Also related to "Heartbreak Hotel" the song is the old RCA recording studio in Nashville, where Presley recorded what was to be his first hit single. RCA is deader than its former star singer these days, but the rooms are still used for television production.

Stagehands there say that mentioning the name of the King is a good way to summon his active spirit. Lights blow out, ladders fall down, and mysterious noises and bangs start to occur.

Occasionally Elvis is seen wandering the streets of Nashville as well, but in regards to those sightings please refer to the section on Las Vegas mentioned previously.

There is one final tale involving the possible ghost of Elvis that is simply too strange and bizarre not to mention. It involves how he saved the life of a teenage boy from beyond the grave, and comes from Elvis After Life: Unusual Psychic Experiences Surrounding the Death of a Superstar by Dr. Raymond A. Moody Jr.

Dr. Moody relates the story of a Georgia police officer named Harold Welch. Welch was the father of four sons, but his boy Tony ran away from home with $2,000 to try and make it in Los Angeles as an actor. He left behind his room full of Elvis posters and records.

Welch worried about his son until one night Elvis, dressed as a police officer (Presley famously collected police badges), appeared to Welch and told him that he was concerned over Tony as well. He claimed Tony was running with a bad crowd and on drugs, but that he couldn't personally reach through to the boy. The Dream King pointed out where Tony was staying in L.A., and gave a description of the place involving a nearby drugstore across the street from a diner.

Welch and his family rented a car to try and find Tony, finally locating him in a run-down house near the exact scene Elvis had described. The family was tearfully reunited, but Welch never revealed the source to his family because he was afraid he'd be laughed at.

Later, though, Tony told his father he'd been dreaming of Elvis, and that Presley said his father was coming to get him.

Does the shade of the King of Rock and Roll wander through the places that meant the most to him, or even reach out to fans in need through unknown means? Who can say? What is known for sure is that Elvis touched and continues to touch many lives, and it's no surprise that those who believe with all their hearts sometimes find he isn't as far away as they might have thought.

Jef has a new story, a tale of headless strippers and The Rolling Stones, available now in Broken Mirrors, Fractured Minds. You can also connect with him on Facebook.

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