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Hosted by Tarah Thomas · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 19 episodes
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A storytelling podcast that begins with a walk through Southern Cemeteries and follows the lives hidden beneath the stones. Not the grand monuments or famous names, but the quiet ones; the ones most people pass without noticing. Each episode starts at a grave and unfolds into a true story drawn from records. Murder trials, mysteries, tragedies, and moments of quiet humanity emerge from the past as we walk together through the cemeteries of the American South.Every stone marks a life, and every life has a story. Episodes begin releasing on March 19, 2026.
Tarah Thomas hosts Southern Souls: Stories from the Stones, a history show with 19 episodes published.
In 1962, a former Marine Corps expert helicopter pilot left on a routine flight to take an oil executive to an oil rig in Bay Marchand in South Louisiana. But routine turned into tragedy on the return flight. And one que
November 7, 1910, was an exciting day for Virgil Roby. Not only would he get to visit the Louisiana State Fair, but he would also get to ride in an automobile to get there. But the exciting day turned tragic when the car
A shooting. A manhunt. And a mob that took justice into its own hands. In 1912, Percy Alexander's murder set off a chain of events that would leave two men dead and forever mark Shreveport's history.
In June 1881, a crying infant appeared at the kitchen door of a Shreveport family. No name. No note. No explanation. Just a newborn baby abandoned in the early morning darkness. As news spread, the city rallied around th
In this episode, we follow the episode of the Rousseau family, reconstructing the final moments that led to a disaster and exploring how nearly an entire family came to rest underneath one monument in Madisonville Cemete
Former Confederate officer, Louisiana state senator, respected planter, and family man, Samuel Milton Thomas seemed an unlikely murder suspect. Yet in the early hours of one morning, he entered a room at Rush Point Plant
In 1936, a political wager sent two men on a journey across half the country to Washington D.C. What began as a local joke became a nationwide sensation as newspapers covered the journey of the "Louisiana Spirit," bringi
In this episode, we visit the grave of James Sanborn, a man remembered not only for the tragic way his life ended on a railroad track in Frierson, Louisiana, but also for the friends who tried to save him...and memoriali
Dr. Thomas Ford was a respected, well- loved physician in the city of Shreveport. To many, he was an angel of healing. But on a morning in 1886, Dr. Ford became an angel of death to one man as he stalked him through the
Not all lives are lived in the headlines, marked by scandal and violence. Some lives are about loss, resilience, and rebuilding after tragedy. This is the story of a man remembered not for the headlines, but for the life
In the early 20th century, a shadowy organization threatened violence on families in an effort to extort money. In 1911, a Black Hand letter appeared in Shreveport, and the case that followed would shock an entire state.
In late 19th century Shreveport, one woman's name appeared in newspaper headlines again and again: Fannie Roos. Known as a courtesan and proprietress of a house of ill repute, she stood at the center of violence, scandal
In 1930s Louisiana, one man's violent temper spilled over from his home into the streets of the small town of Gilliam...with deadly consequences. In this episode, we explore the story of Will Doles, his deadly feud with
Post-Civil War Louisiana was a hard place. Many men never returned home, others came back changed, and the landscape itself still bore the scars of war. But then...a dancing master came to town. In this episode, we explo
In 1886, the small town of Arcadia, Louisiana, was shaken by the gruesome murder of a quiet citizen. The entire country would soon be shocked by the mob justice that followed. In this episode, we briefly cover the life a
In 19th-century journalism, newspaper editors did not just write the news...they fought it. Ink, fists, pistols, shotguns, and even cane swords could be the chosen weapons. In this episode, we explore the turbulent life
In rural 1880s Louisiana, a family fight escalated into a deadly confrontation, leaving one family member dead, and a community searching for answers. Why had an upstanding member of the community shot his brother-in-law
In 1935 Bossier City, LA, an argument between two men ended in gunfire, leaving a man known as Smokey Joe dead. What happened that night would be argues in court and debated across the city. In this episode, we cover the
Season One Preview of Southern Souls: Stories from the Stones. Southern Souls is a narrative history podcast exploring forgotten lives through the stories hidden beneath Southern grave markers. Each episode begins in a c
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