The Bell Witch - Mythillogical Podcast 

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i like when guests come BUT this solo journey sounded extraordinary. i have always loved your voice and cadence and so this was just pure, ghost story-telling~ thank you so much for this!

The Bell Witch has 2 hours worth of history? Cool!!

"She turned me into a newt! I got better though" I wish the Bells and the Fox sisters were all locked in a cabin to fake haunt each other. With Houdini as prison guard chuckling through the window.

I really like this solo format! It felt like sitting down with someone and being told a story. Obviously have been loving you and Crofty and guests but definitely would not be upset if you ever do more solo episodes :)

The spell of not catching fish and the blue fire in the chimney and the Black Shuck (dog) are all in other fairy tales such as Langs . Loved these strange tales!

I have nothing against Crofty (probably spelled that wrong. My apologies 😞) But for some reason your tone and ability to tell a story is amazing. You have a flow and ability to put the listener right there, wherever there might be. I'm in NO WAY trying to offend anyone. I'm just being honest as a (very) long time listener/subscriber. But I do really enjoy the solo stuff. I think Crofty just needs more time behind the mic and not be afraid of it. He seems rather uncomfortable with it. At least it comes off that way to me. But I do have to give him respect. Because at least he's willing to try. I can't say that about myself, that's for sure. So my hats off to him!!

Keep up your great podcasts as I personally have thoroughly enjoyed the civilisation epjsodes,Gilgamesh and flood,so thanks for your effort!🇬🇧

It's quite obvious really.... William Alexander Bell 1876. Invented the telephone, and they were pretty well connected, pardon the pun. Quite easy to rig a house with a direct connection, just need to run the wires, zJust ask Ol Zeke

Ingrams parents must've really liked President Van Buren

Why are the playlist played backwards?

Too woke. Yes, slavery happened long before any of us were born. Please attempt to get over it.

Excited to listen to this. You can see my umpteenth grandfather, Irvin Polk, listed on page 304 of the authenticated history as a witness to the events.

One of the best things about the bell witch story is the cast of eccentric side characters. Old Kate the town boss mama, Williams the dashing, doubting detective, Gen. Jackson and his witch hunting party. It’s like a pulp novel.

It was a huge mistake trying to fall asleep listening to this 😭

more ghost stories like this, please. you've managed to include so much historical context.

I’m from Tn and live pretty close to the cave. I was OBSESSED with the bell witch as a kid. I was so excited to see you cover this story!!

40:18 that was an interesting ethical history question there of “do you accurately quote historical documents or do you avoid sounding like you’re racist?” Because, it was an accurate representation of a real historical dialect however it may sounds to modern ears. Weirdly enough I’m related to Joel Chandler Harris too through my mother. My family has been in the South a few hundred years. They turn up everywhere. lol.

by the eternals I have never been so annoyed by a catchphrase so quickly

The 'Black Dog' is a Scottish thing. Millions of Scottish children have grown up with the, 'Black Dog', on their backs.

Will be in a tractor for 12 hours tomorrow. This'll help so much! Perfect timing!

I love that she just picked random people to torment but had her favorites who she fed nuts to. What a truly insane demon.

The Blair Witch was most likely inspired by the Moll Dyer Witch legend of Saint Mary's County, Maryland.

Never apologize for giving us content! Even if it's not the content you had originally planned, or even if you don't have assistance available to deliver. We appreciate what you do for us, and I think very few of us are unable to adapt. The Bell Witch has intrigued me for decades, so thank you for going so deep into the lore!

Damn good band too if y'all like some super heavy doom metal

Annoying people is one thing, but stealing someone’s coffee cup and drinking their coffee is a clear declaration of war.

I love how this witch is basically just a harmless troll (except the part where she murdered John Sr).

I love folkloric stories like this! So happy you did one in the appalachian region--so much of this from that area. Thanks for your spectacular storytelling :)

la grippe is just the French word for flu

This topic and solo format was unexpectedly by far the most I've enjoyed of all the mythillogical series to date. Im hoping to have a few more like it.

This sounds similar to Faye folklore to me, especially the trickster aspect of it.

The tongue/jaw problem sounds like a nerve pinch due to neck vertebrae.

The impression I’m getting is that The Bell Witch is extremely rude.

Halloween special posted December 6th. I see we are going very Nightmare before Christmas here. Enjoyable episode so far

A Father Christmas/Santa Claus episode would be excellent. There are so many conflicting origins I've heard regarding Santa. I understand that it probably takes a while to research these things, but it would be particularly fitting for the Christmas season.

