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Back to SearchEpisode 195 The Murder of William Lewis Moore
Season 10
In April 1963, civil rights activist William Lewis Moore set out alone on a 320-mile walk from Chattanooga, Tennessee, to Jackson, Mississippi, carry…
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Episode 194 Thurmond - The Dodge City of the East
Season 10
At the bottom of West Virginia’s New River Gorge, the nearly abandoned railroad town of Thurmond hides a history of coal wealth, rival businessmen, g…
2 weeks ago
Episode 193 Atlanta's Black Week - The Force Family Murders
Season 10
In February 1893, Atlanta endured a week of financial scandal, suicide and shocking violence that newspapers would later remember as Black Week. The …
4 weeks ago
Episode 192 The Maroons of the Great Dismal Swamp
Season 10
For more than two centuries, a hidden society existed in one of the most unforgiving landscapes in the American South. In this episode of Southern My…
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Southern Mysteries Classics The Cult of the Unknown Tongues
Season 10
This Southern Mysteries Classic revisits a chilling historical true crime case from the Kentucky mountains. In February 1933, a church service ended …
2 months, 1 week ago
Episode 191 The Rowan County War
Season 10
In the 1880s, Rowan County, Kentucky, became known as “Bloody Rowan” after politics, old grudges and personal revenge led to one of the state’s deadl…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Episode 190 The Murder of Ella Barham
Season 10
In 1912, 18-year-old Ella Barham left her family’s farm near Pleasant Ridge, Arkansas, on an ordinary errand and never came home. Her brutal murder s…
3 months, 1 week ago
Episode 189 The Burning of Darien
Season 10
One of the Civil War’s most controversial events unfolded on June 11, 1863, when Union forces entered Darien, Georgia, an undefended town of little s…
3 months, 4 weeks ago
Episode 188 The Murder of Louise Beattie
Season 10
In July 1911, Louise Beattie was found mortally wounded after a late-night drive outside Richmond, Virginia, and her husband insisted a stranger had …
4 months, 1 week ago
Episode 187 The Pascagoula Incident
Season 10
On a quiet night in October 1973, two men fishing along the Pascagoula River in Mississippi walked into the sheriff’s office with a story that would …
4 months, 3 weeks ago