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Walking on Air: The Ghost of Nina Conway Aug 25, 2026

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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 suspended forty feet in the air with no safety nets. While Peter made the crossing safely, a sudden, violent gust of wind caught Nina just twenty feet from the opposite rooftop, sending her plunging to her death in front of a horrified holiday crowd. But for over a century and a half, locals insist her final performance never truly ended. From sightings of a woman in vintage circus attire standing on the rooftops to an eerie 1931 report of an apparition walking across empty air above passing automobiles, Nina Conway remains frozen in time. Host Allen Sircy untangles the heartbreaking history and enduring folklore of Tullahoma’s phantom aerialist, forever trying to finish her final walk.
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From the Vault: The Wicked Mistress—Secrets of the LaLaurie Mansion Aug 24, 2026

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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, Madame Delphine LaLaurie, whose carefully cultivated place in New Orleans society came crashing down after an 1834 fire exposed horrifying conditions inside her Royal Street home. We’ll separate documented history from the gruesome legends that grew in the decades that followed and uncover the ghost stories that have helped make the mansion one of the most notorious places in the French Quarter.
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Washington Square: Guardian of the Graves Aug 21, 2026

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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, the six-acre site served as a grim potter's field, later crammed with mass trenches holding over two thousand unidentified Revolutionary War soldiers, British prisoners, and more than 1,300 victims of the catastrophic 1793 yellow fever epidemic. Host Allen Sircy uncovers the chilling secrets resting right under tourists' feet—from Deborah Norris's horrifying 1777 account of unburied coffins to the 1950s excavation that created the Tomb of the Unknown Revolutionary War Soldier, and the enduring spectral legend of Leah, the mysterious woman in white who vowed to guard the dead from body snatchers and reportedly still walks the park two centuries later.
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Murder, Ghosts & Vampires: Three New Books Spooky Season Aug 20, 2026

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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 caregiver whose patients had an alarming habit of dying under mysterious circumstances before she became the first woman executed by the State of Ohio. I’ll also introduce Ghost Stories & Graveyard Tales: Indiana, a collection of hauntings, strange folklore, forgotten history and true crime from across the Hoosier State, and Fear and Folklore: Vampires, a journey through centuries of vampire history and legend, from the blood-soaked stories surrounding Vlad the Impaler and old European vampire scares to modern Americans who believed they were among the undead. Three books filled with murder, ghosts, graveyards and things that refuse to stay dead—all arriving this September.
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The Murderer Who Promised to Return as a Ghost Aug 19, 2026

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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 the gallows, Mott underwent a quiet transformation in his cell—culminating in an extraordinary death-row claim that he would scientifically prove life after death by appearing to Montana Congressman Joseph M. Dixon in Washington, D.C. following his execution. Host Allen Sircy untangles the tragic true crime story of Missoula’s 1904 execution and its bizarre aftermath, where a room of Washington politicians gathered late into the night for a reception with an executed killer's ghost.
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Going Up? The Lady in the L&C Tower Aug 18, 2026

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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 opening. Famous for its towering observation deck and iconic neon letters that once signaled the local weather forecast, the L&C Tower holds a far darker place in Music City lore. On a chilly morning in February 1996, 20-year-old Morningstar Green rode the elevator to the 30th floor observation deck for the second consecutive day, only to tragically fall to her death. Decades later, building staff and security officers report an unexplainable phenomenon: an uncalled elevator that repeatedly ascends to the 30th floor, opening its empty doors as if patiently waiting for a passenger who never returned. Today in Tennessee Tales Tuesday, Allen Sircy explores the haunting history of the L&C Tower, where modern technology and a heartbreaking 1990s tragedy converge to create one of Nashville’s most chilling urban legends.
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From the Vault: Secret Tunnels & the Haunted Childress House Aug 17, 2026

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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 to President James K. Polk. Beyond its presidential ties, the property conceals a surprisingly dark and layered past, from its days as a 19th-century undertaker’s mortuary and hearse garage to local rumors of a secret, bricked-up underground tunnel running beneath the street. We peel back the forgotten history, Civil War lore, and enduring local tales to reveal why the presence of its former residents, Union soldiers, and long-gone occupants can still be felt inside one of Middle Tennessee's most underrated historic gems.
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Congress Plaza: The Boy on the 12th Floor Aug 14, 2026

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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 footsteps and quiet laughter echo down the halls after midnight. In August 1939, Adel Langer, a mother who had just fled Nazi-occupied Prague, gave in to the overwhelming isolation of a strange new world. In a horrific moment of despair, she threw her two young sons from the window of Room 1234 before jumping herself—unaware that her husband was sitting across town holding approved Canadian immigration papers for their fresh start. Host Allen Sircy peels back the folklore of the Congress Plaza to reveal the heartbreaking human story behind the specter, where profound grief and tragic timing birthed one of Chicago’s saddest ghost stories.
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The Detroit Voodoo Slayer Aug 12, 2026

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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 brutally murdered her—only to casually remark "I guess it didn't work" when detectives tracked him down in Ontario weeks later. Host Allen Sircy untangles the horrifying true crime story of Michigan's "Voodoo Slayer," exploring how a serial murderer responsible for five deaths across two states attempted to hide his violent rage behind magical promises, bad folk medicine, and absolute denial. This is one the wildest true crime stories we have ever covered.
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The Witch Killer of Hawkins County Aug 11, 2026

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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 who drew a pistol and executed two women in broad daylight. Driven to a deadly breaking point by an unexplained chronic illness, his teenage son's suicide, and his wife's shattered hip, Walters became utterly convinced that his family was being targeted not by bad luck, but by Appalachian witchcraft. From the heartbreaking scene inside the country store and the frantic, gun-firing mob that attempted to lynch him at the Hawkins County jail, to his ultimate diagnosis and commitment to Central State Hospital, we peel back the layers of deep-seated mountain folklore, severe persecution delusions, and the lingering shadow of the 1950 Carter's Valley "witch" murder
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