Hank Williams
Hank Williams’s Death Ride is detailed in several different accounts. The ride I use in this book relies primarily on Hank Williams fan sites.
Bullock, Mark. “Alabama’s Ghost Hunters.” 12 WSFA. http://www.wsfa.com/story/7294214/alabamas-ghost-hunters
CMT: “Spirits of Country Music,” http://www.cmt.com/news/country-music/1458426/the-spirits-of-country-music.jhtml
Ellison, Curtis. Country Music Culture: From Hard Times to Heaven. Jackson, MS: University Press of Mississippi, 1995.
Ghosts of America: “Oak Hill,” http://www.ghostsofamerica.com/2/West_Virginia_Oak_Hill_ghost_sightings.html
Gina Lanier: “Haunted Cemetery Ghost,” http://ginalanier.com/CEMETERYGHOST.php
Hank Williams: “Last Ride,” http://hankwilliams.nl/english/death/ride.html
Haunted Jaunts: “Ryman,” http://www.hauntjaunts.net/tennessee-spirits-the-ghosts-of-the-volunteer-state/
Koon, George William. Hank Williams, so lonesome. Jackson, MS: University Press of Mississippi, 1983.
Marsh, Donna, Jeff Morris, and Garett Merk. Haunted Nashville Handbook (America’s Haunted Road Trip). Cincinnati, OH: Clerisy Press, 2011.
Mystery441: “Old Covington County Jail”, http://www.mystery411.com/Landing_oldcovingtoncountyjail.html
Johnny Cash
Cash, Johnny. Cash: The Autobiography. New York: HarperCollins, 2003.
Go Nomad: “Annie Palmer: The White Witch of Jamaica,” http://www.gonomad.com/1103-annie-palmer-the-white-witch-of-jamaica
Mysterious Destinations Magazine: “Close Encounters at the Johnny Cash House,” http://mysteriousdestinationsmagazine.com/close-encounters-at-the-johnny-cash-house
Nashville Music Guide: “Growing Up Kilgore, the Johnny Horton Story,” http://www.nashvillemusicguide.com/growing-up-kilgore-the-johnny-horton-story/
Rose Hall: “Cinnamon Hill Great House Tour,” https://www.rosehall.com/tours/rose-hall-great-house-day-tour
Turner, Steve. The Man Called CASH. New York: Thomas Nelson, 2005.
Upvenue: “7 Interesting Facts About Johnny Cash,” http://www.upvenue.com/article/1471-7-interesting-facts-about-johnny-cash.html
This YouTube video contains an extensive interview with Merle Kilgore on a few of the incidents discussed in the paranormal partnership of Kilgore, Johnny Cash, and Johnny Horton. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmEtBlGTPjE
Roy Acuff
Biography.com: “Roy Acuff,” http://www.biography.com/people/roy-acuff-20641565?page=2
Country Rebel: “Top 5 Most Haunted Places in Nashville,” http://countryrebel.com/blogs/videos/74350403-top-5-most-haunted-places-in-nashville
Marsh, Donna, Jeff Morris, and Garett Merk. Haunted Nashville Handbook (America’s Haunted Road Trip). Cincinnati, OH: Clerisy Press, 2011.
Nashville Real Estate Blogger, http://nashvillerealestateblogger.com/?m=200810
Patsy Cline
American Hauntings: “When Stars Fall from the Sky,” http://troytaylorbooks.blogspot.com/2013/03/when-stars-fall-from-sky.html
Bastion, Lam. The Airplane Crash that Killed Patsy Cline. Amazon Digital Services, Inc., 2011.
Ghosts of the Prairie: “Ghosts of Ryman Auditorium,” http://www.prairieghosts.com/ryman.html
Ghost Village message board, Ghost of Patsy Cline, http://www.ghostvillage.com/ghostcommunity/index.php?showtopic=25161
Hazen, Cindy, and Mike Freeman. Love Always, Patsy. New York: The Berkley Publishing Group, 1999.
York Daily Record: “Yorker Haunted by Patsy Cline,” Archived here: http://web.archive.org/web/20150716020704/http://www.ydr.com/mike/ci_25684647/mike-argento-yorker-haunted-by-patsy-cline
Patsy Cline fan site on Facebook page includes a brief history of the home and historic pictures here: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.553740041318937.137046
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Loretta Lynn
Country Music Highway: “Every Museum Has A Story,” http://www.countrymusichighway.com/EveryMuseumHasAStory.html
Ghosts of the Prairie: “The Haunting of Hurricane Mills, Home of Loretta Lynn,” http://www.prairieghosts.com/hur_mills.html
Lynn, Loretta, and George Vecsey. Loretta Lynn: Coal Miner’s Daughter. New York: Vintage, 2010.
