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Gatlinburg, TN Ghost Tours?

Posted in Gatlinburg, TN, tagged a, about, across, All, alley, an, and, any, appearance, around, attempt, avoid, be, Cemetery, certainly, cigarette, claims, course, crowd, crowds, debunk, don't, downtown, ends, expect, Flats, for, Gatlinburg, ghost, ghosts, golfs, haunting, have, hefty, Here, I, in, is, It, make, making, mini, most, my, Oak, of, on, one, own, people, profit, seen, smoke, Some, someone, state, stigma, that, the, three, through, TN, to, touring, tours, town, trek, turning, ways, weeks, white, will on June 13, 2008| Leave a Comment »

Someone is turning a hefty profit here.

I will be making the trek across the state in about three weeks and will most certainly attempt to debunk any “haunting” claims.

I have seen that it ends in the White Oak Flats Cemetery and tours through some of the alley ways around town and one of the mini golfs downtown. I, of course, will be touring on my own to avoid the crowds of people, cigarette smoke and the stigma of it all. I don’t expect any ghosts to make an appearance for a crowd.

If anyone knows of any “hot spots” or has a place they would like investigated while I am there, leave a comment or email tnhauntings@writersbeacon.com. I will be happy to take photographs of any area there.

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New Purdy Cemetery – Purdy, TN

Posted in photos, Purdy, TN, tagged Cemetery, new, photos, Purdy, TN on May 20, 2008| Leave a Comment »

Here are some new photos from the new Purdy Cemetery.

This row of small tombstones marks the graves of infants. There are several bright orbs around them.

There are several orbs amongst the trees and broken tombstones.

Here is a bright orb near a tree. There are a few other small ones.

This picture has several orbs.

Here are two bright orbs.

This picture contains a lot of bright orbs.

There is one bright orb by the tree and several other lighter ones on the other side.

This photo has one large orb and many other smaller ones.

There are many orbs around this bush.

This photo has two large orbs.

This photo has several orbs, but notice the very bright one on the grass.

There are a lot of bright orbs in this photo.

This photo contains a very bright orb and many other lighter orbs.

This photo also has several bright orbs.

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Old and New Purdy Cemetery Pictures Coming Soon!

Posted in Purdy, TN, tagged adding, and, be, both, Cemetery, from, have, I, new, old, photos, Purdy, Some, soon, that, the, will on May 19, 2008| Leave a Comment »

I have some new photos from both the old and new Purdy Cemetery that I will be adding soon.

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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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Hurst House – Purdy, TN

Posted in Purdy, TN, tagged a, also, and, Anyone, are, area, asked, attend, be, before, believes, blog, buried, but, by, can't, Cemetery, Cemtery, children, colonel, conceived, D., day, decsendants, descendant, descendants, dream, family, Fielding, Fielding's, generations, going, had, haunting, having, He, her, his, home, house, Hurst, Hurst's, HurstNation.com, I, if, in, is, It, Kevin, leave, likely, located, Mansion, many, may, McCann's, Melocky, met, more, Mrs., of, old, on, one, opinion, or, over, personal, Purdy, read, relative, remember, reunions, saddened, says, several, show, sites, slaves, spirit, stated, states, still, than, that, the, There, these, this, those, through, TN, to, told, us, very, was, We, weekend, went, were, where, why, wife, with, would on May 13, 2008| 10 Comments »

Over the weekend, I met a relative of Colonel Fielding Hurst. He went with us to Purdy Cemetery and was going to show us where the Old Purdy Cemetery was located before we were asked to leave.

This descendant states that in his personal opinion, if anyone were to be haunting Hurst Mansion it would more than likely be Colonel Fielding’s wife, Melocky Hurst. He says that it was told through the generations of his family that Mrs. Hurst was very saddened by having to leave her dream home and this is why he believes her spirit may still be there.

I was also told that many of the Hursts buried in this area are children that Colonel Hurst conceived with his slaves. He stated that the descendants of these children attend the family reunions to this day. I had read that he had children with several of his slaves. I can’t remember if I read it on Kevin D. McCann’s blog or on HurstNation.com, but it was one of those sites.

Anyone with interesting information on the Hurst Family, please email tnhauntings@writersbeacon.com.

