September 11, 2024 • 13 mins
This Simpson, County Kentucky location has been called Kentuckys most haunted location. Many report cold spots, soldiers, and the clash of deadly battles.
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Speaker 1 (00:18):
We walk amongst ghosts every day, be it sights of
war and strife, are poverty and horror. The twisting, snaking
paths are beautiful but candid us to some things undiscovered
and terrifying, from the Mississippi Delta to the jungles of
the far East.
Speaker 2 (00:38):
The dead demand to be acknowledged.
Speaker 1 (00:42):
This is what we do here.
Speaker 2 (00:45):
Welcome to the House of Asher, and good morning. It
is an early morning here at this time of my recording,
this particular that's theisode of House of Asher. I should
probably say I am Steve Asher, your humble host. Welcome.
(01:08):
You are most likely hearing this on some of the
multitudes of podcasts streaming services, everything from iHeart to Spotify
to spreaker and whatnot. Now you may be watching this
slash listen to this on YouTube at my channel House
of ashuer Stick around because there will be some interesting
(01:31):
changes coming up, and I'll talk about that on a
letter episode. But do check out my name that's all
lowercasing together, Steve Asher dot Studio. This will take you
to my main website, which covers everything from my books, appearances,
(01:52):
things of that nature, the podcast obviously, and some different
things I'm looking to get and into you know, I
like to keep my hands and stuff. Always been a
messy kid, you know. So anyway, what I want to
talk to you about this morning is a little place
called Octagon Hall. Octagon Hall is located in Simpson County, Kentucky,
(02:15):
specifically in Franklin, Kentucky. And as you would assume, this
structure is, you know, octagon shaped, hence its name, and
it's it's been featured on a lot of different stuff.
It's it's people called it one of the most haunted
places in the South. It has a lot of the
(02:38):
associations with the Calgwell family, the Confederate Union Armies both
stayed there, died there. There were slaves on the on
the property, so there's a lot of different kind of
nefarious things. Obviously can that happens there, which is not
always the sign of a haunting. But you know, it
(02:59):
don't hurt to you know what I'm saying. I understand.
It's been minutes, been featured on everything most terrifying places
on Earth, ghost hunters, haunted collector, wraith chasers, haunted, discoveries
that cross death walkers. I could go on and on
which I had heard about it initially from k ET
(03:23):
because I'm one of them, a larned types, you know
what I'm saying. And this time of year, k ET
would bring a lot of entering, interesting stuff that touches
on folklore, which is well, that's my gems, that's that's
where I live. You know, I love folklore, I love
old hauntings, I love urban legends and whatnot. And you know,
(03:47):
you can actually contact these people if you are interested
in doing a investigation. Now, they don't do overnights, but
they seem that they run a pretty tight ship, and
it seems like it's that kind of thing. Well, I
should probably say they only offer overnights like two very
(04:07):
seasoned at least at least two years in the game,
and just because there's stuff in there that they don't
want to have broken, they don't give it to individuals
thrill seekers and whatnot. Now they do have novice ghost
hunts and stuff like that, but they you know, again,
this is a historical site, guys, and you can't just
(04:29):
go tromping through and wrecking the place, you know, you know,
drilling hose to put up cameras and whatnot. That's uh,
that's heca nobuena. You know what I'm saying, but I
have had friends that went there. I've seen some pretty
pretty gnarly looking pictures, you know, anything from you only
(04:51):
could call them kind of wraith like looking figures. You
have very milky, ghostly looking people, you know, the classic
you know, women with their hair up coming through, kind
of matronalily looking, you know, ladies of the house and whatnot.
And this is and now I'm talking this has been
(05:11):
seen on television as well. So that's something that comes off,
you know, I mean, it gives us a little bit
more validity and whatnot. But it's one of these things where,
excuse me, I think the kind of call they're claim
to fame really ties in with It was during the
(05:32):
time when there's Fort Henry, Fort Donaldson, Okay, which is
in the area. Well, when the fall of those different
forts happened, I believe this is around eighteen sixty two
if memory serves, the Confederate forces ended up evacuated their
(05:55):
strongholds and Bowling Green and it ended up winding up
taking refuge at Octagon Hall. Now I understand this was
not like a small little ragtag group of guys. This
is probably eight to ten thousand Confederate soldiers camped there
on the grounds, and it was actually February thirteenth before
(06:16):
they ended up retreating into Tennessee the following morning. Now,
the thing about that is, of course there's a lot
of stuff that pops off, so it just it's it
makes sense in all, you know, obviously, but it's you
(06:37):
want to go into anything like that with a certain
bit of resignation. I think that all in all, it's
it's a pretty interesting place. I know, there's a lot
of folklore in and around the location as well, everything
from you know, hauntings of local local homes, pubs and whatnot,
(07:03):
or former pubs. See, that's what you got to remember too.
