GHOST STORIES

Bellville - Bush Upton's House

Used to be a Civil War Hospital. Reports of Ghosts of soldiers throwing things at windows and breaking them.

Marion - Judson College

Feelings of being touched, and rumors of even leaving marks on the victims.

Marion - Judson College - Building J

A female apparition seen along with movement from the windows occupancies by scattering feet and whispering voices. The bell tower is locked.

Marion - Judson College - Carlisle Hall

Believed to be haunted by an unknown female spirit.

Marion - Judson College - Kirtley Hall - Room 313

Haunted by two different ghosts. One is Anne Kirtley herself and the other is of a girl who supposedly killed herself in that room. The doors and windows shake there are cold spots and more often than not the entire room is a "cold spot".

Marion - Marion Military Institute

Built in the early 1800's, Marion Military Institute was used for other purposes besides schooling. During the civil war, battle victims were taken to the Chapel on campus, which was turned into a hospice. Directly behind the chapel the ones that didn't survive were buried there. Since then cadets have had experiences with objects in their room being moved, unusual noises in the hallways and rooms, also experiences with paranormal activity. Some believe that the spirits that live on campus, due to their extreme mood changes, possesses some cadets. There have been no cases of violent ghosts or apparitions, but there have been several reports made about cadets having been alone and having a sudden rush of someone being there when there is not.

Carleton - Mount Nebo & The Boardwalk

This is an old cemetery and right up the road is the boardwalk. In the cemetery there are headstones with faces on them and the faces will change to a smile or mad face and they move. If you go to the cemetery if the light on back of the old church isn't on then you won't see anything. On down the road a little ways is the boardwalk (6" wide boards on stilts that stretch a mile over swamp about 30ft high) when you walk through the across you get the feeling someone is around you it makes your hair stand up. You'll hear this sound of a kid screaming they say a kid got lost in the swamp during civil war times and died there.

Demopolis - Gainswood Plantation

According to folklore, the ghost of Evelyn Carter haunts Gaineswood.  Come visit and find out what really happened.... Ms. Carter was the sister of a housekeeper in the late 1800's. - The smell of Colonel Gaines' pipe is hinted near his study and the rush of skirts is heard going down the main stairs from the birthing room.

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