Haunted Places in the American South

Before Alan Brown wrote Haunted Places in the American South, only the locals knew what was lurking in these locations. Slamming doors, eerie lights, and Confederate soldiers'' ghosts kept some folks too scared to talk with outsiders.

Above Peavey Melody Music in Meridian, Mississippi, children may be heard giggling and running down an abandoned hallway that turns icy cold.

At the Jameson Inn in C...