Haunted things to do in Nashville

Looking for haunted places & dark-history spots in Nashville? These 5 are the genuinely strange ones — Nashville City Cemetery, Fort Negley, Carnton and more — each hand-vetted and sourced, not pulled from a top-ten list. Great for an unusual date, a weird afternoon, or showing a visitor the side of Nashville they'd never find on their own.

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Nashville City Cemetery Opened January 1, 1822 as Nashville's first public burying ground, it now holds roughly 22,000 burials — some… Wedgewood-Houston / South Nashville
Fort Negley Union forces made roughly 2,768 Black Nashvillians — enslaved people, newly freed men who'd come to the city… Wedgewood-Houston / South Nashville
Carnton After the Battle of Franklin on November 30, 1864, this plantation house became the Confederate Army's primar… Franklin, TN
Greenwood Cemetery Preston Taylor, born enslaved in Louisiana in 1849, bought 37 acres at Elm Hill Pike and Spence Lane in 1887… South Nashville
Downtown Presbyterian Church Behind William Strickland's 1849 Egyptian Revival facade — winged sun disks and lotus/papyrus columns on a do… Downtown Nashville