Tucked away behind an apartment complex and a grocery store in Antioch, Tennessee on the outskirts of Nashville you will find this historic Grandale Manor. The old house was originally located along Murfreesboro Road until the 1990s until it was moved a few hundred yards to make way for a Kroger. During the War Between…
Not too far from the Tennessee line in the Pisgah National Forest in North Carolina, the Brown Mountain lights have been puzzling people for centuries. Scientists have tried to explain the strange foggy lights that appear to be the size of a beach ball as a reflection from a car or warm air moving through…
The cellar at Cragfont in Castalian Springs, Tennessee is believed to be one of the most haunted places in Sumner County, Tennessee. From Native Americans attacks to slavery, the old house built in 1802 has been through a lot! One day when I was visiting the house, I was walking around outside when I heard…
Reverend Sherman M. Merrill may have founded the First United Methodist Church in Gallatin but he was also on the run from a past that wouldn’t stop chasing him. Adultery, insurance fraud and murder were all charges that Merrill tried to duck and dodge over the years. In addition to the scandalous preacher the old…
In the late 18th century Gaspar Garcia, who served in the in the Third Battalion of the Infantry Regiment of Cuba acquired the property that is now home to the Inn through a land grant. In 1791 Garcia built the house where he lived until his death. The property changed hands several time until Colonel…
Originally a silent movie theatre in the heart of Savannah Georgia, the Lucas Theatre opened in 1921 and was the first building in the Low Country to have air conditioning. However, as television became increasingly more popular the theatre saw a steep decline in attendance and had to shut down in 1976. The theatre is…
In the early 20th century a young man named Foster stopped to water his horse along the Roaring Fork stream near what is now Gatlinburg. As he was about to ride home that cold winter’s evening, Foster noticed a young lady in a white dress walking nearby. The gentleman rode over to her and noticed…
After making a fortune shipping tobacco in and out of Clarksville in the mid-19th century, Christopher Smith built an opulent mansion on the corner of Spring and McClure Streets in 1858. Sadly, in 1865 while away on business in New Orleans, Christopher came down with yellow fever and died. After learning of her husband’s passing,…
What’s creepier than an old cemetery out in the middle of nowhere? A creepy old cemetery out in the middle of nowhere with a children’s playhouse in the middle of it! In 1931 at the height of the Great Depression, the Harveys, a poor family from Alabama, began making their way north to find work….
Author Allen Sircy, known as the American Hauntstorian, is breathing new life into one of Louisville’s most chilling urban legends with his new novel, “Below the Trestle.” The new book delves into the terrifying backstory and origins of the Pope Lick Goatman, the half-man, half-beast creature said to haunt the woods and train trestle at…
