Former Military Camp Considered One of KY’s Most Haunted Places

October has arrived, and so we now get down to the serious business of Halloween. No, I'm not talking about choosing between fun-sized Mounds and fun-sized Almond Joy--Mounds, please--for Halloween night, although that IS important.

No, I'm talking about immersing yourself in the gothic, eerie vibe of the best month of the year. I'm talking about excursions to find those creepy, kooky, mysterious, and spooky locations that have long been rumored to be haunted. Thankfully, Kentucky has an ample supply from which to choose.

So let's head to Louisville and the Camp Taylor neighborhood and see what's been going on. Apparently, quite a bit from the other-worldly realm, according to multiple sources. KY For KY lists it among the most haunted places in the Commonwealth while the Bed & Breakfast Association of Kentucky labels it as one the entire COUNTRY'S spookiest spots. Here's some history from WAVE-Louisville:

Factor in nearby Waverly Sanitorium--an iconic Kentucky "haunt spot"--and you suddenly see tuberculosis as a common thread; that's what Waverly treated when it was an active hospital.

But the soldiers whose spirits reportedly haunt Camp Taylor--named after President Zachary Taylor--first became afflicted with the flu during an outbreak that last from 1917 into 1918. Interestingly, however, one of Camp Taylor's most well-known haunts is by a woman known only as Miss G, a young woman staying with relatives nearby who fell in love with one of the soldiers. They were seeing one another on a regular basis, but one night the solder failed to show up. On several subsequent nights, she'd wait for him to arrive, but to no avail. All the while, she'd been asking around to see if anyone knew anything about him. But apparently, she had already passed away and under mysterious circumstances, since the story shared on the Kentucky Folklore & More Facebook page makes no mention of her death.

Perhaps if you visit one dark night, you'll spot the "woman in blue," the Lady on the Stairs.

And perhaps she'll ask you the same questions she posed a century ago.