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…
Originally built as a jail in 1905, the building on Bridge Street just off the square is believed to be one of the most haunted places in Franklin, Tennessee. The correctional facility held some of the most dangerous criminals in the Volunteer State. However, the most violent inmates served their time underneath the jail during…
While working on my book Southern Ghost Stories: Franklin, Tennessee I got to walk around the historic Williamson County Courthouse in downtown Franklin with a Sheriff’s deputy. The deputy told me some pretty crazy tales about the spirits that supposedly haunt the old courthouse, but nothing tops the story about the prisoner who disrupted court…