Road Tripping Through the Haunted Southeast
Before teens and college daredevils made it a municipal ordinance for hotels to have balconies that were either inaccessible, the south attracted all manner of unique individuals. Capone, Ma Baker, Jimmy Buffet, Jim Morrison, Truman Capote, and Hemi ...
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The Horrific History Of the Tennessee State Penitentiary
Just six miles from downtown Nashville on a dark, curving, back-country road lies one of the most notorious prisons in American history. US Ghost Adventures closely examines some of Tennessee's most haunted locations. In the 19th century, the Americ ...
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The Spearfinger Legend of the Smoky Mountains
During the 19th century, hopeful prospectors rushed to the Great Smoky Mountains, anticipating the opportunity to mine from the productive Smoky Mountain Gold Mine. Would they have been so invested in their venture had they known ‘ole Spearfinger ...
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The Hermitage
You may know the Hermitage as the home of Andrew Jackson. Andrew Jackson was the seventh president of our country. This plantation will be fount about twelve miles to the east of Nashville. It will sit on 1,100 acres of property. This property inclu ...
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Bell Witch Cave
Tennessee's Bell Witch Cave has one of the most intriguing and mysterious histories. It is said that a rural family was terrorized for years on their farm by a mysterious entity known only as 'Kate.' Kate is now believed to haunt a cave nearby, terr ...
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The General Morgan Inn
The building that is now recognized as The General Morgan Inn was known as the DeWoody Tavern, a janky wooden structure built in the early 1790s by a man named William Dunwoody. The establishment was well-known for being a friendly space, offering f ...
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Haunted Drummond Bridge
Drummond Bridge is part of a railway system that transported coal from the mid-1800s to the mid-1900s in Eastern Tennessee. The bridge itself crosses over Coal Creek, a namesake of the goods used to move from state to state. At first glance, the aba ...
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Shiloh National Military Park
Shiloh National Military Park was established on December 27th of 1894 to commemorate the April Battle of Corinth that raged around the Shiloh Church and Pittsburg Landing. This battle produced more than 23,000 casualties and was the largest engagem ...
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Elkmont: Tennessee’s Ghost Town
When most people think of ghost towns, images of barren desert landscapes, tumbleweeds, and the wild west come to mind first. Ghost towns aren't a western-only happening, as proven by Elkmont, a ghost town right in the heart of the Great Smoky Mount ...
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Haunted Cades Cove: The Cussing Cover
A Bit of History…Before it was a popular tourist day attraction of the Great Smoky Mountains, Cades Cove was a place that hundreds of people called their permanent home. For over one hundred years before the park was designated, plenty o ...
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