Adams Attractions

HALLOWEEN MAY BE OVER BUT PLENTY OF FOLKS ARE STILL INTERESTED IN TENNESSEE'S MOST FAMOUS GHOST STORY.


THE LEGEND OF THE BELL WITCH BRINGS THOUSANDS OF TRAVELERS TO THE TINY TOWN OF ADAMS IN ROBERTSON COUNTY...BUT GREAT FOOD AND A RARE ANTIQUE SHOP MAY KEEP THEM COMING BACK.

FOX 17'S MIRANDA COHEN TAKES US TO ADAMS...

IF YOU'VE LIVED IN TENNESSEE ANYTIME AT ALL, YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD OF THE BELL WITCH.....

THE SPIRIT THAT TERRORIZED THE FAMILY OF JOHN AND LUCY BELL IN THE EARLY 1800'S HAS BEEN THE SUBJECT OF HOLLYWOOD MOVIES AND NUMEROUS BOOKS....

AND IF YOU VISIT THE TOWN OF ADAMS ..YOU'LL FIND THE BELL WITCH IS STILL THE TALK OF THE TOWN....
Visitor Corky Adkins:
There's more talk in Adams about the Bell Witch than any other thing."


John Mantooth/Adams Antique Mall says:"The older the people are the less likely they are to talk about it but the more original stories they can tell."


Owner of mall and restaurant:" They wanna hear the stories, have you seen anything? have you hear anything?."

IN FACT, PEOPLE COME FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE OLDEST AND MOST ORIGINAL HAUNTING IN THE COUNTRY...

THE ADAMS ANTIQUE MALL IS A HOT SPOT FOR THOSE SEEKING SPOOKY STORIES..

John Mantooth/Adams Antique Mall says:
We have people that travel hundreds of miles to hear stories about the Bell Witch, buy books about the Bell Witch or see if anything odd will happen to them."

FIVE YEARS AGO, SHARON COCKRILL AND HER HUSBAND OPENED THIS ONE TIME SCHOOL HOUSE AND TURNED IT INTO THE TOWNS ONLY ANTIQUE SHOP, HISTORY MUSEUM, TEA ROOM AND RESTAURANT.

LOCAL HISTORIAN AND CASHIER JOHN MANTOOTH NEVER TIRES OF TALKING ABOUT "KATE", THE TOWN'S MOST FAMOUS RESIDENT...


John Mantooth/Adams Antique Mall says:"
If people can't explain something they basically ,if they can't understand something the fight or flight adrealine kicks in and they want to hear something thats different "

(( SOT JOHN MANTOOTH))
John Mantooth/Adams Antique Mall says:
Why it came, where it came from , where it is now? A lot of people think that maybe it's still here...and yes I am a believer."

AFTER YOU FILL YOUR MIND WITH SCARY STORIES, YOU CAN GO DOWNSTAIRS TO FILL YOUR TUMMY ..

(( SHARON COCKRILL))
Owner of mall and restaurant Sharon Cockrill says:"We serve country cookin' that's the only thing I know how to cook and that's what we do here."

((JOHNNIE GODWIN))
Visitor Johnnie Godwin:"Why drive to the ¤
to the smokies or thirty miles away when you can come here and eat good food and learn a little about the Bell Witch legend."

SHARON COCKRILL SAYS AS LONG AS PEOPLE WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE BELL WITCH...HER BUSINESS WON'T DISAPPEAR
..EVEN IF THAT MEANS PUTTING UP WITH A LITTLE EXTRA HELP IN THE KITCHEN.

(( SHARON COCKRILL))
Owner of mall and restaurant :"
Dishes break, things fall off the shelves ya know you see shadows under the door things like that but nothing ever harmful."


(( SHARON COCKRILL))
Owner of mall and restaurant ;"I made a deal wlith her when I came I said you respect what i'm doing and I'm gonna respect your legend so we had an understanding right off the bat."
((MIRANDA COHEN )
"So if you want to learn about history,go antiquing, eat a great meal and talk about Tennessee most famous ghost story you can do it all in Adams Tennessee,I'm Miranda Cohen Fox 17 News."