The house was abandoned, and finally torn down in 1955. glenburnie, the home of miss jennie, was eventually restored and updated. bibliography: the goat castle murders by sim c. callon and carolyn vance smith, plantation publishing company, natchez, mississippi, 1985 natchez on the mississippi by harnett t. kane, bonanza books, new york. Natchez tourism officials, now running a successful pilgrimage of the many grand pre-civil war era natchez homes, tried to ignore goat castle and the shameful story. burns after her pardon, returned home and eventually remarried (her first husband died before the goat castle incident) and died a respected member of her church.. The media nicknamed the home "goat castle." police later discovered that emily burns, owner of a natchez boarding house, and her boarder, george pearls, shot merrill during a robbery attempt, and dana and dockery were released. free to return to goat castle, the two opened their home as a public sideshow, hoping to profit from the publicity..
Signing copies of the goat castle murder at turning pages books in natchez, find this pin and more on the goat castle murder by michael llewellyn. see more. the goat, book jacket, books, mississippi, queen victoria, mansions, castles, author, buildings my favorite house in natchez, ms. i have loved this house since my first visit years ago. Years ago i read a book called " natchez on the mississippi" by harnett t. kane. the book, the goat castle murder". the title is a little bit deceiving as the murder took place next door at " glenburnie" not at "glenwood"(goat castle). emily burns owner of a natchez rooming house to "borrow" some money from miss merrill. 7 truly terrifying ghost stories that prove natchez is the most haunted city in mississippi. between being one of the oldest cities in the state and having hundreds of structures on the national register of historic places, it should come as no surprise that natchez is filled with spooky places..
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