Ribald Classic: The Bell Witch
November, 1968
If you stay around the west part of Robertson County very long, you're bound to hear tell a lot of stories about the Bell witch, some of 'em true and some of 'em plain damn lies. Now, it all started before the War between the States, when John Bell owned a fair-sized plantation back in old North Carolina—a dozen or more field-hand slaves to work it, mules, cows and hogs aplenty. Mr. Bell had a wife, a young daughter name of Betsy, and how many other young'uns I don't rightly remember. Betsy was...
