Southern Gothic

Josie Arlington, one of the most infamous Madams in New Orleans’ red-light district, Storyville was born Mary Anna Deubler to impoverished German immigrants in 1864. Theories abound as to exactly why ...

16 Jul 39min

In our last episode, we explored Gallatin Street—the notorious waterfront district where Bridget Fury and some of nineteenth-century New Orleans' most dangerous criminals made their names. But Gallati...

15 Jul 16min

Gallatin Street was once the most dangerous two blocks in New Orleans. Just steps from the bustling French Market, the city's notorious waterfront vice district was a place where gamblers, sailors, th...

13 Jul 32min

In the summer of 1938, a Kentucky man named Carl Pruitt purportedly murdered his wife in a jealous rage before taking his own life. According to legend, he was buried in a lonely cemetery far from the...

9 Jul 38min

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...

6 Jul 32min

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...

2 Jul 41min

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...

29 Jun 27min

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...

26 Jun 20min