Unearthing the Paranormal, Part Two | Grave Talks CLASSIC
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🗓️ 24 January 2025
⏱️ 17 minutes
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Summary
We dive into the story of Matthew Sorge, a relic hunter whose casual afternoon at an abandoned farmhouse turned into an unforgettable encounter with the paranormal. What began as a simple hunt for history soon uncovered something far more profound, sparking a quest for understanding the unseen world that exists alongside our own. Matthew’s experience not only opened his eyes to the supernatural but also set him on a path to explore the unthinkable and seek answers to the mystery of what’s lurking just out of sight. Join us as we explore his journey, the questions that arose, and the lessons learned from an experience no one could have predicted. This is Part Two of our conversation.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to part two of our conversation with Matthew Sorge. |
| 0:04.9 | Tell me the history of the Nickerson Sneed House. |
| 0:09.1 | So the Nickerson Sneed House is located in late spring, Virginia. |
| 0:13.0 | In 1770s, Francis Canaan owned the property. |
| 0:17.8 | He turned the property or fortified the property because at that point in time, |
| 0:22.1 | Tennessee and Virginia really weren't completely, Virginia was a state, but Tennessee wasn't. |
| 0:27.6 | Tennessee was actually part of North Carolina at this point in time. So the boundaries were very |
| 0:32.3 | different and the frontier land at that point in time extended pretty much into what is modern day, you know, |
| 0:39.9 | Southwest Virginia and East Tennessee. |
| 0:42.4 | So a lot of areas as you spread that way further west were heavily fortified because of, you know, |
| 0:49.0 | the Native Americans and the Indians. |
| 0:50.8 | That was areas that weren't really populated by a lot of people. |
| 0:54.7 | So they were more fortifications. So he fortified it, and it was known as Kincahannon's fort. And actually during |
| 1:00.8 | the Battle of Kings Mountain in a Revolutionary War, those soldiers that were on their way |
| 1:05.9 | to Kings Mountain, South Carolina, actually stayed a period of time at the fort. So there was |
| 1:10.7 | almost 400 soldiers |
| 1:12.0 | that camped on that almost 900 acres right there in and around where the house sits today. |
| 1:17.5 | The original log cabin structure that existed, the main room, one of the main rooms was kept. |
| 1:23.6 | In 1835, Dr. Nickerson Sneed built the house that sits there today. |
| 1:29.8 | He actually, some of the bricks were built on site. |
| 1:35.3 | The site, the house was built that sits there today by him and his wife, Betsy Sneed. |
| 1:40.3 | Betsy came from a very prominent family that owned most of the Glade Springs area, and when |
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