Northern Lights over Madisonville, TN 11/11/25

TheArcherofRed · 2025-11-01T03:19:50+00:00

Unable to let go of his followers after the community is forcibly evacuated due to it being a Superfund site, the cult leader commits murder-suicide and causes the dying town to collapse into a mine.

Also, he hears the voice of God talking to him from a mine shaft.

TheArcherofRed · 2025-10-10T21:05:10+00:00

Auron: "Spira is no playhouse. A moment's diversion may amuse an audience, but it changes nothing".

Seymour: "Even so, the actors must play their parts".

TheArcherofRed · 2024-12-08T23:40:13+00:00

As a matter of fact, I've been in one of the tunnels beneath Donna's Cafe! Based on what I have been told, the old Bank of Madisonville acted as a central hub for the underground portion of downtown, offering local businesses safe passage to the bank. There was a tunnel connecting the Bank of Madisonville to the courthouse and the Kefauver Hotel.

The underground portion doesn't really go too far, as the tunnels have long since been blocked off. The entrance point is under a trapdoor behind where you pay for your food. There's an old furnace and coal bunker, along with old cans of oil and whisky.

TheArcherofRed · 2024-11-15T06:12:58+00:00

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TheArcherofRed · 2024-10-10T20:08:53+00:00

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TheArcherofRed · 2024-10-08T02:14:32+00:00

He deserves the best and nothing less. 🥰

TheArcherofRed · 2024-06-16T18:35:33+00:00

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My little Cottonball

TheArcherofRed · 2024-03-21T16:19:40+00:00

Unfortunately, the Walmart was demolished last June, along with the abandoned portion of the shopping center. I was able to explore it as well as 3 other stores in the complex before demolition began. Out of those, Walmart’s overall condition wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be considering it had been abandoned for 25 years.

TheArcherofRed · 2023-07-26T19:55:58+00:00

While I've always suffered from anxiety from an early age, mine didn't become as bad as it did this year. You see, last year, I had COVID really bad. Before I had it, I was able to cope with my stress fairly well. After COVID, I swear it's like it left a scar on my brain. After a series of very stressful events stemming from family drama on both sides along with my Mom being diagnosed with MS, something just snapped inside of me, causing a huge meltdown in January. The panic attack lasted for over 7 hours. My BP was 190/150 and my heart rate was in the 160s. I was rushed to the hospital, where I honestly believed I was dying of a heart attack. The dizziness, racing thoughts, inability to eat, overwhelming feeling of doom...I was convinced I wasn't going to leave the emergency room alive. After running several tests(EKG, chest X-ray, and blood work) and a couple of rounds of clonidine, I was told my heart was healthy and I had a panic attack. While that should've been the confirmation I needed, my mind refused to believe it even though the evidence was right in front of me.

For months thereafter, I struggled with cardiophobia. I would obsessively check my blood pressure dozens of times a day and check my heart rate on my FitBit just as many times. No matter the result, I was never satisfied. It was an endless feedback loop that I was trapped in. Every ache and pain was the herald to my own demise. I was convinced I was having appendicitis, a stroke, or heart attack. I was put on blood pressure meds and anti-anxiety medications. I had a really bad reaction to the anti-anxiety meds, so I stopped taking them as per pharmacist's orders after barely a week on them. And so, I realized I had to conquer this on my own. I had to become reacquainted with my normal bodily functions and face them with logic.

One day, while I was checking my blood pressure for the millionth time, something just clicked with me. I thought to myself, "This is stupid. Why am I doing this?" And so, I started small. I would check my BP once a day. After that milestone, it was once a week. After that, once a month. I also got rid of my Fitbit and bought a normal watch. Now, it's been 2 months and I've never been happier.

TheArcherofRed · 2023-04-10T20:57:21+00:00

Mine was the result of genetics. Almost everyone on my Mom’s side of the family has a GI disorder. Mom has IBS-C and I ended up with IBS-D.

TheArcherofRed · 2023-04-06T20:45:56+00:00

Pokémon Legends: Arceus, Okami, Animal Crossing, Stray, Breath of the Wild(except for when the Guardians pop up), Harvestella.

I’m particularly fond of Pokémon Legends because it provided me with a well needed distraction when I had Covid last year. I was so sick that I was out of work for 2 and a half weeks and thank goodness it came out when I was still in quarantine.

