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…
The Battle of Droop Mountain in 1863 wasn’t necessarily the largest engagements in the Civil War, but it was one of the bloodiest battles in West Virginia during the War Between the States. While the Federal Army got the better of the Confederates that day, the Union opted to not pursue the retreating Rebels and…
During World War 2 James Truman Ward bought 400 acres off of Old Hickory Boulevard in Brentwood, Tennessee, just outside of Nashville. He built a lavish mansion and named his property Maryland Farms, after his wife Mary. Over time Truman turned the property into one of the largest Saddle horse breeding farms in the country….
Built in 1823, Hiram Lodge No. 7 in Franklin wasn’t just the largest building in middle Tennessee during that time, it was also the tallest building west of the Allegheny Mountains! During the Union occupation of Franklin, Confederate sympathizers climbed to the third floor of the building to make sketches of nearby Fort Granger. Those…
In the 19th century the Nashville Stockyard was one of the largest livestock markets in the southeast due to it’s proximity to the Cumberland River and accessibility to Memphis, Louisville and Cincinnati. However, in the 1950s the markets dried up and eventually the property was turned into a fancy steakhouse. Over the years strange things…
Back by popular demand! After seven consecutive sellouts for the Ghosts of Gallatin Haunted Tour, we are happy to announce we will be doing one more this year. On Friday, November 5th at 7 PM, we will meet once again at the courthouse for a haunted walk around the square. Allen Sircy will be telling…
Learn about the history and hauntings of one of the grandest hotels in New Orleans, Le Pavillon. Le Pavillon is world famous for their nightly peanut butter and jelly sandwiches as well as a few ghosts such as Ada who has been known to make her presence known from time to time. Also, don’t forget…
Allen and Lee are back and this time we are covering one of Chicago’s most notorious true crime stories with a little spiritualism and a ghost story sprinkled in. Adolph Luetgert made a fortune selling sausage in the Windy City during the Colombian Exposition in 1893. However, once the festival left town, business started drying…
Take a deep dive into the eerie and supernatural with Ghost Stories & Graveyard Tales: Alabama, the newest work by renowned “American Hauntstorian” Allen Sircy. Known for his extensive catalog of over 20 books on the haunted history of the United States, Sircy now takes readers on a captivating tour of Alabama’s most haunted locations,…
After earning the first license to mix and dispense medicine in Louisiana Louis Dufilho Jr. opened a pharmacy in the French Quarter, even though he practiced primitive procedures like bloodletting and leeches Dufilho was a respected apothecary. However, Dr. Joseph Dupas, the man who bought his old building and opened up his own practice was…
