Podcast Episodes

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This week we have chosen to take part in the Podcast Blackout Movement. It is our hope that you will take the time that you would normally have spent with us to instead explore one of the many incred…

Published on 5 years, 6 months ago

The Boomtown of Thurmond

Episode 48

The town of Thurmond, West Virginia was strategically built on the C&O Railroad line to serve the numerous coal mines surrounding the New River Gorge. What began as a small community quickly grew int…

Published on 5 years, 7 months ago

The Mischievous Feu Follet

Episode 47

Cajun folklore claims that in the swamps and bayous of Louisiana are supernatural entities that appear to travelers in the form of glowing balls. Much like the well known will-o’-the-wisp, those unlu…

Published on 5 years, 7 months ago

The Kennesaw House

Episode 46

The Kennesaw House of Marietta, Georgia was built beside the Western & Atlantic Railroad line in the 1840’s; but over the course of this beautiful brick building’s long life, it has seen numerous tra…

Published on 5 years, 8 months ago

The Witch of Yazoo City

Episode 45

On May 25, 1904, a fire broke out in the business district of Yazoo City, Mississippi. By day’s end, the fire had consumed much of the community, leaving nothing but ashes. Historians believe the fir…

Published on 5 years, 8 months ago

Murder of the Lawson Family

Episode 44

On Christmas Day in 1929, North Carolina farmer Charlie Lawson murdered his entire family before turning his gun onto himself. Almost a century has passed since this gruesome crime, but the question …

Published on 5 years, 9 months ago

Gaineswood's Ghostly Piano

Episode 43

In 1843 Nathan Bryan Whitfield began construction on a grand mansion in Demopolis, Alabama. The beautiful home, which he named Gaineswood, still stands as part of Whitfield’s legacy; but some claim t…

Published on 5 years, 10 months ago

Tragedy in Sand Cave

Episode 42

In 1925, cave explorer Floyd Collins discovered Sand Cave, not far from what would one day become Mammoth Cave National Park. Floyd, like many others in Kentucky cave country, had hoped to discover a…

Published on 5 years, 10 months ago

The Beale Ciphers

Episode 41

In 1885, publisher James B. Ward released a small pamphlet that contained three encrypted messages that purportedly told the whereabouts of an immense treasure. Unfortunately, after a century of atte…

Published on 5 years, 11 months ago

Black River War

Episode 40

From 1847-1870, along the Black River in Catahoula Parish, Louisiana, two neighboring plantation owners engaged in a violent family feud. The cause of the dispute is still unknown, but whatever it ma…

Published on 6 years ago