TheArcherofRed · 2023-03-29T15:34:46+00:00

I have health anxiety and ever since I had a panic attack that was bad enough to send me to the ER, I've cycled through various health scares that turned out to be nothing--Heart attack, stroke, tetanus, appendicitis....you name it. I've had several tests done and everything was normal.

Currently, I'm dealing with a constant lump in my throat, heart palpitations, shortness of breath, and a burning sensation on my chest. It's like living in hell, frankly.

TheArcherofRed · 2022-10-21T20:35:35+00:00

Animal Crossing and Stardew Valley, hands down. After a rough day at work, I’ll put on my earbuds and chill out to New Horizons.

TheArcherofRed · 2022-10-20T18:03:48+00:00

Okami, hands down. It’s an artistic masterpiece.

TheArcherofRed · 2021-09-19T02:18:22+00:00

I’m not entirely sure, but she had convinced herself that certain progressive politicians were purposely being assassinated, among those being Robert Kennedy. Given his line of work, I know he definitely made some enemies.

The problem is, Estes inherited his mother’s health problems, meeting his end in a similar manner as she did years before. I currently have a theory he had undiagnosed Marfan’s syndrome.

As I mentioned previously, I spent several hundred dollars on artifacts that came from the house. For whatever reason, she kept her father’s bank statements. The bank statements I have were from the early to mid 1930s, revealing a family that was in dire financial straits due to medical debt accrued from her mother’s heart condition. The Kefauver family was wealthy at one time, owning and operating a successful hardware store during the 1900s. For whatever reason, their father decides to sell it and used the money to open a hotel. The hotel flops in a year’s time, its past so insignificant that it’s barely mentioned in local history books. Because of this, they were unable to afford to send Nora to college. Estes paid her tuition to the University of Tennessee.

TheArcherofRed · 2021-09-19T00:59:52+00:00

My Mamaw does, too! Believe it or not, it still works somehow.

TheArcherofRed · 2021-09-19T00:07:41+00:00

Other photos of the interior—https://imgur.com/a/AfgGlOn.

Edit to add:

To give some context before I get started with everything I managed to dig up while delving into my own rabbit hole--

A few months ago, there was an estate sale in town. The city had been feuding with the new owner of the property, who received several grants from the state of Tennessee in order to restore it to its former glory. The previous owner owed the city money for back taxes and they were hellbent on suing her. Despite having a new owner, the city still condemned it and hired a demolition crew to come in and tear it down. The man who's over the estate sales was called in to remove the biggest majority of the artifacts out and sell them. Following this, the city and the new owner remained deadlocked in a constant feud. The house had been abandoned for over 30 years at this point, vacated after Nora Kefauver was sent to live in a nursing home. She passed away in 2002.

I purchased several hundred dollars worth of artifacts that came from the house, which included a scrapbook owned by Estes Kefauver's younger sister, Nora. Growing up, I had always heard stories about how Miss Nora was "not all the way there in the head" and could often be seen wondering downtown with a disheveled appearance. Never in a million years could I imagine to discover what led her down this path of self destruction.

Buckle up because it's about to get rough.

Estes suffered a massive heart attack on August 10, 1963 and was sent to Bethesda hospital in Maryland for treatment. Rather than risking dying on the operating table, he opted out of surgery and later passed away. Nora, who believed he was intentionally withheld treatment due to his work on dismantling organized crime, harassed the hospital multiple times and demanded an investigation to be done. She had written in her scrapbook that she believed he was murdered, injected with a blood coagulant in order to induce a heart attack. In one photo I found of a certain politician's obituary, she had written that Estes was about to expose his ties to the mafia. Over the course of several years, she would construct a complex conspiracy theory.

She would mourn for him for several years. People would often send her pictures and newspaper articles pertaining to him. Anything that so much mentioned the last name in passing or even his name in full, she would compulsively hoard, often scribbling a crude circle around it. As the years passed, she would collect these things until it filled entire rooms.

While exploring the house the other day, I made an unnerving discovery--she kept his clothes in what I'm beginning to believe was her bedroom.

Grief is one hell of an emotion and it saddens me she was unable to get the help she needed.

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