With Halloween quickly approaching, it's time once again to visit local spooks in the area. Northeast Tennessee/ Southwest Virginia is rich in creepy and supposedly haunted adventures, but don't take my word for it. I'm quite the chicken, so you'll have to be your own judge to decide if what you see is real or not.
1. Gwendolyn's House- Elizabethton, Tenn.
This home was built in the early 1900s and is said to be haunted by a woman in white. It is said that her heart was broken and she now stands in the windows looking out across the Tennessee valley. You may even be able to hear her lonesome wails if you enter Gwendolyn's home.
2. Historic Eureka Inn- Jonesborogh, Tenn.
This piece of property was one of the first lots purchased when Tennessee became a state in 1796. It was once a boardinghouse and sequester house for jurors. Guests have reportedly heard unexplained footsteps and shadowy ghost figures throughout the inn.
3. Rotherwood Mansion- Kingsport, Tenn.
The original builder and owner of this mansion had a beautiful daughter with raven hair that was widely known as one of the most beautiful women around. Her true love drowned in the Holston River on their wedding day, while their families watched from the bank. Her second husband died shortly after their wedding. Even though it was said she finally found happiness with her third husband, it is told that she took the ghostly hand of her first true love and walked into the river to be with him for eternity. After her father sold the estate prior to the Civil War, another owner took over and reigned terror on his slaves there. It is said that the ghost of Joshua Phipps and his hound of Hell still wreak havoc on the Rotherwood property today.
4. Virginia Intermont College- Bristol, Virginia
Even though it may have closed its' doors in 2014, the college is said to be haunted by a former student. The tale is that she had an affair with a professor which resulted in a pregnancy. When she told him, he reportedly left her own and hung herself as a result. When she did, a lamp knocked over, which started a fire. Students say that even though the building was fully restored, sometimes the room where she lives seems to revert back to its freshly started state immediately following the fire.
5. Sensabaugh Tunnel- Kingsport, Tenn.
It is said that a slave, along with his wife and three kids, escaped their master's plantation and were on their way to find refuge along the Underground Railroad when their owner found them in this tunnel. He brutally murdered them all, or so he thought, but the last bullet barely missed the crying infant splattered with the blood of her family. After hearing its cries, the slave owner threw the baby into the rocks lining the river. Rumor has it that the baby's cries can be heard if you park your car in the tunnel at night and supposedly your car will be unable to start up again. Then you will be unable to escape the slave owner's wrath, just like that slave family.
