Moon River Brewing Company Haunting: Savannah’s Most Aggressive Ghost Stories

Step inside one of Savannah’s most active and unsettling haunted locations—Moon River Brewing Company—where history and physical paranormal encounters collide. In this episode of The Strange History Podcast, we uncover the origins of this building, originally constructed in 1821 as the City Hotel, one of the first hotels in Savannah during its rise as a major port city.
Throughout the 19th century, the building served as a social hub for travelers and locals, but it was also the site of documented violence, including altercations and shootings such as the death of James Stark. Combined with Savannah’s history of yellow fever outbreaks, the location became tied to both social energy and tragedy.
Today, Moon River Brewing Company is widely considered one of the most haunted locations in the city—not just for sightings, but for physical interactions. Staff and visitors report being touched, pushed, and brushed by unseen forces, along with moving objects, slamming doors, and shadowy figures, particularly on the upper floors and in the basement.
Paranormal investigations have documented unexplained audio, equipment anomalies, and repeated reports of activity concentrated in specific areas of the building. Unlike many haunted locations, the experiences here are often described as direct and interactive rather than residual.
Is it the result of layered history, environmental factors, or something more?
This episode blends documented history, firsthand accounts, and modern investigations to explore one of Savannah’s most intense paranormal hotspots.
Because some places don’t just haunt you…
They make contact.


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