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HAUNTED WELL
IN COBB COUNTY, GEORGIA THERE IS A HAUNTED WELL.
EVERY YEAR ON A CERTAIN DAY YOU CAN GO TO THE FIELD
SURROUNDING THE WELL AND HEAR A BABY CRYING IN IT.
THE STORY IS THAT A BABY FELL IN THE WELL AND WAS
NOT FOUND UNTIL TOO LATE. IT CRIED EVERY YEAR ON
THE NIGHT OF THE ANNIVERSARY OF ITS DEATH.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter PROSE NARRATIVE -- Still water Man made container. Well, pool.... |
Date learned: 00-00-1964
DOOR KNOB GHOST
DURING WORLD WAR II, IN DARIEN, GEORGIA, TWO WOMEN LIVED
ALONE WHILE THEIR HUSBANDS WERE IN SERVICE. ONE NIGHT
WHEN ALONE THEY SAW THE DOORKNOB TO THEIR BEDROOM DOOR
TURN. DECIDING TO FIND OUT THE CAUSE OF THIS, ONE
STOOD BY THE DOOR TO JERK IT OPEN WHILE THE OTHER WAS
GOING TO HIT THE ASSAILANT OVER THE HEAD. WHEN THE
DOORKNOB TURNED AGAIN, THEY OPENED THE DOOR TO FIND
AN EMPTY HALL ON THE OTHER SIDE. IN THIS SAME HOUSE,
THEY FREQUENTLY HEARD BABY CRIES WHEN THERE WAS NO
BABY IN THE HOUSE.
Where learned: GEORGIA ; ATHENS
James Callow Keyword(s): HAUNTED HOUSE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 07-22-1968
PARTY GHOST
IN DARIEN, GEORGIA, TWO FARM COUPLES SHARED A HOUSE JUST
BEFORE WORLD WAR II. ONE OF THE FARMERS WAS AN
ACCOMPLISHED VIOLINIST. ONE NIGHT, THE OTHER FARMER
AND HIS WIFE WERE RETURNING HOME FROM A PARTY. AS THEY
APPROACHED THE HOUSE THEY SAW LIGHTS AND HEARD VIOLIN
MUSIC. THINKING TO SURPRISE THE PARTY OBVIOUSLY GOING
ON, THEY OPENED THE DOOR WITHOUT KNOCKING. THE HOUSE
WAS SUDDENLY DARK AND SILENT. ON GOING TO THE BEDROOM
OF THE OTHER COUPLE, THEY FOUND THEM IN BED. THE VIOLIN
WAS IN ITS CASE AND ALL THE KEROSENE LAMPS WERE COLD.
Where learned: GEORGIA ; ATHENS
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 07-22-1968
THE BELL WITCH
THE BELL WITCH, OF SUPERNATURAL ORIGIN, IS SAID TO HAVE
EXISTED IN ROBERTSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE ABOUT 75 YEARS
AGO. SHE STARTED OUT WITH GOOD INTENTIONS BUT, AFTER
ATTENDING TWO CHURCH SERVICES AT THE SAME TIME, SHE
TURNED BAD. HER MAIN INTENT SEEMED TO BE TO INFLICT
SUFFERING, PARTICULARLY UPON JOHN BELL. SHE TORMENTED
HIM TO HIS DEATH.
ANDREW JACKSON, AMONG MANY OTHERS, IS SUPPOSED TO HAVE
SEEN THE BELL WITCH.
THE LATE CHARLES BRYAN, FORMER MEMBER OF THE PEABODY
COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MUSIC, WROTE A CANTATA CALLED "THE
BELL WITCH CANTATA."
