Lucille-Clement Hall on the campus of ETSU is said to be one of the most haunted places in East Tennessee. In a previous post I discussed the plane crash that took place on the school grounds in 1985. In addition to the hauntings that are attributed to one of the plane crash victims is another…
In Dickson County, Tennessee there is something menacing that has been known to terrorize animals and occasionally humans. The locals call it, “The White Bluff Screamer”. The origins of the Screamer are unknown, yet it’s been speculated that it is primitive creature that escaped from the circus in the early 20th century and found refuge…
Built from 1800 to 1805 the Croft House on the grounds of the Nashville Zoo is the second oldest house in Davidson County. After falling behind on property taxes, Margaret and Elise Croft made a deal to donate 200 acres and the home that had been in their family for five generations to a local…
Quietly tucked away in the Garden District of New Orleans is one of the most recognizable homes in the Crescent City, the Buckner Mansion. The Buckner Mansion is best known for being featured on American Horror Story but to those that know it best, it is also home to the ghost of a former servant….
In 1798 Revolutionary War hero Colonel Hardy Murfree bought land a large tract of land in Murfreesboro. After his death, his daughter, Sally Murfree Manet settled onto the property and built a simple two room structure that over time became the opulent Oakland’s Mansion. Today people claim to see Sally throughout the house, often in…
On February 18, 1942 the deadliest hotel fire in United States history occurred when a fire in the Winecoff Hotel trapped everyone staying above the third floor of the 15 story hotel on the corner of Ellis and Peachtree in downtown Atlanta, Georgia. Approximately 20 people jumped to the sidewalk on the south corner of…
After English raids in the 17th century the Spanish realized that their wooden forts would not hold up under attack. The Castillo de San Marcos was built in 1702 on the western shore of St Augustine’s Matanzas Bay and it turned away invaders during British forces in 1728 and 1740. According to legend the old…
In the shadowed alleyways and fog-laden streets of Victorian England, whispers of a creature both terrifying and enigmatic spread like wildfire. This being, known as Springheeled Jack, became the stuff of legend, a phantom that leaped with supernatural agility and terrorized the citizens of the United Kingdom. The legend of Springheeled Jack first began in…
German immigrant Johann Lotz moved to Franklin, Tennessee to open a carpentry business. However, as the Civil War ravaged the country Lotz’s home became ground zero for the Battle of Franklin on November 30, 1864. The battle ended with over 9,000 casualties, most of which took place in Lotz’s front yard. Now the Lotz House…
Why do people hear people arguing in the Tennessee State Capitol late at night when no one is in the building? Also, are the ground haunted by a former United States President who was at one time buried there? Who is the Union soldier who that still guards the Capitol? Find out this plus a…