Taste of Country: “Loretta Lynn’s Plantation House to Be Featured on Travel Channel’s ‘Ghost Adventures’ on June 10,” http://tasteofcountry.com/loretta-lynn-ghost-adventures-june-10/
Theresa’s Haunted History of the Tri-State, http://theresashauntedhistoryofthetri-state.blogspot.com/2013/04/kentuckys-van-lear-coal-miners-museum.html
Van Lear Historical Society, http://www.vanlearkentucky.com/ghost.html
Elvis Presley
Alastar Packer, http://alastarpacker.weebly.com/mists--moonlight/alastar-packer-haunted-graceland-and-a-ghostly-encounter-in-memphis
Dixie Spirits Blog: “Elvis Lives! Spectral Sightings of the King of Rock n Roll,” https://ckc4me.wordpress.com/2013/05/16/elvis-lives-spectral-sightings-of-the-king-of-rock-n-roll/
“The Ghost of Elvis Presley,” http://crazyhorsesghost.hubpages.com/hub/The-Ghost-Of-Elvis-Presley
Ghosts of Graceland: Archive X, https://web.archive.org/web/20051030081430/http://www.wirenot.net/X/Articles/2005/G/ghostsofgraceland.shtml
Many examples of Elvis’s ghost, including several videos on YouTube, including this one: Elvis Presley’s Ghost at Graceland on 11-23-14 !!! must see, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9v53nlAXgBU
Mindy McCready
E Online, http://www.eonline.com/news/382780/mindy-mccready-denies-she-killed-boyfriend-david-wilson-blasts-reports-of-an-affair
Perez Hilton, http://perezhilton.com/2013-02-22-mindy-mccready-dead-boyfriend-visited-her-before-her-suicide#.Vjs8v7erSM9
Bernard Ricks
The Chimes, December 1961 http://www.ehbritten.org/docs/chimes_december_1961.pdf
Turner, Steve. The Man Called CASH. New York: Thomas Nelson, 2005.
The Ryman Auditorium
Ghosts of Tennessee: “Ryman Auditorium,” http://tn_ghost.tripod.com/sites/reports/ryman_auditorium.html
Ghosts of the Prairie: “Ryman Auditorium,” http://www.prairieghosts.com/ryman.html
Haunted Places to Go: “Haunted Places in Tennessee—the Ryman Auditorium,” http://www.haunted-places-to-go.com/haunted-places-in-tennessee.html
Hoobler, James A. A Guide to Historic Nashville, Tennessee. Charleston, SC: The History Press, 2008.
Ryman Auditorium website, http://ryman.com/history/captain-tom-ryman
Opryland
Appalachian Ghostwalks: “Tennessee Ghosts and Haunted Places,” http://www.appalachianghostwalks.com/tennessee-ghost-stories-haunted-places/nashville-ghosts.html
Coleman, Christopher K. Ghosts and Haunts of Tennessee. Winston-Salem, NC: John F. Blair, 2011.
Fun Times Guide: “Looking for Ghosts & Haunted Places in Tennessee,” http://franklin.thefuntimesguide.com/2006/09/tennesseeghosts.php
Ghost Place message board: “Opryland Hauntings,” http://www.ghostplace.com/threads/opryland-hotel-hauntings.6511/
Ghost Stories and Haunted Places: “Black Lady of Opryland,” http://ghoststoriesandhauntedplaces.blogspot.com/2011/04/black-lady-of-opryland.html
Haunted Places: “Gaylord Opryland Resort,” http://www.hauntedplaces.org/item/gaylord-opryland-resort/
The Music City Center
Unexplainable: “Haunted and Scary in Missouri Part 3,” http://www.unexplainable.net/ghost-paranormal/what_s_haunted_and_scary_in_missouri_part_3.php
Apollo Civic Theatre
The Herald-Mail, http://articles.herald-mail.com/2002-01-28/news/25122646_1_ghost-stories-ghost-hunters-paranormal-activity
Huntingdon Paranormal: “Haunted West Viginia,” http://web.archive.org/web/20160113215106/http://www.huntingtonparanormal.com/hauntedwv.html
Shreveport Municipal Auditorium
20 X 49 Shreveport-Bossier website: “Is This a Ghost at Shreveport Municipal,” http://20x49.shreveport-bossier.org/index.php/2012/08/02/is-this-a-ghost-at-shreveport-municipal-auditorium/
Joiner, Gary D., and Cheryl H. White. Historic Haunts of Shreveport. Charleston, SC: The History Press, 2010.
