Explore the most haunted places in downtown Raleigh — historic buildings, cemeteries, and landmarks known for ghostly encounters and unexplained activity.
These locations are featured on Raleigh ghost tours and are known for historic tragedies, lingering spirits, and firsthand paranormal reports. Click a location to explore its history, hauntings, and exact location.
The North Carolina State Capitol in downtown Raleigh is one of the city’s most haunted landmarks, with reports of shadow figures, phantom footsteps, and unexplained activity dating back decades.
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A Victorian-era mansion believed to be haunted by former residents, with reports of apparitions, voices, and unexplained lights.
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A former industrial and commercial building now home to Death & Taxes, long rumored to be haunted by spirits tied to Raleigh’s 19th-century past.
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Housed in a former hotel and hardware store, the City of Raleigh Museum is known for unexplained noises, shadow figures, and reports of lingering spirits after closing hours.
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A historic downtown Raleigh park long associated with ghostly sightings, unexplained sounds, and lingering spirits tied to the city’s earliest settlers.
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The Old Wake County Courthouse is one of downtown Raleigh’s most unsettling haunted landmarks. With a history tied to executions, trials, and injustice, visitors report shadow figures, phantom voices, and an oppressive atmosphere after dark.
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Tucker House is one of downtown Raleigh’s most mysterious haunted homes. With a history tied to illness, death, and unexplained encounters, visitors report shadow figures, voices, and an unsettling presence that lingers inside this historic residence.
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Mordecai Historic Park is one of Raleigh’s oldest preserved plantation sites and one of its most haunted. Visitors report ghostly apparitions, unexplained sounds, and lingering presences believed to be tied to the families and enslaved people who once lived on the property.
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Raleigh City Cemetery is one of the oldest and most haunted locations in downtown Raleigh. Established in 1798, the cemetery is known for shadow figures, unexplained voices, and lingering spirits tied to the city’s earliest residents and Civil War dead.
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The North Carolina Executive Mansion has housed governors and their families since 1891, and many believe it also houses lingering spirits. Reports of unexplained footsteps, flickering lights, and shadowy figures have made this historic residence one of Raleigh’s most quietly haunted locations.
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Raleigh Memorial Auditorium is one of downtown Raleigh’s most haunted venues, with decades of unexplained sightings, ghostly footsteps, and lingering spirits tied to its theatrical past.
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An elegant 18th-century home believed to be haunted by members of the Haywood family, with reports of apparitions and unexplained sounds.
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