Bell Witch Cave and Cabin, Adams, TN

There is probably no more famous supernatural story in America than that of the Bell Witch. General Andrew Jackson, a future President was also interested in the story of this spirit. Betsy Bell, daughter of John Bell was said to have been tortured by the Bell Witch during her childhood. The version of who the Bell Witch was had several versions; however, the one that is told the most is that she was a neighbor of the Bell family.

Supposedly, Kate Batts claimed she was cheated in a land deal with John Bell. Prior to her death on her deathbed she supposedly swore to haunt him and any descendents he might have. This story is even in the Guidebook of Tennessee that was published in 1933.

There are tours of the Bell farm and the Historic Bell Witch Cave. Visitors to the area can also rent a canoe to float down the Red River. The Bell Witch Cave is on the National Historical Registry by the United States Department of Interior since 2008. The land that the farm and the cave are on is the same land that the family lived on in the early part of the 1800's.

Special tours can be arranged by appointment only. Daytime Bell Witch Cave tours are from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm. The last tour begins at 4:15 pm and the price for the cave tour is ten dollars per person. There is a minimum of twenty dollars per cave tour, so they won't take just one person on a tour. Tickets can be purchased with a Visa or MasterCard. The Bell Witch Cave is open on weekends only in May. June through Labor Day they are closed on Tuesdays and Labor Day through October 31st they are again only open on weekends. The Bell Witch Cave has special dates and times in October for Halloween as well as in November and December. If there have been heavy rains the cave will be closed due to flooding.

The Bell Family Cabin is a replica of the one the family actually lived in. The furnishings in the cabin are from the same time period that the family resided in the area. A detailed accounting of what took place while the family lived on the farm is heard on the tour. Visitors can experience some of the sounds that tormented the family as well. The cabin has old documents, books, pictures and the family tree of the Bell Family. Tours of the cabin are seven dollars per person.

Special tours of the Bell Witch Cave and Cabin at night are available for twenty five dollars a person. These tours include a forty five candle light tour of the cabin and a one hour tour of the cabin. There must be at least four people for these special tours. Extended night tours can be purchased for fifty dollars per person. This tour includes a 45 minute candle light tour of the cabin, a one hour tour of the cave, fifteen minutes of viewing the album of strange pictures, twenty minutes in the Indian burial ground, twenty minutes in the haunted dell and a drawing for the Bell Witch book.