Roots and Haints Podcast

What happens when a forgotten road remembers your name? In this atmospheric episode of Roots and Haints, Malcolm Johnson journeys down an abandoned Southern road and discovers a hidden place where family history, ancestral memory, and the echoes of generations past still linger beneath the moss-draped trees. A reflective African American Southern Gothic story about grief, belonging, and the roads that lead us back to ourselves. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit rootsandhaints.substack.com

A woman returns to her family’s forgotten Southern home and discovers that the creek behind Mercy House still carries the voices of her ancestors. A haunting African American Southern Gothic tale of memory, family secrets, Hoodoo, faith, and the spirits that refuse to be erased. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit rootsandhaints.substack.com

Some places don’t forget… and some voices never leave. When Isaiah returns to his grandmother’s home, he finds that the past is still waiting on the porch—rocking gently, calling him back into a conversation that never truly ended. This is a story about memory, about ancestors, and about the quiet truth that some connections… are meant to find their way home. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit rootsandhaints.substack.com

Roots and Haints is a cozy horror storytelling podcast by Albert Scales, where memory, family, and place come alive in quiet, unsettling ways. Each episode invites you to slow down and listen as stories unfold—rooted in African American culture, ancestral presence, and the spaces that remember us long after we’ve gone. These aren’t stories meant to scare you… They’re meant to stay with you. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit rootsandhaints.substack.com

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit rootsandhaints.substack.com

There’s a difference between reading a story… and hearing it.The Remembering Book was written to be felt in the pauses, the quiet moments, and the spaces between words. In the telling, the house breathes a little deeper, the memories settle a little heavier, and what lingers becomes harder to ignore.🎧 Press play and step into Roots and Haints.Some stories don’t just live on the page… they stay with you. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit rootsandhaints.substack.com