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13 Ghostly events to celebrate Alabama's haunted history

13 Ghostly events to celebrate Alabama's haunted history

Visitors can experience Alabama’s haunted history in October with ghost trails, story-telling festivals and ghost walks.

A variety of events and trails pay homage to the state’s ghostly history including a rare moonlit tour of the famous ghost town Old Cahawba where paranormal investigators will showcase their ghost hunting equipment. In Montgomery a mortician will take you on a tour of Oakwood Cemetery in a hearse. The Black Belt Ghost Trail showcases dozens of haunted sites that include homes, restaurants, cemeteries and Civil War sites.

The Alabama Tourism Department offers the following list of 13 ghostly events taking place this month across the state.
 


Athens
7th Annual “Historic Haunts Walk” — Oct. 2, 9, 16, 23, 30
 

This annual Historic Haunts Walk, held each Tuesday night in October, begins at the Athens Visitors Center and includes tales of paranormal activity at 13 local structures.

13 Ghostly events to celebrate Alabama's haunted history

13 Ghostly events to celebrate Alabama's haunted history

Visitors can experience Alabama’s haunted history in October with ghost trails, story-telling festivals and ghost walks.

A variety of events and trails pay homage to the state’s ghostly history including a rare moonlit tour of the famous ghost town Old Cahawba where paranormal investigators will showcase their ghost hunting equipment. In Montgomery a mortician will take you on a tour of Oakwood Cemetery in a hearse. The Black Belt Ghost Trail showcases dozens of haunted sites that include homes, restaurants, cemeteries and Civil War sites.

The Alabama Tourism Department offers the following list of 13 ghostly events taking place this month across the state.
 


Athens
7th Annual “Historic Haunts Walk” — Oct. 2, 9, 16, 23, 30
 

This annual Historic Haunts Walk, held each Tuesday night in October, begins at the Athens Visitors Center and includes tales of paranormal activity at 13 local structures.

Haunted heritage: Spring Villa Mansion investigation results in lots of strange happenings

Haunted heritage: Spring Villa Mansion investigation results in lots of strange happenings

Spring Villa in lee County had a long history of paranormal legends, so we contacted the historical society because of our interest in history. They invited us to come investigate.

People at the location have reported unusual phenomena, such as seeing a little girl, seeing a man in the window of the upstairs of the new building next to Spring Villa, being touched by an unseen entity, hearing footsteps, voices, seeing shadows and experiencing cold spots. A previous investigator recorded an EVP in the master bedroom. Its history includes the legend of the owner's murder and beheading by a servant.

The home originally was used by Penn & Mary Yonge. It was built by Horace King, a freed part African/part Catawba Indian slave who once belonged to John Godwin, Mary Godwin Yonge’s father. Mr. King was one of the most famous bridge builders in the South.

AU fans can own a piece of the BCS Championship field

AU fans can own a piece of the BCS Championship field

Posted  by: Tom Ensey – tensey@wsfa.com

AUBURN, AL (WSFA) – Auburn fans can own a piece of the actual end zone sod from the Tigers 22-19 win over Oregon in the BCS National Championship Game. Stadium Associates is offering memorabilia that contain pieces of the grass and dirt that were taken up and preserved immediately after the game.

Various products will be available early in February.

For more information: http://www.stadiumassociates.com/Products/NCAA

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Arrests made after more than 230 pounds of marijuana recovered

Arrests made after more than 230 pounds of marijuana recovered

OPELIKA, AL. (WSFA) - Two men are in jail after authorities intercepted more than 230 pounds of marijuana shipped by UPS spanning over four different days.

On December 24, 2010 the Opelika Police Department was called to the UPS Office on Fox Run Parkway in Opelika in reference to two suspicious boxes. A narcotics K-9 was called in and indicated the presence of a controlled substance. A search warrant was obtained for the boxes. Inside they found 78 lbs. of marijuana scheduled to be delivered to T.W. Taxidermy in Notasulga, Alabama.

A search warrant was obtained for that address. On December 28, 2010, members of the Opelika Police Department, the Lee County Sheriff's Office, ABC Board, and the County-Wide Swat team made a controlled delivery of the marijuana to the address. Terry Lee Wynn, 43 of Notasulga, was arrested for Trafficking in Marijuana.