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The Bell Witch
From 1816 to 1820 in Port Royal Tennessee the family of Mr. John Bell Sr. was plagued by a demonic spirit. This was perhaps one of the most well known, and well documented hauntings in American history. Especially significant because it is the only confirmed incident where a spiritual entity caused the death of a man. Early in 1815 a neighbor of John Bell named Kate Batts was in serious financial trouble. Her husband who was a woodsman had been severely injured working on his property and was laid up for an entire year. They had no money or income for that year so John Bell being a good neighbor loaned a substantial sum of money plus the use of a slave to Kate for the year in exchange for the use of 15 acres of her land for timber and charged her a rate of 18% for the loan. After the end of that year Mrs. Batts was unable to come up with the remaining balance of the loan and Mr. Bell took custody of the land. Mrs. Batts filed a complaint against Mr. Bell through the church, which was the governing authority in the territory at the time. The tribunal found in favor of John Bell however ordered him to return the land. They also scolded him for charging an interest rate beyond what church law had set. Mrs. Batts was also suspected of being a witch. In 1816 Betsy Bell began receiving nightly harassment from an unseen entity. Professor Powell, the local school teacher who also rented a cabin from the Bell family, tried desperately to debunk the phenomenon with little success. John Bell soon became the target of the demon. Receiving attacks almost on nightly basis and having phenomenon where his tong would swell to the size of his own mouth! John Bell friends tried to help him too. They prayed every night for him in hopes of delivering his family from the entity. The entity only grew stronger and would talk to his wife Lucy every day. At one point, after hearing that ghosts despised the smell of negros to the point they would leave, Lucy Bell invited one of her servants Chloe to work inside of the house. As was common practice in those days, Lucy put a mattress under her and John's bed for the servant negro to sleep upon. At about 3:00 AM that first night the family awoke to the sounds of the demon shrieking and screaming "NIGGERS! WHERE IS THAT DAMNED STINKY NIGGER! I HATE THE SMELL OF NIGGERS! THERE SHE IS! WE'LL GET RID OF HER WON'T WE!"
Chloe was dragged from her slumber by the hair and tossed out of the front door never to set foot again in the Bell house. The friends of the Bells hired a sudo "demonologist" from the Lutheran church in Nashville to rid them of the demon. The demon literally beat the man from the property. Even President Andrew Jackson who was a friend of John Bell Jr from the War of 1812 even visited and witnessed the phenomenon. In 1820 John Bell's health worsened and one evening he died of poisoning. Betsy Bell married Professor Powell and moved away. Several years following the death of her father, Betsy underwent a hypnosis session in which the demon was brought out in Betsy. It told them that it would never return, however it had been conjured by Betsy to avenge her for some wrong doing. It also said that Betsy's soul was the price of the revenge but that the bill had already been paid. The exact nature of the wrong doing was never discovered.
There have been many theories as to the nature of the revenge. Many believe that John Bell was a pedophile and had violated his own daughter. This comes from his own marriage to Lucy who was only 13 when they were married. But the fact is that in those days it was not uncommon for women to marry an older man of financial stature at a young age.
Chloe was dragged from her slumber by the hair and tossed out of the front door never to set foot again in the Bell house. The friends of the Bells hired a sudo "demonologist" from the Lutheran church in Nashville to rid them of the demon. The demon literally beat the man from the property. Even President Andrew Jackson who was a friend of John Bell Jr from the War of 1812 even visited and witnessed the phenomenon. In 1820 John Bell's health worsened and one evening he died of poisoning. Betsy Bell married Professor Powell and moved away. Several years following the death of her father, Betsy underwent a hypnosis session in which the demon was brought out in Betsy. It told them that it would never return, however it had been conjured by Betsy to avenge her for some wrong doing. It also said that Betsy's soul was the price of the revenge but that the bill had already been paid. The exact nature of the wrong doing was never discovered.
There have been many theories as to the nature of the revenge. Many believe that John Bell was a pedophile and had violated his own daughter. This comes from his own marriage to Lucy who was only 13 when they were married. But the fact is that in those days it was not uncommon for women to marry an older man of financial stature at a young age.
