy from a local bar and brought him back to their room.

While the other girl was out smoking, the guy drowned her female friend in the bathtub and put her body under the bed.

Then while leaving he went down the back stairwell outside beside the kitchen and found the other girl smoking, then he proceeded to strangle her as well, and drug her body to the roof of the building (then easily accessible).

Maids over the years have reported hearing noises from the bathroom and objects in the room moving from one place to another, while cleaning the room.

Gatlinburg - Mount LeCounte - At 3:33a.m. a little girl will appear at the edge of the bed and watch the people sleep.

Gatlinburg - Rocky Top Inn - In the old office located in the back of the building, a multiple murder occurred. An estranged local killed two employee’s of the motel. Motif unknown. The killing’s were of such a perverse nature that you can sometimes still hear them screaming for there lives. People have seen ghostly apparitions around the back parking lot, and near the fountain. These murders occurred over 15 years ago. The killer was charged convicted and sentenced to death by lethal injection.

Gatlinburg - Rumor has it that in the heart of Gatlinburg, near a place called the Mysterious Mansion, a young girl about age, 7 fell off a hotel balcony, and landed in a creek below. Every two weeks before her death’s anniversary, you can see her crying and pointing up to the spot where she fell to her death.

Gatlinburg - Terror on the Parkway - Formerly Known as Hauntings this place is haunted by several ghosts. Especially one of a former manager who ran the operation in the early eighties. - February 2004 update/correction: a visitor to our site states, These Stories are very true. However the room 413 has not been in operation since the events of the evening in your story the room was removed from operation.

They claim to have been associated with this facility for many years and the stories and events are well beyond what has been mentioned here. Of course they realize these are events reported by persons directly involved but they are very surprised there isn't allot more of them.

Pigeon Forge - Family Inn by Dixie Stampede - It’s said to be haunted by an old lady who was killed working late…They say that you can see her shadow watching you from wherever you stand, on the same day as her death.

Sevierville - The Old Eledge House - It is said that Mr. Eledge died of a heart attack in the house and has haunted the place since it had happened. The lights flicker on and off at night and noises are heard throughout the house. The noises are of Mr. Eledge and his children talking and laughing. The basement of the house is haunted by ghost of his children.

Sevierville - Bluff Mountain Old hotel site - Apparitions and voices, a feeling of dread have been reported. - October 2003 Update - Popular in the 1920’s. What few people know about is the old cemetery a couple hundred feet off the trail leading to the bluffs. Reason enough, some would say to see a few spirits. The thing dates back to the 1790’s when the bluffs were used as a look out point for the continental army, watching for Indians along the trade route, from North Carolina to what was the lost state of Franklin(now Tennessee). A small post was there and they were attacked by a rouge band of the peaceful Cherokee. Most were slaughtered in there sleep.

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