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Southern Ghost Stories

American Hauntstorian Allen Sircy explores America’s haunted past — unearthing true ghost stories, graveyard legends, and forgotten folklore. Join him as he gives voice to haunted history and chilling tales that blur the line between fact and myth from every corner of the country.

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Friday · 19 min
The Ghost Crew of the USS Alabama
Commissioned during the height of World War II, the 44,000-ton battleship USS Alabama (BB-60)—affectionately known as "The Lucky A"—braved enemy fire, fierce typhoons, and the deadliest naval campaigns of the Pacific Theater while earning nine battle...
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Thursday · 20 min
Maple Hill Cemetery: The Poisoned Bride of Huntsville
Established in 1822, Huntsville, Alabama’s historic Maple Hill Cemetery spans over one hundred acres filled with governors, pioneers, Confederate soldiers, and thousands of forgotten, unmarked graves. But beyond its grand monuments and solemn history...
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Wednesday · 18 min
Cursed on the Great Lakes: 1883
The Great Lakes hold thousands of shipwrecks beneath their deceptively tranquil waters, but few legends refuse to rest quite like the doomed lumber schooner Erie Board of Trade. In this chilling episode, Allen Sircy uncovers the tragic tale of Scotty,...
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Tuesday · 24 min
Walking on Air: The Ghost of Nina Conway
We are going back to New Year’s Eve in 1872 for Tennessee Tales Tuesday. On that night hundreds gathered along Lincoln Street in downtown Tullahoma, Tennessee, to watch traveling aerialists Peter and Nina Conway attempt a death-defying high-wire walk...
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Monday · 12 min
From the Vault: The Wicked Mistress—Secrets of the LaLaurie Mansion
Behind the elegant façade of one of New Orleans’ most infamous homes lies a story of wealth, cruelty, mystery, and horror. In this episode of Southern Ghost Stories, we journey into the dark history of the LaLaurie Mansion and its notorious mistress,...
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August 21 · 22 min
Washington Square: Guardian of the Graves
Philadelphia is celebrated worldwide as the Cradle of Liberty, but beneath the manicured lawns and historic monuments of Washington Square lies one of the largest forgotten burial grounds in American history. Long before it honored fallen patriots,...
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August 20 · 10 min
Murder, Ghosts & Vampires: Three New Books Spooky Season
Halloween is getting closer, and I have three new books coming just in time for the spooky season! In this episode of Southern Ghost Stories, I’m giving you a preview of Arsenic Anna, the true story of Anna Hahn, a German immigrant and Cincinnati...
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August 19 · 34 min
The Murderer Who Promised to Return as a Ghost
In January 1903, former Missoula laundry operator Louis H. Mott’s spiral into alcoholism and addiction ended in brutal violence when he murdered his wife, Leah, as she attempted to flee down a back stairway. Convicted of first-degree murder and facing...
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August 18 · 20 min
Going Up? The Lady in the L&C Tower
Long before glass-walled skyscrapers and rooftop bars dominated the skyline, the 30-story Life & Casualty Tower stood as Nashville's premier architectural wonder—and the Southeastern United States' tallest commercial building upon its 1957...
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August 17 · 16 min
From the Vault: Secret Tunnels & the Haunted Childress House
Today we are heading to Murfreesboro, Tennessee, to explore the hidden history and shadowy legends of the antebellum Childress-Ray House. Built in 1847, this unassuming Greek Revival home was once owned by Major John Whitsett Childress, brother-in-law...
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August 14 · 20 min
Congress Plaza: The Boy on the 12th Floor
The Congress Plaza Hotel in Chicago has spent over a century accumulating grandeur, secrets, and a staggering collection of ghosts. But among the shadowy figures, none cuts deeper than the spirit on the twelfth floor—a four-year-old boy whose phantom...
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August 12 · 21 min
The Detroit Voodoo Slayer
In 1938, Earl Carl Harris believed a $15 bottle of High John the Conqueror elixir could perform two miracles: force a woman to love him and make him invisible to the police. But when the love potion failed on his landlady, Christina Eastmond, Harris...
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August 11 · 19 min
The Witch Killer of Hawkins County
For Tennessee Tales Tuesday, Allen Sircy takes you back to an August afternoon in 1950 inside the Larkin & Larkin General Store in Carter's Valley, Tennessee, to unravel the tragic, true story of Carl Walters—the quiet, forty-year-old local farmer...
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August 10 · 12 min
From The Vault: Secrets of Sauerkraut Cave and Lakeland Asylum
Tucked behind the archery range at Louisville's E.P. Tom Sawyer Park lies a dark history that most visitors never notice: the forbidden entrance to Sauerkraut Cave and the grim footprint of the former Lakeland Asylum for the Insane. Long before...
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August 7 · 26 min
Who is Mothman?
Today Allen is traveling to the riverbanks of Point Pleasant, West Virginia, to unravel one of the most thoroughly documented and terrifying mysteries in American folklore: the legend of the Mothman. Beginning in November 1966—when gravediggers and...
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August 5 · 21 min
The Man They Couldn't Hang
Today we are going back to Devon, England, in 1885 for one of the most astonishing moments in criminal history: the execution of John "Babbacombe" Lee. Convicted on thin circumstantial evidence for the gruesome murder of an elderly heiress, Lee was...
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August 4 · 22 min
The Legend of the Westmoreland White Thing
Today on Tennessee Tales Tuesday, we are going down the winding backroads of Sumner County, to explore one of the region’s most chilling cryptid legends: the Westmoreland White Thing. Traced back to a catastrophic 1940s circus train derailment along...
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August 3 · 20 min
From The Vault: Cragfont — The Most Haunted Place in Tennessee
In this "From the Vault" episode, we unearth the chilling history and lingering spirits of Cragfont, a massive 1802 estate built by Revolutionary War hero Brigadier General James Winchester that many claim to be the most haunted location in Tennessee....
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July 31 · 22 min
Lizzie Borden Took An Axe
We’ve all heard the childhood playground rhyme about Lizzie Borden giving her parents forty whacks with an axe, but almost every single word of it is historically wrong. In this episode of Southern Ghost Stories, we tear down the myth and look at the...
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July 30 · 7 min
CreepyCon Update
CreepyCon is this weekend! We had some tickets to give away and we have some big news about the show! Allen will be there in the Southern Ghost Stories booth all weekend signing books. Come out this weekend and experience CreepyCon in Knoxville,...
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