Where learned: DORM ; NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
James Callow Keyword(s): MUSICAL COMPOSITION ; PRESIDENT ANDREW JACKSON
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter PROSE NARRATIVE -- Secular hero PROSE NARRATIVE -- Witch Shaman |
Date learned: 05-09-1969
GHOST ON RAILROAD TRACK
AT MIDNIGHT AT THE RAILROAD CROSSING IN CHAPEL HILL,
TENNESSEE, A LIGHT IS SEEN TO APPROACH FROM DOWN THE
TRACK. THIS IS THE LANTERN CARRIED BY THE GHOST OF
HENRY NEESE, WHO WAS DECAPITATED HERE, BY A TRAIN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 00001962 CA
PHANTOM TRAIN
AT MIDNIGHT AT THE RAILROAD CROSSING OF CHAPEL HILL,
TENNESSEE, THE INFORMANT AND A FRIEND SAW A LARGE LIGHT
APPROACHING FROM DOWN THE TRACK. THE LIGHT SEEMED
TO HAVE NO CENTER. WHEN IT WAS ONLY A FEW FEET AWAY,
SHE SAW IT WAS A TRAIN AND SHE QUICKLY STEPPED OFF THE
TRACK. AS IT PASSED HER AND DISAPPEARED, IT MADE NO
NOISE AT ALL.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): GHOST TRAIN ; PHANTOM TRAIN
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 11-00-1969
THE GHOSTLY HITCHHIKER
THE FIRST TIME I HEARD THIS STORY WAS IN THE SPRING OF
1941. MISS CARR WAS SPONSOR OF A CLUB OF WHICH I WAS A
MEMBER. THE CLUB HAD A WEINER ROAST ON TOP OF ONE OF THE
MANY HILLS AROUND MOREHEAD, AND AS DARKNESS CAME ON, WE
TOLD GHOST STORIES. THIS WAS MISS CARR'S CONTRIBUTION:
ONE DARK, RAINY NIGHT A MAN WAS DRIVING ACROSS THE BRIDGE
FROM COVINGTON, KENTUCKY TO CINCINNATI, OHIO. AT THE OHIO
END OF THE BRIDGE WAS A GIRL IN A RED EVENING DRESS. SHE
WAS THUMBING A RIDE. THE MAN PICKED HER UP AND ASKED HER
WHERE SHE WANTED TO GO. SHE GAVE HIM AN ADDRESS IN
CINCINNATI. WHEN HE ARRIVED THERE, HE GOT OUT OF THE CAR
TO OPEN THE CAR FOR THE GIRL. WHEN HE GOT AROUND TO HER
DOOR, SHE HAD DISAPPEARED. HE WAS SO STUNNED, HE
DECIDED TO KNOCK ON THE DOOR OF THE HOUSE WHOSE ADDRESS
SHE HAD GIVEN HIM. AN ELDERLY LADY OPENED THE DOOR. "HAVE
YOU SEEN A YOUNG LADY WEARING A RED EVENING DRESS?" HE
ASKED.
SHE LOOKED AT HIM STRANGELY. "YOU ARE THE FIFTH PERSON
THAT HAS BROUGHT HER HOME TONIGHT. SHE WAS OUR DAUGHTER.
SHE WAS KILLED IN AN ACCIDENT AT THE END OF THE BRIDGE
ONE NIGHT WHEN SHE WAS RETURNING FROM A DANCE. ON THE
ANNIVERSARY OF HER DEATH, SHE ALWAYS STANDS AT THE END
OF THE BRIDGE BEGGING A RIDE HOME.
Where learned: MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
NOT REALLY DEAD?
AN OLD COLORED LADY DIED AND THEY PUT MONEY ON HER EYES
TO WEIGH HER EYES DOWN. SHE WASN'T REALLY DEAD, SO
SHE GOT UP OUT OF THE CASKET AND CAME DOWNSTAIRS
JIGGLING THE MONEY SHE HAD ON HER EYES.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; ROCKWOOD
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter PROSE NARRATIVE -- Human Being |
Date learned: 07-28-1968
BELL-WITCH LEGEND
THIS FAMILY MOVED TO TENNESSEE FROM SOMEWHERE AND THEY
HAD SEVERAL DAUGHTERS. THE BELL WITCH PICKED OUT ONE
GIRL AND KEPT PESTERING HER LIKE PULLING HER HAIR
AND PICKING HER NOSE--ALWAYS BOTHERING HER. SHE
FELL IN LOVE AND GOT ENGAGED AND THE BELL WITCH
GOT MAD AND HE VOWED THAT NO ONE WOULD HAVE HER BUT
HIM, SO HE KEPT BOTHERING HER. IT JUST HAD TO BE--
SHE BROKE HER ENGAGEMENT. SHE GOT SICK AND LAY
THERE DYING ALL PALE AND WAN. HER FAMILY GATHERED
AROUND. THEY HAD ASKED THE BELL WITCH TO GO AWAY AND
THE FATHER ASKED THE BELL WITCH FOR SOME SIGN.
