Just twenty miles across the Tennessee border is the sleepy little town of Russellville, Kentucky. For decades people have claimed to see the spirit of a young woman in a second story window in the old caretaker’s house in Maple Grove Cemetery. According to legend, in the 1920s a teenage girl was upstairs getting ready…
Built in 1897 the Kate Shepard House Bed and Breakfast is believed to be one of the most haunted places in Mobile, Alabama. The Queen Anne Victorian mansion in the Old Dauphin Way Historic District was built from a catalog and assembled in Knoxville, Tennessee then shipped to Mobile on 13 rail cars. Guests that…
The Fairvue Plantation in Gallatin is said to be haunted by a Union soldier who died in the building during the Civil War. Like most large homes, Fairview was occupied in the early 1860s when the Federal Army marched into Middle Tennessee after the fall of Forts Donelson and Henry. People who have been in…
Built in 1823, Hiram Lodge No. 7 in Franklin wasn’t just the largest building in middle Tennessee during that time, it was also the tallest building west of the Allegheny Mountains! During the Union occupation of Franklin, Confederate sympathizers climbed to the third floor of the building to make sketches of nearby Fort Granger. Those…
One hot summer day in August 1895, William Wallace, a 14 year old sweeper on the third floor of Columbia Mills got bored and decided he wanted to see how the elevator worked in the old textile mill. As he stuck his head down to look into the elevator shaft a 1,000 pound weight used…
On April 6th 1862, the Confederate Army launched a surprise attack on Ulysses S. Grant and his men in Shiloh, Tennessee. After a long day of fighting, what appeared to be a Rebel victory turned into a loss the following day. Unbeknownst to Confederate General P. G. T. Beauregard, who had called his men off…
On April 6, 1923 a young man named Ray Royce arrived in Murfreesboro. Royce touted himself as the “The Human Fly” and began to tell everyone that he was going to climb to the top of the Rutherford County Courthouse using only his hands and bare feet. The eager daredevil produced newspapers detailing other successful…
The small town of Chapel Hill, Tennessee is said to be the home of a restless, wayward spirit who walks along the train tracks carrying a lantern. There are several different stories about who the man is. Some say he was a railroad employee, others say he was someone in town who was hit by…
In 1798 Revolutionary War hero Colonel Hardy Murfree bought land a large tract of land in Murfreesboro. After his death, his daughter, Sally Murfree Manet settled onto the property and built a simple two room structure that over time became the opulent Oakland’s Mansion. Today people claim to see Sally throughout the house, often in…
In a sea of honky tonks in downtown Nashville, B. B. King’s Blues Club on Second Avenue is a popular place for those looking for something a little different in the Music City. It’s also a place where employees have experience quite a bit of paranormal activity. The basement of the old building is said…
