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Between 1817 and 1821, the Bell family of rural Tennessee became the center of one of the most chilling and best-documented hauntings in American history.

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Bibliography
Goodwin, Eric. "Legends in Lyon: The Bell Witch Incident at MTSU." University Wire, 30 Sept. 2017.

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Hudson, Arthur Palmer, and Pete Kyle McCarter. “The Bell Witch of Tennessee and Mississippi: A Folk Legend.” The Journal of American Folklore, vol. 47, no. 183, 1934, pp. 45–63.

Ingram, M.V. An Authenticated History of the Famous Bell Witch. Rare Book Reprints, 1961.

Steward, Paul Jay. “Chapter 50: Caves in Folklore, Myth, and Legend.” Encyclopedia of Caves, eds. William B. White et al. Academic Press, 2019.