The bar known as Scarlett O’Hara’s was originally home to a man named George Colee. George was engaged to a young lady but unfortunately she cheated and the relationship ended. A short time later George died under suspicious circumstances in the home. Ever since, people who work in the building have claimed to see strange…
Many years ago, a lady in Chattanooga was involved in a terrible car accident that left her paralyzed from the waist down. As time went on her husband became frustrated having to care for her around the clock, and eventually began seeing another woman. Gradually the fling turned into a relationship and the man decided…
Built in 1825, the three story Federal-style home known as Wheatlands in Sevierville, Tennessee is said to be one of the most haunted places in the Volunteer State. Death is synonymous with Wheatlands as four young girls died in a deadly blaze in the 1790s that burned the original structure to the ground. Two Confederate…
In the early 1890s a figure locals called “The Lady in Black” began stalking women around downtown Cleveland, Tennessee after the sun went down. The mysterious entity was said to stand over seven feet tall and wore a long flowing black dress and covered her hands in yellow or white gloves. Today, the entity’s identity…
While working on my book Southern Ghost Stories: Franklin, Tennessee I got to walk around the historic Williamson County Courthouse in downtown Franklin with a Sheriff’s deputy. The deputy told me some pretty crazy tales about the spirits that supposedly haunt the old courthouse, but nothing tops the story about the prisoner who disrupted court…
In the old copper mining town of Jerome, Arizona is the Jerome Grand Hotel overlooking the Verde Valley. The hotel is an old hospital where it is believed that thousands of men and women died in the early 20th century. Today the haunted hotel is inhabited many several different ghosts that like to make their…
This well known burying ground is best known for being the final resting place for famous patriots such as John Hancock, Samuel Adams, Paul Revere, and James Otis. The five victims of the Boston Massacre also are buried there as well as eight governors and the woman who is alleged to be Mother Goose. Benjamin…
During the contentious 1828 Presidential election, Andrew Jackson’s wife Rachel became the target of a vicious smear campaign by John Quincy Adams and his allies. Before meeting Andrew Jackson, Rachel was married to Lewis Robards in Kentucky. When their marriage fell apart, Robards sent Rachel home to Nashville and filed for divorce. However, during this…
A hotel in New Orleans can trace it’s roots all the way back to the 1840s when a developer built a series of townhouses in the Garden District. The daughter of a decorated Confederate general lived in the area until her untimely death which drove her husband crazy. The hotel is said to be haunted…
Located in the heart of Madison Square is one of the most haunted places in Savannah, Georgia is the Sorrel-Weed House. The house was built for Francis Sorrel, a prominent businessman who later became romantically involved with one of his slaves named Molly. Despite the affair, Molly was said to be very close to Francis’…
