Episode 121: The Blue Ridge Witch & the Haunting of Tilley Bend

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In the quiet forests of northern Georgia sits Lake Blue Ridge. Lake Blue Ridge fans out into a series of spidery creeks and rivers, one of which extends southward until it makes a sharp turn to the west in an area known as Tilley Bend. Tilley Bend is the site of an old wooden church and graveyard where, allegedly, the body of The Blue Ridge Witch is buried. Come learn about the local legends and rumors that tell the tragic tale of two feuding families and a cursed homestead.

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SOURCES:

[1] “The Blue Ridge Witch – Haunting of Tilley Bend Church” by Jeremy Byers for vocal.media, link: https://bit.ly/3KqbTLn

[2] “Tilley Bend Baptist” photographed by Tom Reed for Historic Rural Churches, link: https://bit.ly/3CCiqkb

[3] A YouTube video entitled “The Blue Ridge Witch – A Ghastly Story from Appalachia” uploaded by YouTube channel “Faces of the Forgotten”, link: https://bit.ly/3con9LY

[4] The Encyclopedia Britannica entry on the Creek People, link: https://bit.ly/3xi8CZt

[5] Ancestry.com

[6] FindAGrave.com, link: https://bit.ly/3BCIkDP

[7] YouTube vlog “Haunted Tilly Ben Cemetery *owner opens church*” by Sabrina Workman, link: https://bit.ly/3DkR3f8

[8] YouTube vlog “The Witch of Tilley Bend” by SPIRIT PRO, link: https://bit.ly/3eH4jAk

[9] “Tilley Bend Baptist Church, Blue Ridge Georgia” by Meghan Padgett of Talking Rock, Georgia for HauntedHovel.com, link: https://bit.ly/3QEQaRA

[10] “The Other Side of the Story... Stanley Gap and the Curse of the Tilley Bend Witch” uploaded to Youtube by channel “Travels with Tommy and Lori”

link: https://bit.ly/3RWwTw2

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