THE BELL WITCH OF TENNESSEE

[LEGEND]

Retelling of an early American legend…

[CHRONOLOGY]
(WSM, NASHVILLE)

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June 1, 1937The Bell Witch of Tennessee

HIDDEN HISTORY (WJZ, NEW YORK—NBC-BLUE)
[Sunday—

September 14, 1941The Legend of the Bell Witch

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YOUNGSTOWN VINDICATOR:

“…concerns the ghost of the Widow Batts,

who was haunting old John Bell because he had cheated her out of her

Tennessee mountain farm… The tale has been taken from American folk

stories collected by the Library of Congress and adapted for radio by

Bernard Victor Dryer…”]