Episode #16
The Infamous Bell Witch
⛈️ Welcome to Haunted Hollers & Eerie Encounters, where we explore the strangest legends, ghost stories, and unexplained encounters from the Smoky Mountains and beyond. ⛰️ ♀️Tonight, we explore a haunting so violent, it caught the attention of a future President. ✨New stories are added on weekends. Be sure to follow & subscribe to be notified of the latest episode! ✨ Have you experienced something strange in the mountains? Strange lights in the woods… phantom footsteps on an otherwise abandoned trail… or something watching you from the tree line? Give me a holler! Send your story to MyHollerStory@gmail.com and your encounter might be featured on a future Eerie Encounters episode. SOURCES & FURTHER READING This episode explores the history of the Bell family haunting in Robertson County, Tennessee, as well as the 19th-century primary accounts, regional folklore, and modern skeptic theories associated with the legend. ️ HISTORICAL CONTEXT & PRIMARY ACCOUNTS Tennessee Myths and Legends — The Bell Witch: https://sharetngov.tnsosfiles.com/tsla/exhibits/myth/bellwitch.htm Genealogical Fact Sheets — Robertson County: https://sos.tn.gov/tsla/pages/genealogical-fact-sheets-about-robertson-county Bewitched in Tennessee — The Death of John Bell: https://www.dncr.nc.gov/blog/2016/12/20/bewitched-tennessee Goodspeed's History of Tennessee (1886) — Middle Tennessee Counties: https://archive.org/details/historyoftenness00good_1 An Authenticated History of the Famous Bell Witch (1894) by M.V. Ingram: https://books.google.com/books/about/An_Authenticated_History_of_the_Famous_B.html?id=yGNp0QEACAAJ FOLKLORE & REGIONAL MYSTERIES Legend of the Bell Witch — Historic Bell Witch Cave: https://www.bellwitchcave.com/bell-witch-legend/ The Official Home of The Bell Witch: https://www.bellwitchcave.com/ The History of Robertson County, Tennessee (PDF Manuscript): https://www.tngenweb.org/goodspeed/robertson/robtco.pdf
