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Is Spurlington Train Tunnel haunted by ghost?


It's been eight years since Larry Smith wrote this Classic about the 1900 ft. long Spurlington Train Tunnel. It's reposted today because of renewed interest


Spurling Named: "Spurlington was named by the first post master, John Kipsey Spurling," -Mark Phillips, December 24, 2009

Rail line through train tunnel at one time saw four trains a day carrying freight and passengers to Campbellsville and Greensburg. Local legend says slain woman's ghost put a curse on tunnel and any who pass through. (Author, "Indiana" Smith, has explored the tunnel without apparent ill effects.) Some still think Jesse James' Gang's plunder is buried in area

By Larry Smith, WHVE FM 92.7, the Wave
With thanks to Nell Wise for information of historical note

Since I posted the photo of the old Spurlington Train Tunnel on Columbia Magazine I've received numerous comments of facsination as to the historical status of the Tunnel and of the Spurlington community..Here's what I have come up with:

(For complete story, as posted in 2007, click to 1900 ft. long Spurlington Train Tunnel haunted by ghost?)




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