There’s something about a ghost story that gets our blood pumping and our minds whirring. Whether you believe in ghosts or not, it’s an interesting way to spend your days, studying the supernatural. Tennessee is steeped in history and has its own investment in the nation’s supernatural depths, and the story of the Bell Witch is one of the most horrifying in the state. You may have heard of the small farm in Adams, Tennessee, and if you have, you’re most certainly not alone.
Cameron Daigle - Flickr The Bell Witch Cave is the stuff of legend. It’s known across the United States as one of the most haunted place in the country. The cave is located just outside of the small town of Adams, about half an hour north of Nashville.
Denise Mattox - Flickr John Bell and his family first settled the land in 1817. Shortly after their arrival, though, they began experiencing things that no one could explain.
Cameron Daigle - Flickr The family reported objects being flung around the house by an invisible force, and they said they could hear someone yelling in the house, cursing the family. The haunting was attributed to a witch in the area. She was known as Kate and was believed to live in a cave on the family’s property.
Cameron Daigle - Flickr Betsy Bell, John’s youngest daughter, was particularly tortured. She felt prods and pinches at all times of day and was even thrown from her bed by an invisible force on multiple occasions. It became worse when she was engaged to another local resident.
Cameron Daigle - Flickr Of course, the presence of a witch is hard to verify for modern researchers, but the fear of the witch was very real at the time. Even president-to-be Andrew Jackson refused to stay on the farm after going to investigate the presence of the witch for himself.
Megan Morris - Flickr Today, you can visit the farm for yourself, and you can even go in to the cave where the witch supposedly lived. Enter if you dare, because who knows? Maybe she still lives there today.
You can delve a bit deeper into the history behind the Bell Witch Cave, below:
Cameron Daigle - Flickr
The Bell Witch Cave is the stuff of legend. It’s known across the United States as one of the most haunted place in the country. The cave is located just outside of the small town of Adams, about half an hour north of Nashville.
Denise Mattox - Flickr
John Bell and his family first settled the land in 1817. Shortly after their arrival, though, they began experiencing things that no one could explain.
The family reported objects being flung around the house by an invisible force, and they said they could hear someone yelling in the house, cursing the family. The haunting was attributed to a witch in the area. She was known as Kate and was believed to live in a cave on the family’s property.
Betsy Bell, John’s youngest daughter, was particularly tortured. She felt prods and pinches at all times of day and was even thrown from her bed by an invisible force on multiple occasions. It became worse when she was engaged to another local resident.
Of course, the presence of a witch is hard to verify for modern researchers, but the fear of the witch was very real at the time. Even president-to-be Andrew Jackson refused to stay on the farm after going to investigate the presence of the witch for himself.
Megan Morris - Flickr
Today, you can visit the farm for yourself, and you can even go in to the cave where the witch supposedly lived. Enter if you dare, because who knows? Maybe she still lives there today.
Pretty crazy, wouldn’t you say? This Tennessee ghost story never gets old.
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