Inside the Bell Witch Cave, Part One | Grave Talks CLASSIC
The Grave Talks | Haunted, Paranormal & Supernatural
Ghost Stores, Haunted, Paranormal & Supernatural Stories
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🗓️ 3 January 2026
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
For more than two hundred years, the Bell Witch legend has occupied a singular place in American folklore—an account so disturbing that it continues to unsettle even seasoned paranormal researchers. At the heart of the story lies Bell Witch Cave, a site many believe remains one of the most actively haunted locations in the country.
In this classic episode of The Grave Talks, we begin part one of an in-depth conversation with Candy Wooten, Director of Operations at the Bell Witch Cave. Together, we explore the long history of the property, the origins of the Bell Witch legend, and why the stories surrounding the site have endured for generations.
From unexplained sounds echoing through the cave to reports of apparitions and unsettling encounters, Candy shares what visitors, investigators, and staff have experienced firsthand. We also discuss how the line between folklore and lived experience continues to blur—and why the Bell Witch remains a uniquely American haunting.
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| 0:00.0 | Today on The Grave Talks, The Bell Witch Cave, a conversation with Candy Wooten. |
| 0:08.8 | It's been called one of America's greatest ghost stories and one of the most haunted places in the U.S., the Bell Witch Cave. |
| 0:16.2 | The Bell Witch Cave is believed to be the home of the infamous bell witch, who is said to have murdered a man |
| 0:21.4 | 200 years ago and continues to haunt the cave and the surrounding area to this day. Tales of this |
| 0:28.3 | spirit were so widespread in the early 1800s they caught the attention of a general and future |
| 0:33.4 | president, Andrew Jackson. And today on this episode of the Grave Talks, a conversation with Candy Wooten, |
| 0:41.3 | Director of Operations at the Bellwitch Cave. |
| 0:44.8 | Candy, you have and your family, has a very interesting connection to the Bellwitch Cave. |
| 0:51.7 | Would you share with us? |
| 0:54.9 | Yeah, back in 92, my parents, they had always wanted a piece of property, like a farm, |
| 1:06.4 | and they found the farm for sale, the Bellwitch K farm, for sale and the thrifty nickel |
| 1:14.9 | out of Nashville. |
| 1:16.6 | And they went and looked at it and the next year in 1993, they purchased the Bellwitch K farm |
| 1:24.7 | and they've been there ever since. |
| 1:27.4 | Did they know what they were buying? Or did they just see it as? at the Bellwitch Cave Farm, and they've been there ever since. |
| 1:30.3 | Did they know what they were buying? |
| 1:34.4 | Or did they just see it as a beautiful piece of property at the time? |
| 1:39.2 | Well, my dad was more interested in the property and the farm. |
| 1:43.5 | My mom was more interested in the history of the story of the Bell Witch. |
| 1:47.3 | They did know what they were buying. |
| 1:54.8 | When they talked to the previous owner, he told them all about the cave and tours and, you know, |
| 2:04.8 | different aspects of the farm and what to do, what not to do, and things that happen and even people trying to sneak into the cave at night with trespassers and how to wreck the rocks in the cave. |
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