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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 · 22 min
The Ghost of Cypress Bend
Along the dark, winding waters below New Orleans, generations of Mississippi riverboat captains warned their crews never to tie up near Cypress Bend after sunset, where a ruined, moss-draped plantation house stood rotting along the shoreline. In this...
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Thursday · 21 min
The Denver Spider Man: Horror in the Attic
In the fall of 1941, seventy-three-year-old retired railroader Philip Peters began hearing strange noises in his house and noticing food vanishing from his Denver home, leading him to wonder if the quiet old house had a ghost—never suspecting that a...
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Wednesday · 24 min
Am I Alive? The Resurrection of William Kriel
In January 1870, ten thousand spectators packed the streets of Louisville, Kentucky, to watch the public hanging of William Kriel—a violent butcher who had murdered his ailing wife in front of her mother and somehow survived pumping multiple bullets...
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Tuesday · 22 min
Follow Me: The Lost Gold of the Hunt-Phelan House
At 533 Beale Street in Memphis stands the Hunt-Phelan House, an antebellum red-brick mansion that has weathered nearly two centuries of turbulent history—serving as a Confederate headquarters, Ulysses S. Grant’s Union command post, a Civil War...
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Monday · 15 min
From the Vault: The Ghosts of Le Pavillon
In this special From the Vault episode of Southern Ghost Stories, Allen Sircy takes you inside New Orleans’ opulent Le Pavillon Hotel, a historic landmark famous for its crystal chandeliers, late-night peanut butter and jelly tradition—and a...
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September 11 · 24 min
Shot in the Dark: The Body in Girty’s Cave
In August 1879, a bloody love triangle in Perry County, Pennsylvania, ended when outlaw Samuel Albright gunned down his romantic rival, William Miller, before vanishing into the rugged wilderness along the Juniata River. Eleven days into the massive...
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September 10 · 24 min
Looking After Things: The Ghost of Paul Schultz
In December 1897, Pike County, Pennsylvania, carried out its very first hanging behind the Milford courthouse, sending German immigrant Herman Paul Schultz to the gallows for the gunshot murder of his estranged wife, Lizzie. Yet the hanging itself was...
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September 9 · 31 min
Arsenic Anna: The First Woman Executed in Ohio
In this episode of Southern Ghost Stories, host Allen Sircy delves into the chilling true story behind his new book, Arsenic Anna, uncovering the rise and fall of Depression-era Cincinnati’s most notorious serial poisoner, Anna Marie Hahn. Driven by...
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September 8 · 20 min
The Legend of Whistling Jack
Deep in the shadow of Tennessee’s Cumberland Plateau, where thick woods and steep ridges swallow sound, an unsettling cry shattered the winter silence of 1903. In this episode of Southern Ghost Stories for Tennessee Tales Tuesday, Allen Sircy tracks...
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September 7 · 14 min
From the Vault: Secrets and Sins of the French Quarter
We’re unlocking the archives for this special "From the Vault" episode to revisit one of New Orleans’ most storied and haunted landmarks: the Omni Royal Orleans. Standing on ground once occupied by the antebellum St. Louis Exchange Hotel—marked by...
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September 4 · 28 min
The Corpse That Stirred: The Strange Fate of Giovanni Azari
On November 14, 1885, the Cook County Jail executed three men for the infamous Chicago trunk murder of Filippo Caruso, but only one would ignite one of the most chilling premature burial legends in American history. In this episode of Southern Ghost...
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September 3 · 25 min
Stealing Lincoln's Body
On Election Night in 1876, while the nation was gripped by a razor-thin presidential race, a gang of Chicago counterfeiters crept into Oak Ridge Cemetery on an audacious mission: break into the tomb of Abraham Lincoln, haul his 500-pound coffin into a...
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September 2 · 19 min
Forever Watching: Cincinnati’s Mad Mogul
At the turn of the twentieth century, Charles C. Breuer was one of Cincinnati’s wealthiest real estate moguls, but an explosive family feud over his scandalous marriage to a much younger housekeeper unraveled his empire into an escalating nightmare of...
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September 1 · 24 min
When the Lights Go Down: Percy & the Lady in White
Today on Tennessee Tales Tuseday, the Center for the Arts in downtown Murfreesboro is a vibrant hub of theater, music, and community creativity—but beneath its stage lights and behind its walls lies over two centuries of layered, eerie history. Long...
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August 31 · 13 min
From the Vault: Louisville's Lady in White
In this "From the Vault" episode, journey to Louisville, Kentucky’s historic Crescent Hill neighborhood to uncover the storied past of the Peterson-Dumesnil House. Built in 1869 as an elegant Italianate summer villa for wealthy tobacco merchant and...
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August 28 · 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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August 27 · 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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August 26 · 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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August 25 · 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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August 24 · 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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