CLARKSVILLE, TN (CLARKSVILLENOW) – With its rich history in farming, the river trade and the Civil War, the Clarksville area has its fair share of ghost stories and alleged hauntings.
Here are a few that have spooked people in our area for the last hundred years or so, just in time for you to share at Halloween.
The Bell Witch of Tennessee
Starting in 1817, the small town of Adams, just east of Clarksville, was the site of one of the most well-known hauntings in American history. At the time, it caught the attention – and then the involvement – of a future president of the United States, Andrew Jackson.
Known as the Bell Witch, the strange and often violent poltergeist provoked fear and curiosity…