THE BELL WITCH SAID "GIVE ME YOUR HAND." THE FATHER
DID AND SOMETHING GRASPED HIS HAND AND IT WAS SOFT TO
THE TOUCH AS A BABY'S HAND WOULD BE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 04-24-1969
BELL WITCH LEGEND
A FAMILY WAS PLAGUED BY THE BELL WITCH SO THEY MOVED AND
THE BELL WITCH MOVED WITH THEM. SHE APPEARED IN WHITE.
EVERYTIME SHE APPEARED SOMETHING AWFUL WOULD HAPPEN
TO THE FAMILY. I BELIEVE SHE TOLD THEM ABOUT ONE
OF THE WARS (WORLD WARS). "I WILL RETURN IN SEVEN
YEARS," SHE SAID AND TO LOOK FOR HER CAUSE SHE'D
BE BACK AND SOMETHING TERRIBLE WOULD HAPPEN. AND
SURE ENOUGH, SHE RETURNED IN SEVEN YEARS. SHE'D TELL
THEM THAT SHE'D BE BACK AT A CERTAIN TIME AND
SURE ENOUGH SHE'D BE BACK AND SOMETHING TERRIBLE
WOULD HAPPEN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | 686 Seven / Sevenths / Several PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 04-24-1969
SPIRIT OF THE FOREST PINE
THE STORY TAKES PLACE IN A BEAUTIFUL GROVE OF PINE
TREES. THE SPIRIT OF THE FOREST PINE LIVED IN THE
FOREST BY WATER, BECAUSE EVERYTHING INDIAN IS BY
WATER BECAUSE THEY LIKE WATER. A BEAUTIFUL INDIAN
PRINCESS USED TO GO AT NIGHT TO BEG THE SPIRIT TO TAKE
HER TO HIS PALACE, CASTLE OR WHATEVER IT WAS. SHE
JUST WANTED TO GO WHERE HE LIVED. SHE USED TO SING TO
HIM TO TRY TO LURE HIM TO HER. SHE FELL ASLEEP AND
WHEN SHE WOKE UP THERE WERE TINY LITTLE MARKS AROUND HER
AND A GARLAND OF FLOWERS AND PINE NEEDLES WAS ON HER
HEAD. SHE GOT REAL EXCITED. THE NEXT NIGHT SHE WENT
BACK AND SANG TO HIM AGAIN. SHE FELL ASLEEP AND HAD
A DREAM THAT TINY SPIRITS WERE DANCING AROUND HER. THE
LITTLE SPIRITS SPOKE TO HER AND SAID "YOU MAY COME
TO LIVE WITH THE SPIRIT BUT YOU MAY NEVER LEAVE THE
FOREST" AND SHE THOUGHT ABOUT HOW SHE LOVED THE SUN-
SHINE AND SHE DIDN'T WANT TO LIVE THERE WITHOUT THE
SUNSHINE FOR THE REST OF HER LIFE. SO SHE SAID
NO AND THEY SAID OK. SO THE NEXT MORNING SHE WAS
HEARTBROKEN, BECAUSE SHE WANTED MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE
TO LIVE WITH HIM. SHE WENT BACK EVERY NIGHT AND SANG
TO HIM CAUSE SHE'D BLOWN HER CHANCE AND THEY NEVER
CAME BACK. SHE ALWAYS GRIEVED FOR THAT FOREST LAND
BECAUSE SHE GAVE IT UP.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 04-24-1969
THE SOLDIERS' RETURN
I BELIEVE THAT THIS HAPPENED IN KENTUCKY. A GIRL WAS
ENGAGED TO AN ARMY LIEUTENANT WHO WAS SENT OUT ON AN
INDIAN DEAL. HE WAS KILLED. SHE HAD PROMISED TO WAIT
