Folklore and Stories

in Kentucky

Cumberland Falls Lover’s Leap of Kentucky

Legend says a bride fell to her death at Lover’s Leap during a honeymoon photo attempt in the 1950s.
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Cave Hill Cemetery hauntings of Kentucky

Cemetery with longstanding reports of strange nighttime sights and sounds.
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Wooldridge Monuments of Kentucky

The monument group known as ‘The Strange Procession That Never Moves’ is linked to stories of Colonel Wooldridge riding through the cemetery at night.
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Witch Tree at Wynn Cemetery of Kentucky

Local legend says witches were hanged from a tree at the cemetery.
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Witch Child of Pilot’s Knob of Kentucky

Well-known legend claiming a mother and child were executed for witchcraft and the child confined in a special grave; the story is not factual.
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Whitehaven of Kentucky

Visitors and staff report apparitions and phantom food smells in the former 1860s mansion.
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Waveland State Historic Site hauntings of Kentucky

Named on the Lexington paranormal trail as one of several spooky local properties.
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Waverly Hills Sanatorium of Kentucky

Former tuberculosis hospital widely promoted as one of Kentucky’s premier haunted locations and a site for tours and overnight investigations.
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Waddy Werewolf of Kentucky

A 2012-2013 livestock-mauling panic produced the ‘Waddy Werewolf’ legend, although later testing reportedly identified a dog as responsible for the attacks.
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Verna Garr Taylor mystery of Kentucky

A 1936 roadside shooting death memorialized in local mystery lore and highlighted in Kentucky After Dark.
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