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Join me on a journey through Tennessee's mysterious and haunted past! Each season will be comprised of ten episodes you don't want to miss. You'll hear about some of the volunteer state's more famous and lesser known hauntings, and learn the local lore behind the legend. I am your host, Lyle Russell, and this is Tennessee Ghosts and Legends!
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Signup to Generate a PitchJoin me on a journey through Tennessee's mysterious and haunted past! Each season will be comprised of ten episodes you don't want to miss. You'll hear about some of the volunteer state's more famous and lesser known hauntings, and learn the local lore behind the legend. I am your host, Lyle Russell, and this is Tennessee Ghosts and Legends!
Tennessee Ghosts and Legends is hosted by Lyle Russell. The show has published 23 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Episode 23: Haunted Battlefields - The Battle of Franklin (Rippavilla, Carter House, Lotz House, and Carnton Plantation)" (11 October 2026, 44 minutes), "Episode 21: Tennessee's Lost Treasure" (29 May 2026, 38 minutes), and "Episode 22: The Ghost Army" (29 May 2026, 44 minutes).
Tennessee Ghosts and Legends publishes roughly irregularly, with episodes averaging 28 minutes across 23 episodes.
Booking probability for Tennessee Ghosts and Legends is 28%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Tennessee Ghosts and Legends requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Tennessee Ghosts and Legends's contact route on record: public web form.
Lyle Russell hosts Tennessee Ghosts and Legends, a history podcast with 23 episodes published.
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Episode #23
Send us Fan Mail On today's episode, we're going to travel to a corner of Middle Tennessee where the ground itself seems to have memory. Where the trees along the Columbia Pike still lean away from the thunder that once...
Episode #21
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we’ll combine a good ghost story with a treasure hunt. Today we are going to chase three of Tennessee's most compelling treasure legends. We begin at a time before before America...
Episode #22
Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the Tennessee Ghosts and Legends Podcast. My name is Lyle Russell. I am your host, and I love a good ghost story. Today, have I got a ghost story for you. However, this episode is a little...
Episode #20
Send us Fan Mail On today’s Thanksgiving holiday episode, we’ll explore some Tennessee Native American legends about spurned love, why black bears do not have tails, a strange creature said to eat the livers of...
Episode #19
Send us Fan Mail Today, we’ll discuss a local legend from Putnam County, Tennessee about the ghost of a jealous woman dressed in all black that haunted Margaret Buckner until the day she died. It is my pleasure to...
Episode #18
Send us Fan Mail Today’s episode takes us once again to the home of the Delta Blues and a famous theater site haunted by no less than a reported seven spirits. The most mischievous one has her very own seat that is...
Episode #17
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we’ll visit the rural town of Flintville, Tennessee and the surrounding area in Lincoln County. But hiding somewhere in the surrounding hills and forests of the area is supposedly an...
Episode #16
Send us Fan Mail Update: The audio quality is fixed! After a mic upgrade and a re-record, the audio is much better now. Sorry for the delay. Enjoy the episode! In this episode, we’ll explore the history and some of the...
Episode #15
Send us Fan Mail Today’s episode is part legend and part ghost story. In the Appalachians just east of Mountain City, Tennessee stands the Stone Mountains. Legend has it that on calm nights, the sound of a ghostly...
Episode #14
Send us Fan Mail On today's episode, Tennessee Ghosts and Legends will boldly go where no man has gone before. We'll explore some of the strange occurrences from around the volunteer state attributed to visitors from...
Episode #13
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, I'll share with you some of my personal stories of my experiences with the paranormal when I was a child in Florida, and then as an adult in Tennessee. These personal experiences are...
Episode #12
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we’ll explore a folk tale that has endured in Tennessee history since the early 1800s, where farmers in White County discovered hundreds of graves under their crop fields. Allow me to...
Episode #11
Send us Fan Mail Cleveland, Tennessee is home to a strange legend of the tragedy of young Nina Craigmiles and the white mausoleum her father built for her. The legend says the white marble stones bleed red.
Episode #10
Send us Fan Mail In the early 1800's John Bell and his family were tormented by a witch that took up residence at their cabin in Red River, Tennessee. Why did the witch hate John Bell so much? And what about his young...
Episode #9
Send us Fan Mail What is haunting the bridge on Shakerag Road to the west of Millington, Tennessee? An old abandoned munitions factory from World War II my hold the answer to the bizarre tale of the Shelby Forest Pigman.
Episode #8
Send us Fan Mail On today’s episode, we’ll travel to the Home of the Blues and the Birthplace of Rock-n-Roll to explore a peculiar, haunted tale that includes a startling apparition, seances, an untimely robbery, and an...
Episode #7
Send us Fan Mail Take a stroll through the haunted, sordid, and violent history of Tennessee's long-time maximum security prison, Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary! Learn about the strange happenings and recorded...
Episode #6
Send us Fan Mail Listen in as we explore the bizarre circumstances surrounding one half of the most famous American exploration duo in history, Meriwether Lewis. What happened to him at Grinder's Stand on the Natchez...
Episode #5
Send us Fan Mail What is hiding within the 276 square miles of The Land Between the Lakes National Park? Many cryptid investigators believe that beautiful wilderness is home to a Bigfoot or werewolf type creature with a...
Episode #4
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we'll explore two of the hardest-fought battles in the southern theater of the American Civil War: Shiloh, with it's random wandering spirits, and the entity that haunts Chickamauga...
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