All the Pieces of the Bell Witch Myth Unveiled It was in 1817 when "The Beginning" was penned. John Bell, a farmer, and his family relocated to what is now the Red River region of Tennessee in 1817; here is where the story of the Bell Witch begins. The happy and prosperous family's existence was upended when strange and horrible things began to happen. The oddity was first noticed by John Bell as he was inspecting his cornfield. A terrifying beast, looking like a hybrid of a dog and a rabbit, crossed his path. He shot at the creature in shock, but it vanished as fast as it had arrived. Years later, the Bell family would continue to endure this. The Beginning of the Nightmares Not long after the catastrophe, the Bell household began to be visited by unearthly noises. There was hammering on walls, scraping, and faint whispers among these sounds. Their initial reaction was that it was either an animal or a practical prank. However, the level of disturbance and invasion ro...
"Here’s the eerie image of the haunted swimming pool on the Queen Mary, complete with the ghostly figure of the little girl. It captures the haunting atmosphere described in the story." This majestic ocean liner, the Queen Mary, is now parked in the port of Long Beach, California. The ship's long and eventful past reverberates through its deserted state as a troopship from World War II and a former luxury cruise liner. When it was most popular in the 1930s, the Queen Mary was the epitome of sophistication. However, casualties were many throughout its tenure as the "Grey Ghost" in WWII. The tragic loss of life aboard the HMS Curacoa is one example. When the Queen Mary was zigzagging to avoid German U-boats, it accidentally split in half, which caused the ship to sink. Even now, many believe that the spirits of the almost 300 sailors who perished in the disaster linger aboard the ship. The ship's engine room, sometimes called "Door 13," is said to ...