Bell Witch
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Sep 11, 2026
Goblin KingHOST
All right, let's jump into something a bit more ghostly.
Goblin KingHOST
The Bell Witch, who is actually on our list to get her own future deep dive through Loras Obscurus episodes.
Goblin KingHOST
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Goblin KingHOST
As the legend goes, this haunting centered around the 19th century Bell family of Northwest Robertson County.
Goblin KingHOST
So she either had FTL capabilities, faster than light, or there were four of her.
Goblin KingHOST
It's hard to tell.
Goblin KingHOST
In 1894, newspaper editor Martin V. Ingram published his Authenticated History of the Bell Witch.
Goblin KingHOST
The book is widely regarded as the first full-length record of the legend and the primary source for most subsequent investigations.
Ron KolakHOST
uh doing things and and we try to explain that and you know it just was all theories but it was it was interesting because those those events are recorded and people have witnessed them though what they really are is we can't explain we just know that people witnessed them they actually saw
Thomas FreeseGUEST
Well, and like Southerners would say, you know, if y'all if y'all Northerners come down here, Tennessee is famous for the Bell Witch.
Ron KolakHOST
Oh, yeah.
Thomas FreeseGUEST
Yeah.
Thomas FreeseGUEST
It was an early 1800s where, you know, you just didn't have, you know, oranges just lying around in the Kroger.
Thomas FreeseGUEST
So, yeah.
Thomas FreeseGUEST
you know, the Bell Witch, whoever that spirit was, would manifest when she was in a favorable mood, manifest those wonderful things for the children or the mom.
Thomas FreeseGUEST
Fascinating
PamHOST
All right, the next one.
PamHOST
In which U.S. state is home to the famous Bell Witch haunting? Did you hear it, Tony? It like rattled something on my wall over here.
PamHOST
I heard it.
Mark BannonHOST
I can't hear it over my air conditioner, which is decided to kick on.
PamHOST
Connecticut.
PamHOST
Anybody else want to take a stab at it? Okay, which U.S.
PamHOST
state is home to the famous Bell Witch Haunting? It is Tennessee.
PamHOST
Tennessee.
Jay CloneHOST
Yeah, movie monster history.
Jay CloneHOST
A lot of awesome stuff, but within that museum, when I was there, I first learned about the Bell Witch.
Mr. EHOST
Marianne graduated from the University of California, Berkeley.
Mr. EHOST
Wait,
Jay CloneHOST
It's in Kentucky.
Jay CloneHOST
But no, I learned about the Blair Witch.
Jay CloneHOST
The Bell Witch there.
Jay CloneHOST
The Bell Witch of Kentucky.
Keegan KuhlGUEST
Mm-hmm.
John MethancampHOST
And just south of it is the Bell Witch.
Keegan KuhlGUEST
Yeah.
John MethancampHOST
And so you, you can, you can do, uh, Hopkinsville, uh, Land Between the Lakes, and the Bell Witch cave in one day.
Keegan KuhlGUEST
Yeah.
Keegan KuhlGUEST
And the Bell Witch one would be interesting, um, mainly 'cause of a lot of the investigations I've seen, less because the book.
Keegan KuhlGUEST
The book was really hard [chuckles] for me to get through.
Keegan KuhlGUEST
I was like-
DamianHOST
sarcastic face here.
DamianHOST
We are, this is another Bell Witch episode.
NicoleHOST
Yes.
DamianHOST
Isn't it? Another Miss Thang from Tennessee.
NicoleHOST
An even better Bell Witch episode.
NicoleHOST
Yeah.
NicoleHOST
I'm sure our listeners who have been here for a minute are going to be super excited about this one because we are talking to Candy Hooten today who owns the Bell Witch property.
DamianHOST
Mm-hmm.
Steve StocktonNARRATOR
Next, we'll travel south to Tennessee, where we'll find the story of America's most famous and terrifying haunting, a case so violent and physical that it crosses a line from being a simple poltergeist into something else entirely.
Steve StocktonNARRATOR
This is the legend of the Bell Witch.
Steve StocktonNARRATOR
Now, while not a cryptid in and of itself, there were cryptids seen and experienced as part of the haunting.
Steve StocktonNARRATOR
Now, the ordeal began in 1817 at the farm of John Bell in Adams, Tennessee, a place I've had the pleasure to visit.
Steve StocktonNARRATOR
The entity had committed murder.
Steve StocktonNARRATOR
The legend became so famous that it was even said a young General Andrew Jackson, after hearing of it, brought a wagon of men to investigate, only to be turned back by an unseen force that stopped his wagon cold.
Steve StocktonNARRATOR
Now, the Bell Witch is not a cryptid you can hunt, although there have been poltergeist cryptid hybrid sightings on the farm.
Steve StocktonNARRATOR
It's an invisible monster with a voice, a physical presence, and the malevolent intelligence to carry out a murder, making it one of the most terrifying and well-documented supernatural cases in American history.
Jennifer WilliamsHOST
The Borley Rectory, dubbed England's most haunted house, featured disturbances from 1863 to 1939, including objects movement.
Jennifer WilliamsHOST
The Bell Witch in Tennessee, from 1817 to 1821,
Jeremy GoldenHOST
tormented
Jennifer WilliamsHOST
the Bell family with slaps and voices.
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Jeremy GoldenHOST
Yeah.
Jeremy GoldenHOST
You know, you don't get a Waverly Hills every time you go to look up something.
Jeremy GoldenHOST
You don't get a Bell Witch or, you know, these super long haunting tales.
Jeremy GoldenHOST
You know, it's like, oh.
Christopher HaltonNARRATOR
It called itself Kate.
Christopher HaltonNARRATOR
Kate the Bell Witch.
Christopher HaltonNARRATOR
History's first recorded poltergeist with a podcast-level need for constant attention.
Christopher HaltonNARRATOR
Kate didn't just haunt the house.
Christopher HaltonNARRATOR
Shortly after, one of Jackson's men claims he's a witch rider with a silver bullet and boasts he can kill the spirit.
Christopher HaltonNARRATOR
Guess what happens? The guy gets beaten up by air, literally slapped into submission by an invisible hand while Jackson laughs his head off.
Christopher HaltonNARRATOR
Jackson reportedly said he'd rather face the entire British army than spend another night with the Bell Witch.
Christopher HaltonNARRATOR
Coward.
Ron KolekHOST
Yeah
Thomas FriessGUEST
... um, you know, Tennessee is famous for the Bell Witch.
Ron KolekHOST
Oh, yeah.
Thomas FriessGUEST
Yeah.
Thomas FriessGUEST
And, and there were, uh, physical manifestations, you know, um, fruits and candies.
Thomas FriessGUEST
You know, it was in the early 1800s where, you know, you just didn't have, you know, oranges just lying around in the Kroger.
Thomas FriessGUEST
So, um, you know, the Bell Witch, whoever that spirit was, would manifest, when she was in a favorable mood, manifest those wonderful things for the children or the, or the mom.
Ron KolekHOST
Fascinating story, the Bell Witch.
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