In the late 1800s, a strange woman living in a cabin on the banks of the Yazoo River in Mississippi was accused by locals of being a witch. They claimed she lured unsuspecting fishermen to their deaths with her dark magic. When the sheriff came to arrest her, she fled into the swamp, ultimately becoming stuck in some quicksand. As she sank, she uttered a chilling curse, vowing to return in 20 years to burn down Yazoo City. Her remains was later recovered and interred in Glenwood Cemetery, where heavy, thick chains were wrapped around her grave to make sure she never returned to the earth.
Twenty years later, on May 25, 1904, the witch’s prophecy came to pass. A devastating fire, whipped into a frenzy by inexplicably fierce winds, engulfed Yazoo City, destroying over 200 homes and the entire business district. In the aftermath, a group of townspeople made their way to Glenwood Cemetery to inspect the witch’s grave. To their horror, they discovered that the chains encircling her tombstone had been broken. The tattered chains remain at the site to this day, a permanent and eerie monument to the witch’s fiery revenge.
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