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The Grave Talks | Haunted, Paranormal & Supernatural

The Spirits of the Smith County Courthouse, Part Two | Guest Steven Denson

The Grave Talks | Haunted, Paranormal & Supernatural

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🗓️ 23 May 2024

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Carthage, Tennessee is nestled at the convergence of two rivers, and it was a strategic post during the Civil War, serving as a major Federal base in the battle for the Upper Cumberland River region. In the heart of this small town, you’ll find the Smith County Courthouse, constructed between 1877 and 1879, standing proudly on the downtown square. This architectural gem, praised as the "handsomest in the state" back in the day, is a stunning example of the Second Empire style, and it’s no wonder that in 1979, it earned a spot on the National Register of Historic Places.

But behind its elegant façade lies a dark and eerie history. The courthouse, the second to be built on this site, has witnessed public hangings and untimely deaths, leaving restless spirits in its wake, like "Jeff," who seems to rule the third floor, Paul, who tragically died on the first floor during a Christmas event, and a mysterious lady who haunts the stairs.

Today on the Grave Talks, Part Two of our conversation about the Spirits of the Smith County Courthouse with Steven Denson of Mid-Tenn Paranormal.

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0:00.0

Today on the grave talks we continue our conversation about the spirits of the Smith

0:05.3

County courthouse with mid-10 paranormal founder Stephen Denson. Why saw I saw on your Facebook page that you have posed to come meet our new friends on the

0:21.0

third floor.

0:23.0

So, was that kind of,

0:27.3

you're kind of getting some consistent feedback

0:30.2

and activity that's happening just on that floor?

0:37.0

Yeah, so since day one that we've stepped into that courthouse and investigated, we've always interacted with a man named Jeff. His name was Jeff

0:48.4

was Jeff Jones. He said he had a box in the courthouse which in the archive rooms you have personal property of peoples as well

0:58.0

Like family Bibles pictures different things and he said he had a box in the courthouse and told us the

1:05.9

number of the box because everything's numbered. So we're looking we can't

1:11.3

find that he says I'm buried in the cemetery and the

1:14.2

cemetery is like literally 400 foot across from the courthouse and he, I'm buried in a cemetery.

1:24.6

I said, okay, I said, well, we'll go over there tomorrow

1:27.1

and find your grave.

1:28.3

He was like, you won't find it.

1:31.3

And which I've never been to that cemetery at this time so I went over there and the cemetery is in like bad shape like it's just

1:39.5

Just age has tore it down and it's a lot of the tombstones and stuffs are in shambles and I was like

1:46.7

okay what makes sense that we can't find them because we can't see nothing here you know it's all

1:51.8

like little stones and stuff but after doing research with

1:55.2

the cemetery a lot of the Union soldiers that with the battles and stuff here

2:01.8

were just throwing a hole over in that cemetery and they were covered up and

2:07.8

Some of your slaves were done the same way and then you have your prominent people,

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