{"id":3207,"slug":"moores-ford-monroe-georgia","story":[{"heading":null,"paragraphs":["Moore's Ford is the '46 — the 'last mass lynching' that's the claimed, the '4' that's the couples. The 'Dorothy' is the pregnant — the '7 months' that's the carried, the 'recognized' that's the pulled. The 'Truman' is the FBI — the '100 witnesses' that's the interviewed, the 'no indictments' that's the result.","The 'Loy Harrison' is the driver — the 'bond' that's the posted, the 'set-up' that's the debated. The 'WWII veteran' is the George — the 'Pacific' that's the served, the 'tree' that's the tied. Moore's Ford is the unsolved — the '55' that's the suspects, the 'civil rights' that's the catalyst.","The file keeps Moore's Ford: the 1946 lynching, the 4 victims, the Truman FBI, and the unsolved.","Moore's Ford is the archive's Georgia file — the last mass lynching."]},{"heading":"Why this file matters","paragraphs":["Moore's Ford is the archive's Georgia file — the unpunished crime.","A bridge keeps its dead — the file's suggestion being that Moore's Ford's hold is the unpunished: the '4 victims' that's the couples, the '7 months' that's the pregnant, and the 'no indictments' that's the justice denied."]}],"name":"Moore’s Ford","aliases":[],"type":"SITE","type_label":"Site","cats":["DARK_HISTORY","LOCAL_FOLKLORE","LEGEND_SITE","LYNCHING"],"groups":["dark-history","legends"],"desc":"July 25, 1946—the bridge where four were lynched.","full_desc":"A site in Monroe, Georgia, Moore’s Ford is filed here for what the record attaches to it. July 25, 1946—the bridge where four were lynched. The presences in its file go unnamed: the four victims, the record says. The dossier holds 2 reported claims, 1 legend and 1 documented fact, with the verified spine filed separately from the lore. 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The reports at Moore’s Ford are the site's second history — unofficial, unverified, and stubbornly retold. It's a documented legend: the telling is real, the contents remain folklore. The name travels further than the proof; the sightings keep renewing the lease.","evidence":"DOCUMENTED_LEGEND","evidence_label":"Documented legend","entity":"The four victims","where":null,"first_report":null,"approx_date":null,"confidence":0.8,"conflict_notes":null,"source":{"name":"Moore’s Ford","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moore%27s_Ford_lynchings","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4},"conflicting_source":null,"variants":[]},{"id":3225,"type":"APPARITION","description":"Reported a presence at the bridge. Moore’s Ford's file is thin on proof and long on persistence — the standard profile of American place-lore. It's anecdotal evidence in the strictest sense — stories, repeated, unresolved. Sources including 'Moore’s Ford' keep the claim in circulation. Whatever walks there, it walks often enough to keep the reports coming.","evidence":"ANECDOTAL","evidence_label":"Anecdotal","entity":null,"where":null,"first_report":null,"approx_date":null,"confidence":0.8,"conflict_notes":null,"source":{"name":"Moore’s Ford","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moore%27s_Ford_lynchings","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4},"conflicting_source":null,"variants":[]}],"history":[{"description":"The July 25, 1946 lynching is documented. Moore’s Ford's past is on record — the entry belongs to the verified layer beneath whatever lore attaches. It's verified history: the dossier's load-bearing detail. Sources including 'Moore’s Ford' carry the record. The record keeps it — history, not lore. The file stays open on it.","evidence":"HISTORICALLY_VERIFIED","date_start":null,"date_end":"1946-07-25","confidence":null,"source":{"name":"Moore’s Ford","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moore%27s_Ford_lynchings","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4}}],"legends":[{"name":null,"summary":"The four are reportedly remembered. Moore’s Ford in Monroe, Georgia carries the report the way old places do — as part of its identity. The account has a collector's pedigree — written down as legend, which is the most honest status it can hold. The tale is the site's other archive — oral, embroidered, and outlasting the documents.","earliest":null,"evidence":"DOCUMENTED_LEGEND","source":{"name":"Moore’s Ford","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moore%27s_Ford_lynchings","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4}}],"entities":[{"name":"The four victims","claimed_identity":"The four victims","verified":null,"summary":"The four are reportedly remembered. The accounts name only a collective — the four victims. The site in Monroe, Georgia gives the account a documented setting: real place, real history, unresolved reports. The account appears in 'Moore’s Ford'. The file keeps The four victims on the roster; the sightings keep the name alive.","behavior":"The four are reportedly remembered.","area":null,"first_ref":null,"source":{"name":"Moore’s Ford","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moore%27s_Ford_lynchings","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4}}],"events":[],"investigations":[],"encounters":[],"media":[],"persons":[],"visitor":{"tour_availability":"Verify before visiting","notes":"Site access varies; verify before visiting.","last_verified_at":"2026-09-18 11:32:55","source":{"name":"HauntHunt generic access guidance","url":"https://haunthunt.com/about#access-guidance","publisher":"HauntHunt editorial","type":"DIRECTORY","authority":2}},"sources":[{"name":"Moore’s Ford","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moore%27s_Ford_lynchings","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4}],"conflicts":[],"wiki":null,"counts":{"claims":2,"history":1,"legends":1,"entities":1,"sources":1}}