EP 146 - The Lost Souls of Shiloh | Shiloh, TN

Hometown Ghost Stories

Places & Travel, True Crime, Society & Culture

4.6 • 658 Ratings

🗓️ 11 December 2024

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Shiloh National Military Park, located in Tennessee, was the site of one of the Civil War’s bloodiest battles in April 1862, with over 23,000 casualties. Today, it’s a serene historic site, but many say it’s haunted by echoes of its violent past. From phantom cannon fire, ghostly cries, and the sounds of marching boots, hundreds have experienced some sort of paranormal phenomena at the park. Become a supporter on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/hometownghoststories Music by Jesse Wilkins, Frank Wilkins and Seth Wilkins https://open.spotify.com/album/5yacgac20GQsymq2nsVmPr?si=5skhjOFyQMqGvE58rAre-Q MERCH: https://hometownghoststories.com Sources: https://www.tennesseehauntedhouses.com/real-haunt/shiloh-national-military-park.html https://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/battle-of-shiloh https://lylerussell.net/2022/09/26/tn-gl-episode-4-haunted-battlefields-shiloh-and-chickamaugas-old-green-eyes/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This week on hometown ghost stories, Shiloh National Military Park, located in Tennessee,
0:10.0	was the site of one of the Civil War's bloodiest battles in April of 1862, with over 23,000 casualties.
0:17.0	Today, it's a serene historic site, but many say it's haunted by echoes of its violent past.
0:24.9	Hundreds have experienced some sort of paranormal phenomena at the park.
0:29.7	This is hometown ghost stories, the lost souls of Shiloh, Tennessee.
0:40.5	Hometown ghost stories contains serious and often distressing events and is not intended for all audiences.
0:48.7	Viewer discretion is advised.
0:52.5	April 6th, 2013, Shiloh, Tennessee.
0:57.0	One week into my road trip from Starkville, Mississippi to Princeton, Kentucky, I stopped in Shiloh, Tennessee.
1:04.0	There was a campground just across Highway 22 from the Shiloh Military Park.
1:14.4	It was early April, and the camping season hadn't kicked off yet,
1:16.6	so I had the whole campground to myself.
1:21.7	Technically, I was trespassing, but I didn't think anyone would notice since I picked a spot deep in the woods that wasn't visible from the street.
1:26.9	At around midnight, I kicked dirt onto my campfire, extinguishing the flames, and opened the tent
1:32.5	fly to get some sleep.
1:35.2	Unfortunately, sleep didn't come easy.
1:38.5	I tossed and turned for what had to be about two hours before I began to doze in and out
1:43.5	of a sort of half-sleep.
1:46.0	The problem was that it was too quiet. I wasn't terribly far from the highway, but it was
1:51.9	probably two in the morning, but nobody was on the road. There was no breeze, no crickets,
1:58.5	no white noise. It was borderline maddening.
2:02.5	But eventually fatigue took over and I began to drift off.
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