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Overview
Each of the places in Nashville Haunted Handbook is presented in a two-page spread that includes directions, a brief history, details about how the place is haunted, and advice on visiting the place. Each spread also includes one or two photos. The places are organized into sections, including schoolhouses, roads and bridges, hotels and inns, and others.
Nashville Haunted Handbook is written with the ghost enthusiast in mind. All 100 chapters contain information on the history as well as the haunting surrounding each location, as well as detailed directions on how to locate each site. Many of the chapters also contain insider information that only a local would know, making it easier for ghost hunters to investigate.
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781578604982 |
|---|---|
| Publisher: | Clerisy Press |
| Publication date: | 09/13/2011 |
| Series: | America's Haunted Road Trip |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| Pages: | 256 |
| Sales rank: | 783,820 |
| File size: | 37 MB |
| Note: | This product may take a few minutes to download. |
About the Author
Garett Merk attended college at the University of Dayton and earned a degree in Computer Engineering. He joined the US Navy in late 2004. While in the Navy he had the opportunity to investigate several places in the Southern/Central California area. Garett is the founder of the Tri-State Paranormal and Oddities Observation Practitioners (TriPOOP). He enjoys research and investigations of haunted locations in an effort to capture undisputable evidence of the paranormal. He lives in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Donna Marsh has been ghost hunting and investigating paranormal locations for well over ten years. As one of the founders of the American Paranormal Society, she helps lead a team of paranormal investigators, as they travel around the southeast checking out claims of ghosts and hauntings. She lives in Nashville, Tennessee with her children and two dogs.
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BLUE SPRING CEMETERY
1529 Middle Blue Springs Rd., Ashland City, TN 37015
Directions
Stay on I-24 West from downtown Nashville for about 18 miles to exit 31, the New Hope Road exit. Turn left onto New Hope Road and follow the road for a little more than a mile and a half to Old Clarksville Pike. Turn right onto Old Clarksville Pike and follow that for a little less than a mile before turning left onto Bear Wallow Road. Follow Bear Wallow for almost a mile and a half, and then turn right onto Peter Pond Road. Follow Peter Pond Road for a half mile, and then turn right to stay on Peter Pond Road. Continue to follow Peter Pond for about 2 miles. You will then make a sharp left onto Carney Winters Road/Middle Blue Springs Road. The cemetery will be on the right just past the intersection. The cemetery is visible from the road.
History
This cemetery is located in a remote section of Ashland City and is rather far from any businesses or public places. The cemetery is surrounded by two houses that were eventually built around it. The property lines of these houses border the fence that surrounds the small cemetery.
The history of the cemetery itself is rather unremarkable. There are some children who were buried here, which is not unusual for a cemetery that has been around since the 1800s when children would die more frequently. There are many more adults than children buried in the cemetery, though. While each person buried here is likely to have his or her own interesting story, those stories are left for the ghosts to tell.
Ghost Story
Most of the ghosts of this cemetery show themselves when people are either driving by on the adjacent road or when people park their cars on the adjacent road and look into the cemetery. People who park their cars on the road will often hear a car approaching. As they wait for the car to arrive, the sound slowly fades away. There are no places where this ghostly car could have turned off the road.
People also will often see shadowy figures walking through the cemetery at night. When these figures are investigated, there is never any sign of them anywhere in the cemetery. The gate to the cemetery is secure, and there is no place where the figures could have left.
The most famous ghost of this cemetery, however, is that of a small girl who walks the cemetery at night. This girl will appear as a white glowing apparition that is either sitting on a small bench within the cemetery near a small statue of a girl or walking around near the same bench. When the girl is spotted, she will suddenly look up at the frightened witness and vanish.
Visiting
Even though the cemetery is off limits at night, you can still experience these ghosts after the sun sets. The cemetery is quite small and its entirety is visible from a small parking area alongside the adjacent road. You can park your car there in the middle of the night and watch the cemetery for shadowy figures even though the cemetery itself is closed. As long as you don’t walk onto the property of the abutting houses or cross the fence into the cemetery itself, you are not trespassing, and you can watch the haunted cemetery for apparitions to your heart’s content.
Table of Contents
AcknowledgmentsForeword
Introduction
SECTION I, Cemeteries
- Blue Spring Cemetery
- Cedar Grove Cemetery
- Dyer Cemetery
- Evergreen Cemetery
- Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens
- Grave of Granny White
- Hendersonville Memory Gardens
- McGavock Confederate Cemetery
- Mount Olivet Cemetery
- Old Beech Cemetery
- Old City Cemetery: Boulder Tombstone
- Old Hendersonville Cemetery
- Resthaven Memorial Gardens
- Woodlawn Memorial Park Cemetery
SECTION II, Historic Houses
- Belle Meade Plantation
- Belmont Mansion
- Buchanan Log House
- Carnton Plantation
- Carter House
- Clover Bottom Mansion
- Cragfont
- The Hermitage
- Lotz House
- Oaklands Historic House Museum
- Rattle and Snap Plantation
- Rippavilla Plantation
- Roy Acuff House
- Sam Davis Home
- Smith-Trahern Mansion
- Sunnyside Mansion
- Travellers Rest Plantation
- Two Rivers Mansion
SECTION III, Bars and Restaurants
- Battle Ground Brewery & Restaurant
- Beer Sellar
- Buffalo Billiards
- Captain D’s
- Flying Saucer
- Grecians Greek and Italian
- Hard Rock Cafe
- McDonald’s
- McFadden’s Restaurant and Saloon
- McNamara’s Irish Pub
- The Melting Pot
- Merchants Restaurant
- Mulligan’s Irish Pub
- Past Perfect
- Pat’s Hermitage Cafe
- Red Rose Coffee House and Bistro Building
- Riverfront Tavern
- Tootsie’s Orchid Lounge
SECTION IV, Stores and Hotels
- Congress Inn
- Cuz’s Antiques Center
- Dillards at the Mall at Green Hills
- Drake Motel
- Ernest Tubb Record Shop
- Fate Sanders Marina
- Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center
- Lawrence Record Shop
- Lebanon Premium Outlets
- Robert’s Western World
- Union Station Hotel
- Walking Horse Hotel
- Zierra Myst
SECTION V, Roads and Parks
- Adams Railroad Crossing
- Centennial Park
- Chapel Hill Ghost Lights
- Dead Man’s Curve at Demonbreun
- Dutchman’s Curve
- Edwin Warner Park
- Florence Road Railroad Crossing
- Fort Negley
- Gallatin Town Square
- Music Row
- Printers Alley
- Sanders Ferry Park
- Shy’s Hill
- Slaughter Pen at Stones River National Battlefield
- Two Rivers Golf Course
- Two Rivers Parkway
- White Screamer of White Bluff
- Whites Creek Pike’s Devil’s Elbow
- Wickham Stone Park
SECTION VI, Miscellaneous
- Athenaeum Rectory
- Austin Peay State University
- Bell Witch Cave
- Cumberland University
- Downtown Presbyterian Church
- Ellis Middle School
- Fourth Avenue Parking Area /Alley
- Grand Ole Opry House
- Hume-Fogg High School
- Nashville Public Library
- Old Tennessee State Prison
- Palace Theater
- Rock Castle
- Ryman Auditorium
- St. Mary’s Catholic Church
- SunTrust Mortgage Services
- Tennessee State Capitol
- Tennessee State Museum
Appendix I: Chapters Organized Geographically
Appendix II: Daytripping (or in this case, Nighttripping)
Appendix III: Paranormal Investigation Groups
Appendix IV: A Handful of Haunted Locations a Little More Than an Hour Away
Appendix V: Location Checklist
About the Authors