The first reported incident is when John Bell encountered a strange animal in his field, a cross between a rabbit and a dog. After this time the encounters escalated with numerous members of the family being assaulted by a spirit. The incidents escalated to the point where the family asked friends and neighbours for help. The friends and neighbors then also experienced being approached and often assaulted by the malevolent ghost. It is even claimed that the future President General Jackson came to the farm to offer assistance whereby members of his group also encountered the spirit.

Since that time many people have encountered, what they are now calling the Bell Witch. While on the property the voice of a woman is heard and the spirit of a young girl has appeared. The cave which is located on the farm is also a mystery. Strange noises have been heard coming from the mouth of the cave.

Bell Farm

Bell Witch Documentry

The Bell Witch Story

Learn more about the Bell Witch.

The Bell Witch Plaque

The plaque reads as follows:

“To the North was the farm of John Bell an early prominent settler from North Carolina. According to legend, his family was harried during the early nineteenth century by the famous bell witch. She kept the household in turmoil, assaulted Bell and drove off Betsy Bell’s suitor. Even Andrew Jackson who came to investigate retreated to Nashville after his coach wheels stopped mysteriously. Many visitors to the house saw the furniture crash about them and heard her scream, sing and curse.”

Bell Farm Plaque

Annie Palmer came to the Island in about 1820 as the wife of sugar plantation owner John Palmer. Far from being a kind and generous woman Annie is portrayed as evil incarnate. It is said that she killed all three of her husbands in mysterious methods. She also had numerous slave lovers from whom she learned the arts of voodoo and black magic. Most strange of all is that all of her lovers simply disappeared.

Her voodoo practices included torture and child sacrifices. When she herself was found dead in her room the slaves built a special tomb to prevent her spirit from ever rising, but the ritual was not completed and now it is said that Annie walks the halls at night.

The White Witch of Rose Hall

The Story of Annie Palmer.

Haunted Rose Hall

The Montego Bay house where some say voodoo priestess Annie Palmer killed three husbands and many slave lovers.

Among these legends is the haunted mirror. Tradition says that at the time of someone’s death in a house all mirrors should be covered. For some unknown reason one mirror in the home was missed. It is said that the spirits of Sara Woodruff and two of her children are trapped within the mirror. Today many say they have seen hand prints on the mirror which are claimed to be those of the trapped spirits.

Tour of Myrtles Mansion In Louisiana

This is a short video (below) taken of Myrtles. Most scenes are taken outside the house. They have the house sectioned into zones and only the right side of the upstairs of the house it can accessed.

Ghosts Filmed At Myrtles Mansion

Jodie Setran is a ghost whisperer and psychic who photographs and films ghosts. In her opinion, the Myrtles Plantation is by far the scariest place she’s investigated. Her footage in the video below is raw.

Myrtles Plantation~ A Night in the Azalea Room

This is a video clip from a nights stay at the Myrtles Plantation in St Francisville Louisiana. Video was still running as they slept and something moves in front of the camera. December 01, 2007

Myrtles Plantation~ As it Looks Today

The ghost? The famous Lady in Brown. The shooter, well known novelist, Captain Frederick Marryat.

The Lady in Brown is believed to be Dorothy Townsend, wife of Lord Townsend and sister to Sir Robert Walpole, the man considered to be the first Prime Minister of England. Why is she still haunting Raynham Hall?

The legend says that Lord Townsend discovered his wife was having an affair and that he decided to punish her. In one version he kills her by pushing her down the stairs. In another version he locks her up in a room and keeps her there until her death. The “official” version is that she contracted small pox and died on the 29th of March 1726.

It is said that she now roams the hallways of Raynham House searching for her children. Her husband had kept them apart either due to her illness, or by locking her up and now she is left searching. Over the years she has been sited by numerous people including a famous account by King George the 4th who woke up to see the spectre standing over his bed.

The most famous sighting of all was in 1936. Country Life Magazine was doing a story about the house and sent over two photographers to take pictures. Captain Provand and Indre Shira were taking pictures when they saw something mysterious coming down the stairs. It looked like some kind of mist. They were able to get one picture, which is now one of the most famous photographs of a ghost ever captured.

What is on the film? No one knows for sure. But according to numerous sources the photo has not been altered or tampered with. Ghost….you decide.

Lady in Brown Ghost

Raynham Hall – History Documentry