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…
In the mid-19th century prominent attorney George Hampton Young purchased 50,000 acres of old Native American land near West Point, Mississippi and built an opulent mansion he called “Waverly” in the center of property that eventually became a cotton plantation. The house was home to George’s wife Lucy, as well as their ten children. Sadly,…
The spirit of the President of the Confederacy, Jefferson Davis is said to still reside in his old home, Beauvoir in Biloxi, Mississippi. A few years ago a visitor marched into the gift shop to file a complaint against a very rude re-enactor portraying Jefferson Davis. According to the lady, as she was walking across…
