Savannah Georgia - America's Most Haunted City

In 2003, the American Institute of ParanormalFuneral Home.  It is now a beautiful bed and
Psychology named Savannah America's Mostbreakfast where many of its visitors report
Haunted City.  And Savannah is able to supportsupernatural occurrences such as a woman
the title.  Ghosts, apparitions or paranormalscreaming, a nurse shushing visitors, the Lady in
activities have been reported at many ofWhite making appearances, and several instances
Savannah's inns, restaurants, private residences,involving ghosts of children.
and of course, cemeteries.The list goes on and on!
There are many magnificently restored buildingsSo, what is it about Savannah that makes it so
nestled around Savannah's twenty-one squares. attractive to ghosts and ghost stories?  Many
Many of these buildings are stately homespeople start with the fact that Savannah is literally
supposedly still occupied by former owners. built on its dead.  Savannah was the first city in
James Habersham has been known to roamGeorgia founded in 1733.  It was established in
around the Olde Pink House, now a restaurant,the same location as the Creek and Choctaw
but formerly his home.  Juliette Gordon Low, themaintained their burial grounds. 
founder of the Girl Scouts, was born and raised inAs the colony began to grow and thrive, it
Savannah.  Her parents, long deceased, are saidneeded more room.  Buildings were erected on
to still roam Juliette's childhood home.the burial plots of the original colonists. 
Savannah's Sorrel-Weed House, visited by TheTombstones in cemeteries were moved to make
Atlantic Paranormal Society (TAPS) in 2005 asroom for sidewalks and roads.  Places of worship
part of their SciFi Ghost Hunters Halloween special,were erected on the graves of slaves.
is supposedly haunted.  The story goes that Mrs.Second, Savannah has a very violent history. 
Weed caught her husband in a compromisingMany bloody battles and skirmishes were fought
position with one of the Weed's many slaves. in Savannah.  One of the bloodiest battles of the
Mrs. Weed, very distraught, ran back to herAmerican Revolution, the Siege of Savannah,
second-floor bedroom.  After a long argumentwhere about 1200 men lost their lives in one hour,
with her husband, she either threw herself (orwas fought in Savannah.
was thrown) to her death from a second floorAlso, the city has been victim to many city-wide
balcony.  Soon after Mrs. Weed's death, the slavefires, at least two yellow-fever epidemics and
found with Mr. Weed was found hung in her slaveseveral hurricanes.
quarters.  Both women are said to be stillThird, Savannah has been a major port city since
roaming the grounds.the days of King Cotton, so many a sailor has
The Hampton-Lillibridge House was said to be soventured through Savannah spinning a romantic
haunted, that Jim Williams (of "Midnight in thetale or two.
Garden of Good and Evil" fame) had an exorcismFourth, Savannahians are (proudly) an eccentric
performed at this former boarding house.  Onbunch, as were their ancestors, which adds
countless occasions, residents and passersby havehistory and volume to the ghost stories.  Take
heard the sound of jazz coming from inside thethe
home.Lastly, I blame the large amounts of Spanish
The Kehoes were a very prominent family inmoss hanging from the majestic oak trees.  The
Savannah, as Mr. Kehoe owned the ironworks onblankets of moss look like ghostly shrouds and
the riverfront.  The Kehoes built this fireproof,give the entire region an eerie look.
all-iron home and lived there with their 10Whatever the reason, the ghost stories are
children.  The Kehoe's heirs sold the house inendless, earning the Savannah the right to the title
1930 and the property changed hands manyof America's Most Haunted City.
times to include use for 65 years as the Goette