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…
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…
Is it a popular bookstore or one of the most haunted places in Franklin, Tennessee? Maybe it’s both! Long before the building was home to the bookstore the Factory Store Building was used as a gathering place for Andrew Johnson and his troops after the War of 1812. In 1864 the building was used as…
Built for a slave trader in the early 19th century, the Beauregard-Keyes House is one of the most historic homes in the French Quarter. After the Civil War it was home to Confederate General P. G.T. Beauregard and later acclaimed Frances Parkinson Keyes. The house is said to be home to some spirits that lost…
In the mid-19th century prominent attorney George Hampton Young purchased 50,000 acres of old Native American land near West Point, Mississippi and built an opulent mansion he called “Waverly” in the center of property that eventually became a cotton plantation. The house was home to George’s wife Lucy, as well as their ten children. Sadly,…
While Dolly Parton was opening Dollywood and Opryland was becoming one of the most popular theme parks in the south Conway Twitty dipped his toe into the water as well. As one of the most popular country singers in the 1980s Twitty opened his own attraction called Twitty Citty in Hendersonville, Tennessee. Unfortunately after his…
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…
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…
At the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee, students that live at Tuckaway Hall tell strange stories about hearing footsteps and shuffling feet in their dorm rooms late at night. Doors have also been known to randomly get stuck and refuse to open. Sometimes they open on their own and violently slam shut in…
Located on the Gallatin Square, the Schamberger Building was the scene of a tragic suicide. In 1940 a bank manager, who was in poor health decided to end his life in the building. Ever since then those who have worked or been in the building have witnessed strange, paranormal activity. Join us as we take…
