The exact date of the foundation of the church is unknown but is said to be around 1886. It was originally named New Hightower Baptist Church. It was always officially used as a normal congregation. But it was said to be, in the night, a bearer of satanic worship. This supposedly happened for over a century in tradition. There were several deaths as ritual sacrifices as well as drownings in the baptismal pool which still exists today. Eventually in the 1990's a teenage boy seeked vengeance on the members of the cult for using his father for one of these sacrifices, he and two accomplices proceeded to go out to the church in the night and burned it to the ground. There is no solid proof about the satanic practice, however there were numerous reports over the years of people lingering at the church in the dead of night and of several deaths in the area. It should also be noted that strangely, nearly all the graves in the church cemetery are of deaths either extremely old or extremely young... There has since been a need church built on the same grounds which is still use to this day. There is also a large oak tree which is rumored to be a bleeding tree which several people said to be hanged.
My grandparents are members of this church and my uncle is a preacher there, i went there as a child and several times into my teen years. never in these times have i ever experienced anything of this sort. the people there are warm and welcoming. i have fond memories of playing around the church after services during the summer. there is no satanic presence here. the boy who started all this blames a church for his fathers suicide when his father wasn’t even a member. This comes from ignorance and speculation of an old traditional baptist church. should you ever attend you will find the sweetest most welcoming people who just want to worship god in peace. Please leave them alone.
Jun 26, 2021 Rating
Super spooky placeNEW by: Anonymous
Went with some friends recently and actually walked down to the baptismal pool and went inside. There wasn’t a terrible feeling in the pool like there was pretty much everywhere on the church property, but when I got back into our car my leg was burning and I realized I had scratch marks down my ankle that quickly disappeared.
Oct 25, 2020 Rating
Please respect those buried there by: Anonymous
My family are buried there, so if you must go to "paranormal hunt" please be mindful there are people who keep with the tradition of visiting with their dead. It is very much an active church with members still being laid to rest there. Thanks in advance for the respect!
Jun 28, 2020 Rating
HauntedNEW by: Anonymous
I went back in 2010 with my husband and couple friends. This place made me very uneasy. I am an empath so I could literally feel all the pain and suffering that was experienced there. There was screaming and crying that could be heard. I felt like I was being watched and followed. When we left I had a burning sensation on my stomach arms and back. When we looked I had been scratched.
Mar 15, 2020 Rating
GREAT CHURCH REFARDLESS by: Clay
My whole family is buried on these grounds of talks so called hells church I love this place from 3 in the morning to 3 the next morning every night and day I love it. Ive stayed the night down there all night long and not one thing was out of the way to me. I love it.
Feb 13, 2020 Rating
HauntedNEW by: Anonymous
A few months ago i went there with a group of frineds you know stupid teenager shit at the time i didnt even know what hells church was and my friend asked if i wanted to go so i was down when we got there it was scary but we went at like 3am we were walking around and i just get this random chill through out my whole body and keep in mind it was like 80 degrees out side, a few minutes after that i felt like i got scratched down my back but i thought my frineds were messing with me after that we went back near the handing tree and we saw something standing there and after that we just sprinted back to the car it was a tall tall figure over 7 feet fall for sure
Jul 05, 2019 Rating
IdkNEW by: Anonymous
My first time in hell church I was kinda scared because it was raining, we went to walk in the trail with 3 of my friends nothing bad happen, we never heard something weird or anything. My second time it was just me and my friend we stayed there for about 4 hours and we have never heard anything
But I don’t recommend going alone.
Jan 01, 2019 Rating
Address and Personal StoryNEW by: Anonymous
I went to Hell’s Church tonight with 5 of my friends. This is the address: Johnson Trl Canton, GA 30114 United States
My friends and I arrived at about 8 P.M. so it was already very dark. About a mile and a half before the church we saw two men walking around on the street. We get to the church and begin to joke around and take pictures. After taking a few photos we decide to walk through the trail to the baptizing pool, as we were walking down the trail we here a gunshot. This immediately scares three out of the six of us into wanting to return to the car but we all decided we should stay together. The baptizing pool is completely redone but you can find pictures of what it used to look like. The gunshots continued to come ever few minutes so we returned to the car. On the hour long drive back home we looked at the photos we had taken. One photo taken of a large wooden cross had a bright white light in the center of the photo and there was a shadow of a man behind a tombstone. Pretty spooky. Don’t recommend going alone.
Nov 12, 2017 Rating
True FictionNEW by: Anonymous
I have only been in the area once, but experienced some interesting things and took one photograph of the church that seems to have some questionable pieces that appear to be faces and one a skull (all at appropriate heights and shapes). Cameras may fill in the gaps, so I'm not holding it as any true evidence. I would like to do a formal investigation of the grounds with a small, local group before giving any definitive opinion on it (if we are granted proper permission, of course).
