Tennessee’s Graceland has always been a place of legend, but lately, the mansion seems to be stirring more than just memories of Elvis Presley. For Riley Keough, walking through the storied halls of her grandfather’s iconic home has reportedly become an unsettling experience.
Strange noises, sudden chills, and inexplicable sensations are making even familiar rooms feel eerie, and insiders say the family is noticing just how different the house feels after decades of whispered rumors and unexplained happenings.
Riley Keough, 36, has always noticed bizarre activity in the Presley family mansion. Sudden chills in empty rooms, footsteps echoing when no one is present. The inexplicable scent of cologne wafts through hallways.
Riley Keough Spooked By Strange Happenings in Graceland
Even her husband, Ben Smith-Petersen, 34, and their young daughter, Tupelo, 3, have been unsettled, with the little girl reportedly crying whenever she is coaxed upstairs. Riley’s half-sisters, 17-year-old twins Harper and Finley Lockwood, reportedly refuse to spend the night in the house at all. According to Globe Magazine, sources say Riley and her late brother Ben were similarly frightened as children. Always forced to cover their ears to the creepy sounds from the second floor.
The second story of Graceland, where Elvis’ private bedroom and personal sanctuary remain preserved. There time has stood still, staying exactly as they were on the day he died in 1977. The room has long been off-limits to visitors, and even presidents have been denied access.
Insiders claim that keeping it untouched preserves Elvis’ memory, down to the record still on his turntable. Yet for Riley, the combination of decades-long eerie reports and recent unsettling experiences has made the mansion feel overwhelmingly haunted.
Tennessee’s Graceland’s Long History of Paranormal Rumors
Graceland has long been steeped in supernatural stories. Guests and employees over the years have whispered of ghostly figures glimpsed in dim corridors, sudden cold spots in normally warm rooms, and objects mysteriously shifting positions.
Some visitors claim to hear faint music when no record is playing or see shadows move without explanation. Even members of the Presley family, including Riley’s grandmother, Priscilla Presley, reportedly felt Elvis’ presence. Sometimes as a gentle touch or a whisper calling his name, making the house a magnet for eerie speculation.
Riley reportedly leans toward taking action to cleanse the mansion by exorcism. However, Priscilla, now 80, is said to be firmly opposed. The former matriarch, who once cherished nighttime visits upstairs to feel close to her late husband, insists that expelling a spirit would be heartless.
“Look, if Graceland is haunted, there isn’t much doubt about the ghost’s identity,” says our source. “If you see it that way, it’s kind of heartless for Riley to stage an exorcism just to make the house more pleasant at the expense of throwing her grandfather’s spirit out in the cold.”
Family Tensions and the Exorcism Debate
She believes that any supernatural presence is unmistakably Elvis. She feels that removing it could erase a vital link to the family’s history. The disagreement reportedly intensifies a complex web of family dynamics following legal disputes and the 2023 death of Riley’s mother, Lisa Marie Presley.
Whether or not Riley Keough proceeds with an exorcism remains unknown. But the tension between honoring Elvis Presley’s legendary legacy and seeking personal peace casts a chilling shadow over Tennessee’s most famous mansion.
For Graceland, the line between history and the supernatural may be thinner than anyone dared to imagine. Either way, the echoes of Elvis’s presence are not easily forgotten.
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