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Any Good Ghost Photos?

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged a, and, any, Anyone, at, craving, do, Does, for, ghost, ghosts, good, got, had, haunted, have, haven't, Here, hunting, I, I've, if, lately, me, of, or, out, photos, places, Please, post, really, send, so, Some, stories, them, There, time, tnhauntings@writersbeacon.com, to, will on August 18, 2008| 4 Comments »

I haven’t had time to do any “hunting” lately and I’ve really got a craving for some good ghost stories. Does anyone out there have any good ghost stories, haunted places or photos of ghosts? If so, please send them to me at tnhauntings@writersbeacon.com and I will post them here.

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A HAUNTED Hurst Mansion?

Posted in photos, Purdy, TN, tagged a, about, after, again, alone, an, and, announcement, another, Anyone, arresting, as, at, attempt, attempting, be, big, broke, cabin, can, care, caught, complete, completed, deter, do, During, enforcement, enough, enter, entered, entry, far, First, for, four, friend, from, gain, Go, haunted, have, He, Here, hiding, himself, house, Hurst, I, if, inform, information, Inside, internet, is, isn't, law, leave, leaving, like, Mansion, mine, month, more, much, nears, needed, night, not, now, occasionally, October, of, off, officer, on, operate, out, owner, part, periodically, private, Proceeds, property, prosecuted, provided, Purdy, restoration, so, someone, something, star, staying, stress, taken, that, the, thinking, this, those, Tim, time, TN, to, trespassers, trespassing, used, vandals, who, will, window, work, would, You, you're, youngsters on June 9, 2008| 11 Comments »

I would again like to stress that this is private property and trespassers will be prosecuted. The owner caught four youngsters attempting to enter the house and after leaving for the night someone broke a window and entered the house.

I would like to inform anyone thinking about trespassing that the owner of the property is periodically staying at a cabin not far from the house. He will occasionally be hiding out at Hurst House and apprehending those who attempt to gain entry.

If that isn’t enough to deter you, I have another big announcement from the owner himself. IF vandals will leave the property alone so part of the work needed can be completed, he will operate a Haunted House inside Hurst Mansion during the month of October. Proceeds will be used to complete much needed restoration. More information will be provided on this as the time nears.

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All About My Camping Trip

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged 1930's, 2, a, able, about, adults, after, afternoon, All, almost, am, an, and, are, around, arrived, as, at, awhile, back, be, beach, bed, been, being, below, bit, boat, breathe, Bridge, broke, Built, but, by, called, came, camper, camping, canyon, climb, clipping, completely, couldn't, damage, daughter, day, decided, did, dug, eat, Elmo, evening, Fall, family, feeling, find, for, Friday, friend, friends, from, frustrating, get, getting, ghost, Go, going, gone, good, got, had, Hagy's, hail, have, head, headed, heard, hiking, his, home, hot, hour, how, I, idea, in, intend, interesting, is, It, it's, just, kids, late, later, left, life, like, little, long, look, losing, made, me, Military, Mississippi, Monday, more, morning, my, National, nearly, neck, newspaper, next, nice, night, no, not, now, obvious, of, off, offered, ok, on, one, our, ours, out, over, pack, packs, park, parts, people, philosophy, Pickwick, picture, place, planned, play, pontoon, posted, pretty, protect, pull, quiet, reached, rest, return, returned, rock, rough, Saturday, scary, scratching, screaming, see, Selmer, shared, she, Shiloh, sick, side, since, sleeping, slept, so, Some, start, starting, state, still, story, Sunday, sure, swim, swinging, take, talk, tent, that, the, them, then, There, they, this, Thursday, Tishomingo, TN, to, took, travel, trekking, trip, truck, turned, unable, under, Unfortunately, up, us, very, voice, walking, was, We, week, well, were, what, When, where, which, while, whisper, whistle, with, without, woke, worn, wrap, You on May 29, 2008| Leave a Comment »

Ok, so it’s not a ghost story but parts of it are scary….well to me they are.

We arrived on Thursday night and had a nice quiet evening. On Friday morning, we took the kids over to the park to play for awhile. Friday afternoon, some of our family and friends arrived.

By late Friday, it was obvious that I was losing my voice. I was feeling pretty rough and worn out by 2 AM, so I headed in to bed and left the rest of them up. About an hour later, I heard my daughter screaming and nearly broke my neck getting out of the camper to see what was going on. The adults had been been scratching on the side of the tent she was sleeping in.

