HAUNTED: The Bell Witch

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A legend in Tennessee tells of the real-life Bell family, who were haunted back in 1817 by a ghost witch - arguably the worst kind of either of those things.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

One night, four young brothers were sleeping in their bedroom in their little house in Tennessee, when they started to hear what sounded like a rat gnawing on one of their bedposts. So, the two oldest brothers climbed out of their bed to go find this rat, but the second their ...

It started out as noises around the house before manifesting into apparitions that begin to interact with the family.  

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This week, we bring you the legend of the Bell Witch, a 19th century haunting. Farmer John Bell is pursued relentlessly by a gossipy entity. But what does it want?

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