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.

Southern Ghost Stories is a history podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 181 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

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  Follow Me: The Lost Gold of the Hunt-Phelan House

  Sep 15, 202623 min

  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 hospital where thousands suffered, and one of the city's earliest schools for newly freed African Americans. Yet beneath its storied walls and legendary escape tunnels lies a lingering mystery born from the devastating yellow fever epidemics of the 1870s: the lost family gold. In this episode of Southern Ghost Stories , Allen Sircy explores the legend of Nathan Wilson on Tennessee Tales Tuesday. Wilson was the devoted servant entrusted to bury the family fortune before pestilence emptied the city, only to be struck down by the fever before he could reveal its location. Generations later, witnesses and staff still report catching sight of a spectral nineteenth-century servant quietly beckoning and pointing toward the ground—bound not by anger or malice, but by an unfinished promise to show someone where the treasure is buried. Be sure to like, subscribe and leave a review! Check out Allen's books on Amazon! https://amzn.to/3HEf2u9 Got a question or comment? Hit us up on our socials! Instagram https://www.instagram.com/southernghoststories/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/southernghoststoriesonline Follow Allen on X https://x.com/ATOAllen Use code SAVE10 for 10% off your order over at https:// monstercitymadhouse.com

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  From the Vault: The Ghosts of Le Pavillon

  Sep 14, 202616 min

  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 staggering population of restless spirits. While management prefers to keep the hauntings quiet, guests and staff alike tell a far more active story: phantom elevators that open onto empty corridors, items hurled off shelves by unseen hands, and an eerie shadow presence stalking the hallways. From a girl in a white dress skipping rope on the seventh floor and spectral figures hovering over beds, to the tragic ghost of Ada in the infamous Room 930—a young girl struck down by a carriage who never made it to the river to join her family—step inside one of the Crescent City’s grandest hotels, where the dead have permanently checked in and refuse to check out. Be sure to like, subscribe and leave a review! Check out Allen's books on Amazon! https://amzn.to/3HEf2u9 Got a question or comment? Hit us up on our socials! Instagram https://www.instagram.com/southernghoststories/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/southernghoststoriesonline Follow Allen on X https://x.com/ATOAllen Use code SAVE10 for 10% off your order over at https:// monstercitymadhouse.com

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  Shot in the Dark: The Body in Girty’s Cave

  Sep 11, 202625 min

  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 manhunt, two locals exploring the dark, damp recesses of the legendary Girty’s Cave stumbled upon a horrifying sight: a badly decomposed corpse wedged among the rocks, bearing a bullet wound to the back of the head and pockets filled with Albright’s personal letters. While the coroner’s jury declared justice served on the fugitive killer, doubts immediately took root—the face was unidentifiable, the clothing was suspiciously pristine, and sightings of Albright began surfacing from California to Kansas, and even back on the dusty roads of Perry County. In this episode of Southern Ghost Stories , Allen Sircy untangles one of the nineteenth century's most chilling criminal enigmas: did Samuel Albright die alone in that limestone tomb, or did an audacious murderer fake his own demise by dressing another man in his clothes, slipping into the shadows to become a living ghost? Be sure to like, subscribe and leave a review! Check out Allen's books on Amazon! https://amzn.to/3HEf2u9 Got a question or comment? Hit us up on our socials! Instagram https://www.instagram.com/southernghoststories/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/southernghoststoriesonline Follow Allen on X https://x.com/ATOAllen Use code SAVE10 for 10% off your order over at https:// monstercitymadhouse.com

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  Looking After Things: The Ghost of Paul Schultz

  Sep 10, 202624 min

  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 only the prelude to a far stranger nightmare: Schultz’s dying request to be buried alongside his wife’s severed skull was ignored, his body was sold to medical students for fifteen dollars, and severed scraps of the noose were hawked across town as macabre souvenirs. Exactly one year later, a stonecutter locked overnight inside Schultz’s old cell awoke to an icy draft, a shadowy presence, and a chilling voice whispering from the darkness that it was Herman Schultz himself—not seeking vengeance or proclaiming innocence, but simply “looking after things.” In this episode of Southern Ghost Stories , Allen Sircy untangles the tragic tale of domestic abuse, arson, and murder that birthed a haunting, exploring how a convicted killer became the eternal, spectral turnkey of the Pike County jail. Be sure to like, subscribe and leave a review! Check out Allen's books on Amazon! https://amzn.to/3HEf2u9 Got a question or comment? Hit us up on our socials! Instagram https://www.instagram.com/southernghoststories/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/southernghoststoriesonline Follow Allen on X https://x.com/ATOAllen Use code SAVE10 for 10% off your order over at https:// monstercitymadhouse.com

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  Arsenic Anna: The First Woman Executed in Ohio

  Sep 9, 202632 min

  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 crushing gambling debts and sheer desperation, Anna charmed, swindled, and poisoned a succession of vulnerable, elderly men with lethal doses of arsenic, ultimately becoming the first woman in Ohio history executed in the electric chair. From poisoned oysters and forged wills to courtroom curses, exhumations, and a dramatic posthumous confession admitting to four murders, discover how a charming German immigrant turned into a cold-blooded killer—and the tragic trail of victims left in her wake. Be sure to like, subscribe and leave a review! Check out Allen's books on Amazon! https://amzn.to/3HEf2u9 Got a question or comment? Hit us up on our socials! Instagram https://www.instagram.com/southernghoststories/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/southernghoststoriesonline Follow Allen on X https://x.com/ATOAllen Use code SAVE10 for 10% off your order over at https:// monstercitymadhouse.com

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