Shreveport Times: “Is the Municipal Really Haunted,” http://web.archive.org/web/20130616012427/http://www.shreveporttimes.com/article/20130612/NEWS01/306110047
You can also check out videos about the haunting on YouTube, including testimony from witnesses of the ghostly activity. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJzf4pk2D64
Memorial Hall
Basehor Sentinel: “Ghost Tour Group Sets Its Sights on Memorial Hall Tour,” http://www.basehorinfo.com/news/2009/oct/08/ghost-tour-group-sets-its-sights-memorial-hall-tou/
Patsy Cline Discography: “Last Concert—March 3, 1963,” http://patsyclinediscography.com/march3.php
The Bijou
Basehorinfo.com: “Ghost Tour Group Sets Its Sights—Memorial Hall Tour,” http://www.basehorinfo.com/news/2009/oct/08/ghost-tour-group-sets-its-sights-memorial-hall-tou/
Bijou Theatre History, http://www.knoxbijou.com/About-Us/bijou-theatre-history
Ghosts and Spirits of Tennesse, John Norris Broan, archived here: https://web.archive.org/web/20140323070814/http://www.johnnorrisbrown.com/paranormal-tn/bijou/index.htm
Paramount Art Center
Theresa’s Haunted History of the Tri-State Haunting: “Billy Ray Cyrus Meets a Ghost… At the Paramount Arts Center in Ashland, Ky,” http://theresashauntedhistoryofthetri-state.blogspot.com/2011/05/billy-ray-cyrus-meets-ghostat-paramount.html
Paramount Arts Center, http://paramountartscenter.com/history-mission/
Bobby Mackey’s Music World
About.com: “The Ghosts of Bobby Mackey’s Nightclub,” http://paranormal.about.com/od/hauntedplaces/a/aa031207.htm
Doubtful News: “Haunted history of Bobby Mackey’s Music World fails to stand up to scrutiny,” http://doubtfulnews.com/2015/04/haunted-history-of-bobby-mackeys-music-world-fails-to-stand-up-to-scrutiny/
Haunted Houses: Bobby Mackey’s Music World, http://www.hauntedhouses.com/states/ky/bobby_mackeys.htm
Hensley, Douglas. Hell’s Gate: Terror at Bobby Mackey’s Music World. Outskirts Press, 2005.
Smith, Dan. Ghosts of Bobby Mackey’s Music World. Charleston, SC: History Press, 2013.
As noted in the text, some information based on personal interviews with paranormal investigators who conduct tours of the premises.
A Toast to Nashville’s Ghosts
Marsh, Donna, Jeff Morris, and Garett Merk. Haunted Nashville Handbook (America’s Haunted Road Trip). Cincinnati, OH: Clerisy Press, 2011.
What-When-How.com: “Haunted Places, Tootsies,” http://what-when-how.com/haunted-places/tootsie%E2%80%99s-orchid-lounge-nashville-tennessee-haunted-place/
Museum Club
Legends of America: “Haunted Museum Club in Flagstaff,” http://www.legendsofamerica.com/az-museumclub.html
Capitol Records
Haunted Houses: “Capitol Records,” http://www.hauntedhouses.com/states/tn/capitol_records.htm
Ghost Traveller: Tennessee, http://www.ghosttraveller.com/tennessee.htm
Coleman, Christopher K. Ghosts and Haunts of Tennessee. Winston-Salem, NC: John F. Blair, 2011.
RCA Studios
Coleman, Christopher K. Ghosts and Haunts of Tennessee. Winston-Salem, NC: John F. Blair, 2011.
Real Haunted Places: “Nashville, TN - RCA Studio B,” http://realhauntedplaces.blogspot.com/2011/10/nashville-tn-rca-studio-b.html
Bennett House (Bagbey House)
Bagbey House: Bennett Family Lineage, https://web.archive.org/web/20160314231614/http://bagbeyhouse.com/index.php/about/bennett-family-lineage
Record Shops That Are Haunted Hot Spots
Marsh, Donna, Jeff Morris, and Garett Merk. Haunted Nashville Handbook (America’s Haunted Road Trip). Cincinnati, OH: Clerisy Press, 2011.
