HAUNTED HOUSE

ON THE CORNER OF 46TH AVE., NORTH AND CHARLOTTE
AVE., ACROSS FROM THE CHARLOTTE AVENUE CHURCH OF
CHRIST, THERE USED TO STAND A WEATHER-BEATEN LITTLE
GINGERBREAD COTTAGE WHERE NOBODY WOULD LIVE.
PEOPLE SAID THAT A MAN HAD ONCE GONE CRAZY OVER
RELIGION AND HANGED HIMSELF IN THE DINING ROOM.
FROM THE STREET YOU COULD HEAR STRANGE NOISES AND
SEE LIGHTS IF YOU WENT PAST LATE AT NIGHT. NOBODY
HAD LIVED IN IT FOR TWENTY YEARS WHEN, JUST BEFORE
WORLD WAR II, IT WAS MOVED TO THE BACK OF THE LOT AND
AN ESSO (GAS) STATION WAS BUILT ON THE CORNER.
DURING THE WAR HOUSES WERE SO SCARCE THAT THE OWNER
PAINTED IT UP AND RENTED IT TO WAR WORKERS. AFTER
THE WAR IT WAS TORN DOWN AND A REPAIR GARAGE WAS
BUILT ON THE SITE. A BUSINESS MAN LATER TOLD ME THAT
THE REASON IT WAS NOT LIVED IN WAS THAT IT WAS IN
LITIGATION BECAUSE ONE OF THE HEIRS COULD NOT BE
LOCATED.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE