A Guide to Haunted High Schools in Kentucky

High school is hard enough without tossing a few ghosts into the mix, but that's exactly what faces some teenagers when they attend high school in Kentucky. This state has dozens of different haunted high schools, ranging from former suicides to accidental deaths.

The Owsley County High gym is also haunted. No one knows exactly who or what haunts the gym, but students have experienced something pushing them and seen glowing red eyes. There are also stories of students hearing voices in the gym and experiencing cold spots during the day.

There are also a number of stories told about the Meade County High School in Brandenburg. The gym at the high school was used to store dead bodies following a tornado and some students claim to hear voices coming from the empty gym. Other students point to the 1974 funeral held at the gym or the cemetery behind the school as the reason for the haunting. Another story claims that a construction worker died when the school was built and now haunts the band room. Some people also see the ghost of a boy with a tuba standing by the window of the band room.

At the Evarts High School in Evarts, Kentucky students hear noises and see dark shadows walking through the band room. Legend claims that the janitor of the school died there under mysterious circumstances. Meanwhile at the Feds Creek High School, water and televisions turn on and off on their own. The Simons Middle School in Flemingsburg is haunted by the ghost of a man who likes walking around the auditorium.

Students also like to tell stories about Highlands High School in Fort Thomas, particularly those surrounding David Cecil, who once attended the school. Legend says that he was injured during a football game and actually died in the band room. The band room suffers from electrical problems, cold spots, doors that lock on their own, door handles that shake and the ghost of a teenage boy sometimes seen through the windows.

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