After a very late night, I was off to a rough start on Saturday. Still, we made the trip to Shiloh National Military Park and did some walking. I took one interesting picture, which is posted below. After trekking around Shiloh, we took the kids to the beach at Pickwick to swim for a while. More friends arrived while we were there. I’m sure you can tell we like to travel in “packs”. My philosophy is, what good is life if not shared with friends?

Sunday morning, we slept in a little bit and then made the trip to Tishomingo State Park in Mississippi. There is a swinging bridge built in the 1930’s and a rock canyon where people rock climb. Since we were going to be hiking a bit and my voice was almost completely gone, I dug out my whistle and took it with me. Unfortunately, it turned off hot and as sick as I was I was unable to breathe. We have planned a return trip for the Fall. We left and returned to Shiloh, TN to eat at Hagy’s. There was an interesting newspaper clipping about a ghost called “Elmo” which I intend to look up.

Sunday evening, a friend of ours came by and offered to take us out on his pontoon boat the next day. Unfortunately, when I woke up Monday I couldn’t talk over a whisper. We decided to pack up the camper and head back home. When we reached Selmer, TN, we had to find a place to pull the truck and camper under to protect it from hail damage.

To wrap this up, we got home and it’s Thursday and I am just now starting to get my voice back after almost a week. You have no idea how frustrating it is to go that long without being able to talk.

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Shiloh National Military Park – Shiloh, TN

Posted in photos, Shiloh, TN, tagged 24, a, Although, and, appears, around, at, battle, battlefield, become, blood, Bloody, calm, camping, certain, children, comes, comfort, contained, cool, Dam, day, days, disappears, dress, During, dying, else, few, figure, found, frightened, ghost, heat, help, helped, helpful, her, hits, hunting, I, injured, It, just, looks, lost, may, men, Military, National, need, not, nurse, odd, of, officers, on, one, only, out, park, parts, photo, photographs, photos, Pickwick, Pond, quickly, red, right, saddened, Saturday, Shiloh, snapping, soldiers, someone, something, soothe, spirit, spot, started, sun, the, things, thirst, this, TN, took, tree, tries, trip, unexplainable, upon, visited, walked, was, water, We, When, while, white, wife, with, woman, women, woods on May 27, 2008| 32 Comments »

On Saturday, May 24, we visited Shiloh National Military Park. This was not a “ghost hunting” trip; it was just a day trip we took one day while camping out at Pickwick Dam.

We walked around parts of the park and I took a few photographs. When I started snapping around the Bloody Pond, I found one photo with a few odd things. Although I took 24 photos around the pond, only this one photo contained something unexplainable.

This is the white whatever it is in the tree. I do not claim to know what it is but the following is what I found on another website:

On the battlefield, there is a pond known as “The Bloody Pond” where many injured and dying soldiers went to cool their thirst during the heat of the day, during the Battle of Shiloh. It is said that, on certain days, when the sun hits just right, the water looks blood red; Just as it did during that battle. There is also the ghost of a woman in a white dress, possibly the wife of one of the soldiers or officers that helped nurse the men. She appears to women and children who become lost and become saddened or frightened by the battlefield. She is a helpful spirit who tries to calm and soothe those who are in need of comfort or help, but quickly disappears when someone else comes upon her and the person she is trying to help.

This is the smaller white spot in the tree.

Can you see the figure in the woods?

If you would like to be emailed the original, full sized digital photo, email tnhauntings@writersbeacon.com.

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Have a great Memorial Day weekend!

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged a, am, and, at, be, camping, Dam, day, everyone, few, fun, Go, going, great, have, heading, I, It, make, Memorial, next, out, over, Pickwick, pictures, safe, share, Shiloh, so, soon, take, the, to, try, week, weekend, will on May 22, 2008| Leave a Comment »

I will soon be heading out to go camping over the weekend. I will be camping at Pickwick Dam so I am going to try to make it to Shiloh and take a few pictures to share next week. Everyone be safe and have fun!

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Hurst House Night Pics – Purdy, TN

Posted in photos, Purdy, TN, tagged a, acroos, and, are, around, at, backyard, bedroom, door, few, from, Here, house, Hurst, Hurst's, I, in, night, of, pcitures, pics, picture, Purdy, quarters, slave, street, taken, the, TN, to, took on May 19, 2008| 4 Comments »

Here are a few of the pictures I took in and around the house at night.

This is a photo of the backyard.

This is a photograph of the slave quarters across the street.

This was taken from the door to Hurst’s bedroom. Notice the orbs on the door facing and between the windows.

This is, of course, the front of the house. Note the large orb on the tarp.

This photo was taken looking down the road towards the New Purdy Cemetery.

This photo was taken in Hurst’s bedroom. The owner had just shut the small attic door and everyone else had left the room. It was completely dark and right about the time I snapped this picture, that door creaked open and scared the life out of me. You can see where it is slightly ajar and there are orbs on and around the door.

