Real Haunted: Sloss Furnace

During the years between 1882 and 1971, Sloss Furnace in Birmingham Alabama produced much of the steel used in America. The industrial revolution brought success to Sloss Furnace and helped put the city of Birmingham on the map. It was during the early part of the century that Sloss Furnace began to earn it’s reputation as one of the most Haunted Places in the country.

James “Slag” Wormwood was a foreman at Sloss Furnace and was in charge of nearly 150 men that were forced to work in unbearable conditions. Temperatures would reach well into the one hundreds. The workers could barely see in the dark conditions of the furnace and their eyes burned from the sweat that the high temperatures produced. Most of the workers had no choice but to work feeding Sloss Furnace with it’s much needed coal. They were immigrants. They had no other options if they wanted to feed their families. They were forced to sleep in makeshift barracks and would often be awakened by James “Slag” Wormwood and made to go back to work. There were no labor laws to protect them. Only Slag to torment them.

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