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, many believe that today this manmade body of water is cursed by its destructive pa...
17 Apr 201925min
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 operated an inn just outside of Charleston, South Carolina. They named it Six M...
3 Apr 201928min
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. Help Southern Gothic grow by becoming a Patreon Supporter today! Connect with So...
6 Mar 201930min
The Burning of Atlanta
The city of Atlanta, Georgia was a strategic stronghold for the Confederacy during the Civil War, serving as an integral railroad hub that supplied the South with men, munitions and supplies. But by t...
18 Feb 201930min
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 infamous, it purportedly caught the attention of a future president, gripping a sm...
4 Feb 201937min
Blackbeard's Demise
The legendary pirate Blackbeard is one of the most infamous men of the Golden Age of Piracy. A pirate who's spirit many believe still haunts the shores of Ocracoke Island, North Carolina. Help Southe...
21 Jan 201927min
St. Alban's Sanatorium
On January 15, 1916 Dr. John C. King opened the St. Alban’s Sanatorium in Radford, Virginia; converting a former school into a modern mental health facility that he had hoped to transform by focusing ...
17 Des 201830min
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 members of Richard Woolfolk’s family were brutally slain with an axe. Suspicion immedi...
3 Des 201822min
