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Joe Tennis on Ghosts, Ghouls, Haints, and More

October 14 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Date: Tuesday, October 14, 2025
Time: 7 p.m. ET
Location: Hybrid, In-person at the Birthplace of Country Music Museum and streamed on Radio Bristol’s YouTube Channel
Cost: Free and open to the public. Registration is requested to attend in person.

Join us on Tuesday, October 14 for a Speaker Session with Joe Tennis. In this Speaker Session – and in honor of spooky season! – local author Joe Tennis will take us into the deserted houses and down the haunted paths of ghosts, ghouls, haints, and more in East Tennessee and Southwest Virginia.

Local author Joe Tennis is an award-winning journalist who has authored several local history books, including Beach to BluegrassSouthwest Virginia Crossroads, and Images of America: Sullivan County. His ghost-focused books include The Marble and Other Ghost Tales of Tennessee and VirginiaHaunted Highlands, and The Ghostly Tales of Virginia’s Blue Ridge Highlands. His articles and photographs have also appeared in Blue Ridge CountryBristol Herald CourierKingsport Times-NewsAppalachian Voice, the Virginian-Pilot, and the Roanoke Times. As a storyteller, he has appeared on stages from Kentucky to Virginia Beach.

Venue

Birthplace of Country Music Museum
520 Birthplace of Country Music Way
Bristol, VA 24201 United States
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Phone
423-573-1927
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