Podcast Episodes

The Bayou St. John Submarine (Minisode)

Episode 75

In 1878, a dredge crew working near the mouth of Bayou St. John in New Orleans uncovered a twenty-foot-long iron submarine. For years people thought the sub was the CSS Pioneer, the first of three su…

Published on 3 years, 10 months ago

Mystery of the Confederate Submarine H.L. Hunley

Episode 74

“Sinkings of modern submarines always resulted in the discovery of the dead clustered near the exits in their desperate efforts to escape their cold metal coffins, because to sit silently and await o…

Published on 3 years, 10 months ago

Frank the Library Ghost (Minisode)

Episode 73

On the last episode of Southern Gothic we explored Huntingdon College’s most iconic haunting, The Red Lady of Huntingdon College; but this week, we head back down to Montgomery, Alabama to explore on…

Published on 3 years, 11 months ago

The Red Lady of Huntingdon College

Episode 72

“Nearly all colleges have ghosts, legends that have grown up around some supernatural occurrences generations of students tell to each other [...] but the finest of those ghost stories, those college…

Published on 3 years, 11 months ago

The Peyton Randolph House Hauntings | Minisode

Episode 71

In this Southern Gothic: Minisode we return to Williamsburg, Virginia to explore the most haunted residence in the four-century-old colonial town-- the Peyton Randolph House.

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Published on 4 years, 1 month ago

Ghosts of Williamsburg's Public Gaol

Episode 70

When construction began on the Williamsburg Gaol it was never intended to house those who were deemed as significantly dangerous, like murderers or pirates. Instead it was meant for largely non viole…

Published on 4 years, 2 months ago

Introducing Ghost Tour

Ghost Tour is an all new podcast created by Brandon Schexnayder of Southern Gothic Media in partnership with Alicia King Marshall, a veteran tour guide and owner of Franklin Walking Tours. Together t…

Published on 4 years, 3 months ago

The Curse on Barnsley Gardens

Episode 69

In 1837 Godfrey Barnsley purchased 3,645 acres of land that had recently been acquired from the Cherokee people in the coercive Treaty of New Echota and opened up for settlement by force. But Barnsle…

Published on 4 years, 4 months ago

The Curse on Barnsley Gardens

Episode 69

In 1837 Godfrey Barnsley purchased 3,645 acres of land that had recently been acquired from the Cherokee people in the coercive Treaty of New Echota and opened up for settlement by force. But Barnsle…

Published on 4 years, 4 months ago

Massacre at the Sultan's Palace

Episode 68

“Blood Seeped Under the Door, Down the Steps, and into the Street…”

On the corner of Orleans Avenue and Dauphine Street in the French Quarter of New Orleans is a stately three and a half-story mansion…

Published on 4 years, 4 months ago