Savannah, GA : America's Most Haunted City?
• Spooky Nonsense: Ghosts & Hauntings
I was born in Savannah, Georgia, lived there for eighteen (often horrifyingly boring) years and went back on and off when my parents were still alive.
As a kid I lived across the street from the colonial era cemetery.
Savannah's citizens have always liked to think the town unique. Not uncommon for many cities but I can't think of anyplace that I lived aside from San Francisco and New York City that had a more self-flattering image.
Nobody ever told me any haunted house stories, famous legends or the like. And I knew many Savannahians who were full of native lore.
In the years since I left Savannah, which hasn't had much of a local economy for decades, has grown increasingly dependent on tourist money. And you know what a tourist magnet stories of spooks and haunted houses are.
The Sci Fi Channel's Ghost Hunters are visiting my old home town:
The city's haunted history stems from its grimmest episodes -- a bloody Revolutionary War battle, a harsh Civil War occupation, devastating fires and three yellow fever epidemics. In 2002, the American Institute of Parapsychology dubbed Savannah "America's Most Haunted City."
"Everyone here has told us, 'Oh, you've got to go to the most haunted place,'" Wilson, 31, says after posing for snapshots with fans outside the pub. "And it's always a different spot."
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Posted by: James Caskey | November 9, 2005 12:13 AM
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