There was NO ONE smoking when this picture was taken. Two friends were standing nearby and I double checked with both of them to make sure neither of them had been smoking. If you look beyond the odd mist, you’ll also see a few orbs around the house. (The shiny spot in the top window is a bit of reflective tape of some sort.)

Look at the tarp on the roof.

Taken in the backyard.

This photo was taken from behind the house. This is not the moon. The moon was on the other side of the house.

The bright figures in these photos have a very odd shape.

Just in case you couldn’t see the one in the bottom of the picture…

And the one in the top of the picture…

This photo was taken behind the house.

This photo is of the old barn across the street.

This photo is of the kitchen. I’m not sure if you can see them but there are two small orbs on the cabinet doors.

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Hurst House & Old and New Purdy Cemetery – Purdy, TN

Posted in Purdy, TN, tagged &, a, adding, after, also, and, are, ask, at, attempt, attempting, back, be, because, been, but, by, Cemetery, cool, couple, curious, damage, do, done, enough, find, for, fortunate, girlfriend, Go, great, had, hard, has, have, his, home, house, Hurst, I, if, It, jail, like, lovely, lucky, making, many, me, meet, new, not, of, old, on, over, owner, people, pictures, post, probably, property, Purdy, really, restore, returned, saddens, say, seeing, several, share, shot, so, Some, start, Super, take, taken, that, the, them, There, they, this, through, time, TN, to, tomorrow, tons, tour, trespass, trespassing, unbelievable, until, vandals, very, was, We, weekend, will, with, won't, would, You, youngsters on May 18, 2008| 5 Comments »

I returned to Purdy, TN over the weekend and was fortunate enough to meet the owner of the Hurst House and his girlfriend. They are a super cool couple and we had a great time with them. I have tons of pictures to share but I probably won’t post them until tomorrow because there are so many.

I would also like to say this: After seeing the damage that has been done to this house by curious youngsters, it really saddens me. Because of this damage, if you attempt to trespass on this property you will be shot at. Several people have been taken to jail for trespassing. If you are lucky enough to find the owner at the property, ask for a tour but do not trespass on this property. They are attempting to restore this lovely home and vandals are making it very hard to do.

Back to the pictures…

I have some unbelievable pictures but it will take me some time to go through them. I will start adding them tomorrow.

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Western Mental Health Institute – Bolivar, TN

Posted in Bolivar, TN, tagged 1980's, a, accessed, add, Administration, ago, All, also, and, another, Anyone, are, around, as, at, attempt, aunt, aunts, awake, awhile, be, because, become, beneath, blog, Bolivar, building, buildings, but, by, camera, cameras, can, captured, care, caught, Clement, condemned, could, decades, did, died, Dietary, disappeared, do, doesn't, don't, down, easily, employees, enter, entire, entrance, entry, even, ever, everywhere, exist, extent, far, figured, First, flying, for, friend, friends, from, fullest, gain, going, grounds, Guard, guards, had, Hall, hangers, happens, has, haunted, have, Health, him, himself, his, Honestly, hung, I, if, illegal, in, information, Institute, internet, is, isn't, It, kept, kill, know, land, large, law, leads, Let, lightening, lives, locals, longer, looking, lost, Luton, main, majority, man, manage, many, mate, matter, maze, me, men, Mental, mirrors, mother, murder, my, nearby, no, None, not, now, occasionally, of, on, once, one, only, or, other, Others, out, patients, people, person, places, populated, property, prosecuted, read, really, rear, reason, recent, remain, removed, retired, revolved, room, rumor, said, say, searching, Secondly, security, see, seen, several, simply, since, snoring, so, sock, Some, spot, spotted, Springs, squirrels, state, stated, still, strangled, struck, supposed, swinging, swirled, that, the, their, them, There, these, they, things, this, three, Timber, TN, to, top, trespass, tube, tunnels, two, Uncle, uncles, unit, units, untrue, use, very, via, view, was, way, well, went, were, Western, what, When, where, while, who, will, wings, with, WMHI, work, worked, works, would, years, You on May 8, 2008| 199 Comments »

I have had several people land on my blog while searching for Western Mental Health Institute so I figured I would add some information.

The grounds of WMHI were once populated by flying squirrels but they have disappeared in recent years. The main entrance leads to the Administration building. This building once had two large wings. They were condemned and removed in the 1980’s. Some of the locals said the wings were haunted but it really doesn’t matter since they no longer exist.

