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Tennessee Myths and Legends: Bell Witch Tennessee State Library and Archives Exhibition. The Bell Witch by paranormal author and historian Pat Fitzhugh. The Historic Bell Witch Cave Proprietary website for recreational and tourist information. An Authenticated History of the Famous Bell Witch Digital copy, M. V. Ingram, 1894.
The Walker Sisters Place was a homestead in the Great Smoky Mountains of Sevier County, in the U.S. state of Tennessee.The surviving structures—which include the cabin, springhouse, and corn crib—were once part of a farm that belonged to the Walker sisters—five sisters who became local legends because of their adherence to traditional ways of living.
The words Tsul and Tsune and their variations appear in a number of Cherokee place names throughout the Southeastern United States, especially in western North Carolina and eastern Tennessee. Tsul`kälû' Tsunegûñ'yï is a 100-acre (40 ha) patch on a slope of the mountain Tanasee Bald [ 2 ] in Jackson County, North Carolina , on the ridge ...
The Bell Witch Cave is a karst cave located in Adams, Tennessee, near where the Bell Farm once stood.The cave is approximately 490 feet (150 m) long. The cave is privately owned, and tours are given during the summer months and in October.
An urban legend or urban myth is a modern genre of folklore. It often consists of fictional stories associated with the macabre, superstitions, ghosts, demons, cryptids, extraterrestrials, creepypasta, and other fear generating narrative elements. Urban legends are often rooted in local history and popular culture.
Spearfinger, or U'tlun'ta ', is a monster and witch in Cherokee legend, said to live along the eastern side of Tennessee and western part of North Carolina. [1] U'tlun'ta is Cherokee for "the one with the pointed spear”. Her right forefinger resembles a spear or obsidian knife, which she uses to cut her victims.
The move makes Tennessee, long known as the birthplace of country music and the launchpad for musical legends, the first state in the U.S. to enact such measures.
Allan Jones, a Cleveland, Tennessee entrepreneur and philanthropist best known as the founder of national payday lender Check Into Cash, capitalized on the Tall Betsy character in 1980. [1] Jones based the character on stories (local folklore) that were told to his mother, Virginia Slaughter Jones, by her mother, Marie Schultz Slaughter.