Haunted Places in Richmond, VA

Explore 8 haunted places in Richmond, VA — museums, cemeteries, haunted houses and more, each with its ghost story, address, and sources.

• Edgar Allan Poe MuseumMuseum · Richmond, VAHoused in the Old Stone House, one of Richmond's oldest structures, the Poe Museum honors the writer who grew up in the city, and its lore runs as gothic as his work.
• Hollywood CemeteryCemetery · Richmond, VAOpened in 1847 on a hilly tract above the James River, Hollywood holds Richmond's most layered ghost lore.
• John Marshall HouseHouse · Richmond, VAChief Justice John Marshall built this brick Federal home in Richmond's Court End neighborhood in 1790 and lived there 45 years until his death in 1835; Preservation Virginia has cared for it as a museum since 1911.
• Linden Row InnInn · Richmond, VALinden Row Inn occupies seven Greek Revival row houses built in the mid-1800s on a downtown block layered with Edgar Allan Poe history.
• Patrick Henry's Pub & GrilleRestaurant · Richmond, VAA block from St. John's Church in historic Church Hill, this four-story Greek Revival building dates to around 1850 and has served as a family home, brothel, speakeasy, and private club before becoming a pub often called one of the most haunted bars in America.
• The Byrd TheatreTheater · Richmond, VAThis ornate 1928 movie palace in Carytown, named for Richmond founder William Byrd II, is famous for its gilded interior, Wurlitzer organ, and a long-running resident ghost: Robert Coulter, who managed the Byrd for 43 years from its 1928 opening until 1971 and died in 1978.
• The Jefferson HotelInn · Richmond, VAOpened in 1895 as Lewis Ginter's grand showpiece and designed by Carrere and Hastings, the Jefferson is a Beaux-Arts landmark once famous for live alligators kept in its marble pools.
• Tuckahoe PlantationLandmark · Richmond, VABegun by William Randolph III in 1733 and completed around 1740, Tuckahoe is a National Historic Landmark on the James River just west of Richmond and the boyhood home of Thomas Jefferson.