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Back to SearchMystery of the Brown Mountain Lights
Episode 99
For hundreds of years, the Brown Mountain Lights in North Carolina have puzzled those who have encountered them. The lights, which appear over the Brown Mountain area, are often described as glowin…
Published on 2 years, 11 months ago
History of the Mausoleum (Minisode)
Episode 98
In 353 BCE, construction began on an elaborate structure meant to be the final resting place of Mausolus, a member of Persian royalty who ruled the small kingdom of Caria [Car-ia}. The immense temple…
Published on 2 years, 11 months ago
History of the Mausoleum | Minisode
Episode 98
In 353 BCE, construction began on an elaborate structure meant to be the final resting place of Mausolus, a member of Persian royalty who ruled the small kingdom of Caria [Car-ia}. The immense temple…
Published on 2 years, 11 months ago
Little Nina's Bleeding Mausoleum
Episode 97
Cleveland, Tennessee is home to a unique piece of local lore. Just behind St. Luke’s Episcopal Church is a beautiful white mausoleum where a young girl named Nina Craigmiles was buried. But according…
Published on 2 years, 11 months ago
The Notorious Storyville of New Orleans | Minisode
Episode 96
In the early twentieth century, New Orleans Alderman Sidney Story promoted an ordinance to create a 38-block vice district that allowed legal sex work. Known by most as Storyville, this notorious red…
Published on 2 years, 11 months ago
The Fiery Tomb of Josie Arlington
Episode 95
Josie Arlington, one of the most infamous Madams in New Orleans’ red-light district, Storyville was born Mary Anna Deubler to impoverished German immigrants in 1864. Theories abound as to exactly why…
Published on 3 years ago
The Curse of Lorenzo Dow
Episode 94
In 1952 the Georgia Historical Commission erected a marker to commemorate the ghost town of Jacksonboro, Georgia, that many believe met its fate as the result of a preacher’s curse.
Established at the…
Published on 3 years ago
Horrors of the Crescent Hotel
Episode 93
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…
Published on 3 years, 1 month ago
The Dancing Ghost of Grancer Harrison
Episode 92
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 …
Published on 3 years, 1 month ago
Campfire Tales: The Phantom Hitchhiker of Highway 365
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Published on 3 years, 2 months ago