Episode 26: The Bell Witch
Join us this week for an extra special spooky treat as Hannah shares with us the spellbinding tale of the haunting of the Bell Witch in Adams, Tennessee. While all of the Bell family shared in the horror of this spirit, it hit the patriarch John Bell and his youngest daughter Betsy the hardest, figuratively and literally. However, after a spell the spirit seemed to enchant the whole town and any visitor who dared to visit the Bell home. After the spirit accomplished some goals, it disappeared for 7 years before returning to predict (with some scary accuracy) the Civil War, World War I, The Great Depression, World War II, Atlantis, and the end of the world as we know it.
This episode was extremely heavy on witchy bullshit, so astrology this week is short and sweet. On October 10, Saturn goes direct in Aquarius. Now that Saturn is traveling forward again, this is a good time to put your thoughts into action and get to work on your dreams.
On October 18, Jupiter will go direct as well. Jupiter is known as the planet of luck, prosperity, and abundance. Jupiter will be in Aquarius as well, which should inspire us to look to our uniqueness and how working with that part of ourselves could bring us abundance.
Food Pairing: Grapes and hazelnuts! Especially if you have pleurisy.
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Episode 26 References
Tennessee State Library and Archives
“Tennessee Myths and Legends: Bell Witch”
Mental Floss
The Tennessean
“‘Something Was Trying to Get In…’: A Ghost Story Version of the Bell Witch Tale”
Leaf Chronicle
“5 Things to Know About the Bell Witch, from Andrew Jackson to Donald Sutherland”
Robertson County Connection
“Andrew Jackson and the Bell Witch”
Clarksville Now
“The Tale of One Town Told in Two Plays at the Bell Witch Fall Festival in Adams”
USA Today
“Psychic: I Know the Real Bell Witch Story”