BUT SHE DIDN'T WAIT TOO LONG, 'CAUSE SHE GOT ENGAGED
TO A CAPTAIN. THEY HAD A BIG WEDDING ON THE POST AND
A BIG DANCE AFTER THE WEDDING. EVERYONE WAS DANCING,
WHEN THE DOORS OPENED AND IN STAGGERED THE DEAD
LIEUTENANT, ALL MOIST FROM THE GRAVE. HE WALKED
OVER AND STARTED DANCING WITH THE GIRL AND THE LONGER
SHE DANCED, THE PALER SHE GOT AND JUST DIED DANCING
WITH HIM BECAUSE SHE WASN'T FAITHFUL. SHE DIDN'T WAIT
VERY LONG AT ALL.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 04-24-1969
COOPERS' ROCKING CHAIR--HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA
MR. COOPER WHO OWNED THE HOUSE USED TO SIT OUT ON THE
FRONT PORCH IN HIS ROCKING CHAIR IN THE EVENINGS,
KIND OF A RITUAL, JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE DID. HE
DIED AND HIS WIFE, MISS TEXIE, CONTINUED TO RUN HIS
BUSINESS AND SHE KEPT HIS CHAIR ON THE FRONT PORCH.
IT WAS COMMON KNOWLEDGE THAT AFTER MR. COOPER DIED,
THE CHAIR WOULD SOMETIMES ROCK ITSELF.
James Callow comment: GHOST CONTINUES EARTHLY ACTIVITY AFTER DEATH
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
THE THORNTON GHOST--HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA
AROUND 1900 OR 1910, A YOUNG GIRL, ANNIE THORNTON,
GOT SOME MYSTERIOUS DISEASE WHICH THE DOCTORS COULD NOT
DIAGNOSE. HER PARENTS HAD A SOCIAL FUNCTION IN THEIR
HOME ONE EVENING WHILE ANNIE WAS SICK. THEY LEFT HER
IN THE CARE OF A NURSE, WHO LEFT THE ROOM FOR A WHILE
AND RETURNED TO FIND THE LITTLE GIRL DEAD. THEY BURIED
HER IN THE FAMILY CEMETERY ON THE HILL BEHIND THE
HOUSE. AFTER THIS, THEY STARTED NOTICING AND SAYING
THAT ANNIE WAS UP WALKING AROUND AT NIGHT AND SOME OF
THEM (THE FAMILY) CLAIM TO HAVE SEEN HER. BUT EVERY
TIME THEY WOULD SEE HER WALKING AROUND, THEY WOULD
GO OUT TO THE GRAVEYARD AND SEE HER TOMBSTONE TURNED
OVER. TODAY, THEY CALL THE ROOM WHERE SHE DIED,
"ANNIE'S ROOM." THEY USE IT AS A PARLOR ONLY FOR
LARGE SOCIAL OCCASIONS. THEY BELIEVE WHEN ANNIE WALKS,
THAT SHE CAN UNLOCK DOORS, SO THEY HAVE TO PROP CHAIRS
AGAINST THE DOOR TO KEEP HER FROM WALKING THE HOUSE.
TWO VIOLENT DEATHS HAVE OCCURRED SINCE THIS GIRL'S
DEATH. ONE WAS AN AUNT WHO WAS KILLED BY AN ESCAPED
CONVICT WHO AFTER THE MURDER HID OUT IN THE CAVES BY
THE TENNESSEE RIVER AND WAS NOT FOUND UNTIL ALMOST A
YEAR AFTER THE MURDER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
VANDY HAUNTED HOUSE
THE HOUSE WAS LOCATED ACROSS THE STREET FROM
BRANSCOMB QUADRANGLE NEXT TO THE CHI OMEGA HOUSE.
