Why is the house of a prominent judge considered to be one of the most haunted places in Savannah, Georgia? During prohibition Judge Espy ruled with an iron fist putting away bootleggers in the area. However, no one knew that he and his son were secretly bootleggers too! But a series of bad decisions by…
While Napoleon didn’t live in the Napoleon House, there were plans to make it his residence in the French Quarter before his death. Today the property is home to a restaurant where strange things have been known to happen from time to time. Join us as we take a deep dive into the Napoleon House…
Be sure to join Allen from Southern Ghost Stories for a special evening at Chubbs at 122 W Franklin St in Gallatin. We will be talking about the history of the old firehouse and a ghost hunting demonstration will be led by Scott Porter from AMC’s Haunted Towns. The upstairs of the restaurant is believed…
Located in the heart of Madison Square is one of the most haunted places in Savannah, Georgia is the Sorrel-Weed House. The house was built for Francis Sorrel, a prominent businessman who later became romantically involved with one of his slaves named Molly. Despite the affair, Molly was said to be very close to Francis’…
In the spring of 1896, the home of Arthur Ramsay, an eccentric artist in Oil City, Pennsylvania, became the setting for a horrifying tragedy. Ramsay had recently become consumed by an intense and bizarre religious fervor that warped his perception of reality. He developed a disturbing obsession centered on his wife, 26-year-old Effie, whom he…
Tucked away in the Caraway Hills of Gibson County, Tennessee, people have claimed to see bright lights and other strange anomalies late at nigh. In 1973 two local high school students told a newspaper reporter that they saw what appeared to be a “small sun low on the horizon” before they got spooked and ran…
On North Water Avenue, in Gallatin, Tennessee you will find one of the best Hamburger joints in the state. However, the building dates back to the 1870s and was originally a pharmacy where a local pharmacist treated (sometimes unsuccesfully) patients with different ailments such as cholera. Today Swaney-Swifts serves most-watering burgers with a side of…
Allen is back talking ghost stories in October. Well, ghost stories plus the Pope Lick Goatman in Louisville and a lesser-known story about the Kansas City Vampires. That’s right a religious sect in Kansas City that drank the blood of children! Can you believe that? We also dig into the haunted history of the Read…
Resurrection Mary, Chicago’s renowned hitchhiking ghost, weaves a haunting tale along Archer Avenue. Legends surrounding Mary’s demise vary, with tales of a fatal car crash or a tragic hit-and-run during a rainy night in the late 1920s or early 1930s. Clad in a white ball gown, Mary, an eternally young blonde, lingers on the outskirts…
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…