I laugh, at this being the Halloween episode and it's uploaded december 5th

Well I checked and the Led Zeppelin song "Black Dog" is not a reference to the Bell Witch. While the occult and supernatural folklore made regular appearances in their lyrics and imagery, in this case it was just a labrador that inhabited the grounds of the studio they were recording in.

He saw a dog so obviously he shot at it and thought nothing of it. There was a turkey as obviously he went inside and got the gun as you do. These mfers shot any animal they see and ask questions later 😂

I’ll watch this tomorrow it’s 4: 47 I need sleep

It’s a big local legend here. There’s a play that’s put on every year. A lot of people from here are related to the Bells and the cave is open for tours

bit of insight from a local, city is a type of legal entity in government, population isnt really a factor.

The community puts on a play called “The Spirit” every year that’s quite the event for anyone interested in exploring the legend more. Beautiful part of Tennessee

At one time my mother lived in Tennessee very close to the Bell witch cave and visited it once and said the cave made her and her friend feel very uneasy.

Uri Geller not respectable? Wh-What?! It's possible you haven't realized the truth. There is no spoon.

I reckon ghost stories are for the Christmas season as well.

Although it should not surprise me, I'm still amazed how much the landscapes presented (I asume they are all north american) look alike forests and river in my european country. I guess it must have been a drawing factor for some settlers to sail across an ocean and find places looking like home (and not desert, tropical jungle or vast, open plains - wich may have been atractive for other people).

I read an original copy of the book when I was young. To handle something that old made reading it much more thrilling.

The movie "An American Haunting", starring Donald Sutherland, portrays this. An okay film, but quite forgettable. The story deserved better.

You think this is creepy check out the screemer of white bluff tennessee.

and his name is JOHN SENIOR [trumpets blaring]

Love me some Histocrat, so excited!

I don't know about this story inspiring the "Blair Witch Project," but I do know that the film "An American Haunting" was absolutely based on this case, and it's one of my all-time favorite spooky movies. The cast is amazing...although I must admit that the film's casual depiction of slavery was rather unpleasantly shocking.

Beautiful, extensive, cited and the cadence is spot on! Very well done, as always! Thank you.

I am always excited when I see a new one of these drop. Big fan from Columbus OH here.

So… by destroying the house did they destroy the witch?

It does not actually begin until minute 14...

Halloween episode? It's December last I checked! 😄

Did anyone check their grain for urgot?

fyi - The Grip is still used for "flu" or "Flu-like" illness in rural areas, including New England.... I live in suburban CT... in my 50s and I have used 'grip' when I am feeling ill.

Howdys from TN. To be absolutely precise by Tennessee standards the Red River is located in North Middle Tennessee.

Is Krofty no longer a part of your podcast?

Man Crosby would not shut up this episode. Completely unprofessional how he kept interrupting you like that. You should fire him.

This and your vampire video are my top tier favorites

Grew up in nashville, love our hometown haunt, thanks for covering this meandering legend! Also, sevier county ain't no sev-ee-ay, lol, it's pronounced like severe.

I lived across the street from the bell witch school In Adam's Tennessee (right outside Clarksville) on Halloween the wind howled and I most certainly locked the door. There were occultic rituals that happened over there at night.

Yes! Instantly clicked to binge this 😍 Thanks as always

Dean's story beginning at 40:00: sounds way too much like a typical 19th century 'Penny Dreadful'. Probably a much later addition to the case.

25:45 -- Been listening very carefully for specific details because Reasons, but hey, you mentioned how Uri Geller (or a fan) is maintaining some of the sources, eh? Yeah, so there is more than a discussion on suspicions about the daughter to be had yet. I think that Spiritualism was a complicated cultural development during the early and mid-nineteenth century, one which frequently caused schisms in larger organized religious communities. This is why it is without a doubt the department of folk-lore, and yet it seems a little too easy to ignore that there's an earthly reason for a marketable concern with something "from the other side."

April 14th 1935 known as "Black Sunday" a catastrophic dust storm rose up in the US described as like a "black blizzard".

You should poetically edit "Old Kate" to "Old Karen" It would be zeitgeist'

When your book title is so long that it spoils the story, you've got a problem.

Also. Adams pretty much has a dollar store (dollar general) and a gas station restraunt combo. That's it other than homes and the bell witch school.

