The Octagon Hall Museum, Part One | Grave Talks CLASSIC
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🗓️ 30 March 2024
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
Octagon Hall Museum is a unique antebellum landmark in Franklin, Kentucky, known for its Civil War history and paranormal activity.
Andrew Jackson Caldwell began building this unique family home in 1847, but it wasn't completed until 1859. It isn’t your typical home with four exterior walls—this home has eight walls, making it octagon-shaped. During the Civil War, both the Confederate Army and the Union Army occupied the Hall at different times.
There are many stories of the ghosts that still haunt the building, from the Caldwell family, slaves, and Confederate and Union soldiers who have never left the property. It is also considered one of the most haunted buildings in the South.
We talk about the history and hauntings with Museum Director Bear Gaunt. For more information about tours and paranormal investigations, go to octagonhallmuseum.com
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| 0:00.0 | Today on the grave talks a conversation about the Octagon Hall Museum with |
| 0:06.0 | Museum director Bear Gaunt. The Octagon Hall Museum is a unique antebellum landmark in Franklin, Kentucky, and it's known for its civil war history and its paranormal activity. |
| 0:22.0 | Andrew Jackson Caldwell began building this unique family home in 1847. |
| 0:27.4 | It isn't your typical home with four exterior walls. |
| 0:30.6 | This home is built with eight walls making it octagon shaped. The |
| 0:35.2 | construction wasn't completed until 1859. During the Civil War it was |
| 0:41.1 | occupied at different times by both the Confederate Army and the Union Army. |
| 0:46.0 | The Octagon Hall has also been a Masonic temple, a hospital, and is regarded as one of the most haunted places in the South. |
| 0:55.0 | Over the years there's been more than 1,000 paranormal teams investigating this unique |
| 1:00.7 | building. There are many stories of the ghost that still haunt the |
| 1:04.4 | building from the Caldwell family, slaves, Confederate, and Union soldiers who have all never |
| 1:11.0 | left the property. I'm Carol Hughes and on this episode of The |
| 1:14.7 | Grave Talks, the history and the hauntings of the Octagon Hall Museum |
| 1:19.8 | with Bear Gaunt. Hey Bear, how you doing today? |
| 1:23.2 | Hey Carol, such a pleasure to be with you at Grave Talks. |
| 1:26.1 | I'm really excited to have you here today. |
| 1:28.4 | This is going to be a very interesting conversation. Now what's your background as museum director were you planning on getting involved with a place |
| 1:38.4 | known for paranormal huntings? Did your background prepare you for that? |
| 1:43.0 | I've been a paranormal investigator for 47 years. |
| 1:46.0 | Okay, so yes, your background. |
| 1:48.0 | My background prepare me for that. |
| 1:51.0 | I've been doing it for a long long time. |
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