What Is Savannah: America's Most Haunted City

The Myrtles Plantation can be understood as a site of dehumanization. It is located in St. Francisville, Louisiana. David Bradford built the plantation in 1794 on an ancient Tunica Indian burial gound (The Moonlight Road). After his death, the property was passed down to different family members and own by various other families (The Myrtles Plantation). The house is rumoured to be the site for more than 10 murders and suicides and at least 12 ghosts (The Myrtles Plantation). The plantation was built on an ancient Indigenous burial land and it was home to a number of different families who owned Black slaves. Thus, the plantation is haunted not only by instances of terror, but is also haunted by these histories of violence. The house and property conjures feelings of hate, disrespect and the belittling of others. From the hanging of Black slaves to the mysterious murders and happenings of the house, The Myrtles Plantation invokes feelings of unresolved social and economic violence. The haunting of The Myrtles Planation does not simply refer to the unrest of certain sprits but rather it is haunted by the inherent dehumanization of certain bodies on the basis of race, gender, and class. Thus, this paper will be an analysis of The Myrtles Planation as a haunted house. It will prove that The Myrtles Plantation is haunted by the histories of violence and oppression that occurred within the space, which manifests through ghosts and sprits that are eternally subjected to unrest due

On Saturday, June 26, 2000, horrifying events happened to a group of teenagers in a large mansion. This mansion is said to be the most haunted building in all of Oklahoma. Emma, Noah, Olivia, and Daniel had a rough night. It caused a lot of dreadful memories that will be penetrated in their minds forever. These kids just might find themselves in a situation.

Rosewood is a ghost town located in Levy County, Florida. In the early 1920s Rosewood was a developing town with churches, schools, mills and a growing population. The town was a majority black town, but that was not much of a problem until a white lady “cried wolf”. Fannie Taylor, wife of James Taylor who worked at a mill nearby, would have an affair with a white man. Fannie and her white lover got into a physical altercation that left Fannie with obvious bruises. To prevent from having to tell James about the affair she told her neighbors that a black man came and attacked her. As word spread throughout the town some people added to her story that Fannie was also raped by the black man. The thought of miscegenation is what angered the men and led to the Rosewood Massacre. During the first week of January, 1923 in Rosewood the angry white men formed a search group for the black man who “raped” Fannie. The search group murdered nearly every black man they saw and burned down a portion of Rosewood.

Savannah, Georgia was founded in 1733 by General James Edward Oglethorpe. He organized the city into grids and for that reason, “Savannah was dubbed America's First Planned City.” “General Sherman and his men marched through Savannah during the Civil War, and caused some catastrophic damages, however, they were so impressed by the city’s beauty that they spared it from complete destruction during the war. Savannah's Historic District was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1966.”

There is a city nestled in the heart of the Blue Ridge Mountains (“About the…”). With a population of approximately 100,000 and approximately forty-three square miles, this city incorporates the feel of both a small and big town (“Quickfacts…”; “Roanoke, VA”). Today the city is known as “Roanoke, Virginia” and sometimes called the “Star City of the South” or the “Magic City of Virginia” (“Roanoke Star”; Bruce 132). However, if you look back through its history, you will see that this city of Roanoke did not always exist. During the late nineteenth century, railroads caused the growth of a small town into the flourishing urban city we now call Roanoke (“Roanoke,

The First Baptist Church of Savannah, Georgia, was made on November 26, 1800, the first meeting house was built on Franklin Square. The cornerstone of the present church on Chippewa Square was laid on February 2, 1831, and the building was completed in 1833.G This is Savannah's oldest standing house of worship. The sanctuary was enlarged in 1839, improved from time to time, and completely redone in 1921. The most recent renovations were in 1966, 1989-1990, and

As the family is driving along, the grandmother awakens from a nap and recalls “an old plantation that she had visited in this neighborhood once when she was a young lady” (189). This recollection happens while the family is driving through the town of Toomsboro, GA. The grandmother is extremely manipulative and selfish and coaxes the family into visiting the old plantation by lying to them with the possibility of finding hidden treasure. The name of the town is only a slight indication of the terrible tragedy that is yet to come. It is no

