Lots of magnificently Restored buildings nestled around Savannah’s twenty-one squares. A number of these buildings are stately homes allegedly still inhabited by former owners. James Habersham was known to roam around the Olde Pink House, now a restaurant, but his dwelling. Juliette Gordon Low, the founder of the Girl Scouts, was born and raised in Savannah. Her parents, long deceased, are said to still roam Juliette’s childhood home.
The story goes that Mrs. Weed caught her husband in a compromising position with one of the Weed’s numerous slaves. Mrs. Weed, quite distraught, ran back to the main residence. After a long argument with her husband, she threw herself or was thrown to her death from a second floor balcony. Shortly after Mrs. Weed’s passing, the servant found with Mr. Weed was found hung in her servant quarters. Both women are thought to be still roaming the grounds.
The Hampton-Lillibridge House Was said to be really haunted in most extreme haunted houses in Ohio, that Jim Williams of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil fame had an exorcism performed at this former boarding house. On innumerable occasions, residents and passersby have heard the sound of jazz coming from within the home.
The Kehoes were a very prominent family in Savannah, as Mr. Kehoe possessed the ironworks on the riverfront. The Kehoes constructed this fireproof, all-iron residence and lived there with their 10 children. It is now a gorgeous bed and breakfast where lots of its visitors report unnatural occurrences like a girl yelling, a nurse shushing visitors, the Lady in White making appearances, and many cases involving ghosts of children.
So, what is it all about Savannah that makes it so appealing to ghosts and ghost stories Lots of folks begin with the fact that Savannah is built on its own dead. It was established in precisely the exact same place as the Creek and Choctaw maintained their burial grounds.
Since the colony began to grow and thrive, it had more space. Buildings were erected on the burial plots of the first colonists. Tombstones in cemeteries were moved to make space for sidewalks and streets. Places of worship were erected on the graves of slaves.