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Shy’s Hill: Powder Burns and Plundered Graves
On December 16, 1864, twenty-six-year-old Confederate Colonel William Shy was killed during a desperate last stand at the Battle of Nashville, foreve…
3 weeks ago
From the Vault: Luxor—The Cursed Casino
Towering 350 feet over the Las Vegas Strip, the Luxor’s black glass pyramid and ten-story Sphinx make it one of the desert’s most iconic landmarks—an…
3 weeks, 1 day ago
The Ghost of Cypress Bend
Along the dark, winding waters below New Orleans, generations of Mississippi riverboat captains warned their crews never to tie up near Cypress Bend …
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The Denver Spider Man: Horror in the Attic
In the fall of 1941, seventy-three-year-old retired railroader Philip Peters began hearing strange noises in his house and noticing food vanishing fr…
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Am I Alive? The Resurrection of William Kriel
In January 1870, ten thousand spectators packed the streets of Louisville, Kentucky, to watch the public hanging of William Kriel—a violent butcher w…
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Follow Me: The Lost Gold of the Hunt-Phelan House
At 533 Beale Street in Memphis stands the Hunt-Phelan House, an antebellum red-brick mansion that has weathered nearly two centuries of turbulent his…
4 weeks ago
From the Vault: The Ghosts of Le Pavillon
In this special From the Vault episode of Southern Ghost Stories, Allen Sircy takes you inside New Orleans’ opulent Le Pavillon Hotel, a historic lan…
4 weeks, 1 day ago
Shot in the Dark: The Body in Girty’s Cave
In August 1879, a bloody love triangle in Perry County, Pennsylvania, ended when outlaw Samuel Albright gunned down his romantic rival, William Mille…
1 month ago
Looking After Things: The Ghost of Paul Schultz
In December 1897, Pike County, Pennsylvania, carried out its very first hanging behind the Milford courthouse, sending German immigrant Herman Paul S…
1 month ago
Arsenic Anna: The First Woman Executed in Ohio
In this episode of Southern Ghost Stories, host Allen Sircy delves into the chilling true story behind his new book, Arsenic Anna, uncovering the ris…
1 month ago