Here in the South, we repurpose everything, and a lot
of times some sort of state house or very nice
Confederate house might have had lives as a as a plantation,
possibly as a school or a finishing school for young women.
(07:24):
It's it's interesting where it's very layered. I mean, that's
not unheard of anyway. In a lot of places. You know,
there's look at a lot of churches and things like that,
they were built on the property of something else or
some other faith, you know. I mean that goes all
the way back to biblical times. But the thing I
(07:46):
like about this area is that, hey, first of all,
the people who own it have found an interesting way
to facilitate people being able to use it, being able
to cover their upkeep, which is you've got to consider it,
you know, especially having an aging edifice, it's gonna need
(08:06):
constant touch ups and things like that. It's just it's
the nature of it. So I love the fact that
right now they seem very open to people want to
investigate and willing to let researchers come in and do
their thing, which again helps I think helps everybody out,
(08:28):
especially if it's a legitimate research team with you know,
true research, not sensationalism at the heart of it. Now,
you know, I've heard stories of cavalry horses. I've heard
(08:48):
people talk about the sounds of trumpets, you know, like
doing revery, heard clashing of swords, you know, black powder
or whatever, shots going off, which would make sense along
the time where most of the more volatile dark elements happen. Now,
(09:15):
I would be very curious to hear from you guys,
if you've had any experiences there. So if you are
listening on some of the different podcast providers. Do make
your way over to YouTube and do look me up
under House of Asher. Also you can look at my
(09:35):
name Steve Asher or STEVEE. Asher, which is what I
publish under. And if you should be able to find
this particular episode and give me your thoughts. Maybe you
grew up around there, maybe you have a lifetime of stories,
maybe you visited, maybe you had somebody who worked there
on the grounds and experienced things. I've heard a lot
of that. It seems like when you start messing with
(10:01):
what they knew, they don't like it, which is interesting
because you all have places where you'll have a ghost
walking through the wall. Why they keep walking through the wall, Well,
one hundred years ago, there's there wasn't a wall there,
or maybe there was a doorway there that got closed
up for whatever reason. They're still running on ghost time
(10:22):
or their reality time. And after all, these are human spirits,
which obviously come from humans. We all are creatures of
habit that is sort of you know, we're dogmatic. We
really like tend to like structure, we like square corners,
(10:43):
we like to have order. And I'm going to assume
even in the world of the spirits, it would probably
be that way if that's what you've known, if you've
walked around in a three dimensional world and you're suddenly
and well, who knows what dimension that is. You know,
it's like an old cop where somebody like that, somebody
(11:05):
has been used to getting up, going to the barn
and milking their cows at four in the morning. Well
they retired that down. They passed it down to their
kids to handle. But you know what, they're still probably
gonna get upto in the morning. They're still gonna probably
have that cup of coffee. Look out the window. Once
it's kind of bread into you. Once it's in your bones,
(11:26):
that's who you are. Just it is how it is,
and most of time it no one quite ever loses that.
So again, Octagon Hall, Simpson County, Kentucky, Franklin, Kentucky specifically
check it out. I would love to see images, I
would love to see all that. Feel free to contact
(11:48):
me through YouTube. I would love to hear what you
got to say. Definitely interested in hearing more about it.
And it's one of the little jewels and my neck
of the woods of Kentucky that I'm very proud to
call haunted home now as a sun comes out this morning.
(12:16):
I want you to go out there and enjoy all
that lovely cooling weather as we're going into fall. But
as the sun sets behind the pines and the shadows
grow long, do make sure to look down your back hallway,
look under your bed, look out into that backfield beyond
(12:38):
your storage building. You never know you might encounter a
group of Confederates still trying to find their way home.