Some of the stories of the church may be true, others exaggerated. Some may be due to false stories of the past that people ended up making true by trespassing but not being affiliated with the church. I do believe that any wrongdoing or satanic-style rituals or practices that happened in the past are not affiliated with the church itself in any way. If you go to church there or want to go to their summer revivals, you have nothing to worry about and will not be mislead into anything that goes against the Baptist religion.
I apologize for the long post, but I wanted to straighten out some of the discussions being posted here and other places. I am not discrediting any personal experiences people have had nor am I putting any negative outlook on the church.
Aug 27, 2017 Rating
The demonNEW by: Anonymous
I don't care what anyone says about this place. It's haunted. People say they've seen stuff here, but nobody believes it when I talk about what I've seen. They say that there is a demon that hangs out around the back of the cemetery. Well under the hanging treee, as we were walking to our car. (3 young adult males). We all froze and screamed at the same time at the sight of something standing upright under the "hanging tree". I'm telling you, this thing was atleast 8 ft tall,white, and disfigured like no face or anything.
Jul 07, 2017 Rating
About the canto hell church Nick is a dub assNEW by: Odis welchel
My family is buried in that cemetery and have gone to that church for over 150 years. It's all bull shit. Nick is a dumb ass.
Mar 08, 2017 Rating
Live near there.NEW by: Anonymous
I lived close to here in the 90s before it was burned! While we did see Erie and unexplained things, I can't say it's haunted. We did see signs of santanic worship/rituals anytime we walked down there. The cemetery feels really creepy, I know it's a cemetery right. But there are a lot of graves for young children. Recent graves too not like the 1800s. The trails people speak of or simply hiking trails that run miles around the area.
Feb 06, 2017 Rating
Thank youNEW by: Author (Nick)
Thank you poster below for your brave outreach to talk about your own experience as a native of Canton. Everything I have posted here is based on things I have combed for covered up documented history of the church and they as said, heavily conflict with these comments below. It is entirely reasonable to believe this cult still lives on today as rumors of people doing strange things (not kids loitering) at the church at night. There is truth to this. It is not a bunch of made up stories, i understand stories get stretched but all legends are based on some truth. Do not believe everything you're told. Especially by those who specifically state they are involved in this church.
Jan 06, 2017 Rating
Other posters sent by the cultNEW by: Anonymous
This webpage has been compromised by church members and their descendants as part of an organized effort by the church to cover up a series of very real ritual murders organized by the church throughout its history. This post may be deleted by them, I don't know how far the satanic conspiracy goes. Don't believe them.I am a canton native as well and what I've seen and heard conflicts entirely with their cover.
Jul 04, 2016 Rating
Not true!!NEW by: Anonymous
I am here to tell you that I am a member at this church. None of these satanic practices go on!! At night the first week of June starting at 8:00 p.m. is our revival. I am here to assure everyone!! None of these rumors are true!! I love this church!! I was baptized in this baptizing pool!! Please don't believe these rumors!!
Jan 17, 2016 Rating
This church is not hauntedNEW by: Anonymous
New Hightower is a Christian church and always has been. Yes, the original church was burned by a misguided youth who thought it was satanic based upon rumors he had heard. Young people used to go there to park or party because of its seclusion (now it is patrolled regularly).
The only thing haunting this area are idiots running around at night looking for something paranormal. The good, decent members of this church do not need to deal with vandalism or pick up other people's litter. The so-called "hauntings" are/were completely based on rumors spread by kids trying to scare each other. I'm a lifelong native of the town ,remember the tales, and have been there several times.
Jun 18, 2015 Rating
a haunted game of telephoneNEW by: setting the record straight
Unfortunately, it looks like the rumors that have been recycled about the church have completely outrun the truth on this one. Yes, it is creepy at night because it is way back in the woods, and when you add "evil satanic cult" ghost stories to the mix that really makes for a good scare!... The truth is there was a murder back in the woods years ago completely unrelated to the church. Then in 1997 some vandals burned the church down and vandalized the cemetery ...motivated by hate, but also probably egged on by the completely fabricated "satanic cult" rumor. My family attends this church on occasion, My grandpa and many family members are buried here (there are new burials here all the time.) The vandalism has been devastating to the Church. And people trespassing- looking for signs of "evil" or simply to mock and snoop around a small old-timey Baptist Church is so disrespectful. If you are looking for a real ghost story and haunted location I promise you this is not it! I hope someone will read this and it will remind you that New Hightower is just another church with a congregation of good people that deserves to be treated respectfully as you would any other church. We all like a good haunting story, that's why these untruths and rumors have been kept alive.. but it's so upsetting to have to worry about my families graves being vandalized, and the Church being insulted because of it. This has taught me... a fellow lover of all things spooky and supernatural... to be skeptical of what I hear, do my own research, and most importantly to be thoughtful of the people and places I am checking out! I hope you will too, and not continue this haunted "game of telephone" this poor Church has fallen into. Thanks
Apr 20, 2015 Rating
Last post add onNEW by: Anonymous
Another frightening thing, it sounded as if there were hundreds of frogs in the woods and simultaneously, they all stopped chirping. We were hardly talking and not close enough to the frogs to personally scare them.
