Hauntings in Peducah, Kentucky

Why do so many God-fearing Christians live in the south? Perhaps because everywhere you look you'll find a hotel, B&B or restaurant haunted by spirits. Spirits said to be soldiers shot dead during the Civil War unleash phenomenon that scare the wits out of the living.

I'd pray too if that happened to me!

I'm staying in Peducah, Kentucky with my new fearless friend Tom. Tom is wanting of everything spooky, macabre and mysterious. He produces a tv show that challenges the authenticity of monsters and strange sightings for the History Channel. It's no surprise the first restaurant he brought me to was in the Cohen building.

We didn't stay because it was so busy but I did read up on the ghost that roams the halls. Her name is Stella Cohen Peine and the poor soul lost her husband to a murder in the back alley. Employees claim that her ghost wanders the restaurant at odd hours, spilling salt and pepper shakers, flicking lights on and off and moving chairs around. Harmless stuff but just enough to make you believe and respect the afterlife.

Stella died in an upstairs parlor in 1980 and as soon as the building exchanged hands in 1996, weird stuff started happening. Workmen lost tools, equipment didn't work, and a spooky presence was felt. Double yikes!