The Haunting of Alabama

by Alan Brown

Overview

A tour to make you tremble!

Alabama's haunted history is spotlighted in chapters that cover the ghostly escapades and happenings at Rawls Hotel, Heritage Bible College, the USS Alabama, Bayview Bridge, and Marion Military Institute, to name a few. Each entry provides a history of the establishment and offers the possible motivations behind the hauntings. Vivid descriptions of the setting, along with detailed eyewitness accounts, enable the reader to experience the hair-raising events firsthand. Dip into this ghostly guide for a tour of more than forty haunted sites along with stories of their supernatural inhabitants. In each instance, skepticism abounds and the question remains--is there really a ghost?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781455622900
Publisher:	Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date:	07/10/2017
Series:	Haunting
Pages:	240
Sales rank:	1,106,141
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Alan Brown has published over two dozen books, many of them dealing with ghost stories and folklore. He is a professor of English at the University of West Alabama, where he has taught since 1986.

Table of Contents

Preface 13

Acknowledgments 15

Chapter 1 Haunted Houses

Baldwin Hill (Livingston) 19

The Beavers House (Cuba) 21

Bluff Hall (Demopolis) 27

Burleson-McEntire House (Decatur) 30

Cedarhurst Mansion (Huntsville) 34

The Cleveland House (Suggsville) 36

The Drish House (Tuscaloosa) 39

The Dunning House (Thornasville) 42

Gaineswood (Demopolis) 44

Jemison-Van de Graaff Mansion (Tuscaloosa) 51

Kendall Manor (Eufaula) 56

Lakewood (Livingston) 57

Oakhursr (Emelle) 60

Oakleigh (Mobile) 63

Richards DAR House (Mobile) 67

Spence-Moon House (Livingston) 72

Spring Villa (Opelika) 75

Sturdivant Hall (Selma) 77

Sweetwater Mansion (Florence) 81

The Weeden House (Huntsville) 84

Chapter 2 Haunted Colleges and Universities

Athens State University (Athens) 87

Auburn University (Auburn) 93

Bevill State Community College (jasper) 94

Huntingdon College (Montgomery) 96

Spring Hill College (Mobile) 100

Troy University (Troy) 101

University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa) 104

University of Montevallo (Montevallo) 107

University of North Alabama (Florence) 114

University of West Alabama (Livingston) 119

Chapter 3 Haunted Buildings

Bryce Hospital (Tuscaloosa) 131

Fort Conde Inn (Mobile) 133

Fort Morgan (Gulf Shores) 136

Freight House Restaurant (Hartselle) 142

GainesRidge Dinner Club (Camden) 145

Helion Lodge (Huntsville) 149

Hotel Highland (Birmingham) 150

The Huntsville Railroad Depot (Huntsville) 151

The Josephine Hotel (Union Springs) 154

Lucas Tavern (Montgomery) 157

The Lyric Theatre (Birmingham) 158

Old Covington County Jail (Andalusia) 162

The Pauly Jail (Union Springs) 164

Pickens County Courthouse (Carrollton) 167

Rawls Hotel (Enterprise) 171

St. James Hotel (Selma) 174

Sloss Furnaces (Birmingham) 177

The Spear-Barter House (Mobile) 184

Tallassee Community Library (Tallassee) 185

Chapter 4 Haunted Locations

Bayview Bridge (Mulga) 189

The Boyington Oak (Mobile) 190

Crybaby Hollow (Hartselle) 193

Cuba Railroad Tracks (Cuba) 195

East Lake Park (Birmingham) 196

The Eliza Battle (Pennington) 198

The Harrison Cemetery (Kinston) 205

Huggin' Molly (Abbeville) 207

Maple Hill Cemetery (Huntsville) 210

Old Cahawba Archaeological Park (Orrville) 212

The Sucarnoochee River (Livingston) 217

USS Alabama (Mobile) 222

Bibliography 225