Southern Gothic

Beyond the Ferns is a true crime, paranormal, and all things spooky podcast. Each episode is built upon meticulous research and immersive storytelling—bringing you in-depth details you didn’t even kno...

11 Kesä 1h

On March 28, 1869, Knox Martin was hanged for murdering John and Elizabeth Wittenmeier in their Nashville home. Curiously, only several days prior, Martin had made a deal with local physicians to sell...

8 Kesä 36min

Built in 1784, the historic Old Salem Tavern is one of the oldest surviving public buildings in North Carolina. For generations, travelers passed through its doors seeking food, shelter, and a warm fi...

4 Kesä 16min

Nestled among the brick streets and restored eighteenth-century buildings of Old Salem Museums & Gardens is one of North Carolina's strangest pieces of folklore. For generations, visitors and resident...

1 Kesä 33min

The Old Beauregard Parish Jail doesn’t look like it belongs in the middle of a small Louisiana town. Rising beside the parish courthouse in downtown DeRidder, the towering structure—with its steep roo...

25 Touko 33min

At 1:20 pm on Saturday, July 19, 1970, a fire broke out in an abandoned home in Hadsboro, Mississippi, that was well known throughout the community as haunted. But what made the incident so unbelievab...

18 Touko 29min

Tucked back on old state highway outside or Marion, Alabama stands Kenworthy Hall, one of the most unusual antebellum mansions in the American South. Rising above the Alabama Black Belt with its loomi...

11 Touko 33min

The Banner Mine explosion of April 8, 1911, in Alabama claimed the lives of 128 men, predominantly African American prisoners leased to the Pratt Consolidated Coal Company by the state. This devastati...

4 Touko 31min