Mercer-Williams House - Savannah Georgia
N 32° 04.276 W 081° 05.730
17S E 490986 N 3548339
Quick Description: Several times nightly, Savannah's ghost tours make their stops here at the house made famous by the book, "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil." It's no wonder that Savannah has been named America's most haunted city.
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 10/19/2007 9:18:34 AM
Waymark Code: WM2E9W
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Long Description:
Although originally built and owned by the family of
songwriter/composer Johnny Mercer, this house has become most
famous in the book and movie, "Midnight in the Garden of Good and
Evil," as the scene Danny Hansford's murder.
Jim Williams, local antique dealer moved into the Mercer House on
Monterey Square after completing its restoration. Williams was
tried four times in the 1981 shooting death of his 21-year-old
assistant Hansford. He had became well known for his fabulous
parties. Some years after Williams death, reports surfaced that
visitors had observed lights and festivities in the elegant mansion
on the very same night of the year as Williams most oppulent annual
party - yet there had been no party. Nancy Roberts, a prolific
South Carolina writer of tales of the supernatural reported in her
book, Georgia Ghosts, that two New York visitors had witnessed this
phenomena in 1994, five years to the day after Williams last big
gala in 1989 that celebrated his acquittal in the Hansford
shooting.
Public access?:
See website for information about tickets before visiting the museum.
Visting hours:
Monday - Saturday 10:30 - 3:40
Sunday 12:30 - 4:00
Website about the location and/or story: [Web Link]
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Visit Instructions:
- Please submit a photo(s) taken by you
of your visit to the location (non-copyrighted photos only). GPS
photos are also accepted with the location in the background, and
old vacation photos are accepted. Photos you took of paranormal
activity are great. If you are not able to provide a photo, then
please describe your visit or give a story about the visit
- Tell your story if you saw, felt, or
smelled anything unusual. Post pictures of what you saw.
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which are off limits or look dangerous. No waymark is worth harm.
Use your 6th sense, because sometimes there are unseen things which
are telling you to stay out.
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so you do not disrupt any possible nearby residents. Time lapse can
be the best tool on your camera in many circumstances.