Apr 20, 2015 Rating
Scary stuffNEW by: Anonymous
A group of friends and I visited the church late one night. We walked around the church and didnt see anything. Of course it was scary because it was dark and silent. We kept hearing noises in the woods we saw red candle wax in the baptismal pool. As walking back, we noticed the crawlspace was wide open. It looked as if blood was wiped across one of the support columns. Also in the crawlspace, with nothing else but dirt, was a wooden cross and torn up bibles surrounding it.
Apr 18, 2015 Rating
DIRECTIONS HERE!!!!NEW by: Anonymous
If you take riverstone parkway west just past heritage park, you will come up on waleska street and make a right. the first street on the left will be shoal creek road. you want to follow that road until it turns into old shoal creek trail and then into Johnson trail. (IF YOU ARE CONFUSED THEN JUST FOLLOW SHOAL CREEK ROAD ON THE LEFT SIDE AND DON'T GO OFF ON THE RIGHT)At the end of Johnson trail is a church and cemetery. that is hell's church and the cemetery, if you go behind the church you will see a trail. you will also see a trail at the end of the street at the end of the cemetery. HINT: dont go to far!!!! i went with 5 other people and we got lost from 1:45 till 6. its a bad idea and we all had smart phones.
Feb 17, 2015 Rating
AuthorNEW by: Anonymous
I really wish I had checked my grammar on this more but alas. Anyways I wrote this and anyone who wishes to contact me about anything may do so at nickem@me.com. Just make the subject something in reference. Thanks guys.
Feb 17, 2015 Rating
Not haunted!!!!!NEW by: Anonymous
I live near this church and my family and I use to ride bikes to it. The only reason we ever feared going back there is we suspected drug deals and parking was going on back there because it is a remote area. So the fear never came from the church or the area, it came from the strangers that have no business back there. Its sad to see that the Baptimal has been vadalised. The members of the church meet in different locations once a month. I personally wish they would block off the road because I don't want my neighborhood to be a spectical.
Feb 17, 2015 Rating
Not haunted!!!!!NEW by: Anonymous
I live near this church and my family and I use to ride bikes to it. The only reason we ever feared going back there is we suspected drug deals and parking was going on back there because it is a remote area. So the fear never came from the church or the area, it came from the strangers that have no business back there. Its sad to see that the Baptimal has been vadalised. The members of the church meet in different locations once a month. I personally wish they would block off the road because I don't want my neighborhood to be a spectical.
Oct 14, 2014 Rating
Need more informationNEW by: Etowah Anonymous
Curious to know more about what EDAnonymous was referring to-regarding the trails and woods behind the church, and exactly what may have gone on back there?
Oct 09, 2014 Rating
Its not the Church thats hauntedNEW by: EDAnonymous
I grew up near this church in the 1970s, My friends and I would walk down Shoal Creek rd late at night just for kicks. I did see some really shocking things but it never had anything to do with New High tower Church. The present day church is only 25 years old or so, because an arson burned the orginal 1880s church/school house. The young man who did this thought he was doing a Christian thing.
The real story of evil is beyond the church on the old river road.
Aug 17, 2014 Rating
Ghost ManNEW by: Tonya
On 8-16-14 my family and I went to just look around at New Hightower Church. It was about 12p... we walked around the church and then made our way down to the baptizing pool. We looked around and were b there for about 15 minutes and I took pictures. As we were heading back up to the church area I just had to turn around and take one more. So I took it of the the baptizing pool at about halfway up the path. It was til later when i was reviewing the photos that I noticed the one that I took as we were heading back up that I just HAD to take. It is a man clearly and it looks as if he is walking out of the pool with his arms out reached. There is another one beside him manifesting. .. strange but really an eye opener. If you would like to see the photo email me at tonyaneal82@gmail.com. ..
