Southern Gothic

The Chapel Hill Ghost Light

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For almost a century, folks who dare head out to the old L&N train tracks at night, on the edge of the small town of Chapel Hill, Tennessee, have found themselves face-to-face with a strange ball of light that eerily bounces down the line. Some say the light is the spirit of a headless railroad worker, others a murdered woman, but no matter what has caused it, hundreds have purportedly witnessed the strange phenomenon.

Additional Resources for This Episode:

• Tennessee Ghosts and Legends Podcast
• Ghostly Cries From Dixie by Pat Fitzhugh
• Thirteen Tennessee Ghosts and Jeffery by Kathryn Tucker Windham
• The Chapel Hill (Ghost) Light Song by Us Two and Him

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