Across the South, asylums were built with the promise of healing — but inside their walls, countless lives were marked by fear, neglect, and cruelty. In this episode of Southern Mysteries, explore the haunting history of institutions like Broughton Hospital, Cherry Hospital, Central State, and Bryce.
Meet Kinnie Wagner, a lesser known outlaw of the 1920s. Folk songs were written about him and he gained legendary status by escaping jail several times and escapted the electric chair in Tennessee. FOLLOW AND LISTEN: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Pandora | RSS Feed Want more Southern Mysteries? Hear the Southern Mysteries show archive of 60+ episodes along with Patron exclusive
In November of 2012, the Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles pardoned three men. Haywood Patterson, Charlie Weems, and Andy Wright. The three black men had been wrongly convicted of assaulting two white women in 1931. They were the last of nine young men associated with the case to have their convictions officially cleared from
In the late 1880s Bob Sims declared himself a prophet with more than 100 followers in his Choctaw County Alabama cult. His belief that no man could establish laws over him led to a bloody chapter in Alabama history
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