Asheville Historic Haunts
Creepy Legends, Mysteries, and History
Overview
Smith-McDowell House
Helen's Bridge
Pink Lady
Pauper's Graveyard
Riverside Cemetery and Highland Hospital
Battery Park Hotel and the Basilica of Saint Lawrence
Downtown Ghosts: Legal and Jackson Buildings, Hell's Half Acre
Bibliography and Further Reading
Boyle, John. "Pauper's Cemetery Restored, But Skeletons Remain at Erwin." Asheville Citizen Times. October 28, 2016.
Calder, Thomas. "The Fire at Highland Hospital." Mountain Xpress. March 21, 2017.
Davis, Dillon. "After 132 Years, Riverside Cemetery has More Life, Stories Ahead." Asheville Citizen Times. September 23, 2017.
Hunt, Max. "Horror in the Highlands: Asheville's Ghostly Legends Provide a Glimpse into City's Past." Mountain Xpress. October 27, 2016.
Buncombe County Special Collections , Pack Memorial Library, Asheville, NC.
"Race, Truth, and Fiction in Thomas Wolfe's 'The Child by Tiger.'" The Urban News, November 14, 2012.
Terrell, Bob. The Will Harris Murders: November 13, 1906 (Land of the Sky Books, 1996)
Warren, Joshua P. Haunted Asheville (Johnson City, TN: Overmountain Press, 1996).
Curated by: Trevor Freeman, Public Programs Director, Asheville Museum of History
