Ghostly Occurrences

To celebrate the upcoming August release of The Corpsewood Manor Murders in North Georgia, Chattanooga Ghost Tours, Inc is holding a Flash Fiction contest! Flash fiction is ultra-short story writing. Can you capture the attention and imagination of your readers in just a few short words? Flash fiction typically ranges from 100 to 1000 words, though…

Sunday night, we had a guest that started Jack’s cemetery hunt as very much a skeptic. She looked startled but did not speak up when the Ovilus called out a man’s name. She looked startled again but still did not speak up when it said some other things. But after one more instance, she pulled…

Last night, the Ovilus called a guest by name, both first AND last! When his date said, “Did that just say ____ ____?!!” it then called his date by name! Also, we just got a message from one of our old guests, who said that when he was on the hunt some time back, Anna…

Despite our earlier declarations to the contrary, it appears our shop may be haunted. We discovered recently that our building is the oldest commercial building in downtown, but while age bodes well for ghosts, it does not guarantee spirited activity. However, the occurrences of the past few weeks have reached the level of “unexplainable.” Often…

Around this time last year, Hope went through FOUR pairs of shoes in two days to SOMETHING on the tour, which for lack of a better word we named “The Shoe Eating Ghost.” One pair simply tore as she was leading the group, causing her to wrench her foot near a so-called “lounge” on Market…

“The SLS – XCam system is the next level of Paranormal Research.” -Zak Bagans, Ghost Adventures (St James Hotel/season 9 episode 8) The SLS XCam is a Structured Light Sensor which allows us to see greater parts of the spectrum than our eyes can see. Using advanced technology, this equipment pushes the bounds by which…

The family which took the amazing photo of the bride of Patten Chapel came back the very next weekend to see if the hunt would be active again, and they were not disappointed! The ghosts particularly liked one young lady, Cayci, that night. She had repeatedly asked Anna, the “lady in white” ghost bride who…

“Our party did the 11:30PM UTC Cemetery ‘Hunt’ on Saturday, 10/25/14 with John. He was very engaging and informative and made certain that everyone knew what we were doing and enjoyed ourselves. Using the SLS we were able to see anomalies several times and with the Ovilus many of us were able to speak with…

Dr. Shock’s Shock Theatre featured Chattanooga Ghost Tours’ own Amy Petulla and Hope Holloway as they describe some of the equipment that is featured on our ghost hunts and tours. Dr Shock is a local classic from the 60’s and 70’s, a haunted world featuring classic and contemporary horror films, hosted by the neurotic ghoul…

Our ghost hunt on June 29 was especially creepy. We believe it was the monk who repeatedly gave warnings- “Run!”, “It’s coming!”, “Turn left,” and “It’s here!” among others. It also called one of our guests, “Cayla,” by name, and seemed framed shakespeare garden to be addressing these warnings to her. At the time of…

Our 2013 hunts were VERY active. One of the most impressive was when Donnie was about to cross from the campus to the cemetery with his group, when suddenly the Ovilus said “Distress! Distress!” It startled them, so it held them up for a second or two. Right then, a driver came flying around the…

A couple of reports have come in from our June 11 ghost tour already. For those who have been on the downtown ghost tour you may remember the story of the Lattner house that was taken over by General Grant during civil war. Mr Lattner is buried in the Citizenscrypt small cemetery and during our…