The Ranch used for shooting had a cemetery with over 60 graves from the 1800s next to the house. The graves were from a town that no longer exists.
Local legend has it that John Wilkes Booth evaded capture in Virginia after his assassination of Abraham Lincoln and was the caretaker on the ranch property. He told the property owners his true identity as he was dying. They buried him in an unmarked grave next to the oak tree which Mandy Lane walks by to see Garth.
A little girl died in the upstairs bedroom in the ranch house after asphyxiating. Locals claim she still haunts the house. It is claimed a little girl in a white dress was seen several times in the ranch house during night shoots, even though there were never any children on set.
Hilary Duff memorabilia from Casper Meets Wendy (1998) was found by the crew during principal photography.