May 22, 2014 Rating
My experience.NEW by: MysteryGirl
My bestfriend and I went there twice. The first time we went was on April 28,2014. When I looked backed at one of my photos, there was a strange white glowing ball of light out in the little open fid next to the church, peeping out of the woods. I showed the photo to another friend of mine, and he called it the "Willow O' the Wisp", meaning that type of light is dangerous to follow. The second time we went was May 2,2014. We decided to explore during the day that time to hike the trails behind the church, and to check out the baptism pool. As we were walking the path down to the pool, I almost slid and fell, but it was as if someone had caught me pulling me back up (like the fall and trust thing), to keep my from falling. My best friend was walking in front of me at that time, no one was behind me. No one was there but us. I can say that was the weirdest thing that I ever experienced, nothing like that has ever happened to me before. When we got back home, and I was checking the photos I took, I kept seeing this weird sparkly glowing green light appear in some of my photos. In one of my photos, I could zoom in to it, and it was a beautiful sparkling green light, you could see right through it. Another friend of mine (who has more experience in ghost hunting) saw my photo on Facebook, she told me she believes the glowing green light is the spirit of a little girl who drowned there. My friend has been to the church before too, and she said she caught an audio EVP of the little girl talking to them. As she was telling me this, it made sense. Made me think the little girl was watching over my best friend and I there, seeing her in many of my photos. Anyone is welcome there during the day, a lot of hikers, and hunters go there during the day. I'm really wanting to dig deep into research of the land there, and to see if I can get records of the little girl drowning there. My best friend are wanting to go back there with a bigger group, that way it's safer. We're actually wanting to put together a paranormal team. If you have answers of the little girl, or if you would like to see some of my photos, or have questions you can email me. Also if you would like to be apart of our paranormal team just email me, and we will talk from there. My email is
aiagurl2013@yahoo.com
Apr 07, 2014 Rating
Saw somethingNEW by: Anonymous
Me and a group of about 6 went up their and wanted to see it for are selves. We were all standing around between are trucks just talking and when i look at my friend i saw a young boy walking out from my truck and my eyes just went wide. I didn't say anything because they would have laughed. However after about 30 min we were getting ready to leave. We talked for another 10 min between each other and that's when my friend got really scared because he said he saw someone in the woods on all fours running threw the woods. We got out of their after we saw his face. I think we saw something that night you just have to experience yourself.
Apr 06, 2014 Rating
My experience NEW by: Karkargarrett
Me And a group of friends went and looked at all the graves and stood in the baptism pool no noises or anything werid?...
Feb 19, 2014 Rating
Not trueNEW by: Anonymous
It's not really true I go there
Jan 13, 2014 Rating
More and more NEW by: They are here
The sons of the past are here to take are young. There is a strong and evil growing in Canton. They,the satin worshipers are growing more confident and are flaunting there faith to those who are willing to listen. I over herd one of these people bragging about casting a spell on a local man and claiming that he fell ill because of there dark powers.
Jan 13, 2014 Rating
More and more NEW by: They are here
The sons of the past are here to take are young. There is a strong and evil growing in Canton. They,the satin worshipers are growing more confident and are flaunting there faith to those who are willing to listen. I over herd one of these people bragging about casting a spell on a local man and claiming that he fell ill because of there dark powers.
Oct 15, 2013 Rating
Weird night NEW by: Justin
Tried to go there tonight around 8:10 october 15 2013 . As i came apon it there were firetrucks police and an ambulance saying there searching for missing people. I wanna go back . If anyone wants to go email me Jknight181993@gmail.com we can meet there !
Sep 13, 2013 Rating
hmmNEW by: Anonymous
I've gone all the way up and down the satellite images of that road and can't pick out a church or cemetery.
May 17, 2013 Rating
SomedayNEW by: Anonymous
Well i live in canton someday i hpoe to see it
Apr 28, 2013 Rating
LocationNEW by: Ace
I don't know of the exact address but it's real name is New Hightower Baptist Church. It's is on Shoal creek rd off 140/ exit 20 as far down as the road goes. (It is indeed hard to find if you don't already know where it is..)
Apr 26, 2013 Rating
haunted yoNEW by: creepypastabear
I have been here several times. I saw a white glowing figure by the hanging tree. my friends are idiots and didn't believe me... parked right on top of the figure I saw "I don't see anything"
then water started to pour down from the tree...
it hadn't rained in days.
also it always takes longer to get there than when you leave when going tye exact same speed.
Dec 13, 2012 Rating
AddressNEW by: Anonymous
What is the physical address? We have been searching.
Mar 14, 2011 Rating
My trip to Hell's Church. by: Anonymous
Me and 2 of my close friends just returned home Hell's Church in canton. While we were there we heard noises in the trees and as we walked on around the side we saw the blinds, 2nd window from the end on the right side crack open and go back closed again. In mad instict we bolted back to my truck and flew out there. As we road down the narrow road leading out there my friends arm start itching uncontrollably and when we turned on the light there was a scratch from his elbow to his forearm. Thats some sketchy stuff, we're going back again soon.
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