But it's okay. Don't be afraid, because there is fear
and learning, make sure that you take it as just
that a learning experience. I love you all again, Steveasher
(13:01):
Dot Studio, look me up, and until next time, my friends,
stay scare
We walk amongst ghosts every day, be it sights of
war and strife, are poverty and horror. The twisting, snaking
paths are beautiful but candid us to some things undiscovered
and terrifying, from the Mississippi Delta to the jungles of
the far East.
Speaker 2 (00:38):
The dead demand to be acknowledged.
Speaker 1 (00:42):
This is what we do here.
Speaker 2 (00:45):
Welcome to the House of Asher, and good morning. It
is an early morning here at this time of my recording,
this particular that's theisode of House of Asher. I should
probably say I am Steve Asher, your humble host. Welcome.
(01:08):
You are most likely hearing this on some of the
multitudes of podcasts streaming services, everything from iHeart to Spotify
to spreaker and whatnot. Now you may be watching this
slash listen to this on YouTube at my channel House
of ashuer Stick around because there will be some interesting
(01:31):
changes coming up, and I'll talk about that on a
letter episode. But do check out my name that's all
lowercasing together, Steve Asher dot Studio. This will take you
to my main website, which covers everything from my books, appearances,
(01:52):
things of that nature, the podcast obviously, and some different
things I'm looking to get and into you know, I
like to keep my hands and stuff. Always been a
messy kid, you know. So anyway, what I want to
talk to you about this morning is a little place
called Octagon Hall. Octagon Hall is located in Simpson County, Kentucky,
(02:15):
specifically in Franklin, Kentucky. And as you would assume, this
structure is, you know, octagon shaped, hence its name, and
it's it's been featured on a lot of different stuff.
It's it's people called it one of the most haunted
places in the South. It has a lot of the
(02:38):
associations with the Calgwell family, the Confederate Union Armies both
stayed there, died there. There were slaves on the on
the property, so there's a lot of different kind of
nefarious things. Obviously can that happens there, which is not
always the sign of a haunting. But you know, it
(02:59):
don't hurt to you know what I'm saying. I understand.
It's been minutes, been featured on everything most terrifying places
on Earth, ghost hunters, haunted collector, wraith chasers, haunted, discoveries
that cross death walkers. I could go on and on
which I had heard about it initially from k ET
(03:23):
because I'm one of them, a larned types, you know
what I'm saying. And this time of year, k ET
would bring a lot of entering, interesting stuff that touches
on folklore, which is well, that's my gems, that's that's
where I live. You know, I love folklore, I love
old hauntings, I love urban legends and whatnot. And you know,
(03:47):
you can actually contact these people if you are interested
in doing a investigation. Now, they don't do overnights, but
they seem that they run a pretty tight ship, and
it seems like it's that kind of thing. Well, I
should probably say they only offer overnights like two very
(04:07):
seasoned at least at least two years in the game,
and just because there's stuff in there that they don't
want to have broken, they don't give it to individuals
thrill seekers and whatnot. Now they do have novice ghost
hunts and stuff like that, but they you know, again,
this is a historical site, guys, and you can't just
(04:29):
go tromping through and wrecking the place, you know, you know,
drilling hose to put up cameras and whatnot. That's uh,
that's heca nobuena. You know what I'm saying, but I
have had friends that went there. I've seen some pretty
pretty gnarly looking pictures, you know, anything from you only
(04:51):
could call them kind of wraith like looking figures. You
have very milky, ghostly looking people, you know, the classic
you know, women with their hair up coming through, kind
of matronalily looking, you know, ladies of the house and whatnot.
And this is and now I'm talking this has been
(05:11):
seen on television as well. So that's something that comes off,
you know, I mean, it gives us a little bit
more validity and whatnot. But it's one of these things where,
excuse me, I think the kind of call they're claim
to fame really ties in with It was during the
(05:32):
time when there's Fort Henry, Fort Donaldson, Okay, which is
in the area. Well, when the fall of those different
forts happened, I believe this is around eighteen sixty two
if memory serves, the Confederate forces ended up evacuated their
(05:55):
strongholds and Bowling Green and it ended up winding up
taking refuge at Octagon Hall. Now I understand this was
not like a small little ragtag group of guys. This
is probably eight to ten thousand Confederate soldiers camped there
on the grounds, and it was actually February thirteenth before
(06:16):
they ended up retreating into Tennessee the following morning. Now,
the thing about that is, of course there's a lot
of stuff that pops off, so it just it's it
makes sense in all, you know, obviously, but it's you
(06:37):
want to go into anything like that with a certain
bit of resignation. I think that all in all, it's
it's a pretty interesting place. I know, there's a lot
of folklore in and around the location as well, everything
from you know, hauntings of local local homes, pubs and whatnot,
(07:03):
or former pubs. See, that's what you got to remember too.
