In the 19th century, a pig iron furnaced flourished in Birmingham, Alabama, but it was also the cause of death for many of its workers. They had an overseer who was so cruel the workers ended up throwing him into the furnace. Is it true? Who knows, but people talk about the eerie voices they hear as they tour Sloss Furnaces, which is now a National Historic Landmark. And then there's Huggin' Molly.
It's best to stay home when the sun sets in Abbeville, Alabama, if you want to avoid Huggin' Molly's chilly embrace. As the legend goes, beginning in the early 1900s, an oversize figure clad in all black began roaming the streets at night looking for unsuspecting victims. Once she fixates on someone, she hugs the person and screams loudly into their ears. Many people have recounted stories of being chased by what they believe was Huggin' Molly.
Whether the ghosts are real or not, they are told about in real places (and they aren't all in Alabama). Read eleven stories of haunted places and their ghosts at Country Living.
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