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The Bell Witch

November 8, 2026November 6, 2026 by Tommy Hayes
The entrance to a limestone cave, representative of the Bell Witch Cave near Adams, Tennessee

About 5 min readBetween 1817 and 1821, a Tennessee farm family said an invisible voice tormented them, struck their children, and claimed it would kill the father — and then, the legend says, it did.

Categories Hauntings & Paranormal Tags Adams Tennessee, American folklore, Bell Witch, poltergeist, Tennessee, Unsolved Leave a comment

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