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New Pics from Purdy Cemetery

Posted in photos, Purdy, TN, tagged 10, 8, about, after, All, almost, am, an, and, Anyone, Anyway, are, arresting, asked, be, because, been, breathe, called, cemeteries, Cemetery, deal, didn't, doing, don't, drinking, enjoy, even, explain, for, from, Go, grateful, had, hard, He, Here, him, his, Hope, I, if, in, interesting, It, jail, knew, landed, left, Let, letting, looked, made, main, me, mean, midnight, mind, minutes, most, must, my, neighbors, new, nuts, of, officer, or, paper, past, people, photographs, pics, pictures, place, police, Purdy, puzzled, quiet, real, reason, so, sure, take, taking, talking, that, the, them, There, think, this, to, told, trip, try, us, very, visit, visiting, want, warn, was, We, were, what, who, why, wishes, with, work, would, years, You on May 10, 2008| 3 Comments »

In all my years of visiting cemeteries, this was the most…interesting trip. I must warn anyone who wishes to visit Purdy Cemetery: Be very quiet. I mean don’t even breathe hard. The neighbors called the police and we had to try to explain what we were doing there. I told the officer that I was taking photographs of the cemetery (past midnight, mind you) and he looked very puzzled and asked, “Why?” I knew if I told him the real reason why I was taking photographs he would think I was nuts or had been drinking, so I told him I had been told it was an interesting place to take pictures. After about 10 minutes of talking to him, he let us go and made sure we left the cemetery. His main reason for letting us go was because he didn’t want to deal with all the paper work of arresting 8 people. Anyway, I am very grateful he let us go and here are the pictures that almost landed me in jail. I hope you enjoy them!

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Purdy Cemetery, Second Trip – Purdy, TN

Posted in Purdy, TN, tagged a, able, about, also, am, and, any, Anyone, are, as, back, be, because, best, Bethel, bring, Cemetery, Church, crowd, date, day, do, dust, email, everyone, for, Forks, Forty, has, have, his, history, holds, Hopefully, I, identifying, if, in, interested, interesting, is, keep, Liberty, like, long, majority, more, my, not, of, off, on, or, photographs, plan, Please, Purdy, rain, returning, Rickey, road, second, sharing, since, Smith, soon, Springs, stirring, story, taking, tales, telling, thank, the, There, this, time, TN, tnhauntings@writersbeacon.com, to, trip, trying, Unknown, up, visit, visitors, weekend, what, will, wish, would on May 9, 2008| 1 Comment »

Since the majority of my visitors are interested in Purdy Cemetery I am trying my best to keep everyone up to date. I will be returning this weekend as long as the rain holds off. I am not telling what day or time I plan to visit Purdy because I will be taking more photographs and I do not wish to have a crowd stirring up dust.

I would also like to thank Rickey Smith for sharing his Purdy Cemetery story and identifying the unknown church and cemetery in Bethel Springs, TN. Hopefully I will be able to visit there soon and bring back photographs.

The Unknown Church and Cemetery is Liberty Church in Bethel Springs on Forty Forks Road. If anyone has any interesting history or tales about this church, please email tnhauntings@writersbeacon.com.

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Return Trip to Purdy Cemetery Planned

Posted in Purdy, TN, tagged a, adding, and, as, be, been, Cemetery, doing, has, hospital, Hubby, I, is, of, out, pictures, planned, Purdy, return, soon, the, to, trip, well, will on May 5, 2008| 2 Comments »

Hubby is out of the hospital and doing well. A return trip to Purdy Cemetery has been planned and I will be adding pictures as soon as I return.

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Update

Posted in Purdy, TN, tagged and, been, better, Cemetery, feeling, find, folks, get, getting, has, He, him, hospitalized, husband, I, in, is, more, my, not, out, photographs, postponed, Purdy, really, recordings, return, Some, Sorry, supposed, sure, take, the, TN, to, today, trip, Unfortunately, until, was, We, were, what, When, wrong, yesterday on May 3, 2008| Leave a Comment »

I was supposed to return to Purdy Cemetery in Purdy, TN today to take more photographs and get some recordings. Unfortunately, my husband was hospitalized yesterday and we’re not really sure when he is getting out. The trip has been postponed until we find out what is wrong and get him to feeling better. Sorry, folks.

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Unknown Cemetery – Pocahontas, TN

Posted in Pocahontas, TN, tagged a, about, alone, Although, an, and, anything, asking, bad, be, been, by, car, Cemetery, coffin, Coincidence, do, down, exposed, grave, hand, happen, has, have, hole, I, if, in, Inside, is, It, know, known, left, legend, local, lot, not, of, one, open, or, other, people, person, personally, Pocahontas, says, several, something, spirit's, stick, stuck, Tennessee, than, that, the, There, they, think, this, TN, to, told, true, two, Unknown, way, what, which, who, will, with, wrecked, yet, You on April 30, 2008| 19 Comments »

Although I have not personally been to this cemetery yet, I have known several people who have.

I do not know a lot about the cemetery other than there is an open grave with an exposed coffin which has a hole in it. Local legend says that if you stick anything inside the hole something bad will happen.

I have been told by two people that I know that this is true. One person stuck there hand down in it and they wrecked their car. Coincidence or a spirit’s way of asking to be left alone? What do you think?

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Posts Tagged ‘Cemetery’

Gatlinburg, TN Ghost Tours?

New Purdy Cemetery – Purdy, TN

Old and New Purdy Cemetery Pictures Coming Soon!

Hurst House – Purdy, TN

New Pics from Purdy Cemetery

Return Trip to Purdy Cemetery Planned

Update

Unknown Cemetery – Pocahontas, TN

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