Welcome to Franklin!  

Franklin,  Tennessee,  seriously oozes charm.  

Just south of Nashville, visitors come from all over the world to lovely Franklin. 

Southern Living magazine readers call it one of their "Five Favorite Small Towns." 

The National Trust for Historic Preservation says it's one of a Dozen Distinctive Destinations for 2009.

In Franklin, visitors are treated to classic Southern antebellum architecture as well as cute cottages and bungalows. They can shop at chic boutiques--several recently featured in the New York Times-- and dine at trendy restaurants on a tree-shaded Main Street. All in all, it's a delightful, often nostalgic place to visit. Sorta takes you back!

Yet Franklin has a tragic and sometimes sordid past.

The grisly Battle of Franklin and gruesome aftermath scarred the town's collective memory. The Civil War devastated the Southern economy. Life was never the same. 

Criminal activity was commonplace. Murders, suicides, all manner of violent crime--just part of life.  

And when life ends violently or suddenly or is cut short, sometimes spirits are left behind. 

Many buildings in Franklin have ghosts and spirits in residence. Some are historic 18th century buildings, while others are new, but built on the battlefield of Franklin where many thousands died. 

But Franklin's history is more than tragedy. Most of the time, it's such a great place to live that nobody wants to leave...even after they die.

So they don't! And that's where I come in.

I'm Margie Thessin.

I started doing historic walking tours for the Heritage Foundation of Franklin, Tennessee in 1996. Later I co-founded (with my friend and now business partner Rene Evans) Franklin on Foot. At first, we weren't going to do ghost tours, but after hearing some of Franklin's amazing ghost stories, we decided that these were tales that would certainly entertain and often spook our visitors. And guess what? Our ghost tour immediately became our most popular tour, and remains so to this day. 

Along the way, many tour-goers requested a book of these very same ghost stories. After additional research, I wrote and published Ghosts of Franklin, Tennessee's Most Haunted Town in 2008.

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