Haunted Savannah, Georgia

Sorrel-Weed House

The undisputed paranormal epicenter of Savannah. Built in 1839 by Francis Sorrel, this Greek Revival/Regency antebellum mansion has been called the most haunted private residence in America. Its dark history involves the suicide of Sorrel's wife Matilda from a second-floor balcony after she discovered her husband's affair with a enslaved woman named Molly, who was found hanging in the carriage house. Two violent deaths on the same property within days of each other. The residual energy has never left.

Ghost Adventures S09E10 — "Haunted Savannah" (2014)

Zak Bagans, Nick Groff, and Aaron Goodwin investigated the Sorrel-Weed House as one of two locations in this episode. The team reported being physically affected throughout the investigation. Aaron Goodwin experienced what felt like a stabbing sensation under his ribcage, when he lifted his shirt, a visible scratch mark had appeared on his skin with no apparent cause. A thermal imaging camera repeatedly switched off on its own when directed toward a specific area of the staircase where a foggy anomaly had appeared. Both Zak and Aaron smelled sulfur near the stairs immediately after the camera malfunction. Disembodied footsteps and a woman's voice saying "Hello" were also documented.

Expedition X S08E04 — "Haunted Savannah" (2024)

Ten years after Ghost Adventures filmed here, Phil Torres and Heather Amaro returned to the Sorrel-Weed House for Expedition X. The team investigated reports of ongoing violent paranormal activity tied to the deaths of Matilda Sorrel and Molly. Torres and Amaro also took their investigation into areas outside the house connected to additional historical tragedies in the Savannah area, locations where locals report paranormal activity rooted in what they describe as "terrible darkness." The 2024 investigation confirmed the location remains one of the most actively haunted sites in the American South.

Moon River Brewing Company [Permanently Closed 2024]

Before it closed in summer 2024, Moon River Brewing Company occupied one of Savannah's most historically significant buildings, originally the City Hotel, built in 1821 as the city's first hotel. The building saw duels, brawls, murders, and a Yellow Fever outbreak. Ghost Hunters (TAPS) was first on the scene in 2005. Ghost Adventures came four years later and produced what Zak Bagans called one of the most aggressive investigations the crew had ever experienced.

Ghost Adventures S02E07 — "Moon River Brewing Company" (2009)

The investigation focused on the billiard room and the basement, the areas where staff reported being physically attacked. A named spirit, "Toby," reportedly haunts the billiard room. In the basement, the crew captured a deep, guttural growling EVP. The infrared camera picked up a shadowy figure moving between kegs; when the team pursued it, no one was found. Equipment was knocked over by an unseen force after Zak provoked the entity. Perhaps most notably, an orb was captured shooting directly into Nick Groff's head, immediately after which both Nick's and Zak's cameras inexplicably stopped working. Sounds of laughter were recorded along with a voice that sounded like "It's the God." The team concluded it was one of the most aggressively haunted locations they had ever encountered.

Note: Moon River Brewing permanently closed as of summer 2024. The building at 21 W. Bay St. still stands and remains historically significant.

Colonial Park Cemetery

Savannah's oldest surviving cemetery, established in 1750. Over 10,000 people are buried here, most as anonymous Yellow Fever epidemic victims from the 1820 outbreak. Headstones were vandalized by Union soldiers who used the cemetery as an encampment during the Civil War, relocating markers at random so they no longer matched the bodies beneath them. The result: a burial ground where the dead are fundamentally unmoored from their graves. Ghost Hunters (TAPS) included Colonial Park Cemetery in their 2005 Halloween Special investigation of Savannah, documenting one of America's longest-operating haunted properties.

Visitors and paranormal investigators regularly report apparitions in period dress, cold spots, and EVP activity near the mass grave sections. The cemetery is open to the public during daylight hours and remains one of Savannah's most visited locations.

Gribble House Site & Wright Square

The Gribble House site, now occupied by Old Town Trolley Tours headquarters, was the scene of Savannah's most notorious unsolved murder: the 1909 axe murders of three women in a single night. The building also sits atop former slave quarters, adding layers of historical trauma to the location. In 2014, Ghost Adventures investigated the site and documented employees reporting being physically grabbed around the throat and seeing a black cloud move through the space. Wright Square, nearby, is known as "Hanging Square", the site of public executions for over 300 years. The Tennessee Wraith Chasers made this their first-ever episode location when Haunted Towns premiered in 2017.

Hampton Lillibridge House

Built in 1796 in a Rhode Island style unusual for Georgia, the Hampton Lillibridge House is considered one of the most genuinely haunted private residences in the South, not because of TV coverage, but because of what happened during a 1963 renovation. When the house was being moved to its current location, a worker fell into a crypt accidentally uncovered during the process and died. A series of increasingly violent phenomena followed: unexplained voices, footsteps, a man in a black suit seen in an empty room, and what witnesses described as a swirling force that physically dragged people. The situation became severe enough that the Episcopal Bishop of Georgia performed a formal exorcism on the property, one of the very few such events ever officially documented in the American South. The house remains a private residence. It is not open to tours.

Bonaventure Cemetery

Savannah's most visually striking paranormal location and one of the most photographed cemeteries in America. Built on the grounds of a former plantation burned during the Revolutionary War, Bonaventure became a formal cemetery in 1846. The grounds are draped in ancient live oaks hung with Spanish moss, containing the graves of Confederate soldiers, Yellow Fever victims, and prominent Savannah families. The cemetery gained international attention through John Berendt's 1994 book Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, which brought the story of the "Bird Girl" statue and a murder trial intertwined with the city's haunted culture. Visitors regularly report EVP activity, cold spots, and the sensation of being followed, particularly near the children's section, where a young girl's spirit has been reported by multiple independent witnesses over decades.