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The Bell Witch Haunting (2004)

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Horror. Supernatural thriller based on supposed true events surrounding the Bell family and an entity known as the Bell Witch in Adams County, Tennessee between 1817 and 1821, when they were haunted by a spirit or ghost which physically attacked and injured the children, and evinced a particular hatred towards the father John Bell, whilst conversely adoring his wife Lucy. The entity spoke and whispered with a variety of people who visited to see and assess this phenomena and claimed to have caused the death of John Bell. The place is still reputedly haunted.

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