True stories, Myths, and Tales of the Paranormal

Pickens County Courthouse (Carollton Alabama) True Story submitted by eishes

Pickens County Courthouse (Carollton Alabama) True Story submitted by eishes

The county's original courthouse had been

burned by Wilson's Raid through

Alabama and Georgia in 1865. It was

replaced after the war, but on November 16,

1876, the new courthouse burned to the

ground under suspicious circumstances.

It was not long, the tale continues, before the

blame was focused on Henry Wells. Arrested

but pursued by a lynch mob, Wells is said to

have fled into the attic or garret of the third

courthouse, which was by then being

completed. As the mob searched for him

below, Wells peered out a window to watch.

To his shock, however, lightning suddenly

struck the window and forever etched his

image into its glass. It is widely believed to

this day that the ghostly face of Henry Wells

continues to peer down from the courthouse

window.

eishes- "I and my dad have seen the face, which is really creepy!"

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I know erie right? That would have been enought to freak me out!

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