When you think about haunted places, you don’t typically think about a gas station. However, the convenience store on the corner of Franklin Road and Gresham Lane isn’t your ordinary gas station. It’s where the Battle of Stones River actually began on December 31, 1862. The corner where the Rebels ambushed the Federal soldiers to…
Originally built on Bridget Bishop’s apple orchard in Salem, Massachusetts, Lyceum Hall was one of the premier venues in New England in 1800s. With lectures and debates from notable authors and dignitaries people flocked to Lyceum Hall in the 19th century. Eventually the historic building was turned into a restaurant that burned to the ground…
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…
Allen from Southern Ghost Stories toured the Gallatin Square with a news crew from WKRN, an ABC affiliate in Nashville last week. Here is the footage from the impromptu ghost tour of Timeless Treasures, a popular boutique on North Water Avenue.
A few years ago I took a tour of Rippavilla, a historic home in Spring Hill, Tennessee. In my group there were several different people of all ages. However, one girl in particular caught my attention. She was an attractive young lady from a nearby college whose perfume strangely kept getting stronger and more potent…
We are back this week talking about ghost stories and the paranormal in Kentucky. Join us as we talk about the Seelbach Hotel, the Battletown Witch, Leah Smock, the Headless Horseman of McLean County, the Kentucky Meat Shower (yes, you read that right) and a heartbroken grave robber in Casey County. Lots of spooky fun…
WKRN and Allen from Southern Ghost Stories take you on a tour through Chubbs in Gallatin, Tennessee. The popular BBQ restaurant was originally a fire department, a jail and at one point a brothel. Waitresses and restaurant staff claim to experience strange activity such as lights and televisions that turn themselves off and on. The…
Tales abound about the spirits from the Civil War that allegedly reside in the old Williamson County Courthouse in Franklin, Tennessee. But, did you know that before the courthouse was built, the property was home to a small building that belonged to Dr. Ferdinand Stith? Like many other medical professionals in the early 19th century,…
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 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…
