The Spirits That Still Walk The Myrtles Plantation, Part Two | Grave Talks CLASSIC
The Myrtles Plantation isn't just haunted—it's a psychic pressure cooker of layered trauma, where the past doesn't just linger, it actively repeats. In this gripping second part of the conversation, Frances, the former owner, reveals that the house’s most infamous phenomenon—the bed that floats four inches off the ground—wasn't a staged effect but a recurring, intelligent event witnessed by multiple guests, including a diabetic woman who reported the same thing as journalists months earlier. What began as curiosity turned into undeniable evidence of consciousness beyond death. But the haunting goes deeper: Frances recounts how she was repeatedly called 'Sarah' by strangers, leading her to uncover a shocking personal connection—she believes she is the reincarnation of Sarah Sterling, the 19th-century plantation mistress whose life mirrored her own in terrifying detail. When Frances discovered her husband cheating in the very same nursery where Sarah’s husband betrayed Chloe, the past didn’t just echo—it demanded reckoning. The house, built atop a sacred Native American burial ground and a Franciscan monk cemetery, sits on a site of immense spiritual convergence, amplified by centuries of violence, slavery, and unresolved grief. Frances ultimately left not just because of the haunting, but because she felt her soul being drained. Her final words—'I grabbed my pillow and slept on the veranda'—capture the visceral terror of a place where history isn’t remembered, it’s relived.
The floating bed at the Myrtles Plantation lifted four inches off the ground with intelligence—no damage, no chaos, just a deliberate, repeated event witnessed by multiple guests.
Frances was repeatedly called 'Sarah' by strangers, leading her to believe she is the reincarnation of Sarah Sterling, whose life mirrored her own in a hauntingly literal way.
The house sits on a sacred mound built over an ancient Native American burial ground and a Franciscan monk cemetery, creating a spiritual convergence point that amplifies trauma.
The murder of a tutor on the 17th step still echoes nightly—footsteps climb the stairs and pass through visitors, a phenomenon that feels both residual and conscious.
Chloe, the enslaved woman who poisoned her mistress’s family, is one of the most photographed ghosts at the plantation, a symbol of vengeance and systemic abuse.
…and 3 more takeaways available in PodZeus
The Floating Bed: From Scepticism to Certainty
“The entire antique teaster bed floated about four inches off the ground and floated around the room. It's a good thing they had high ceilings.”
Sarah’s Legacy: The Name That Called Her Back
“If there is such a thing as reincarnation, and I believe there is, that's who I was.”
Chloe’s Revenge: The Poisoned Cake and the Hanging Ghost
Frances details the tragic story of Chloe, the enslaved woman who poisoned Sarah and her two daughters in an attempt to regain favor. She was later dragged to the river and hanged, becoming one of the most famous ghosts at the plantation.
Why This Place? The Sacred Mound and the Weight of History
“It sits on sacred Indian ground. There was an Indian cemetery right under the house in the 1600s and before the Indians. It was high on a mound.”
The Final Reckoning: When History Repeated Itself
“I grabbed my pillow and went and slept on the veranda. But there's a lot of people milling around that are now really good friends of mine. And yeah, I will not stay there again.”
“The entire antique teaster bed floated about four inches off the ground and floated around the room. It's a good thing they had high ceilings.”
“If there is such a thing as reincarnation, and I believe there is, that's who I was.”
“It sits on sacred Indian ground. There was an Indian cemetery right under the house in the 1600s and before the Indians. It was high on a mound.”
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Guest
Myrtles Plantation
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Frances
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Sarah Sterling
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Chloe
person
Native American burial ground
place
St. Francisville
place
Franciscan monks
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General David Bradford
person
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