If you've ever driven down Ben Allen Road in Nashville, you’ve passed the namesake of one of the most eccentric and feared men in 19th-century Tennessee. Born into immense wealth, Benjamin Allen rejected the family banking business to master the occult, alchemy, and hypnosis. Operating out of a grand mansion on Spruce Street, Allen became a 33rd-Degree Mason by day and a practitioner of the dark arts by night. The rumors surrounding him were wild—from a cursed golden Buddha statue that appeared on his doorstep to his terrifying ability to plant his voice inside people's heads. But the real horror happened in the dining room, where Allen and his wife hosted late-night séances to summon an invisible, sulfur-smelling entity known only as "The Thing." In this episode, we dig into the bizarre life, the midnight Masonic funeral, and the terrifying supernatural legacy of Nashville's forgotten magician.

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