On November 30, 1864, the Battle of Franklin was fought in Franklin, Tennessee, during the Civil War. The battle is considered a disaster, as more Confederate generals died than in any other Civil War battle. Near the town square sits a home that now operates as Shuff’s Music. The older home once served as a…
Is Pegram, Tennessee, Cursed
It’s not every day that we hear of cursed cities or even towns, but one place in Tennessee is alleged to be cursed. If the Pegram is indeed cursed, the strange happenings may stem from a cemetery in that town. According to an article by WKRN in 2017, there used to be a cemetery where…
Is the Asheville City Hall Haunted
One common theme around some of the buildings in Asheville, North Carolina, is the 1929 stock market crash and the deaths associated with it. The building that currently houses the Asheville City Hall was completed in 1928, as the Roaring 20s were coming to an end. At the time, the men, who wore three-piece suits…
The Jackson Building and the Stock Market Crash of 1929
The Jackson Building in Asheville, North Carolina, built in 1924, at 22 South Pack Square, has a reported dark history attached to it. The building held the title of being the tallest building in the city for 41 years, and during the Stock Market Crash of 1929, a reported 17 people jumped to their deaths….
The Other Helen Still Roams the Mountainside
Many are familiar with the paranormal hotspot, Helen’s Bridge in Asheville, North Carolina, but there is another story of “Helen”, near Arden in the Royal Pines section, that you may not know. Both stories are similar, and, yes, people believe the one in Royal Pines was the first ghostly tale, and it was eventually moved…
Was it the “Mothman” or a Mechanical Failure that led to the collapse of the Silver Bridge in 1967
Just before Christmas, on December 15, 1967, tragedy struck Point Pleasant, West Virginia, and Gallipolis, Ohio, on the Silver Bridge around 5:00 p.m. During the late afternoon rush hour, as dozens of cars were packed onto the bridge, the bridge collapsed. In all, 64 people plunged into the frigid waters, resulting in 46 deaths, nine…
Asheville’s Old Craggy Prison
Old Craggy State Prison in Asheville, North Carolina, was built in 1924 as a medium-security facility. Conditions inside were rough, but most inmates were assigned labor-intensive jobs, such as laundry detail. The air inside was stale, with no air conditioning, and the heat was limited during the harsh winters of Western North Carolina. It wouldn’t…
The Ghostly Broughton Hospital
The Broughton Hospital in Morganton, North Carolina, opened in March 1883, and it was called the Western Carolina Insane Asylum. Around 1890, the name was changed again to the “State Hospital at Morganton”, until it was finally changed again in 1959 to Broughton Hospital. Through the years, horrible things happened behind the walls of this…
The Siren of the French Broad
The French Broad River in Western North Carolina is rich in history and mystery. The beautiful waters that sweep through the mountains are full of not only water, but also legend. The story of the “Siren of the French Broad” dates back to the mid-1850s, when author William Gilmore Simms published a poem about it….
The Ghost in Skinflint’s Mine
Legend has it that during the Carolina Gold Rush in the early 1800s, a property in Cabarrus County, owned by Skinflint Mcintosh, would become the meeting point where greed met the paranormal. McIntosh had reportedly become known for cutting corners with safety measures and was known to be tightfisted, paying subpar wages to the miners…