The Sam Davis Home is a historical plantation reserved in Smyrna, Tennessee where the Davis’ resided. Sam Davis, son of Charles and Jane Davis, was a well-known, wealthy individual who was known for his courageous act during the civil war. This site is local to me and I wanted a better understanding of the history around me that has impacted my community over the years. I have attended the Sam Davis Home a few times before in my life, mostly during grade school. I was alone with Cady, the tour guide, during the tour so it was easy to ask questions and take time explaining things thoroughly. I plan to go back during October for other events and haunted tours of the Sam Davis Home. I am truly pleased with my choice in location and it has given me a better outlook on Smyrna and a great appreciation for the town.

The Howl-O-Scream recreates the spirit of Halloween during November. However, while choosing from among the hotels by water country, one must also factor in Colonial Williamsburg

The murder of Danny Hansford was the main occasion throughout the book. Jim Williams, who was friends with Hansford, was accused of killing the boy and was “charged with murder” (171). The body was found in Williams’s house, also known as the “Mercer House” (3), but once the police arrived, the body appeared tampered with, making Williams look guilty. Throughout the book, Williams was questioned and was put on trial multiple times. However, the murder was one of Savannah’s secrets that was not shared with tourist. For example, during a tour of Savannah, they walked past the Mercer House and the guide shared the history of the house but “said nothing about Jim Williams or Danny Hansford or the sensational murder case that captivated the city” (384). As a result, Berendt had a topic for his book fall right into his hands. He wanted to share this life changing event for the south with others while also preserving Savannah’s history. Berendt understood that Savannah was a “self-imposed estrangement from the outside world” (384), however, he was not letting this story be forgotten. This book started out just informing the world on the residents of Savannah, but it turned out to inform the world on how the south preserves only certain parts of

No one had been murdered in Falls City for nearly half a decade until New Year’s Eve, 1993. Falls City stood about one hundred miles south of Lincoln and outside of Nebraskan commoners, the area was seldom mentioned or heard of. Moreover, the town’s lifelessness was a precise emulation of its residents, whom never deviated from their habitual routine: sleep, work, drink, smoke. There was not much for anyone in Falls City besides a local bar on the corner of Seward Place and the twenty-four hour liquor store adjacent to Dewey Avenue, but there was enough to make Brandon stay.

Welcome to 1980's Savannah, Georgia, where you will meet a wide range of personalities all residing in a town believed to be a true American city, but quickly broken down to be just another town with it's own quirks and ticking timebombs. Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil displays the many sides of Savannah using John Berendt's disjointed first-person narrative that skips back and forth between settings and character introductions. The first character we are introduced to is Jim Williams: the owner of the Mercer House, a self-proclaimed part of Savannah's New Money, and a prominent antiques dealer. Although there may be many faces we meet in Savannah, Georgia, it is Jim Williams who will remain the most prominent.

The White House is the home and workplace of the President of the United States since 1800, which was first inhabited by John Adams. This house was home for forty-three of the forty-four Presidents of the United States, two of which have actually died in the Executive Mansion, but also the presidents did have family members who died within the walls of the White House. With all of the this house’s rich history, it may not be a surprise that it is rumored to be haunted, and is considered one of the most haunted houses in the United States. There are reports of sightings of past Presidents and spouses by different Presidents, their families, and foreign dignitaries.

In a classic example of mystery and horror, narrator make the reader to belief the town itself has become a character in the story. Despite that fact that this town serves as the setting, its southern heritage seems to control what the citizens

There’s something about the South’s bizarre history, obscure happenings, and inexplicable circumstances that have captivated people year after year. I've compiled some of the South’s oldest hauntings and local legends that I could find in folklore and research. These may be real ghost stories, and they might just be scary legends of the South. There are plenty of famous Southern legends; however, I could not cover them all, as each one entails such extensive research, thus to guarantee the reader a complete informative reading. Indulge in Mississippi’s haunted history. Learn about times long past, and the hauntings that still linger to this day. From old plantations, angry slaves, and Indians….. To Civil war soldiers, cemeteries, and asylums.