At King’s Tavern in Natchez, Mississippi, the legend of a murdered woman named Madeline has endured for generations. In the finale of The Devil’s Road, Southern Mysteries explores the tavern’s documented history, its reported hauntings, and the folklore surrounding one of the Natchez Trace’s most mysterious landmarks.
Once a thriving community along the Natchez Trace, Rocky Springs, Mississippi, slowly disappeared. Explore its Civil War history, devastating yellow fever epidemic, the lynching of Amos Hicks, and legends of buried treasure and ghostly encounters surrounding this forgotten town.
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 the 1930s Harry Powers used several aliases to correspond with lonely women he promised to marry. In 1931 five bodies were discovered on his Quiet Dell, West Virginia farm that was dubbed The Murder Farm. FOLLOW AND LISTEN: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | Pandora | RSS Feed Episode Sources Episode Music Lost by Kevin MacLeod, Licensed under a Creative Commons
The Bell Witch legend is one of the most recognized examples of the unexplained in Southern American lore. How did the legend take hold of and define a small town in Tennessee?