I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that the daughter was SA by the father. Somehow, most supernatural stories regarding hauntings, little girls, and dead fathers almost always hint towards this.

New subscriber here: you rapidly won me over with your soothing voice and richly detailed, intensive research. Brave on this story, and I look forward to delving more into your content! Anyhow, I've long been fascinated by this very curious and extremely spine-tinglingly spooky tale, and found myself wondering in particular about the plausibility of the "big fish" story, but then I recalled that I'd heard of some enormous catfish being caught in that area. (I spent much of my childhood near to Tennessee, and grew up hearing of giant catfish.) But, even with my knowledge of very large catfish in the area, I was amazed to learn via Google that the largest fish on record caught in Tennessee was a blue catfish weighing a whopping 118lbs/53.5kg! That's quite a bit more massive than I'd expected, even when taking into account the stories I've heard. And, given that this supposed incident would have happened in a time before there was a large enough human population to result in the overfishing, pollution and ecosystem destruction of today, I'd imagine that back then it was entirely likely that even more massive catfish could have once been common in Tennessee. So there's at least one aspect of this story which strikes me as being perfectly likely to not only have actually happened, (at least in some form or other) but to have had an entirely natural explanation. Plus, the witch's ostensible involvement in no fish being caught on any given day seems rather laughable to anyone familiar with the freshwater fishing in that region. It's not at all uncommon for freshwater fish to be spooked by large numbers of people, and something so seemingly trivial as boisterous conversation or shadows falling on the water can easily spook freshwater fish away. Thus, as a child, I learned to whisper and tread very carefully around the water's edge to avoid scaring fish away. That said, for whatever reason/s, this story still makes my skin absolutely crawl with a creeping sense of horror. I've always admittedly been easily creeped out by ghost stories- especially those involving poltergeists- but this one always especially spooks me. I'm not sure what precisely disconcerts me so much about the s tale: the idea of a poltergeist actually maliciously murdering someone, the ongoing torment (both physical and emotional) suffered by the family, its ability to speak & behave with such deliberate intelligence, and/or the way the "witch" ostensibly had the ability to follow its victims over long distances. But regardless of the reason why, this story has stuck with me ever since I first heard the story some 15 years ago. And your telling of it was particularly enjoyable and fascinating, due to the remarkable depth of your research. Kudos to you for making an old favourite even more compellingly creepy! I'll be sleeping with a nightlight tonight for sure! 😅😉

Don’t ever bother going to this cave. Took the grandkids there two years ago. It was a joke.

This was my favorite episode so far

Won’t lie, I regret listening to this to fall asleep

Man, the British really will pronounce a "th" as anything but.

Did You invent the term: "Mythillogical" ???

Didn't watch yet, I don't know if bells are involved but i keep having dreams of procession of demons where child demons in their tied hands hold bells.

Poor Chloe. How did she get pregnant so many times?

Meanwhile this is what i play exclusively to fall asleep

Excellent story. Living in a state neighboring Tennessee, I've heard mention of the Bell Witch my entire life, but never knew the details. My favorite video of your channel has to be the Birth of Civilisation - The First Farmers, and found I this link subsequent to watching it. On a personal note, however, please refrain from being so preachy about the 'evils of America". Yes, slavery was bad; Yes, the Trail of Tears was bad, but given the colonial period of GB, it sounds suspiciously hypocritical. Every civilization in history has practiced some cruelty at one point or another, and singling out the US (or GB, for that matter) in particular is done in poor taste.

nice show.

is this like the belle dame from coraline?

Love a solo episode. No steering the conversation lol Jk, Croft haha

"Reverend James Gunn" Lol

3:13am. Cannot sleep - I'm going in!

Great thank you Histocrat

Griep is the Dutch word for common flu.

White Bedsheets in Tennessee? What kind of video is this?

49:92 this sounds like a great deal 😍

They just weren't that good at writing ghost stories back then. 😃

38:00 it's not just a witch, it's an entire act!

Please make new video!!!

OLD SUGAR MOUTH😂😂😂😂

What did you get me for my wedding? Oh a person.... Sheesh we were so barbaric in the past.

Very folkloric, very *myffic* 😊

I can't believe I've never come across your channel before. This is one of my favourite stories and you sir, have done a stellar job of covering it. I'm a fan.

I would listen to you read a grocery list for two hours. What a treat this is.