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Strange Tales of the American South
Slavery stories, culture and history.
Story of a haunted historic jail in Lawrenceville, Georgia, haunted by a slave named Elleck. Written and told by Cynthia Rintye of Lawrenceville Ghost Tours. http://traffic.libsyn.com/themoonlitroad/Ellecks_Song.mp3 Elleck reached across the rough-hewn table and gave his wife’s hand a squeeze. His gentle touch softened the weariness around her beautiful eyes and Betsy returned his gaze with […]
South Carolina horror story of a frightening creature terrorizing a frontier town. Written by Norman Coulson.
Author Zachary Helton seeks a terrifying Georgia ghost story from his childhood while visiting Savannah.
History of Coastal Georgia slavery on Sea Island plantations around the Civil War. Slave descendants would later become the Gullah people.
Uncle Remus author and famed folklorist Joel Chandler Harris, a look at his life and classic writings.
History of Ibo Landing, St. Simons Island, Georgia and slavery on Georgia Sea Island plantations around the Civil War. Slave descendants would later become the Gullah people.
Gullah cultures of Sapelo Island and coastal Georgia, plus the Federal Writers’ Project (FWP), a Great Depression-era federal project to fund and support writers as part of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal.
Gullah cultures of Sapelo Island and coastal Georgia, plus the Federal Writers’ Project (FWP), a Great Depression-era federal project to fund and support writers as part of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal.
Haunted Myrtles Plantation, plus history of slavery on Louisiana plantations.
African-American slave folktale about a mysterious tree from Africa and the magic it unleashes on a cruel plantation owner.
Ghostly tale from coastal Georgia about a mysterious grave marker and the brave woman who lies there.
Classic African-American tale about the undying belief of slaves that they would one day fly back to Africa in the face of brutal oppression.
Famous African-American ghost story of a haunted marsh in St. Simons Island, Georgia where the Ibo IIgbo) tribe bravely resisted being sold into slavery.
Louisiana ghost story about the well documented hauntings at Myrtles Plantation.
