THE STORY
Reported Haunting
South Asheville Colored Cemetery is associated with reports of ghostly apparitions and unexplained activity among its historic graves. Visitors have described mysterious voices, shadow figures, unexplained lights, and sudden cold spots after dark. The cemetery remains one of Asheville's lesser-known haunted locations.
South Asheville Colored Cemetery is where African Americans were buried for about a century, beginning in the 1840s. As few records were kept, it is uncertain how many people were buried here, but estimates guess from 1,500 to as many as 5,000. Witnesses here have reported dark, shadowy figures along with feelings of intense sadness.