Ranked #1
The Bride of Annandale
The Bride of Annandale
The apparition of a grieving woman purportedly haunts the Chapel of the Cross cemetery in Mannsdale, Mississippi. Legend... Read more
18 Nov 2019
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29mins
Ranked #2
Cities of the Dead
Cities of the Dead
One of the most significant issues that the early settlers of New Orleans encountered was where to bury their dead. The ... Read more
1 Nov 2019
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24mins
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The Birth of a City: New Orleans, Part I - The Casket Girls
The Birth of a City: New Orleans, Part I - The Casket Girls
This episode of Southern Gothic is the first in the three-part series "Birth of a City: New Orleans," a story that chron... Read more
29 Oct 2018
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31mins
Ranked #4
William Faulkner's Rowan Oak
William Faulkner's Rowan Oak
William Faulkner is arguably the most influential writer in the literary genre of Southern Gothic; and nowhere is his fa... Read more
2 Jul 2018
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30mins
Ranked #5
The Devil's Tramping Ground
The Devil's Tramping Ground
Just fifty miles south of Greensboro, North Carolina, amidst lush pine forests and rolling hills is a large patch of bar... Read more
2 Oct 2019
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21mins
Ranked #6
Legend of the Bell Witch
Legend of the Bell Witch
In 1817 the family of Tennessee farmer John Bell came under the attack of a brutal entity; a haunting which became so in... Read more
4 Feb 2019
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39mins
Ranked #7
The Franklin Masonic Hall
The Franklin Masonic Hall
One of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War took place in the small town of Franklin, Tennessee. However, the rich his... Read more
31 Oct 2019
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34mins
Ranked #8
Beautiful Nell's Tragic Tale
Beautiful Nell's Tragic Tale
In 1901, Nell Cropsey went missing from her home in Elizabeth City, North Carolina for thirty-seven days. Her long-time ... Read more
4 Jun 2018
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28mins
Ranked #9
The Ghost Town of Cahaba
The Ghost Town of Cahaba
The town of Cahaba was once the thriving state capital of Alabama. Yet today, nothing remains of this city but ruins. He... Read more
6 Mar 2019
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31mins
Ranked #10
Taking Up Serpents for Salvation
Taking Up Serpents for Salvation
The religious practice of snake handling sprung up from the isolated rural communities of Appalachia in the early twenti... Read more
18 Jun 2018
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31mins
Ranked #11
The Curse of Lake Lanier
The Curse of Lake Lanier
The creation of Georgia's Lake Lanier came at a high cost for the people who had once settled there; and as a result, ma... Read more
17 Apr 2019
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26mins
Ranked #12
Black River War
Black River War
From 1847-1870, along the Black River in Catahoula Parish, Louisiana, two neighboring plantation owners engaged in a vio... Read more
4 Dec 2019
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30mins
Ranked #13
The Birth of a City: New Orleans, Part III - Madame Delphine LaLaurie
The Birth of a City: New Orleans, Part III - Madame Delphine LaLaurie
This episode of Southern Gothic is the third in the three-part series "Birth of a City: New Orleans," a story that chron... Read more
31 Oct 2018
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44mins
Ranked #14
Legacy of Lavinia Fisher
Legacy of Lavinia Fisher
Many legends claim that Lavinia Fisher was the first female serial killer in the United States. She and her husband John... Read more
3 Apr 2019
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29mins
Ranked #15
The Birth of a City: New Orleans, Part II - Spirits of the St. Louis Cathedral
The Birth of a City: New Orleans, Part II - Spirits of the St. Louis Cathedral
This episode of Southern Gothic is the second in the three-part series "Birth of a City: New Orleans," a story that chro... Read more
30 Oct 2018
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30mins
Ranked #16
The Woolfolk Family Massacre
The Woolfolk Family Massacre
On August 6, 1887 one of Georgia’s darkest and most infamous murders occurred at a farmhouse in Bibb County. Nine member... Read more
3 Dec 2018
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23mins
Ranked #17
The Haunted History of Liberty Hall
The Haunted History of Liberty Hall
In 1796 John Brown, the founding father of the state of Kentucky, built a beautiful home where he and his family would e... Read more
21 May 2018
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25mins
Ranked #18
The Greenbrier Ghost
The Greenbrier Ghost
On January 23, 1897, Elva Zona Heaster was found dead in her home in Greenbrier County, West Virginia. At the time, the ... Read more
22 May 2019
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31mins
Ranked #19
St. Augustine's Haunted Lighthouse
St. Augustine's Haunted Lighthouse
Founded in 1565 by the Spanish, St. Augustine, Florida is one of America's oldest surviving cities; and while the histor... Read more
8 May 2019
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27mins
Ranked #20
The Abandoned Amusement Park of Lake Shawnee
The Abandoned Amusement Park of Lake Shawnee
In 1926 Conley Snidow opened the Lake Shawnee Amusement Park in West Virginia, on land that many believe was once sacred... Read more
19 Aug 2018
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22mins