Mississippi

Biloxi

Pascagoula River

The section of the Pascagoula River that passes near Biloxi is known as the Singing River because of a mysterious buzzing sound emanating
from its depths. It is said that the melodious siren call of an ancient water goddess issues from deep in the river and is joined by the low,
humming sound of hundreds of other voices. The phenomenon has been witnessed by hundreds of people and is most pronounced during August,
September, and October. Biloxi is the name of an Indian tribe that lived here for hundreds of years. They worshipped a mermaid deity and built a
temple for their ceremonies. In 1569, Catholic missionaries forced the Indians to destroy the temple and recant their Pagan beliefs. According to
legend, the mermaid goddess rose from the river and called her people to join her rather than accept Christian doctrines. In a single day, ever
man, woman, and child in the tribe stepped into the river and drowned. Archeological evidence confirms the mass extinction, although most
scholars believe it was at the hands of an enemy tribe. That does not explain the sighting by a scuba diver swimming in the water off Biloxi in
1988. He swears he encountered a creature half-fish, half-woman, with flowing hair and unmistakable human breasts.

Houston

Asbury Cemetery

This cemetery is difficult to find on a dirt back round in a valley. Many people have reported hearing people talking even though there is no one
around, and a very strong gut almost panic-like feeling that someone is watching them. There have been reports of a couple accidents by those
that have visited the cemetery and left in a panic. A witness reported that a group of them were in the cemetery and suddenly they had a horrible
sense of "dread" and they all jumped into their cars and sped away. Later one of the men returend with a woman that he was dating and they sat
in the car and they were talking when they both got an overwhelming felling of panic almost like they were being hunted down. They sped away
but the feeling of being hunted or chased remained with them for a mile or so, and they both kept looking in the rearview mirror making sure
nothing was following them.

Columbus

Errolton

Miss Nellie Weaver, the daughter of the man who built this house in 1848, returned from the grave to put her mark on it. After she was married in
1878, she used her diamond ring to inscribe her name on a parlor window. Nellie said that she loved the house so much that she never wanted to
be forgotten by it. She lived in the house until she was eighty, when she died from the burns suffered when her dress caught fire from sparks from
a fireplace in the rear parlor. The house fell into disrepair but was renovated in the 1950's. Unfortunately, workmen smashed the window that Nellie
had inscribed. Several years late, the new owner, Mrs. Errodline Bateman, was astonished when she lifted the parlor shades and found N-E-L-L-I-
E etched into the windowpane. The ghost of Nellie had returned to inscribe her name exactly as it had appeared to many years before.

Natchez

Devil's Punch Bowl

A sinister presence here is mysteriously linked with the Mississippi River. Devil's Punch Bowl is a giant depression in the bluff's over-looking the
river, a geological abnormality for which there is no scientific explanation. Considerable treasure hunting has take place at the center of the basin,
where pirate and outlaw gold is reputedly buried. At one time it was the hideout of the treacherous John Murrell gang.

Hauck, Dennis. Haunted Places: Ghost abodes, sacred sites, UFO landings, and other supernatural locations. New York: Penguin Book, 1994.