THE STORY WAS TOLD TO ME BY SOME PEOPLE WHO LIVED
THERE. THE LADY WHO OWNS THE HOUSE AND LIVES
THERE HAD A HUSBAND WHO DIED. FROM THE FRONT OF THE
HOUSE, THERE IS A STAIRWELL GOING TO THE UPSTAIRS
WHERE HER HUSBAND'S ROOM WAS, AND THE WOMAN KEEPS
THAT DOOR LOCKED. THERE IS SAID TO BE A FALSE WALL
OR DOUBLE WALL NEXT TO THE STAIRS. AT THE TOP OF
THE STAIRS IS A MIRROR. SOMEHOW THE MAN GETS OUT OF
THE ROOM AND WALKS UP AND DOWN THE STAIRS, AND
SOMETIMES YOU CAN SEE HIM IN THE MIRROR.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 04-13-1969
THE SQUIRREL LADY
THIS OLD LADY HAS BEEN AROUND THE VANDY CAMPUS EVER
SINCE ANYONE CAN REMEMBER. SHE JUST COMES AROUND THREE
OR FOUR DAYS A WEEK AND FEEDS THE SQUIRRELS AND SHE HAS
NAMES FOR ALL OF THEM. SHE FIGHTS FOR THE SQUIRRELS
WHEN BUILDING IS GOING ON AND THEY START TEARING DOWN
THE TREES WHERE THE SQUIRRELS HAVE THEIR HOMES. OH
YES, SHE WALKS WITH A WALKER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMALS ANIMAL-LOVER ; VANDY=VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 04-13-1969
JESSE JAMES WAS HERE
JESSIE JAMES ROBBED THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK IN
HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA. THE BANK IS BUILT ON A CLIFF
OVER "THE BIG SPRING," AND IN MAKING HIS GET-AWAY
JAMES IS SAID TO HAVE JUMPED OFF THE CLIFF.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): ESCAPE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter PROSE NARRATIVE -- Outlaw Criminal Bandit Pirate PROSE NARRATIVE -- Formation |
Date learned: 02-15-1969
MARY BLACK
MARY BLACK WAS ONE OF THE FIRST TEACHERS AT GAILOR
INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL IN MASON. HER HOUSE BURNED, AND
THE RUINS ARE STILL ON THE GROUNDS OF THE SCHOOL.
NOBODY CAN REMEMBER WHETHER SHE DIED IN THE FIRE OR NOT.
BUT MANY PEOPLE HAVE SEEN HER ON THE GROUNDS OF THE
SCHOOL.
THE NEGRO EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN MEMPHIS USED TO HOLD
CAMP ON THE GROUNDS, AND MANY PEOPLE HAVE SEEN HER
COMING TO WELCOME THE CAMPERS AND TO WATCH OVER
THEM EACH SUMMER. SHE WEARS AN OLD FASHION BLACK
HAT AND A BLACK SUIT WITH A VERY LONG SKIRT.
IN HER HONOR ON THE LAST NIGHT OF CAMP THE CAMPERS
WOULD HAVE A "HAUNTING" AND PLAY JOKES ON EACH OTHER AND
DRESS UP LIKE GHOST TO SCARE THE YOUNGER CAMPERS..
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; MASON
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 07-23-1968
AN OLD LADY AND SON WERE IN A CABIN NEAR A RAILROAD
TRACKS. HE GOT HIT BY A TRAIN. ALL SHE COULD FIND
WAS A THUMB. SHE LOCKED HERSELF IN THE CABIN AND
DIED AND TO THIS DAY YOU CAN HEAR HER WAIL AT MIDNIGHT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 07-25-1968
IN HUNTSVILLE IN JONE'S VALLEY THERE'S A
GRAVEYARD WHERE PEOPLE CAN GO AT NIGHT AND HEAR
"SCREAMING." JUDY FOSTER HEARD IT.
SUPPOSEDLY, IN THE 1800S THE JONES FAMILY WAS HAVING
A PARTY AND ONE OF THE JONES GIRLS WHO WAS A WICKED
GIRL LEFT THE PARTY EARLY. SHE NEVER CAME BACK AND
SO THE PARTIERS SEARCHED FOR HER AND FOUND HER BODY
LYING SCATTERED ALL OVER THE AREA AND ON HER HEAD
WAS A BLACK CROSS SIGN. TO THIS DAY SHE CAN BE
HEARD SCREAMING WHEN YOU ARE STANDING IN THE
GRAVEYARD.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; PEABODY ; HUNTSVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 00-00-1800