The haunting of the Bell Witch has come to be one of the most renowned ghost stories in the United States, so much so that it has inspired numerous movies, books, and videos (The Story of the Bell Witch). This mysterious case remains very intriguing simply for the fact that it remains the only recorded death in the United States where a supernatural entity is recorded as a person's cause of death—John Bell. These curious events took place in Adams, Tennessee (The Bell Witch Haunting). The Bell family, which at the time was comprised of two parents and five children, moved to Tennessee from North Carolina (Fitzhugh 27). The Bell family witnessed many strange and unsettling occurrences; they often heard knocking sounds and witnessed unusual people and creatures mysteriously disappearing (37-38). However, these strange occurrences leave many questions and conspiracies about the mysterious haunting of the Bell Witch. Is it possible that one of the Bell family members actually was the Witch? Or was the whole haunting simply a case of mass hysteria? Let us discuss the facts and theories to learn more about the events of the haunting of the Bell Witch.