Explore Haunted Places in Arkansas With New Web Section

LITTLE ROCK, AR, Sep 22 (MARKET WIRE) --
If you have nerves of steel, explore the new "Haunted Arkansas" Web
section www.Arkansas.com/haunted -- unveiled just in time for Halloween!

Highlighted are haunted places in Arkansas, featuring Arkansas ghost
towns, haunted houses, ghost tours, legendary monsters and eerie lights.

Ghost sightings have been reported in many Arkansas public buildings.
Guests and staff of the 1886 Crescent Hotel in Eureka Springs have
reported seeing apparitions many times over the years. The 1905 Basin
Park, sister hotel to the Crescent, is also reportedly haunted. Both
hotels offer daily ghost tours.

Forrest City's 1906 Rush-Gates House has had its share of paranormal
occurrences. Now the St. Francis County Museum, it hosts "A Night at the
Museum" periodic tours. Monticello's Allen House is an impressive 1906
structure with its own frightening tales. Bestandworst.com calls the home
the "Most Haunted House in America." The owners of this private residence
offer tours by appointment year-round and special events in October.

Gurdon and Crossett are famous for legends about mysterious lights --
tales about railroad workers who were beheaded while working the rails.
Witnesses claim the spirits use lanterns to search for their severed
appendages.

The historic King Opera House in Van Buren has been adopted by the ghost
of a young actor who was killed at the train depot a few blocks away.
According to experts, "ghosts have a tendency to drift back to what
anchored them to earth." Group tours are offered by appointment.

Calico Rock offers the unique opportunity to visit the only ghost town,
Peppersauce Bottom, located within a living community. Don't miss what may
be the best-known Arkansas ghost town, the old zinc mining town of Rush
on the Buffalo National River.

Try spotting the White River and Fouke Monsters, celebrated in Arkansas
folklore. The White River creature has been described as "a gigantic sea
serpent-like beast." The Fouke Monster has been depicted as "a hairy,
ape-like creature that haunts the swampy Sulphur River bottoms in Miller
County."

Learn more about spooky places and haunted events in Arkansas.

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