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Title: The Infamous Bell Witch of Tennessee by Charles Edwin Price ISBN: 1-57072-008-8 Publisher: Overmountain Press Pub. Date: 01 June, 1994 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (8 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: Not your typical haunting
Comment: Within the first chapters of this book, I realized that this wasn't your typical haunting or ghost story. Not only was the story very unbelievable but several times I had to ask myself why I was continuing to read. At first, the book looked promising until I got to the part where the Bell Witch started having full conversations with her housemates. I have never heard of a ghost, witch, or any other paranormal being having full conversations with people. Even if this story were true, I will never understand why the Bell family never moved out of their home. The fact that Lucy Bell would ask the the witch to sing to her while knowing that this was the ghost that was physically abusing her daughter and husband is beyond me. Lucy Bell pretty much outraged me because it seemed like she had a friendship with the witch...the same witch who would repeatedly slap her daughter and lefte marks on her body.
It's a short read but leaves lots of gaps in the story and I wonder how the author got a hold of the exact conversations the witch had with the Bell family. He presented the conversations as if they were word for word. Much of the book was dedicated to how the witch haunted the Bell family. There also wasn't enough evidence that the witch is still haunting.
So if you want to read a book that is different from your normal haunting, then maybe this is the book for you. But if you are just looking for a scarey and haunting book, then you might want to look over this one.
Rating: 2
Summary: Short On Sources And Facts
Comment: This is sort of a touristy little version of a fascinating historical case. It might make a nice souvenir from a local gift shop, but it won't satisfy any serious reader or tackle any of the important questions the story raises. Were any contemporary accounts of the haunting published at or near the time? (Apparently not, unfortunately). Did Andrew Jackson really visit the Bells? What record exists that he did? (In fact, the evidence to substantiate this seems to be lacking). You can find a great deal more hard information on this extraordinary episode on any of several websites. The attempt to link the ultra-colorful and complex personality of the spirit known as Kate to some lights flickering in a cave near the site today is especially dubious.
Rating: 5
Summary: Super!
Comment: Anyone who has an interest in Tennessee's most famous ghost should check out this book. It takes a long and complicated story and breaks the facts down in a clear and easy to read way. I have read several of Mr. Price's books and this is by far the best. We even get an update of "Kate's" activities into the 1990's.
Is the Bell Witch still in Adams, Tennessee? I don't know but reading this book has made me want to go over to Robertson County and find out. On the other hand, if she was too tough for Andy Jackson I might just stay here.
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Title: The Bell Witch: An American Haunting by Brent Monahan ISBN: 0312262922 Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin Pub. Date: 19 June, 2000 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: Season of the Witch by Troy Taylor, Troy, A. Taylor ISBN: 1892523051 Publisher: Whitechapel Productions Pub. Date: 01 November, 1999 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: All That Lives : A Novel of the Bell Witch by Melissa Sanders-Self ISBN: 0446690732 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 01 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: The Granny Curse and Other Ghosts and Legends from East Tennessee by Randy Russell, Janet Barnett ISBN: 0895871858 Publisher: John F. Blair Publisher Pub. Date: October, 1999 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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Title: Haunted: The Incredible True Story of a Canadian Family's Experience Living in a Haunted House by Dorah L. Williams ISBN: 1550023780 Publisher: Hounslow Press Pub. Date: 01 April, 2002 List Price(USD): $13.99 |
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