(The Pickens County Courthouse Ghost)
Popularly known as the Face in the Window, the mysterious face staring out of the Pickens County Courthouse in Carrollton, Alabama is one of Alabama’s best known ghost. It can be sighted anytime – day or night constantly staring out of a window. The story revolves around a former slave named Henry Wells, freed at the end of Civil War. Legend holds that he was accused of burning the Courthouse to ashes. Arrested but pursued by a lynch mob, Wells is said to have fled to hide in the attic of the third courthouse, which was under construction. As the angry mob searched frantically for him, Wells peered out of a window to watch. To his shock, however, lightning struck him at that very moment and forever etched his face on the window. It is widely believed to this day that the ghostly face of Henry Wells continues to peer down from the courthouse window.
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