:PROFILE [image:https://cdn.slatesource.com/7/3/2/732d1db7-2456-4300-8362-e026041a3a6f.webp]
The Bell Witch
Adams, Robertson County, Tennessee
An invisible entity that spoke, struck and named its targets. It haunted one farming family from 181

:INFO
The Bell farm
John Bell settled his family on land along the Red River in northwest Robertson County, Tennessee, in what is now the town of Adams. In 1817 something began on that farm that local accounts, and later a state historical marker, would record as one of the most documented hauntings in American folklore.


:QUOTE [quotetype:plain, subtitle:Reported words of the entity]
I am a spirit. I was once very happy but have been disturbed.


:JOURNEY
The Bell Witch years
3 First Signs
4 The Voice
5 Betsy Targeted
5 John Bell Dies
2 It Fades

:NOTE.half
The entity answered to the name Kate and was said to be linked in local talk to a neighbour, Kate Batts. No origin was ever confirmed.
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:NOTE.half
Much of the story survives through a 1894 book by Martin Van Buren Ingram, written decades after the events. Sceptics treat the detail with caution.


:LINK
https://www.google.com/search?q=Bell+Witch+1817+Adams+Tennessee
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