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…
In early August 1829 Presbyterian minister and East Tennessee College professor Dr. Stephen Foster met with 24-year-old James White and 60-year-old Joshua Young in jail in Knoxville, Tennessee. Both men were convicted murderers and scheduled to be hanged. As a man of science and faith Dr. Foster had an eerie fascination with galvanism that stemmed…
On March 3, 1915 16 year-old Herman Griswold tried to hop on a train bound for St. Louis at Union Station in downtown Nashville. However, as the young runaway, was attempting to board the train, he was apprehended by a police officer. While in custody waiting for his parents to pick him up, Griswold pulled…
Author Allen Sircy, known as the American Hauntstorian, is breathing new life into one of Louisville’s most chilling urban legends with his new novel, “Below the Trestle.” The new book delves into the terrifying backstory and origins of the Pope Lick Goatman, the half-man, half-beast creature said to haunt the woods and train trestle at…
Southern Ghost Stories is pleased to announce their very own walking tour of the historic Gallatin Square. Based on stories from the best-selling book Southern Ghost Stories: Ghosts of Gallatin, local author Allen Sircy will explore the darker side of the town with family-friendly tales of ghostly encounters, history and folklore. Allen has been featured…
Acclaimed author Allen Sircy, dubbed “The American Hauntstorian” for his expertise in folklore and history, brings readers his latest gripping exploration into Americaβs macabre past. In Fear & Folklore: Grave Robbers, Sircy shines a light on the notorious individuals who turned cemeteries into hunting grounds, weaving together the eerie, the grotesque, and the unthinkable acts…
Why do people hear people arguing in the Tennessee State Capitol late at night when no one is in the building? Also, are the ground haunted by a former United States President who was at one time buried there? Who is the Union soldier who that still guards the Capitol? Find out this plus a…
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…
Why is the Mercer House considered to be one of the most haunted places in Savannah? If you’ve seen Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil you are already familiar with the story of Jim Williams, who lived in the house and shot his lover in the study. But I bet you haven’t heard…
Hidden away behind the Gallatin Square is an old home that was built in 1865. Today the structure is used as an apartment building. While people who live in the building claim to hear unexplainable strange noises from time to time, that’s not even the oddest thing about the house. Around back, underneath a staircase…
