Russellville, Kentucky - Lightning Portrait of Startled Lady Bather

Russellville, Kentucky - Lightning Portrait of Startled Lady Bather

Lightning is said to have etched a bathing woman's surprised face into a window overlooking a cemetery. Roadsideamerica.com Report...

Russellville, Kentucky - Lightning Portrait

Russellville has a haunted house. It is on Hwy 79 on the south edge of town, appropriately enough in the corner of the old cemetery. Supposedly, a woman was bathing in the turret room and a storm came up. As she was preparing to go to a ball, she cursed the storm and lightning struck the turrett. Her face was etched in the glass of the window. No amount of paint or reglazing has been able to remove her angry face. I myself have never seen it but have heard about it all my life. [Claire Wood, 08/22/1998]

[RA: We checked this out in person. The cemetery caretaker and current owner told us the story. The window was painted over long ago because ofall the unwanted visitors that ended up standing around outside. The current owner got curious and started to scrape off the paint. It turned out to be a big job, so he gave up...! ]