Editor's note: This ghost story version of the Bell Witch tale, written by Nicole Garton, was originally published in The Tennessean on Oct. 22, 2001. We present it here for anyone looking to get ...

History says Kate Batts was an unusual woman known to many in the community for her odd habits. Legend says she was bent on retribution after a dispute with the neighboring Bell family. But there are ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A shotgun blast in 1817 started a chain of events that has resonated for more than 200 years. Farmer John Bell, who tended a small ...

A hush fell over my tour group inside a dimly lit cave on Tennessee farmland. "Let's just take a moment or two and get quiet and see if we hear anything today," our guide told us inside the Bell Witch ...

ADAMS, Tenn. (WKRN) — “That must be old Kate.” Generations of the Bell family and community members in Adams, Tennessee have used that phrase to explain the unexplainable. The Bell Witch legend dates ...

In 1986, Tennessean staff writer David Jarrard and staff photographer Bill Wilson visited Bell Witch Cave, a source of ghost stories for over 150 years. Their plan was to stay overnight and detail ...

ADAMS, Tenn. (WKRN) – This weekend, the Robertson County community is inviting fans of ghost stories to come experience the legendary hauntings of the Bell Witch during the annual Bell Witch Fall ...

The haunting started in 1817 when John Bell began seeing ghost animals on his farm. Among the visitors to see "Kate Batts' witch" was Andrew Jackson, who fled the site. Stories of strange sounds and ...

Why spend the upcoming spooky season being entertained by manufactured spirits when you can learn about — and maybe even experience — one who once lived in Middle Tennessee? It’s autumn, and that ...