Freaky Frequencies
Salem-News, “Haunted Oregon Radio Station Still Restless Decades Later,” http://www.salem-news.com/articles/november262012/oregon-ghosts-tk.php
WTXL website, “Big Moose’s New Ghost Friend,” http://www.wtxl.com/news/hot-on-the-web-big-moose-s-new-ghost-friend/article_f948b6b6-93d7-11e3-aeaf-001a4bcf6878.html
Big Cedar Lodge
Big Cedar Lodge website, http://www.big-cedar.com/Page/The-Legend-of-Buzzard-Bar.aspx
Explore Southern History: “The Ghost of Big Cedar Resort—Branson, Missouri,” http://www.exploresouthernhistory.com/bigcedarghost.html
“Haunted Hotel rooms with a BOO!,” by NBC Travel Editor Peter Greenberg, accessed via http://www.angelfire.com/ri/spookycat/travelhaunts.html
Walking Horse Hotel
Walking Horse Hotel: Haunted Hotel, http://web.archive.org/web/20140505023913/http://walkinghorsehotel.com/haunted-hotel
The Stockyards Hotel
Brown, Alan. The Big Book of Texas Ghost Stories. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 2012.
Cook, Rita. Haunted Fort Worth. Charleston, SC: History Press, 2011.
http://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserReviews-g55857-d114952-r73831843-Stockyards_Hotel-Fort_Worth_Texas.html
Maison de Ville
Maison de Ville, http://www.maisondeville.com/
Ghosts of Louisiana: “Maison de Ville,” http://www.ghostsoflouisiana.com/MDV.html
The Ozark Spook Lights
Mysterious Universe: “The Missouri Spook Light,”
http://mysteriousuniverse.org/2013/05/the-missouri-spook-light/
Prosser, Lee. Branson Hauntings. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing, 2010.
Brown Mountain Lights
Brown Mountain Lights, www.brownmountainlights.com
One of the best resources available for this phenomena is available on the web as a free pdf. Brown Mountain Lights Viewing Guide by Joseph P. Warren accessed via http://shadowboxent.brinkster.net/bml%20viewing%20guide_9-16-13.pdf
Fiddler’s Rock
Ghosts of the Prairie: “Fiddler’s Rock,” http://www.prairieghosts.com/fiddler.html
The Moonlit Road: “The Ghost of Fiddler’s Rock,” http://themoonlitroad.com/the-ghost-of-fiddlers-rock/
Folsom Prison
The Examiner, “Arizona Ghost Hunter Travels: Thanksgiving at Folsom Prison,” http://www.examiner.com/article/arizona-ghost-hunter-travels-thanksgiving-at-folsom-prison?sms_ss=digg&at_xt=4ce991b643c66fb8%2C0
Folsom Telegraph, “Ghostly Tales Haunt Historic Folsom Prison,” http://foamcage.com/arizona-ghost-hunter-travels-thanksgiving-at-folsom-prison/
Witch Dance and Lyric Theater
Ghost Stories: “Lyric Theater,” http://paranormalstories.blogspot.com/2010/09/lyric-theater.html
Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, “TCT to Open Haunted Theatre on Friday,” http://djournal.com/news/tct-to-open-haunted-theatre-on-friday/
Phantoms and Monsters: “Ghosts of Tupelo, Mississippi,” http://www.phantomsandmonsters.com/2010/06/ghosts-of-tupelo-mississippi.html
Preston Castle
Ghost Stories, “Preston Castle,” http://paranormalstories.blogspot.com/2009/06/preston-castle.html
Unexplained Mysteries: “My Preston Castle Ghost Story,” http://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/column.php?id=187971
Haunted Jukeboxes
Burger One website, http://www.burgerone.com/country-restaurant-clarendon/ghost-story.html
Clarendon Hills Historical Society: “Country House Ghost,” http://clarendonhillshistory.org/clarendon-hills-history/country-house-ghost/
Ghost Adventures websites and episode, Season 1, episode 1, http://ghostadventures.wikia.com/wiki/Bobby_Mackey’s_Music_World_(episode)
Hensley, Douglas. Hell’s Gate: Terror at Bobby Mackey’s Music World. Outskirts Press, 2005.
Swayne, Matthew. Haunted Rock and Roll. Woodbury, MN: Llewellyn, 2013.
Haunted Tour Bus
You can read more about Whisperin’ Bill Anderson’s paranormal tour at the following blogs. A few of the sites still have videos that document the supposed run-ins with the ghost.
The Boot, http://theboot.com/bill-anderson-tour-2010
That Nashville Sound Blog, http://thatnashvillesound.blogspot.com/2010/03/bill-anderson-dealing-with-haunted-tour.html
Epilogue
CSICOP: Elvis Lives!, http://www.csicop.org/sb/show/elvis_lives_investigating_the_legends_and_phenomena/