Southern Gothic

It was a chilly evening in April of 1810 when Alexander Hostler sat alone in his room with a single candle flickering in the darkness. Only days before, Hostler’s lifelong friend Samuel Jocelyn, Jr. h...

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For generations, the stately white columns of Orna Villa have overlooked the quiet streets of Oxford, Georgia. But inside the historic mansion, residents have long described strange occurrences that d...

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For more than two hundred years, the old North Island Lighthouse has stood watch over the entrance to South Carolina's Winyah Bay, guiding sailors safely through one of the busiest harbors on the Atla...

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Deep within Alabama's Bankhead National Forest lies a secluded valley known as Indian Tomb Hollow, a place where towering sandstone bluffs, hidden waterfalls, ancient rock shelters, and dense hardwood...

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Deep within Alabama's Bankhead National Forest, hidden among the ridges and hollows of the old Black Warrior Mountains, sits the isolated Poplar Springs Cemetery. For generations, locals have claimed ...

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Since its grand opening on May 1, 1905, the Seelbach Hotel has stood as one of Louisville, Kentucky's most lavish and luxurious establishments. It has hosted an array of notable figures, from U.S. Pre...

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For almost a century, folks who dare head out to the old L&N train tracks at night, on the edge of the small town of Chapel Hill, Tennessee, have found themselves face-to-face with a strange ball of l...

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