On Monday night, December 6th 1953, some locals passing by Bent Creek Cemetery in Whitesburg, Tennessee noticed a mysterious red light floating over some of the headstones in the late 18th century burying ground. The following night a group went to the cemetery and sat in their cars to see if they saw the strange…
The Marshall House is said to be one of the most haunted hotels in not just Savannah, Georgia, but the entire country. The old boarding house was the scene of multiple murders and was used as a hospital during The War Between the States. The fourth floor is believed to be the most haunted part…
The Ghosts of Gallatin Haunted Tour will be picking up where it left off last fall when they kick off their spring season on Friday, March 4th. Southern Ghost Stories series author Allen Sircy and local historian Eli Geery will lead guests to a dozen sites around the Gallatin Square. Whether itβs manifestations, murder, mayhem…
On the morning of September 19, 1902, Nome, Alaska witnessed the stateβs first legal execution when 26-year-old Fred Hardy was hanged for the murders of three gold prospectors on remote Unimak Island. Hardy, who had a troubled past, never stopped proclaiming his innocence. Hours before his death, he spoke to reporter Mary E. Hart through…
In the 19th century the Nashville Stockyard was one of the largest livestock markets in the southeast due to it’s proximity to the Cumberland River and accessibility to Memphis, Louisville and Cincinnati. However, in the 1950s the markets dried up and eventually the property was turned into a fancy steakhouse. Over the years strange things…
Before the Civil War New Albany was the largest city in Indiana due to its proximity to the Ohio River. During the war it was an important hub to both the Confederacy and especially the Union who set up hospitals there. After the war President Abraham Lincoln established a National Cemetery in New Albany, making…
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…
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 βround 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…
On the corner of Second Avenue South and South Margin in Franklin you will find the old Ice house. Before modern refrigeration became prevalent in the mid-20th century, most Franklin residents relied on the ice house to bring them ice for their ice boxes which kept their perishable items cold. After refrigerators became commonplace in…
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…
