Oops! Forgot that you are supposed to say "Belwitch" each time you turn completely around. If it didn't work for you, you might want to try again. <g> Jim Allen P.S. I'm posting these just to see if RootsWeb Mail is working. I got the previous message right away. Jim Allen wrote: > If you go into the bathroom, close the door, turn out all the lights, turn completely around three times and then look in the mirror while holding a light (candle/flashlight, etc) > under your chin; you might just see the bell witch. > > :) Jim Allen > > susyjoh@attbi.com wrote: > > > The only publication I have on The Bell Witch is a small booklet called > > "Echoes of the Bell Witch in the Twentieth Century" by H.C. Brehm. It was > > published in 1979. > > > > I grew up in Humphreys County and I remember my grandmother telling > > many stories about the Bell Witch. I still think she believed every one of > > them. Most of her stories indicated that she (the witch) was nice to > > children and some people, but could be quite nasty to those she did not > > like. > > > > Happy to see others are still interested in The Bell Witch. > > > > Susy > > > Hello Penny, > > > > > > The story of the Bell Witch is one of the great mysteries of Tennessee. > > > > > > I have seen this story on television, I think it was "Unsolved Mysteries" or > > > some program like that, and have heard the story many times growing up. > > > > > > There was a book printed many moons ago about the Bell Witch. This book had > > > a red cover and was about an inch thick. Many children in the area read this > > > book in school, though I don't know if it was required or not. This book from > > > 1894 by M. V. Ingram has been reprinted. If you can't find it, let me know > > > and I'll put you in contact with a place that has it. > > > > > > The Bell Witch Cave still exists in Adams, Tennessee. Vanessa visited it > > > several years ago with some friends, but I haven't been in it. > > > > > > Many spooky stories have originated in that cave! If anyone wants to share > > > them with you on this list I would love to hear them, too! > > > > > > Thanks for being part of the ROOTWALKER family. > > > > > > "God Bless America!" > > > > > > > > > > > > Stan Magnesen > > > ROOTWALKER site/list coordinator > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > > > In a message dated 4/5/03 5:19:03 AM Pacific Standard Time, > > > azaeox3@cybermesa.com writes: > > > > > > > Subj: [ROOTWALKER] The Bell Witch of TN > > > > Date: 4/5/03 5:19:03 AM Pacific Standard Time > > > > From: <A HREF="mailto:azaeox3@cybermesa.com">azaeox3@cybermesa.com</A> > > > > Reply-to: <A > > > HREF="mailto:TN-ROOTWALKER-L@rootsweb.com">TN-ROOTWALKER-L@rootsweb.com</A> > > > > To: <A > > > HREF="mailto:TN-ROOTWALKER-L@rootsweb.com">TN-ROOTWALKER-L@rootsweb.com</A> > > > > Sent from the Internet > > > > > > > > Good Morning list: > > > > > > > > Adams/Robertson Co.,TN has been keeping the story of the Bell Witch alive > > > > for over 200 years. I have just finished reading a new book(fiction) and > > > > find it to give great insites in how our early TN families may have lived > > > > on a day to day basis.("All that lives" by Melissa Sanders-Self ISBN > > > > 0-446-52691-6 get your library to order it for you in inter-library loan. > > > > > > > > Has anyone out there read M.V. Ingram's Authenticated History of the Bell > > > > Witch, 1894 or had the story passed down in their family? > > > > > > > > Penny > > > > NM > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== TN-ROOTWALKER Mailing List ==== > > > Genealogy has a great power to bring people closer together, and can give a > > > sense of family to those who lack it. > > > > > > ============================== > > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > ==== TN-ROOTWALKER Mailing List ==== > > To change from list mode to digest mode, send the word unsubscribe to TN-ROOTWALKER-L-request@rootsweb.com and then send the word subscribe to TN-ROOTWALKER-D-request@rootsweb.com > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > ==== TN-ROOTWALKER Mailing List ==== > Visit the ROOTWALKER web site at > http://www.rootwalker.com > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237