In the early 20th century a local man from Jumbo, Alabama got up every morning, walked over an hour to a sawmill, worked all day, then walked back home. After working later than usual one evening, the man took a shortcut through the woods as it started to get dark. It didn’t take long for…
The Old Bullitt County Jail in Shepherdsvile, Kentucky has been a fixture in town since 1891. In almost 130 years it’s seen some of the worst criminals come and go as well numerous escape attempts. Learn about some of the worst criminals of the time and what they did to get there as well what…
On Sixth Street and Park Avenue in the Old Louisville neighborhood you will find the fabled Witches Tree. The tree has been the subject of local lore and is considered to be a sacred holy place by many. But did you know that those who remove charms and trinkets from it are cursed? Join us…
The small town of Chapel Hill, Tennessee is said to be the home of a restless, wayward spirit who walks along the train tracks carrying a lantern. There are several different stories about who the man is. Some say he was a railroad employee, others say he was someone in town who was hit by…
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…
Located in Savannah, Georgia, just behind River Street on a bluff is Factor’s Walk. Factor’s Walk has a series of pathways made of concrete and iron bridges that connect the bluff to the top floors of the buildings that were used by cotton brokers over two hundred years ago. Since Cotton was the main export…
Court Square in downtown Memphis is said to be haunted by a ten year old boy named Claude Pugh. Claude was playing with a toy boat along the rim of the Hebe Fountain on August 26, 1884. Somehow the child slipped and fell into fountain. Because the bottom was sloped and covered with algae Claude…
Tucked away on the west side of Savannah is one of the most haunted cemeteries in Georgia. From stolen headstone to bodies that were disturbed and reinterred over the years, Laurel Grove has a lot of strange things that have happened over the years in the burying ground. It is also home to the founder…
In 1822 the Girod Street Cemetery was established in what is now the Central Business District of New Orleans. Like other cemeteries in the Crescent City, bodies were interned above ground due to the city’s constant problems with flooding. Remains were typically placed in a tomb or placed in vaults. But with outbreaks of yellow…
The oldest city in the Volunteer State is also one of the most haunted. In 1797 local physician, Dr. William Chester built an inn along a stage coach route in the heart of downtown Jonesborough, Tennessee. Notable politicians such as John Sevier, James K Polk, Andrew Johnson and Andrew Jackson often stayed in the inn…
