Bell Witch – references and resources

These are just a few of many websites and articles related to the Bell Witch hauntings.

Most of these links have been online since 1998, and offer authentic information about this genuine haunting.

Bell Witch websites

• The Bell Witch, a website by Pat Fitzhugh, author of The Bell Witch Haunting.
• If you’re serious about the Bell Witch, start with the original book: The Bell Witch Red Book, transcribed from the story publishedin 1893 or 1894.
• Bell Witch Central, a Yahoo! Club associated with Pat Fitzhugh’s book and website.
• “Official” Bell Witch Fansite, created by a Bell Witch enthusiast. Lots of information.

Bell Witch articles and webpages

• Obiwan’s The Bell Witch Information Page, with pages and links. At that site, be sure to read the 19-page article by Jack Cook about the Bell family members and their history. That article was particularly helpful in my own research, though our conclusions are different.
• An excerpt from the book The Infamous Bell Witch of Tennessee, providing more about Andrew Jackson’s encounters with the Bell Witch.
• See owner Chris Kirby’s photo of ectoplasm emerging from a sinkhole in the Bell Witch Cave.
• There’s also a still photo from a video which showed the ectoplasm moving ahead of the flashlight used during filming.
• The Bell Witch, summarizing the events, by author Troy Taylor at Ghosts of the Prairie. Also check his photo of a ghostly orb in the Bell Witch Cave.
• The Moonlit Road features a Bell Witch ghost story, based on an actual event. Also check their detailed history of the Bell Witch, with excellent illustrations.

(If any of those links don’t work, it’s worth searching at the Wayback Machine for cached copies.)

Additional reading – Recommended books

• Fitzhugh, Pat. The Bell Witch : The Full Account.
• Monahan, Brent. An American Haunting : The Bell Witch
• Price, Charles Edwin. Infamous Bell Witch of Tennessee.
• Taylor, Troy. Season of the Witch. See his website, linked above.
• Ingram, M. V. An Authenticated history of the famous Bell witch, printed
  in 1893. This is the original book on the subject, with first-person accounts from witnesses, including the diary excerpts of one of John Bell’s children (linked above, too).