Here in the South, we repurpose everything, and a lot
of times some sort of state house or very nice
Confederate house might have had lives as a as a plantation,
possibly as a school or a finishing school for young women.
(07:24):
It's it's interesting where it's very layered. I mean, that's
not unheard of anyway. In a lot of places. You know,
there's look at a lot of churches and things like that,
they were built on the property of something else or
some other faith, you know. I mean that goes all
the way back to biblical times. But the thing I
(07:46):
like about this area is that, hey, first of all,
the people who own it have found an interesting way
to facilitate people being able to use it, being able
to cover their upkeep, which is you've got to consider it,
you know, especially having an aging edifice, it's gonna need
(08:06):
constant touch ups and things like that. It's just it's
the nature of it. So I love the fact that
right now they seem very open to people want to
investigate and willing to let researchers come in and do
their thing, which again helps I think helps everybody out,
(08:28):
especially if it's a legitimate research team with you know,
true research, not sensationalism at the heart of it. Now,
you know, I've heard stories of cavalry horses. I've heard
(08:48):
people talk about the sounds of trumpets, you know, like
doing revery, heard clashing of swords, you know, black powder
or whatever, shots going off, which would make sense along
the time where most of the more volatile dark elements happen. Now,
(09:15):
I would be very curious to hear from you guys,
if you've had any experiences there. So if you are
listening on some of the different podcast providers. Do make
your way over to YouTube and do look me up
under House of Asher. Also you can look at my
(09:35):
name Steve Asher or STEVEE. Asher, which is what I
publish under. And if you should be able to find
this particular episode and give me your thoughts. Maybe you
grew up around there, maybe you have a lifetime of stories,
maybe you visited, maybe you had somebody who worked there
on the grounds and experienced things. I've heard a lot
of that. It seems like when you start messing with
(10:01):
what they knew, they don't like it, which is interesting
because you all have places where you'll have a ghost
walking through the wall. Why they keep walking through the wall, Well,
one hundred years ago, there's there wasn't a wall there,
or maybe there was a doorway there that got closed
up for whatever reason. They're still running on ghost time
(10:22):
or their reality time. And after all, these are human spirits,
which obviously come from humans. We all are creatures of
habit that is sort of you know, we're dogmatic. We
really like tend to like structure, we like square corners,
(10:43):
we like to have order. And I'm going to assume
even in the world of the spirits, it would probably
be that way if that's what you've known, if you've
walked around in a three dimensional world and you're suddenly
and well, who knows what dimension that is. You know,
it's like an old cop where somebody like that, somebody
(11:05):
has been used to getting up, going to the barn
and milking their cows at four in the morning. Well
they retired that down. They passed it down to their
kids to handle. But you know what, they're still probably
gonna get upto in the morning. They're still gonna probably
have that cup of coffee. Look out the window. Once
it's kind of bread into you. Once it's in your bones,
(11:26):
that's who you are. Just it is how it is,
and most of time it no one quite ever loses that.
So again, Octagon Hall, Simpson County, Kentucky, Franklin, Kentucky specifically
check it out. I would love to see images, I
would love to see all that. Feel free to contact
(11:48):
me through YouTube. I would love to hear what you
got to say. Definitely interested in hearing more about it.
And it's one of the little jewels and my neck
of the woods of Kentucky that I'm very proud to
call haunted home now as a sun comes out this morning.
(12:16):
I want you to go out there and enjoy all
that lovely cooling weather as we're going into fall. But
as the sun sets behind the pines and the shadows
grow long, do make sure to look down your back hallway,
look under your bed, look out into that backfield beyond
(12:38):
your storage building. You never know you might encounter a
group of Confederates still trying to find their way home.
But it's okay. Don't be afraid, because there is fear
and learning, make sure that you take it as just
that a learning experience. I love you all again, Steveasher
(13:01):
Dot Studio, look me up, and until next time, my friends,
stay scare
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