The Haunted Cowee Tunnel

from MountainLore · host Steve Gilly, Gena Gilly

One cold December day over 140 years ago, 19 shackled convicts lost their lives crossing the Tuckaseegee River in North Carolina to go work on a railroad tunnel. Ever since that day folks swear that they can still hear the ghosts of those chained prisoners inside the walls of the Cowee Tunnel, including the three whose tale we tell today.Sweet dreams., podcast listeners...

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