The Crescent Hotel was built in 1886 to take advantage of the supposed healing powers of the natural spring water found in the Ozark Mountains; however, the building's legacy isn't one of healing but instead one of incredible heartbreak and tragedy. Help Southern Gothic grow by becoming a Patreon Supporter today! Purchase tickets for “True Crime Live!” on Saturday, December 3rd at the Pinkies Up Beer and Wine in Roswell, Georgia. Want to grab a copy of the Morbid Curious?Sign up for the Southern...
Nov 20, 2022•38 min•Ep. 93
For decades, folks traveling along a long, lonely stretch of country road, just east of Kinston, Alabama have claimed to hear the faint sounds of a fiddle playing, or the tap tap tap of dancing feet off in the distance on Saturday Nights. But here’s the thing, these sounds, which seem as if they are coming from a lively party, are in fact emanating from an old, empty country cemetery. It’s said that those who hear this phantom music and dancing steps have had an encounter with one of Alabama’s m...
Oct 31, 2022•29 min•Ep. 92
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Oct 30, 2022•7 min
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Oct 29, 2022•8 min
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Oct 28, 2022•7 min
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Oct 27, 2022•8 min
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Oct 26, 2022•7 min
Want to hear more about the history of the Great Dismal Swamp, check out our episode "Refuge in the Great Dismal Swamp" Help Southern Gothic grow by becoming a Patreon Supporter today! Connect with Southern Gothic Media:Join our New Facebook Group! Website: SouthernGothicMedia.com Merch Store: https://www.southerngothicmedia.com/merch Pinterest: @SouthernGothicMedia Facebook: @SouthernGothicMedia Instagram: @SouthernGothicMedia Twitter: @SoGoPodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaph...
Oct 25, 2022•9 min
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Oct 24, 2022•8 min
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Oct 23, 2022•9 min
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Oct 22, 2022•8 min
On the eastern edge of Florida, just north of Jacksonville is Amelia Island, a beautiful tourist destination that boasts exquisite beaches, luxurious golf courses, and quaint bed and breakfasts. But the island is also home to a unique urban legend that claims a coven of witches once lived here, and their leader was in control of a vicious demon named Wiccademus. Help Southern Gothic grow by becoming a Patreon Supporter today! Connect with Southern Gothic Media:Join our New Facebook Group! Websit...
Oct 21, 2022•8 min
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Oct 20, 2022•8 min
Tonight's tale comes from the mountains of West Virginia, where folks say you can hear the disembodied sound of a fiddle playing over a century after a horrific accident killed the man who played it. Connect with Southern Gothic Media:Join our New Facebook Group! Website: SouthernGothicMedia.com Merch Store: https://www.southerngothicmedia.com/merch Pinterest: @SouthernGothicMedia Facebook: @SouthernGothicMedia Instagram: @SouthernGothicMedia Twitter: @SoGoPodcast Learn more about your ad choice...
Oct 19, 2022•7 min
Y'all, Halloween is around the corner so we've got an extra special series for you... 13 nights of spooky campfire tales!! Join us tonight to hear the tale of the infamous Clouston Bride of Franklin, Tennessee! Book a tour with Franklin Walking Tours. Connect with Southern Gothic Media:Join our New Facebook Group! Website: SouthernGothicMedia.com Merch Store: https://www.southerngothicmedia.com/merch Pinterest: @SouthernGothicMedia Facebook: @SouthernGothicMedia Instagram: @SouthernGothicMedia T...
Oct 18, 2022•7 min
The village of Middleway, West Virginia, is a community with a population of less than 500 people. Though the area was first settled back in the early 18th century, it has its place in history because as the home of legend that dates back to the late 1700s when a local farmer and his family became the victim of poltergeist-like activity. A historic marker stands there in the community today, describing the infamous events as quote: “After the 1794 death of a stranger at Livingston Farm, Mysterio...
Oct 09, 2022•38 min•Ep. 91
Enter the dark, twisted underworld of vampires in the official podcast about AMC’s Interview with the Vampire. Each week, writer/comedian/vampire-enthusiast Naomi Ekperigin will be joined by the actors and writers behind this adaptation of Anne Rice's classic novel – unpacking the twists and turns of every episode. You'll hear exclusive behind the scenes stories from the set and writers' room, plus deep dives into the history of the vampire genre. Horror experts will share how the vampire lore h...
Oct 03, 2022•7 min
At 107 North Fairfax St. in Alexandra, Virginia is a three-story building that became the location of one of Alexandria’s most enduring tales of love, loss, and hauntings: The Burning Bride. It was on the evening of June 27, 1868, perhaps the night before the couple was set to marry when 26 year-old Laura Schafer, excited for her upcoming nuptials accidentally spilled burning fuel from a kerosene lamp onto her dress. Within moments she was alight. At 11 in the morning on Sunday June 28, 1868, on...
Sep 30, 2022•32 min•Ep. 90
Along the northwestern edge of Tennessee sits Reelfoot Lake. The only natural lake in the state, it's a flooded cypress forest that has more in common with the bayous of the deep south than other more open and expansive lakes of the surrounding area. Yet this lake dates back only two centuries and owes its creation to the massive New Madrid earthquakes that rocked the area in 1811-1812 and caused the Mississippi River to temporarily flow backward. Yet according to local legend the cause of those...
