Walk Natchez's most haunted locations. 13 stops, self-guided. 3 stops free. No guide, no schedule — just you and the dark.
Natchez stacks its dead in layers. The most haunted places in Natchez, Mississippi trace back to a city built on plantation wealth, Civil War collapse, and mass graves no one talks about. At Devil's Punchbowl, Union forces confined thousands of freed slaves during the Civil War—estimates put the death toll above 2,000, buried in unmarked pits. Dr. Haller Nutt broke ground on Longwood in 1860, watched his Philadelphia craftsmen flee when war broke out in 1861, and died bankrupt in 1864 with his octagonal mansion unfinished. King's Tavern, built in the late 1700s along the Natchez Trace, still radiates a presence bartenders describe openly. This self-guided ghost tour covers 13 free stops across antebellum mansions, forgotten cemeteries, and the riverfront saloons of Natchez Under-the-Hill—where bodies floated in the Mississippi and no one asked questions.
You stand before Longwood, the unfinished octagonal mansion that defines architectural ambition and Civil War collapse. Dr. Haller Nutt began construc...
You approach Dunleith, a Greek Revival mansion completed in 1856, surrounded by twenty-six Tuscan columns and forty acres of grounds. The house was bu...
You descend to Natchez Under-the-Hill, the riverfront district that served as the city's commercial and criminal heart in the 1800s. While the bluff a...
You stand at the edge of Devil's Punchbowl, a massive erosion crater formed by runoff carving into the loess bluffs. During the Civil War, this natura...
You enter Auburn, a Federal-style mansion completed in 1812 by Lyman Harding, a Massachusetts attorney who made his fortune in Natchez. The house is a...
You stand at Rosalie, a brick Georgian mansion built in 1823 on the site of Fort Rosalie, the French colonial fort where the Natchez Massacre of 1729 ...
You approach The Burn, a Greek Revival mansion built in 1832, named not for a fire but for a Scottish term meaning stream. The house served as a Confe...
You enter Magnolia Hall, a Greek Revival mansion completed in 1858, notable for its curved staircases and the fact that it was one of the last great h...
You stay at Monmouth, a Federal-style mansion built in 1818 by John Hankinson, a Revolutionary War general who became a Mississippi planter. The house...
You walk the Grand Village of the Natchez Indians, the ceremonial center of the Natchez people before French colonization destroyed their civilization...
The Natchez ghost tour includes 13 documented haunted locations.
The first 3 stops are completely free — no account required. To unlock all 13 stops, a History Nearby premium subscription is $4.99/month or $49.99/year.
No. This is a self-guided walking tour. Each stop includes the address, a map pin, and the full haunting story. Walk at your own pace, start anytime, and take any route you like.
Plan for approximately 2.5 hours. This accounts for walking between stops and reading each haunting story. You can also split it across multiple evenings.
The most visited stop on our Natchez tour is Longwood at 140 Lower Woodville Road, Natchez, MS 39120.
3 stops free in Natchez. No guide, no schedule — walk at your own pace after dark.
Last updated February 22, 2026. Researched by the History Nearby editorial team.