Built for wealthy cotton merchant Captain Aaron Churchill, the building that is now home to the Forsyth Park Inn. Mystery and legends surround the house and a shocking murder that allegedly took place in 1899? Did a little girl unknowingly kill her mother that she never knew? Across the street the beautiful Forsyth Park is…
Who was Prince Suleyman and why was he brutally killed in the Gardette-Le prete Mansion in the French Quarter? Was he killed by his family or was it pirates that did him in? Either way, the house is said to be one of the most haunted places in New Orleans. Join us as we take…
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…
The Ghosts of Gallatin Haunted Tour will be picking up where it left off this weekend at Squarefest. Southern Ghost Stories series author Allen Sircy and local historian Eli Geery will lead guests to a dozen sites around the Gallatin Square. Whether it’s manifestations, murder, mayhem or a mischievous mannequin, guests can expect to be…
In March 2021 I stopped by Rose Mont in Gallatin, Tennessee to visit with the director. After walking around the property I realized that he was either not there, or perhaps working in the reception hall behind the house. As I walked around the patio to the backside of the property, I glanced at the…
In 1948, the East Tennessee Historical Society came under fire after they allowed the Brazelton Mansion in New Market, Tennessee to be torn down. The house had originally belonged to American Revolutionary War hero William Brazelton and had stood in the same spot for 118 years. Yet, it was believed that the new highway was…
In the early morning hours of January 17, 1985 excitement filled the East Tennessee State University campus in Johnson City as a huge snowstorm dumped several inches of snow on the ground. As several students bundled up and began having an impromptu snowball fight, they began to hear what sounded like a race car off…
Located in the heart of the French Quarter in New Orleans, Louisiana you will find Pirate Alley between St. Louis Cathedral and the Cabildo. The infamous alley is believed to have been a popular thoroughfare for pirates and smugglers in the early days of New Orleans. The alley and numerous businesses in the area are…
The winter of 1873 had lulled the people of Minnesota into a false sense of security. January had been unseasonably mild, giving no hint of the coming terror that would be remembered for generations. On January 7, the sky darkened without warning, unleashing one of the most violent snowstorms the Northwest had ever seen. For…
Secret tunnels underneath a cemetery? The Nashville City Cemetery has them. After the Civil War strange things started happening in the City Cemetery, most of which centered ‘round the vault of a prominent judge in Middle Tennessee, Judge John McNairy. According to sextons and grave diggers, white shadowy figures were often spotted rising up out…