Sep 14, 2022•45 min•Ep. 89
According to local legend, visitors to Savannah’s Historic Wright Square have been known to encounter a young woman dressed in 18th-century style clothing. Some are said to have been approached and begged for their assistance in finding the woman’s lost son. Yet when folks begin to search the area, the girl disappears. Many believe this is the ghost of Alice Riley, the first woman executed in the colony of Georgia. Alice Riley arrived in the American Colonies in January of 1734 as an indentured ...
Aug 19, 2022•39 min•Ep. 88
Legend says John Murrell’s father was a preacher and his mother took pride in teaching him how to steal, but that is just the first of many claims made about this infamous highwayman who was once accused of being the mastermind of a criminal organization known as the Mystic Clan. Help Southern Gothic grow by becoming a Patreon Supporter today! Connect with Southern Gothic Media:Website: SouthernGothicMedia.com Merch Store: https://www.southerngothicmedia.com/merch Pinterest: @SouthernGothicMedia...
Aug 12, 2022•11 min•Ep. 87
The McRaven House of Vicksburg, Mississippi has earned a national reputation for the amount of paranormal activity said to occur there. The home was said to be first built in 1797 as the hideout for a notorious highwayman. Over the next 220+ years, McRaven was expanded twice, survived the brutal Siege of Vicksburg during the Civil War, served as a hospital during that same conflict, and been a home to numerous families. Largely unchanged since the additions were constructed, each section of McRa...
Aug 07, 2022•45 min•Ep. 86
One of the most well-known graves at the Old Burying Grounds in Beaufort, North Carolina is that of a young girl who purportedly died at sea and was buried there in a keg of rum. Who the girl is we will never know, but her legend lives on and her spirit purportedly haunts the three-century-old cemetery to this very day. Help Southern Gothic grow by becoming a Patreon Supporter today! Connect with Southern Gothic Media: Website: SouthernGothicMedia.com Merch Store: https://www.southerngothicmedia...
Jul 29, 2022•9 min•Ep. 85
In 1910, Robert Broussard, a Louisiana member of the United States House of Representatives introduced a bill that he believed would address several problems that his local district in New Iberia was actively struggling with: first, the problem of water hyacinth taking over local waterways and the second was the country’s ongoing meat shortage. It was known simply as the American Hippo Bill. Help Southern Gothic grow by becoming a Patreon Supporter today! Connect with Southern Gothic Media:Websi...
Jul 22, 2022•9 min•Ep. 84
The legend of Julia Legare has been passed down for generations, likely due to the fact that it brings into focus a far-reaching human anxiety, the fear of being buried alive. In 1852, while visiting her relatives at their home in Ediso Island, South Carolina, 22-year-old Julia Legare fell ill. Her diagnosis was not good, Julia had been struck with diphtheria and there was little that they could do for her. Eventually, Julia just slipped further away deep into a coma, and after many days and nig...
Jul 17, 2022•31 min•Ep. 83
On Saturday, October 21, 1899 the New Orleans Times-Democrat ran an article under the headline: “Real Ghost Story. The Old Carrollton Jail Said to be Haunted.” Through the use of the exact words of the police officers, the article chronicles the eerie occurrences at the local jail. Built when the town of Carrollton took over as the new seat of Jefferson Parish in 1852. It was a bland brick and stucco building, two-stories tall with large doorways and heavily barred windows. Quite simply, it was ...
Jul 03, 2022•45 min•Ep. 82
For many of the early mariners traveling to Beaufort, North Carolina they were reliant upon physical landmarks to help guide them safely through the shoals and into the harbor entrance. Some of the early maps and charts of Port Beaufort indicate that one such landmark was the “White House.” Little remains that offers insight into the origin of Beaufort’s White House, but tradition maintains that what was once the White House is now the historic Hammock House. Identified as one of, if not, the ol...
Jun 18, 2022•37 min•Ep. 81
On Wednesday, July 10, 1706, scores of people arrived at what is now known as Witch Duck Point on the Lynnhaven River in Virginia. They were there to witness a unique but brutal legal proceeding that would never again be carried out in the colony of Virginia– the trial of forty-six-year-old Grace Sherwood by ducking. It is unknown exactly what happened when she hit the water, but what was clear to the folks who came that day was that Grace Sherwood survived and therefore she must be a witch. Hel...
May 20, 2022•44 min•Ep. 80
Travel about 85 miles south of Little Rock, Arkansas along Interstate 30 and you come to the town of Gurdon. In a remote area, several miles outside Gurdon sit railroad tracks for the Missouri Pacific Railroad. It is along a four-mile stretch of track that sightings of a floating, glowing orb have been reported for the last ninety years, now known as the Gurdon Light. While there are of course scientific theories that attempt to explain the origin of the Gurdon Light, many instead believe the ph...
May 06, 2022•30 min•Ep. 79
According to Cherokee folklore, a deadly creature lives at the confluence of Valley and Hiwasee Rivers in Murphy, North Carolina. It is known simply as the Great Leech of Tlanusi’yĭ. This week’s minisode, The Great Leech of Tlanusi’yĭ, is a companion to Legend of the Moon-Eyed People, released on April 15, 2022. Additional Links from this Episode:The Southern Gothic Walking Tour will be at 7:00 pm on April 30, 2022 in Franklin, Tennessee! Be sure to get your tickets today over at Franklin Walkin...
Apr 22, 2022•10 min•Ep. 78
