The Witch of Yazoo City

What do quicksand, Andrew Jackson, and a witch have in common? The city of Yazoo, Mississippi! After a “treaty” forced Choctaw people to give up their land, the new bustling city of Yazoo was built in its place. However, 70 years after its creation, the entire city burned to the ground with no justifiable cause. The people of Yazoo still swear it was due to a curse a witch placed upon the city with her dying breath 20 years before the first building ignited. Are they looking to place blame on a tragic accident…or is there a reason the witch’s grave was found disturbed the morning after the flames? Really, the question comes down to…do you believe in the Witch of Yazoo?  For pictures and more information, please follow us on Instagram @thespectralpod and check out our resources below. If you want to send us a story or recommendation, email us: [email protected]. Please rate and review on your favorite listening platform. The ghosts and I will be eternally grateful. We hope you keep listening! Resources: Apel, T. (2014, October 29). The Witch of Yazoo still Haunts the Town She Burned. Ledger. https://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2014/10/28/witch-yazoo-still-haunts-town-burned/18093723/ Britannica (Ed.). (2002, May 31). Yazoo City. Encyclopædia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/place/Yazoo-City Hernandez, R. (2023, January 23). Group Wants to Excavate the Witch of Yazoo’s Grave. WJTV. https://www.wjtv.com/news/local-news/group-wants-to-excavate-the-witch-of-yazoos-grave/amp/ The History of Yazoo City. City of Yazoo City. (2021, May 6). http://cityofyazoocity.org/visit-yazoo-city/the-history-of-yazoo/ Lee, S. (2020). The Witch of Yazoo City. Independent. McDaniel, A. (2018, March 8). Without Women, Some of Mississippi’s Earliest Newspapers Wouldn’t have Survived. Magnolia State Live. https://www.magnoliastatelive.com/2018/03/08/the-witches-widows-and-warriors-of-mississippi-journalism/ Morris, W. (1989). Good Old Boy and The Witch of Yazoo. Yoknapatawpha Press. PBS. (2017). The Treaty of Doak’s Stand. PBS. Public Broadcasting Service. Retrieved September 16, 2023, from Yazoo County CVB. (2023). The Legend of The Witch of Yazoo. https://visityazoo.org/witch-of-yazoo/