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|
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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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Posted in photos, Purdy, TN, tagged All, Alright, and, Anyway, be, defense, friends, getting, hang, home, Hurst Mansion, I, I'm, in, is, know, made, my, on, out, Purdy, quarters, second, slave, so, the, There, TN, to, We, weekends on June 9, 2008|
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Alright, I know. Purdy is getting to be my second home. In my defense, I made friends there and we all hang out on the weekends so I’m there anyway.
In the past few weeks, I have not had any interesting photographs. That changed over the weekend.
Across the street from Hurst Mansion is the slave quarters. It’s just a small wooden building. I’ve been intrigued by it for a couple of weekends now.
This was the first photo taken.
There are a few orbs…nothing out of the ordinary for this area.
But in the second photo…..
Forget about the orbs, what is the blue streak?
And the third photograph…
Only these two photos had anything unusual in them. Of course I have plenty of orb photos, but this is something much more interesting.
The slave quarters is across the road from the house. It is also owned by the same person who owns Hurst Mansion, so trespassing is a no no. The good news is you will be able to see it up close around Halloween.
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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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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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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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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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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|
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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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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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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|
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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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Posted in Bethel Springs, TN, photos, tagged 45, and, Bethel Springs, Church, Forks, Forty, Henry, Liberty, off, old, onto, Otis, photograghs, photos, pics, pictures, Plunk, reach, road, Sardie, then, TN, to, turn, You on May 11, 2008|
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I will be looking into the history of this church this week, but for now here are a few pictures. If you have any information on Old Liberty Church, email tnhauntings@writersbeacon.com.
To reach Old Liberty Church, you turn off old 45 onto Sardie Henry Road and then onto Otis Plunk Road and Forty Forks.
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