The Bell Witch: On a Tennessee Farm, a Voice Calling Itself "Kate"

In Tennessee, USA, there was a farmer named John Bell whose family had lived there for many years. Strange things began happening in 1817.

At first, something knocked on the walls at night, as if something were scratching from outside. Then, blankets were pulled off, children's hair was pulled, and twelve-year-old Betsy said someone was slapping her face, leaving it red on one side. Later, objects in the house began to move, and doors opened and closed by themselves.

After that, it began to speak. The voice called itself "the witch of old Kate Batts," and the family later called it "Kate." It could recite the sermon from church that day, and repeat things others had whispered in private; it seemed to know whatever anyone was secretly thinking. It was kind to Mrs. Bell, comforting her, but especially cruel to John Bell himself, saying it would make him die a bad death.

In December 1820, John Bell fell ill for a few days and died. Family members found a small bottle they had never seen beside his bed, containing something black. They gave a bit to the cat, and the cat died on the spot. The voice of "Kate" said it had done it, that it had poisoned him.

At the funeral, everyone heard a voice singing a very cheerful little tune.

Legend says that later U.S. President Andrew Jackson also visited the farm; his carriage was held up on the road by something and could not move, and a voice came through the air: "All right, General, you can go now." It is said he later remarked he would rather fight another battle than encounter that "witch" again.

However, these things were only written down decades later. The earliest book was published in 1894, compiled from family oral accounts. No newspaper or archive from the time mentions this matter.

The farm site still exists today. Next to it is a cave said to be where "Kate" hides, and people go to see it every year.

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