Some of the things I have read on the internet are simply untrue. One person stated that when lightening struck nearby you could see a man who hung himself swinging from the top of the Administration building. None of the employees, security guards or locals have ever seen this. It was also said that there were places in Luton Hall where there are no cameras and the patients use this spot to kill other patients. My mother works in Luton Hall now and did many years ago as well. First of all, there are cameras everywhere. Secondly, this unit is all men. The majority of these men will remain there for their entire lives. They have had patients murder other patients but they really don’t care if they are caught or not. Honestly, what are they going to do to them? Many years ago, one of the men strangled his room mate with a tube sock because his snoring kept him awake. It happens.

One rumor that swirled around at WMHI for awhile revolved around the tunnels beneath the buildings. It was said that patients had become lost in the maze of tunnels and died down there. Some have even went so far as to say that the tunnels are haunted by these patients who are still looking for a way out.

Let me say this now: It is illegal to trespass on state property. All employees have hangers on their rear view mirrors so anyone who isn’t supposed to be there is spotted very easily. Even if you did manage to gain illegal entry to the grounds, the tunnels can only be accessed via the units. If you attempt to enter a unit, you will be captured on camera and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. DO NOT trespass!

The reason I know all of this is because my mother, three aunts, two uncles, and several friends work or have worked at WMHI. Several of them have retired from there and others have worked there for several decades. My mother has worked in Luton Hall, the Clement Building and occasionally works the Timber Springs Unit. My aunt and uncle worked in Dietary. One uncle is a Security Guard. Two aunts worked in the Administration Building. One friend is a Security Guard, another retired from Dietary.

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Lucy Black House – Bolivar, TN

Posted in Bolivar, TN, tagged 13, 64, a, about, above, again, ago, almost, and, apparition, at, back, be, been, before, believed, black, Bolivar, but, by, can, chains, children, common, continues, dealership, decades, do, drive, driving, Feel, footsteps, for, Ford, free, ghost, happened, has, haunts, have, Health, hear, her, Highway, home, house, I, in, Institute, is, It, just, legend, lived, local, located, look, lucy, many, may, me, Mental, Mercury, murdered, never, next, night, nights, not, Notice, now, occasional, occasionally, occupied, of, off, on, owned, past, Please, porch, privately, property, rattling, reach, really, right, said, saw, say, says, School, several, she, someone, standing, story, students, Super, taught, teacher, that, the, then, There, think, this, TN, to, told, trespass, true, two, upstairs, Wal-mart, was, Western, When, white, who, window, years, You on May 1, 2008| 45 Comments »

This house is located on Highway 64, past the Super Wal-mart and Western Mental Health Institute. It is right off the highway right before you reach the Bolivar Ford and Mercury dealership.

The house is privately owned and I think it may be occupied. Do not trespass on this property.

This two story white house was said to have been occupied by Lucy Black many years ago. Local legend says she was a school teacher who taught children in her home. This was common back years ago. The legend continues to say that she murdered several of her students upstairs and now her ghost haunts the home, occasionally standing in the upstairs window. It has been told to me by someone who lived in the home almost two decades ago that you can hear footsteps upstairs at night and the occasional rattling of chains.

I never really believed the story to be true, but about 13 years ago I saw her ghost in the window above the porch. I just happened to notice her when I was driving past the house. The apparition was there for the next several nights and then I never saw her again. Feel free to drive by and look for her but please do not trespass on the property.

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Harts Bridge Road – Jackson, TN

Posted in Jackson, TN, tagged a, ago, and, Anyone, anything, appear, are, at, be, been, believe, beside, Bridge, but, car, claimed, do, do not, else, email, flash, followed, get, ghoststories@writersbeacon.com, Go, had, happened, Harts, has, haunted, haunting, have, heard, High, honk, horn, I, if, in, Jackson, killed, know, legend, lights, local, location, miles, mist, never, nor, not, of, on, onto, or, Others, people, place, Please, proof, reach, really, road, said, say, says, School, seen, several, side, Some, someone, South, start, supposed, that, the, their, them, There, they, this, times, TN, to, trouble, turn, until, was, what, white, will, would, years, You, your on April 30, 2008| 14 Comments »

To get to the bridge, turn beside South Side High School in Jackson, TN onto Harts Bridge Road. Go several miles until you reach the bridge.

I have been to this bridge several times years ago. I do not know what really happened there, but local legend says someone was killed on this bridge and you honk your horn and flash your lights and they are supposed to appear. Some people have said their car would not start and others have claimed a white mist followed them.

I will say that I have never seen or heard anything, nor have I had car trouble at this place. I do not believe this bridge to be haunted. If anyone else has proof of a haunting at this location, please email ghoststories@writersbeacon.com.

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