Post by michael818 on Jun 30, 2009 16:52:36 GMT -4
A while back, Southern Spooks drew my attention to an abandoned farm near East Bend, NC. The story they were given is the growing rural/urban legend of a farmer who goes mad and kills all his farm workers, his entire family, then himself.
Little did I know at the time, but I already had stories about this particular house, though I mistakenly thought it had been torn down years ago. It has a direct family connection to me.
The mad farmer story, like the Edward Payne Legend of the Edwards House on Edwards (once Payne) Rd. in Rural Hall, is completely untrue. But there ARE real stories associated with it.
The house was built by the Taylor Clan in the late 1800's, and they lived there for several decades. It is the family home of Velma Taylor, a highly respected educator of the early and mid 1900's. In the 1930's, my great aunt and uncle, Charlie and Ola Mae Lineberry moved into the house, and raised their children there, leaving in 1961. As the supposed murderous farmer allegedly did his deed in 1929, this was easily disproved. Perhaps it was yet another misplacement of the Charlie Lawson story? Anyway...
My great aunt and uncle told me stories about the house when I was little. I only discovered it was the same house when one of the models I do portfolio work for took me there, and I photographed it. Mom recognized the house immediately, and my cousin Charles Lee Lineberry confirmed it.
The main stories concern disturbances upstairs and on the staircase. Supposedly, at night, you would sometimes hear someone walking around on the second floor when no one was up there. And you would hear someone coming down the stairs, though no one seen was there. It was said that if you put flour or powder on the steps, you could see the "poofs" with each step the invisible visitor took on the steps! And there would be fresh prints in the powder, though no living person had stepped in it!
The stair spook is supposed to be the ghost of a young boy who did die in the house. My relatives were told that he fell down those stairs. Also, a sick infant passed away in the house as well.
I am busy trying to confirm these deaths in the Taylor Family, and to find more info, as well as looking to protect the decaying structure from further vandalism. Teens and people messing with dark things have made a mess of it, and we'll probably lose it before too long from neglect.
The house stands just off Shady Grove Church Road near East Bend, in a curve. It is nearer the Fall Creek end of this road than the East Bend end. It is in rough shape, and several bees and hornets are nesting there this summer. The front and sides are infested with Poison Ivy too. It is also very snakey, and I have seen copperheads and others. So, if you go for a look, be careful. You might also find the Law patrolling since some of the vandalism, including nasty language, is recent. Still, it is a cool place with some interesting haunted past...
Little did I know at the time, but I already had stories about this particular house, though I mistakenly thought it had been torn down years ago. It has a direct family connection to me.
The mad farmer story, like the Edward Payne Legend of the Edwards House on Edwards (once Payne) Rd. in Rural Hall, is completely untrue. But there ARE real stories associated with it.
The house was built by the Taylor Clan in the late 1800's, and they lived there for several decades. It is the family home of Velma Taylor, a highly respected educator of the early and mid 1900's. In the 1930's, my great aunt and uncle, Charlie and Ola Mae Lineberry moved into the house, and raised their children there, leaving in 1961. As the supposed murderous farmer allegedly did his deed in 1929, this was easily disproved. Perhaps it was yet another misplacement of the Charlie Lawson story? Anyway...
My great aunt and uncle told me stories about the house when I was little. I only discovered it was the same house when one of the models I do portfolio work for took me there, and I photographed it. Mom recognized the house immediately, and my cousin Charles Lee Lineberry confirmed it.
The main stories concern disturbances upstairs and on the staircase. Supposedly, at night, you would sometimes hear someone walking around on the second floor when no one was up there. And you would hear someone coming down the stairs, though no one seen was there. It was said that if you put flour or powder on the steps, you could see the "poofs" with each step the invisible visitor took on the steps! And there would be fresh prints in the powder, though no living person had stepped in it!
The stair spook is supposed to be the ghost of a young boy who did die in the house. My relatives were told that he fell down those stairs. Also, a sick infant passed away in the house as well.
I am busy trying to confirm these deaths in the Taylor Family, and to find more info, as well as looking to protect the decaying structure from further vandalism. Teens and people messing with dark things have made a mess of it, and we'll probably lose it before too long from neglect.
The house stands just off Shady Grove Church Road near East Bend, in a curve. It is nearer the Fall Creek end of this road than the East Bend end. It is in rough shape, and several bees and hornets are nesting there this summer. The front and sides are infested with Poison Ivy too. It is also very snakey, and I have seen copperheads and others. So, if you go for a look, be careful. You might also find the Law patrolling since some of the vandalism, including nasty language, is recent. Still, it is a cool place with some interesting haunted past...