Episode 115 The Sinister Bell Witch

Southern Mysteries Podcast

Shannon Ballard

True Crime, Society & Culture, History

4.8 • 918 Ratings

🗓️ 31 October 2022

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

The Bell Witch legend is one of the most recognized examples of the unexplained in Southern American lore. How did the legend take hold of and define a small town in Tennessee? Want more Southern Mysteries? Hear the Southern Mysteries show archive and immediately access exclusive content when you become a patron of the show. Join now at patreon.com/southernmysteries Connect Website: southernmysteries.comFacebook: Southern Mysteries PodcastTwitter: @southernpod_Instagram: @explorethesouthEmail: [email protected] Episode Sources Bell Witch lore spins dark tale, but could science explain it all?. The Tennessean. October 28, 2021 Tennessee Myths and Legends. Tennessee State Library and Archives. The Year of the Witch. Tennessee Historical Society. October 13, 2017 John William Bell. Findagrave. The Mark of the Bell Witch (Documentary). Seth Breedlove, Small Town Monsters. 2020 Historian, descendant recount Bell Witch legend. Associated Press. November 4, 2018 Episode Music Industrial Music Box. Kevin MacLeod. Licensed under a Creative Commons. Theme Song “Dark & Troubled” by Pantherburn. Special thanks to Phillip St Ours for permission for use

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0:35.7	at Patreon.com slash Southern Mysteries. Halloween invites us to face our fears from ghosts and
0:58.2	goblins to vampires and angels. This time of year is our annual reminder that death will be the
1:07.6	eventual outcome for all of us. What becomes of us after the heart ceases to beat?
1:16.6	The eternal mystery of death fascinates and terrifies
1:26.0	supernatural or paranormal phenomena, pray on all we think we know about life.
1:29.0	Science can't explain it.
1:31.0	Many people have experienced an event of this kind and believe they have come
1:36.0	face to face with angels, demons, or ghost.
1:43.4	The bell witch legend of the early 19th century is one of the most recognized examples of the unexplained
1:50.4	in southern lore. Folk beliefs often point to anxiety or fear. They reflect
1:57.6	social and cultural tensions that dominated the era in which the stories emerge.
2:05.0	Today people visit the Bel Witch Cave near the small town of Adams, Tennessee,
2:10.0	to try to connect with a spirit said to have haunted and terrorized the Bell family.
2:16.0	Very little of the Bell story is associated with that cave.
2:20.0	The horror they referred to as our family trouble entered their home in 1817.
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