Loretta Lynn’s Haunted House

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She might be a Coal Miner’s Daughter-turned country music star, but Loretta Lynn also claims psychic powers and has come in contact with many ghosts, including that of her father. According to some recent blogs, Loretta has been working with celebrity ghost whisperer James Van Praagh on trying to rid her gorgeous Hurricane Mills, TN home of ghosts.

Loretta Lynn’s home at 44 Hurricane Mills Rd, Hurricane Mills, TN, is located about 73 miles west of Nashville, TN. She found it back in the 1960s when she and her husband Oliver Lynn (aka “Doolittle” or “Doo,” or “Mooney” for moonshine ) went on a drive in the country to find a larger home for their burgeoning family. According to town lore, it is an old plantation with a dark history — 19 Confederate soldiers are buried on the property, and the home is haunted by the original owner of the plantation, plus a woman in white (isn’t there always a woman in white?) and slaves that worked the plantation and were kept in  the “slave pit.”

Loretta evidently called in the help of Van Praagh to rid her haunted home of these spirits and during the filming for the TV show “The Insider,” Van Praagh said he could see blood everywhere. He was supposed to spend the night, but decided to leave when spirits told him to “‘Get out.” He thought, ‘I should probably get out…’ It feels like I’m in somebody’s place and they don’t want me to disrupt it.”

No word whether Loretta will stay and just put up with the spirits, but there is one millionaire in Nottinghamshire, England, who was so spooked by ghosts in his 52-room mansion that he told the bank take it back — even refusing to pay the mortgage.

For all you Loretta fans, here’s a song she wrote for her gal pal, the late Patsy Cline, who was her inspiration and reason for her success. The song? “This Haunted House,” recorded from a wonderfully scratchy album. Here are the lyrics.